After several crushing defeats, the navies of the great powers finally learned to be obedient, and their caution increased considerably, and their actions at night and even during the day were extremely meticulously and carefully arranged.

The cruising range of the torpedo boats will never leave the fleet to a distance of 30 kilometers, and it will be closer when the weather conditions are bad, so as to ensure that any abnormalities can be detected and the fleet can be warned as soon as possible. This can be regarded as being bitten by a snake once and being afraid of the well rope for ten years.

It has to be said that this method is extremely effective. A large cloud of fireworks rose to a height of hundreds of meters and exploded, and the light released by the large cloud of colorful light could be observed even if it was dozens of kilometers away on a clear night. The fact that the coalition fast fleet, which has never dared to be careless, was able to keenly catch the continuous and long-lasting fireworks, which meant that they knew the precious information about the appearance of the enemy in the rear.

Regardless of the fact that it may only bring a time difference of twenty or thirty kilometers to engage the enemy, in a naval battle at the end of the 19th century, when the general speed was less than 20 knots and the maneuverability was very poor, it was enough for the side that was attacked to increase its speed and launch its combat posture in time. At the very least, be prepared when the enemy ship invades the precise strike distance of the main gun.

Yang Haiwei frowned a little unexpectedly. It is one thing for the radar to detect it in advance, but the change of the enemy is another.

Now that he understood what the coalition forces were up to, he turned to the crowd and said, "Obviously, our enemy has learned the lessons of the last few naval battles. Their navigation formations and early warning mechanisms have been significantly changed, and if nothing else, their overall equipment performance and strategy and tactics will be greatly improved when the next large-scale naval battle breaks out. So, don't get carried away because we're temporarily ahead. ”

Deng Shichang and others were awe-inspiringly taught. Truly. Victory after victory. They get a little carried away up and down. Plus the comparison of knowing oneself and knowing one's other. The Chinese Navy's ships are too much technological content beyond the times, and they clearly know the gap between the two sides' technological generation, which also makes everyone rise up with the arrogant mentality of "we are invincible".

The arrogant soldiers will be defeated, and overconfidence will turn into arrogance, and they may suffer a big loss one day.

Seeing that his goal was achieved, Yang Haiwei didn't say much, waved his hand and ordered: "Sink him and continue to move forward." ”

Deng Shichang was stunned. He asked, "Now that they've been exposed, won't we take advantage of the darkness to defeat them?" ”

His words are not arrogant, with the strength of the "Tianjin" heavy cruiser, even if it only uses 127mm secondary guns, it is enough to sweep the target enemy ship, after all, the technical performance is too poor, this ship can completely rely on the speed of navigation, ammunition delivery speed, strike accuracy, kite flying tactics to grind all enemy ships.

Yang Haiwei smiled slightly: "Our strategic purpose is not to repeatedly entangle with the great powers, but to maximize the shock effect of every battle." The preset battlefield is to be placed off the coast of Japan. Let them end up in a fiasco in full view of everyone! ”

Deng Shichang took a deep breath. Nodding his head, he said, "Understood." ”

War has always been at the service of government and grand strategy. With the strength of China's navy today, if it wants to cope with the joint efforts of the great powers, the gains simply outweigh the losses. Whether it is a battleship or an officer or an officer, it is not a machine that can rotate without fatigue. If the great powers led by Britain had made up their minds to harden their minds and sail their huge fleets to the Far East in a steady stream, so that the coast of China would have constant warning signals all day and night, all national strength would have been involved, and there would have been no way to accomplish the great cause of the revolution. After a long time, the great powers can use the guò war to stimulate the economy, take the opportunity to complete the upgrading of weapons and equipment and tactics, and when a number of powerful warships are born, China's troubles will be really big.

Therefore, the real goal is to use war to intimidate, to force the enemy country to think and calculate, and to use victory as a bargaining chip to obtain favorable terms from the negotiating table.

But this kind of thing, people who have not reached a certain level will not think about it at all. Because Deng Shichang was to be trained to be the next generation of naval leaders, he had to get used to this kind of extensive strategic affairs in advance.

