The Chinese, British and Swedish fleets (the Predator fleet still flies the Swedish Navy flag) sailed arrogantly through the Tsushima Strait under the hateful eyes of Ito Toyomi and the remaining sailors of the Combined Fleet. Now there are only four battleships left in the Combined Fleet and
The steel-hulled cruiser Kaohsiung, as well as four wooden-hulled gunboats and five torpedo boats, have just been released from Busan Port by the British Far East Fleet and are being used as coastal defense ships at Tsushima Fortress to prevent the Russian Far East Fleet from going south to block the retreat of the First Army.
, after completing this mission, they will go north to harass the route from Vladivostok to Japan.
It is estimated that their outcome is to be defeated in battle. You must know that their opponents are twenty-six large battleships including two Alexander II-class battleships. That is not the 7,000-ton Dingyuan, but the nearly 7,000-ton Dingyuan.
Wan's first-class ironclad ship has six 305-gun guns on the bow, and the thickest armor reaches 406 mm. The latest battleship that has just been in service for less than three years, it is estimated that it will compete with the four ships of Matsushima, Hashidate, Naniwa and Takachiho.
It’s not even qualified to deliver food to others.
Seeing that his former rival could only hide and draw circles, Ding Ruchang felt very happy.
"Brother Yang, no, it should be Mr. Taiwan. I am here today, but thanks to you, I went to negotiate with the Russian army this time. Mr. Zhongtang said that everything will follow your orders, even if you order to fight the Russians,
There is absolutely nothing wrong with these seven warships of the Beiyang Navy." This fellow said with a triumphant smile. This was sincere, because he was worried that Cixi would attack him.
It was extremely tight. With Yang Feng's more than 20 million in hand, even if he gave Xu Bangdao and Jiang Zikang 6 million, he still had a windfall of more than 15 million to make use of. Therefore, the entire Beiyang system, from the navy to the army,
Even the clerks were each rewarded. The right-hand man like Ding Ruchang was directly rewarded 10,000 taels.
Drink water and think of its source. If everyone in the Beiyang Navy wants to say that they are not grateful to Yang Feng, then it is true or false.
"This job is simple. When the time comes, you take Mr. Dayuan directly to negotiate with the Russian Governor in the Far East and tell him that North Korea is a vassal state of China. Without the permission of us and the North Korean royal family, any armed cross-border behavior will be regarded as an invasion of North Korea.
"If they don't withdraw their troops immediately, then our fleet will bombard Vladivostok. We thought they had two first-class ironclads, so we were arrogant and angered me. I risked two destroyers and sank them directly." Yang Feng said viciously.
Said.
He really wasn't afraid of the Russian Far East Fleet. With Alexander II's speed of less than 16 knots, eight destroyers went up to attack together to see how many 533 heavy torpedoes it could sustain. Not to mention the British and German main forces.
The fleet will arrive soon, but after all, this war will not start, and the Russians are not fools. Yang Feng has almost guessed what they want.
The fleets of the three countries soon arrived in Vladivostok. Because the destroyers did not have large-caliber guns and were of little use against the fortress, the main deterrence task was handed over to the Beiyang Navy. The seven capital ships pointed their guns at the distant port aggressively. 11
A destroyer made a posture of raiding ships in the harbor. At the same time, a destroyer of the British Navy carried Ding Ruchang and others into the harbor for negotiation. It took almost an hour before they came back, and then told Yang Feng that the Russians refused to withdraw their troops. They claimed that they were influenced by the North Korean government.
invitation to expel the Japanese. There is also a formal invitation letter from North Korean Prime Minister Kim Hongji.
"Kim Hongji? Who has recognized his identity? Can a puppet supported by the Japanese represent the King of Korea? Even if the King of Korea agrees, it is illegal without the consent of our Emperor. Tell them to withdraw their troops within two days, and they will not be released after two days.
The troops that entered North Korea are withdrawn. Then don't blame this governor for being rude." Yang Feng said with a sneer, and Ding Ruchang and others hurried back to negotiate.
This time there was still no result. In this case, Yang Feng was too lazy to care. He directly ordered the blockade of Vladivostok and no ships were allowed to enter or exit. He just waited here and waited for the British and German main fleets to arrive. At that time, we would see who is more powerful. In the end, Yingde
The fleet has not arrived, and the Russian Far East Fleet, which is performing a cover mission on the coast of Japan, has returned.
The Beiyang Navy, which was blockading the port, immediately retreated into a fighting posture. At the same time, the destroyers were divided into two groups to form a formation. Once the battle started, they would attack the Russian fleet from both sides. The Russian fleet, like the Beiyang Navy, was arranged into a flying goose wing.
The formation is headed by two Alexander II-class battleships facing Dingzhen. Because their number is almost three times that of the Beiyang Navy, once the war begins, an encirclement situation will be formed. Of course, the premise is that Yang Feng's twelve destroyers do not take action.
