"The battle is over, but the war continues. The contest between the North Ocean Fleet and the Russian Far East Fleet has come to an end for the time being, and the respite and rest are for a better battle, and the Far Eastern Ocean will not be calm until one of them is completely defeated! —Lin Taizeng.

"Things at sea are finally over." Xu Jie let out a long sigh. His strategy was quite correct, and the Beiyang Fleet and the Foreign Ocean Fleet under the command of Yang Yonglin played very well. It can be said that after the end of this battle, without receiving additional reinforcements, the role of the Russian Navy at the strategic level has disappeared, perhaps the attack ships of the Russian Navy can still cause great pressure on the Beiyang, but the Russian fleet, which has lost the ability to fight a decisive battle, can no longer have a fundamental impact on the warships. Although the Beiyang Fleet had to return to Hong Kong for supply and maintenance, it also lost the ability to fight a large-scale decisive battle in a short period of time, but now the Russian fleet is also unable to go out to sea.

In this case, Xu Jie corrected and replenished the two navies in the Beiyang Outer Ocean by order to withdraw to Lushun and Weihai respectively, except for the Ninghai that was too damaged and needed to enter the dock first for repair, the other warships first repaired and maintained the lightly damaged battleship, and strive to concentrate on a fleet with enough combat power to suppress the Russians in the shortest possible time, this fleet was not in a hurry to besiege the Russian fleet after the rearmament, Xu Jie's meaning was very clear, as long as the Russians did not take the initiative to look for trouble near the territorial waters of the Qing State, He could have allowed the Russian fleet to move again to Japan, as for the reproach of the British. The bullet marks on the Ninghai, Taipei, Kaiyuan and other battleships repaired in the dockyard were enough to gag the British!

The navy has basically leveled up, so the army has become the main thing. A large number of Russian cavalry and servant troops have been assembled in Inner Mongolia, while the Beiyang Army is sparsely populated by cavalry. Therefore, it can only be divided and garrisoned, and it is strategically in an extremely disadvantageous situation. In this case, Xu Jie had to use firepower to balance the relative shortage of troops, so Xu Jie decided to quickly transport his experimental "armored unit" to Zhili by rail, because in the Trans-Khingan Mountains area, this unit could not be used, and in the Vladivostok area, this unit was not good at attacking fortifications. In the face of the various fortresses in Vladivostok, it is better to hand over the various heavy artillery and mortars. On the Inner Mongolia Plateau, my own test troops can't do anything else, so it's always okay to squat in the pit to provide fire cover. In addition, with the end of the naval battle. I am afraid that the warehouses in Weihai and Lushun will repeat the scene of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the officers and men of the army will happily press the navy's 12-pounder and 6-pounder guns on the gun carriage under the eyes of the navy that can kill, and even the 105 and 120 rapid-fire guns will be used in land warfare. What the? And 12-inch guns and 11-inch guns? This thing is a fortress kept by the Navy against Vladivostok! How is it possible to give to the Army?

Meanwhile. Makanov, who was in the port of Muroran, was also planning the next step in the battle, and Tsar Nicholas II's instructions had been sent to Makanov's desk. The rhetoric was unprecedentedly fierce, and even when the Russian fleet was trapped in Okinawa during the Sino-Japanese War, Nicholas II did not threaten to exile all officers and soldiers to Siberia to build the railway! However, Makanov did not complain, because he knew that the current bad situation on the battlefield was indeed caused by his rash attack. He now needs to make amends for his mistakes.

In the eyes of the average person. The situation of the Russians was very bad, and the departure of the Beiyang Fleet was only temporary, and after a few weeks or two months, the Beiyang Fleet would inevitably return to the Japanese coast. During this time. The Russian Navy was also unable to attack. By the time the Russian fleet had restored its ability to fight in the fleet, the Northern Fleet had also returned. And now both sides are out of the battlefield. The Japanese fleet, which could not be put on the table, can finally come out to breathe! After a battle, the Russian fleet not only did not gain an advantage, but also lost control of the Sea of Japan!

But Makanov did not see it that way, as an excellent admiral, his vision was not only on the sea, but also on the situation in the Far East, and after this great war, Makanov suddenly understood why Beiyang would cover the Japanese army for landing behind enemy lines with great fanfare. Everything Beiyang did was to force the Far Eastern Fleet to come out for a decisive battle! The landing behind enemy lines led to the possibility of the collapse of the army, and the Russian Navy had to make a move, and then the Beiyang took the opportunity to inflict a heavy blow, all of which was so natural and natural, and its vision was vicious and thoughtful, so that Makanov had to admire!

