After the two fleets met, through the Department of Communications, Lin Yongsheng boarded Ye Zusi's flagship Longtai fast battleship, looked at the Longtai, which was almost undamaged, and then looked at the Longxu that was battered, Lin Yongsheng did not feel good in his heart. Although it is said that because of the problem of location, his side has to face the attack of the Russian fast battleship, and Ye Zusi only needs to fight and pretend to patrol, this can't be helped, after all, no one can determine where the opponent's main force comes from, but it is impossible to say that there is no dissatisfaction, maybe in the bottom of his heart he thinks that it is right to concentrate his forces to destroy the opponent's patrol first, but for not being able to give himself timely support in the battle, Lin Yongsheng is still quite unhappy in his heart.

However, unhappiness is not happiness, and this kind of emotion must not be brought to war. And after Ye Zusi and Deng Shichang expressed enough apologies, the two sides still had to sit together to discuss what to do next. The current situation is that Lin Yongsheng's fleet must return to the sea, and Lin Yongsheng's fleet still has some surplus fuel and ammunition left, and Ye Zusi's opinion is to transfer these ammunition that can be transferred directly to the Longtai battle group, and the two light cruisers escorting the escort are also transferred.

For this arrangement, Lin Yongsheng has great concerns, losing ammunition is equivalent to the tiger losing teeth, Lin Yongsheng said knowingly, the Russian Navy has at least 2 fast battleships that can continue to fight, if it happens, what should I do? Moreover, the light cruiser formation was also transferred, which meant that its own reconnaissance forces would also be weakened. This was too dangerous for the two battlecruisers, which had already been damaged. Because you don't know if the Russians will continue to track this crippled fleet, for the simple reason that it is. Don't look at the remaining two battleships that can't defeat the Longtai battle group, but people want to leave, and you can't stay. So in a way. Although the Russians were defeated, Lin Yongsheng was not safe.

Regarding Lin Yongsheng's worries, Ye Zusi said that he could understand, so he specially changed his plan, that is, to cover Lin Yongsheng's fleet to sail northeast for a period of time, and then transfer materials after joining Liu Guanxiong's armored cruiser formation. By the way, some of the coal and ammunition on Liu Guanxiong's ship will also be added, and in the next stage of the battle, Ye Zusi is estimated to focus on attacking shore facilities. In this case, the use of a 12-inch naval gun is a bit of a murderous knife, so it is also necessary to supplement some 6-inch guns and projectile packs. Of course, if the opponent's fast battleship formation still dares to come out, Ye Zusi doesn't mind teaching them a lesson!

Subsequently, Ye Zusi and Tang Shichang targeted several port cities such as Belib, Pekarangan, Semarang and Lassen. The mission of the three Dragon-class fast battleships was to destroy all these ports that could supply and repair the warships. If this plan can be achieved. Then the home advantage of the Russian-Dutch Navy will be greatly weakened. Moreover, these places must be full of supplies used to support the operation in Kalimantan, and if they are eliminated, it will undoubtedly be a very big help for land operations. Of course, it would be nice to improve your life if you could intercept a few ships.

At the same time, the news of the defeat of the Russian-Dutch fleet had reached Batavia. And when Makanov received this telegram that had been forwarded several times before it arrived in his hand, his face did not change much, and he immediately did not ask about the situation on the battlefield or let the port prepare for the returning fleet, but immediately ordered the four Borodino-class dreadnoughts that had been completed and could sail to light fire and anchor! And at the same time, the two Rurik-type armored cruisers and the armored cruiser Rotterdam were immediately ordered to search for the Huaxia naval formation. And wait for the arrival of the main fleet!

If Xu Jie knows Makanov's movements, then he must be admired. This is the real celebrity. When a qualified commander finds that the situation is not good, it is not enough to deal with it quickly, he must also analyze the opponent's actions, plan the opponent's next move, and take precautions. And Makanov is the kind of person who takes one step and sees three steps. What's next for the Huaxia Navy? Makanov knew very well that the next step of the Chinese fast fleet would be to uproot the ports and docks along the coast of Java one by one.

The fleet also had two capital ships damaged, so it was impossible to trouble the Russian main fleet. As for the continued search for damaged Russian battleships, in the vast expanse of the sea, in the absence of enough auxiliary warships, it is unlikely that the Chinese fleet will be able to find them. As for breaking the relationship? Experienced people such as Ye Zusi and Deng Shichang will not use their precious dreadnoughts to try their luck at sea, their first goal is to attack the harbor and destroy the factories, docks and supplies inside! And the consequences of the loss of many peripheral bases, Makanov also understood very well, that means that the effective combat radius of the Russian Navy will be shortened, and this is something that the Russians absolutely cannot allow, so Makanov decided to immediately send the main fleet to the sea, not to destroy the opponent, but to hinder the attack of the Chinese fleet on the harbor!

