"If you can't beat the opponent, then at least make sure that you can evacuate with the enemy's artillery fire.\\ Whether it is by speed, or by relying on your own armor and firepower." ———— Scheer.

The Russians have the initiative, they have a fast fleet that is not much worse than the combined patrol fleet of the North and the Outer Seas, and it is very close to the port, the Russians can send their auxiliary warships such as minelayers and mine-strike ships, and the Russians can not beat them and can withdraw to the port under the cover of auxiliary warships. In other words, if you follow the conventional tactics, once the opponent senses that something is wrong, he can quickly push out of the battlefield. The Beiyang Fleet may not even have a chance to chase, the reason is very simple, you can't chase a few steps and people will get home, what's the matter? Are you still braving other people's minefields and shore artillery to continue chasing? Apparently not!

The only weakness of the Russians is those 3 battleships! Generally speaking, the elite and mainstay of a country's navy are those battleships that are heavily armored and have large-caliber heavy guns. But this general principle clearly did not suit the Russian Far Eastern Fleet, the design of the 3 battleships was somewhat backward, the larger tonnage did not give them sufficient protection and firepower, and the speed was even slower. But the Russians, again, could not abandon these three battleships. The speed of the Beiyang battleship formation is enough to catch up with the Russian battleships, if the Beiyang battleship formation can bite the opponent to the death, then the Russian Navy will not fight unless the strong man breaks his wrist! Otherwise, the Beiyang Sailor can at least tear off a large piece of the opponent's meat!

But the question is how do you catch the opposing battleship formations, they have the avant-garde, if you play a set of Jutland mode. The probability of success is extremely low. The reason why the German High Seas Fleet hit Jericho's T-shaped head was actually too much RP, and when Jericho received the information and unfolded the T-shaped head, the sea was full of fog. Scheer had no idea what he was up against. (If he knew the truth, his first choice would definitely be to run away!) As a result, after Jericho had set up his formation, the smoke suddenly vanished, and the entire German fleet was exposed to the guns of the British Grand Fleet. Then, there is the thousand-mile turn of Scheer. It has to be said that the Germans were really unlucky. Beiyang could not expect the same tragedy of luck from the Russians. And the weather conditions in the Far East are really good compared to the North Sea, not that there is fog and fog. If you say there's no fog, there's no fog! More importantly, the battlefield was too close to the Russian fleet station, and people could quickly run back. If you simply pursue, it will be difficult to destroy the opponent before they retreat.

Xu Jie used a slide rule to constantly measure on a large-scale map, and finally had to admit that it was a difficult task to rely on chasing and inflicting heavy damage on the opponent! Not even against those slow battleships! If the pursuit doesn't work, why don't we try to intercept it on a detour? Just when Xu Jie was at a loss, a strange idea popped out of Xu Jie's mind!

If it can go around behind the opponent, then the only way for the Russian fleet to break out of the encirclement is to fight a bloody way against the blockade of the Beiyang fleet, this kind of engagement situation is more conducive to the Beiyang to hit the opponent hard, but the question is whether the plan to go around the back of the opponent is feasible!

From the perspective of the battlefield, the small battlefield makes it possible to take a detour. And from the other party's point of view, the Beiyang Fleet will be tied to the coastal sea by the Japanese Army whether it is willing or unwilling, but Xu Jie doesn't care about the losses of the Japanese Army at all, all he cares about is the reaction of the British. If the British thought that the gains from inflicting heavy losses on the Russian Far East Fleet were greater than covering the Japanese Army, then the British would not hesitate to choose to support the Beiyang and let the Japanese Army be used as bait and cannon fodder! Even, Xu Jie estimates that the Japanese government will agree to this choice. The reason is very simple, if the loss of one or two thousand army forces and their subordinate equipment is exchanged for a heavy blow to the Russian Far Eastern Fleet in the North Ocean, then this deal is really too profitable!

Yang Yonglin couldn't see it so deeply. Because Yang Yonglin is a soldier and not a politician, the game of big powers is a bit far away for him, and it is for this reason that Yang Yonglin has never been able to see through this layer of window paper, and he has not been able to solve this problem. But Xu Jie is different, he can fully understand the thoughts of the British and the Japanese. In this case, he can come up with a final solution, and not understanding politics seems to be a weakness of Yang Yonglin, but it is precisely for this reason that Xu Jie dares to hand over the entire Beiyang Fleet to Yang Yonglin.

If the British agree. (Japanese?) Whether he agrees or not, Xu Jie doesn't bother to pay attention) Xu Jie will suggest that Yang Yonglin secretly transfer 3 battleships and their auxiliary warships from the near sea to the far sea before the war, but not too far, just outside the range of the Russians' patrol, in Xu Jie's plan, this fleet will include 3 battleships, 2 Guiyuan type battleships, and 2 Garibaldi-type battleships. They will be responsible for searching the battleship formation of the Russian Navy, and if they find that the opponent is only a battleship and not equipped with a patrol, this fleet will attack, and if they find that the opponent is accompanied by a patrol, he will choose to give up and wait for the opportunity.

