Rebirth of the Northern Giants

The Prince Noku, who died in Taiwan later, nodded, and said solemnly: "What Mr. Samejima said is true, but as the defensive side of the empire, I believe that more than 3 soldiers should be able to withstand the Chinese attack. .”

Samejima Shigeo paused, and continued to persuade: "Your Highness, it's not that I don't trust the soldiers of the Empire, but, Your Highness also knows that the Empire has vigorously developed its navy over the past few years, but its army is slightly insufficient. Develop the navy, but compared to the Chinese defeating the Russian and British navies, the imperial navy does not know whether it can win. Taking a step back, if the imperial navy wins, then the empire will definitely seek the Chinese Taiwan. At that time, Ryukyu occupied an advantageous location, so it must be a place to send troops, so increasing troops is of great benefit to us and has no harm."

Major General Keimei Kawamura listened nearby, and also felt that Shigeo Samejima was right, and persuaded him aloud, "Mr. Samejima hit the nail on the head, and I believe that the Chinese are capable of defeating the Russians."

Prince Noku glanced at the other generals, and seeing that they did not express any objection, he made a decision.

"Yo Xi, since all the gentlemen have no objections, then Samejima-kun will ask the Imperial War Base Camp for additional troops." Noku waved his hand, and it was time to take a sip of white powder.

After the Japanese headquarters in Tokyo received a telegram from Prince Noku for help, Oyama Iwa, the Minister of the Army, did not dare to neglect. What is the Imperial Guard Division? Sometimes the blame was on his head, he didn't even have time to cry, since they were worried about the strength of the troops, let's send some, it's not a big deal anyway.

Therefore, without hesitation, another [-] elite Japanese soldiers were dispatched from Nogi Nori's Second Division, escorted by Huashan Suiki's combined naval fleet, and headed for Ryukyu.

The Japanese Combined Fleet is preparing to send additional reinforcements to Ryukyu, which is not sensible.

However, what the Japanese Navy didn't know was that the two ghost submarines, the Chief and the Zhonghua, had been monitoring the movement of the Japanese Navy. Not long after the combined fleet left port, they were discovered by the Chief.

The demise of the Chiyoda did not reveal the half-dead news of the Chinese submarine force. So far, the Japanese Navy still believes that the Chiyoda was besieged and sunk by the Chinese North Sea Fleet. The frantic speed of the water is creating this underwater ghost.

After the Kuitou found out about the Japanese fleet, it immediately informed the Zhonghua. The Zhonghua was a new type of submarine just built later. Compared with the Kuitou in terms of performance and speed, it was much more advanced. The captain was Sa Zhenbing. , Using the latest radio technology developed by Tesla, it can communicate normally even under water.

Zhonghua immediately passed the news of the actions of the Japanese combined fleet to the Chinese North Sea and East China Sea Fleets.

On January 1896, 1, the leaders of two naval ships docked at the port of Keelung, Taiwan, hurriedly gathered together on the Dingyuan, ready for action.

The command tower of the Dingyuan was filled with senior generals of the fleet, and a large map of the sea area from the East China Sea to the Japanese Sea was hung in the front.

Deng Shichang held a baton with a serious face, and drew a long line on it.

"My colleagues in the navy, Mr. Deng has received reliable news that the Japanese Combined Fleet is dispatched again to transport a group of Japanese troops to Ryukyu. For us, this is an opportunity to fight the Japanese Navy. In the past, the Japanese Combined Fleet was either hiding Don’t dare to come and go in the military port at will, or run away if you see us, but this time, as long as we ambushes on the way, the Japanese combined fleet, which is far away from Ryukyu and the Japanese mainland, has a full force of troopships and so on. In terms of speed, when they flee to Ryukyu or Japan, we will be able to pursue them."

Guo Baochang, the commander of the East China Sea Fleet, said with some concern: "Commander Deng, if the Japanese combined fleet intends to escape, it is still possible as long as they are willing to lose some warships. Cutting the weeds does not eradicate the roots, and the spring breeze blows again. This is not conducive to us obtaining complete control of the sea. It still has a certain impact on the next battle."

Guo Baochang, an old guy, hadn't fought the Japanese before, so he thought about how to wipe them out. It was really bad luck for the Japanese to meet him.

