The captain of the Navy is Hirahachiro Togo. Since returning from China, the Navy has attached great importance to his experience of snooping the coast of China alone. After a brief review, although some people questioned that his experience in China might not guarantee absolute loyalty to the Emperor and Japan, Navy Minister Shiki Karayama admired the boldness of Togo. Moreover, the Imperial Navy will accept three new battleships built from France at the end of this year. The country needs such adventurous and naval talents, especially,

The Japanese soldiers generally feared the Qing navy, but in Togo, Huashan did not find such a situation. In addition, Togo has always been famous in the military. With the strong advocacy of Kasu, he had a new comment on Togo and gave him four major ships to choose from - Sanjing and the Langsu cruiser. Togo Hirahachiro chose the relatively small Langsu cruiser to take. This action was also appreciated by the navy. With praise, Togo Hirahachiro originally wanted to say something was also dispelled by the change that surrounded him, which had just been in a positive direction.

The captured Monkey Monk Zhilang was also promoted and won the rank of Navy Major. He served as the commander of the Langsu. In addition to occasionally receiving letters from a person named Yin Ze Yisheng in Tokyo, he would occasionally feel uneasy and frustrated, in normal days, he was very proud. Captain Hirahachiro Togo trusted and valued him very much. Perhaps because he was detained in Beijing, in his private life, this captain with extraordinary personality was also very concerned about Monkey Monk. This was also the gradual firmness of Monkey Monk's judgment. This captain had been tempted by the same person as himself, but he believed that he had persevered. After returning to Japan, he never sold any information about the Japanese Empire to China. But did this captain, have he ever had it?

The order to fight was announced by Minister Shiki Karayama and Commander Yuki Ito to the captains of the fleet that all the standing fleet would give up the defense of Nagasaki's home port, set out from Nagasaki, and escort the army landing troops to land in Somma, North Korea, and then advance directly eastward, from the front line of the Wonsma to Tsuga Strait, looking for the main force of the Qing Navy, and making a decisive gamble.

"This is an event that is about to create the history of the world's naval!" Shiki Kawayama was mobilizing before the war: "The pride of the empires, since entering the ironclad ships, the upcoming Japanese Sea Battle of Nissin will be the biggest duel of steam ironclad ships at sea. The last time Japan lost and paid a heavy price. So this time, do you guys continue to lose?"

Shiki Karayama's face turned pale, and he clenched his fist with his right hand, smashed it hard in the air and said, "No! The soldiers of the empire cannot be a shame for the empire! So, I hope you, like me, will work hard for the future of the empire!"

"Hey--", everyone lowered their heads together.

"After going to sea, you should pay attention to the local flying boats. That thing will sell the position of the fleet. The mirror soldiers of each ship should be trained more." Yuki Ito was making some tactical deployments. Since the Qing airships frequently flew to Nagasaki for reconnaissance, the Japanese Navy has added a new type of troops. On the Sanjing Ship and Yamato Emperor II, as well as some cruisers that allow space, a giant mirror of four-person fucking was added to the command tower, which was used to reflect the sunlight and chaotic vision of the crew on the airship. In conjunction with the air shooting of the rifle, although it cannot cause any damage to the airship, overall, it can offset the Qing army's reconnaissance advantages to a certain extent.

"The formation takes the Emperor as its flagship. Minister Kazuyama will personally go to the front line and fight with us. And I will serve as the captain of the Emperor, so I must ask the cooperation of all ships. If you have no opinions, you will go to sea when the army is loaded and shipped!" Yuki Ito assigned commanders of each ship, and finally ritually solicited the opinions of the commanders of each ship.

The captain of the Langsu, Hirahachiro Togo, pinched his knuckles. He had been thinking about some problems just now. For him, the decision of the Navy Command always felt something was wrong. The landing of the Yuanshan Mountain was too dangerous. Moreover, the biggest problem was that doing so was not in line with the current interest line of the Japanese Navy. Why must we bet?

"Mr. Commander..." After hesitating for a while, Togo spoke still. Seeing Minister Karoyama and Commander Ito's encouraging gazes, he felt a little relieved: "My suggestion is better to be more sane... This is too risky."

"How..." Shiki Kawayama smiled and said, "Will our Zilong, who alone commanded the torpedo boat to reconnaissance the Qing Dynasty Navy, be afraid of taking risks?"

Everyone burst into laughter. Yuuki Ito held up his pocket watch and looked at the time, frowned.

"Sorry, Minister." Hirahachiro Togo seemed to be stimulated and became more and more determined: "Tonggo alone is different from the entire Japanese navy's adventure! Yuanshan is too far from Japan, and the true where the Qing navy is also very doubtful. If the Qing navy set up an ambush on the Yuanshan line, we would have no chance of winning. Especially, they can see further than us!"

