The reason why the Japanese Navy dared to provoke in front of the naval divisions of the Ming Empire was that the two newly commissioned battleships of the Japanese Navy had certain advantages in the caliber of their guns and the power system. The advantage that the Japanese relied on the most was actually the overall speed of the fleet, and the two battleships, Nagato and Mutsu, were able to overwhelm the various types of mountain-class battleships in China.

However, if the speed of the voyage is reduced to inferior to the battleships of the Ming Empire, then the remaining advantages of the Japanese Navy will not be much. After all, the battleships of the Daming Navy Division had an advantage over the Japanese Navy in terms of actual combat experience and control of artillery.

Let General Togo Guiichi give up his superiority, and then fight a decisive battle with the Ming army's naval division, he really can't make up his mind - the Ming naval division can tolerate failure, even a big defeat, but his navy can't afford any losses, even if it sinks two battleships at once, it will make the country mourn.

Under these circumstances, Takaichi Togo really didn't dare to put his fleet in danger, so he gritted his teeth and gave up his plan to return to the battleship Nagato: "Let the destroyer bring General Ota back...... Open the sea and sink the battleship Nagato! ”

This order was given in an extremely heavy tone, and then he returned to his cabin. He then received the news that General Ota had committed suicide on the battleship Nagato, but he did carry out Takaichi Togo's order and let the precious Japanese seamen escape back to the Japanese mainland with the destroyer.

By the time the battleships of the Daming Naval Division arrived, only the superstructure of the battleship Nagato was still exposed on the sea, so after seeing the Japanese sink their wounded battleship, Zhang Rude also had to lead the fleet to return and pull the outcome of this naval battle in favor of the Ming Dynasty.

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"The North Sea Division is urgent, the North Sea Division is urgent...... The battleship Wuyishan, in an encounter with the Japanese Navy, sank...... The Japanese embassy has just sent a credential and declared war on our Ming Empire. An officer ran into the Gyeonggi regional headquarters and shouted to the generals inside.

In the entire headquarters, there are all outright big people standing, including Cheng Zhixin, the squire of the Ming Empire's military department, the commander of the First Group Army in the Gyeonggi area, and of course, Wang Jue, the commander of the New Army in Tangshan. This young man who has just graduated is the youngest person in the entire command.

"The rebels are now moving south from Mukden...... Onslaught on Liaozhong. A staff officer pointed to the sand table with a whip and introduced the latest battle situation to all the generals: "The situation of the defenders in Liaozhong is not very good, and they have surrendered after running out of ammunition and food. ”

"The main force of the rebels is the cavalry troops, so the tore open near Fengtian City gives these cavalry too much room to maneuver. After these rebels took Liaozhong, they were advancing along the river and rushing straight to Tai'an......" The staff officer pushed the banner on behalf of the rebels to the vicinity of Tai'an, and said with a bitter face.

Wang Jue looked at the flag on the sand table, and did not hurry to speak, he knew that the current situation was very bad. Once Tai'an is lost, then Panjin will be in an emergency, and once Panjin cannot be defended, then the entire Liaodong Peninsula will become a lonely overseas enclave, and the entire situation in Liaodong will collapse to the bottom.

But how does Tai'an defend it? The Mukden defenders collapsed, being chased and killed by rebels along the way, and now there is not one in ten. A small number of people have been routed to the vicinity of Jinzhou, and they have not yet been contained, and are continuing to retreat towards Shanhaiguan. Although General Wang Futong of Liaobei had ordered his Liaobei army to go south, it was far from being able to quench the thirst of the near, and if he blindly urged Wang Futong to go south, in case he was ambushed and the army was defeated, then the Mongolian direction would also fall into a crisis.

"The new defeat of the Navy is not good news for us." The commander of the First Group Army in Gyeonggi pointed to Tianjin and Dagu, and said to Cheng Zhixin, who was pale on the sidelines: "At this time, the troops in the Gyeonggi area cannot be mobilized without authorization, and they cannot go north to reinforce ......."

The purpose of the Japanese navy's eagerness to win was to contain the forces near Gyeonggi of the Ming Empire, so that these troops would not dare to leave their own defense area and would not be able to advance immediately to the north. And Japan's declaration of war on the Ming Empire did achieve the purpose of containment, at least let the army of the Ming Empire not go north at the first time.

Wang Jue touched his chin, pointed to the rebel flag on the sand table and said: "I think the commander of the rebel army is the veteran Todeltai, who has always emphasized the victory of the cavalry, does not leave the opponent time to build a defensive line, and relies on the advantages of the rebel cavalry to fight long-distance operations. ”

In a few words, he guessed who the commander of the rebel army of the Jin State was, and then he pointed to the map and continued to analyze: "The rebel army has more cavalry, and fighting along the plain is the basic principle. That's why they fought all the way to Panjin, trying to cut off the road between us and the Liaodong Peninsula. ”

Then he smiled bitterly and continued to Cheng Zhixin, the squire of the military department: "If it is other places, it is okay to say, but this Panjin to Yingkou, to Shenyang, to Gaizhou, is a first-class road, which is very suitable for the rapid mobility of the troops. Now when we analyze here, we must have almost reached Panjin City. ”

"Todeltay...... If this person leads the army, it is indeed not easy to do. When Cheng Zhixin heard the name of this rebel veteran, his face became even more difficult to see, when this Todeltai was young, he contained a large number of Ming troops between the white mountains and black waters, and fought again and again to fight more and less, so that the Ming army suffered a lot, and he was the biggest contributor to the Jin rebels being able to stabilize the situation in Liaodong.

After finishing speaking, Cheng Zhixin looked at Wang Jue and asked: "You have been training the new army for some time, and the new army also has more than 30,000 people in Tangshan, can you fight to repel the enemy in Liaodong?" ”

Wang Jue shook his head, waved his hand and excused himself: "My new army is not doing this kind of thing, at least not now for consumption in places like Liaodong. Besides, my troops are not fully equipped with arms and ammunition, so how can they be transferred to the front line to meet the enemy? ”

"Wang Jue, are you supporting the army and respecting yourself?" Cheng Zhixin looked at Wang Jue, who was wearing a military uniform but did not wear a discipline button, and when he heard the other party's resignation, he asked sharply.

Wang Jue raised his head, met Cheng Zhixin's eyes with a calm gaze, and said slowly: "It's not that I intend to shirk, but if my troops don't move, they will sweep Liaodong!" I have an appointment with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and in three years, I will go north to Liaodong and sacrifice the heads of the rebels in front of the Temple of Emperor Tianqi! Would you like to ask Lord Squire to wait for me for three years? ”