At 12:30 a.m. on May 29, 1905, the combined Japanese fleet, which was speeding at high speed from the northeast, was less than seven thousand meters away from the Russian navy, and less than five minutes later, the capital ships of both sides opened fire one after another.

At this time, the two huge fleets of the two sides met at an angle of nearly 120 degrees, the Russian navy was going up from the southeast, and the course was very clear, that is, going straight to Arthur, while the Japanese navy was going down from the northeast, and the strategic intention was also very obvious, that is, trying to rely on the course and speed to seize the T-shaped head, and meet the Russian bow firepower with all the firepower of the side side.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the commander of the Russian Navy, Rozhtestvensky, saw that he continued to go straight to Arthur at high speed, and it was estimated that he was stopped by the T-shaped head of the Navy before he could enter the range of Arthur's shore guns, so he ordered to turn to the right seventy degrees.

This turn was quite important, because it not only avoided hitting the broadside fire net of the Japanese Combined Fleet, but also created a situation in which the two sides were close to each other, and if this continued, then a battle between the Japanese and Russian navies would break out on the most standard battle lines.

However, Heihachiro Togo was not willing to give up, and he used his speed advantage to give the order to turn to the left again, trying to seize the T-head again.

In response, Rozhtestvensky of the Russian Navy once again ordered a turn to the left after just 20 minutes, not only trying to avoid Heihachiro Togo's T-shaped prefix, but also hoping to correct the course to the north and move closer to the First Fleet.

Just after the supreme commanders of both sides issued a series of steering, acceleration, and deceleration commands, Heihachiro Togo did not get his ideal T-prefix, and Rozhtestvensky also failed to counter-grab the T-prefix.

After a series of tactical maneuvers, the two sides not only did not form their own ideal tactical conditions, but on the contrary, the formations of the fleets of both sides were confused, and the first and second detachments of the Russian Navy plunged headlong into the fleet of the Japanese wing, and the capital ships of the two sides bombarded each other at a distance of only a few thousand meters, while the third column finally broke away from most of them and ran to the front because of the chaotic maneuvers.

Although the overall situation of the combined fleet was better and the overall formation was maintained, it still failed to seize the crucial T-shape, and in the end the battle could only break out in a melee manner.

Two hours later, the largest decisive battle between the two sides broke out in human history, and the combined fleets of hundreds of thousands of tons on both sides continued to fight off the coast of Arthur.

In this melee, although the Russian Navy brought together the three Pacific Fleets, and the total number and tonnage of warships surpassed that of the Japanese Combined Fleet, the training gap between the two sides was relatively large, and the Japanese side had a large advantage in rapid-fire guns and speed.

During the two hours of the large-scale melee, the Borodino, Eagle, and Sisoy of the first detachment of the Russian Navy were severely damaged, and the two ships of the second detachment, the Osriyabia and Navarin, were also hit by Japanese naval guns and fired multiple shells, among which the Navarin even had several turrets blown away, and soon after the battle began, it was forced to withdraw from the battle because of the fire due to the explosion of ammunition.

The Osrijabia was even more tragic, it was besieged by several Japanese ships, and it sank after holding it up until 2:45 p.m., because the ship was the flagship of the second detachment, its sinking caused the second detachment of the Russian Navy to lose command for a time and fall into a situation of fighting on its own.

The Russian Navy suffered heavy losses, and the Japanese Navy on the opposite side was no better, you must know that this was a melee, the two sides gathered dozens of warships in this narrow sea area, and to put it bluntly, the gunners could hit the enemy with a single shot with their eyes closed.

Mikasa, the flagship of the Japanese combined fleet, was hit by the Russian Navy with multiple shells and caused a fire long before the melee between the two sides, forcing Togo Heihachiro to transfer to the Nisshin with the fleet headquarters.

In addition, in the melee, the Fuji of the 1st Sentai of the Japanese Sentai and the Izumo and Asama of the 2nd Sentai were all severely damaged, and the rest of the ships were also more or less shot.

It can be said that although the capital ship Sino-Japanese combined fleet did not sink in battle, it still suffered considerable losses.

As for the battle between the two cruisers, it was much more brutal, and the Russian navy lost three cruisers in just a few hours, and the others also suffered considerable damage.

And the cruiser on the Japanese side also sank one of them.

Speaking only of this naval battle between the two sides, there is no doubt that the Japanese side has won a tactical victory, and it can be regarded as holding the Russians all the time, not only severely damaging many Russian warships, but sinking a battleship of the Russian Navy on the spot.

From a strategic point of view, however, the combined Japanese fleet was undoubtedly a serious defeat, because what the Japanese navy needed was not to sink one or two Russian naval ships tightly, but to send the entire Russian navy to the bottom of the sea or to keep them out of Arthur.

However, after several hours of scuffle, at about five o'clock in the afternoon, the Russian navy, although suffering heavy casualties, finally got rid of the entanglement of the Japanese navy, successfully joined up with the First Fleet, which also suffered considerable losses, and then sailed to Port Arthur.

At about 6 o'clock in the evening, the capital ships of both sides had officially left the battle, and the curtain finally came to an end on the battle in the Yellow Sea, which attracted worldwide attention.

The news of the naval battle in the Yellow Sea was not concealed for too long, because the Russian Navy's First Fleet, Second Fleet, and Third Fleet in the Pacific had just successfully arrived at the port of Arthur.

