The Russo-Japanese War was an imperialist war fought between Japan and Russia in the land of Northeast China in order to occupy Northeast China and Korea. Historically, the Russo-Japanese War led to Japan's military superiority in Northeast Asia and the right to garrison troops in Korea and Northeast China, which hindered Russia's expansion in the Far East.

Regardless of which side won the Russo-Japanese War, it did not benefit the Qing government in any way. After Japan replaced the Russian garrison in the northeast, it extended its claws into the land of China. It was from the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War that the Japanese became a major problem for the Chinese people, occupying most of China during the Anti-Japanese War.

The two tigers of Japan and Russia compete for food, as a Chinese, Chen Hao certainly hopes that they will fight and lose, and it is best to keep fighting. How to make the Russo-Japanese War last longer, is it possible to change the original plot of the Russo-Japanese War? The battleship docked at Yingkou made Chen Hao vaguely grasp something, and once again had the idea of changing the plot mission.

Historically, during the Russo-Japanese War, there were battles such as the Liaodong Landing Battle, the Battle of the Brigade Battle, the Battle of Liaoyang, the Battle of Shahe, the Battle of Mukden and the Battle of Tsushima. The only way to change the plot mission and make the Russo-Japanese War last longer is to help Russia and pull the Russians in key battles.

The key battles between Japan and Russia were the Battle of the Brigade, the Battle of Mukden, and the Battle of Tsushima, and it was possible to change any of these three battles to prevent the Russians from surrendering so soon.

The first was the battle for the brigade, as long as the brigade was in the hands of the Russians, the Russian fleet could threaten the sea lines of communication of the Japanese troops landing in the northeast at any time. Without occupying Luda, the Japanese army could not conduct large-scale ground operations in the northeast, so in history, the Japanese army first tried to blockade the Russian fleet at Luda, and after the failure, it actively prepared for a second attack, and finally took the strong fortress of Luda at the cost of 60,000 people.

This was followed by the Battle of Mukden, the fall of the brigade and the annihilation of the main forces of the Russian Pacific Fleet. To enable Japan to gain complete naval supremacy before the arrival of the Russian European fleet. The Japanese side tried its best to take advantage of this favorable situation and wanted to encircle and annihilate the Russian army in the northeast and end the war in the Mukden area. The Japanese high command quickly transferred the 3rd Army to Mukden, and at the same time the newly formed 5th Army also marched towards Mukden. By mid-February 1905, the Japanese army in the Mukden area had gathered 270,000 men from five armies, 1,082 guns, and 200 machine guns on a front of more than 100 kilometers.

The Battle of Mukden was the last and largest battle of the Russo-Japanese War. In total, the Russian army lost nearly 120,000 people, and the Japanese army lost about 70,000 people. After the battle, the tsarist government was still unwilling to accept defeat and continued to increase troops to the Far East, while pinning its hopes on the 2nd Pacific Fleet, which was transferred eastward from European waters, and later the Battle of Tsushima took place between the two sides.

In the Battle of Tsushima, the Russian fleet, which had traveled thousands of miles from Europe to the Far East to help in the war, was completely annihilated, and the Russo-Japanese War ended.

Of the three battles that decided the course of the Russo-Japanese War, the Battle of the Brigade and the Battle of Mukden were both land battles, and both sides suffered heavy losses. Changing the course of these two campaigns will require a significant investment of troops. And he will also suffer heavy losses, although Chen Hao may call on a large number of players to participate after the death of the drunken dream, but he is not willing to fight the Japanese for Russia, so he has never had the idea of participating in the Russo-Japanese War before.

If Chen Hao's plan to seize warships could be perfectly realized, with one battleship, seven cruisers, and ten destroyers, he would have the ability to change the outcome of the Battle of Tsushima. There were many reasons for the defeat of the Russian Navy at the Battle of Tsushima, but whatever the reason, another fleet was suddenly added during the battle, and it was impossible for the Japanese to achieve a complete victory as they did in history.

The beginning of the Russo-Japanese War. The tsarist government decided to transfer ships from the Baltic Fleet and the Black Sea Fleet to form the "2nd Pacific Fleet" and send it to the Far East for reinforcements. This mixed fleet has 38 major warships of various types. There are about 20 auxiliary ships, organized into two groups, under the unified command of Vice Admiral Rozhdestwinsky.

This hastily cobbled together fleet, some of which went to sea before it was fully built, was installed as it sailed. The technical and tactical level of officers and men is low, and some even lack basic training. Communication and liaison relied on German-made radios, and German technicians were useless when they left the radio. The contradictions between the officers and men were deep, their morale was low, and in particular, the sailors of the Black Sea Fleet were very dissatisfied with the influence of revolutionary ideas.

The 2nd Pacific Fleet was scheduled to depart in mid-July 1904, but preparations could not keep up. Departure postponed to mid-October. The route is scheduled to run 30,000 kilometers from the Baltic Sea through the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa to Vladivostok, with no supply base in between.

According to international law, warships of belligerent countries were not allowed to anchor in neutral ports, and this provision caused great difficulties for the Russian fleet. At the time of the departure of the fleet, due to a series of victories of the Japanese army, there was a serious epidemic of sunphobia among the Russian army, almost to the point of being full of soldiers.

