When Lin Daxin was intriguing with the imperial court in Weihaiwei, the Lushun garrison fleet of the Naval Academy of the Lushun base has been under the leadership of fleet commander Yu Fu, and from the day the peace talks between the Qing Dynasty and Japan broke down, he restarted the task of blocking the sea passage between the Japanese mainland and Korea and the Qing Dynasty.

Now the Lushun garrison fleet of the Naval Academy has become strong and strong after Lin Daxin's strengthening, with the flagship ironclad ship Weihai with a displacement of 6,901 tons, the old ironclad ship Dinghai and Zhenhai with a displacement of nearly 8,000 tons, the medium-sized fast armored cruiser Anhai with a displacement of 4,568 tons, the protective cruiser Lihai with a displacement of 2,950 tons, and four fast protection cruisers Rihai, Yuehai, Xinghai and Chenhai.

Fleet Commander Yu Fu sent most of the warships of the Lushun garrison fleet out to patrol and carry out the blockade mission when the main forces of the First Fleet and the Second Fleet of the Navy of the Naval Academy were dispatched to attack the Japanese mainland.

Yu Fu also sent some warships to the vast Sea of Japan, and placed a medium-sized military radar for secret equipment bought by Lin Daxin on the warships.

The naval unit of the Naval Division Academy has learned that at that time, the Dingbei Army and the Japanese Southern Route Army were in the last moment of the battle of Jinzhou City, and the Japanese army in Jinzhou City was completely annihilated, and at this time, tens of thousands of Japanese reinforcements suddenly appeared!

These sudden Japanese reinforcements were the ones that Japan used transport ships to load reinforcements, detoured from the Sea of Japan, landed at Cheongjin in northern Korea, and then rushed to Jinju City to support. Therefore, this time, Yu Fu took special care of the Sea of Japan, and arranged the medium-sized fast armored cruiser Anhai of the Lushun garrison fleet and the four fast protection cruisers Nihkai, Yuehai, Xinghai and Chenhai to the Sea of Japan.

On May 11, 1895, the fast protection cruisers of the Lushun garrison fleet, the Ilkai and the Tsukimi, were cruising in formation in the Sea of Japan, when suddenly the medium-sized military radar on the Ilsea showed a bright spot in the northeast.

So the Nichikai and the Tsukikai began to cruise in the direction of the northeast bright spot, and after sailing for a distance, the two warships noticed a wisp of black smoke in the distance. The Hinami and Tsukikai immediately headed northeast where the plume of smoke appeared.

Soon after, the distance was closer, and the two warships spotted dozens of Japanese transports, large and small, that were fleeing in all directions.

In accordance with the orders of the Japanese base camp, these Japanese transport ships transported a batch of reinforcements to Cheongjin in northern Korea through the Sea of Guò, and were the newly formed 15th Division to support the Japanese Northern Route Army. After completing this delivery mission, these Japanese transport ships will continue to be responsible for transporting the 5th Division and the newly formed 16th Division, which are waiting on the Japanese mainland, to land at Cheongjin in northern Korea.

The captain of the Rihai immediately ordered: "Quickly send a telegram to the Anhai, Xinghai, and Chenhai, and inform them that we have discovered a large number of Japanese transport ships and report our location!" ”

Then the captain of the Nichikai then ordered: "Contact the Tsukikai and our Nichikai together, fire full power, rush towards the Japanese transport, and all the ship's guns will fire at the transport!" ”

Then the Nichikai and the Tsukimi accelerated at the same time and rushed towards dozens of Japanese transports.

The Japanese soldiers on the Japanese transport ship looked at the Qing Dynasty warship approaching at high speed in horror, and screamed in fright one after another. The shells of the Nichikai and Tsukikai soon fell on the sea around the scattered and fleeing Japanese transports.

The speed of these Japanese transports is not fast, the highest is not more than 12 knots, most of them are below 10 knots, in the face of 2 warships with a speed of more than 22 knots, it is not easy to escape!

After a while, three relatively large Japanese transport ships were sunk in the sea, and a layer of Japanese soldiers of the 15th Division who had jumped into the sea to escape floated on the sea.

Some of the ordinary Japanese crew members on the Japanese transport ship wanted to surrender to the naval warship of the Naval Division, but the Japanese officers and men of the 15th Division above resolutely refused to surrender and forced the ordinary crew to continue to sail and flee with guns.

The Nichikai and the Tsukimi were not polite in the face of these Japanese transports that refused to surrender, and pursued the Japanese transports separately one by one, sinking the transports one by one with naval guns.

Soon the Yasumi, a medium-sized fast armored cruiser relatively close to this area, also arrived here and joined the slaughter of the Japanese transports.

The three warships of the Lushun garrison fleet pursued the Japanese transport ships until dark, and then converged with the two fast protection cruisers Xinghai and Chenhai, who had been belated, to salvage the officers and men of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army who jumped into the sea to escape in this sea area, but at this time, there were not many Japanese still alive on the sea, and the last 5 warships only rescued nearly 700 officers and men of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army who were dying.

After dinner, the Japanese Emperor Meiji was in a sleeping palace that had not been damaged by the fire, stripping off the kimono of his concubine Yuan Xiangzi, and his hands were not idle to press on Yuan Xiangzi's full chest and rub them wantonly.

Emperor Meiji, who was already excited, had just stuffed a small dingding, which had been erected under himself less than 8 centimeters, into the entrance under Sonoko Xiangzi, when the shout of Japanese Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito suddenly came from outside: "Emperor! Oh no! Something is wrong! ”

Emperor Meiji's face was red because of excitement, and instantly turned blue, and the Japanese imperial concubine Yuan Xiangzi under him also felt the strangeness of Emperor Meiji, and Ito Hirobumi's sudden throat made Emperor Meiji wilt underneath!

