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On March 12, although the whole country was in a state of turmoil, denying Japan, Russia and the United States, and supporting China's foreign wars, Wang Yuze and the senior officials of the empire were not concerned about this. Everyone knows that today,

It was the time for the naval battle between China and Japan. The result of this naval battle is directly related to China's next action. Although everyone has very high confidence in the Chinese naval local fleet, there are too many unexpected factors in the naval battle, so

Until the end, no one can guarantee the final result.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the Navy Department received a telegram from the local fleet commander Deng Shichang that the naval battle had begun. Since then, there has been no news. Wang Yuze stayed in the study all day, and he had asked Wu Hao to send people.

I was guarding the telegraph room, and once there was a telegram related to naval battle, it was delivered immediately. However, when I waited, there was still no news from morning to afternoon.

"Is there something unexpected happening to the fleet?" Wang Yuze thought with some concern. After all, there are many uncertainties in the naval battle. If the Japanese Navy had better luck, it would have bombarded the deck armor of the 'Chinese-class' battleship, and

If the ammunition depot is bombarded, no matter how powerful the "Chinese-class" battleship is, it will not be able to withstand the death of the ammunition depot. Therefore, this makes Wang Yuze a little restless.

"Your Majesty, otherwise we will send a telegram to Commander Deng to find out the situation!" Wu Hao suggested. Seeing Wang Yuze's anxiety, he was a little disgusted and didn't know what to do.

"No! At this time, there is no news yet, which means that the fierce battle is still in progress. It is better not to distract them. When the battle is over, there will naturally be news. We must have confidence in our navy.

!How could the little Japanese be our opponent?" Wang Yuze said with a smile, in order to hide his anxiety. Although he was ready for this war, he was still a little nervous. After all, this is for China

In other words, it was like a gamble. It is not clear which side has a better chance of winning, but Wang Yuze hopes that China will win. And this naval battle between China and Japan is like this

The gambling starts. If you win at the beginning, then China will have much greater chance of winning overall.

Wu Hao had to stop persuading Wang Yuze's insistence. In fact, as a soldier, he also hoped that the Imperial Navy would win.

Time passed slowly. At 5 pm, an imperial guard ran in quickly and reported to Wang Yuze: "Your Majesty, the emergency battle report ahead!"

Wang Yuze suddenly stood up from the chair and received the telegram.

This telegram was not sent by Deng Shichang, but by Li Haitao of the squadron. The squadron defeated the Japanese local fleet and sank at the cost of heavy cruisers "Xi'an" and "Wuhan" heavy cruisers, and was severely damaged.

The battleship "Fuji" and the battleship "Hashima" were also captured, two light cruisers and two destroyers. 21 people were killed and 107 were injured.

"Haha! OK!" Although it was not the main defeat of the local fleet he had been waiting for, the squadron still made him very happy to defeat the Japanese local fleet.

"Your Majesty, is it a good news for Commander Deng?" Wu Hao asked.

"No, it's the good news for the squadron. The squadron has annihilated the Japanese local fleet!" Wang Yuze said with a smile.

Then, Chief of Staff Xiong Wu, Ministers of the Army and Navy Cai Yun and Zhang Chengdu came to congratulate Wang Yuze. The victory of the squadron almost wiped out one-third of the combat power of the Japanese Navy! After the main force of the local fleet won, the Japanese Navy

It's completely finished.

Fortunately, Deng Shichang did not ask Wang Yuze and others to wait. At 6 pm, the local fleet's main force's good news came. When the good news came to Wang Yuze, he couldn't wait to disassemble it and read it.

Afterwards, he even laughed even more.

"Dear friends, Commander Deng has achieved a major victory, wiped out the Japanese fleet returning to China, and captured the battleship "Asakusa" asia, the armored cruiser and the armored cruiser of Suruga." Wang Yuze smiled.

Said.

After hearing this, everyone cheered. They knew that the Chinese Navy had won a great victory this time. In addition to the Japanese local fleet that was destroyed by the squadron, the Japanese Navy had completely lost its combat effectiveness.

"Your Majesty, how are our casualties now?" Xiong Wu asked. It is inevitable to defeat the Japanese fleet, but the losses themselves cannot be too great. Otherwise, the Chinese Navy will find it difficult to face the next severe situation.

"The heavy cruisers of the squadron, Xi'an and Wuhan, were seriously injured and needed to return to the shipyard for repair. The heavy cruiser of the main force of the local fleet, was severely injured and needed to return to the shipyard. Although other warships had some minor injuries, they also had no choice but to return to the shipyard.

It will not affect combat effectiveness!" Wang Yuze said.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and said that this was a veritable victory!

