The beginning of the Great War is somewhat the same as in history, but it is also a little different. The same thing is that the Beiyang Fleet has just completed the escort mission of the transport ship and is on the way back, but the difference is that the events of this naval battle were delayed until September 1894, and when the Japanese fleet fired the first shells to the Beiyang, there was still no declaration of war between Japan and the Qing State!

September 15, 1894! A day worthy of being recorded in history! Because on this day, the largest naval battle in the world since the Battle of Lisa broke out! More than 20 warships of both sides launched a battle in the Yellow Sea that lasted 6 hours! The scale of the battle and the intensity of the battle shocked the world!

And in this big drama carefully arranged by the God of War, in addition to the two protagonists of the Beiyang Fleet and the Japanese Fleet, there are also audiences from the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Russia who witnessed or partially witnessed this great war! This battle had a profound impact on later generations, and some tactics and concepts were even used in the Russo-Japanese War!

The first to spot the opponent were the fast troops of both sides. When the seven warships of the Beiyang Fleet were preparing to set sail for their return journey after completing the task of covering the landing, a fast fleet of three fast cruisers headed by Kaiyuan (the new name of the armored cruiser Mainz) was cruising in the open sea.

At 10:30 a.m., the lookout on the Mainz spotted a plume of smoke approaching rapidly to the southwest! Based on the size of the pillar of smoke, the lookout quickly judged that the opponent should be a detachment, and the number of warships it had would not exceed 5!

"Immediately rendezvous with the main fleet! We might be in trouble! In line with the principle of prudence, Yang Yonglin ordered the fleet to move closer to the main fleet, and the three battleships drew a huge U-shape on the sea surface and sailed towards the team. At the same time, the Japanese fleet also discovered the smoke column of the Beiyang Fast Fleet, and in this case, in this kind of place, the Japanese also judged that the other party should be the Beiyang Fleet! And the Japanese fleet was blocking the way back from the Beiyang Fleet at this time! A big war is inevitable!

"Get ready to fight!" Ding Ruchang, who received the information, gave a battle order! AT THIS TIME, DING RUCHANG WAS STILL MORE CONFIDENT IN THE BEIYANG FLEET, AND THE 150MM KRUPP GUNS AT THE BOW AND TAIL OF THE TWO IRONCLAD SHIPS IN DINGZHEN WERE REPLACED WITH NEW RAPID-FIRE GUNS, AND SIX 4.7-INCH RAPID-FIRE GUNS AND SOME 88MM ANTI-MINE GUNS PRODUCED IN GERMANY WERE ALSO INSTALLED ON BOTH SIDES OF EACH BATTLESHIP.

ALL THE REMAINING CRUISERS HAVE REPLACED THE ORIGINAL 150MM GUNS WITH RAPID-FIRE GUNS, AND AT THE SAME TIME SUPPLEMENTED WITH 88MM GUNS OR 75MM ANTI-MINE GUNS, AND THE OLD 210MM GUNS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPLACED WITH GUN MOUNTS, ALTHOUGH THEY CANNOT BE COMPARED WITH THE NEW BATTLESHIP TURRET GUNS, BUT THE RATE OF FIRE HAS STILL BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED, AND WITH THE 210MM PICRIC ACID HIGH-EXPLOSIVE BOMBS IMPORTED FROM GERMANY, THE LETHALITY HAS BEEN INCREASED BY A GRADE!

The specific tactics of the fleet were also formulated before the war, and the Kaiyuan, Zhiyuan, and Jingyuan formed a fast fleet to guerrilla attack and interception on the periphery. And the remaining 9 battleships were formed into a team, divided into 4 small formations, to attack the Japanese fleet in order to lead the battle into chaos! Because there are only 7 ships, the Pingyuan is included in the team of Dingzhen, Jingyuan and Laiyuan are a team, Chaoyong and Yangwei are a small team, and Guangjia and Guangbing are another team!

And just as the Beiyang was preparing for battle, the Japanese fleet was also making final preparations, and almost as in history, the Japanese fleet was also divided into two fleets, fast and slow, the fast fleet consisted of the first-class cruiser Kasuga (Edgar-class cruiser George), Takasago (Chilean second-class cruiser), Yoshino and Akashi (Brave), these four cutting-edge cruisers are the essence of the Japanese fleet! All Clippers Snapper! The speed is more than 20 knots!

And the Japanese fleet has changed a lot, and the Japanese fleet is stronger and more numerous than in history! The three Sankei ships and the Takachiho constitute the sharpest spearhead of the team! This was followed by the armored cruiser Chiyoda, the old ironclad ships Fuso, Kongo, and Hiei. And unlike in history, this time the Japanese fleet also had two more unprotected cruisers, the Takao and the Tsukushi!

In the end, the Japanese fleet had a total of 10 warships! The strength and number are far beyond history, you know, in history, the Japanese fleet still has scum like the Akagi gunboat and the Saikyo Maru! In addition to these front-line battleships, both sides had a certain number of torpedo boats, but they were too small to be put into battle for the time being!

14 ships of the Japanese fleet against 12 battleships of the Beiyang Fleet! There is a slight advantage in terms of quantity, and a great advantage in tonnage! This tonnage ratio is almost 3 to 2! And when this big drama is about to start, the actors are already in place, and the audience is beginning to enter one after another!

"It's British!" Colonel Ingnorr, who had returned to the team, stood bored on the deck of the cruiser Hamburg, whose battleship had now been sold to Beiyang, and he seemed to be guilty. On someone else's warship, the colonel was very unhappy, and when he was bored and scanned the sea with his binoculars, he unexpectedly found a fleet approaching from the south!

This time the Germans did not act alone, not only did the Russians send a cruiser to act with the Germans, but even the American cruiser Chicago was in formation! After all, the visit of the German fleet to the United States was a gesture of goodwill, and the Americans, who were preparing to enter the Far East, also planned to establish good relations with Russia and Germany, and the three left together! And next to the fleet, there are two more French ships!

"What do you mean by being British?" Vice Admiral Makanov, the nominal commander of the fleet, picked up the binoculars in his hand and carefully observed the British fleet on the opposite side. At the head was the second-class battleship Centurion, the flagship of the British Chinese regional fleet, and behind were two Edgar-class cruisers! Such a scale is already stronger than the fleets of Britain, Germany and the United States! In this case, the significance of the British teaming up is very intriguing! Not only the Russians think so, but also the United States and Germany!

"What do these three countries mean?" When the commander of the British fleet, Felimant, saw the fleets of the United States, Germany and Russia, the British were also shocked! Is this TM planning to form a team to brush the Far East? When did the Americans also mix with the Germans and Russians? The British are vaguely ready to challenge the world in the Far East? Of course, in fact, the Americans just teamed up and didn't think too much about it. It's the British who think a little too much!

When the battle between the Beiyang and Japanese fleets was about to break out, a group of spectators themselves developed mutual suspicion. This impact is even greater than the impact of the battle! The Americans suspected that the British were supporting Japan with an iron heart, while the British suspected that the Americans were getting closer to Russia and Germany! And once this suspicion arises, then if you want to get rid of it, I'm afraid it's not so simple!

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