"Your Majesty, the Qing fleet has appeared in Japanese waters," Ito Hirobumi hurriedly ran into the emperor's bedchamber

Emperor Meiji hurriedly asked, "How many warships have come?" ”

"There are two more British battleships captured than the previous one that blocked our reinforcement fleet, and there are five more cruisers, except for the two German cruisers, the other three voyages have reached 18 knots" Ito Hirobumi treasured every warship of the Qing Dynasty, "However, those four giant ironclads are not in this fleet"

"You mean the four ships that the Qing Dynasty bought from Germany?" Emperor Meiji asked

"Yes, it looks like I'm supposed to stay in the East China Sea to defend the supply line," Hirobumi Ito analyzed

"Well, the Great Qing Dynasty actually concentrated so many warships, it seems that they have been arrogant to a certain extent, in this case, then give them a long memory, what a stupid decision to fight a decisive battle with our Great Japan in the Sea of Japan, and transfer Tokyo's Yamato, Musashi, and Katsuragi to Hokkaido and Kyushu to converge, and we will defeat the Qing State in one time"

"Yes," Ito said, too, is confident of victory

I have to admit that Japan has the best battleships and cruisers in Asia, which Britain loaned to Japan and then bought from Britain, which may be a bit awkward to say, but simply put, the purpose of Britain to provide Japan is of course to involve the attention of the Qing Dynasty in the east, so that Britain can peep into the southwestern provinces of the Qing Dynasty

The fleet of the Qing Dynasty finally crossed the East China Sea and entered the waters of Japan, the sky was still so blue, and the sea was still so green, if it weren't for the so-called division of this sea into the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan, this should have been just a sea area

"General, we have entered the Sea of Japan, is the fleet changing formation as planned?" A soldier reported to Yan Fu

"Well, let the wind and waves escort the fleet left and right, the flying eagle and the sea lion are exploring the way in front, Nanji, Nanxiang, and Yangfan are behind, and the rest of the warships will remain the same" Yan Fu held the telescope and gave an order while watching

"General, black smoke has been detected directly in front of you 80,000 nautical miles, there may be a fleet," the soldiers on the observation tower called out loudly

Yan Fu was stunned for a moment, what? The Japanese fleet appeared so soon? It seems that little Japan values the sea control here more than anything else, and can't even wait for us to go to Qingjin to pretend to transport some troops, and by the way, they can't wait to find us for a decisive battle when they have enough fuel at the port?

"Continue to observe, whether it is the Japanese fleet and how many warships" Yan Fu still didn't believe that it was the Japanese fleet in front of him

"Yes"

On the other side, a father and son who had not seen each other in Osaka for a long time met again on the battlefield

"Commander of the Second Division, Feng Zicai, see General Feng," Feng Zicai said, kneeling down on one knee and performing a standard Qing military salute

"Father, please get up, are you going to torment your son?" Feng Xianghua hurriedly helped his father up, and took a closer look at the four years, especially during the Sino-British Burma War, when the supply was not guaranteed, although Feng Zicai can still lead troops to fight, but his physical strength and energy are obviously not as good as those of his predecessors, and he has lost a lot of weight, and the big steel knife that will never leave his body before is now unable to walk on his back

"There are no fathers and sons on the battlefield, only handsome and generals, and now General Feng is a great general, humble but with the general's orders" Feng Zi saw his son who had not seen him for four years, and the joy in his heart could not be expressed in words? Seeing his increasingly mature son, who was left alone in the capital by the emperor, and now let him personally lead two divisions to smash Huanglong, Feng Zicai, who has rich experience in officialdom, immediately understood the emperor's intentions, and Feng Zicai would be woken up by laughter when he slept with this son who was better than himself, so he also gave his son more prestige in front of his own troops

"Where is General Lu Yiwei?" Feng Xianghua is smaller than Lu Yiwei in terms of military rank and official position, but now he has a hat of Qincha, and the size of this official position and military rank have to stand aside again

"The last general" Lu Yiwei took a step

"The emperor ordered General Lu to transfer two divisions to Ben Qincha, and Ben Qincha personally led his troops to break through Tokyo," Feng Xianghua said

"General Mo Mo has already made the 2nd and 15th Divisions ready for battle, and they can board the ship at any time," Lu Yiwei promised

"Okay, the navy will leave in an hour, let's gather at the dock in half an hour, and throw away everything that should be thrown," Feng Xianghua ordered

"Chirp" Feng Zicai and Xiao Fei replied at the same time, and then turned to leave

Finally, after the ten troop carriers were filled, they were escorted by "Zhenyuan", "Dingyuan", "Weiyuan", and "Jiyuan" to Yokohama, and just as the eyes of the whole world were focused on the Sea of Japan to watch the decisive battle between the Chinese and Japanese navies, they were like a sharp knife that had been inserted into the heart of the enemy

"Your Majesty, the Qing army has another fleet and 10 troop transports sailing to Tokyo, and it may land in Yokohama"

"Impossible, the strategic intention of the Qing State has always been to fight a decisive battle with our Japanese navy, they originally wanted to lure us to a decisive battle in the East China Sea, but we couldn't hold out, the Qing army wanted to fight a decisive battle with us in the Sea of Japan, knowing that there was no chance of winning, so they sent a small fleet to Tokyo like last time, in a vain attempt to attract the main force of our big Japanese navy, the same strategy was used twice on one person, unless that person was an idiot, how could he be tricked again, haha" Emperor Meiji laughed loudly for his own wisdom

"Your Majesty, but what if the troop carrier is really a Qing soldier?"

"Hehe, if your assumption is true, then our brave soldiers will definitely be able to hold out until the end of the Sino-Japanese naval battle in the Sea of Japan, and completely defeat the Qing State in terms of tactics and psychology."

"Yes"

Although the main attack and the assist are only one word apart, the effect is completely different, and the assist is even for the main attack, so the pressure on Feng Xianghua, who is in charge of the main attack this time, is quite large, if his attack here does not go well, then the blood shed in the war in the Sea of Japan will be in vain

Although since the age of 18 to fight on the battlefield, he has been nervous for half his life, this time is really the first time, the local war he participated in in the past could not affect the overall situation, or he didn't have to think about it at all, his father told him to fight wherever he wanted, but now his words and deeds, an order may make thousands of people blood on the battlefield

Feng Xianghua stood on the deck, looking at the sea, his mind was always repeatedly calculating the assault route after the landing, the emergency treatment after the situation, etc., and now he really paid attention to the story of the three little pigs that the emperor told him, maybe if he was directly asked to participate in the battle when he just returned from Germany, he would not think about it so much, he only thought about how to break the opponent and defeat the opponent, and now, after staying in the military department for so long, he will think more, not only to consider the navy that covers his assist, but also to consider the degree of breaking the opponent

"General, the front is Yokohama, General Deng is preparing to storm the fort, let's prepare for the landing in 30 minutes"

A summons and words pulled Feng Xianghua's thoughts back

"Got it"