The retreat speed of the Huaxia Navy was much lower than the Russians' estimates, although the Ninghai was not seriously damaged, and the power was basically still in the water. But in order to confuse the Russians, the speed at which the Huaxia Navy began to retreat was only about 7 knots, and they wanted the Russians to believe that the Huaxia team had been heavily damaged, and the speed was extremely slow, as long as the Russians wanted to chase, they could catch up! At the same time, the Chinese fleet is also waiting, waiting for the Russians to sweep away the minefield just laid by the Chinese Navy and then chase it out!

Four hours after the evacuation of the Chinese Navy, a submarine in charge of reconnaissance spotted the Russian avant-garde fleet sailing out of the port of Batavia and opened a cordon, and then the submarine radioed the information to the Longxing, the flagship of the Chinese Navy. The Russians have already taken the bait, so it's time for the big drama to get ready to begin. However, before the two sides can fight, the Chinese Navy needs to lure the Russians further!

At this time, in addition to this main fleet, the camouflaged fleet codenamed Misty had also reached the designated position, and their position would be in the northeast direction of the former dreadnought fleet, the purpose of which was to make the Russians think that they had found the position of the main force of the "Chinese Fleet", so as to cover the main force of the Chinese Fleet to make a detour to the rear of the other side. At the same time, in order to ensure communication between fleets, the Huaxia Navy also specially arranged a land relay station to ensure the smooth flow of radio communications.

With the Longxing raising a series of command flags, the reorganization of the Huaxia Navy began, and Yang Yonglin commanded 4 battleship squads and most of the auxiliary warships to prepare for the turn, respectively, Liu Buchan's Longxing-class battleships and Lin Taizeng's Longquan-class battleships. Ye Zusi, Deng Shichang's Longtai-class fast battleships, and Lin Yongsheng's Longxu-class battlecruiser detachment. These 9 warships will be planned to turn to outflank the main Russian fleet under the cover of night.

The former dreadnoughts tasked with luring the enemy will be Cheng Biguang's Ninghai-class battleship formation and Liu Guanxiong's armored cruiser formation, which will join up with the German battleship Scharnhorst to resist Essen's fast fleet, and hold off the opponent to buy time for the main fleet to detour and attack. And in concrete battles. Liu Guanxiong is subordinate to Cheng Biguang, but he has a certain flexibility, after all, Cheng Biguang's Ninghai-class battleships can compete with the Russians' Peter the Great-class fast battleships. However, Liu Guanxiong's outfit cruiser is difficult to distinguish from the Russian-Dutch armored cruisers. So in order to reduce losses, Liu Guanxiong has a certain degree of autonomy and can dispose of it when necessary.

The huge Huaxia fleet gradually split into two routes, and the main fleet led by Yang Yonglin began to move northwest and then south. And Cheng Biguang's fleet will continue to sail in the direction of Ma Chen. After two hours of separation of the fleet, the armored cruiser Scharnhorst, flying the Huaxia military flag, finally joined Liu Guanxiong. "I am proud and proud to have participated in the largest naval battle ever held in the world. I hope that our army can witness the arrival of a great moment together with your army! "After Liu Guanxiong boarded the Scharnhorst. Count Spee said to him.

At the same time, the Russian-Dutch navy also began to catch up with the Chinese navy at a speed of 15 knots. The Essen fleet set out first, searching and advancing 25 nautical miles in front of the main fleet. The main fleet led by Makanov followed behind, because he did not know which route the Huaxia Navy took to the ground, so Essen directly chose the nearest route to Machen Port, and deployed a large number of fast reconnaissance ships in front of the main force of the avant-garde fleet.

On that day when the sun goes down. A Russian light cruiser finally spotted the faltering Chinese pre-dreadnought fleet. The other light cruiser discovered the Misty Fleet on the mission of luring the enemy, but because of the approaching darkness, Essen gave up the idea of engagement, after all, if fighting at night, a torpedo boat would pose a threat to the capital ship, and there was no need for the Russian fleet to risk being struck by lightning and fighting at night with the opponent. At the same time, because of the problem of light and vision, the Russian avant-garde fleet did not find that there was an extra capital ship in the Chinese pre-dreadnought fleet!

After receiving the information, Essen began to plan the battle for the next day. The situation was mixed for him, and he was happy that the former dreadnought fleet of the Huaxia Navy had finally been discovered. According to the speed difference between the two fleets, even if the Huaxia fleet was given one night's time, it would be absolutely impossible for them to escape with a speed of about 7 knots! Unless they abandon the Ninghai. The worry is that the main fleet of the Huaxia Navy is nearby, and if they support, I am afraid that they will have to choose to retreat. After some consideration, Essen decided to report the situation to Makanov, and he decided whether to engage or not based on the situation on the battlefield the next day.

The Russians were waiting for dawn and waiting for the decisive battle the next day, while Yang Yonglin quickly went around to the rear of the main force of the Russian Navy at night, preparing to outflank Makanov the next day! Before the Essen fleet discovered the Huaxia fleet, the submarine formation deployed near the route had already spotted the Essen fleet that was pursuing at high speed, and then the submarine spotted billowing smoke rising from the sea level in the distance, although it did not see the ship's shadow. However, according to the situation at sea at that time, the submarine captain still determined the location of the main force of the Russian Navy and sent a report at the first time.