The remaining 2 PISA-class patrol ships and 3 King-class patrol crews continued to operate near the transport line, and the Russians would inevitably have the idea of hitting the line of communication if they wanted to act. As for the remaining two Guiyuan armored cruisers, Xu Jie will let them be flexible and maneuverable, responsible for searching for the Russian fleet in the coastal area, and entanglement the opposing team's armored patrol formation if necessary. Hindering the reconnaissance operations of the Russian Navy.

If the Russians really made a replica of the Jutland lure war in advance, as Xu Jie expected, then Xu Jie's plan is to give the Russians a two-sided flower! The three King-class cruisers and the two PISA-class cruisers are having a good time with the Russian Navy cruisers, and the battleship formations will find the Russian battleship formations as soon as possible, and then start a decisive battle, if the situation is not good, any of the two fleets will run into the main force of the other side, and the battleship squadrons can rely on speed to get rid of the opponents, and the 3 battleships and 4 cruisers in the Beiyang will tell the chasing Russian fleet what it means to be inadequate! As for the battleships of the Russians? Let's climb slowly in the back!

In this way, the entire fleet was divided into two parts, the main fleet and the patrol formation. For the commanders of these two fleets, Xu Jie arranged it like this, Yang Yonglin was naturally responsible for the command of the main fleet, and was generally responsible for the main fleet's 3 battleships and 4 cruisers, but at the same time, Xu Jie also planned to turn one Garibaldi and two Guiyuan into a group to form a reconnaissance force of the main fleet, responsible for reconnaissance. And the commander of this fleet can only be Lin Yongsheng. As for Liu Buyun, he participated in the operation as the second commander of the main fleet.

The manpower arrangement of the patrol formation is a bit troublesome, and in terms of military rank, Lin Taizeng, who is the admiral of the Nanyang Fleet, is obviously more suitable to serve as the captain of the fleet. However, in Xu Jie's view, Deng Shichang was stronger than Lin Taizeng in terms of combat experience and command quality, and as the commander of the Beiyang Fleet, Xu Jie could not logically order the commander of the foreign fleet of the same level as him to listen to the orders of the commander of a detachment of the Beiyang Patrol Fleet.

"It's a real headache." Xu Jie was quite depressed. After thinking about it, Xu Jie decided to leave this problem to the following to solve by himself, Lin Tai was a good man, if the way can be smoother, it is estimated that Lin Taizeng is also willing to hand over the command to Deng Shichang or cooperate with him.

As for the other two Guiyuan-class cruisers, Xu Jie naturally would not let them be idle, and after the task of hindering the reconnaissance of the Russian Navy was completed, they would decide to enter the war depending on the situation. In Xu Jie's opinion, if the two Guiyuan-class meet 2 Azov-type armored cruisers, if they can't beat it, they will at least have a chance to run away.

In this way, Xu Jie forwarded his suggestion to Yang Yonglin and others by telegram, in his opinion, even if Beiyang can't make a lot of money this time, at least it won't make the situation worse, and any fleet alone has the ability to evacuate safely. But what to do after this war? The Beiyang Fleet has been deployed overseas for a long time, and after the war, it must return home to make corrections, and even if the Russian fleet is heavily damaged, it can quickly return to port to repair and then go to war. It will take a while for Beiyang to return to the base, and this time difference is unavoidable. What's more, the absolute strength of the remaining fleet of the Russians is still not to be underestimated. During the correction of the Beiyang and Foreign Fleets, if 2 ships are excluded from harassing the Beiyang route, it may bring thousands of casualties!

"No, we still have to communicate with the Japanese Navy, and we can't let the Russian fleet behave recklessly like this." Xu Jie said in his heart. The two ships were loaded into the Sea of Japan to intercept and kill the Russian fleet, and it is estimated that the Russians would not dare to transfer the main force of the fleet away.

In the following days, after repeated deductions and exercises in the Beiyang, this plan was finally approved and appropriately adjusted, and the issue of the command of the patrol fleet was resolved by Yang Yonglin and others in this way, Lin Tai was the nominal fleet commander, but Deng Shichang and Lin Tai were on the same boat, and the two sides decided to act after consultation. Lin Taizeng had the final veto power, so that he could not only give full play to Deng Shichang's command level, but also take care of Lin Taizeng's face. And Lin Taizeng also has the ability to recognize people, Yang Yonglin was discovered by Lin Taizeng at the beginning. In terms of specific command, he and Deng Shichang should be able to cooperate very well.

The Beiyang Fleet and the Foreign Fleet began to reorganize, with cruiser formations and reconnaissance formations still cruising off the coast of Hachinohe while the main fleet quietly went somewhere in the open sea one night to stand by. As Xu Jie expected, the British really agreed to Beiyang's plan to take the initiative to attack, and the British ambassador to Japan took the initiative to persuade the Japanese government to bear part of the losses for the sake of "greater victory"! At first, the Japanese government was somewhat entangled, but under the soft grinding and hard bubbles of the British and Beiyang, the Japanese still accepted the reality that Beiyang did not provide escort "when necessary". Now everything is ready and only the east wind is owed, and as soon as the Russian fleet strikes, then the largest naval battle between steam warships in history will break out!

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