Just after Xu Jie and Peng Boss joined forces to annihilate the Japanese transport fleet, the reorganized Japanese guerrilla formation entered the Japanese coast under the leadership of Tsuboi Kozo. In the face of the Japanese fleet, which rushed to take revenge, it was undoubtedly the best choice to command the fleet to use the high-speed runaway, but from the perspective of the overall situation, this kind of runaway behavior was extremely irresponsible. First of all, from a historical point of view, it would have been quite difficult for the Qing army in Korea to supply by land only, and historically, the fundamental reason for the rapid collapse of the Qing army that fought in Korea was logistical supply. In the Battle of Pyongyang, take the Sheng army as an example. After entering the DPRK, the Sheng army received a total of 2 batches of ammunition, and in the three days from September 12 to 15, 750,000 rounds of ammunition alone were consumed, and this is basically all the ammunition that Sheng Jun carried before leaving the country. (calculated at 150 rounds per person) and the bullets carried out at that time, the Sheng army only had 500,000 rounds of ammunition in reserve, and basically the remaining bullets could be used up in one to two days. As for the shells? Each gun ended with less than 30 rounds of ammunition. And food is even more scarce. Judging from the grain captured by Japan, based on the 15,000 defenders of Pyongyang, the last grain stock was only enough for more than 10 days. Although the supply capacity of the Qing army on this plane has been enhanced, it has not set up enough military stations along the way. And it can't be like Japan, where a soldier can be matched with a husband. Therefore, it must be quite difficult to replenish, and in this case, sea supply is undoubtedly the most convenient and rapid method of supply. However, the supply by sea must be safe, and if the Japanese fleet does not make a transfer, the Beiyang Fleet will naturally not dare to go out lightly. But now, the Japanese guerrilla formation went to chase Xu Jie's fast fleet, so that the Japanese combined fleet itself was in a dilemma, if it went to carry out the blockade mission, what would the transport ship do? Although after analysis, the Japanese base camp believes that the probability of a surprise attack by the Beiyang Fleet on Japanese transport ships in the Korean Strait is not high, but what if? No one dared to guarantee that the Beiyang Fleet would not come to the Korean Strait. And what about calculating the combined fleet itself to intercept the Beiyang Fleet? According to the analysis of Shikinori Kayama and others, the strength of the two sides is similar, and because of the repeated defeats, the morale of the Japanese Navy has been greatly affected. So from the perspective of the overall situation, it has become that both sides have their own luck, and no one should bother the other. Of course, there is a premise for this qiē, that is, Xu Jie can contain the Japanese fast fleet near the coast of Japan. So that Tsuboi Kozo's fleet can't merge with Kayama Shiki's fleet!

However, in order to contain Tsuboi Kozo, it is necessary to constantly make trouble for the Japanese, and the Japanese who have been robbed many times have also learned to be smart, the routes they choose are close to the Japanese mainland, and Xu Jie must fight in the coastal waters of Japan in order to continue to find trouble. And in the small area of the offshore sea, it was only a matter of time before he ran into Kozo Tsuboi, who was bent on seeking revenge. Xu Jie did not wait long, and at 14:05 on the afternoon of October 5, 1894, off the coast of Izu Island, Xu Jie finally met Kenzo Tsuboi who was coming from the southwest. Watch the smoke from the masts and chimneys gradually appear in the distance. Xu Jie knew that this battle could not be avoided.

And Tsuboi Hangzo also discovered Xu Jie at the same time. The excitement and nervousness of the imminent battle made the commander of the guerrilla formation of the Japanese Combined Fleet ask his subordinates from time to time if they were ready. In his opinion, this will be the time when the Japanese Navy will be ashamed, although the battle report of Guò Kano knows that the Beiyang Rapid Fleet is very strong, but now there are five warships under the command of Tsuboi Kozo, from front to back are the flagship Kurama (Edgar type), Yoshino, Asahi (Russian Dmitry type), Naniwa, and Takachiho. The total tonnage is more than 25,000 tons, while the Beiyang Rapid Fleet has only 3 warships with a tonnage of 15,000 tons, which is only 60% of the Japanese fleet in terms of number and tonnage. You are full of good cards, it depends on how you play. But at the same time, Xu Jie is also relatively optimistic. Because he knows that the problems of the Japanese fleet in his plane will still appear in this naval battle of Izu Island!! …,

