The combined fleet of the British Navy and the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy, which were guarding the Japanese convoy, were attacked by two submarines of the Northeast Navy, the Bayonet and the Sharp Knife, during the night, and the losses were not small, but this huge fleet still did not change the direction of its advance and continued to sail towards the Wild Boar River Pier in the Far Eastern Province.

At noon on the 22nd, they arrived at the Wild Boar River Wharf, and Bridget, the commander of the Eastern Fleet, originally thought that he could meet the main force of the Northeast Navy and conduct a huge naval battle, but he did not expect to see even a warship of the Northeast Navy, so Bridget began to issue flags to the warships of the Eastern Fleet, so that the entire Eastern Fleet was ready to stay here for one day, waiting for the Japanese transport ships to unload personnel, supplies and ammunition onto the Wild Boar River Wharf.

And Bridget decided to listen to Heihachiro Togo's advice, and bring the Eastern Fleet and the Combined Fleet of the Japanese Navy to Vladivostok tomorrow, the dignified Royal Navy of the British Empire, can not suffer such a big loss, and does nothing, must make the Northeast Navy pay the price for yesterday's attack.

Togo Heihachiro saw that the waters near the Wild Boar River dock did not meet the Northeast Navy, and he was secretly happy in his heart, in this way, the British would definitely go to Vladivostok, and the agreement signed by the British to escort only Japanese transport ships was basically nullified, and the British attack on Vladivostok was definitely dragging the whole of Britain into the rhythm of this war.

About 110 or so Japanese transport ships began to approach the Wild Boar River Wharf, preparing to send the Japanese Army, weapons and ammunition and other supplies on board to the shore of the Wild Boar River Wharf.

However, there is only one natural berth at the Wild Boar River Wharf that can dock ships with a displacement of about 2,000 tons, and only some small boats with a displacement of no more than 300 tons can be docked in other places, so they can only use small boats to transport the Japanese army officers and soldiers and materials, ammunition and artillery on transport ships with a larger displacement to the wharf little by little, so as to speed up the unloading of transport ships, otherwise only relying on one berth, 5 or 6 days may not be able to unload these 110 or so Japanese transport ships.

The commander of the Japanese Northern Dispatch Army in China, Oyama Iwa, knew that the local transport fleet had arrived at the Wild Boar River Wharf today, and asked the division commander of the Sixth Division, Ibaraki Yuaki, to continue to command the troops drawn from the divisions of the Northern China Dispatch Army to launch an attack on the passage in the Eagle Gorge and the hills on both sides, so as not to give the Dingbei Army guarding the Eagle Gorge any respite.

Dashanyan himself brought a part of the personnel of the command headquarters and several division commanders to meet the 33rd and 34th divisions, as well as 100,000 reinforcements to the army sent to the north of China.

In a sea area more than ten nautical miles away from the Wild Boar River Wharf, 26 all-steel battleships, 12 ironclad battleships with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, 15 large fast armored cruisers, 48 anti-aircraft fast protection cruisers, 32 destroyers of the several classes and 72 torpedo boats of the Mine* class have long been assembled here.

On the bridge of the all-steel battleship Yade, the flagship of the Third Fleet of the Northeast Navy, Jiang Hui, commander of the Third Fleet, received a report from the radar crew on the warship and learned that the British and Japanese had arrived at the Wild Boar River Wharf.

If the Northeast Navy waits in the waters of the Wild Boar River Wharf, then as soon as the British and Japanese fleets arrive, a naval battle will break out, and those Japanese transport ships, seeing that the situation is not good, can escape in advance, and with the British and Japanese warships blocking it, the Northeast Navy will have no way to deal with the escaping transport ships.

However, when the Japanese transport ships unloaded the personnel, supplies and ammunition at the Wild Boar River wharf, and the Northeast Navy launched an attack from the direction where the British and Japanese came, then if the naval battle was dominated by the Northeast Navy, it would not be so easy for the Japanese transport ships to escape.

At 1:40 p.m. on October 22, the British Navy's Eastern Fleet and the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet spotted the Tohoku Navy appearing in the distance, and a piercing siren sounded on the sea, and all the warships of the British Navy's Eastern Fleet and the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet began to form battle formations to prepare for battle.

