War is dynamic, and any change in the smile will change the situation of war. Although the Qing navy and army fought quite well in the more than one month since the start of the war, they not only annihilated the Oshima Yoshima Brigade on land, but also pushed the battle line to the front line of Seoul. A large number of reinforcements continued to drive from China to the front, making the Qing army's troops on the front line in Korea reach more than 20,000 people, including not only the old army, but also 7 battalions of the new army. With the contraction of the Japanese navy, the Beiyang side also began to use small boats along the coastline to provide supplies for the Korean garrison. Whether it is the strength of troops or logistical support, the Qing army has been greatly improved compared with before the war. In terms of the navy, the three warships of Jiyuan and Hailong and Haihu, which participated in the war, have been basically repaired, and Zhiyuan is still repaired in the dock because it was too badly damaged. The Zhenhai ships of the Nanyang Naval Division have already joined the Beiyang battle sequence, and the combat power level of the Beiyang Fleet can be said to have exceeded the state before the war. And because of the winning streak, morale is high. You can play at any time. On the surface, the Beiyang-shaped shì is a good one, and a good hand of good cards depends on how to play.

But in reality? Not necessarily. Although the Japanese army suffered repeated setbacks in the previous stage, as the whole of Japan moved to a state of combat readiness, the Japanese navy and army, supported by the national strength of one country, were gradually recovering from the initial blows of the war, and although the Japanese navy was reduced to the area around the Korean Strait, it was able to ensure absolute security from Nagasaki to the port of Busan. And with the addition of the Kurama in the guerrilla fleet and the completion of the repair work on the Yoshino, the Japanese fleet finally had a fast and reliable cruiser formation. Although the guerrilla formation was still slower than the Beiyang Rapid Fleet in terms of speed, the Japanese cruiser formation had an absolute advantage in a head-to-head battle. Therefore, under the leadership of Tsuboi Kozo, the five cruisers of the fast fleet quickly headed south, clearing the attack ships along the way and looking for the Beiyang fast fleet to prepare for a decisive battle. As for the army, although the destruction of the Oshima Yoshimasa Brigade and the loss of a brigade that sank to the bottom of the sea along with the transport ship had a great impact on the Japanese Army, these losses were not considered to be painful for the Japanese Army, which had more than 100,000 troops and a corresponding number of reservists, and with the full development of the naval fleet, the efficiency of the attack ships would inevitably decline greatly, and in the waters east of Japan, the only Beiyang fast fleet that could deal with the Japanese guerrilla fleet was the only one because of the long-term high-intensity operation. Whether it is the state of the battleship or the personnel, there will be a great decline, in this case, Xu Jie's guiding ideology can only be based on hide and seek, and avoid a head-to-head confrontation, after all, the other party has an absolute advantage in tonnage and armament, and in naval warfare, no one can guarantee that the battleship will not be slowed down, in this case, once a battleship is damaged and slowed down, it means losses. Therefore, in the first stage, the Japanese army seemed to suffer huge losses, but in fact it did not suffer a fatal blow, and after becoming familiar with the opponent's tactics and adjusting the strategy, the Japanese army was still stronger than the Beiyang Second Marine and Land Division, and more importantly, the third-party forces had intervened in the Qing-Japanese War!

As a pawn in Russia's expansion into the Far East, Japan's first phase of the table made the Russian government quite dissatisfied. Japan's easy defeat of the Qing Dynasty was naturally not something the Russians wanted to see, after all, in the eyes of the Russians, their allies could not be too strong. But if it is defeated by the Qing State in this way, it is not even what the Russians want to see, Russia has provided Japan with a lot of money, equipment and technology, if Japan fails, it not only means that the huge investment will be lost, but also means that Japan, a chess piece, will lose its role, a heavy loss, debt-ridden Japan simply does not even have the ability to be a chess piece, and before the construction of the Far Eastern Railway, the Russians are still a little powerless against this behemoth of the Qing State. Just when Russia was going to do it himself, it found that there were only a handful of ports for Russian cruiser formations to dock on the long journey from the Baltic Sea to the Far East. And Britain, as a quasi-ally of the Qing State, naturally will not provide ports to the Russians, and the French are not willing to let the Russians have too much space in the Far East, because France also intends to draw Russia against Germany, so it naturally wants to focus Russia's attention on Europe, so it will not help, as for Germany? Not to mention that Germany does not have many overseas colonies, just for the real money that Lao Li gives to the Krupp factory every year, Germany cannot let the Russians go lightly. However, the fact that the Russian fleet will not be able to pass for a while does not mean that Russia will not be able to help Japan in the Far East, you must know that Russia still has many ships in the Far East, and the biggest problem of Japan's cross-sea operations is the problem of supply lines, and Russian ships have transported a lot of supplies for Japan through the Sea of Japan, although Peng Haifeng and Xu Jie do not mind detaining ships with Russian flags. But you have to look at the place, in the closed sea area of the Sea of Japan, no one dares to enter lightly when the opponent's navy has the advantage, except for a few attack ships that have entered the Sea of Japan at the beginning of the war, after the Japanese fleet has launched an escort, especially after the guerrilla fleet has entered the East China Sea, entering the Sea of Japan to play sabotage is simply looking for death, and the Korean Strait at the west entrance is blocked by the Japanese Combined Fleet itself, and the guerrilla fleet is blocked through the Light Strait, then there is no way to run away. With the help of the Russians, in the next half a month, the Japanese army transported the strength of the entire two divisions to the Korean mainland, which meant that the balance of the land battle was once again tilted in favor of the Japanese army. …,

However, for Beiyang, it is not all good news, at least for Li Hongzhang, Xu Jie, these Beiyang high-level executives, this is just the darkness before dawn, as long as you can delay the time, and wait until the return of the Lang Weili fleet, which qiē will be reversed! The Beiyang Rapid Fleet, which has greatly increased its combat effectiveness, will be able to break through the blockade of the Japanese guerrilla fleet, join up with the Beiyang Fleet, and then take the initiative to find the main Japanese fleet for a decisive battle. As long as the sea route is victorious, then the defeat of the Japanese army is only a matter of time, of course, it is not only the Beiyang that is in a hurry, the appearance of the Russian cruiser fleet is also a sword of Damocles hanging over the head of the Beiyang, if the Beiyang Fleet did not destroy the Japanese fleet before the Russians came to the Far East, then once Russia and Japan join forces, the chances of the Beiyang will be very slim. Although Xu Jie is not sure whether the Russians will really join forces with the Japanese navy, it does not hurt to think about the situation worse in this war that is related to the fortunes of the country. However, another question is that during this period of time, the Beiyang Navy can certainly rely on the protection of Port Arthur to be safe and sound, and Xu Jie's fast fleet can also rely on high speed to maneuver with opponents, but what about the army? There are still some parts of the new troops in Liangguang and Taiwan that have not been transported, and the largest heavy army cluster in Beiyang is divided into two parts, one is Lushun and the other is Korea. From the current point of view, Lao Li was encouraged by the victory in the previous stage of the battle, and still planned to make preparations outside the enemy and the country, and the number of North Korean troops would increase. In this way, Xu Jie was afraid that once the North Korean troops could not hold on and there was a rout, the troops left behind in Lushun would be very short. This directly disrupted the original layout. For now, there are only two ways to do this, one is to evacuate part of the army by sea when the army is not supported, and the other is to continue to transfer troops from the south. However, the premise of these two methods is still the mastery of sea dominance, and the key to Yiqiē is whether the Luang Weili fleet can return in time!!

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