"It's a big storm today. Standing in the command tower of the Dingyuan, Ding Ruchang said with a little uneasiness. On the whole, the Beiyang Fleet has been fighting really smoothly recently. At the time of the last attack on Nagoya, the Maozi fleet finally appeared, but in the face of the relatively concentrated Beiyang fleet, Makanov tried three times, but still chose to retreat sensibly. The situation seems to be very good, but Ding Ruchang still feels uneasy, Makanov, as the best general in the Russian Navy, will definitely not do nothing!

Admiral Ding can rest assured that the boat sails near the coast, where the water is shallow, and the waves are small. The Russians will not go there easily. Liu Buyun said that at that time, the formation of the Beiyang Fleet was that the three capital ships of Dingyuan, Zhenyuan and Zhenhai were together, while the Zhiyuan, Laiyuan, Jiyuan and Hailong were distributed in 4 with some clippers as guards and liaisons, and because of the sudden change in the weather, the entire Beiyang Fleet also changed its speed, and the Lin Yongsheng fleet at the end of the team began to move closer to the team. And the Xu Jie fleet in front also reduced its speed, and the distance between the three was constantly shrinking.

At the same time, in addition to the Beiyang Fleet, another fleet passing through the wind and waves was slowly approaching the Beiyang Fleet's main team, and the bad weather that Makanov was looking forward to finally came, and the perception of the outside world on both sides declined. This is an opportunity for Makanov, and in his opinion, neither Ding Ruchang nor Xu Jie's judgment ability in a chaotic situation will be higher than that of him, a veteran of a hundred battles.

With intuition, Makanov tried his best to direct the fleet towards the location of Ding Ruchang's fleet. Inflicting heavy damage on the Beiyang Fleet's own fleet in a chaotic situation, and then taking advantage of the opportunity to run away was the purpose of Makanov's battle. As long as it's war. Then there will be sacrifices! In Makanov's mind, the chances of survival of the two weak ships in the fleet were slim. So, Makanov decided to exchange the loss of 2 battleships for 2 large ships in the main fleet of the Beiyang Fleet, if lucky. Probably three.

This battle will be crucial, if the Makanov fleet can win by a large margin and escape, then he can continue to go around in circles with which rookies in the Beiyang naval division. But if it fails, even if it is a draw, its own fleet will no longer be able to threaten the Beiyang Fleet, and the Russian government should consider how to end this war with dignity. So it's not too much to say that this battle is a matter of life and death!

"Hopefully Makanov will get the trick. (_&book&bar)" looked at the overcast sea. Xu Jie said with some concern. The huge battleships swayed in the wind and waves, and the entire fleet also maintained a low speed. Xu Jie looked behind him from time to time, looking forward to the arrival of the announcement ship. In fact, if it is for the sake of safety, the Beiyang Fleet can completely act in a group. So that Makanov simply did not have a chance. But if there is always such a fleet following behind his ass. It's still very annoying. Maybe sometime you'll find an opportunity to sink a few of your auxiliary ships.

So Xu Jie, Liu Buyun and others formulated this plan. It is also necessary to take advantage of the bad weather, because in the case of good weather, the three Beiyang detachments can easily be discovered by the Russian fleet when they close the distance, and although the bad weather gives the Russians an opportunity, their own fleet can also approach relatively covertly. It's a bet. Look at the level of the captains of both sides, and see how lucky the two sides are!

As for the details of the plan, Lin Yongsheng's fleet slowly approached the main squadron of the Beiyang Fleet, about 4 nautical miles behind. And Xu Jie's fleet will be focused on. So, keep it 6 nautical miles from the main squadron of the Beiyang Fleet. Once the Beiyang Fleet was attacked. Lin Yongsheng's fleet can quickly support, while the notification ships sent to Lu will try to bypass the Russian fleet to inform Xu Jie's fleet. Of course, it will take about 1 hour from the release of the notification ship to the reinforcement of Xu Jie's fleet, but judging from previous naval battles, 1 hour will not have a fundamental impact on the battle situation. Moreover, the combat effectiveness of Lin Yongsheng's fleet and his own team was not weaker than that of the Russian fleet. …,

"Hell, there's a small boat up ahead, and it looks like it's spotting us." The captain of the Rurik, Toyarev, cursed, the Russian fleet cut in from the local right front of the Beiyang Fleet, and began to carry out smoothly, and the searchlight lights on the Beiyang Fleet could already be seen, but I didn't expect that there was a Beiyang Fleet alert ship in front. It was discovered that the alert ships of the Russian fleet were withdrawing while firing warning guns.

"The Russians are coming. It's our turn. "Since Liu Buyun, who failed to completely annihilate the Japanese fleet because of his own mistakes in the last war off the Datong River, he has been holding back his anger for more than a month, and finally found a place to release. In this naval battle, he will prove himself that I, Liu Buyun, are no worse than other pipe bands in Beiyang!

"Send a signal to Lord Lin in the back, let him join the outer fleet, and insert it into the Russian fleet from the side. Other non-combatant ships can evade on their own. Ding Ruchang also realized that the battle was about to start and ordered.