The battle came to an end, but the actions of both sides did not end, and after sending Lin Yongsheng's fleet and Liu Guanxiong's fleet to safety, the fleets exchanged supplies and ammunition and replenished their ammunition. The food and fuel of the Longtai battle group turned again towards the island of Java. The first target of the Huaxia Navy this time is Semarang! Hundreds of years ago, Zheng He was a landing site on the island of Java when he went to the West. At the same time, it is also one of the current gathering places of the Chinese, of course, this is the original, with the approach of the war, a large number of Chinese have moved out of the city. However, there were still some Chinese intelligence officers in the area, who provided detailed information to the Chinese navy through various means before the war, including the distribution of berths, the location of docks and factories, the positions of shore defense guns, and even the possible location of mine arrays. It can be said that the Huaxia Navy knows the situation of this base best, so it first set the target of attack here.

"Commander, we're being followed." On the third day after the First Battle of Java, when the Longtai battle group was sailing on the sea, the news from the watchtower shocked Ye Zusi and the others, and then in the field of vision of the telescope, three slender figures appeared in the water and sky. All three ships had two turrets at the bow and two at the end. Bottom bracket backpack arrangement. I carefully checked the battleship identification chart. Judging from the shape and estimated length, these three battleships are only the three remaining armored cruisers of the Russian-Dutch fleet, the Rotterdam-class armored cruisers and the two Rurik-class armored cruisers.

If it was to fight, Ye Zusi guaranteed that he could send all three warships to the bottom of the sea in an hour at most, but if the other party decided not to fight. Ye Zusi also had no choice. After all, the current fuel and main engine conditions do not allow the fleet to sail rapidly for a long time, and compared to these cruisers, the Longtai-class fast battleships do not have a speed advantage at this time.

"Makanov's main fleet may soon arrive." After looking at it for a while, Ye Zusi said to Deng Shichang. The three battleships of the other side have been kept at a distance not far away, if it is a simple tracking, the Russians only need to send a few light cruisers or destroyers, there is no need to let the precious secondary capital ships to undertake this task, since the other side does not plan to retreat, then there is only one possibility, these three cruisers are the vanguard of the Russian main fleet, once Makanov's main fleet is in place, then these three cruisers will come up to entangle the Longtai-class battle group to buy time for the main fleet.

"It is recommended to continue the attack on Semarang, except for the Rotterdam, the protection of the two Rurik-class armored cruisers is the same as that of the Bayan-class, and they dare to come up to seek death." Deng Shichang said confidently that since the Longfei knocked down the Bayan armored cruiser in one shot, Deng Shichang has been very confident in the strike power of the Longtai-class, and even thinks that even in the face of the Russians' Borodino-class battleships, he will not be inferior. Even in his bones, he really wanted to try it with his opponent!

"Then hurry up, we're running out for time." Glancing at Semarang, which had already appeared on the sea level, Ye Zusi thought for a while and said. "The fast fleet should never collide with the opposing main force." This is what Xu Jie repeatedly told before leaving, any avant-garde, no matter how strong it is, is not enough to face the main fleet. The main fleet not only represents more capital ships and denser artillery arrays, but also represents a large number of frigates to death, and it is very difficult to run after being entangled in these high-speed lightning strike ships. In the first battle of Jutland, even if the Germans ran away, Lütsov still hated the North Sea, if it were not for the previous struggles of the race to run aground, it would have followed in the footsteps of Lütsov, and the remaining 4 battle cruisers of the German Navy could not even make up the firepower of a battleship!

And when Ye Zusi's fleet finally included Semarang in the range of its naval guns, the sound of cannons from the turret made Ye Zusi's heart move, this was at least the sound of a 10-inch level artillery after firing, and a muffled sound came. Cannonballs streaked across the sky and fired at their own fleet. Although at this distance, the accuracy of the opponent's artillery can be called tragic, but looking at the splash of water from the shells that fell hundreds of meters away, Ye Zusi's eyes couldn't help but flow a trace of solemnity. "According to the intelligence, the Russians should have no record of deploying 10-inch guns in these secondary bases." Ye Zusi said a little depressed.

Ye Zusi is right, the Russians really have no intention of deploying 10-inch guns in the secondary base, but the Russians don't have this mind, it doesn't mean that the Dutch don't have it! You know, the Dutch are very interested in the richest part of the world. In addition, the Dutch Navy is equipped with a large number of 10-inch 50L naval guns, so it is more or less necessary to reserve some stock guns for backup, so that these things are more cost-effective to put in the warehouse than in the reinforced concrete cast battery, so the Dutch threw these guns on the battery, in addition to their own, but also fooled the Russians to hand over part of the inventory artillery to the Dutch for safekeeping, and some of these guns were also pressed by the Dutch on their own initiative. Anyway, the Russians can't use up all the artillery in their stock at once, and the remaining small part must be used. (To be continued......)