Emperor Meiji got up from Yuan Xiangzi, and the Japanese imperial concubine Yuan Xiangzi also hurried up to help Emperor Meiji put on his clothes first, and Emperor Meiji said to the beautiful imperial concubine Yuan Xiangzi: "Ai Concubine, wait for me to come back in a while, and we will continue!" ”

When Emperor Meiji walked out of the dormitory, he saw Hirobumi Ito and asked with a displeased face, "What's the matter?" Ito-kun! I'm already resting! ”

Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito said with a pale face: "Emperor! Our ships transporting the newly formed 15th Division were discovered by Qing Dynasty warships in the Sea of Japan! ”

When Emperor Meiji heard this, he was immediately shocked: "What happened to the 15th Division?" ”

Ito Hirobumi said in a trembling tone: "Emperor! The entire convoy fled back to Japan, 5 transport ships, and the other nearly 30 transport ships and the officers and men of the 15th Division on it did not return, and were sunk by Qing Dynasty warships in the Sea of Japan! The division commander, including the 15th Division, was also martyred! ”

When Emperor Meiji heard this, his body shook, so he didn't fall to the ground, thanks to Ito Hirobumi's quick hand to help Emperor Meiji. Emperor Meiji asked in a sad tone, "How many men are left in the 15th Division?" ”

Ito Hirovini paused for a moment and glanced at Emperor Meiji's face again, at which point Emperor Meiji continued: "Ito-kun! My nerves aren't that fragile! No matter how bad the news is, I haven't heard it! ”

Ito Hirobumi then said, "Emperor, there are less than 3,000 officers and men of the 15th Division left on the five transport ships that have fled back to Japan. ”

When Emperor Meiji heard that his division of 20,000 people was suddenly less than 3,000 people left, tears immediately flowed out, "Woo! Ito-kun, don't transport the remaining 2 divisions to North Korea, without the escort of warships, it is too dangerous to figure out the sea route blocked by the Beiyang Naval Division! ”

Ito Hirofumi also said dejectedly: "Now I can only rely on the Northern Route Army and the Southern Route Army in the Qing Dynasty!" All the hopes of our Great Japan are pinned on them! ”

Lin Daxin took the 8 ironclad battleships of the First Fleet of the Naval Academy, 2 of which were Fengxiang and Zuihe, which had just captured the Japanese Combined Fleet, which had been renamed Flying Deer and Flying Lion by Lin Daxin. There are also 9 large fast armored cruisers of the Second Fleet of the Naval Academy, and 2 large fast armored cruisers obtained at the Wugang Shipyard, which also need to be painted and sea trials in the Weihaiwei Shipyard.

The two fleets escorted the transport ships carrying the newly formed 11th and 12th Divisions of the Dingbei Army back to the Lushun Military Port base.

As soon as Lin Daxin arrived at the Lushun base, he heard that the Lushun garrison fleet had intercepted Japanese troop transports to Korea in the Sea of Japan and sunk many Japanese transport ships. According to the confessions of the Japanese soldiers who were later rescued at sea, the Japanese transported a new division this time, and before they could fight a battle, most of them were wiped out by the warships of the Arthur garrison fleet at sea.

Lin Daxin heard the good news as soon as he arrived in Lushun, and immediately happily said to Yu Fu who greeted him at the Lushun dock: "Uncle Yu, your Lushun garrison fleet has made a great contribution this time!" It's time for the Japanese to feel distressed! Hahaha! ”

Yu Fu, who was full of red light, said with a smile: "Daxin, you have allocated so many warships to our Lushun garrison fleet!" If the old man doesn't make some contributions, how can he have the face to ask you for a warship again in the future! ”

Lin Daxin laughed and said to the other senior officers of the Dingbei Army and the Navy of the Naval Academy who came to greet him at Lushun Wharf: "Have you heard, Yu Bo is beating around the bush and asked me to allocate warships to his Lushun garrison fleet!" Hahaha! ”

The senior officers of the Dingbei Army and the senior naval officers of the Navy Academy at the dock immediately laughed when they heard Lin Daxin say this.

Yu Fu listened to everyone's laughter, and continued indifferently: "Don't laugh! If it weren't for the old man who asked Lin Daxin for 5 warships with a cheeky old face, where would our Lushun garrison fleet achieve this great achievement! Almost bombed a Japanese division into the sea and fed Wang Ba! It's a pleasure! ”

Lin Daxin took the senior officers of the Dingbei Army and the senior officers of the Navy of the Navy Academy back to Lin Daxin's headquarters in Lushun City, and after the officers sat down, Lin Daxin asked: "Where has the main force of the Dingbei Army approaching Liaoyang City now?" ”

At this time, Wu Peifu, commander of the First Division of the Dingbei Army, stood up and said: "Principal, at present, the First Division, the Third Division, the Sixth Division, the Seventh Division, the Eighth Division, the Ninth Division, and the Tenth Division of the Dingbei Army have arrived at the local construction camp 20 kilometers south of Liaoyang City, resting in place, and currently Ni Fan, the commander of the Third Division, is in charge of the front-line command. ”

Lin Daxin nodded when he heard this and said: "Send a telegram to Ni Fan of the Third Division, let them not rush to attack the city first, and build their own defensive positions!" Tell Ni Fan, I will lead the newly formed 11th and 12th Divisions to join them in the near future, and when I arrive, I will launch an attack on the Japanese army in Liaoyang City! ”

Then Lin Daxin said to Duan Qirui and Zhang Zuolin: "Your 11th and 12th divisions will rest for one night today, and set off to march to Liaoyang City early tomorrow morning!" Meet them with Ni Fan! ”

Duan Qirui and Zhang Zuolin stood up and shouted loudly: "Yes! Headmaster! ”

A big war is about to begin!