"So, what is the next navy arrangement? I think we have now struck while the iron is hot, completely dismantled the Japanese navy, and destroyed the two battleships under construction in Japan, so that the Japanese navy will completely pose no threat to us.

, block Japan with all its might, so as not to prevent hundreds of thousands of Japanese Navy from joining the mainland battlefield!" Wang Yuze said. Japan is an island country. As long as the Japanese Navy is solved, the Japanese Army will become a decoration. Although the Japanese Army is very powerful, they

You can't swim across the Korean Strait, right?

"Your Majesty, the Admiralty has made arrangements. The damaged warships of the squadron will return to the shipyard to repair. The remaining warships will immediately head north after returning to Naha Port to replenish supplies. First, attack the Kobe Shipyard and destroy the two Japanese ships under construction.

Battleships. The main force of the local fleet will return to Zhanjiang Port to rest and monitor the British Navy!" Zhang Cheng said.

Wang Yuze nodded and added: "Don't forget that the Russians have a Pacific fleet. At that time, the Navy needs to cooperate with the army to attack Vladivostok and remove this nail that Russia nailed to the Pacific coast!"

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. The Russian Pacific Fleet only has a few warships of old and weak. The squadron can easily destroy them. When the army starts to attack, the squadron can go north to destroy them!" Zhang Cheng said confidently.

Wang Yuze didn't say much. After annihilated the Japanese Navy, no country could threaten the Chinese Navy in the entire Far East and even the Pacific region except the British Navy. Although Russia has strong military strength, it refers to the army.

Their navy is probably at the bottom among the world's powers. It is not difficult for the Chinese navy to attack the Russian Pacific Fleet. Now the weather in the north has begun to warm up, and both China and Russia are on a large scale.

With the increase of troops, the war is about to break out.

The next day, newspapers such as the Empire Daily and others introduced the victory of the Chinese Navy in large quantities. The people across the country were jubilant, and all cities spontaneously organized the celebration of the victory of the Navy.

At the same time, the victory of the Chinese Navy also made Western powers feel tremendous pressure. The US Navy's West Coast Fleet was originally planned to go to sea before March 14, but after knowing the victory of the Chinese Navy, it immediately postponed its time to go to sea.

.The Chinese Navy wiped out the Japanese Navy at a small cost. Once the Chinese Navy dispatched some troops from its local fleet to Hawaii, the US Navy would have no advantage. In order to avoid the failure of the First Sino-US Pacific War, Theodore?

Roosevelt decisively ordered the US Navy's West Coast Fleet to suspend its departure and not provoke the Chinese Navy for the time being. The American people also realized the terror of the Chinese Navy from it, and some anti-war voices also looked up again.

For all countries, Britain is undoubtedly the one who knows the naval battle best. The light cruiser of the British Navy's Far East Fleet, the light cruiser, observed almost the entire time this naval battle between China and Japan. Lieutenant Colonel David took the naval battle

The detailed process was sent to Lieutenant General Fleet Commander Fleet Mantel. Lieutenant General Fleet Mantel forwarded to the British Admiralty.

British Navy Secretary Sir Frederick William Richards immediately issued an order to retreat to Singapore to strictly guard against the enemy, not allowing them to take the initiative to provoke the Chinese Navy. There is no doubt that the Chinese Navy's Chinese class

'The battleship has shown extremely powerful combat power. Even the Chinese Navy's 'Beijing-class' heavy cruiser, such high-speed and powerful heavy cruiser, has entered the eyes of the British Navy. Frederick William Richard

Sir Z asked the Third Navy Secretary John Abbasnot Fisher to step up the design of the British Navy's "Dreadless Class" battleship, and to design the British Navy's own high-speed and powerful heavy cruiser.

Through this naval battle, the Navy undoubtedly proved the correctness of their ideas. Even Britain had to agree that China had come to the forefront in this regard. However, Britain was not afraid, and with their shipbuilding industry, it would be very

Turn the situation around quickly.

Germany also received a detailed battle report. Originally, they might have some doubts about the "Chinese-class" battleship. But after the battlefield inspection, it undoubtedly proved the power of the "Chinese-class" battleship. This time, German Emperor William II personally

The order was issued to speed up the construction of the 'Nassau-class' battleships so that the German Navy could have such a landmark and powerful battleship.

Russia also felt the crisis. The defeat of the Japanese Navy made hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops a decoration. Russia will deal with China's millions of troops. To this end, Tsar Nicholas II asked the Siberian Railway to use the

The largest capacity is to transport various combat supplies to the Kurtsk and Lake Baikal areas. Army soldiers gather in the Far East by taking cars or even walking.
Chapter completed!