The Qing Dynasty's Beiyang Fleet has been completely wiped out, how can they still have a fleet?

Wei Zelong hurriedly asked, "Is the fleet coming from the Qing Kingdom?" ”

"Report to Commander Wei, it's not clear, it's too far away to see the flag of the fleet clearly."

"Pay attention to the flag, number of ships, and ship type of the enemy fleet, and report as soon as you find it."

"Yes, understood..."

The sentry was ordered to go back, Wei Zelong was surprised, which country was this fleet, and what was the purpose of suddenly appearing on the battlefield?

If this fleet is from the Qing Kingdom, why not protect the infantry when they land, and the battle will come out when the battle is over, what the hell is going on?

Five minutes later, the sentry rushed back and reported: "Commander Wei, you can see clearly, the enemy fleet is flying the flag of the Japanese Navy, and there are three warships in the fleet, one of which is Itsukushima, one is Chiyoda, and one is ...... It's ......"

Wei Zelong hesitated when he saw the sentry speak, and said angrily: "What are you hesitating about, hurry up, what kind of warship is there?" ”

"Report to Commander Wei, I can't believe it, that warship turned out to be the Zhenyuan ship of the Qing Kingdom..."

Wei Zelong said angrily: "What can't you believe, the Zhenyuan ship of the Qing Kingdom was taken away by Japan, and now it is a warship of the Japanese Navy..."

The dignified Chinese battleship was actually captured by the Japanese, and it was also used as a Japanese warship to serve the Japanese army, which was simply a great shame in the history of the Chinese nation, and Lin Fei's capture of the Matsushima ship, the flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet, also meant a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye.

Wei Zelong slammed his fist on the wall and said angrily: "Little Japan in the dog day actually took out the Zhenyuan ship to beat us... Ordered the coastal batteries to closely monitor the whereabouts of the Japanese ships, and if the Japanese ships sailed into the range of our coastal defense guns, they did not need to fire warning shots, but directly fired at us and bombarded them to death. ”

Seeing that they were about to sail into the range of the shore defense guns of Penghu Island, the three Japanese ships suddenly turned around and sailed towards the east side of Penghu Island.

At this time, all the Qing soldiers had withdrawn, and the enemy on the sea was left with these three Japanese warships, Wei Zelong frowned, although these three Japanese warships could not knock down Penghu Island, nor could they cause fatal damage to the Penghu Island fort, but they could sneak attack the transport ships coming and going from Penghu Island and Taiwan Island.

Wei Zelong hurriedly ordered his subordinates: "Immediately report the discovery of the Japanese fleet to His Majesty." ”

The news of the defeat of the Qing soldiers and the discovery of the Japanese fleet were sent to Lin Fei's desk at the same time, and Lin Fei was not surprised to see the news of the arrival of the Japanese fleet, after all, Japan and the Qing State had formed an alliance, and Japan would not fail to help the Qing State.

To Lin Fei's surprise, Japan actually took out the Zhenyuan ship, the Itsukushima ship and the Chiyoda ship and put it together into a fleet, the Zhenyuan ship is an old ship of the Qing Dynasty, needless to say, the Itsukushima ship and the Chiyoda ship were heavily damaged by Lin Fei's fleet in the former Penghu naval battle, although now that they have been repaired, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

Even so, Lin Fei did not dare to let go of this fleet, after all, this fleet has three warships, and it is more than enough to fight transport ships, there are no factories on Penghu Island, and weapons and ammunition must be transported from Taiwan Island.

Lin Fei decided to send warships to deal with these three warships, Lin Fei had the intention to send the dragon ships and the dragon ships to guard Taipei, and he was worried that he would fall for Japan's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, they would take the opportunity to sneak attack Taipei, and wanted to transfer the ice dragon ships and fire dragon ships to guard Yanhuangcheng, and he was worried that the Japanese ships would attack Yanhuangcheng for a long time.

Lin Fei thought about it and decided to transfer warships from Dayu City to reinforce Penghu Island, Dayu City's naval strength was the strongest, two Emperor-class cruisers, four Dragon-class cruisers, and the number of Dragon-class cruisers was too much, so Lin Fei decided to transfer the Dragon Ship and the Yunlong Ship to Penghu Island.

The Tianlong ship and the Yunlong ship immediately set off and headed for Penghu Island, although the two battleships suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Paratu Island, but after later repairs, the combat effectiveness has been restored to eighty, the three battleships of the Japanese army, the Chiyoda ship and the Itsukushima ship have been heavily damaged, the Zhenyuan ship is the old ship of the Beiyang Fleet, and the Tianlong ship and the Yunlong ship have no problem fighting the three of them.

On 9 December, the Tianlong and Yunlong encountered a Japanese fleet consisting of the Zhenyuan, Chiyoda, and Itsukushima in the sea area 25 kilometers east of Penghu Island.

At this time, the captain of the Tianlong ship was an outstanding student of the Huaxia Naval Academy, named Song Chengfeng, the captain of the Yunlong ship at this time was the original gun captain of the Yunlong ship, Lu Jinhong, Lu Jinhong's qualifications were much older than Song Chengfeng, so this small fleet composed of two warships, Lu Jinhong served as the commander of the fleet.