In the face of the Japanese fleet that cut into the battlefield from the southwest, Xu Jie decisively commanded the fleet to sail from the northwest, giving people the feeling of trying to break through the interception before the other side intercepted him, although the three battleships were in a state of decline after a long period of naval battle, but there was no problem in maintaining a speed of 21 knots. Naturally, Japan, as the interceptor side, would not give up, and the whole fleet began to accelerate its interception. And that's when the question arises! Kurama and Yoshino are new ships, so there is no problem at all with increasing the speed to more than 19 knots, but there is a problem with the speed of the Asahi wave and Takachiho behind it, and the three old ships cannot even maintain a speed of 15 knots. (In history, the speed of a trip to Japan was only about 15.5 knots, and because of the storage of the Asahi in this plane, the speed of the follow-up fleet could only be lower) Now the question arises, will Kurama and Yoshino wait for the next 3 slow ships or not? If you wait, the speed of the Beiyang Fast Fleet is more than 6 knots higher than that of the opponent. Before the Japanese fleet could complete the interception, it flashed. But if you don't wait, the 3 ships behind will obviously be thrown away by a considerable distance. In this case, it is easy for ordinary people to directly choose to throw off the follow-up fleet and then want to let the two clippers intercept it, wait for the other party's speed to slow down, and wait for the follow-up warships to catch up. Tsuboi Kozo is this kind of person, he estimates that even if this Kurama and Yoshino can't beat 3 Beiyang cruisers, they will be enough to contain them, after all, this is a first-class protection cruiser and a second-class protection cruiser.

"Hey, it seems that Tsuboi Kozo is at this level." In the distance, Xu Jie smiled proudly when he saw the Japanese fleet that was gradually being distanced. In the Battle of Dadonggou, the speed of the ship led by the 3 Jingshu ships was relatively fast, and the battleships at the front of the battle column quickly passed through the front of the Beiyang Fleet, but the old ships like Fusang did not wait to pass through, so that Dingzhen was divided, and as a result, Fusang could only pass through the middle of the Beiyang Fleet, but fortunately, there were no rapid-fire guns and no blasting shells in Beiyang at that time, so he was barely seriously injured and ran away. And now, the Japanese fleet fast fleet also has this problem, if you are facing an old Beiyang ship, the Japanese fleet does not need to be disjointed, and now you are facing a new ship. In order to intercept you have to be disjointed, the Edgar class, as a long-distance running champion, can run at a speed of 20 knots for 20 hours, and Yoshino has a top speed of more than 22 knots, but what about the boat behind? The maximum speed is only 15 knots, which is at least 5 to 6 knots, and this difference is almost 1 nautical mile every 10 minutes, that is, 1.8 kilometers, which is too large. You must know that the effective combat distance of the warship at that time was about 3KM.

"The fleet turned left, cut through the gap in the opponent's formation, and then attacked the three weak ships behind the opponent." In just one sentence, the Beiyang Rapid Fleet made a tactical intersperse that later researchers regarded as a stroke of genius. The Beiyang 3 ship suddenly turned around and killed the gap in the Japanese fleet. And by this time, the gap in the Japanese fleet had already widened to about 5KM! Kurama and Yoshino, who were at the head of the team, had no time to return to defense, and Xu Jie's fleet was about to cut off the follow-up Japanese ship routes! (In fact, the so-called grab T was not so easy at that time, the speed of the battleship was generally more than 15 knots, and the combat distance was only 3KM, even in the Battle of Tsushima, Togo's made mistakes, but later let Uemura Hikonojo correct it.) ）

Xu Jie's fleet turn can be inserted by turning at a small angle, but Kurama and Yoshino, who have already rushed to the front, are at least 180 degrees flat at a flat angle if they look like a U-turn!! And the distance has also been stretched for several kilometers!! It will take time to rush back. During this time, Xu Jie was only facing 3 old ships. In the face of the successful cross-cutting of the Beiyang Rapid Fleet, the captain of the Asahi, Yoshishin Inoue, had to turn and lead the fleet to the left, trying to use sidestring fire at level with the opposing battle. The Japanese fleet in the inner circle was a little slow, but it was still able to complete this turn with a small turning distance, of course, because the ship type was different, the turning radius was different, and the already somewhat scattered fleet was even looser. …,

As a result, the follow-up 3 ships of the Japanese Fast Fleet had to engage the Beiyang Fast Fleet in an extremely unfavorable formation, what was the essence of the tactics? Striving for the initiative in an unfavorable situation is the essence of tactics. And now Xu Jie has obviously done this, 3 new ships against 3 old ships. It has an absolute advantage in firepower and speed. In Pingjing, Hangsan had to fight hard with Xu Jie. When the cross-cutting was completed, the distance between the two sides was very close, but it was only about 2.5KM. With the order to open fire, the string guns of the Beiyang Rapid Fleet spewed out deadly fire. Shells were fired at the Japanese fleet, which was turning.