"Yeah, we have roughly figured out the situation in the Ryukyu waters. How can we lure them into our ambush circle compared to the last time we fought against the British Far East Fleet. The Japanese navy is now a turtle, and the thief is very good. "Lin Taizeng smiled and agreed with Guo Baochang's opinion, and he still couldn't forget the battle of ** Island in which the British fleet was wiped out.

A smile appeared on the corner of Deng Shichang's mouth and said: "Everyone, although we can't be like last time, we still have other ways to confuse the Japanese combined fleet."

Guo Baochang leaned forward a little, and said with a smile: "Guo would like to know more about it."

Deng Shichang glanced at everyone's belts, clicked on the coordinates on the sea area map, and said: "Everyone, this is the junction of the Ryukyu Sea Area and the Japanese Sea Area. As Kaishi said, our section Time is not playing, and we have roughly figured out the situation of some surrounding islands. We can separate the two fleets. First, our North Sea Fleet will go up to fight with the Japanese Combined Fleet. The Japanese will run away when they see us these days. I'm so bored, Huashan Ziji sees that there is only our North Sea Fleet, do you think he is willing to miss this opportunity? In terms of the adventurous character of the Japanese, the strength of our North Sea Fleet and the Japanese Combined Fleet is not much different. Kawayama Suiki will definitely order the fleet to attack."

Seeing everyone nodded, Deng Shichang continued: "At this time, the brothers of the East China Sea Fleet appeared from behind an hour after the war started. In this way, our two fleets can still encircle and wipe out the Japanese Combined Fleet and possess absolute strength."

Guo Baochang pondered for a moment, and said: "In this case, we must accurately grasp the movement of the Japanese combined fleet."

Deng Shichang blinked his eyes and said proudly: "Don't worry, the route of the Japanese combined fleet is under my control, not to mention that our Beihai Fleet is not weaker than the Japanese combined fleet. Standing inextricably, it's just a loss for both sides."

Volume [-] The Wind and Cloud of the Capital

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It was night, and the two Chinese fleets disappeared into the night again. Liu Mingchuan and Song Pinglan were no strangers to the fact that the Chinese fleets went hunting from time to time. What they never expected was that the navy's attack this time was for real. Now, it is a battle related to the fate of Japan and China.

A few days later, at around [-]:[-] a.m., the Japanese combined fleet crossed the Pacific Ocean and was already approaching the Ryukyu waters.

With the roar of engines, the flagship Matsushima of the Japanese United Fleet led cruisers such as Naniwa, Itsukushima, Kongo, Takachiho, Akitsusu, Hashidate, Fuso, Takao, Yaeyama, and other large and small Japanese ships. Many ships, escorting Yokohama Maru, Satsuma Maru and other dozens of transport ships slowly crossed the blue sea.

Sukiki Kawayama stood on the deck of the Matsushima, watching the rising sun.

Since the Chinese North Sea Fleet sank the Chiyoda, he no longer dared to take the Saikyo Maru, which was transformed from a famous merchant ship. It's not safe. Maybe the Chinese will come again, and he will die unjustly. up.

The soldiers behind Huashan Jiji looked at the back of the head of the naval command, and persuaded: "Your Excellency, do you need to take a break? After a few days, we will be able to reach Okinawa Prefecture. Although the Chinese navy is powerful, but It doesn’t count us being here.”

Looking at the distant sea level, Kawayama Suki sighed and said: "I can't sleep, I don't know when, our Japanese navy was suppressed by the Chinese navy, Yamamoto Gonbei-kun proposed The Sixty-Six Fleet has not yet been realized, and if we are given a few more years, maybe the Imperial Navy will be able to surpass that of the Chinese.”

Suji Kawayama is just talking. The Japanese ordered warships from foreign countries, and China is not far behind. Didn’t they also order two ships from the United States and Germany?Alas, why is the fate of the empire so troubled? The Russian Far East Fleet and the British Far East Fleet are too careless. Instead of fighting with the Chinese, they sent many ships to the Chinese, which made the Chinese fleet It surpassed the imperial fleet in one fell swoop.

The soldier also frowned and said, "I wonder if Yamamoto Gonbei-kun can think of a good strategy to fight the Chinese."