Lu Jinhong issued a solemn warning to the Itsukushima, the flagship of the Japanese fleet: "Your fleet has sailed into the territorial waters of our Huaxia Empire, please withdraw immediately." ”

Itsukushima did not show weakness: "The waters of Taiwan and the Penghu Islands are the territory of the Qing Empire, and we have obtained the authorization of the Qing Empire to enter the current sea areas. ”

Seeing that the Japanese ships were so shameless, Lu Jinhong knew that it was useless to say more, so he immediately ordered the Tianlong and Yunlong ships to launch an attack on the three Japanese ships, and the Tianlong and Yunlong ships planned to rely on their speed advantage to quickly seize a favorable position and concentrate their firepower to bombard the three Japanese ships, but when they moved to a favorable position, they were fiercely shelled by the enemy ships, and in the blink of an eye, the Tianlong ship had been hit by a bullet, this shell was a high-explosive grenade, and the explosion killed four sailors and injured five sailors.

Lu Jinhong originally thought that the Japanese ships were all damaged and wrecked ships and were easy to deal with, but as soon as the fight started, he found that the three Japanese ships were similar to the new warships, and their guns were very fierce, especially the twelve 150-millimeter rapid-fire guns on the Itsukushima ship, which fired one after another, and the bullets around the Tianlong and Yunlong ships rained down for a while.

The maneuverability of the three Japanese ships was also very strong, especially the Zhenyuan ship, which was launched in 1884 and was already 12 years old, actually ran at a speed of 14 knots, you must know that during the Battle of the Yellow Sea, the speed of this warship barely reached 11 knots, and now this speed is no longer inferior in front of the Tianlong and Yunlong ships, and the maneuverability of the other two warships is not weak, and the Tianlong and Yunlong are not at all advantageous.

The wind on the sea was not light today, and the Tianlong and Yunlong ships could not use the cloud burst bombs, and Lu Jinhong saw that the two ships were in an unfavorable situation, and hurriedly ordered the two ships to retreat.

The Tianlong ship and the Yunlong ship retreated, and the three Japanese ships did not chase and retreated to the north, Lu Jinhong returned to Penghu Island, and immediately reported the naval battle with the Japanese warship and the unfavorable results to Lin Fei.

Lin Fei saw that he was at war with the Japanese fleet, and he didn't want to make diplomatic representations, because legally speaking, the Chinese Empire at this time was still in a state of war with Japan, and a year ago in the defense of Taiwan, Lin Fei declared war on the Japanese Empire, and the Japanese Empire declared war on the Chinese Empire, and finally Japan was defeated and fled, and the two sides never signed a treaty to end the state of war, so the two sides were still in a state of war.

What surprised Lin Fei was the combat effectiveness of the three Japanese ships, and it seemed that the Japanese had used the power of Britain to replace the hull equipment of the three warships and make them look brand new.

Now that the three Japanese ships have been completely improved, he can't use two Dragon-class cruisers to deal with them.

Lin Fei didn't plan to mobilize the Emperor-class cruisers, just three old ships, just let the Dragon-class cruisers deal with it, and then transfer the cruisers from Dayu City, the time is too long, I'm afraid it's a little too late, or transfer the ice dragon ships and fire dragon ships in Taipei, although in this way, Taipei's defense is empty, but Penghu Island is not far from Taipei, once something happens in Taipei, the two warships can quickly come back to help.

Lin Fei sent an order to the Ice Dragon Ship and the Fire Dragon Ship, and on December 11, the two warships rushed to Penghu and formed the Penghu Temporary Fleet with the Tianlong and Yunlong ships.

At nine o'clock in the morning of 13 December, the Penghu Provisional Fleet encountered the Japanese fleet while escorting the transport fleet, and the two sides immediately engaged in a fierce battle.

The battle lasted for half an hour, Chiyoda was hit by five bullets, Itsukushima was hit by six bullets, and Zhenyuan was hit by four bullets, and he fled in a hurry in the direction of Fuzhou Port of the Qing Kingdom.

At four o'clock in the afternoon of December 13, the news of the heavy damage of three Japanese ships was sent to Lin Fei's desk, Lin Fei laughed loudly, and his mood was relieved, since the declaration of war by the Qing State, this is the news that makes him the happiest.

Lin Fei decided to relax tonight and go home for dinner, Lin Fei has been eating and living in the headquarters these days, dealing with the front-line battle situation at any time.

Lin Fei happily returned home, at this time he didn't know that he would be able to be happy for a while, a bigger disaster was waiting for him.

Lin Fei returned home, Ling Xue and Xiyun were very happy, preparing meals for Lin Fei, after the Qing State declared war, all trade with China was stopped, and the Qing State Purchase Plan delegation lost the need to stay in Taiwan, so Xiyun returned to Dayu City and lived at home, she and the house and Ling Xue next to each other, if Lin Fei did not come back at night, the two girls lived together.

At this time, Xiyun has always been a virgin, not that Lin Fei didn't want to touch her, but Xiyun told Lin Fei sternly: "The front soldiers are on the line of life and death, if Your Majesty does such a dirty thing in the rear, it is no different from a faint monarch like Xia Wei Shangxuan." Lin Fei was very helpless.

Lin Fei, Ling Xue, and Xiyun were having dinner when the General Staff suddenly sent urgent news...

Lin Fei put down his chopsticks, came to the reception room, unfolded the news, and his eyes suddenly went dark, and it took a long time to recover.

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