Yoshino Captain Kawara Yoiichi served as a military attache in Britain in his early years, and his early service experience is more like a history of the development of the Saimoto Navy, King Kong, Ryusho, Tsukushi, Takachiho, Kiyoki, Yamato, until the current Yoshino, it can be said that he has the absolute right to speak in the Saimoto naval community for the development process and naval firepower of the Saimoto Navy.

After the flag following the flagship's action was raised high, the first Naniwa destroyer, the captain of the ship, Heihachiro Togo, immediately ordered to prepare to raise fire and pressurize, once entering the combat situation, according to the attack plan of this escort, the faster Naniwa and Yoshino will form a mobile formation, and the low-speed fleet composed of Fuso, Akagi, and Katsuragi will be responsible for assisting in the attack.

And for the Chinese fleet that appeared in the East China Sea at this moment, he was obviously very surprised, and when he confirmed that the opponent was the Nanyang Naval Division Fleet from the Qing Dynasty, which was not included in the list of opponents of the Imperial Navy at all, a very strange thought flashed in his mind, but at this moment, this old-fashioned soldier was not aware of any crisis at all!

"Order, the boiler room is ready to be closed and pressurized, and all gun positions will immediately complete the shell preparation, and be sure to hit the perfect level of shelling!" Heihachiro Togo shouted his orders at the microphone, today's battle was not on the Imperial Navy's schedule at all, in his opinion, it was more like a warm-up exercise before the big war......

And at this moment, an officer rushed into the bridge command room, "Dongxiang Daisa, the flagship has sent an order, let us return immediately to prevent the Chinese from sneaking up on the army transport ship behind us!" ”

This order surprised the silent Togo Heihachiro, but this is not an incomprehensible order, after all, the most important task of this naval dispatch is to send the three wings of the Fifth Division to Incheon, after all, it is the infantry strength that determines the situation in Korea.

He immediately asked, "Could it be that the Yoshino also turned around and returned home?" ”

"Togo Daisa, the flagship order, Fuso, Akagi, and Katsuragi will drive out the Chinese warships!"

Although no other Chinese warships have been found now, this does not mean that more warships will not be encountered, and according to the many wargames of the Navy Staff before the war and the investigation of the configuration of Qing warships, one thing can be assured...... In addition to Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, the battleships that have been completely and comprehensively equipped with rapid-fire guns will have a great advantage against Qing warships of the same level.

The cruiser Fuso, with a displacement of 3,700 tons, although it has nearly 20 years of age, but after the modernization in 1891, this shipside gun room ironclad ship that belongs to the last era in terms of structure has a comprehensive combat effectiveness to a large extent, and this old battleship has 200mm waterline armor and 200mm gun room armor that other battleships do not have, and its protection ability is not weaker than the Yoshino's 4-inch Harvey steel armor.

Moreover, the four 170mm secondary guns were dismantled and converted into 150mm rapid-fire guns, which greatly improved the firepower of the battleship...... The only weakness is probably the problem caused by the Fuso armor, the old-fashioned wrought iron armor, although the protection is acceptable, but compared to the Krupp steel armor or the British Harvey steel armor that has appeared in this era, it is obviously technically outdated.

This also brings a problem, this 3700 tons of quasi-ironclad ship, only 200mm wrought iron armor has consumed a huge displacement, so that the power transformation of the battleship has huge limitations, although after the transformation of the Navy Onohama Shipyard, the replacement of boilers and engines, but, limited to the shape of the ship shooting, the speed of the ship is still only the fastest 14 knots!

However, with the Fuso ship as the leader of the task of expelling the Nanyang Naval Division of China's second-rate fleet, Togo Heihachiro also fully approved of such a safe arrangement...... What directly led to the order of the flagship Yoshino Kamigawara Oisha was an idea suddenly put forward by another naval staff officer...... This young naval staff officer, apparently familiar with Chinese military books, asked Kawahara Daisa whether to consider the tactics of the Chinese to attack the west!

Of course, Kawahara did not fully agree with the opinion of this new officer of the Nagasaki Naval Academy, but this naval mission still made him make this decent decision...... And his considerations are obviously in line with Togo Heihachiro, and Tamura Hiroshi obviously does not oppose this approach...... After all, the Chinese have already held their heads and scurried, and even if they pursue, it is impossible for the fleet to pursue the enemy at the high speed of the Yoshino ship, and now the speed of the formation is only 10 knots!

And at this moment, when the cruiser Nanrui completed the large arc turn, Lu Hong also received the news that three ships were coming, which surprised him, and he was indeed overjoyed, in the original plan, he actually had concerns about whether to implement the head-on attack plan, after all, although Nanrui and Nanchen have undergone some transformations, but to put it bluntly, in addition to a few rapid-fire guns that are real guys, for boilers, steam engines and side-chord gun silhouette armor strengthening, it is more like a copycat version of temporary measures.

