c_t; The news of the annihilation of the three major naval divisions soon spread back to the Beiyang Fleet, but Ding Ruchangwan did not expect that the three major naval divisions that Li Hongzhang had only invited to help after wasting all his strength would be so vulnerable that they were wiped out after only a few hours of support.

For a while, Ding Ruchang was also at a loss.

Liu Buyun took a few steps and said: "Lord Admiral, we must take advantage of the minefield and send warships to intercept the Japanese Navy from entering the port, once we enter the port, we will be in danger!" ”

Ding Ruchang replied: "I also know, but how many warships do we send to resist?" There is the main fleet of the Japanese army, which is far superior to the Beiyang Naval Division, and it is difficult to bargain even if we all go to battle! ”

Lin Yongsheng replied, "Lord Admiral, I suggest sending Dingyuan to fight with Zhenyuan. When we lay mines, we will leave a safe passage about one and a half miles wide in the middle, on which only a few mines are laid, while our own warships will pass through in the future, this passage can only ensure that the two warships can move forward side by side, and only one warship can be kept moving forward in the battle, and the two ships will advance side by side, and our army will be bombarded by heavy artillery, and they will have no room to maneuver and dodge, and can only become the target of the Beiyang Naval Division. The flagships have heavy armor, and then take advantage of the narrow location of the minefield and the channel to stubbornly defend the entrance, and use the firepower advantage of the armor and the flagship to block the safe passage, and the Japanese army will definitely not be able to open the passage to the inland sea in a short time. It's just that the newly purchased cruisers of the Japanese army are strong, and they can't match Dingyuan and Zhenyuan. Your Excellency, you sit on Liugong Island, command

Artillery battle against Weihaiwei! ”

Ding Ruchang pondered for a moment, gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, Lin Yongsheng led the Zhenyuan ship and Liu Buyun led the Dingyuan ship to the minefield to block the route of the main force of the Japanese Navy, only to block the enemy, not to annihilate the enemy, as long as the Japanese fleet can be forced back, the two of you will be the first to do it;!" ”

The two deputy commanders led the orders and went down to prepare for battle,

The main fleet of the Japanese army outside Weihaiwei Harbor went all out to clear mines, but the effect was still not very obvious, and the Qing army dropped nearly 4,000 mines in the sea area of Weihai Garrison Harbor, which was about 15 miles long from north to south and about 5 miles wide from east to west.

Ito Yuheng was like oil, and there was no way but to keep urging the progress of mine clearance. The whole night passed, and by dawn the next day, they had only advanced a mile, just as the Japanese army was struggling to advance.

The Japanese signal corps immediately sent a flag: "The main battleship of the Qing army was found two nautical miles ahead, and it seems that the two ships Dingyuan and Zhenyuan have already made an offensive posture!" ”

Ito Yuheng's face sank, knowing that this was troublesome, the Dingyuan ship and the Zhenyuan ship were advanced armored cruisers, and the two warships, one left and one right, guarded the exit of the minefield opposite, and at the same time, their own fleet could only move forward in a single column, that is to say, in the battle, the Japanese ships had to face a pair of battles, and they were facing the two flagships of the Beiyang Navy, not the classic cars they encountered before!

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The general staff officer of the team said to Ito Yuhiro: "Your Excellency, Commander, now you have to send an arrow. If we can't rush into Weihaiwei Port in a short time and annihilate the Beiyang Naval Division, then the Fourth Division and the Sixth Division can only wait for the fate of destruction. In the previous Korean war, the Imperial Army had lost forty or fifty thousand imperial elites, and could no longer afford the price of two divisions dying together! ”

Ito slowly closed his eyes and pondered what to do.

After a long time, Ito replied firmly: "Order the guerrilla fleet to carry the surrendered four Qing ships to divert into the Rongcheng Bay area, shell the port of Rongcheng Bay, and prepare to meet the main force of the army." Ordered the main force to unite the fleet, speed up the mines, and the two armored cruisers Akita and Matsumoto rushed forward and attacked the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan ships with all their might, striving to repel the resistance of the two warships, and open up a safe passage in the shortest possible time to sail into Weihaiwei Military Port! Now that the situation in Korea has changed, it is time to concentrate on striving for victory on one battlefield and supporting the two battlefields, our empire no longer has such strong troops and financial resources, so we should quickly take the two divisions back to North Korea and take North Korea again! Otherwise, with the ability of the Chinese Tiger, the possibility of the total annihilation of the two master regiments is too high, and even if we annihilate the Beiyang Navy, we still do not have enough troops to carry out a full-scale invasion of the Great Qing State! ”

"Hay!" The General Staff Nodding heavily, he stepped out of the conning tower and ordered the signalmen to give orders to the partisan fleet.

The main fleet still insisted on moving forward, and gradually, the Japanese main fleet entered the range of the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan ships.

Bu Toad decisively gave the order and ordered the heavy guns of the two warships to fire in unison. Suddenly, dozens of shells whizzed over the East China Sea and flew towards the main fleet of the Japanese army.

When it was the Japanese Navy's newly acquired Akita and Matsumoto giants that advanced first, the two giant ships also began to fire back at the Qing army, and the two sides engaged in a fierce artillery battle outside the military port.

Although the combat power of the Akita and Matsumoto has surpassed that of the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, Liu Buyun and Lin Yongsheng are also the best generals in the Qing Navy, with rich experience and outstanding ability, and the location of the minefield has successfully resisted the attack of the Japanese Combined Fleet.

The two sides fought fiercely near the minefield for a whole day, the Japanese army was difficult to advance half a step, although the Dingyuan ship and the Zhenyuan ship were scarred, and the Qing troops on the ship also suffered many casualties, but they still fought to the death, and the Japanese Akita and Matsushima also received a certain degree of trauma and began to retreat slowly, and another ironclad cruiser Mengshan and Gaojinzhou approached, and they made up their minds to sink or repel the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan ships in one fell swoop.

Liu Buyun frowned, such a fierce battle, in the face of the Japanese Navy's wheel tactics, the two ironclad cruisers were too badly damaged, then it would be troublesome, and they needed follow-up ships to replace themselves and continue to block them.

Liu Buyun ordered: "The herald released two small ships, rushed back to Weihaiwei as soon as possible, and asked the Admiral to send other warships to help, the Dingyuan ship and the Zhenyuan ship fought fiercely for a day, the ammunition stock is not much, the hull is damaged, and it needs to be rotated to rest!" ”

A moment later, two small boats went out into the sea and galloped towards Liugong Island. only

While the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan ships were engaged in a fierce battle with the main Japanese fleet, the Japanese guerrilla fleet also arrived at Rongcheng Bay in the afternoon. Today's Rongcheng Bay is still under the control of the Japanese army. Kuroki Weizhen left a large army here to garrison Rongcheng Bay and protect the port tightly. Now, the Japanese garrison has finally waited for a new change, and more than a dozen warships of the guerrilla formation have successfully landed on the shore, and the situation has changed dramatically! You can search for "Crossing the First Sino-Japanese Special Forces King RAN" in Baidu to find the latest update of this book!

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