War is a contest of wills and skills, and how to exploit one's strong points and avoid one's weaknesses and attack the enemy's weaknesses with one's own strengths is also an important consideration in the choice of strategy and tactics.

The strength of the Chinese Navy over the Russian Navy is speed and firepower, while the advantage of the Russian Navy is numbers. In the face of the Russian Navy's attack, Li Ming proposed at the General Staff Headquarters when listening to the Admiralty's tactical analysis: Using our Navy's high-speed maneuverability to disperse the Russian formation, then concentrating all the main battleships in a certain small area, and using the absolute superiority in firepower to annihilate the enemy ships one by one, can not only strike at Russia's strong points but also severely damage the Russians' will to fight.

As soon as this plan was proposed, it immediately attracted a wave of sycophants from the generals, and Li Ming was embarrassed to say in the end, so he had to leave early under the pretext of leaving. In fact, the generals have proposed various plans before, and they have similar ideas, but they have fallen into disputes over specific tactical choices. The only thing that is clear about the emperor's proposal is the direction of tactical choice, which also has a certain operability. Yu Qi said that as the emperor was deciding tactics, it was better to use the emperor's identity to calm the internal disputes and unify opinions.

Ouyang Zhenhua, the secretary of the military department, had an opinion on the emperor. He believes that the military avenue is dignified and upright, and it may be used for a while but it is not a long-term solution, and the final battle or defeat will inevitably be a head-on confrontation between the two armies. In the first Sino-Japanese war, the emperor led his troops to garrison the Liaohe River, and there were many soldiers along the line, but he didn't expect that it was just a group of rabble, and finally won narrowly. During the Battle of Mukden, the Second Division rushed to Changchun, Jilin Province to cut off the enemy's rear route, but it fell into the hands of the enemy in Mukden. For this reason, Ouyang Zhenhua once folded and presented. I hope that the emperor can understand the importance of military affairs and must not take risks. The emperor was a wise monarch who could understand the opinions of his subordinates, and in the subsequent naval battle of Arthur and the war of landing in Japan. Including the arrangement of the entire northward expansion plan before, the emperor really did not intervene in the war. It turned out that the emperor really listened. I don't want the emperor to interfere with the command again in this Sino-Russian naval battle. Ouyang Zhenhua kept a face after hearing the emperor's suggestion at the tactical report meeting.

After the emperor left, Wang Shizhen said with a smile: That is, the emperor is magnanimous today, and the courtiers dare to show the emperor's face, if he changes to the previous dynasty, it is certain that Lord Ouyang will not be beheaded and removed. Although Ouyang Zhenhua also said that the emperor does not understand military affairs, he is more likely to use danger and strangeness, and it is not good for such military thinking to interfere too much in strategy. But in the eyes of other generals, this was just a word from the emperor. It's just like what was expected. In fact, even if the emperor is wrong, it is nothing, everyone explains the reason, and the emperor will not disagree, and Lord Shangshu of the Ministry of War is really a little worried.

Li Ming likes to use strange risks, he has never received any military education. It's just a recall that Taizu used millet plus rifles against machine guns and artillery, and in every battle, he would attack the enemy's flank and rear forces with superior forces, and his main force would fall into the point of being alone, and then encircle and annihilate. If this battle was fought according to Li Ming's idea, it would definitely be to concentrate all the heavy warships to attack the cruisers and other small ships of the Russian Navy first. followed by the weakest third team, and then the second team, Li Ming will definitely put the strongest first team last. However, the admirals believed that it was necessary to attack the strongest first team first, so as to achieve the goal of intimidating the enemy in a battle. Li Ming, as the emperor, did not object. He doesn't understand military affairs, and if he makes a mistake in his own thinking, will it be difficult to come back to the siege of Grangetai again? In fact, the emperor is the most afraid of death. The one on the Grange was also forced out by internal and external troubles.

