"The goal of the reconnaissance fleet has never been to destroy the opponent's warships, but to find out the direction of the opponent's main force, hinder the opponent's reconnaissance fleet, and let the fog of war in front of our army dissipate, and let the other side remain in this fog." ———— Xu Jie.

And now, Lin Yingqi has completed part of the task, and the two Russian light cruisers are about to be beaten to skeletons, not to mention the expensive things like radio, these two ships have difficulties in going back by themselves. Even if Lin Yongsheng's fleet is discovered, what can it do? Without radio, they couldn't inform the enemy, and the eyes and ears of the Russians were useless in fact, so although Lin Yingqi felt a little pity, he still resolutely gave up attacking these worthless things, what they needed to find now was the main force of the opponent's fleet!

So, under the surprised eyes of the Russians, the two light cruisers of the Chinese Navy left the battlefield and sailed in two directions. At this time, the two Russian battleships had almost lost power, and the battleship itself was seriously flooded, although the dome armor blocked the water, it was not that there was no water at all, and the shells that exploded on the dome armor would always make the willow nails loosen a little. Or maybe the armor plate rolls over. Especially in the case of serious damage to the hull, the water ingress of the power compartment is almost unavoidable, the boiler rooms of the two light cruisers have different degrees of water ingress, plus the flying shamprapnel destroyed a lot of steam pipes, the power of the whole ship has dropped to an extremely low level, coupled with heavy losses in personnel, so these two poor battleships can only go with the flow in a short time.

War has always been a matter of triggering and moving the whole body. A small butterfly with its wings could form a storm on the other side of the ocean, not to mention that these 4 light cruisers had been at sea for an hour. At the same time as the Russians engaged in the battle, they were shocked and sent the information of the enemy out, and after receiving the information, it was impossible for the Essen fleet located in the rear not to react! The same goes for it. Lin Yongsheng is also ready for war, and the war is about to break out!

"The information has been distributed, and General Ye Zusi sent an urgent telegram, ordering our fleet to continue to advance, and saying that General Liu's fleet will also shorten the distance between it and our fleet, and be ready to support our army at any time. The main fleet of General Yezusi will also move to the north. After reading the telegram, the chief of staff handed the text of the telegram to Lin Yongsheng for signature.

"Did it just start?" Although he had not yet received Lin Yingqi's new telegram, Lin Yongsheng's intuition told him. A terrifying battle awaits him not far away! However, Lin Yongsheng is not very optimistic about the prospects of this war, because now, the most elite rapid strike group in the Huaxia Navy is on his right flank. It was impossible to rush to the battlefield at the first time, and behind it was Liu Guanxiong's weak division. His second-class main force was pushed to the forefront, so he was not satisfied with this layout.

But Lin Yongsheng also knew very well that Ye Zusi's approach was not wrong, and the avant-garde fleets of the two sides had already fought each other. If the Russians don't all bet on it, forget it. If all the staff bet on it, Lin Yongsheng must go up at the first time! The reason is very simple, it is only 11 o'clock in the morning, if you pull it yourself, if the opponent continues to expand reconnaissance, it is very likely to find Liu Guanxiong's fleet not far away! Even if they dodge today, there is no guarantee that they will not be discovered by the swarming Russian warships in the future, so even if the state of engagement is not very good. Lin Yongsheng still needed to meet and immediately concentrate his forces. At this time, you must not retreat, if you retreat, it means that the whole line will shrink, the reconnaissance range will be reduced, and it will be easier for your weak division to be targeted by the opponent!

At the same time, less than 50 nautical miles away from Lin Yongsheng, the central battle group commanded by Essen was already rushing to the scene of the engagement. Under his command were two fast battleships, Peter the Great and Catherine, as well as the new armored cruiser Sealand of the Dutch Navy. The 3 battleships and the escort thunderbolt ship were galloping into the distance at a high speed of 23 knots, and at the same time, Essen also tried to contact the Dutch fleet led by Admiral Harvey, which was north of him, hoping that they could reach it as soon as possible, if 4 fast battleships and 2 armored cruisers could converge before they met the enemy, then it was not impossible to meet the 5 fast dreadnoughts of the Huaxia Navy in time! And in addition to these two strongest fleets, the remaining Southern Front Fleet and the two Rurik-type armored cruisers behind the palace also began to accelerate, and the entire Russian fleet was mobilized.

"Damn, we're exposed!" Just when Essen was constantly planning the upcoming battle in his mind, a curse came into his ears, and this news made Essen, who was deep in thought, couldn't help but give a cold war! Essen immediately got up and picked up the binoculars beside him to look at the sea, only to see a slender figure hovering in front of him in the distance, and after about a few minutes, this figure quickly turned and quickly fled from here.

"Sending a report to all fleets, our ship found three main warships of the Russian fleet, two of which were visual inspection fast battleships of the Russian Peter the Great type, and the other should be a Dutchman Seven Province type fast battleship or a Sealand provincial armored cruiser. There are also an unknown number of auxiliary warships. Lin Yingqi immediately ordered.