In the Russian fleet, it was rumored that the Japanese secret fleet had arrived in the waters of Northern Europe, and in this atmosphere, the officers and men were nervous, and many big jokes were made in the early days of the fleet's voyage, which were rare in naval history. When they saw a foreign ship, they thought it was the Japanese fleet and immediately opened fire blindly, and even the Russian ships that were far away had a misunderstanding and opened fire on each other.

In October, the Russian fleet sank and damaged British fishing boats in the North Sea, causing an international turmoil, and the British government, which was allied with Japan, used this to pressure neutral countries not to provide convenience to the Russian fleet. In order to solve the fuel problem, the Russian fleet had to refuel coal at sea, and installed as much coal as possible when it had the opportunity, so that all open spaces such as decks, engine rooms, baths, and officers' bedrooms were piled up with coal, which not only reduced the speed but also affected work and hygiene, and the soldiers suffered greatly when passing through the equatorial seas, and the non-combat attrition was serious.

On April 8, 1905, Rozhdestvinsky led the fleet to Singapore, and the Admiralty ordered him to go to Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam, where he would wait for the 3rd Pacific Fleet under Nebogatov to rendezvous, then go north to defeat the Japanese fleet and reach Vladivostok.

The entry of Rozhdestwinsky's fleet into Cam Ranh Bay caused a strong protest from the Japanese government, and the French naval authorities were forced to order the Russian ship to leave the country. On May 9, 1905, the 2nd and 3rd Pacific fleets could only rendezvous at sea, with the combined fleet under the command of Rozhdestvinsky and Foksam as deputy commander.

In the course of the eastward transfer of the Russian fleet, the Japanese Togo fleet made full preparations for the battle. First of all, the ship was repaired and maintained, and the sailors were given leave to recuperate. Beginning in February, all personnel of the Navy returned to the unit for intensive training exercises.

Heihachiro Togo judged that the Russian fleet was most likely to pass through the Korean Strait and take the shortest route to Vladivostok, so the main forces of the Japanese fleet assembled near the Tsushima Strait and the coast of Japan and waited. At the same time, mines were laid in some of the sea lanes through which the Russian fleet might pass, and surveillance was organized, forming a huge forecasting network with a depth of more than 225 kilometers.

After 220 days of sailing, the Russian fleet was very tired and at the same time did not pay attention to reconnaissance, knew nothing about the enemy's situation and had no battle plan, and the captains only knew that they would concentrate their firepower on the enemy's flagship and flee in the direction of Vladivostok, and the failure was understandable.

It was not surprising that Chen Hao had the idea of changing the course of the Russo-Japanese War, this war was a battle in which the Japanese blocked the fortunes of the country, so it was impossible for the Japanese to surrender easily. Even if he had changed the outcome of the Battle of Tsushima, Japan would have won most of the time, but Japan would have to pay more time and a greater price.

Chen Hao has the ability to change the Battle of Tsushima, first of all, if his plan succeeds, Japan will lose one battleship and two cruisers, and Togo Heihachiro, who commanded the Battle of Tsushima, may also be finished. Secondly, after Chen Hao snatched the warship and went to the South Seas, he wanted to occupy an excellent military port, and he could take the initiative to contact and provide supplies for the Russian fleet on the way, so as to enhance the combat effectiveness of the Russian fleet.

The Russian fleet surpassed Japan in numbers, and if it was rested and maintained in the South Seas, the Russian fleet would not necessarily lose even if Chen Hao did not send warships to the battle. The Russians have been adrift at sea for a long time, and their commander Rozhdestwinsky will definitely be grateful for Chen Hao's help as long as he is not a fool.

If the outcome of the Battle of Tsushima had changed, and then Japan would have won the land battle and the Russians had won the naval battle, the battle would have definitely lasted much longer. This was an opportunity to change the Russo-Japanese War, and if Chen Hao really changed this historical plot, its significance would be far greater than his great victory in the Northeast during the Gengzi Incident.

Chen Hao also had the advantage of helping the Russian fleet, that is, he would have a landing in the naval base in the South Seas. Nanyang has many excellent deep-water harbors, but they have not yet been developed in this era, and Chen Hao still needs experts and drawings to build his own naval base.

Since France was an ally of Tsarist Russia in the Russo-Japanese War, but France did not have much influence in the Far East, it let the Second Pacific Fleet of Tsarist Russia rest and refuel in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. Hundreds of warships of the Russian fleet once gathered in Cam Ranh Bay, and Cam Ranh Bay was the first to be used as a large military port, but due to the British protest that the Russians could not rest in Cam Ranh Bay, they could only meet at sea.

France was weak in the Far East, and it was not until 1935 that a naval base was built in Cam Ranh Bay, so Cam Ranh Bay is of little value in the eyes of the French today. In order to allow the Russian fleet to be replenished in the South Seas, Chen Hao offered to help the Russians, and maybe he could get the right to use Cam Ranh Bay.

Chen Hao would not come forward in person, he would send his Russians to pretend to be pirates to negotiate with the French authorities in Vietnam, and let the French lie that Cam Ranh Bay was occupied by pirates. France was weak in the Far East, and after Cam Ranh Bay was occupied by pirates, they were willing to let the Russians resupply, and the British could not find a reason to be furious.

Since it was the Russians who came forward at the beginning, the French would only think that the Russian pirates wanted to help the Motherland fleet, and would not be defensive. After temporarily taking Cam Ranh Bay into his hands, Chen Hao will let the Russians come forward in the future, even if the French find out about it, he will not be afraid of the French Far East Navy with a fleet in his hand. (To be continued......)