The news of Rear Admiral Bowen's calamity to China's coastal zone quickly spread to the city of Beijing, and Luo Yang was furious, and he once again set out from the safety of the capital, led the troops of his cronies, and rushed to Weihai, Shandong, to demand that the newly established Chinese Navy Peng Yulin fleet attack the American Second Fleet.

Peng Yulin was dumbfounded, "Mr. Consul, our officers and soldiers have not fully adapted to the situation at sea, as for the formations at sea, fighting or something, they are all self-made, and they are far from the level of participating in battles. ”

Several officers also shook their heads at the plan,

Not for anything else, everyone is distressed, saying that such a good fleet, as soon as it arrives in hand, will immediately go to war, and it is a pity to break it,

Ahran suggested: "Mr. Consul, why can't we strike the American fleet again. ”

Luo Yang said: "I don't want to, but if you think about it, the news has leaked, otherwise, the US Second Fleet would not retaliate so rampantly and savagely." ”

In fact, Luo Yang misjudged the situation, and Rear Admiral Bowen didn't know how the situation in the north had changed amazingly, because the strongest thing used in military liaison at that time was cable telegraphy, and wireless telegraphy had not yet been invented, so the communication between the two sea fleets was really difficult.

How to successfully take down the US Second Fleet, with few losses and not too much damage to these ships, is indeed a headache.

The newly captured First Fleet is a baby bump, reluctant to take it out to fight, well, or land warfare, so, from the land, Luo Yang personally led the troops, day and night, rushed to the south, in order to ensure that Beijing was not noticed, he also united with Zhang Suimou, came up with a stand-in move, and hired a few stand-ins,

Luo Yang admitted that he was really not interested in governing the country and securing the people, and he was still more talented in fighting.

When the Bowen fleet plundered Zhoushan and enjoyed the spoils of war happily, Luoyang's troops had already rushed to Ningbo, Zhejiang, across the ocean, and confronted the enemy fleet from afar.

Several plans have been planned, all of which make the generals unable to trust, because, everyone is really not sure, across the sea, the US Second Fleet is floating on the sea, we are the army, let's fight, we can't reach others, deceive, people are not stupid,

"Since we're not sure, let's take a multi-pronged approach." Luo Yang finally made up his mind, saying that if you plant widely and harvest thinly, you must also farm the land.

Regardless of whether he can defeat the enemy or not, whether he has a chance or not, Luo Yang is actively preparing, these preparations, if the officials of the former Qing Dynasty see it, they will definitely laugh.

The special operations troops from the north, plus the troops from Shanghai, were mixed together, 600 people, a very remarkable team, one unit trained to cross the sea and attack, night battles and other subjects, and the other trained paratroopers to fight, especially at sea to train with paragliders to fly, to attack the enemy, and then, with various local officials in the coastal zone, all communicated information, Luo Yang ordered, up to Zuo Zongtang, down to any local Daofu County, as long as it can tempt the officers and soldiers of the enemy's fleet to land on the west coast, any method can be used.

Luo Yang actually directly ordered Zuo Zongtang to collude with the US military, lying that he was dissatisfied with the government of the Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom, and wanted to use the power of the US army to rebel in the south, and also asked the US army to enter the Minjiang River in Mawei, because it was a good military port.

Whether all the methods are feasible or not is unknown.

When the news came that the Zhoushan Islands had been sacked by the U.S. fleet, the fishermen who had escaped had landed at the risk of death and reported to the government, so that Luoyang had the latest military information.

All Huaxia Tian** are very angry, the enemy dares to harm China, which arouses everyone's righteous indignation,

"Alright, let's do it now."

Luo Yang sent a well-spoken special forces and several officers to repeatedly admonish him, and then, with a forged letter from Zuo Zongtang, escorted by several civilians, went to Zhoushan to find the American fleet, and at the same time, transferred the troops to the south, and sent people to Zuo Zongtang to tell him to cooperate.

This plan is quite clumsy to talk about, but there is no way, if the US fleet is not fooled, Luo Yang must have other ways.

No one would have thought that when Luoyang's special operations unit and a brigade of mixed troops rushed to Fuzhou, the American fleet would really come.

The soldier was received by Bowen, who read the content and was very interested, because he harassed China along the coast, even if he fought against the coastal zone, it would not hurt China's fundamentals, there was no direct threat, and it would not make the Chinese government withdraw from the war. ”

The cautious Major General Bowen convened a meeting of officers, cross-examined the Chinese soldiers who sent the letters, and finally, the results of the discussion, despite the discussions, the general feeling was that everyone was still in support, because the value of supporting the rebellion of a local official was too great, and at the same time, it was possible to obtain long-term supplies, killing two birds with one stone.

Someone suggested contacting the First Fleet in the north and going south together, but Rear Admiral Bowen refused, believing that he could complete the task with one fleet by himself, and there was no need to trouble the First Fleet, and the First Fleet's responsibility to keep an eye on Tianjin and Beijing was quite heavy.

In fact, Major General Bowen wanted to act independently and achieved great success.

The U.S. Second Fleet quickly rushed to Fuzhou and entered the Minjiang River, while Zuo Zongtang was ordered to dismantle all the defenses at the mouth of the Minjiang River and send personnel to welcome the U.S. fleet.

Major General Bowen was still very vigilant, and after reconnoitring that the coastal artillery on the Min River had been dismantled, he sent two gunboats into the Min River to test it, and also sent officers and soldiers to land and inspect it.

Zuo Zongtang really had the courage, and actually personally led several people to rush to the American fleet, negotiated secretly with Bowen, and signed a cooperation agreement, after getting Zuo Zongtang's guarantee, the Bowen fleet led the whole fleet into the Minjiang River and stationed in the Mawei port section, here, a good harbor environment,

In order to make the deception more real, Zuo Zongtang himself thought of a lot of methods, and even really played the banner of the Qing Dynasty in Fuzhou, sent personnel, and publicized to the people in the streets and alleys that he was a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, and he wanted to contact the American ** team to start a war against the Chinese Heavenly Kingdom and restore the Manchu Empire.

Luoyang's troops, secretly hidden in the vicinity of Fuzhou, five or six miles away from the city, sent scouts to closely monitor all changes in the Minjiang River, the situation near Mawei Port, and asked the reconnaissance troops to report once an hour.

Luo Yang himself, he also personally went out to the place near Mawei to observe the whereabouts of the American fleet, the number of fleets, the formation, etc. with a telescope.

This time, the offensive plan adopted was still a sneak attack at night, not for people, not for things, to annihilate and control the enemy, and then, to snatch the intact fleet.

Of course, this is the best plan, so Luoyang's special operations troops are ready for battle and have made all kinds of preparations, and the special operations forces participating in the battle in the Weihai area have become the protagonists of combat preparations.