Asahi is an old-fashioned armored cruiser, but the 6-inch steel armor really can't block the fire of 6-inch guns and 8-inch guns at a distance of about 2,000 meters, and 2 ships such as Naniwa don't even have waterline armor!! In terms of firepower projection ability, the worse is even worse! There are only 6 6-inch guns and 4 260 guns on the side of the two battleships, and this 260 gun looks very beautiful, but according to Xu Jie's understanding, in the Battle of Dadonggou in his plane, this ship only fired less than 40 shells! Therefore, in Xu Jie's view, the symbolic significance of these main guns operated by the Japanese is greater than the practical significance! In fact, it didn't take long for Kurama Yoshino to come back to help, only 10+ minutes at most. But in just over 10 minutes, the Beiyang Fast Fleet let the other party know what it means to live like a year.

After many naval battles, the accuracy of the Beiyang gunners at this distance has reached a fairly high level, when the distance is close to 2,000 meters, the hit rate increases sharply, and from time to time there are shells hitting the enemy ship, Inoue Yoshixin felt the battleship tremble from time to time in the control tower, and from the observation hole, the starboard side of the battleship of more than 6,000 tons was defended by flames and smoke. From time to time, the battleship was hit on the side chord. The smaller 12-pounder shells could be bounced off by the 4 to 6-inch Cambon armor, but the 6-inch shells ignored the Asahi's fragile protection, lightly piercing the 4-inch armor on the Asahi upper deck, exploding in the turret, and countless shrapnel and flames ejected in the confined space. The shock wave generated after the explosion swept across the entire gun gallery, often after a hit, there was no one running out of the entire gun gallery, once someone rushed into the gun gallery after the explosion to rescue individual survivors, but when they carried people out of the gun gallery, the rescued people can no longer be called people, and a piece of meat will fall off if they touch it lightly. And the best thing to do at this time is to end the suffering of the injured person earlier. Asahi is like this, the wave is fast, how can the two ships of Takachiho be spared? These two are not even as good as Asahi. The two sides fired at each other for only 8 minutes, and the other artillery of the Naniwa side-chord artillery was on the verge of paralysis except for the two main guns, and the Naniwa was limited by tonnage, and there were very few rapid-fire guns below 6 inches, and it was estimated that there were a total of 6 47 guns that could be called cannons, and this unprotected gun position basically had no survivability in the fierce battle. The three 6-inch guns on the side chord, although they were replaced with rapid-fire gun mounts, could not fight at all because of the lack of protection of the gun emplacements, and groups of gunners were either killed by scattered shrapnel on the gun emplacements, or were smoked down by poisonous smoke. Under the threat of the knives of the junior officers, groups of gunners ran up screaming, just to get a few shells before they died.

And when the Japanese experienced what is called blood, fire and hell, although the pressure on the Beiyang side was very small, the fire caused by being hit by a high-explosive bomb also had some impact on the battleship. Although the firepower of the Japanese battleships was far weaker than that of the Guiyuan class, no battleship was spared from such a close engagement. And the Guiyuan flagship that fired at the Asahi class was in the worst situation, you know, the Asahi side chord has 6 6-inch 40L rapid-fire guns and 2 8-inch guns! During the engagement, a 6-inch gun accurately hit the control tower of the Guiyuan. Although the thick armor blocked the shells, some small pieces of shrapnel were shot through the observation holes into the interior of the conning tower. 4 people were injured, and Xu Jie happened to be one of the unlucky 4 people! A shot of shrapnel cut a hole in Xu Jie's right arm. What's even more worrying is that Kurama and Yoshino have followed! …,

"Lord Xu, let's withdraw, now that we have earned it, the 3 ships such as Asahi have been scrapped, and they can't repair it in ten days and half a month." Lin Yongsheng looked at Xu Jie's injuries and said.

"I'm going to get the entire Japanese guerrilla fleet out of it." Xu Jie looked at Kurama and Yoshino who were rushing over in the distance, and sneered. Lin Yongsheng is right, retreat now, as long as the group of horsepower is opened, even if Kurama Yoshino catches up, he will definitely not dare to chase. But if you continue to fight, once you are flanked, it will not be a joke. How strong is the return level? Can you engage 5 cruisers on both sides at the same time? Obviously impossible. But Xu Jie has his own concerns, if only 3 warships are damaged, the Japanese Navy is very likely to integrate Kurama and Yoshino into the main team before the 3 ships are repaired, so that the Beiyang Fleet in the Yellow Sea will not be able to fight against the Japanese fleet. Looking at the situation, although Xu Jie's Beiyang Fast Fleet did not do much damage, but after a series of bloody battles, it must be overhauled, and during this time, there will be no strong enough force in the East China Sea to contain the Japanese Navy, so, in this case, Xu Jie would rather fight more miserably and make the pride of the Japanese Navy, the Kurama cruiser, a little blood! ! It's not very demanding, at least you have to go into the dock too!!

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