Zheng Dingbang's battle plan was actually very simple, that is, to dispatch cruisers, destroyers and other fast warships to attack the Japanese army's returning fleet, annihilate the Hubei army's escort fleet, and lure the Hubei army's Pacific Fleet to come. The main fleet of the Huaxia Army was lying in ambush nearby, waiting for an opportunity to pounce on it, cut off the rear route of the Pacific Fleet, and completely annihilate it.

In fact, Zheng Dingbang's battle plan was too overestimated by Vice Admiral Stark, the commander of the Hubei fleet, who had been waiting for the appearance of the main fleet of the Huaxia Army, as soon as the main fleet of the Huaxia Army appeared, he would rush over, and there was no need to make a bunch of arrangements to lure him to come.

But at this time, the main fleet of Huaxia had no bottom in his heart, and even Hu Zhen was a little uneasy in his heart, after all, according to the calculation of the balance of forces, the Pacific Fleet of the Hubei Army had eight warships with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, while the Huaxia Army only had five warships with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons.

The task of luring the enemy was entrusted to Geng Huoyan, chief of staff of the main fleet, who led 10 cruisers and 12 destroyers, all of which had a speed of more than 23 knots, to intercept the convoy transporting Japanese troops in the Sea of Japan.

With the help of airships and radio equipment, the cruiser fleet commanded by Geng Huoyan easily found the Hubei convoy in the Sea of Japan.

Geng Huoyan didn't say a word, grabbed the radio and ordered: "Rush up, all the ships with Lao Maozi and Xiao Wa Guo will be beaten to death by Lao Tzu!" ”

The cruiser Asold, which escorted the convoy, with four old gunboats and three destroyers, saw the Chinese battleship rushing towards it violently, and immediately rushed up to meet it.

With a displacement of 5,905 tons, a speed of 23 knots, 12 main guns and 20 secondary guns, the Ascord is very powerful in terms of speed and firepower among cruisers.

When the captain of the ship saw the sudden appearance of the Huaxia warship, he rushed up with gunboats and destroyers to intercept it without hesitation.

However, the Huaxia Army's 10 cruisers attacked the Ascord, with 10 to 1, the firepower was overwhelmingly superior, and in addition, the cruisers of the Huaxia Army were all equipped with artillery aiming fire control systems, and the accuracy of the shelling was even more accurate.

In the first salvo, the Askind was hit by seven shells, but in the third salvo, more than 20 shells were hit, and a raging fire broke out on the ship.

In just two minutes, the officers and men on the Hubei warship realized that this was a terrifying opponent.

However, when the Huaxia army reached this time, it would not give the Hubei army any chance, and when the cruiser besieged the Ascold, twelve destroyers rushed up at a high speed of 25 knots, outflanking the four old gunboats and three destroyers of the Hubei army.

The destroyers of the Hubei army have a high speed of 23-25 knots, and they can also confront the Huaxia army for a while.

However, the maximum speed of the old-fashioned gunboats of the Hubei army is only 16 knots, and the rapid fire of the main guns is like a snail, and it takes a minute to shoot a shell, and the destroyers of the Huaxia Army are not opponents of two against one, let alone one against two upside down, but in ten minutes, the four old gunboats of the Hubei army were all shot and caught fire, two of which exploded and sank directly, and the remaining two are also sinking slowly, and it is a matter of time before they sink into the sea to feed the fish.

Seeing that they were not opponents, the three destroyers of the Hubei army hurriedly turned around and fled, but the Huaxia fleet had already arranged for the destroyers to act as frontal blockade and flank respectively, and the three destroyers of the Hubei army had no way to escape, and soon fell into a situation of being surrounded on all sides.

It was also ten minutes before 12 destroyers of the Huaxia Army besieged the three destroyers of the Hubei Army and drove them all to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish.

In less than half an hour, four old gunboats and three destroyers of the Hubei army were all sunk.

And the Ascord still has a little armor and body, and after more than ten minutes of hard standing with ten times the strength of the Huaxia Army, it wants to escape, but where can it escape at this time?