The attack of the heavy cruiser "Tianjin" was a serious knife killing. After the test firing of the No. 1 main gun of the Armored Turret, Zhu Yuan fine-tuned, followed by another shot, although it still missed, but it had already made the torpedo boat scattered. Immediately afterwards, the forward secondary cannon joined in the sweep, and the single-barreled 6-inch cannon like a machine gun struck with precision and stability, and it didn't take a few moments to blow the poor boat to pieces. In the end, a 203mm shell was fired from a distance of about 5,000 meters and completely shattered.

Such a battle result was not interesting, and there was only a brief cheer on the battleship, and it was restored to the smooth operation of the previous steady dìng. Their main job now is to run in and control, and try to get the most out of the performance of the battleship. They're still far from that goal.

Looking at the coalition fleet, the fireworks that suddenly rose in the rear and the explosive light that flashed rapidly in the dark night were keenly captured by their lookouts, and they immediately realized that there were enemy ships behind them, and they became nervous when they boarded, and they were all ready to meet the battle.

However, the enemy's situation was too vague, but he did not dare to rashly smear and investigate - in this era, during the daytime naval battles were to throw iron lumps at each other within 3,000 meters, and at night it was difficult to even maintain a formation in the dark light, mainly because of the lack of timely and smooth communication command. In the years when there was no wireless telegraphy, it was so helpless.

In fact, countries have been trying to install radios on new ships, and as early as a few years ago, there was an epoch-making communication technology that was eye-catching, and it was brought into their sight early on, but many problems were changed by someone before they could be solved.

In the United States, Yang Hao shot from Nikolai. Tesla bought its radio invention and a series of invention patents in public support. Marconi, on the other hand, with the support of Edison, Carnegie, and the U.S. government, obtained a patent license in his country. This patent lawsuit used to be in an uproar, but it was not like in other time and space, which made Tesla suffer a lifetime of loss, until it died for many years before it came to a painless consolation prize.

Not to be outdone, Russia, which had been ostracized by the foreign powers, claimed that their Popov had also invented the radio in order to avoid paying patent fees to China and the United States. Not to be outdone, the British claimed that the principle of radio was invented by the British scientist Maxwell, and that Britain should have the main patent rights. The Germans also claimed to be their family Heinrich. Rudolph. Hertzton guò real yàn proves this theory. And for the first time, the wave equation was summarized. Therefore, the patent rights should be ...... in Germany.

The big guys are scrambling to toss. The definition of patents is a mess, and European countries have taken the opportunity to avoid paying patent fees to inventors, but they can invest in the research and manufacture of related equipment without constraints, just like alternating current. Of course, with the connivance of the United States, the No. 1 copycat country in contemporary times, there is an unclear lawsuit to be fought.

(Those things that spray Chinese copycats all day long can be seen clearly, when it comes to copycat infringement, the United States is the big brother, and there is Japan behind it.) China is a century late before people start to play copycats, and they are still far from seniority! ）

Having said that, the radio used by ships is not yet mature, and this group of battleships that went out on the expedition did not carry it, and there was no need to mention the command or anything. After learning of the enemy situation behind, he issued a warning command through the guò signal, but continued to move firmly towards the target sea area.

This is also the battle plan drawn up by the coalition forces in advance. Their main goal was to use two Japanese battleships as bait to attract a Chinese naval force to attack them, and then attack them together. If the besieging fleet encounters the enemy first. Then unless the enemy ships try to completely kill them, and they themselves can't escape. Otherwise, we must resolutely meet first and then fight back.

The coalition's armored cruiser formations were fast, heavily armored, and had fierce firepower. Even if it encounters the second ship of the Chinese Navy, the Dingzhen Second Ship and other ships, they will have a hard fight. Only those thousand-ton frigates that are superior to them in terms of speed, but only have single-barreled 127mm guns, everyone is entangled, purely looking for the rhythm of death.

This is a last resort. The armored cruiser formation was loaded with shells, all of them were on high alert, and the turrets behind were pointed in unison into the dark distance, ready to open fire at any time. At the same time, they all increased their speed to eighteen knots and drove wildly.

