After the "Operation Fisherman" plan was approved by the Executive Yuan, Wang Hailong immediately took action, and Bi Jing left little time for the People's Army and Navy, only one night.

At present, the KPA Navy has only one battleship detachment, two cruiser squadrons, two destroyer squadrons, and two patrol boat squadrons. Of these, 1 cruiser detachment, 1 destroyer detachment, and 2 patrol boat detachments were newly built. In total, there are 45 combat ships.

The four 6,000-ton protective cruisers built by the East China government, the Qingzhou, Yizhou, Dengzhou, and Laizhou, were all put into service at this time, and according to the custom of other countries, the warships of this class were named after the first ships, so they were officially named Qingzhou-class protective cruisers, and the navy organized these four warships into the second cruiser detachment, with Zhang Wei as the commander of the fleet.

In addition, two 3,500-ton protective cruisers built by the East China government are also in service, and two more are under construction. It is also named after the city, namely Dongchang, Jining, Linqing, and Wuding, and the first ship Dongchang is named Dongchang-class protective cruiser.

This type of warship is 108 meters long, 12.5 meters wide, draft: 5.5 meters, power 9000 horsepower, speed 22 knots, shipboard armament is 2 twin 155 mm caliber 45 times the distance naval guns, 4 twin 100 mm caliber 45 times the distance naval guns, 8 twin 50 mm caliber machine guns, but the * launcher has been canceled, and the crew is 320 people. It is a Qingzhou-class protective cruiser, and it is used as a high and low match.

Qingzhou-class has excellent performance, powerful firepower, and can be used for ocean-going breakage, but relatively speaking, the cost is also high, not suitable for batch construction, and at present, the East China government has no plan to go to the ocean, so there are only 4 construction plans, and the Dongchang-class is cheap, the technical level is low, and the construction period is short, the Navy plans to build a total of 12 warships of this type, divided into 3 detachments, and is usually used for offshore patrols, escorts and low-intensity maritime conflicts. The Dongchang and Jining, which are already serving in the Navy, were temporarily assigned to the No. 2 Cruiser Detachment, and after the other two ships were commissioned, they were then organized into a separate detachment.

In addition to the Dongchang class, the East China government also built Type 1 destroyers and Type 1 patrol boats on its own. In the era of the traverser, the destroyer was the backbone of the navies of various countries, but in this era, it was the existence of cannon fodder, and its basic role was to escort, lead, reconnoite, and guide the main warships in peacetime, and to assist the main warships in wartime.

The destroyer designed by the East China government is 102 meters long, 8.8 meters wide, draft: 2.8 meters, standard displacement of 1286 tons, power 5000 horsepower, speed 25 knots, and the shipboard armament is 2 single-mounted 125 mm caliber 45 times the distance naval guns, 4 single 75 mm caliber 45 times the distance naval guns, 4 single 50 mm caliber machine guns, 4 twin * launchers, and 150 crew members.

The destroyer was named after the county seat, and now it has been built, named Gaomi, Jimo, Anqiu, and Zhucheng. It is mainly used for offshore patrols and to accompany the Grand Fleet.

In fact, in this era, the concept of destroyers and boats can almost be mixed together, because * is the only weapon that small ships can fight against large warships, so it has become the standard for small ships, but for the definition of boats, the East China government still follows the old concept of time and space, and calls warships under 500 tons boats, and abandons the name of * boats, collectively known as patrol boats.

Originally, the No. 2 Destroyer Detachment of the KPA Navy consisted of five warships of less than 500 tons, but now all these five warships are classified as patrol boats, because they have been renamed the No. 1 Patrol Boat Detachment.

The patrol boat designed by the East China Government is based on the Helong patrol boat, which is actually the original Qing Dynasty Hailong-class destroyer, with a length of 65 meters, a width of 6.2 meters, a draft of 2.5 meters, a standard displacement of 420 tons, a power of 2,500 horsepower, and a speed of 20 knots; the ship's armament is two single-mounted 105-millimeter-caliber 35-gauge naval guns, four single-mounted 50-millimeter-caliber machine guns, two dual-mounted launchers, and a crew of 65 people.

The patrol boat is named after the island off the coast of Shandong, and now there are 5 ships, namely Huangdao, Lingshan Island, Sumen Island, Tianheng Island, and Liugong Island, which are mainly used for coastal and inland river patrols.

After consulting with several other fleet commanders, Wang Hailong believed that this time it would be better to take all the fleets out for a walk, after all, military training was also a major goal of this operation, so it would not be good to keep that team at home, and now that all the warships were in Qingdao, they also happened to be dispatched together. In addition, this time, after all, it is still at home, and it will take 2 or 3 days at most, so the preparation is much simpler, and there is no need to bring a relief ship. Even if you only bring half of the coal, drinking water, and food for each warship, you just have to bring enough ammunition, after all, the Russian ships may not be able to rescue them, maybe there will be a battle, and there is also the possibility of an encounter with the Japanese Combined Fleet, which cannot be left unguarded.

In addition, two crossing warships were to be dispatched for this operation, one of which was still responsible for monitoring the Arthur battlefield and giving advance warning to the Grand Fleet, while the other was to command the entire fleet.