Everyone's faces were sunk, and the war was about to come. Although they felt in their hearts that this guy was saying something, how could he speak so disdainfully, and he was to the noble Minister and the commander!

"Rareless!" Yuuki Ito looked ugly and scolded, "Is that how you talk to the minister?"

"Let him finish speaking, what he said makes sense." Shiki Kawayama was still a little indulging in Togo Hirahachiro, and everyone thought so.

Dongxiang's face was calm and determined, and continued unmoved: "Why don't you land in Busan? Why don't you take this opportunity to attack Juwen Island, the home port of the Qing Dynasty naval? As far as Dongxiang knows, it is not like Weihai, with fearful coastal defense fortifications. Even Dongxiang has a bold idea, why can't you directly attack the Qing Dynasty? You must know that the Qing Dynasty emperor is a proud young man. If we do this, it is very likely that the Qing Dynasty emperor will lose patience with his navy. By then, the best chance for a decisive battle! I have not finished my words, but there is not much time left. Dongxiang remembers that he is just a captain and dare not take up more time."

"As you say so..." The captain of the Matsushima, Omoto, said impatiently: "Does we also want to help the North Koreans deal with their Dongxue Party? In this way, the stupid donkeys in Seoul will be given a lot of time to deploy land defense. Moreover, when the warriors of the army arrive at the feet of Seoul, they will find that they have to face more Qing troops!"

Captain Yokoo Daoyu nodded and said, "That's right, is Juven Island any strategic value? You can't defend it even if you fight. Why do you have to waste time and give the damn Chinese people more time to prepare? If the Qing Navy is prepared, then this gambling will really be as good as Dongxiangjun said!"

"Attack the Chinese mainland!" The new captain of the Hashiri Shirai, Higao Zhuangzhicheng, was a very proud person. He smiled contemptuously and said, "Dongxiangjun is afraid of the Chinese Navy, right? Attack the Chinese mainland, can our army attack Beijing? If you can't attack Beijing, it's meaningless to strike anywhere! And Dongxiangjun, I would like to remind you carefully that the consequences of doing so will only lead to more Chinese troops on the territory of the Great Japanese Empire! Unless we eliminate the Chinese Navy after the subsequent naval decisive battle!" He closed his smile and said, "Do you understand? You still have to fight the navy! Why not fight first and then realize your dream of attacking the Chinese mainland! In that case, in your words, it's not a risk!"

"Hahahaha--" Poor Togo Heihachiro was surrounded by a burst of ridicule.

"Silent!" Yuuki Ito looked at his pocket watch again, nodded to Hirahachiro Togo and said, "You have a lot of ideas. This is a good thing, but now you are about to fight. As a soldier of the empire, you should obey the orders. Maybe it may prove that you are right afterwards, but now..."

Before Ito finished speaking, Togo Hirahachiro bowed and bowed, "Heyyi——, Togo knows!"

"Slow down--" Shiki Karayama raised his hand, hesitated for a while, looked up at Tianmo for a while, and finally said, "Dongxiang, you command the Langsu ship to go first, keep a distance from the main fleet. Once there is something wrong, you will warn you! The Japanese Navy will depend on you! The other ships, the original plan remains unchanged, set off!"

The captains of various ships who were gloating came out one after another. Shiki Karayama walked to Hirahachiro Togo, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Do you understand what I mean? You are alert enough, and more importantly, now you have a clearer mind than us. The Great Japanese Empire, I'll ask you!" As he said that, he bowed to Hirahachiro Togo.

"Minister!" Dongxiang's eyes heated up and his words choked.

Liu Buchan, Dingyuan, Jinqing Strait.

The main gunner of the ship, Dong Haitong, had just reported the preparations for the main gun. One fifth of the shells in the warehouse were ready. There was no airship reconnaissance support here, so everything could only depend on himself. Liu Buchan's plan was to pour one fifth of the artillery fire into Hakodate. According to the message sent back from Hokkaido's General Naqin General, the Japanese seemed to be carrying out large-scale armed gatherings in Hakodate, which was precious information exchanged for dozens of lives by the Ainu people.

Therefore, Liu Buchan hopes that his artillery fire can slightly delay the Japanese's upcoming land offensive against Tianhai Kingdom, but he cannot stay here for too long. The battle may be about to break out in the front line of Yuanshan in the West. Dingyuan must reserve enough ammunition for the decisive battle. The Emperor and Yamato are both quite thick-skinned monsters. Perhaps, this time, it is impossible to sink this monster...