The innovation in the real sense is only a revolution in artillery mounts and gunnery that are ahead of the times, but the three ships of the crispy Nanrui, Nanchen and the ironwaki wooden-hulled battleship "Jingqing" are absolutely weak in terms of protection, fortunately, they are ...... Nari and Nanchen are still steel-hulled hulls, which makes the damage management repair training he arranged at least useful...... As for the Jingqing ship, once it catches fire, it will be really a troublesome thing!

Seeing that Lu Hong was pondering, Lin Jianzhang on the side took a deep breath, and then came over, "My lord, I thought this was an opportunity!" ”

Lu Hong calmly glanced at this guy, this guy is definitely a war maniac, but he also has to admire this guy's training ability and fanaticism for the navy......

However, this first shot was fired...... What we have to consider is not only the question of victory or defeat, but also the grasp of the historical context, and now on the Korean issue, Li Hongzhang, who is familiar with the troops under him, is more worried, and this Lord Lee, the bigger problem is his excessive new appointment for the diplomatic mediation of the great powers...... Although this wolf is always thinking about the ambition of this wolf son of the Japanese country, when the matter comes, considering the victory and defeat that cannot be grasped, he is tied up!

On the other hand, in the court, even Wang Renkan, the champion who often talked about the Sino-Chinese war, knew that the war was extremely dangerous, but he still strongly advocated a tough confrontation...... Obviously, this old empire has contempt for the Wa State from top to bottom, but in fact, from a historical point of view, it is obvious that there is no right or wrong between the main battle and the main peace, and the real mistake is probably the corrupt dynasty ruled by the Manchu Dynasty......

At this moment, as soon as the cabin door opened, someone quickly came in and immediately shouted: "Lord Lu, I heard that I met him...... I think we'll get back to Shanghai as soon as possible......"

Lu Hong frowned, and when he heard the voice, he knew that it was Wang Daoting, who went to North Korea with him this time, and was also a staff member of Wang Renkan, the champion Lang, but he had always been a dispensable role a while ago, and he was also diligent in doing some copying and writing in the official residence of the Qincha...... And this time I went to North Korea, Qin Tianmin's goods were left in Shanghai to preside over the external affairs of the factory, considering that Lu Hong's side may have to draft copywriting and other affairs, Wang Renkan was very intimate and sent this goods from a person to help!

It's just that as soon as this guy appears, is he here to help! Lu Hong glanced back, and after this Wang Daoting came in, he immediately felt all kinds of strange eyes in the command room, and saw that the enemy was shouting and fleeing immediately...... This is definitely enough reason to despise to death!

"Wang experience, Lord Qin sent us to Korea, but to find out the movements of the Japanese people, our warships sailing on the sea, representing the majesty of China, if the Japanese dare to provoke us, but we flee from the wind, this is not our own face...... This is a national shame! Lu Hong almost scolded this guy loudly in a lecture tone.

Wang Daoting blushed, and was about to explain something, Lu Hong had already waved his hand, and the two officers at the door came in to clamp this guy, but he was honest immediately, who is in charge in this fleet, he is not a fool, naturally he has already seen it clearly, and immediately followed the officer out with a haha and hung his head silently, and he didn't know what he was thinking......

Lin Jianzhang next to him saw it in his eyes, and the murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and Lu Hong had already calculated clearly at the moment, this time he went to sea, although his calculation did not attack Xiao Yueben's battleship, but since people came to the door, and ...... Being able to make full use of the opponent's light enemies is definitely a rare opportunity!

What's more, it's a great time to earn your own money...... He didn't plan to start a rebellion like the Huanghuagang martyrs, and the real revolutionary aspirants naturally wanted to lurk deep inside the enemy...... And the lessons of history obviously bear witness to this!

"Lin Guan belt, order, the whole fleet enters the battle, once the battle starts, the enemy must be disabled!" Lu Hong glanced sideways at his subordinate.

Lin Jianzhang shines in two ways, today's opportunity, for the officers on the two ships of Nanrui and Nanchen, has far more important significance than other officers of the Nanyang Naval Division, from being purged in the army to being subsumed under Lu Hong, and now, what can make them live in peace is obviously only to win a victory in the real sense, for this reason, they have long had the belief of dying!

"My lord, there is no problem, I plan to start shelling the enemy ship from a position of 3,000 meters with port guns, and according to the accuracy and effectiveness of the training, the opponent can be completely eliminated at a distance of 1,500 meters close to us...... The big ship that Xiao Ben chased after can be our primary target! Lin Jianzhang immediately gave his plan.

"Fusang ......" For this old ship, Lu Hong obviously understands the key, the protection of the Fusang is mainly concentrated in the middle, but it is precisely for this reason that it is indeed a difficult problem to judge if you really want to sink the other party in one go, after all, the 120mm secondary guns on the Nanrui and Nanchen ships are all flowering shells, and the 200mm main guns have newly modified armor-piercing shells, but the main gun is surnamed can, the rate of fire, but whether it can hit and penetrate the 200mm armor, he is really hard to judge!

Thinking of this, Lu Hong jumped out of his mouth with four words, "Lin Guandao, speed up and escape, continue to show weakness and lure the enemy!" (To be continued.) )