Battle of Kadsreius Strait

The Battle of Kadsreius Strait was a naval battle during the Eight-Day War between the Sentanese Empire and the KSR navies.

Background
Following the beginning of the Eight-Day War, Hiroshi Kayos ordered two light cruisers, the KSR-08 and KSR-09, and the gunboat 'Perks' to secure naval superiority over the Kadsreius Strait under the command of Maro Rio, which if superiority was gained, would prevent any transport between the northern island and the southern island, this plan was discovered by Sentanese spies which relayed the information to Sentanese emperor Shori, in order to prevent the KSR gaining naval superiority over the region, the Empire sent the light cruiser Chikara and the dreadnought battleship, the Eikoru to intercept the opposing fleet under the command of Haru Issey.

Opening Moves
The fleets encountered each other at 9:22 AM with the first shells being fired by the KSR-08 which missed both opposing vessels, after one shell hit the Chikara at 9:25, Haru ordered his fleet to turn to port to engage the KSR fleet, at 9:27 the Eikoru fired both of its two main turrets, the 14-inch shells struck KSR-09, tearing through its armored hull, exchanging fire occurred for the next six minutes.

Contact
At 9:33 AM, Issey gave the order to his fleet to "fire all you have at them" for the next several minutes the five vessels engaged each other with every gun firing on all ships firing, the anti-air guns, the machine guns, even reportedly some pistols, and the two main turrets of Eikoru which as one sailor aboard the light cruiser Chikara said "[referring to Eikoru] whenever it fired, it felt like an earthquake going off at your feet." at 9:41 one of the shells from Eikoru struck the KSR-08 and ignited the ammunition locker which caused the ammunition stored aboard the ship to explode, nearly tearing the vessel apart, the KSR-08 proceeded to sink in under five minutes, and at 9:47, a similar event occurred aboard the KSR-09 however the entire ammunition locker didn't explode, only about half of the ammunition stored ignited, despite this, the KSR-09 proceeded to sink in under eight minutes, the KSR gunboat 'Perks' decided to retreat back to the KSR with the crew of Chikara and Eikoru deciding to let them go.

Outcome
Following the battle, the crew of both Eikoru and Chikara rescued about 255 men from both vessels, among the dead included Commander Maro Rio of the KSR, and the majority of the crew of KSR-08 with only 42 survivors from KSR-08, the Perks was able to make it back to port, with its six-man crew all still alive but with three injured, the survivors of the KSR cruisers became POWs when the arrived back at the Sentanese Empire, however this would not last long as the Sentanese Empire would lose the Eight-Day War, and the survivors were liberated by KSR troops during the fall of New Salta on September 27, 1950, during the Fall of New Salta, the Chikara was sunk by a kamikaze attack by a KSR bomber with a majority of its crew surviving, the Perks and Eikoru still exist as museum ships in El Kadsre.

Wrecks
On the November 7, 1979, the crew of the Vlokozuian-Japanese research vessel Shiraberu discovered the wrecks of KSR-08 and KSR-09 at a depth of 402 feet (about 122 meters) below the surface, the wrecks are protected by El Kadsre with no dives being allowed without express permission from the El Kadsreian government.