But after waiting for most of the day, they were not attacked, and the coalition fleet did not know why, but they did not dare to rashly scout and try - God knows if there was a pit waiting for them to jump down! At this time, it is absolutely impossible to divide troops or something!

Yang Haiwei had no intention of fighting them now, so the two sides went against each other, until dawn, the sea was endless and empty, and no one could see anyone.

At this time, the "Tianjin Heavy Cruiser" sailed to the east of Yakushima, and arrived more than 100 nautical miles in front of the enemy's direction of advance early.

Most of these ships traveled south from the Japanese mainland via the Ryukyu Islands, bypassing Taiwan Island and heading straight to the Philippines. They did not dare to stay in the East China Sea, and after the outbreak of war, Japan was ready to abandon the Ryukyus at any time, and the strategy was contracted.

However, when they were close to the mainland, they were not so careful, so during the day, Japanese fishing boats and merchant ships of various countries were wandering on the sea, seemingly unaware of the danger.

The corners of Yang Haiwei's mouth flashed with a sneer, and he sneered: "It seems that the Japanese and foreign devils haven't realized how big a basket they have stabbed!" Do you really think that you can make mistakes without being punished? Naïve, ridiculous! ”

Deng Shichang didn't react to what he meant at first, but soon remembered some rumors before departure, and his face tightened.

All walks of life in China now know that the Yang family is the most staunch nationalist, and has an unparalleled hatred and even hatred for the Japanese. As for the powerful Western countries, they have a sense of self-confidence and contempt that contemporary people do not have, and they really don't know where the roots are.

At the end of the 19th century, the Chinese still had the beautiful impression of Japan as "the same language, the same roots, and the same clothes". Even after many conflicts, he almost lost the First Sino-Japanese War, but he still believed that it was an internal dispute. After Yang Hao vigorously propagated the "Japanese threat theory," the Chinese people also regained their disdain for this "small state" because of their victories again and again, and the sense of superiority and self-absorption of the Chinese kingdom exploded.

This is also Yang Hao's most helpless place. You say that you want to warn the people of the country, it takes a fiasco, but who will pay for the compatriots killed in the war? In any case, he could not tolerate the unscrupulous use of the armies of Japan and other countries on Chinese territory, burning, killing, and plundering.

Then he hit hard, but the Chinese people thought he was making a big fuss. The great powers were so powerful that it was only right to resist their aggression. It's a big deal for a little Japan. Is it necessary?

Even if I understand that Japan is up and down in order to rise. From the emperor to the common people, they frantically threw themselves into arms. Launching a war, the Chinese people still feel that they can sit back and relax - with you Yang Dashuai, we don't have to panic.

Yang Haiwei talked day and night in the navy, his mouth was peeled, and he still felt uneasy. Now that he was about to enter the battle, he had to mobilize his thoughts in advance: "Japan's heart will not die, and after the First Sino-Japanese defeat, they don't want to recuperate. However, he continued to rebuild his huge and excessively large navy with reckless force, and actively acted as a lackey of the great powers to invade our territory. For such stubborn people, we will not only destroy the invading enemy, but the best way is to completely eradicate this cancer that has been parasitic on China's side for thousands of years! We must not only completely eliminate their armament, but also completely eliminate future troubles for future generations. ”

Pointing to the shadow of the sail in the distance, Yang Haiwei's words were like knives: "Since they support the war, they have to bear the pain of the war." From now on, Japan will have no peace. Fire. Sink all the ships you see in sight! ”

Deng Shichang's body shook slightly. But he didn't dare to say anything more, and passed on the order.

What's the matter with them, learning from the corrupt Confucians in China to pretend to be generous, and to forgive the Japanese with virtue for their grievances? The compatriots who have died because of the Japanese invaders for thousands of years, but who will have mercy? Generations of dynasties have changed, but none of them really thought about making the Japanese pay the price, which in vain fueled the madness of this evil wolf. This kind of thing can no longer be connived at and ignored from the side of their generation of navy.

