The plan of the General Staff is not that it cannot be realized, but that there must be a condition, and this condition, that is, the Combined Fleet.

Hearing Zhong Lin's analysis, Liu Jun agreed with his statement, that is, even if Pyongyang is not given up at that time, when attacking Seoul, the Beiyang Naval Division can unite the army and take Seoul without enemy harassment.

The meaning of this is obvious, this battle with Japan, whoever destroys the opponent's fleet first, this war will be half won.

In the Lushun Military Port, the Beiyang Navy Division Junjing, which was densely lined up, was quietly moored on the sea, and from time to time, there was a torpedo boat emitting thick smoke and swimming beside these warships.

Since the first battle with the Japanese Combined Fleet in the Liefei Islands, Li He has transferred the warships of the Beiyang Naval Division to Lushun, and even a few torpedo cruisers anchored in Weihai have also been transferred back.

With a creak, the red door of Li He's office was pushed open, and Li He, who was studying the battle in front of the charts, raised his head and saw his chief of staff, Yan Fu, walking in: "Look at it, don't look at it, the marshal will let you go over." After Yan Fu finished speaking, he sat casually on the table next to him.

After a little arrangement, Li He took his cloak from the side, put it on his body, turned around and walked out of the gate and got on the horse, and under the escort of several personal soldiers, he rode a fast horse to the Lushun headquarters.

As soon as he entered the headquarters, he met Liu Jun. Zhong Lin. Zheng Yiqian was facing the map, not knowing what he was discussing, and vaguely, he heard the words United Fleet.

"Dashuai, you look for me." Li He, who walked to the map, looked at Liu Jun, who had already turned around, and asked suspiciously, he really didn't know what he was summoning him this time.

"Come and see. : Seeing that it was Li He, Liu Jun nodded slightly, and then returned to his place and sat down.

"What do you think of the strength of the Combined Fleet?"

Knowing oneself and knowing that the other is victorious in a hundred battles, this sentence Liu Jun understands really, if you want to defeat your opponent, you must understand the strength of your opponent, only in this way, can you grasp the opponent's defects when you shoot, and then attack the opponent's defects to achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Li He, as the commander of the Beiyang Fleet, is also the Liaodong Admiralty for a short time, and over the years, the imaginary enemy of the Beiyang Fleet is Japan, so for you, all this is easy and clear.

After thinking about it for a while, Li He raised his head and reported the situation loudly.

After Japan's defeat that year, because of the restrictions of the "Tianjin Treaty", it could not have warships of more than 3,000 tons, so before the "Tianjin Treaty" was revised, Japan vigorously developed warships of 2,000 to 3,000 tons, with a total of four cruisers and 11-hand torpedo boats. After the revision of the "Tianjin Treaty", because of the relationship between the imperial court, the restriction that Japan could not have 3,000 tons was abolished, so in the past two years, Japan has vigorously developed large warships, light battleships, and among the restricted Japanese arrays, there is Yaeyama. Mikasa, Chisei, Fuso, and Izumo are five 10,000-ton battleships, and Ningwai has six armored cruisers of more than 4,000 tons, so the strength of the combined fleet is to have five battleships, six armored cruisers, 12 torpedo cruisers, and 21 torpedo boat gunboats.

In the first battle of the Liefei Islands, the Fuso was sunk, so now, the Japanese battleships have been lost, and the rest of the warships.

After listening to Li He's explanation, Liu Jun walked back and forth in the room, and from Li He's words, that is, the United Fleet has not played soy sauce over the years, but is developing desperately. And looking at the momentum, if it weren't for the war, I'm afraid that in a few years, the Combined Fleet would have climbed on its head and again.

"Now Hongzhang and Yi? Has it been trained? After the fierce back, Liu Jun asked Li He lightly, after all, if you want to fight against the combined fleet, these two giants are indispensable.

"The test has been completed, everything is normal, and you can join the Beiyang Naval Division at any time." Li He's reply made Liu Jun feel a little better in his heart, as long as these two warships joined, then the chances of winning a decisive battle with the Japanese combined fleet would be a few percent higher.

Nodding slightly, Liu Jun said the true meaning of letting Li He come today.

"Now that we have declared war with Japan, then the primary battlefield is bound to start at sea, so the task I give to your Admiralty is to find a favorable opportunity to find the main force of the Combined Fleet and fight a decisive battle with him, as long as the Combined Fleet is defeated, then his transportation capacity will be reduced, and at that time, the Japanese troops in Korea will become alone. At that point, we will be able to concentrate our forces and completely annihilate the Korean Japanese army, and if possible, your naval division will have a major task to do. Liu Jun said this, took a deep breath, and didn't say a word, he was also thinking about this matter, that is, to take this opportunity to get rid of Japan in one fell swoop, so as not to stay by the side and watch the disgusting.

However, at the same time, he also knew a problem, that is, if he attacked the Japanese mainland, he would inevitably come to the intervention of Britain and France as soon as possible, and there would be no problem in confronting Japan, but if Britain and France were forced to send troops to help Japan, this was what Liu Jun accepted from time to time.

"What do you mean?" Li He had a flexible mind, and he probably guessed what Liu Jun meant, which was to transport the army to land in Japan.

"Under consideration." Liu Jun said that now he could not just say that he was going to attack the Japanese mainland.

Bowing his head and pondering for a while, Liu Jun raised his head and looked at Li He: "In this way, in order to increase your strength and the capital capital to fight against the combined fleet, I will ask the Fujian Naval Division and the Guangdong Naval Division to mobilize the capital ships to the north respectively, and they will be transferred by you."

Phew, with the Guangdong Navy Division and the Fujian Navy Division participating in the war, the odds of victory are not ordinary fights.

Among the three fleets that Liu Jun now controls, the Beiyang Naval Division is the strongest, and after it is the Guangdong Naval Division, which has one battleship, Zhennan, two armored cruisers, Pingyuan and Weiyuan, and two Yinsen-class armored cruisers. There were also a dozen gunboats and five fly-class torpedo cruisers.

And the Fujian Naval Division, because after the completion of the Son of Heaven plan, the Fuzhou Ship Administration Bureau increased its full strength to arm the Fujian Naval Division, although the Fujian Naval Division started late, and now there is no battleship, but there are five armored cruisers in the hand, which are the most advanced Yinsen class, and some torpedo cruisers, although it looks weaker, but it does not mean that the Fujian Naval Division is so bad. At least in the East China Sea and the South China Sea and the South Sea, that is the master who can walk sideways.

"Great, if there is a Guangdong Navy Division and a Fujian Navy Division to help, the elimination of the combined fleet is just around the corner. Li He nodded solemnly.

"Don't underestimate the enemy, you go back and make a good plan, I immediately ordered the Fujian Navy Division and the Guangdong Navy Division to allocate warships." After Liu Jun finished speaking, he motioned for Li He to go down.

When Li He walked out, Zheng Yiqian, who had been beside her, approached Liu Jun's side: "You really want to mobilize the Fujian and Guangdong sailors." ”

"That's it, this can still be fake." Liu Jun nodded slightly, he just wanted to mobilize the three fleets and completely solve this Japanese scourge. to prevent future troubles.