Xu Jie is still very satisfied with what Scheer did, not only because of the large amount of money brought by the Germans and the goodwill released, but more importantly, Jericho, the Englishman who was placed in Beiyang's eyeliner, understood the fact that it is impossible to control this big country in the Far East as before, what the British can provide, Germany and Italy can provide, the British are gone, and others will come! China would not influence the situation in Europe, nor would it be concerned about the power of Britain in the Far East. (Well, at least until it really develops, there will be no thought before the official start of the 1st World War) But if the British want to continue to control this great power, it will not work!

Xu Jie is not worried that the British will turn around to help the Russians, if someone in the British Parliament dares to put forward such an opinion at this time, it is estimated that he will be invited to tea by the people of the Scottish factory the next day, right? As for the reason, it's simple. Russian espionage plus endangering national security! The British and the French did not deal with each other, at least until 1905, the British and the Russians did not deal with each other, and the union of the two countries that did not deal with the British and the British made the British feel a lot of pressure! Everything has priorities, so the British will not give up Beiyang, and the British also know that it will be a very long process to make a poor and weak country really rise, especially a country like the Qing State that lacks blood! If Britain had supported Japan and Russia after the defeat, it would have been able to slow down the rise of the country! But that's all for later, the first focus in the Far East at present is to get Russia down!

However, after a round of rhetoric, Jericho and Scheer were clearly no longer suitable to discuss the question of the navy. So Xu Jie had to consider the main body of the plan by himself, but before that, Xu Jie still asked Jericho to contact the British government, hoping that the British government would help Beiyang persuade the Japanese to participate in this plan, after all, without the cooperation of the Japanese Army, the scheming Makanov may not be fooled! And how to attack the Russian fleet without letting the Japanese lose too much. This must be Xu Jie's opinion.

The greatest casualties in the landing battle came from the battle for the beachhead. However, this time the Japanese had good luck and would not leave too much blood on the beachhead, and Maozi's troops were really a little stretched. At least until the army was brought in from the mainland. Second, in the face of the attack of hundreds of large and medium-caliber artillery pieces of the entire Beiyang and Nanyang naval divisions, the Russian army without permanent fortresses and a large number of shore artillery is a dish! And the distance is very short, coupled with the suddenness of the attack, the possible damage of this wave of attacks will be very low!

"And then what will Makanov do?" Xu Jie stood in Makanov's position and deduced the possible actions of the other side. After landing behind enemy lines, the Japanese Army must have quickly launched an offensive from behind the Russian positions and blocked possible reinforcements of the Russian army. In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the Japanese Army, the Beiyang Naval Division must ensure the smooth flow of sea lines of communication and the safety of ports, which are the two mission objectives, which means that the fleet must be dispersed from a common sense point of view!

And the dispersal of the fleet gave the Russians the opportunity to attack the forces left behind at the landing site, or they could choose to attack the convoy. In the face of this situation, the Beiyang Fleet had two solutions, the first was to directly kill the port of Muroran after completing the completion of covering the landing of the first batch of Japanese troops, and block the Russian fleet in the port. And the second way is to set up a pocket near the landing site for the Russians to get in on their own!

From a safe point of view, the first method is definitely the best. The Russian fleet must be dispatched, and in general the Russian fleet is slow, as long as it can catch the slow Russian battleships, then the Russians must fight to the death, and the Russian Far Eastern Fleet will not be able to throw away 3 battleships! Based on this inference. Blocking the Russian fleet in the harbor is the best way to do it. But there is a flaw in this plan, that is, what if the Russian fleet is dispatched, but instead of battleships, it is a high-speed cruiser fleet? The Russian fleet still has at least five 20-knot warships at its disposal, and this force is not something that any sub-fleet in the North Ocean can withstand. Moreover, it can be speeded off the pursuit of the Beiyang Fleet, if the other side chooses to evacuate at the beginning of the battle. Then it will be difficult for the Beiyang Fleet to catch up.

What's even more terrifying is that if the other side uses patrolling as bait, and the battleship formation hides somewhere, to have a lure similar to Jutland, what will the Beiyang Fleet do? Once the battleship is damaged, it is necessary to return to Arthur. And it was difficult for the three battleships of the main fleet to arrive in time, after all, the speed was somewhat worse. In this way, the offensive and defensive situation at sea has completely changed! The suppression of the Russian Navy is also self-defeating, as long as 2 or 3 Russian cruisers reach the transport line in the North Ocean, it will be very dangerous!