So the cruiser Haitian "rushed" to the battlefield at a speed of ten knots. Li Ming, who said that he wanted to watch the battle in person, never urged, and asked the captain to introduce him to the purpose of the various facilities in the warship with great interest. However, Li Ming's move won the unanimous welcome of the captains accompanying him. Originally, their voyage was to advance in the direction of the possible retreat of the Russians, and once they encountered the defeat of the Russians, their side might not be able to stop it. So it's right to slow down, before leaving, they were worried that the emperor would force them to rush to the battlefield at full speed.

As the emperor's throne ship, the Haitian had only ten destroyers and ten warships of the Hawaiian fleet, and was commanded by Qiu Baoren, a veteran of the Beiyang and commander of the Beihai training fleet. There are four destroyers on the inside of the Haitian, and on the periphery are the two Dragon-class battleships and two Tiger-class heavy cruisers of the Hawaiian ship. It was followed by six destroyers from the Hawaiian fleet, the second group of interdiction forces. As for whether the Hawaiian fleet will completely obey the orders of the Chinese Navy, the entire Chinese naval command including Qiu Baoren has never doubted this.

This is not so much the Hawaiian fleet as the Chinese fleet in Hawaii. Eighty percent of the officers and men on the entire Hawaiian fleet were Chinese, especially the lowest-ranking officers on the four main ships. Although in the past 10 years, in order to reconcile the relationship between the Hawaiians and the Chinese, the selection of naval officers and men has also been made through open selection, except for the Hawaiian who won in diving, the Hawaiian is not a far behind in terms of tactical quality, combat will, or training performance. Queen Liliukalani of Hawaii was not without fear that the Kingdom of Hawaii might be infiltrated and controlled by the Qing State, and she didn't want to drive away the American wolf and attract the Chinese dragon. But she can only approve of this method after watching the tryouts, because she can't even look down on the level of Hawaiians. Of course, there are elites among Hawaiians, but under the unspoken rules and deliberate arrangement, only two of the four destroyers left in Hawaii are Hawaiians, and the captains are Hawaiians, but a large number of junior officers are still Chinese. One of the destroyers was replaced by Hawaiians according to Queen Liliukalani's wishes, but this destroyer ran aground in the harbor! Since then, the Hawaiian Navy has been firmly in the hands of the Chinese, especially when the tragedy of the Battle of Arthur was exaggerated and transmitted back to Hawaii, and the number of Hawaiians signing up for the army began to decline sharply, and Liliucarani was helpless about it. In order to ensure the independence of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Liliukarani could only sacrifice himself to trap Li Enfu.

Hawaii must be a small country, and a fleet with two battleships and two heavy cruisers cannot afford to maintain it. Because the regulations that prohibit resale and lease of ships at the time of purchase existed, in order to be able to maintain this fleet. It can only be loaned to China for training to maintain the cost of maintaining the ship, which is why China was able to decommission or resell all the old ships after the Battle of Arthur. Of course. In order to calm the possible resistance of the Hawaiians to the Chinese, all the Chinese who joined the Hawaiian fleet became Hawaiian citizens. However, the Qing Dynasty recognized dual nationality, and the new dynasty China did not make any changes, so these Chinese officers and soldiers of the Hawaiian fleet had no opinion on this, and besides, their fortunes were all from the imperial court and not from the Hawaiian Kingdom.

It is for these many reasons that the command of the Chinese Navy has always regarded the Hawaii Fleet as China's foreign fleet. It is precisely for these reasons that the United States, which always wants to get involved in the Pacific Ocean, also feels helpless, because the Midway, which is controlled by the United States, is in danger of being encircled by China, not to mention wanting to seize the territory far away from the Pacific Ocean.

The Sino-Russian naval battle was an order to summon the Hawaiian fleet to Manila on standby in case of emergency. I didn't expect it to be used, so Qiu Baoren's command of the Hawaiian fleet was no different from commanding his own fleet. Of course, such a powerful escort force should be kept around. The other six destroyers belonging to the Chinese Navy are all on alert patrol on the sea antenna ahead.

"Report, report on the war ahead." The correspondent took the message and handed it to Qiu Baoren.