Although Gonbei Yamamoto is now the chief of naval military affairs, he formulated the Japanese naval war plan in the Sino-Japanese War of [-]-[-]. The joint fleet was also proposed by him, integrating the original Japanese West Sea Fleet and the standing fleet. He is the head of the navy. As for the soul figure, as for the Minister of the Navy, Congdao Xixiang, who was born in the army, mostly listened to his opinions.

Huashan Ziji shook his head, swept away all the thoughts in his head, and said with a smile: "Maybe I am worrying too much, is Ito Yuheng awake? I want to play a game with him. "

"Your Excellency, please wait a moment, I will arrange for you right away." The soldier replied with a smile.

After a while, the commanders of the combined fleet, Ito Yuhiro and Kawayama Suki, fought in the command cabin.

"Mr. Huashan is really in a good mood. Today we will have a good time killing." Ito Yuheng held the sunspots first.

Ten minutes later, just as the two of them were in the dark, the watchman on the Songdao discovered something unusual.

"Raise the battle alarm, sound the battle alarm, report the situation to the Commander, and found the Chinese North Sea Fleet." A watchman shouted to the communicator in alarm.

Woo, woo, woo the siren sounded, alarming the two big men who were playing chess.

Huashan Ziji stood up suddenly, and asked seriously: "What's the situation? Could it be that the Chinese fleet also encountered in this sea area? The Chinese are really going too far."

The two hurried to the bridge of the Matsushima, Ito Yuheng raised the binoculars to watch carefully, and the information from the lookout had already passed.

"There is nothing wrong with the North Sea Fleet of the Chinese people, and the East China Sea Fleet of the Chinese people did not appear." Ito Yuheng put down the binoculars and said with some relief.

Huashan Ziji frowned, and said calmly: "Ito-kun, don't be careless, look carefully, maybe the East Sea Fleet of the Chinese people is not far behind."

Ito Youheng's relaxed expression immediately disappeared from his face, he nodded in agreement, and asked aloud: "Mr. Huashan, what should we do, now it is far away from Okinawa Prefecture, with a transport ship, if the Chinese want to If we pursue it, we can catch up before we arrive."

Huashan Ziji didn't think for long, and said, "It's better to take a strategic retreat first, and wait until we are sure that the East China Sea Fleet of the Chinese people has not appeared, and then make plans."

Ito Yuheng also had no good solution, and immediately ordered: "Send a signal to all ships to retreat temporarily."

On board the Dingyuan, Deng Shichang saw the Japanese running away, smiled, and said to the first officer: "The Japanese today are really frightened. When they saw our Chinese fleet, the first thing they did was to run away. How could the arrogant Japanese who made the first move become like this."

The chief mate patted the railing on the ship, and echoed, "It's no wonder that the Japanese are not afraid when they see our Chinese navy defeating the Russian and British fleets in a row."

Half an hour later, the Chinese North Sea Fleet was still hanging far behind the Japanese fleet, neither rushing forward to attack nor leaving, which made the Japanese very annoyed.

Ito Youheng stared at the Beihai Fleet, his eyes seemed to spew fire, he gritted his teeth and said: "The Chinese people are simply deceiving people too much, Mr. Huashan, why don't we just watch them play like a cat and a mouse? From behind, looking at their appearance, it is estimated that they happened to meet us."

It happened to meet us, and there is this possibility. Huashan Zhiji secretly doubled his calculations. Judging from this, the Chinese people have no desire to attack at all, they just want to demonstrate to us, and the Imperial United Fleet and China The strength of the North Sea Fleet is comparable to that of the North Sea Fleet. Looking at the current situation, it seems that the North Sea Fleet has several cruisers that are not on the list. In this way, isn't the Imperial Fleet stronger than the North Sea Fleet now? Why do we have to escape?

Hasn't the imperial fleet been unable to find a good time to deal with the Chinese fleet?Isn't this great opportunity right in front of us now?If we can defeat the Chinese North Sea Fleet, the strength of the Chinese navy will be greatly weakened, and we no longer need to run away like mice when we see enemy ships.

Kawayama Suki's eyes flickered, "Ito-kun, this is our chance."

Ito Yuheng and him looked at each other, and he also reacted. The two of them saw joy in the eyes of both sides. Their eyes met in the air, and sparks of love collided. Suddenly, they were passionate.

The two of them still didn't know that it was precisely because of their involvement in the base that they completely ruined the hope of the Japanese Navy.