The poor performance of Dashanyan's Second Army in southern Liaoning finally made the Hiroshima base camp completely abandon the plan of landing in Ludong and opening up the third battlefield, and instead focused on the Shanhaiguan and the subsequent decisive battle of Zhili.

According to the operational plan urgently drawn up by the Hiroshima Base Camp General Staff, the Combined Fleet will send a warship to Dalian Bay for a pause.

The Second Army's Chief of Staff Oji, Yasumi Osa, who has been promoted to the rank of major general, will board the ship and return to Tokyo Bay to serve as the commander of the 11th Infantry Reinforced Mixed Brigade, which will soon be deployed.

After the Combined Fleet completes its escort mission, if the Beiyang Naval Division still shrinks, the Combined Fleet will go directly to Weihaiwei and launch an attack from the open sea.

LIU Gongdao,

Hijima,

North and South Batteries.

Nail by nail pluck out the carapace of this little turtle shell.

Even if it cannot completely annihilate the Beiyang Naval Division, it must try to inflict further heavy damage on it, so that it will be completely paralyzed in Weihai Weijun Port and unable to go to sea, which will affect the subsequent military operations of the empire.

With regard to the intelligence mistake of the ace spy Shen Chuan, the Far East Section of the Second Bureau of the Staff Headquarters of the Japanese Army's Base Camp, which did not know that Li Hongzhang had completely retired, came to the conclusion that this intelligence was invalid because of the contradiction between Li Hongzhang and Guangxu.

"Order, Yaeshan, Pancheng, Tiancheng, Yamato, Kaohsiung, form a Bohai Haikou blockade detachment, and at the same time pay attention to the direction of the sea area of Yingchengzi to prevent the Qing army from transporting military rations to Lushun; The cruiser Musashi immediately went to Dalian Bay to pick up Rear Admiral Yasumi Oji, and the rest of the fleet returned to Tokyo Bay. ”

Vice Admiral Shosuke Ito, the commander of the fleet, stood on the bridge of the Hashidate and looked regretfully at the empty blue sea in the southeast, and his heart was full of disappointment.

Four months have passed since the Battle of Dadonggou, during which the Combined Fleet has been cruising around the Yellow Sea, just to fight the Dashimizu Division.

However, the empire wasted so much precious white coal in vain, but it was nothing.

This damned Beiyang Fleet!

"Whew-"

At the same time that the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet lifted anchor and returned to Tokyo Bay, the Beiyang Fleet, which was cowering in Weihaiwei, began to sail out of Weihaiwei Military Port.

Dingyuan, Zhenyuan, Laiyuan, Jingyuan, Jiyuan, Pingyuan, gunboat Zhenzhong, Zhennan, Zhendong, Zhenxi, Zhenbei, as well as a huge group of 10 torpedo boats and 2 minelayers, had to quietly sail out of Weihaiwei Port under the strong pressure of Emperor Guangxu.

According to Ding Ruchang's plan, the ship group will first escort the Zhenyuan ship, which is heavily scarred by bullets and urgently needs to be overhauled, and return to the dock of Lushun Military Port for overhaul.

Then the fleet will patrol the area of Jinmen and Shanhaiguan, which can be regarded as an explanation under the pressure of the Beijing Division.

This cruising route was made by Ding Ruchang and Liu Buyun after careful consideration.

Without Li Hongzhang in front of him, the Beiyang generals could not resist the thunder from the imperial court at all, so they had to succumb to the side ball.

However, this does not mean that the generals of the Beiyang Naval Division chose to let these laymen of the imperial court blindly command, leaving the fleet in a desperate situation.

Ding Ruchang and Liu Buyun stood on the bridge of the Dingyuan ship, until they saw Zhenyuan behind them slowly using Weihaiwei Harbor, and their frowning eyebrows were slightly relaxed.

Two months ago, Lin Taizeng, who was hailed by the Japanese naval circles as the 'treasure knife' of the Beiyang Naval Division, was leading a warship into Weihaiwei Harbor when the Zhenyuan ship ran aground on the bottom of the reef, and Lin Taizeng committed suicide because of this.

After that, Yang Yonglin tried his best to reluctantly repair the steel plate at the bottom of the ship, although there was still a column of water in the gap in the bottom plate, but through the stupid method of scooping water and pouring it out by manpower, he could barely drive the Zhenyuan ship out.