Ordinary officers and soldiers can't manage so much, and those who have the kindness of women have long been kicked out. Yang Haiwei's order was carried out without hesitation, and after a short silence, he had vaguely seen the ship waving the Chinese flag in the wind on the mainmast of the "Tianjin" from a distance, and tried to escape in panic, but found that a group of fireworks, rising rapidly, and a cannonball was bursting at a gallop!

"Boom, boom, boom——!"

The loud explosion shook the sea and the sky, and the main and secondary guns of the "Tianjin" opened fire in turn, and the single-turret or single-barreled guns roared in a staggered manner, delivering the projectiles to the slow-moving targets in a steady and orderly manner.

Only then did the ships cruising nearby know that a terrible star has come! They turned around and accelerated to escape, but their maximum speed of a dozen knots could not be raised, and in order to save coal, they mostly relied on the sail to move slowly, which was a good live target. was locked by the ultra-long-range artillery, and he didn't have to run at all, three times and five divided by two, they were shot and caught fire, exploded and sank!

"Tianjin" did not mean to be a good person to rescue, this trip, they acted as a shipbreaker while trying the voyage, and the game was to kill and bury. From the beginning of the attack, the battleship marched along the channel towards Kagoshima, but before entering the narrow Osumi Strait, it turned around and turned around in the waters off the coast of Japan, chasing a floating target and killing them all!

The Japanese are scared! They had not been attacked at sea for many years, and the most impressive one was the "Black Ship Incident" half a century ago, but it was the beginning of the Meiji Restoration, which changed the world. In their bones, they all feel that they are the lucky ones who are favored by God and will never be hit.

But today, the ferocious shells of the "Tianjin" crossed 120 kilometers in the air and smashed fiercely on its territory, and this arrogant dream was smashed into a bubble! Even if the shells with strict accuracy drop at a large distance, in fact, did not really cause much damage, it was enough to make countless Japanese who had been at ease for a long time have a mental breakdown!

Iwo Jima, Kuroshima, and the bombarded islands were being bombarded one after another, and the "Tianjin" blocked the exit of Kagoshima Bay, killing the boats that could be seen in view, and the buildings were bombarded one by one, and they were beating one after another like a live-fire drill.

The Japanese navy had long since been lost, and the living and dilapidated ships were all cowered in the core of Tokyo Bay, and the lines along Kyushu Island were leased to the allied forces. At present, the military ports of Nagasaki and Kagoshima are scattered and scattered, and most of the remaining ones are merchant ships, which are not used at all.

The land was bombed, and for a time the whole country of Japan panicked and trembled! Needless to say, the Japanese Emperor urgently summoned the cabinet ministers to discuss countermeasures, but the coalition ships that would form a combat formation later and later saw the oil stains and wooden planks on the water after entering the sabotage point, and the survivors who had fallen into the water floating for help were reported by the speedboat on Yakushima Island, knowing that there was a strong enemy waiting in front of them.

"Is there only one enemy ship? They're so rampant! ”

Gonbei Yamamoto and the other officers were indignant and even more incredulous at the Chinese navy's actions of targeting civilians. Haven't the Chinese always paid attention to forgiveness? Even if someone splits their faces and whips them like a pig's head, they don't care how many people die. Why has it changed its appearance now, could it be said that a certain warship of the Navy walked alone and ran out to make trouble?

No, it can't be.

The absurd thought disappeared in everyone's minds in a flash. The current Chinese Navy is not a pedantic Daqingshui Division, and with Yang Hao's family as the leader of the hardcore Japanese haters, it is impossible to do so. The only possibility is that the battleship is completely sure that it will act as a strong fighter to prevent the battleship from returning.

In the end, you can't watch the land being bombed, the consequences are too strict! The two battleships and all the cruisers immediately went into a state of imminent battle, sounded the alarm and raised the battle flag, and the formation headed straight for Kagoshima.

At this moment, the "Tianjin" also completed a circle of shelling, turned its head and went straight to the coalition formation. Not far behind, the huge figure of the "Dingyuan" led a group of little brothers, tracked down, the cannonballs were loaded, ready to fight! (To be continued......)