But now it is different, the Russian Far East Fleet, which poses a major threat to the Beiyang Naval Division, has lost the ability to fight a decisive battle, and in Makanov's view, the Beiyang, which is also hostile to Japan, will definitely not deal a heavy blow to the Russian fleet, provided that the Russians do not look for trouble in the coastal waters of the Beiyang. Of course, the Russians, who are now dizzy, will never go to trouble the Beiyang, so the Russians only need to face the Japanese fleet.

In order to ensure the smooth navigation of the Sea of Japan, Makanov needs to immediately prepare a fleet that can resist the Japanese warships, and now it is tentatively composed of an armored cruiser and an armored cruiser leadership, so the Russian must be repaired quickly, and the other is the Parada, which is not seriously injured, as long as these two battleships are there, the Japanese fleet will not be able to make any big waves in the Sea of Japan! As for the matter of re-challenging the Beiyang Fleet? Makanov thinks that this war will not be considered, even if reinforcements are obtained, the gap between the Russian fleet and the Beiyang fleet will be much greater than the gap at the beginning of the war! Let's keep the Japanese occupation zone first!

At this time, the most excited was the Japanese, a Russian Far East Fleet that weighed on Japan's shoulders like a mountain, was severely damaged by the Beiyang Fleet, and the Japanese naively thought that after the war, Japan's seas would be safe from now on. As everyone knows, although the Russian fleet was weakened, the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse. Even now, with a slight trimming, the Russian fleet can pinch the Japanese fleet to death with one free hand. However, the Japanese people do not care about this, and they wishfully believe that the equipment and morale of the battered Russian fleet are no longer enough to confront the "invincible" Japanese locust army, and that there are only two ships on patrol, but with the blessing of the "Amaterasu," they will definitely achieve victory, and the Japanese government will not be like the fanatical Japanese people. However, the tendency of the Russians to increase their troops on the Japanese mainland forced the Japanese government to urge the Japanese navy to dispatch!

At a time when almost all Japanese people were surrounded by an inexplicable fanaticism, the only people who remained sober were probably the top brass of the Japanese Navy, and these veterans who had experienced the successive battles in the First Sino-Japanese War were also clearly aware of the huge gap between the Russian Navy and the Japanese Navy, but there was no way. Political and public opinion pressures forced them to strike immediately.

"We won't have much time, the Russians will give me a maximum of 2 weeks, no, even only a week of free time, after which we will have to face a head-to-head situation with the Russians." Mayuki Akiyama said solemnly.

"Two weeks is enough time for the Beiyang Fleet to prepare a fleet strong enough to suppress the Russians." An officer muttered quietly.

"Stupid! It is an extremely stupid act to pin the fate of one's own country on someone else! The Beiyang Fleet will not shed a single drop of blood for the Japanese Empire! The reason why they fought the Russian fleet was because the Russian Far East Fleet posed a serious threat to the North Ocean, and now, this threat did not exist, and the North Ocean Fleet would not come to Japan. Uemura roared angrily.

In addition to Beiyang, Russia and Japan, there are many countries that are worried about the situation in the Far East, the British are counted as one, but the current situation is very favorable to the British, Russia's strength in the Far East has been greatly weakened, if Beiyang can achieve another victory on land, then the expansion of the Russian Far East will inevitably be set back by 4 to 5 years! The only thing that made the British uncomfortable was that the Beiyang had risen so fast that the British had not figured out how to deal with the new Far East. At this rate of development, I am afraid that after the complete defeat of Russia in Beiyang, the countries of the Far East will be the only one who will be able to look forward to this new country!

It is impossible to say that the British did not have a back hand, and Japan is a hidden pile used by the British to contain Beiyang, but now this hidden pile is too weak, and Beiyang has not relaxed its suppression of Japan. For a long time, Japan was unable to play a role in containing the North Sea. Therefore, the British need to introduce another country to restrict the Beiyang, and this country must have enough strength and ambition to penetrate into the Far East!

Under this kind of requirement, the only one who can meet this condition is the United States on the other side of the ocean! Although the expansionists in the United States suffered a heavy blow after the end of the Spanish-American War, some of them still adhered to the expansionist policy, but did not fight with real knives and guns, but used funds and aid to infiltrate. If the Americans intervene, it will be more difficult for Beiyang to win!

Coincidentally, some Americans are indeed interested in the Far East, such as Theodore Roosevelt, who once held real power in the U.S. Navy. Although he was forced to resign after the end of the war, his influence remained, especially when the expansion of the navy during his tenure sent a large number of dollars to a large number of shipyards. So many industrial giants were quite friendly to Roosevelt, and when the Russians found him, the eyes of the former giant lit up! An opportunity to make a comeback or even realize your own grand strategy is in front of you! For a time, on the other side of the ocean, an undercurrent surged!

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