Wang Hailong is also the first time to command such a large-scale fleet, although there are radio stations in this era, and radio stations are installed on the warships of the Japanese Combined Fleet, but the radio station technology in this era is still very backward, not only the performance is unstable, but also the signal transmission distance is also limited. Moreover, even if it is a radio station, it is also transmitted by cipher, a short message has more than ten minutes, and a long message often takes more than 1 hour, and the radio station can only be used as an auxiliary, and it is still the main signal transmission method between various warships with flag language, so it is not easy to command a large fleet in this era.

Although all ships of the People's Army Navy are equipped with walkie-talkies, and the ships can communicate directly with each other, they have still been practicing the flag language to contact and control the fleet in order to adapt to the combat mode of this era, after all, there are only 45 ships now, and in the future they will develop to hundreds, hundreds, and walkie-talkies will not be enough, and even walkie-talkies cannot last long. However, first, the fleet was established for too short a time, and there was not enough time for training; second, in the past, each detachment was trained separately, or two or three detachments were trained together, and the entire fleet was pulled out like this, which has never happened before. Therefore, it is still convenient to use modern warships for command.

One of the two modern warships dispatched was naturally Wang Hailong's Yueyang ship, while the other chose the Xiangyang ship. At the same time, Wang Hai's team also ordered that the Qingzhou and Yizhou should go to the sea of Arthur Port to fight outside, and if they found that there were ships that escaped and left alone, they could follow closely, and then notify the Grand Fleet to send warships to intercept them.

The rest of the warships are in the sea area 200-300 kilometers off the coast east of Qingdao, training while waiting for Russian ships.

The distance from Qingdao to Lushun is about 500 kilometers, so the Xiangyang ship set off overnight at 2 o'clock in the morning on August 9 with the Qingzhou and Yizhou to rush to Lushun.

At 6 a.m. on 10 August, the rest of the warships left the port of Qingdao in turn, heading south-eastward at a speed of 14 knots, and at 12:30 p.m., Wang Hailong received a report from the Xiangyang warship that the Japanese and Russian fleets were exchanging fire about 40 kilometers southeast of Arthur.

Wang Hailong knew that the fleets of the two sides were still far away at this time, so he did not care, but ordered each fleet to train in turn, so as not to be distracted by the Japanese and Russian fleets.

At this time, the Xiangyang ship sent another message, due to the combined fleet's misturning, the Pacific Fleet seized the opportunity, broke through the combined fleet's interception, and headed southeast, sailing at a speed of about 14 knots, while the combined fleet was about 20 kilometers behind to catch up, and the speed was 17 knots; at this time, the Qingzhou and Yizhou were about 9 to 10 kilometers away from the Pacific Fleet, driving side by side, while the Xiangyang was slightly ahead, at a distance of about 15 kilometers.

At the current speed of the two sides, it will take about 5 to 6 hours for the combined fleet to catch up with the Pacific Fleet, and at that time the two sides will sail through Weihai and in the area of Rongcheng water, but it will be late at that time, and it is difficult to say who will kill the two sides. However, it was still very early for the People's Army fleet to come, so Wang Hailong still ordered the fleet to continue training. And report to the Qingdao side.

However, at 4:30 p.m., the Xiangyang ship sent another message that the combined fleet had caught up with the Pacific Fleet in the sea area about 40 kilometers east of Weihai, and the two sides began to fight again.

It turned out that most of the warships of the Pacific Fleet were injured in previous battles, and although they were repaired, Port Arthur's repair capacity was limited, so most of the damaged warships were not completely repaired, and although the Combined Fleet also had ships damaged in previous battles, However, the number of damaged warships is less than that of the Pacific Fleet, and after the damage, it can be towed back to Japan for repair, and Japan's repair conditions are of course much better than those of Arthur, so the ships of the Combined Fleet are in much better condition, and as a result, the Pacific Fleet has gradually slowed down and has been overtaken by the Combined Fleet.

Wang Hailong calculated on the chart that the place of engagement of the Japanese and Russian fleets at this time was about 200 kilometers away from him, about 3-4 hours. He immediately ordered the detachments to concentrate and reorganize their formations, and ordered the 2nd Cruiser Detachment to go out of an area of 50 to 60 kilometers, disperse the sea patrol, and wait for orders, and notify the group to support as soon as the enemy ships were dispatched.

At this time, the Xiangyang ship continued to send back news, this time the two sides exchanged fire again, which was very different from the last time, the combined fleet had to desperately stop the Pacific Fleet and prevent them from running away again, while the Pacific Fleet had to desperately break through the interception of the combined fleet, so this time the two sides also had to do their best.

The battleships of both sides naturally became the main force in this battle, and for a while, the two sides came and went, and the cannon sounded, and a fierce battle began. The Japanese ships Mikasa, Shikishima, and the Russian ships Crown Prince, Retvizan, and Peresvet were all shot one after another.

At 5:30 p.m., the front bridge of the Mikasa was hit by a shell, and five minutes later, the bridge of the Crown Prince was also hit, and three minutes later, the command room of the Crown Prince was shot again, and it seems that the steering gear was also damaged, and it turned to the right, driving the entire Russian fleet in a more directional direction.

Six minutes later, the Crown Prince's mast raised the signal flag, handing over command of the fleet to the Peresvet, but the Peresvet would take over the raising of the fleet's flag, but both masts were broken one after the other, and the flag signal could only be given on the forward bridge. By 6 o'clock, the Russian fleet had been torn apart, some of the warships had turned back to Port Arthur, and many of them were on their own.