The Russians bought these two ships out of Beiyang's expectations, and the Russians bought the Prince, Xu Jie understands very well, after all, the combat effectiveness of this ship is still there! And the Dongfang was indeed unexpected by Xu Jie, first in Xu Jie's eyes, the Dongfang itself had very low combat effectiveness, and it was not suitable to participate in the decisive battle on the battle line at all. 89 Secondly, the Russians did a covert job, from Europe to the Far East, the Vostok was carried with the French flag and the French navy accompanied the ship, which on the surface was just a change of guard for a warship. Coupled with the cover of the French, the ship came to the Far East so easily, of course, did not enter the territorial waters of the Qing State, and has been nesting in Vietnam. It was not until the Beiyang Fleet returned to port for refurbishment that the ship came out.

As for Russia's purchase of Chilean protective cruisers, this was determined on the eve of the war! It was very hasty, and Beiyang didn't pay much attention to countries like Chile that couldn't be beaten with eight poles, so this battleship crossed the entire Pacific Ocean from Zhili, and Beiyang didn't care too much. Of course, even if you care, it's useless. Chile is too far away from the Qing Dynasty, and there is very little trade between the two countries, and there is no place for economic sanctions! If you want to intercept it, the vast Pacific Ocean is too wide to think about. So the protective cruiser, named Tatar, also came to the Far East without any problems!

As a result, these two warships, which were supposed to deal with the North Seas, came belatedly after the Russian Navy was heavily damaged. It's not okay to fight the Beiyang Fleet, but it doesn't mean that you can't do anything else, no, as soon as these two battleships came back, they just caught up with the Japanese Navy, and they didn't even return to Muroran Port, so they joined the strangulation of the Japanese Navy halfway!

At this time, the situation is already quite serious for Japan! Japan's two armored cruisers are operating off the southern coast of Japan, and they will face the encirclement and suppression of the three warships Taishi, the Russian and the Vostok, in addition to several auxiliary cruisers to scout and break up diplomatic relations! Needless to say, the Prince and the Russian are naturally super powerful, as long as the two 10,000-ton warships bite each other, the Japanese fleet can only pray for their Aunt Amaterasu's blessing!

And the combat effectiveness of the Vostok is really not strong, and it can't even be defeated alone. But it's at high speed, and they have a secret weapon - the French flag! One can imagine if two Japanese cruisers were unknowingly targeted by the Vostok, where a steady stream of intelligence would have been transmitted to Essen. Guide the Prince and the Russian to encircle and suppress the Japanese fleet, and at the critical moment, the Russian battleship flying the French flag suddenly opened fire, and the Japanese fleet was in a desperate situation! You can't beat it, even if you run. There is also a fast battleship with a speed of up to 22 knots to intercept!

If the Japanese are after learning about this situation. If you can avoid the war, it doesn't matter, hiding in a port with n mine arrays, the Russians really can't do anything with the Japanese fleet. The terrible thing is that the Japanese fleet did not know that the Russian fleet was about to encircle and suppress itself! I don't know that there is a Russian ship in French skin that is staring at itself somewhere! The strength is not as good as the opponent. The perception of the battlefield is also inferior to that of the opponent, after all, the Russian auxiliary cruisers are much better than the Japanese camouflaged assault ships. In addition, they are all equipped with radios, and the advantages in reconnaissance are too obvious!

What is even more terrifying is that even if the Japanese fleet knew about the attempts of the Russians, it would have to attack itself! Because sea lines of communication are also the lifeblood of the Japanese! When the dagger of the Russians stabbed the main artery of Japan. The Japanese Navy had no choice, and even if it desperately had to ensure the smooth flow of sea lines of communication. With limited reserves at home and without the aid of the British, why did Japan continue the war? Therefore, before the Beiyang re-enters the Japanese coastal waters, the Japanese Navy must assume its responsibilities.

In the waters south of Japan, the Japanese fleet faced encirclement and suppression by several auxiliary cruisers and three capital ships, and in the Sea of Japan, the pressure on the Japanese was also very high. The ships that carry out missions in the Sea of Japan are all improvised improvements by merchant ships. There was no cover from any regular capital ships. In front of the auxiliary cruisers sent by the Russians, these cannon-loaded merchant ships were at an absolute disadvantage. What's even more terrifying is that a fast cruiser specially purchased from Chile, the Tatar protective cruiser, has been secretly put into the battlefield! Don't look at this battleship as it doesn't play much of a role in the decisive battle, but thanks to its high speed and dense sideline artillery, this battleship has become an out-and-out raider killer! The firepower of the 2 8-inch guns and 5 6-inch guns on the side chord is powerful enough to tear a merchant ship to shreds in a short time, and the high speed of the Gundam is enough to hunt down any raider ship that comes into view!

That's it. Vice Admiral Makanov's vast net was spread across the western Pacific and the Sea of Japan, and gradually tightened over time, starting with Russian raiders active off the southern coast of Japan, who needed to take the initiative to attack the Japanese convoy. And to attract the attention of the Japanese Navy. Soon, the Japanese government found that its merchant fleet had inexplicably lost contact. At its peak, three merchant ships with a gross tonnage of 14,000 tons were lost in a single day. Along with thousands of tons of munitions and supplies above, it was swallowed up by the Pacific Ocean. Among them were also the 12-pounder guns and 4 large-caliber siege mortars that the Japanese urgently needed!

The next day, the landing ground behind enemy lines, which Beiyang had easily helped the Japanese Army to shoot, was attacked by unknown warships. Hundreds of tons of supplies and equipment piled up at the port were blown to pieces. Even the Japanese troops with a company were swept away by the rain of bullets. And this is just an appetizer, while shelling the landing site, another warship is laying mines at the fairway, completely blocking the access to follow-up supplies, which means that in a short time the Japanese landing force will not be able to get any supplies!

Thousands of Army troops are trapped behind enemy lines, and their lives hang by a thread! Such a situation made the Japanese government completely unable to sit still, and strictly ordered the main force of the Japanese navy to quickly attack and clear away the enemy ships near the landing site. After receiving the order, Akiyama Shinyuki and Uemura Hikonosei felt that the situation was not good at the same time, although from the intelligence analysis, the other side did not have the main fleet. But Akiyama Shinyuki still felt that the Russian capital ships were already waiting for him somewhere! Now that the Sea of Japan is relatively calm, but there are accidents in the Pacific Ocean one after another, I don't understand that this tells the Japanese that Russia is ready to fight in the Pacific Ocean again? So, although Akiyama Shinyuki went out with the fleet, he didn't run directly to the place of the incident, but wandered around the sea, as for the army? The book has been a lot of land and sea disputes since the founding of the army.,What about the death and life of the army's horse manure in charge of the navy? One of its own ships is worth more than a wing of the Japanese Army! Coupled with the fact that his brother is not on the battlefield, Akiyama is even less worried, he needs to wait, he needs to judge the location of the Russian capital ship and then decide whether to save it! If the Russians are waiting for him at the landing site, even if they go, it will only become someone else's record!

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