Chapter Ninety-Four: Target Golden State Bay
Lin Daxin stood in the bridge of the Flying Bear, the flagship of the First Fleet of the Sailor Academy, and looked at the sea from the observation window in the bridge! At this time, Lin Daxin's face was gloomy and scary, and the officers and men of the navy in the bridge were cautious in their words!
Lin Daxin did not expect that the Japanese army would be so brutal, massacring more than 10,000 prisoners of war and more than 60,000 Shengjing residents in Shengjing. And from the people who escaped from Shengjing, I learned that the Japanese army committed all kinds of atrocities against the women of the Qing Dynasty in Shengjing City!
Now that the entire Qing Dynasty knows about the atrocities of the Japanese army in Shengjing, the voices of those who have been building a peace relationship with the Japanese in the court are much quieter!
Shengjing's remnants retreated all the way to Shanhaiguan, and Yiketang'a, Nie Shicheng, Zhang Xiluan, and Qingyu, who were somewhat better, respectively gave the court a plea of guilt, but fortunately, the Empress Dowager Cixi, the Guangxu Emperor, and the foreman of the military aircraft minister, the foreman of the prime minister, the Yamen minister, Yixun's head was not confused, and he did not blame the four generals who had made meritorious contributions to the anti-Japanese resistance. Instead, he issued an edict saying that although the four people were responsible for losing Shengjing, they were allowed to make meritorious contributions to the four people, and Yi Ketanga was in charge of the commander-in-chief of the Shanhaiguan defense line, and the other three were the deputy commanders, leading the 100,000 Qing troops in Shanhaiguan! However, most of the 100,000 Qing troops are green battalion soldiers with weak combat effectiveness, and newly recruited soldiers from the Huai Army!
The Japanese army's Northern Route Army that conquered Shengjing, because all four divisions suffered nearly half of the casualties, did not continue to attack Shanhaiguan, but after the Shengjing Massacre, the troops were stationed in Shengjing City to recuperate, waiting for the replenishment of troops in Japan.
Lin Daxin's chagrin was that he knew through modern time and space that the Japanese army had carried out a brutal massacre after capturing the Lushun base in history, so Lin Daxin sent the Dingbei Army to guard Lushun, hoping to avoid a tragedy!
Unexpectedly, the Japanese army did not capture Lushun and carried out a massacre in Lushun, but after conquering Shengjing, they carried out a larger-scale massacre!
Lin Daxin was immediately furious and announced to the Dingbei Army that from now on, the Dingbei Army would not accept any form of surrender from the Japanese army's 1st, 7th, 10th, and 11th divisions, and the soldiers of the Japanese divisions and regiments of the four massacres!
Now the time has come to March 15, 1895, Lin Daxin led the 6 ironclad battleships of the First Fleet of the Naval Academy, 5 large fast armored cruisers, 1 medium fast armored cruiser, and 4 fast protection cruisers of the Second Fleet, from Weihaiwei to Lushun Military Port, and joined the 5 main warships of the Lushun garrison fleet and stationed in Lushun Military Port. In addition, two submarines, the Bayonet and the Sharp Knife, also secretly entered the Port of Arthur.
In addition, Lin Daxin also used a transport ship to transport the first and eighth divisions of the new second division of the Dingbei Army to Lushun, so that in a small Lushun area, Lin Daxin has concentrated the strength of seven divisions of the Dingbei Army. In particular, the 2nd Division also brought 50 T-62 tanks and 50 BTR-60 armored vehicles. This is definitely the rhythm of Lin Daxin's decisive battle with the Japanese army!
There are also eight or nine observation ships from European and American countries, which have also been following the naval fleet of the Naval Academy, preparing to observe a naval battle on a larger scale than the last battle in the Yellow Sea! This time, the strength of the two sides is stronger than the last naval battle, counting only the ironclad battleships, the two sides add up to 10 ships! You can see the scale of this naval battle!
At this time, all the 28 main warships of the Combined Fleet in Japan's Sasebo Military Port have begun to ignite and pressurize, and the commander of the Combined Fleet, Ito Yuxiang, stood in the bridge of the new flagship, Fengxiang, and looked excitedly at the warships of the Combined Fleet that were about to set off.
This is a force that amazes everyone, the First Battlefleet, the flagship ironclad battleship Fengxiang with a displacement of 11,200 tons, the ironclad battleship Dafeng with a displacement of 12,070 tons, the ironclad battleship Shuifeng with a displacement of 12,200 tons, and the ironclad battleship Zuihe with a displacement of 10,770 tons, a total of 4 powerful ironclad battleships!
The second battle fleet, with a displacement of 9,700 tons, 6 old ironclad ships Wave Wind, Sea Breeze, Island Wind, Tide Wind, Matsukaze, and Feather Wind.
The Third Battlefleet, with a displacement of 6,100 tons, 6 old ironclad ships Chunfeng, Qiufeng, Chaofeng, Xifeng, Chufeng, and Xuefeng.