Fortunately, there was no trace of the enemy fleet ahead, which further strengthened Liu Buchan's judgment on the successful plan. A smile appeared on his face. Japanese, should you get out of the hole, right?

Hakodate is ahead. Liu Buchan smiled at Dong Haitong and said, "Okay! I'll give you half an hour to give you the unified command of each cannon. Target Hakodate and open fire!"

Boom! The earth and the sea trembled together, and the 305mm giant cannons, the various side cannons and tail cannons poured the shells into Hakodate, which was not for defense for Dingyuan.

The poor national custom of the Japanese - building houses with wood made the Dingyuan shelling particularly heavy losses. When the shelling occurred, there was no way to put out the fire, and it could not be saved at all. Indiscriminate shooting made Dong Haitong's mission very easy, and also caused the Japanese's houses and barracks to suffer hardships. The Chinese seemed to have a new shell, which emitted a viscous burning object after the explosion, stuck to the building and quickly ignited the building, causing black smoke to ignite everywhere in the Hakodate room. The fire burned everywhere, and the army's northern expedition division, which was scattered in the suburbs of the city, also suffered heavy losses from the shelling. But there was nothing we could do except fire a few shots in the direction of the sea.

Yes, the new type of incendiary bomb was an invention I instructed to the Tianjin Manufacturing Bureau. It was inspired by the US military's air strike at Tokyo at the end of World War II. A large number of incendiary bombs accurately grasped the characteristics of Japanese architecture, and the lethality and psychological torture reached a point second only to the atomic bomb.

Wang Fusheng, the newly appointed garrison rank in Tianjin who created the aviation bomb, quickly formed my ideas into physical objects and put them into production. The first batch of aviation incendiary bombs did not produce, which made my copy plan to load aviation incendiary bombs with airships to attack Tokyo without realizing it, but at least it could be used in the navy.

As a result, the bombardment incident that burned Hakodate was also caused.

Half an hour later, the Dingyuan ship returned, and the news from the radio contact showed that the war had not begun.

The North Road fleet was also anxiously waiting for the radio contact. Although it had received the news that the Dingyuan ship was about to return, the Zhiyuan ship in the south still had no valuable information.

Obviously Deng Shichang is still waiting. His Zhiyuan ship is the fastest in the navy. The speed of 18 knots can ensure a greater chance of survival in battle. In the south view, the large Japanese fleet still has no trace, and the airships in the sky have no indication.

Everything seemed boring.

But Deng was not a careless person, and being careful was his motto. After seeing another airship flying from the West to change shifts with the original airship in the sky so that it could return to Seoul to add fuel and supplies, Deng waved to the sky. It was great to have this thing, at least it could be given priority to discover the enemy.

"There is an enemy ahead! There is an enemy!" The communications soldier ran in quickly and gasped.

Deng Shichang jumped up when he heard this, rubbed his palms and said, "Where is the number? Direction!"

"One ship! It's south!"

"Prepare for battle!" Deng Shichang hesitated for a moment, because this number was not what he expected, but one ship was only one, and this was his opportunity!

The communication soldiers ran away quickly and sent the order. The alarm woke the sleepy sailors and ran towards their respective battle positions.

"It's Langsu!" Deng Shichang on the bridge saw the opponent's ship shadow in the thousand-mile mirror and vaguely judged.

The rapid footsteps of the communications soldier sounded again: "There are more than 20 enemy ships of all sizes behind them! I just received them! The military gate, the communications room asked you if you want to call the northern fleet!"

Deng Shichang couldn't help but take a breath. The Japanese Navy had only about 30 warships of all sizes. This time he really tried his best. Although he was mentally prepared, he was shocked to death when he heard this number. Fortunately, the main fleet was not far from him, otherwise he would have to escape.

"Nonsense. Of course, call! The whole ship is ready to face the enemy! Retreat while fighting! Damn, I will waste them first!" The communications soldier left hurriedly.

On the sea level, Hirahachiro Togo also discovered the lonely figure of the Zhiyuan.

How come there was only one ship? He stopped the signal soldiers who were about to send a signal to the main fleet behind him, and began to think about the other Chinese ships?

"Prepare for the battle and report to the flagship truthfully. There is only one enemy ship ahead. Please make decisions by Minister Karo Yama and Commander Ito!" Hirahachiro Togo waved his hand and ordered.

The Zhiyuan ship, which was the first to fire, had already been on guard, had already raised its hull. The Langsu did not have a daunting large-caliber main gun, so there was no need to worry about exposing the weak side to him or her. However, doing so would allow the side to concentrate most of the artillery fire and give the enemy a headache. At the same time, it also fled and left a retreat for a while to wait for the enemy's main fleet to pounce on it.

