The battle between Chinese and Japanese destroyers was soon reported to Wang Guorui. And there was also a telegram from the captain of the Navy Hao Detachment, which was successfully forwarded to Wang Guorui. Wang Guorui looked at the telegram, and then couldn't help but talk.

"A century-old navy is not so easy to build. With the same number of sailors, most of us are no match for the Japanese army! This duel between individual destroyers is obviously not their opponent, and their guns are fired much faster than ours. This is not that our artillery is inferior to them, but that the psychological quality of our naval sailors is obviously inferior to theirs! Wang Guorui sighed and said.

Originally, Wang Guorui thought that his navy was not bad, and it already had one of the best tonnage in the world, and it was already an excellent navy in the world. However, the reality told him that Taiwan's navy is still a long way from the world's first-class navy, and it is obviously not enough to be called a world-class navy. On the same quantitative scale, it was clearly no match for the Japanese army. After being hit by a shot, they all became a lot more panicked, and then their combat efficiency of each class also decreased. In such a situation, it is obviously inferior to the Japanese army, and their ability to resist pressure is obviously insufficient.

"Lord Wang, telegraph, all the fleets of the navy have asked for battle, hoping to go to a decisive battle with the Japanese navy! They all heard that there were destroyers fighting the Japanese and sinking an enemy destroyer, so they all hoped to make meritorious contributions. They have asked to go to war, and have a decisive battle at sea with the Japanese Invaders, and then seize the sea control of the Bohai Sea, so that I can sleep on the supply lines of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and then our Eight-Nation Alliance has no guns, ammunition, food and grass, and they are all the turtles in our urns, so we don't have to worry too much at all. Therefore, the Navy hopes to be able to go to war and effectively support us in the confrontation with the armies of other countries. ”

"The Navy is no longer willing to do this kind of thing to escort the army's logistics. They all want to be able to take the initiative and then get merit. ”

Wang Guorui immediately said angrily: "Playing the piano indiscriminately, are they the opponents of the Japanese?" ”

Wang Guorui can see this time that Taiwan's navy has a few elements that are not useful in it, and it is difficult to defeat the Japanese navy in a truly fair way with the same number. Wang Guorui's navy is obviously not very mature, and its ability to resist pressure is obviously inferior to that of the Japanese navy. It is much worse than the British Navy. The Taiwan Navy has excellent warships, but it is obvious that the quality of its naval officers is inferior to that of Britain and other countries. If you rashly engage in a decisive naval battle with the Japanese now, the price to be paid will definitely be very high.

Wang Guorui didn't think he would lose, but he knew that if he did, the loss would be absolutely miserable. If this is done, the loss must be several times greater than that of the Japanese. Because the combat experience of the Taiwanese Navy is too lacking, it has not experienced a major war at all. If you play like this, even if you win, it will be a miserable victory. So Wang Guorui doesn't want to do this loss-making business.

However, Hu Wei immediately said: "Lord Wang, my opinion is to let the navy go!" Since they want to take the initiative to fight the Japanese, then we still have to let them fight well. Anyway, we have so many warships, and the probability of losing is very low, I estimate that it is less than ten percent. What we have to look at is just the question of how much to pay, not that there are too many things that are too complicated. So, what is there to worry about Lord Wang? Our battleships were more than five times larger than the Wokos. And there is also the trump card of the sword-class battleship, and even the submarine that can be sneak attacked. We have a 90 percent chance of winning. And the navy I also understand that the navy has no opportunistic methods. He doesn't look like an army, he has a lot of tactics or intrigues. But the Navy does not, and the Navy is purely a hard-fought battle. So we are not afraid of falling for the conspiracy of the Japanese invaders, and we fight with them directly, and what we consider is how much we will pay. And then how many people are lost. ”

However, Wang Guorui said: "However, I am afraid that the loss will be too great." If we do not lose this battle, the losses will be absolutely very huge. ”