"The naval division is stationed in Jinmen and Shanhaiguan, which is simply the way to die, and a few torpedo boats can easily send you and me into the sea by sneaking over at night."

Liu Buyun said angrily: "This group of fools, on weekdays, they want new ships, Western flowering bombs, high-quality white coal, and replace artillery and equipment, and they all jump out of all kinds of obstructions; What a bunch of idiots who don't succeed enough and lose more than they do! ”

"Ludong Li Bingheng has always regarded my Beiyang as a thorn in his side, and he has been in charge of Ludong for several months, and how many Beiyang civil and military personnel have been detained and dismissed? Now the 20,000 troops are blindly stationed in Yantai and Penglai, and they don't care about the life or death of Weihai at all, once the Japanese army lands in the area of Jiming Island, Longyan Bay, and Rongcheng Bay, the artillery of the fort cannot be turned back, how to defend? ”

Ding Ruchang's voice was full of anger: "Dai Zongqian, the commander of the North Fort, is greedy and deceitful, and has always been 'paid' for self-enrichment, and the soldiers have great grievances, and the soldiers' military discipline is corrupt and negligent in training, who can be pointed at when the war starts?" ”

"Whew-"

The cold sea breeze blew through and cut the face like countless small knives.

"Liu Chaopei of the South Fort, drinking and gambling all day long, he doesn't care about, and he has been reprimanded by Zhongtang many times and still does his own thing; Only Zhang Wenxuan of Liu Gongdao is really good, but it is difficult to speak alone; Staying in this military port is tantamount to falling into the ground of death! ”

Liu Buyun looked at the sea and sky in the north, sighed and said, "This time, I hope the anti-Japanese army will not let us down." ”

"If what they said about the battle a few days ago and the current situation in southern Liaoning are true, then this Lushun military port is worth our gamble."

Ding Ruchang's gloomy face showed a rare hint of brightness: "The sailor is floating in the sea, there must be a nest, since Weihaiwei has become a dead place, Lushun may be a game of chess for you and me." ”

"I hope so!"

Liu Buyun's eyes were filled with hope and fear.

He didn't know what the fleet would do if Lushun was too stoppable.

In He Changying's original time and space, the Beiyang Naval Division hurriedly escaped from Lushun Military Port on November 13, and the Japanese army began to march from Dalian on the 15th, and successfully captured Lushun on the 21st, and then carried out the massacre that shocked the world.

At that time, the Beiyang Naval Division, which had been cut off, knew that Weihaiwei had become a cemetery, but he had to hold on there until the Beiyang Naval Division was finally completely buried.

In this time and space, He Changying and his anti-Japanese army successfully held the Lushun Military Port, thus providing countless variables for the Beiyang Naval Division and even the entire Qing-Japanese War.

"Alas, now that I think about it, I shouldn't have left that night, and it ended up making Kashi kill himself with hatred!"

Speaking of this, Ding Ruchang couldn't help but touch his right arm.

That night the fleet left in a hurry, and the army on the dock opened fire, and he was hit by a stray bullet in the right arm, and the scar has not yet faded.

And what made him even more sad was that Zhenyuan ran aground on the reef when he entered the port, and Lin Taizeng also committed suicide for this, making Beiyang once again a laughing stock in the world.

What a shame!

regret that he shouldn't have selfishly squeezed out Lang Weili, and then set up a house in Weihaiwei to fight for Sister Kiln, but it was only four years, which made the sailor worry about internal and external troubles, so unbearable!

At this moment, even the cold wind could not blow away Ding Ruchang's blush.

"Whew-"

The whole group sailed out of Weihaiwei Military Port and slowly headed towards Lushun Military Port, 500 miles to the north.

And 400 miles northwest of the Beiyang Fleet, the Japanese Combined Fleet was also speeding away from the Bohai Sea and heading towards Weihaiwei Port.

After passing Weihaiwei, the Japanese ship group continued eastward to bypass the Chengshantou headland near Rongcheng Bay, and then the fleet was split into two.

All the way to the port of Incheon, North Korea, on standby.

All the way south to the Yellow Sea, passing through the island of Jingzhou, entering the East China Sea, then entering the Pacific Ocean, returning to Tokyo Bay, escorting the 11th Reinforced Mixed Brigade of Infantry.