"Commander Lin, this information is a little vague." The staff officer hesitated for a moment but said. "The gap between the seven provincial provinces and the Sealand provincial level is a bit too big, if it is the seventh provincial level, then Lin Yongsheng in the back can only choose to retreat, and if it is the Sealand provincial level, he can give it a go."

"Keep your distance, let's see." Lin Yingqi said. The Snow Leopard then maintained a distance of 12 km from the Essen fleet, while a group of lookouts on the mast used binoculars to observe the battleship with eight main guns. After a period of time, the officers aboard the Snow Leopard concluded that it should be a Sealand Provincial armored cruiser in front of it, not a Provincial Seventh.

First of all, from the point of view of common sense, such a formation in Russia should be 2 battleships with 1 armored cruiser with the greatest probability, if it is seven provinces, then the remaining battleship and who will be grouped? And judging by the flag hanging above, there is no general flag of General Harvey on it. If this is a seven-level fast battleship, it should be a rear admiral's flag even if it does not have Harvey's admiral's flag on it. And it is clearly not a flag flying on it, so this can only be an armored cruiser.

The intelligence of the very open Essen fleet was quickly transmitted to Lin Yongsheng, and now, it was time for Lin Yongsheng to make a choice, "The other party is 2 Peter the Great-class battleships and 1 armored cruiser, and we are 2 battlecruisers." It's a bit of a loss. Lin Yongsheng thought for a while and said. Although there are 4 more 12-inch main guns on their side, these 4 guns may not be able to play a role because of the firing range problem. And the Russians have 8 more 10-inch 50L guns, and their own protection is also a problem, and the number of auxiliary fleets is even more problematic!

"Send a message to General Ye Zusi to let the Longtai battle group quickly approach our fleet, and at the same time suggest that General Liu Guanxiong's fleet evacuate first. Our fleet provides cover. Lin Yongsheng thought about it and said, although the situation of receiving the enemy is not very good, but since it has been encountered, he has no reason to avoid it, and Lin Yongsheng is still very confident in the quality of the officers and men of the Chinese Navy, so Lin Yongsheng will choose to touch the Russian fleet, he wants to see if the Russians have grown after 5 years!

At this time, both Essen and Lin Yongsheng were determined to fight, and the radio waves also sent information to other fleets. In this way, the Longtai battle group led by Ye Zusi and Deng Shichang and the seven provincial battle groups led by Harvey were all rushing to the battlefield. And the rest of the battleships could not be counted on in a short time because of the problems of combat effectiveness and distance. The first capital ship engagement in the Second Sino-Russian War was also the first battle between dreadnoughts in the world!

"We have a small number of warships, especially the lack of auxiliary warships, so we need to keep a distance as much as possible, with accurate long-range shooting against the enemy ships, and at the same time we also need to constantly change positions when necessary, in a word, we are running and fighting, the opponent's firepower is superior, once we enter the effective range of the opponent, even the 10-inch 50L gun will cause us a lot of damage. So I hope that the Longwei will closely follow the flagship. Lin Yongsheng repeatedly emphasized battlefield discipline before the war,

The two fleets traveled opposite each other at high speed, the sum of the speeds reached more than 40 knots, and the distance of dozens of nautical miles was only about 1 hour's journey, just 40 minutes after Lin Yongsheng received Lin Yingqi's telegram, columns of smoke appeared in the distance, and gradually became clear, 10 minutes later, Lin Yongsheng could already clearly see the opponent's fleet with a telescope. At the same time, Essen also discovered Lin Yongsheng, who himself looked at the two slender warships.

"Battlecruisers? True to its name, the slender ship was the same as the cruiser, but it was equipped with enough firepower to make the battleship fearful! "I hope they're two lightly armored infantry with heavy hammers, and I'd love to make this my first victory." ”

"Prepare to take on the enemy! Start shooting at 11KM distance! Lin Yongsheng calmly looked at the three capital ships in the distance, there was no trace of emotional fluctuations in his words, although the enemy was strong, but in Lin Yongsheng's view, this time the situation would not be worse than the situation when Xu Jie and himself commanded 3 5000-ton light cruisers and 5 cruisers of the Japanese in the East China Sea!

"Although I am not as good as Jishi, if I want to eat Lao Tzu just by relying on the three warships on the opposite side, then I must be prepared to break a few teeth!" Looking at the three warships rushing over like vicious wolves in the distance, a sneer appeared on the corner of Lin Yongsheng's mouth, both sides of this war are bound to win!

"15KM AWAY? Get ready to turn. Looking at the data from the fire control group, Lin Yongsheng decisively ordered the fleet to turn and seize the T-shaped crosshead, the two battleships Longxu and Longwei successively took a U-shaped track on the blue sea, and at the moment when the hull came to the side, the two battleships had a total of 16 12-inch guns slowly turned to each other, and the rangefinders of the two battleships locked on the flagship of the Russian fleet at the same time, Peter the Great!

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