Therefore, although the Zhiyuan ship is not as good as the Langsu from the south in terms of tonnage and firepower, Deng Shichang is still very confident.

The first two 210mm main guns were fired at the end of the ship, one 210mm main gun at the end of the ship, two 152mm secondary guns, four small-caliber guns of Hutchis each, and two 11mm ten-barrel Green guns, and fired at the Langsu on the south side.

The range has reached, and a round of shells knocked the Langsuo to wail. Although there were no serious consequences for being bombed on the front, casualties were the biggest consequences. In this round, seven soldiers were killed, and the Langsuo had not opened fire yet.

Hirahachiro Togo was very angry. The two 260mm main guns at the bow of the ship were ready, but one of the gunners died. He quickly added a sailor to go over, and Togo ordered the fire.

After the cannon roared, everyone on the Langsu ship was observing the blasting situation.

One hit and one fell to the sea. The Zhiyuan ship in his sight seemed to sway for a while, but Hirahachiro Togo was thinking about Deng Shichang's intentions. At the same time, the communications soldiers came to report that the main fleet headed eastward to find the main force of the Chinese Navy, and the landing fleet was left to him to cover it.

At this time, Deng Shichang also received news from the airship: the enemy's subsequent main fleet was divided into two teams, one heading east, and the other heading west, moving closer to Yuanshan Port!

Deng thought while commanding the counterattack, and the artillery fire continued to roar. The main gun position of the Langsuo was a target for fixed-point shooting. After several rounds of shooting of the rapid-fire gun, there were no living people at the main gun position of the Langsuo.

At this time, Langsuo struggled to reveal other artillery positions, and the fair showdown had just begun.

"Shoot!", two fair ships, like the ancient Knight duel, competed with shooting accuracy round after round. Although the displacement of Langsu was nearly half of the Zhiyuan ship and had an advantage in firepower, the losses suffered in those rounds just now were too great. This also made the subsequent duels reflect a kind of fairness.

Dongxiang's mind is on the main fleet heading east. The only one light cruiser left here in the Chinese Navy. So, what is waiting for the main fleet in the East must be the entire main force of the Chinese Navy. Will the pointer of fate point to the Great Japanese Empire?

Deng Shichang looked at the north anxiously, hurry up, hurry up. Seeing that the fleets heading west were not combat ships, but transport ships... the Japanese army was about to land! Although he knew that Yuan Shikai would definitely be prepared on land, he hoped to sink the transport ship without fighting back at sea.

However, when will the showdown with the Knights of the Langsu end? Unfortunately, when I was in the horizontal direction, I only considered to pull away the main force of the enemy fleet, so that my bow was eastward.

Seeing that the Japanese fleet heading westward gradually approaching the black continent, Deng Shichang knew that he could not stop the Japanese army from landing. He could only hope that the northern fleet could arrive soon and sink more transport ships on the sea!

Eighty nautical miles away, Lang Weili and Lin Taizeng were trying hard to look at the south. There was a vague sound of artillery fire. The sea breeze from the south seemed to be able to blow the scent of fire from the smoke, but the huge fat like the landing ship that Deng Shichang mentioned was the most critical. At this moment, Lang Weili still had a small quarrel with Lin Taizeng.

The reason was that Lin Tai thought of rushing eastward to help Dingyuan regardless of the south. After all, Liu Buchan was an old comrade, and Yuan Shikai, the opponent on the landing fleet, could not be beaten with him with eight sticks.

But Lang Weili convinced him. With his huge military achievements and advantages, of course, there is another important reason. It is meaningless to go to the Dingyuan ship now, because the time difference has not been completely opened, and it is very likely that we will meet the Japanese main fleet on a narrow road halfway, and we will face the enemy in a hurry. We will share the dangers of the enemy and us, so we have no advantage. Moreover, we have one less ironclad ship than the opponent Dingyuan.

Therefore, it is better to contact Dingyuan and let Liu Buchan go north or south for a while, and then meet after the main fleet has packed up the landing fleet, and wait for the Japanese fleet to return halfway. At that time, he is determined to make a mistake and can win. Liu Buchan's Dingyuan ship will not have any risks after receiving notification from his own side.

Lin Taizeng nodded.

In fact, at the same time, Shiki Kawayama also made an important decision. The situation in front of him showed that the enemy's main fleet was not in Yuanshan, and it was obviously necessary to be on the front line of Jinqing. Therefore, the large fleet rushed to the tail of the Chinese fleet, which was a must-win situation. Therefore, he missed the weak Zhiyuan and seized the opportunity to win.
Chapter completed!