The 1st Armored Cruiser had 5 warships, the armored cruiser Mogami with a displacement of 5,670 tons, the armored cruiser Mikuma with a displacement of 7,473 tons, the armored cruiser Kumano with a displacement of 7,630 tons, and 3 old armored cruisers. The warships of the Japanese Combined Fleet remnants of the Battle in the Yellow Sea were medium armored cruisers Matsushima and Hashidate, with a displacement of 4,278 tons.
The 1st Guerrilla Force was the remnants of the 4,050-ton Combined Fleet after the Battle of the Yellow Sea, with the four protective cruisers Takanami, Murayu, Kakaze, and Ishikari.
The three warships of the 2nd Guerrilla Group were the 2,439-ton protective cruiser Chiyoda, the 3,777-ton protective cruiser Fuso, and the 3,650-ton protective cruiser Naniwa, which remained of the Combined Fleet after the Battle of the Yellow Sea.
Keio Uesugi, the captain of the Honsho in the bridge of the flagship Hosho, said to Commander Yusuki Ito: "Commander! The combined fleet is ready! The 13th and 14th Divisions of the Army also boarded 24 transport ships and were ready to go! ”
Ito Yuxiang took a deep breath, all the main warships of the combined fleet this time will escort the two newly formed divisions of the Japanese Army to land in Jinzhou Bay, and then cooperate with the Southern Route Army to attack the Lushun base of the Beiyang Naval Division.
Moreover, Ito Youxiang has received news that the fleet under the command of Lin Daxin of the Beiyang Naval Division has been stationed in the Lushun base, and the warships of the Beiyang Naval Division are still staying at the Weihaiwei base.
Ito understands that the most combat-effective warship of the current Beiyang Naval Division is the warship under the command of Lin Daxin, if the combined fleet can destroy the fleet under Lin Daxin, then the strength of the Beiyang Naval Division is not enough in front of the current powerful combined fleet!
Therefore, this time to cooperate with the Southern Route Army to attack the Lushun base of the Beiyang Naval Division, it is very likely that it will engage the fleet under the command of Lin Daxin, and this engagement is to decide who is the real Asian naval hegemon between the Beiyang Naval Division and the Japanese Combined Fleet!
Ito Yuxiang ordered: "Order the combined fleet!" Target Golden State Bay! ”
With Ito's order, 28 warships of the Combined Fleet, escorting 24 transport ships loaded with 40,000 Japanese troops, left the Japanese Sasebo Military Port and sailed towards Jinzhou Bay in Liaodong.
After Lin Daxin received the news that the Japanese Combined Fleet was escorting the Japanese Army and had landed in Jinzhou Bay, he ordered Sun Xitao in the bridge of the Flying Bear: "Since the Japanese Combined Fleet has arrived in Jinzhou Bay, then today is the day when our Navy Training Fleet of the Naval Academy will fight with them!" Order the First Fleet, the Second Fleet, and the Arthur Garrison Fleet, all of which are ignited and pressurized! Depart for Golden State Bay! ”
More than 40,000 men of the newly formed 13th Division and the newly formed 14th Division on the Japanese transport ship in Jinzhou Bay were disembarking from the transport ship and landing on the beach of Jinzhou Bay. All 28 capital warships of the Combined Fleet are cruising in Golden State Bay, covering the landing of 2 divisions!
At this time, a Japanese soldier on the watchtower reported to the commander of the Combined Fleet, Ito Yushi, that a large number of warships appeared in the southwest, and it was very likely that it was the fleet of the Beiyang Naval Division Lin Daxin! Ito Yuki ordered, and all the warships of the Combined Fleet were put into combat mode!
The piercing sirens sounded in Jinzhou Bay, and the Japanese naval officers and men of the Combined Fleet rushed to their respective posts on the warships amid the sirens.
After a while, the observation window of the Ito Yuxiangtong Guò bridge used a telescope to see the fleet coming from a distance, and sure enough, it was the fleet under the command of the Beiyang Navy Lin Daxin.
Ito Yuxiang felt a thrill of excitement, and the whole person suddenly entered a state of excitement, and he could finally be ashamed of the defeat of the United Fleet in the Battle of the Yellow Sea! Ito Yuxiang ordered loudly: "Fight the Beiyang Naval Division!" Battlefleet preempts the T-prefix! The first armored cruiser was on the left flank! The 1st guerrilla, the 2nd guerrilla are on the right flank! Officers and men of the Combined Fleet, the day of our shame has come! ”
After the naval fleet of the Naval Academy entered Jinzhou Bay, after Lin Daxin saw the Japanese combined fleet cruising in the distance from the bridge of the Flying Bear, Lin Daxin ordered: "Order the First Fleet to seize the T-prefix, the Second Fleet on the left flank, and the Lushun Defense Fleet on the right flank!" Take on the Japanese Combined Fleet! The Bayonet and the Sharp Knife move freely and wait for an opportunity to attack the Japanese ships! Our navy will win this battle! The whole army raises the banner of "death", and I am invincible! There is no advance or retreat! ”
The 21 warships of the naval fleet of the Naval Academy of the Navy all raised a black flag with a bright red word "death" and greeted the Japanese combined fleet without hesitation. Behind the naval fleet of the Naval Academy, eight or nine observation ships from Europe and the United States also followed from afar to Jinzhou Bay.