After reading the telegram, Qiu Baoren stood up suddenly: "Order the vigilant destroyer to advance in a fan-shaped shape and expand the search area." Order the Hawaiian fleet to enter combat mode and sound the battle alarm-"

"What happened?" After a while, Li Ming, who heard the abnormal sound of the alarm, came back from the cabin.

"Your Majesty, I am very happy. According to the report from the front, our army sank a total of 11 ships, including the Russian flagship Duke Suvorov, and the main Russian fleet was routed by us. Not a single battle loss of our army was lost. Now Commander Wu is leading the main fleet in pursuit......"

"So what are you waiting for? Let's go too-" Li Ming rubbed his hands and shouted, this may be the first time Li Ming interrupted his subordinates' speeches, and his excitement flowed on the surface. The other officers and soldiers also had eager expressions on their faces, and this time they caught up with the task of guarding the emperor and did not catch up on the battlefield. Now that the emperor has said so, of course he wants to make some military merits, and the emperor has never been stingy with his rewards for military merits.

"I don't think it's appropriate." Qiu Baoren stepped forward and said, "The order received by the minister is to protect the emperor, and he has not received an order to pursue the enemy. At the same time, it was reported from the front that part of the Russian army was retreating in the direction of our army. Lord Wu's order was to ensure the emperor's safety. ”

"The Russians are already in a rout. Besides, there is no remnant dragon flag on the ship today, how will the Russians know that I am on the ship. Maybe the Russians will see such a large fleet as ours. It's not necessary to turn around and run. The battle is smooth, and the rabbit dares to chase the wolf. Now Li Ming was in a hurry. The soldiers on the side were also full of anticipation.

The cannon of the giant ship bombarded it, it was the collision of steel and strength, and it was the perfect collision of courage and wisdom. Tens of thousands of tons of steel warships are speeding on the sea, the earth-shattering sound of countless guns, the scattered fragments in the flames of the shell explosion, the heart-rending screams of the soldiers on both sides in the artillery fire, and the scene of flesh and blood flying in the explosion...... This is a face-to-face, hard-to-head battle. Why do future generations always remember the prosperity of the Han and Tang dynasties, and why do future generations always fail to remember the two Song dynasties, which have a higher victory rate against the northern barbarians, is because the Han and Tang Dynasty iron cavalry used the long sword in their hands to smash the barbarians in the frontal battlefield, but the two Song Dynasty only repelled and did not have the joy of the Han and Tang dynasties.

War is always the foundation of a nation's ability to stand on its own feet and self-confidence, because victory in war will bring a nation an unprecedented sense of pride and let a nation know that it is the most powerful. It is said that the Chinese nation has been formally formed since the Yellow Emperor, but the most important thing for the Yellow Emperor is the two major battles of Hanquan and Zhuolu, the unprecedented victory of the two wars, so that all the people of the Yellow Emperor tribe began to despise other surrounding small tribes, and this kind of contempt from the heart made the surrounding tribes begin to carefully welcome the Yellow Emperor tribe, and it is also this kind of high pride that makes other tribes begin to learn and imitate. Regardless of whether it was Xia Shang or two weeks, the Chinese nation always won in the end in foreign wars, and the territory under its control became larger and larger. From then on, the surrounding barbarians could only win in the attack on China at the end of the Chinese dynasty's weakest period, and this weakness was caused by the Central Plains dynasty itself. Even in the more than 400 years of Wuhu Chaohua, the Central Plains Dynasty was still able to settle down in one domain. Once the Central Plains Dynasty completed the replacement and the military and political power returned to the central government, the surrounding barbarians could only be defeated again and again. From the careful enshrinement of the powerful Central Plains Dynasty. Unconvinced, the Huns were eventually frightened by the Han Dynasty and ran away, and they went all the way west to finally destroy Western Rome. The Turks who once drank Mawei water were also unwilling. In the end, they were driven out by the Tang Dynasty, and finally they united with the Middle Easterners to kill the Eastern Romans. The Wuhu that used to be chaotic. It also disappeared in the long river of history. Until the Song Dynasty, which emphasized literature and light military force.