When Bridget, the commander of the British Navy's Eastern Fleet, saw the fleet of the Northeast Navy appear, he immediately ordered: "All the warships of the Royal Navy will raise the battle flag, tell the boys, the time has come to teach the Northeast Navy a hard lesson, and let the arrogant Qing Dynasty people see the power of our Royal Navy!" ”

In addition, Officer Bridget let 4 all-steel battleships and 1 large fast armored cruiser that were wounded by submarines, with 4 British destroyers and 10 torpedo boats, stay behind to avoid these wounded warships from participating in naval battles, and by the way protect Japanese transport ships.

The commander of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, Togo Heihachiro, couldn't help frowning when he saw the Northeast Navy appear in the east, and he immediately understood in his heart that the Northeast Navy's intention was to fight rabbits with grass and fight the Japanese transport ships after winning the naval battle, but do you Northeast Navy think that the naval battle is really so easy to win?

There is not only its own combined fleet here, but also the huge British Navy's Eastern Fleet, Togo Heihachiro snorted coldly in his heart, who wins and who loses, and then ordered: "Let the injured Mikuma and Fuso lead 1 lightning team to guard the transport ship, and the other 13 all-steel battleships, 6 fast protection cruisers and 2 lightning teams 12 torpedo boats, raise the Z-shaped signal flag, form a battle formation to meet the Northeast Navy, the rise and fall of the Great Japanese Empire in this battle, all ships and princes work hard to kill the enemy!" ”

The captain of the Fuji next to him, Takahashi Jiro, couldn't help but think of the Battle of Tsushima Island, and the commander Heihachiro Togo also ordered the Z-shaped signal flag to be raised, so that the combined fleet had the determination to fight to the death.

Heihachiro Togo then ordered: "Let the army and supplies on the transport ship speed up the landing, this time the transport ship is also the target of the Northeast Navy!" ”

Oyama Iwa, commander of the Japanese Northern Dispatch Force in China, saw the Northeast Navy Fleet looming in the sea in the distance from the shore, and also ordered the personnel and materials on the transport ship to step up their landing.

The British Navy's Eastern Fleet and the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet began to form a battleline formation with battleships as the main force to meet the Northeast Navy, and at a distance of about 10,000 meters, the battleships of the British and Japanese navies began to turn to the left and make a "U" turn, preparing to seize the T-shaped position, hoping to gain an advantage in the battleship confrontation.

At 2:05 p.m., the two fleets were already 8,000 meters apart, and the battle line composed of battleships of the Northeast Navy had also completed the "U" shaped turn to the right, because both sides were grabbing the T-shaped head, and the two fleets were moving towards the "eight" shape.

The 26 all-steel battleships and 12 ironclad battleships of the Northeast Navy formed a long battle line, while the 14 all-steel battleships of the Eastern Fleet of the British Navy, 6 ironclad battleships with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, and the 13 all-steel battleships of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet also formed a long battle line, and the main guns of the battleships on both sides of the battle line carried out the first round of salvo fire, but the battleships on both sides were sailing at high speed, so that the first salvo of the main guns of the battleships on both sides did not achieve any results. The shells fired all landed on the sea several hundred meters away from the opposing warship, stirring up columns of water more than ten meters high.

Because of the attack of the Northeast Navy's Bayonet and Sharp Knife submarines last night, the Northeast Navy actually had some numerical advantages in the battle line duel.

Although the first round of battleship gun salvo did not achieve any effect, the gunners on both warships were not affected at all, and soon the shells of the second round of main gun salvo fell on the heads of the opposing warships, and the second round of main gun salvo was successful on both sides.

One shell fired from the 305 mm main gun of the all-steel battleship Harbin on the Northeast Naval Battleline hit the British Navy's old star all-steel battleship Glory, and this shell just hit the turret of one of the Glory's twin 40 times the caliber of the 305 mm main gun, and the 203 mm armor of the Glory's main gun turret could not withstand the 305 mm shells at all.

Fortunately, the two 305 mm cannons in the turret of the Glory have just fired 2 shells, otherwise they will definitely detonate the 305 mm shells in the 2 turrets, so whether the Glory can resist the equivalent of 3 305 mm shells hitting the same position is hanging. Only one 305 mm shell, although the main gun turret of the Glorious was destroyed, did not affect the ammunition compartment a few meters below the main gun turret, if three 305 mm shells exploded at the same time, the ammunition compartment below would be dangerous.

The second round of the main gun salvo of the battleship of the Northeast Navy suddenly caused the British Navy's old star all-steel battleship Glory to lose half of its main gun firepower, but the salvo of the main guns of the second round of battleships of the British Navy achieved much greater results than that of the Northeast Navy, and the Japanese Navy is still in the ranks of soy sauce, and there are no results and no losses. R1152