In the following period, the situation in Asia became extremely serious. At this time, China and Japan had declared war. What worried most countries and the Qing Dynasty and Japan was whether the Far East would change its stance. However, at this time, they continued to News arrived that Li Ningyu of the Far East returned to Hawaii despite being seriously injured and difficult to treat. The First and Second Fleets of the Far East continued to stay and blockade the waters of Tsarist Russia, Japan, and North Korea, and did not send a single ship to the Yellow Sea. .
After Japan and the Qing Dynasty received such news, both sides were happy and worried. Japan was happy because they would not be attacked from both sides. As long as they did not take the initiative to attack the Far East navy and ships, in the face of international law, they still had the support of several powerful countries. Support, but the most worried person of the Qing Dynasty was Li Hongzhang, the Westernization minister, the Prime Minister of Beiyang, and the Governor-General of Zhili.
In recent years, all the ministers of the DPRK and China regard the Beiyang Fleet as Li Hongzhang's personal property. Therefore, 2 years ago, Weng Tonghe, a representative of the Qing faction, restricted the procurement of the Beiyang Fleet. As Emperor Guangxu's teacher and The relationship between him and Li Hongzhang, the Minister of Household Affairs, was like fire and water, because as early as the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom period, Weng Tonghe's younger brother was the governor of Anhui. When the Taiping Army came, he absconded privately, but Li Hongzhang ruthlessly read a book. As a result, his younger brother was exiled to Xinjiang.
After being restricted from purchasing foreign artillery shells, the Beiyang Fleet began to fail to fire artillery during training. After declaring war with Japan, it fell into a situation where it could not buy artillery shells.
At this time, the Japanese Navy Headquarters was also formulating the next battle plan, but the navy was only a navy after all. Only after controlling the Qing's seaports and occupying key areas could it be possible to force the Qing government to bow its head, because North Korea had already Belonging to the territory of the Far East, the Japanese naturally did not dare to make any decisions at this time, so they had no choice but to transport the army soldiers to the Qing Dynasty on freighters from the Japanese mainland.
August 15, 1894, was a fateful moment. Although Li Ningyu was standing in the Hawaiian Islands at this time, he was still waiting for news thousands of miles away, and could even contact people far away. Friends on the other side of the world.
"Report!"
Suddenly, a powerful and crisp report interrupted Li Ningyu, who was thinking. Under the eager eyes of everyone, the correspondent reported the latest intelligence report: "A call came from Intelligence Point No. 6 on the Far East Island. The Japanese Navy's combined fleet was divided into two small formations. , set sail from the Shima Sasebo Naval Base in Japan an hour ago, including 6 main armored cruisers, each with a tonnage of about 4,000 tons! The rest are 8 light cruisers, with a tonnage of about 2,500 tons!"
"This is the first battle group and the second battle group! Okay! You finally can't bear it anymore!" Li Ningyu said through gritted teeth at this time.
Then he looked at a huge chart, and then he personally started coordinates on it and calculated the speed of the Japanese naval fleet. About five minutes later, Li Ningyu said to the correspondent without turning his head: "Immediately send a message to the Navy Commander Officer Liu Qinghui said that the Japanese navy has been dispatched. There are two battle groups and 14 warships. They will arrive at their current sea area in about two hours. Please let me clear the sea area first and let them enter the Yellow Sea. Wait for them to show up. After passing through the teeth, wait for them on their way back and destroy them."
"Yes!" After receiving the order, the correspondent quickly left to go to the telegraph room to generate electricity.
"We are dispatched. The wish we have been waiting for for many years is about to be completed!" At this moment, Li Ningyu was extremely excited. At the same time, his hands were trembling slightly, and his heart was also trembling, because this future generation was conquered by all countries.
The famous naval battles learned by the Navy will be rewritten in the hands of him and the Far East Navy.
"Report!" After a while, another correspondent ran in.
"Say!" Li Ningyu uttered one word simply.
"Intelligence Point No. 3 on the Far East Island received a call one minute ago. The newly established port on the Japanese island was discovered half an hour ago. Three troop transport cargo ships sailed out. It was determined that the direction of departure was North Korea's Pingzhou Road!"
"Okay! Tell me every observation post. My eyes are wide open. Even if I am exhausted, I have to wait for tomorrow! At the same time, order! The North Korean First Fleet, ask him to bring me the remaining ships and will be 20 meters away from the coastline.
From the position inside, sink all the Japanese troop transport ships into the sea. If there is a Japanese soldier alive, they don’t have to come back, they can all jump into the sea by themselves! At the same time, after the mission is completed, blockade the gap between North Korea and the Japanese island
of the strait.”
"yes!"
And at this moment, in a certain area of the Yellow Sea in Asia, an ironclad ship with a black hull stood on the deck. At this time, there was a majestic-looking man. He was Deng Shichang, the commander of the Zhiyuan of the Beiyang Fleet. At this time, he was using a telescope.
He kept looking toward the southwest, and there seemed to be some inexplicable feeling guiding him, making him unable to settle down.
At this time, there were three Japanese iron-hulled freighters in the middle of the strait between Korea and Japan. They were driving forward with thick black smoke. At this time, Commander Yamamoto of the Japanese Army in the cabin looked at the old freighters.
He always felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, but he couldn't find the problem. But after fifteen minutes, he would definitely understand why! Because not far from the freighter, there were already three armored warships waiting.
He is coming and will send them to the west!
The Daguazi is a lucky ship, at least its captain and all the sailors think so, because thanks to the narrow deck and small bullet-resisting design style, although there were pirate attacks during the three voyages,
Except for two small damages, the Daguazi was the only ship in the fleet that had not been in the dock for overhaul. So it was lucky and made the captain very proud. Therefore, during this voyage to transport Japanese army soldiers, the Daguazi was always being used.
It acted as a pilot ship and rushed to the front.
Captain Yao Sibusi thought that his sight would be broadened after dawn, but no one expected that just as the east turned white, he saw three giant iron-clad ships appearing on the water opposite. At the same time, in an instant
, the other party fired directly without warning!
At this time, the distance between the two sides is still 15 nautical miles. Can the cannon be hit at such a distance? The power seems to be responding to the thoughts of the captain of the Daguazi. After a salvo from the Korean Navy in the Far East,
, the shells roared and hit various parts of the three Japanese troop transport ships. There were loud noises. At the same time, gunpowder smoke and dust immediately spread on the Korean Navy cruiser, and the smell of gunpowder filled the entire surroundings of the turret.
I saw the bow of the Japanese Big Melon Seed at the front exploded like fireworks. The huge explosion directly tore the bow open, and a large amount of seawater invaded. The Japanese army soldiers who were originally full of the ship were scattered into the sea.
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