It is said that the backbone of the Chinese bent by the Mongols was also the first time that the Chinese lost all their land, and it was also the first time that the Chinese tasted the loss of their home and country. However, the Mongols were quickly driven away, but the Ming Dynasty did not expel the Mongols from the Northern Expedition like the Han and Tang Dynasties, and then the Manchu Qing in the northeast entered the customs. If the Mongols conquered China by force, then the Manchus ruled China spiritually. Not to mention the forced reform of folk customs and customs, the literal prisons are also one after another, so the Japanese said that the Manchu Qing broke the backbone of the Chinese, and since then China is no longer China. And they Japan are the true inheritors of the Han and Tang civilizations, so the Japanese will put forward the slogan of expelling the Tatars and reviving China in the first year of the First Wu Dynasty.

But now there is no need, the army of the Chinese court headed by Li Ming has never stopped fighting in the east and west, and in the south and in the north. The islands in the south have been controlled by China, Hawaii in the east has become an outpost of China, the Aral Sea in the west has just received the troops of the Chinese vassal states, the land in the north has fallen into the hands of China, and the powerful army is launching a continuous attack on the Russians. In the southern seas, the outnumbered Chinese navy also launched a frontal attack, crushing all the main warships of the world's third naval power, which was menacing and fearful to all European countries, amid the roar of naval guns. This was a hearty victory, and it was a victory that re-established the confidence of the Chinese nation in the Celestial Empire. When this naval battle is over. When the Chinese navy is full of gunsmoke and returns to the port, the news of the complete victory of the Sino-Russian naval battle will instantly detonate the enthusiasm of the people, and the Chinese people will dare to be proud and proud from their hearts, and they no longer need to look at the faces of foreigners and bend down to greet them. Instead, he conversed with a straight spine and straight eyes. Victory in war is the most basic thing for a country's true rise.

Maybe these naval officers and sailors in front of them only know that China has won a magnificent naval battle, but for Li Ming. This victory means that China has unquestionable control over all of Southeast Asia. As the emperor, Li Ming should have been calm at this moment, and he should have thought about how to guide the people to devote the excitement of this great victory to the construction of the country to the greatest extent. But who can hold the kind of blood boiling that collides head-on with power. Therefore, Li Ming believes that the calmness of being an emperor should be left until after he goes ashore. Now what he should do is to lead the fleet to pursue the Russian navy, which has become a rout, and do what a hot-blooded young man should do. But Qiu Baoren refused without thinking about it, Li Mingneng was not in a hurry.

But it was useless to be anxious, Qiu Baoren refused: "It's not okay." The emperor is responsible for the revitalization of China, and it is already a risk to go to watch the battle this time, and he must not come to the battle formation lightly. The emperor doesn't need to say much. ”

"No, but the Russians...... You ......" Li Ming pointed out the window and then pointed at Qiu Baoren, his face was red and his neck was thick, but he didn't speak. In the end, he turned around and left, and when he arrived at the hatch, he held back a sentence: "I'm angry." ”

Qiu Baoren doesn't care, with his most serious understanding of the emperor, he can't remove him from his post and remove the knight, and the possibility is not very large, but whenever the emperor is injured, Li Xiangneng swallows all the old and young in his family alive. Therefore, he adjusted the formation again, let the Hawaiian fleet advance 3,000 meters again, and let the destroyers expand the reconnaissance range again, and at the same time ordered the Haitian to be ready to change direction and accelerate at any time.

At this time, on the main battlefield of the Liaonei Naval Battle, the smoke of gunpowder was slowly dissipating. Under the fierce artillery attack of the Chinese Navy, with the beginning of the unauthorized retreat of Alexander III, the Russian Navy, which was already low, finally collapsed, and the remaining ships withdrew from the battle and fled. The main battlefield of the naval battle also fled with the scattered Russian troops, and the sound of artillery gradually became far away, only the Duke Suvorov was slowly sinking. The commander of the Russian Navy, Roger Steven, was killed in battle, the flagship Duke Suvorov sank, Borodino sank, and the crown prince was heavily damaged...... The Chinese Navy, on the other hand, only suffered damage but still has the ability to attack. Today, the Chinese navy is pursuing with inferior forces.