"Now there is no point in covert approaching, ordering the ships to move at maximum speed, and the cruisers Korninov and Leda can choose for themselves when to enter the battle." After a brief hesitation, Makanov finally decided to continue the attack, and the opportunity was rare, although Makanov had thought that this was a trap. But neither domestic pressure nor his dignity as an admiral allowed him to continue idle. If the Qing fleet could not be prevented from destroying the Japanese sea transport lines, then the Russian fleet would already be a loser. And accepting the fate of defeat without firing a shot is obviously not his style!

When Makanov saw that the warning ship had successfully released the warning signal, he knew that the battle had lost its suddenness, and all that remained was a head-to-head encounter. Makanov was not afraid of 3 old ships of the Beiyang Fleet. These ships, even the newest ones, have been in service for more than 7 years. And he has been wounded many times in previous battles. Coupled with the gap in technology and the wear and tear of machinery. Makanov was confident that he would inflict heavy damage on the other warships of the Beiyang Fleet before they arrived. The premise, of course, was that the two old battleships in the back had to be abandoned as cannon fodder to attract the enemy.

In the face of the Russian fleet rushing at high speed with the searchlight on, Ding Ruchang was not afraid, and commanded the three main battleships and the converging Jiyuan and Jingyuan to rush towards the Russian fleet together. The two fleets were like hedging at high speed, and the distance between the two sides was rapidly shortened by less than 5 nautical miles! At this time, a light rain fell, and the sea water violently pounded on the sturdy hull under the action of strong winds, and the high-speed fleet broke through the rough sea. The huge warship moved forward in the wind and waves, and it was not the sea that rushed to the deck.

Soon, both sides could see each other's massive hulls looming over the sea. The huge gray hull gives people a strong sense of oppression, and the most cutting-edge creations of human industrial civilization, the war beasts assembled from thousands of tons of steel and other materials look even more terrifying against the background of the gloomy sky. The thick muzzles are the sharp fangs of these steel behemoths, and the heavy armor is the shells of these steel behemoths. The two sides are close, tentative, and ready to deliver a fatal blow to their opponents!

"Well, yes, the three big ships of Dingyuan, Zhenyuan and Zhenhai are all here, and there are two cruisers, but they are not Guiyuan-class." Toyarev said, pointing to the Beiyang Fleet in the wind and waves in the distance.

"The best of the belligerent situation. Tell the lads that there are 3 fat cows waiting for us in front. Let the Tsar's warriors prepare their knives and forks and go to the feast. Makanov's eyes lit up and he said excitedly. St. George bless your faithful servant, and Makanov prayed in his heart. This was almost the best engagement he had ever imagined, with only the Beiyang Fleet itself fighting him. And the Beiyang Fleet also lost 2 small ships in its own fleet. As long as he has 1 hour, Makanov is sure to inflict heavy damage on the opponent's 3 main battleships, while limiting his damage to a certain range! …,

Nature is always fair, and the gloomy light and rain affected the transmission of information by the Beiyang Fleet. But at the same time, the Russians did not notice the shadows of the 3 looming high-speed behind the main team of the Beiyang Fleet! The distance between Lin Yongsheng and the Beiyang Fleet was only about 4 nautical miles, although affected by the sea conditions, Lin Yongsheng lowered the speed to only about 19 knots in order to prevent waves on the deck of the battleship, but the speed of the Beiyang Fleet also decreased and remained at about 11 knots. The distance between the two sides is 4 nautical miles, and it will take up to half an hour to meet. Coupled with the problem of angles, the main team of the Beiyang Fleet has blocked the sight of the Makanov fleet!

Therefore, the sad Makanov was not facing 5 warships of the main group of the Beiyang Fleet, but a whole 8 warships! And what is even more tragic is that he also got rid of the two slow ships behind, and in a short period of time, Makanov can only use 4 ships to patrol the opponent's Beiyang Fleet, 3 ironclad ships of more than 7,000 tons and 3 armored cruisers of 5,000 tons, plus 2 2,000-ton battleships to play soy sauce!! In this case, once engaged, the Russian fleet will not have any advantage, especially the amount of rapid-fire firepower, which cannot be compared with the Beiyang Fleet at all, of course, the Russian warships with Harvey armor in protection are naturally better.

Considering the inconvenience of communicating combat information in the case of bad sea conditions, the Beiyang Fleet and the Russian Fleet generally required the follow-up warships to follow the lead ship in battle. The Qing fleet is divided into two groups, one is the Beiyang Fleet, which has always been Lin Yongsheng's fleet, and it is not together, so it is impossible for the two Beiyang fleets to be synchronized when they cut into the battlefield, and in this way, the battlefield has become even more chaotic.

It was in this chaotic situation that the first naval battle began between the Beiyang Fleet and the Russian fleet! Because this naval battle took place off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, this battle is also called the Battle off the coast of Fukushima!

The last battle of the First Sino-Japanese War kicked off!! Let's support it, it's okay, it's okay to give a click or recommendation (to be continued......)