In mid-May, the first two 200-ton steam gunboats were launched after construction was completed. Because it is to be used as a sightseeing tour prop ship in this world, it needs to be further outfitted. In addition, it was also the first time that a newly built steam engine was installed, and the exact performance required several sea trials to verify it.

However, Yang Hao projected the two empty ships to the second plane for the first time, and used them as training ships for Yang Haiwei's naval student soldiers of less than 100 people.

These two small gunboats, named X202 and X203 respectively, are not even equipped with a place for sailors to rest, but the power system, anchor rudder mooring and other systems are perfect, the engine room, the instruments and meters in the cockpit are preliminarily complete, and even the civilian radar has not been installed, and the naval guns have not had time to be installed, so they will definitely not be used in battle.

However, it was used to train new recruits and locally recruited shipbuilders. There are two boats with clean bottoms, which let them get acquainted with it little by little.

It was not that there were no defensive weapons on the ship. On the slipway of the shipyard projected on the second plane, two twin 14.5mm high-level dual-purpose machine guns were installed, which were more than enough to fight pirates when they went out. The front and rear gun emplacements were loaded with two high-strength steel pipe sleeves, 76mm and 40mm respectively. With a semi-enclosed turret, you can only put a black fire - the powder air cannon can listen to the sound, but it allows recruits to practice operating procedures.

For safety, three boats, including the 142 torpedo boat, were hidden in a fully enclosed dock. Except for the carefully selected students, outsiders have no way of knowing.

As soon as the ship arrived, it began non-stop on-board training plus sea trials, usually led by the 142 boat numbered X201, leading one to run a short distance, and the other to do internal outfitting at home, and a rotation of several days. Of course, there are dangers, but time is too tight to take care of them.

Especially the fishermen in these years, they often go to sea and can't come back, human life is not so valuable, and the young students have the opportunity to learn gunboats, and it is too late to be happy, and no one cares about some danger.

Yang Hao kept running back and forth at several space-time anchors for a month, focusing on the training of recruits for that company. There was no way, Yang Haiwei went to work for his navy, and set up a new seafarer school by the port with dozens of good students carefully selected from the entire school and thousands of regimental training, divided them into several classes, and used touchscreen video teaching to train sailors as soon as possible.

After a month, Yang Hao finally trained more than 100 recruits out of a prototype, and promoted the rapid progress of the First Sino-Japanese War in his busy schedule, until now he has pierced the veil of hypocrisy in Japan and directly picked out the procrastination that was supposed to be a whole month!

The conspiracy of the Japanese, the plans of the British, the confusion of the Qing court, and the defeat of Li Hongzhang were all revealed to the world, so that everyone could see clearly at once that China and Japan had no second way out of relaxation except for a fight in Korea and the decision of the future protagonist of East Asia!

In the words of Yang Hao and the pen name "Huasheng" of a large number of copywriters in the world, this is a historic test.

The United Kingdom is the examiner, Qing and Japan are the candidates, and North Korea is the examination room. The examiner already shows signs of favoritism towards a Japanese candidate, and the candidate is also prepared with a cheat sheet, which can be cheated at any time, and the examiner may pretend not to see it, or even cover for him.

Candidate Qingguo was ignorant, thinking that the examiner would uphold justice, blindly believing that everyone could compete fairly, and had already lost at the starting line. Now, someone finally tells the truth, can you catch up and turn defeat into victory with deep skills?

Yang Hao is not optimistic about the Manchu gangs who are shrewd and confused. Even though they knew that the situation was so grim, Weng Tonggong and his ilk still stumbled Li Hongzhang and made a big noise to start a war, but none of them stepped forward to help, and they deliberately made a stumbling block in the military appropriation and refused to give it. The Beiyang Navy Division can't even get together artillery shells, the coal is not up to standard, and the thinking of the upper and lower levels is not unified, how can this battle be fought!

What's more, according to Japan's consistent national habits, after the conspiracy is exposed, Japan will never rein in the precipice, but will intensify its efforts and go all out. The habit of gambling at every turn makes them only focus on the opportunity and ignore the consequences. It is foreseeable that when this issue of "Guowen Bao" spreads, the speed of Japan's military mobilization will skyrocket!

What about the Great Qing Kingdom? According to Li Hongzhang's way of thinking, he will still put himself in the shoes of the Japanese who will think twice before their conspiracy is exposed, and even retract their heads after bluffing. In his good sense of self, Japan would not dare to go to war against the Qing Kingdom! When the Japanese envoy comes to the door to say two soft words and explain, he will be suspicious and will not be able to make up his mind to do it first!

It is precisely which one strikes first, and whether there is the determination to defeat the other party, is what the examiner UK values the most! This one, Qingguo lost again!

In the history of the world, Japan, which did not complete the integration of the navy and land forces until July, and then launched a war, was able to win the Beiyang with fewer victories. Under the forced push of Yang Hao, Japan, which completed its preparations in June, will be more decisive in sending troops, and once the attack is launched, it will be unprecedentedly fierce! Caught off guard, the Qing Army departments, which did not even have a basic command system, will die even worse!