When the old gunboats and destroyers were all destroyed, the Ascord was also hit by hundreds of bullets, and there was a violent explosion, and the hull of the ship exploded into countless fragments and sank to the bottom of the sea.

Seeing that the escort fleet was wiped out, the captains of the Hubei troops on the transport fleet, some wanted to escape, some wanted to put up a white flag and surrender, and some were at a loss.

The general in charge of commanding the Japanese army on the transport ship was Shandi Yuanzhi, who was one of the culprits of the Lushun massacre, when he commanded the Japanese army to massacre the Chinese in Lushun, he was arrogant.

But today, except for a command knife hanging from his waist on the transport ship of the Hubei army, most of the rest of the Japanese army did not carry any weapons because they were all transport ships pretending to be wounded and sick to deceive the Hubei army.

In fact, the infantry was armed to the teeth of the transport ship on the vast sea, which could only be used for masturbation, and used against powerful warships, which was more unreliable than Don Quixote's use of horses to attack windmills.

When the Japanese army was in a panic, the Huaxia fleet received a new order, and Geng Huoyan grabbed the wireless voice radio and ordered all the participating ships: "The transport ships in front are loaded with bandits who are going to flee back to the Japanese country after killing people, arson, and plundering in our Huaxia territory, don't let them go, and sink all the transport ships!" ”

In fact, if the lure fleet commanded by Geng Huoyan captures the transport ship sent by the Hubei army to transport more than 50,000 Japanese troops and catches up with the Pacific Fleet of the Hubei Army, it will only be in vain.

After Geng Huoyan's order went down, it was 100 percent resolutely implemented.

In the Chinese Navy, under the patriotic education advocated by Hu Zhen, everyone knew that the harm caused to China by the small country of the Japanese State for thousands of years, especially the crime of the Lushun Massacre, made all the Chinese soldiers hate the Japanese army to the core, so that none of these Japanese soldiers who had no ability to resist in the face of the slaughter would be soft-hearted.

The transport ships of the Hubei army, with their thin walls and decks, can also penetrate a huge hole with a small caliber shell from the Huaxia army, allowing the sea water to flow into it.

In just ten minutes, there was no more transport ship on the sea, and even the few transport ships that were about to raise the white flag to surrender were all sunk by the Huaxia warship.

After the efficient killing of the transport ship began, the sea was filled with black crushed human heads.

Some sailors were not satisfied, especially some sailors of the former Beiyang Fleet, who hated the Japanese army to the core, rushed to the heavy machine gun position of the battleship, and used crane guns to shoot frantically at the Japanese army on the sea.

Some sailors could not use heavy machine guns, so they picked up rifles and pistols and aimed at the Japanese soldiers on the surface of the sea and fired fiercely.

In the dense rain of bullets, countless blood flowers exploded on the sea, and the screams of the Japanese army even drowned out the sound of the waves.

The culprit of the Lushun massacre, Yamachi Motoji, was hit in the arm by a bullet and was not killed immediately, but the blood he shed on the surface of the sea attracted sharks.

Yamachi Genji was very lucky to be taken by two sharks, and in the bite of the sharks, Yamachi Genji was dismantled dozens of pieces.

Countless Japanese soldiers were caught by sharks and were bitten to death.

The remnants of the Japanese soldiers swam frantically, hoping to escape the sea of death, but there were still two hundred kilometers to the nearest land, and no one could swim back to land safely.

Geng Huoyan commanded the fleet to cruise here for more than an hour, watching as there were fewer and fewer Japanese troops on the sea, and more and more corpses floating on the water.

Suddenly, a soldier in charge of the lookout pointed to the northeast and shouted: "The Hubei fleet is coming!" ”

Everyone looked to the northeast, only to see dozens of tall pillars of smoke floating there, there is no other fleet here except for the Huaxia Army Fleet, it is obvious that this must be the Hubei Pacific Fleet.

"Very good, the Pacific Fleet of the Hubei Army has finally appeared, and we are ready to retreat!" After looking at it with a telescope for a while, Geng Huoyan decisively issued an order to the fleet.

When all the battleships heard the order, they immediately turned their bows and headed south at a speed of fifteen knots. (To be continued.) )