 Nyorera kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Munguva yeHondo Yekutanga yeChinese neJapan, Kaputeni Kamimura Hikonojō akapihwa basa rekutungamira ngarava nyowani Akitsushima uye akapinda muHondo yePungdo kunyangwe kutanga kwehondo dzepamutemo kurwisa Imperial Chinese Beiyang Fleet cruiser. Jiyuan akatiza, asi Akitsushima akabata chikepe chehondo Guanyi. Gare gare sechikamu cheboka rinobhururuka rinotungamirirwa naAdmiral Tsuboi Kōzō muHondo yeGungwa reMuchena musi wa17 Gunyana 1894, Akitsushima inonzi yakanyudza cruiser. Mukati mehondo, Akitsushima yakarohwa nekurasikirwa kwevashanu vakaurawa kusanganisira mukuru mukuru uye gumi vakakuvara. Iye gare gare muchirongwa Hondo Weihaiwei, apo basa rake raiva zvikurukuru kupa moto rutsigiro kubatsira Imperial Japanese Army mukubata landward fortifications. Akitsushima akanga ari pakati pemapoka engarava dzeJapan ayo akatora rutivi mukubatwa kwePescadores nokupinda muTaiwanmuna 1895, uye akaona chiito musi wa13 Gumiguru 1895 pakurwiswa kweCihou Fort paKaohsiung. 