Yang Hao is not the kind of villain who ignores the fire, he can fight against the Qing, but he can't fearlessly cost the lives of soldiers. Therefore, when all the qiē was pushed to the knot, he returned to Rizhao, took two steam boats with unloaded guns, led by the X201 torpedo boat, loaded with a platoon of soldiers, equipment, and a bunch of cargo, and quietly set off to the surface of the Yellow Sea.

This trip is nothing else, he is worried that the Japanese devils will repeat their old tricks, and on the surface, they will talk good and talk well, but secretly attack the troop carrier! Don't look at Nie Shicheng who only brought 910 people, and if he hits the grass, he may startle the snake, God knows which Japanese officer grabbed this military merit first with a twitch in his brain!

On the evening of 7 June, the troop carrier "Tunan," escorted by the "Chaoyong," slowly sailed to the middle of the Yellow Sea and appeared on the radar screen of the X201 torpedo boat. But they're not the only ones, and at the same time on the other end of the screen, there are a few bright spots that shine clearly!

"The Japanese really didn't have a good heart! When I said that I would send someone to protect the overseas Chinese, I am afraid that the ship had already sailed halfway up! Hmph, as obscene as ever! ”

Yang Haiwei is all too familiar with this style. In the history of this world, every military action they have taken is done first and then notified, as if they follow an international convention, but in fact they are all fucking villains!

It must be right to imagine the Japanese festival as low as possible.

"Do you want to wake up the Beiyang ship first? It looks like it won't be long before the two sides meet. With the behavior of the little devils, it may be said that they will take risks, especially when they have the advantage. ”

Yang Hao was on the X202 steamship, his eyes lit up with excitement, although it was only a 200-ton gadget without a cannon under his buttocks, he was not worried at all about taking a picture of the little Japanese battleship--- you can't catch up, if you want to fight Lao Tzu, there is no way!

Yang Haiwei vetoed this: "Don't be busy first, the Japanese must first occupy an absolute advantage in Korea before making a move, this generation of Japanese is a talent they have not encountered in a thousand years, and they should be able to be more rational." ”

Yang Hao sighed in disappointment. Well, the excitement won't be seen for a while.

Three small 200-ton boats, deliberately avoiding the passing ships with radar, were sandwiched between two fleets sailing diagonally at the angle of the figure-of-eight, swaying slowly. A steamship capable of running 30 knots, driven by only a diesel engine, has no black smoke to visit from afar, and only rubs forward at a speed of less than 10 knots.

It wasn't until midnight that the three groups of boats finally approached a distance of less than 20 kilometers from each other, and Yang Hao was at the top of the inverted triangle. Because there is no lighting control, you can clearly see the Beiyang ships through the guò large magnification telescope.

"They're really ...... No vigilance at all! ”

Yang Haiwei sighed helplessly, he was really angry. The Yang family has been

Tong guò "Guowen Bao" explained the matter so clearly, anyone who carefully experienced it knew how dangerous it was at the moment, since they could send warships to escort the escort, couldn't they be more cautious? The Japanese Navy's night eye is notoriously good, and now, I'm afraid that the target has been discovered!

He was not wrong at all, and specially made a little more detour from the middle of the Yellow Sea, in order to familiarize himself with the waterway and future battlefield, and to find out the sea conditions, the Japanese fleet, saw the traces of the "Chaoyong" two ships early! The difference is that all the Japanese ships have implemented light control, and the enemy is bright and we are dark!

In the midst of the Japanese fleet, on the flagship of the "Matsushima", Vice Admiral Ito, the commander of the Japanese standing fleet, who led the attack, looked at the sporadic fires from a distance from the mainmast lookout post, and a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Our opponent is really careless!" Don't they know that the war is about to begin? ”

Captain Omoto snorted contemptuously knowing this: "A group of fools who have been fooled by diplomatic rhetoric are superiors, and no matter how capable a naval officer is, there will be problems!" They should indeed be a stepping stone to the Empire! I think it's possible to kill them without even knowing it! ”

Ito Yuhyung obviously feels that his heart is moved, if he strikes first, or will there be a good harvest? But...... It's still about the big picture.

He took a deep breath, suppressed the desire that almost erupted, and ordered: "You can press carefully, don't rush to do it yet!" ”

"Hee-hee! That's fine, too! Omoto knew how to nod his head harder, and rushed down to give the command.

Immediately, the five ships of Matsushima, Chiyoda, Tsukushi, Yamato, and Akagi increased their speed one after another, and cut diagonally to the front of the two ships!

"Huh?! Is this hands-on? ”

Yang Haiwei saw the clue from the radar signal, and found that the course and speed of the Japanese fleet had changed, and he couldn't help frowning. No, you can't let others suffer!

He grabbed the radio and informed the ships to enter a state of imminent battle, and at the same time instructed the artillery cadets to shake up the AK176 in the bow of the ship, aim it at about five kilometers in front of the "Chaoyong", and fire a shot.

"Boom!" The explosive flash of the high-explosive grenade was particularly dazzling in the dark night, and the loud noise spread closely after, and Huang Jianxun, the "super brave" pipe band who was squinting and contemplating, stood up violently and shouted: "Who is firing the cannon!" ”