"All ships must launch a pursuit in formation, and each ship must not leave the formation without authorization. The formations should not push too hard when pursuing, lest the Russians jump over the wall and bite back. Orders the patrol formation to carry out interception operations, not for the purpose of sinking, but only to force the enemy ship to slow down or turn, and to ensure the safety of the ship. Looking at the Russian warships scattered and fleeing, Wu Deren gave the order to pursue.

The battered second patrol group attacked in the far north, and their task was to attack the damaged Russian warships to force the enemy ships to surrender, and not to intercept the possibility of enemy ships fleeing north, because they could not run fast anyway, and they could always catch up, and the Korean fleet further north was approaching, although the North Koreans might not arrive until two days later. To the east is the second heavy patrol formation, but they want to intercept the Russian ship to the death, and then to the east is the dark sand, once the Russian ship protrudes, the Lanfang border may enter the range of the Russian ship, for this reason Wu Deren also sent five destroyers to form another blocking line after the second heavy patrol formation, just in case. The First Battlefleet was intercepting on the western flank, while Wu's First Battlefleet was rapidly advancing southward, targeting the two fastest battleships, Alexander III and Eagle. In view of the fate of the light patrol formation intercepting the battleships during the Battle of Arthur, they were sent to pursue the Russian convoy, and in fact the Russian convoy had surrendered before seeing the Chinese light patrol formation chasing at high speed. When the patrol formation under the sea level received the message, it rushed out from under the sea level in a raging manner.

"To surround nearly 30 warships with 18 warships is probably the first time in the history of world naval warfare, and perhaps it will also be the last." George Dewey let out a long sigh and thought to himself: This may only be possible for Chinese.

"From the beginning of the Dinghai-class light cruise, the Chinese began to try to unify the naval guns on each warship, and later the super-sea class heavy cruiser and now the white battleship, the Chinese deeply understand the significance of each class of warships, and they have long understood the importance of unifying the artillery on each warship. China's industrial base is still very poor, and a lot of shipbuilding equipment needs to be purchased from abroad. At least we have to admit that the operational concept of the Chinese Navy has long been ahead of everyone. Phillimante spoke decadently, as if talking to herself.

The Chinese Navy's attack in formation continues. The great Sisoi was sinking, the Victory was heavily wounded and the white flag was hoisted, and the Admiral Nakhimov was besieged by four Baiqi-class ships, and no one rushed to meet it. The third squadron, which was left last at the slowest speed, was caught between two heavy Chinese patrol formations, Admiral Xeniavin and Admiral Ushakov, which had already begun to tilt, and the Russian cruisers had already fled everywhere......

The fastest runner was Alexander III, but Captain Sakov was at the moment. He saw fifteen Chinese destroyers lined up on the sea antenna, and he thought that he was a battleship and did not need to be afraid of small destroyers, but the five Chinese destroyers rushed towards him at high speed and dropped their torpedoes. Ten white tracks were coming at him.

"Turn left at full speed, open fire." Sakov shouted as he pointed to the torpedo track. He watched in horror as his warship dodged one, two, or three torpedoes, and because the Chinese destroyers fired torpedoes from a long distance, he was able to dodge all of them.

"Boom, boom-" Two sky-high splashes of water splashed in all directions, and Alexander III dodged the torpedo, but the battleship Eagle that followed behind hit two torpedoes because it was late to turn late, and one of them hit the tail rudder directly, and the Eagle could only circle at sea.

"Let's go on our own—" Sakov watched as the Eagle began to circle around, and he knew it was over. But before he finished speaking, someone shouted again: "Torpedo, there is a torpedo." ”

Just when the crew of the Alexander III focused all their attention on the ten torpedoes in front, the other five Chinese destroyers launched a torpedo attack at close range, this time the Alexander III failed to dodge, and the three torpedoes hit the Alexander III head-on and tore three huge openings, and the sea water leaked into the frenzy, crushing the Alexander III and slowing him down.

"Boom, boom, boom-" More than ten columns of water exploded, and Bai Qi, who had come in a circle, aimed his cannon at Alexander III. (To be continued.) )