But this time Zheng Hong said: "Husband, didn't you say it too?" If you haven't experienced war. It is simply impossible to become a strong army. Our army, which had gained prestige by stepping on the heads of the Japanese, had defeated the Dutch and the Spaniards, both of whom were third-rate powers in Europe. The fact that we are able to have such a position now is also brought by the Army, and the Army has contributed a lot. The army has combat experience, but the navy does not have this combat experience. The Navy has always been a small war, and has not really conducted large-scale operations. Even the various generals did not have experience in large-scale operations, so the actual combat effectiveness of the Navy was very problematic. In particular, our Political Department has tested the ability to resist pressure, and the navy's ability to resist pressure is the worst among all arms. That is because they have not experienced a real war, so they have not experienced the experience of blood and rain at all, and naturally they can't resist too much pressure. ”

"Therefore, this time the navy is allowed to conduct large-scale operations, which is a test for the navy. If we don't let them go to war, then in the end we can only raise a group of old soldiers, and they can't fight at all. The navy eats up almost half of our military spending every year, and the number of people is only one-fifth of the total number of troops, but it eats up half of our military spending. So this time, that is, the time has come to show their value. If they can't defeat the enemy, then how can we continue to fund them? ”

Next, everyone also expounded on the idea of hoping that the navy will go to war, that is, hoping that the navy can really fight once, not this kind of petty fight. With this level of petty fighting, it is simply impossible to be able to fight, and it is simply impossible to train a strong navy If an army has not experienced a major war, it is simply impossible to truly become strong and become a strong army that cannot be defeated. The Navy is not currently able to do this, they have not experienced wars and are very poor in their resilience to pressure.

Wang Guorui immediately asked Qiu Baoren, chief of staff of the Navy: "Qiu Baoren, can you guarantee that you can win this time?" ”

"Lord Wang, I can guarantee victory this time, but I don't know how much I will lose. However, I believe that the losses are worth it. Only after this battle can the navy become a truly strong army, and not be useless as it was in the past. Only by becoming a truly strong army can we truly realize our dream of crisscrossing the world. If we don't even dare to go to war with a single Japanese navy, how can we face more countries in the future? Especially the British, if we can't even defeat the Japanese, then how can we compete with the British for the supremacy of the seas? Moreover, the shame of the First Sino-Japanese War, we have not been able to rewind the shame, we can't go on like this? Therefore, we must fight, and we must fight the shame of the Sino-Japanese War. ”

Qiu Baoren obviously also hoped to continue to fight, and then defeat the Japanese Navy, so as to overcome the shame of the Sino-Japanese War. No matter how much you pay this time, it will be a decisive battle at sea, and then you will fight for the defeat of the Japanese navy. Only in this way can it be regarded as a satisfactory result, representing the Chinese Navy's real entry into the international arena. Otherwise, they are all a navy with a powerful fleet in the air, but no corresponding matching strength, just an existing navy.

"Well, since everyone is going to war, this time we will immediately dispatch all the Northern Expedition fleets. Moreover, the sword-class battleships of the strategic fleet, as well as all the submarines of the submarine detachment, were also dispatched together. This time, we must have a decisive battle at sea with the Japanese invaders, so that we can train our navy well. Only when our navy has undergone this test of fire and blood will it be able to become a strong navy. Otherwise, our navy will not be able to train out at all. ”

This time, Wang Guorui took out all the hole cards, not only dispatched all the sword-class battleships of the strategic fleet, but also was able to dispatch the submarine force that had been researched and had just completed its debut. These troops are also the trump cards in Wang Guorui's hands, and I hope they can be decided. But now it must be taken out, and if it is not taken out, then the loss of the Japanese this time may be really bad. We have to admit that Taiwan's navy has only been in force for a few years, and the vast majority of naval officers and men have been trained by themselves, and they do not have a perfect inheritance and education system. The construction of the navy is much more difficult than that of the army, especially the training of the navy. Although the training was very good this time, the problem that was exposed before was that there was too little combat experience and no ability to resist pressure at all.

This time, Taiwan was able to attack Japan's combined fleet with absolutely powerful forces, which was considered an unfair battle in which Taiwan used more battleships and more advanced battleships to bully them. However, Wang Guorui hopes to be able to do this, to exercise the ability of his soldiers, and to exercise the strength of his navy. Otherwise, the navy has a huge fleet and some of the best battleships in the world, but in the end it is just a fat, and that is a real trouble.

"Hopefully, this time we can build a powerful navy with fire and blood!" Wang Guorui thought. (To be continued.) )