The second method is a conservative method, just hang around the landing site, and firmly control the situation of this generation through a large number of sentry ships and numerous warships. As for the logistics of the Japanese landing force, this is very simple, first of all, transport the materials to Miyako by land, where is there a port for loading and unloading, and more importantly, from Miyako to the Hachinohe area that can be landed, just such a sea route, the Beiyang Fleet can be completely protected! The entire Beiyang and Oceanic fleets are huddled here and waiting for the Russians, either you knock open the turtle shell and attack the Japanese Army, or you don't come up and watch the Japanese Army take down Jiuji!

There are also drawbacks to this method, how to say that if it is to escort its own army, Beiyang will definitely choose this approach to ensure the safety of the army first, but this is to escort the Japanese! Xu Jie didn't want the Japanese to regain the lost ground happily, if Makanov saw that there was no chance to take advantage of it, and directly broke the jar and smashed the division to kill the communication line to Beiyang, it would be bad! Makanov is finally the tsar, but the tsar is thousands of miles away, and Makanov will not be sent to death!

"What to do when you get to the ground, it's really a problem," Xu Jie was quite sad. To bleed the Japanese, but at the same time not to let the British see that it was to release water, the most important thing is to inflict heavy damage on the Russian battlefleet! It's not too much to say that you want to kill three birds with one stone! The strategic goals are too high, and you can't ask the Russians to cooperate with you! That's it, put forward the suggestion to Yang Yonglin and them at high speed, and then let them discuss it themselves, the deadlock must be broken quickly, and the Russian troops on the mainland must be quickly transferred to Japan! This plan must be implemented, and as for how to implement it, it depends on the opinions of the soldiers ahead!

The next day, Xu Jie's suggestion and strategic plan were sent to Yang Yonglin's flagship, and then, several top officers of the Beiyang and Foreign Ocean fleets began to study secretly. Lang Weili is British, although Yang Yonglin and others admire Lang Weili very much, but they don't dare to let him see Beiyang's plan to harbor evil intentions!

"The task is very serious, the time is very short, let's talk about what to do." Yang Yonglin smiled bitterly, this Xu Jie is really good, and he has given them such a problem!

Judging from the current composition of the Russian fleet, it is very likely that the three fast warships Prince, Russia and Rurik will form a reconnaissance fleet, and the performance of these warships is not weaker than that of our Beiyang patrol, and the speed is fast, and there is no endurance pressure, and there is no problem at all in retreating. And it's hard for us to slow it down. Liu Buyun didn't put forward an opinion, but just inferred according to the convention.

Since this is the case, then Deng continued to follow Zixiang's inference. If the Russians think they understand our reality, then they may have two options, the first option is to attack the landing site by pinning down or bypassing our fleet, then there may not be many troops, but a large amount of supplies and weapons is still very tempting for the Russian fleet. The second option, as written in Lord Xu's telegram, is to lure part of our fleet into pursuit, and then encircle and annihilate us. Deng Shichang pondered for a moment and said.

"If the first scenario is the case, we really hope that the Russian fleet will inflict some losses on the Japanese, but I personally feel that Makanov will most likely choose the second tactic." Yang Yonglin said that it is not difficult to speculate on the other party's possible actions, but the difficult thing is to find out the most likely choice of the other party from various possible options, which is the key! And Yang Yonglin is such a person!

"Look, what is Makanov's purpose? The Tsar's minimum demand for him was to guarantee Russian control over the Japanese occupation zone, and the highest demand was to cut off the Beiyang sea shipping line. If we had only stationed in Japan to ensure Japan's sea transportation lines, then Makanov might have shrunk into a military port and waited for the right time. But if our fleet helps Japan to carry out the landing plan behind enemy lines, then Makanov must act immediately! A mere attack on a few transport ships or shelling a landing site will not have a fundamental impact on the situation. Because in close proximity, Japan is transported by small boats in the near sea, so we call him ant moving. Even the losses will not be too great. Speaking of which, Yang Yonglin was humorous.

"And if you attack on the ground, at most you will destroy some supplies, and if the supply line can't be cut off, this loss is nothing at all. So this circumstance drove Makanov directly to a corner! It will have to fight once with the Beiyang Fleet! Yang Yonglin said categorically.

"But if you fight hard, the Russians have a chance of winning less than 3 percent. It's looking for death. Lin Tai once said.

"The purpose of any army is to serve the strategic situation, and if the total annihilation of the army does not win the slightest turnaround for the whole situation, then the loss is worth it. You can see that if Lord Xu's plan is implemented once it is implemented, then Makanov will have to lose his car and defend the commander, and use a tragic engagement to force the Beiyang Fleet to return to the sea for correction, and in this way, Russia can calmly gesture to Japan, as long as the battle is over, the Russians still have more than 3 cruisers, then they will be enough to suppress the remaining Japanese navy, and master the control of Japan's coastal waters for a period of time! Yang Yonglin pointed out Makanov's choice in one sentence! And the only option.

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