But this is impossible. Even the four British destroyers have received orders from Fremantle, who is coming at full speed, and will obey Yang Feng's command once the war starts.
At this time, the British navy was really not afraid of trouble, but the Russians were cautious. They didn't care about Ding Ruchang's seven warships, but they had to exercise restraint in front of these small destroyers. Naturally, the British flag of St. George could not be offended casually. With the Queen
The owner of the black ship that your majesty has a scandal with cannot be offended casually. Now His Majesty Nicholas is thinking about introducing diesel engines as well! If you offend him, he will introduce diesel engines. In the future, he will use steam engine battleships with a speed of 16 knots to compete with the British ones.
Will diesel battleships with more than 20 knots compete for world domination?
Nearly fifty large and small warships just stared at each other and no one dared to take action. In this case, they had to negotiate again. At this time, the Russians finally made their attitude clear. They could withdraw their troops, but the Japanese First Army
The retreat must be stopped. We don’t care who is leading this matter, but if you want us to withdraw from North Korea, then we cannot let Yamagata Aritomo’s 40,000 elites appear on the battlefield in Japan.
"This issue can be considered, but this matter is led by the British, so we'd better wait for General Fremantle to arrive." Yang Feng said to the Russian Governor of the Far East who boarded the ship in person. He had already guessed that the Russians were
For this matter, after all, with their little strength in the Far East, it would be good if they could maintain the war against Japan. It would be too fanciful to want to provoke Britain again.
Then we could only wait. Fortunately, it didn't take long for the British and German main fleets to arrive. Once more than forty large warships joined, they immediately formed an absolute advantage over the Russians. However, what was surprising was that the British refused.
The reason for the Russians' request is very simple. They have a written agreement with the Japanese.
"The British Empire will not do anything treacherous. Since we promised the Japanese, we must do it." Freemantle said arrogantly.
"Then the Russian troops will not withdraw from Korea." His Excellency the Russian Governor also replied proudly.
"Then the British government will regard your country's move as a provocation to the order in the Far East, and the Royal Navy will use naval guns to maintain order!" Freemantle continued to say arrogantly. Yang Feng was really a little emotional at this time. He
Ma, the British are awesome, look at what they say is domineering, but if they are taught a lesson by the Boers in two years, can they still maintain this domineering attitude?
What he doesn't know is that the British really don't mind fighting a war with Russia in the Far East now. It's not because of North Korea. China should be responsible for their invasion of North Korea, but because of Japan. The polar bear's invasion of Japan is already touching
Their bottom line has been reached, but the British have no excuse for war. If they don't find a suitable reason, it will be difficult for Congress to pass the war bill. After all, the Russians are using the excuse of punishing Japan. Although this reason is almost rotten, but that
It is also a reason. As for others who have quit but they have not quit, it can only be said that the Tsar's sense of justice is too strong. Besides, the scar on his face can also add a lot of color to this reason.
But if they openly invade North Korea, then the nature of this is completely different. Think of what a pitiful little dog in North Korea, it was just bullied and bruised by the Japanese, and now you are laughing and pounce on it, anyone with a sense of justice
You won't tolerate it, even if you are beaten, it will be very satisfying.
Time passed like this in a tense atmosphere. In fact, at this time, both Ding Ruchang and Waldzer very much hoped that Britain and Russia could fight, so neither of these two old guys could stop the fight. They were waiting for both sides to brew their emotions enough.
The level of detonation, and then use the British hands to kill the Russian Far East Fleet in one fell swoop, so that Germany would have fewer competitors and China would have less pressure from the north.
Yang Feng is also very confused. Should he let them fight or not fight? This is a bit out of his strategy. His goal is to kill Japan with the help of the Russians, and then let the Russian army die in Japan.
Wan. To be honest, he is really not afraid of the Russian Navy. He will go back and find a place to get hundreds of heavy-duty wire-guided torpedoes and install them on the Nautilus. He himself has the ability to destroy them all, but not on land.
Even if he goes back to get a mushroom and kills hundreds of thousands of gray animals at once, Nikolai guarantees that he will not even frown.
If a fight breaks out here, North Korea will definitely become Japan's scapegoat, and even China will be implicated. After all, conquering North Korea will be more beneficial to Russia than conquering Japan. Nicholas does not rule out the possibility of changing the target. But here is
The ice-free port he desires most. Then the war is likely to develop in the direction he least wants to see, that is, a large-scale land war between China and Russia. At the current level of the Qing army, the Northeast is completely gone. Even if
Even if he ran to release poison gas, he probably wouldn't be able to stop them.
But if we don't fight, we will lose a good opportunity for a great war between Britain and Russia. This kind of opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I didn't see Waldzer and Ding Ruchang laughing like two foxes. It would be very hateful to prevent such a happy thing.