When Yang Yonglin learned the approximate location of the Russian fleet, he immediately adjusted the course. After all, it is very difficult to determine the specific position of the opposing warship at night, especially after the implementation of light control, it is difficult for both sides to detect each other, even if it is close to within 8KM, it is difficult to find a low-speed fleet. Therefore, it is almost certain that the follower will lose it, and the tracker can only delay the time of the follow-up as much as possible. During the Battle of Tsushima on Xu Jie's plane, it took a lot of effort to find that the Russian fleet was now in the vast sea when Japan concluded that the Russians were going to go through Tsushima or the Korean Strait. The Russians can only be sure that the other party will go in the direction of Machen, but the specific way to go, the Russians are not clear, the same situation applies to the Huaxia Navy, after dawn, the Huaxia Navy needs to reposition the Russian fleet!

When the sun rose again, the Chinese Navy and the Russian Navy began their search operations at the same time. In order to prevent the Russian Navy from "not being able to find" itself, the route of the Chinese former dreadnought fleet has not changed significantly, and the great war in which the entire battle is going is about to begin. The Huaxia Navy also hoped to exchange fire as soon as possible, and determined the location of the Essen fleet, which meant that Makanov's main fleet was also nearby, which was also very helpful in determining the location of the Russian main fleet.

Last night, the two fleets of China were constantly exchanging telegrams to determine the positions of the two sides. At 7 o'clock, the armored cruiser Arthur, the stern battleship of the former Chinese dreadnought, spotted the smoke column of the Essen fleet, and according to estimates, the distance between the two sides was about 10 nautical miles. At this time, the main fleet of China did not discover the location of the main fleet of Russia. Although Cheng Biguang sent the information out of the city as soon as possible, according to estimates, it would be good if the Huaxia Navy could discover the Russian Navy within 1 hour! In other words, Cheng Biguang and Liu Guanxiong must first fight alone for one to two hours before they can get support!

At the same time that the Lushun discovered the Essen fleet, the Essen fleet also discovered the Huaxia fleet, and he was very satisfied that he was able to relocate the other party so quickly. However, at this time, Essen did not immediately attack, because he was not sure whether the Huaxia fleet was waiting for him around, and yesterday he found that the "Huaxia main fleet" disappeared today, which made him feel very uneasy, so his first order was not to attack, but to order the reconnaissance ship to expand the range to determine the surrounding situation. And this cost Essen some time.

After receiving Cheng Biguang's telegram, Yang Yonglin's main fleet also began to expand the search range, and all warships began to use heavy oil as the main fuel, reducing the smoke displacement and reducing the probability of being discovered as much as possible. Yang Yonglin and others drew a 30-nautical-mile circle around the Essen fleet as the search range, and Yang Yonglin sent almost all the reconnaissance forces, lightning strike ships, light cruisers, and submarines.

Half an hour later, a light cruiser spotted a thick plume of smoke, and after double-checking the charts, the captain of the light cruiser found that its position did not correspond to the fleet in Essen. Closer to the ground, a huge fleet of more than twenty warships of various types sailed on the blue sea.

"Discover the Makanov main fleet, area No. 7, 22 nautical miles from our main fleet, heading 15 degrees east-north. The speed is about 14 knots. Repeating, the main fleet of Makanov was found. Soon, a telegram indicating an urgent telegram was sent to Yang Yonglin. At the moment when he received the telegram, Yang Yonglin was relieved. The Russian fleet was finally all discovered, and although it would take a little longer to catch up with Makanov, it was still being planned. All the layouts are complete, now it's up to you to see if you can do it.

Then a telegram was sent from the Longxing, and 2 minutes later, Cheng Biguang also received this crucial telegram. The content is very simple: "Our main fleet will exchange fire with the Makanov fleet within 2 hours, I hope you will take care." The meaning of this telegram is very clear, that is, let Cheng Biguang hold on for at least two hours. Cheng Biguang looked at the Russian fleet that was speeding up and ordered: "Prepare to turn to raise the battle flag!" "The Chinese former dreadnought fleet drew a huge U-shape on the sea and approached the Russian fleet, and the iron chain that originally connected the Ninghai and the towing ship Jinghai was also severed. A fleet of 3 battleships and 6 armored cruisers of the former dreadnought flotilla of the Chinese Navy rushed to the Russian fleet with their light cruisers and torpedo boats.

At this time, Essen finally saw a hint from the other party's performance, and a bad premonition rose in his heart, but at this time, the former dreadnought fleet of the Huaxia Navy had increased from about 9 knots to 15 knots! Originally, the distance between the two sides was only less than 10 nautical miles, but by the time Essen found out that the other side was preparing to fight, the distance between the two sides had been shortened to 7 nautical miles! If Essen ordered a turn at this time, it would be equivalent to letting the entire fleet walk in front of the 18 12-inch guns of the Huaxia Navy! When you turn to the start, and then consider the speed of the opponent, the Russian fleet will quickly enter the effective range of the opponent, and at this distance, the strike efficiency of the Russian warships is too low! Essen needs to make a choice!

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