Han Mingguang looked at the scene of the Beiyang Fleet's fiasco, and said silently: "I'll take full responsibility, it's me who delayed the fighter." ”

Lin Yuan shook his head and said, "Let's not talk about this for now, let's rescue the Qing soldiers on the sea first." ”

Several ships of the First Fleet of the Ryukyus rushed to the sea area after the Great War to rescue the Qing soldiers who had fallen into the water, Deng Shichang watched from the deck, frowning.

Deng Shichang watched the warship put down the dinghy, and several soldiers rowed it, rescued the Qing soldiers who were fluttering in the water, and transported them back to the warship, a Qing soldier saw Deng Shichang, as if he had seen a savior, broke free from the person who was holding him, knelt at Deng Shichang's feet, and cried: "Lord Deng, why are you here?" You have to avenge us! ”

Deng Shichang took a closer look, this person turned out to be the gunner on the Zhiyuan ship, named Zhao Laosi, Deng Shichang thought that his Zhiyuan ship had now sunk to the bottom of the sea, and couldn't help but feel sad, looking at Zhao Laosi crying, he couldn't help but feel even more sad in his heart.

Beijing ship.

Lin Yuan said to Han Mingguang: "Political commissar, what should we do next?" I'd like to hear your opinion. ”

Han Mingguang said: "I think that if you want to change the Qing Dynasty, the fall of the Beiyang Fleet is just an opportunity, and a country will not carry out changes until it is difficult to continue, and to change the Qing Dynasty, we can start with soft power." ”

Lin Yuan asked, "Soft power? ”

Han Mingguang said: "That's right, in order to change the semi-feudal and semi-colonial situation in today's China, we must first start with soft power, so that the concept of advocating a republic and advocating science is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. We must spread these ideas to the hearts of every citizen in the Qing Dynasty. ”

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "You are right, but the top priority now is how to solve this war. ”

Han Mingguang said: "What about your opinion? ”

Lin Yuan said: "I don't think my judgment is wrong, the British just want to knock out the Beiyang Fleet, and then get the colonies and reparations at the negotiating table, if we can make the British withdraw without a fight, then the Qing government may cut less land and lose a little silver." ”

Han Mingguang asked, "Do you have a way?" We'd better not reveal our identities so as not to cause trouble for the Ryukyus. ”

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "I have already thought that we can let the British suffer a big loss, and we will not let the British know who did it." After speaking, Lin Yuan couldn't help frowning.

Han Mingguang asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "I suddenly thought of one thing, I am afraid that our opponents, plus Russia, may have to attack Northeast China from the land." ”

At this moment, someone reported: "General Deng Shichang wants to come to see Lin Yuan. ”

Lin Yuan hurriedly said, "Please." Before the words fell, I saw Deng Shichang walk in.

Deng Shichang was full of sadness and asked Lin Yuan: "Captain Lin, didn't you say that we have a way to fight the British fleet?" ”

Of course, Lin Yuan knew the meaning of Deng Shichang's words, he was blaming himself, why didn't he save the Beiyang Fleet!

Deng Shichang said again: "Captain Lin, my subordinates all say that the British are too arrogant, and we can't just sit idly by." ”

At this time, everyone in the command room put down their work and looked at Lin Yuan with anticipation, Lin Yuan said: "Lord Deng, we naturally have a way to attack the British fleet, just use your warship, and the time is tonight." ”

The reason why Lin Yuan did not use the carrier-based aircraft on the Beijing ship was mainly because he considered that there was no need to use precious flight hours and weapons to attack the British fleet, and he had a better way, and at the subsequent meeting, Lin Yuan told Deng Shichang about his own method.

Night soon came, and Deng Shichang had already changed the name of the Yoshino ship to "Jingzhong", and at this time he led his subordinates to slowly approach the British fleet in the Jingzhong ship.

Even in the darkness of night, the sea was restless, the wind swept up the sea, making a loud noise, and after a big battle, the British fleet did not continue sailing, but chose to anchor for trimming.

Due to the lack of night vision equipment in this era, fleet operations at night were unimaginable, as it was difficult to spot distant targets in the dark of night.

This gave the Beijing ship and the Jingzhong ship an excellent opportunity, after all, the Beijing ship has the most advanced night vision equipment, under such conditions, the night is no different from the day for the Beijing ship, the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft quickly locked the position of the British fleet, and transmitted the position to the Jingzhong ship in real time.

The Jingzhong maintained a low speed, so that the noise generated by this could be minimized, so that the Jingzhong could not be detected, and when it was three thousand meters away from the armored cruiser Barbart, the outermost part of the British fleet, the Jingzhong turned on the large infrared night vision device.

This infrared night vision device is powered by a large battery, and the eyepiece on the night vision device focuses the light on the image intensifier, inside the intensifier, the photons hit the photocathode, converting their own energy into electrons, and the electrons are accelerated in the electrostatic area, and then hit a screen, and the phosphorus on the screen glows under the impact of the electrons, forming an image that can be seen by the human eye.

Deng Shichang looked at the display screen curiously, the outline of the barbarian ship appeared in the green screen, and a trace of white lines appeared on the green screen from time to time.

The night vision device is integrated with a laser ranging device, a laser is sent out from the rangefinder, and it is reflected back on the barbarian ship, and the receiving device feels the reflected light, and quickly measures the accurate distance, and the accuracy of this measurement method is far higher than that of the general optical rangefinder.

When it approached a thousand meters, Deng Shichang ordered the cannon to be fired.

The Yoshino is one of the best cruisers in the world, it is equipped with four 150 mm rapid-fire guns, two of which are installed on the deck of the bow and tail building, and the other two are installed on the ear stands on the side of the gunwale, the so-called ear platform, also known as the side battery, is to protrude from the position of the side of the gun, just like the human ear, hence the name.

In this way, the Yoshino ship could get the fire of three 150 mm guns in the bow direction, and these three guns were aimed at the barbarian ship and fired in unison.

In the daytime battle, the barbarian ship was hit by the ramming angle of the super brave ship below the waterline, and now it was barely blocked, and the exhausted crew was resting, when suddenly three high-explosive grenades exploded on the deck, and the people who woke up from their dreams were at a loss.

They did not think at all that they might be attacked, even during the day, it would not be easy to find a fleet, let alone at night, and the Beiyang Fleet had already been destroyed, who would attack them?

Therefore, the crew of the barbarian ship thought that there was an accident with the shells on the ship, and at first they did not pay attention to it, but immediately after, the dense shells fell on the hull.