Hearing that the main force of the Japanese naval division was discovered, Shi Shibiao couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, he was worried that it would take time to search for the main force of the enemy's naval division, after all, he was not familiar with the terrain of Edo Bay, and finding the enemy's main force would mean victory in the naval battle, glancing at the simple map on the case, he said in a deep voice: "Probe again, ask for the specific number and distance of the enemy's ships." ”

"Honor." The officer saluted and walked out briskly.

Shi Shibiu, Yinxiang and other generals immediately went out of the cabin and came to the deck to watch with binoculars, and in the northeast, a large black spot appeared five nautical miles away.

Glancing at the streamers on the beanie hats worn by the marine soldiers standing on the deck, Shi Shibiao silently calculated the direction and speed of the wind in his heart, if the fleet stood still, it was expected that within three quarters of an hour, the two armies would clash.

It made him wonder that yes, the fleet of the Japanese Navy Division actually occupied the upper hand, judging from the time, the other party should be here to wait for work, after thinking about it for a while, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a shallow smile, and he groaned slightly, and then ordered: "Order the fleet to turn right, the right rudder thirty, northeast direction, open the battle queue, and prepare for battle." After a pause, he ordered: "All auxiliary ships, follow the lower left side of the fleet, and prepare to pursue." ”

"Yes." The herald quickly repeated the order, then turned and ran for the order.

Listening to this order, Lin Wei couldn't help but open his mouth, but he didn't make a sound, just tightened his brows, Yinxiang was also very strange, according to the T-shaped tactics taught by the Naval Academy, they are now at a disadvantage, and they can be deployed on the spot, so why do they have to do this?

Judging from the shape and gun position of these warships of the Japanese State, like the naval warships before the Qing Dynasty, they should still fight broadside battles and seize the downwind position on the spot, which can completely reproduce the battle example of the Spanish fleet of Wanshan Islands defeating the Guangdong naval division.

Shi Shibiao glanced at a few people, knowing that a few people didn't understand. Because of Yinxiang, he explained in a deep voice: "The Japanese sailors appeared here, obviously waiting for work, they did not preemptively occupy the downwind position as a defensive formation, but occupied the upper hand position, and put on an offensive posture, obviously deliberately, I think they are likely to be desperate." With the idea of dying with us, it is not surprising that it will most likely be a fire attack, and on the basis of this possibility, we cannot form a battle formation on the spot, but must shell when the two fleets are staggered, so as to give full play to the superiority of our artillery and reduce unnecessary losses. ”

Yin Xiang nodded secretly when he listened, in the naval battle, both sides basically took the lead. In order to be invincible, the downwind position is in a T-shaped position. It can be said that it is the most ideal position, which can not only calmly carry out all the firepower, but also calmly evacuate when the battle situation is unfavorable.

And in the upper hand, it can only be in an offensive situation, and it is often necessary to fight for the upper hand when it is necessary to seize the upper hand. Or maybe it's a fire attack!

Lin Wei said in a deep voice: "General Shi, the range and accuracy of our artillery are far superior to those of the Japanese Naval Division, even if they attack with fire. In the T-shaped formation downwind, they also had no chance to get close to us under our heavy artillery fire. ”

Shi Shibiao glanced at him and said lightly: "The number of warships of the Wa State Navy Division is estimated to be more than seventy, even if it is a fate, they will still use columns?" If they use horizontal fire, how do we deal with it? ”

Hearing this, Lin Wei couldn't help but be suffocated, if the other party used fireships to advance at the same time, dozens of fireships rushed together, no matter how dense the artillery fire of their twenty battleships was, it was impossible to prevent all the fireships from approaching, and cutting into the enemy's array to fight in a horizontal formation, it has always been the only way for sailors to fight their lives, after thinking about it for a while, he said: "The wind direction is northeast, and it is the side against us, if the situation is not right, we can withdraw from the battlefield to the west and east at any time." ”…,

"Morale!" Shi Shibiao said in a deep voice: "How can we weaken our morale in the first battle?" Win the first battle! ”

With the waving of the flag, the entire Nanyang Fleet began to slowly turn to the right, going against the wind, opposite the Japanese sailors.

*

On the Japanese naval warship, Otani Yunho stared at the huge Qing fleet against the wind with a gloomy face, he really didn't expect that the other party would not take advantage of the cheap delivery to the door, and the other party actually didn't want it, he couldn't help but be amazed, what did the Qing people want to do?

He is indeed a heart of death, deliberately showing up in the upper hand, intending to do a desperate fight, after all, Edo Bay is so big, if the other party is searched, the sailor is afraid that he will not even have a chance to fight back, but he didn't expect the other party to be so cunning, he didn't even give them the opportunity to fight in a dignified manner! "Yaga." He couldn't help but curse angrily.

Although he had not witnessed the power of Western warships, he had heard a detailed description of them, and when he saw the two rows of black holes on the hull of those huge ships from the telescope, he could completely imagine what it would be like for so many warships to fire a salvo.

However, Yoho Otani had no way out, and the order they received was to prevent the other party from landing on the shore, and he knew very well in his heart that the sailors had been abandoned, and their only role was to buy time for Edo and let the retainers calmly deploy on the shore.

Looking at the slowly approaching huge fleet, the muscles on Yokoho Ohtani's face twitched, at this time, it was completely impossible to escape to delay time, the other party's speed was definitely faster than theirs, once the enemy chased behind, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Can't hesitate any longer, once the other party takes the lead, he may not even have a chance to fight back, and after a little hesitation, Yoshiho Ohtani shouted in a deep voice: "All the fireboats, lined up in a horizontal formation to attack the enemy formation, enter the range of the enemy's artillery, and immediately ignite." Other warships, separated by a ding (more than 100 meters), followed up and prepared to jump into battle, and the martial arts will last forever! ”

As soon as the order was given, the entire sailor immediately sounded a neat voice, "Martial arts lasts forever!" "Martial arts endure!"

Hundreds of naval warships turned one after another, rowing arc-shaped waves on the sea, and rushed straight towards the giant ships of the Nanyang Fleet without fear.

Seeing this, Lin Wei couldn't help but be happy, and chuckled: "Isn't this self-defeating?" ”

Fu Anding asked, "What are they shouting about?" ”

Cheng Kezheng knew Japanese, and was busy explaining next to him: "It contains the eternal existence of martial arts, and their bushido slogans are shouted like this before the decisive charge." ”

"Hehe, what a desperate charge, I think they are a suicide charge." Lin Wei chuckled and mocked.

Shi Shibiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a deep voice: "Fifteen on the right rudder, lower the half-sail, and prepare the port side artillery." ”