For Nikolai's smiling face that was about to rot, Lin Taizeng didn't want to see it more, and after a little promise, Lin Taizeng returned to the conning tower, and after the explanation, he returned to his room, he didn't want to deal with this Nikolai, who said that he would be an enemy in the future.

Coo-co

There was a clanging sound, and Lin Tai knew that it was the impact sound of a person walking around the hull.

With a click, the iron door made of steel opened. A head stretched out from the inside, and when he looked closely, Lin Tai knew that it was Wang Guocheng who came in.

Wang Guocheng was originally a second-class gunner of Jiyuan, in the First Sino-Japanese War, Fang Boqian was afraid of crime and cannon, it was this Wang Guocheng who shot with a tail cannon, after Fang Boqian was killed, he was promoted by Ding Ruchang to be a good artillery commander of Jiyuan. Beiyang Naval Division broke through Lushun, Jiyuan pipe with Lin Guoxiang will have military talent, just with him, and then successively served in Jiyuan Engineer, Jiyuan first mate, etc., two years ago, Tianjin established a naval school, Wang Guocheng was ordered to report, after the study, was promoted to the captain of the Flying Eagle torpedo cruiser, and then served as the captain of the Ruojing armored cruiser, Yi? After the construction of the number, after layers of selection, Wang Guocheng came out of the many officers who grew up drinking foreign ink, and served as the Yi? Captain of the battleship.

"What's going on? Why sound the battle alarm. Seeing Wang Guocheng coming, Lin Tai hurriedly put the military hat next to him on his head and asked.

"Commander, soot has been spotted in the northwest." Wang Guocheng said lightly.

Northwest? Lin Taizeng frowned.

How could soot appear in the northwest direction, Lin Taizeng, who thought of this, turned around and walked out.

When he came to the bridge deck, Lin Tai took the telescope from the staff officer next to him and looked at it. I saw that more than 20 nautical miles to the northwest, wisps of black smoke appeared, and the black smoke was enough to illuminate the entire northwest sky.

It looks like a huge fleet is passing through. Putting down the binoculars in his hand, Lin Tai thought for a moment: he turned around and looked at Wang Guocheng beside him: "Find out what country's ships are not?" ”

"No, the lookout hasn't sent out any information yet." After Wang Guocheng finished speaking, he looked at the black smoke in the northwest direction again: "Do you want to prepare for 2 battles?" ”

It doesn't matter what country's ships they are, it's always good to be combat-ready. Thinking of this, Lin Tai once stepped forward: "Order, all ships are in place, all gun positions are in place, load live ammunition, and prepare for battle." “

The signalmen on the lookout began to quickly signal the flagship. ”

Near the originally calm Tsushima Strait, the sailors of the Liaodong Navy and Tsarist Russia began to run out of the cabin, tear off the gun jackets on the gun emplacements, and quickly adjust their bearings.

The sound of turrets turning began to sound all over the sea.

There was a crisp snap of the jam, and the gunner had already loaded his ammunition with the shells and was waiting for the order to attack.

"The speed is eleven, and the wind is northwest." The signal surveyors constantly reported on the situation of the opposing fleet. ”

The speed of the voyage reached eleven knots, this must not be a caravan, if I was not wrong, it must be the combined fleet, thinking of this, Lin Taizeng had already begun to have a plan in his heart.

Smiling slightly, Lin Tai glanced at Wang Guocheng beside him: "Slow down." ”

What? Slowing down, Wang Guocheng on the side widened his eyes, whether the other side is friend or foe has not yet been figured out, once it is determined that it is the enemy at that time, it will not be so easy to speed up.

Fortunately, although Wang Guocheng had doubts in his heart, he still nodded and turned around to give an order.

Why did it slow down, Nikolai, who had been afraid of dying in the command tower, obviously felt that the fleet was slowing down, and ran to Lin Taizeng to ask the reason.

Afraid of death but still in the navy, Lin Tai once saw this Tsarist Russian naval commander who was afraid of death, and after despising it in his heart, he told Nikolai that he was not a reason.

Nikolai was able to hold this position, all because of nepotism, there was no common sense in his head, and when he saw what Lin Taizeng said, it was very reasonable, and he was also afraid that if he found out that he was Japanese, he would threaten his life and safety when he fought, so he didn't say anything, but handed over the command to Lin Taizeng again, and under the protection of the guards, he hid in the thick-skinned command tower.

Lin Taizeng's reason is very simple, that is, if the other party is a caravan, it will cause misunderstanding. This reason is simply untenable, but for Nikolai it is enough.

"To the northwest, the Combined Fleet is discovered." Finally, when the two armies were more than ten nautical miles apart, the soldiers at the lookout had already identified each other and began to report the situation.

It seems that it is the Japanese transport fleet, and since the marshal asked me to turn a blind eye, I can only watch them pass, but it is so easy to let them go, which is not very appropriate. After all, the other party is a huge fat meat, and it would be a pity to miss it.

At the same time that the Liaodong Navy discovered the other side, the Japanese Combined Fleet in the northwest also sent out information.

At the same time as the battle alarm sounded, the officers and men of the Combined Fleet, who had not been trained for long, began to rush to the gun position.

Hey, Ito Yuhiro, who was standing on the deck of the bridge of the Mikasa battleship, saw that the nervous faces of the officers and men were all on their faces, and what was even more terrifying was that these soldiers actually deviated from each other by several points when adjusting the ship's guns.

Shame on the dead, Ito Yuhiro blushed a little in the face of all this, but he knew that there was no way to get hot.

The most experienced officers and men of the Imperial Navy were at their strongest, that was during the Sino-Japanese War, and then, due to being in the Yellow Sea, the Imperial Navy was severely damaged and almost wiped out. Later, they finally recovered, and suffered losses in the First Battle of Sakhalin and Vladivostok, and now these sailors, some of them are fishermen, and some are just student soldiers who have not yet graduated.

Hey, Ito, who sighed, didn't watch the performance of these immature sailors, but shifted his gaze to the dozen or so transport ships that followed closely behind not far away. It was loaded with nearly 30,000 officers and men of the 6th and 8th Divisions.

"Your Excellency, Commander. The order of the barracks? Ono, the chief of staff on the side, stepped forward and asked cautiously.

Ito Yuhiro waved his hand, signaling Ono not to say anything more, he had a plan for this matter.