Although outsiders do not yet know the details of the naval battle, there is no doubt that this naval battle has affected the situation of the entire Russo-Japanese War, the situation in the Far East and even the world situation.

The next day, Zhao Dongyun looked at the information in his hand about the war between Japan and Russia in the Yellow Sea, and couldn't help but ponder, due to the limited source of intelligence, Zhao Dongyun only knew that Japan and Russia had broken out a super-large-scale naval battle off the coast of Arthur, and as for the naval battle, the losses of both sides did not know.

However, judging from the information announced to the outside world by both sides, both Japan and Russia claimed that they had won the naval battle in the Yellow Sea, and the Japanese side even claimed that it had sunk at least three battleships of the Russian Navy, and Rozhtestvensky also claimed to the outside world by telegram that he had led the fleet to sink at least four Japanese capital ships.

God knows how he came up with the result of sinking four ships, and it is estimated that all the wounded are counted.

However, no matter what the actual situation is, judging from the information announced by both sides, the fleets of both sides should be the main force undamaged.

"It seems that the navies on both sides still have to fight!" Zhao Dongyun put down the report in his hand, and he was actually not very worried about the war between Japan and Russia.

At present, Japan and Russia are almost at a stalemate on land, and the naval battle may have a great impact on Japan, but it will not have much impact on Russia, and even if the entire navy is sent away, it will not affect the victory or defeat of the Russian army around Liaoyang and Mukden.

On the other hand, if the navy loses, it will lose the victory of this war!

Now that the Japanese navy has not been able to completely wipe out the Russian navy, it is not difficult to predict that the two sides will definitely continue to break out various naval battles in the next few months, and Zhao Dongyun estimates that the Japanese navy will continue to blockade Port Arthur as before, so although the pressure on the Japanese navy is very great, it is still relatively unlikely that the Russian navy will be able to break through the blockade of the Japanese navy and completely destroy the Japanese naval transportation lines.

The Russo-Japanese War has been carried out to this day, and it is completely different from the Russo-Japanese War in history, so it is actually difficult for Zhao Dongyun to predict the development of the follow-up war, but no matter what the outcome is, Zhao Dongyun does not pay attention to it now, on the one hand, it will not change anything, and on the other hand, there are still a lot of things waiting for him to do in Fengtian.

Since taking office as General Shengjing, Zhao Dongyun did most of what he did in the early stage was to recruit talents to form the shogunate, in addition to asking for money everywhere, he first asked the imperial court and the provinces for assistance in the name of relieving refugees and restoring people's livelihood, and after the imperial court approved, the household department took out 200,000 taels of silver relief money, and at the same time ordered the provinces to support Mukden.

Yuan Shikai of Zhili took the lead and took out 400,000 taels of silver to Fengtian in one go, and then Shandong and Henan, which were also under the control of Beiyang, took out 100,000 taels of silver, and after Beiyang set an example, other provinces were not good not to give, and several ministers in the south, especially the bigwigs in Huguang, Liangjiang, Guangdong and other places, saw that Yuan Shikai had taken out 600,000 taels, and it was not good for them to explain to the imperial court if they gave less, so Zhang Zhidong in Hubei gave 300,000 taels, Hunan, Guangdong, and Jiangning each gave 200,000 taels, and Jiangsu, Zhejiang also paid 150,000 taels each, Shaanxi gave 80,000, and other Jiangxi, Anhui, Shanxi, and Sichuan all gave 50,000.

In addition to being limited by the economic strength of each province, the amount of money given also reflects Zhao Dongyun's connections and prestige.

In order to ask the provinces for money, Zhao Dongyun was tireless, one by one to send telegrams to the governors of the provinces, no matter how much or how little people gave the money, they had to send a report one by one to thank them, and then some provinces originally gave less, Zhao Dongyun would be cheeky and say that it was not enough, and bargained with the telegram to agree on the final amount, for example, Shaanxi thought it was a perennial fund at first, and was only willing to give 20,000 yuan a year, but Zhao Dongyun called to explain that it was a one-time fund, and he did not dare to accumulate the provinces for a long time, so Shaanxi added it to 50,000, But Zhao Dongyun still didn't think it was enough, so he was cheeky enough to ask for 30,000, and finally set the number at 80,000.

After pulling down his face and asking for money from the governors of the provinces across the country, Zhao Dongyun finally got 2.2 million taels of provincial assistance funds, plus the 200,000 yuan given by the household department and the 100,000 yuan raised by Zhao Dongyun in Fengtian, all of which add up to 2.5 million taels of silver in Zhao Dongyun's hand.

This money is hundreds of thousands more than Zhao Dongyun expected before, before Zhao Dongyun thought that it would be good to be able to get 1.5 million from the provinces, plus the household department and self-raised, it is estimated that it will not exceed 2 million, but now it is 2.5 million, with this money, at least in the early stage of refugee relief and restoration of people's livelihood, there is no need to worry too much.

Although there is no shortage of funds in a short period of time, this kind of shameless asking for money from other provinces can only be urgently needed, and it is still up to oneself to solve Fengtian's financial predicament.

Zhao Dongyun, who has unknowingly entered the management site and developed the industrial business model, invited wealthy businessmen in early June to hold the first investment attraction in the history of his life.