After Togo Heihachiro walked around the Qin Shihuang, he entered the command room with sighs.
Here Song Hu already knew that Togo Heihachiro was wandering around on his battleship, but Song Hu did not stop him.
Because Song Hu clearly knew that the other party would not be able to build such a warship even if he gave him the drawings, let alone just taking a look.
Another meaning of letting Togo Heihachiro visit the battleship is to show his strength. After telling Yamamoto Gonbei, your Japanese Navy will be honest to me, otherwise, our Nanyang Navy can wipe you out with a backhand.
Sure enough, Song Hu's idea achieved his expected goal. Now Togo Heihachiro is more in awe of the Nanyang Navy than before.
Togo Heihachiro's face was full of reverence now. As soon as he entered the command room, he first gave Song Hu a military salute, and then said: "Deputy Commander Togo Heihachiro of the Combined Fleet, I have met your Excellency the Commander."
"There is no need to be so polite. We will work together for a long time in the future. We should treat each other as friends."
Togo Heihachiro was also grateful after hearing Song Hu's words.
According to the character of Japanese people, they naturally looked down upon these officers who surrendered, but he rarely saw this kind of situation in the Nanyang Navy.
Although the officers assigned to the Japanese fleet by the Nanyang Navy were very strict with the Japanese soldiers under their command, they treated them equally and did not treat them differently.
From this alone, we can see the respect that the Nanyang Navy has for their Japanese fleet.
In fact, this was Togo Heihachiro's misunderstanding of Liu Hai. In Liu Hai's heart, the Japanese fleet was just cannon fodder and could be sacrificed at any time.
The officers stationed in the Japanese fleet were all biochemical people. Their commanding qualities were not mentioned, but they did not know much about the ways of the world, so on the surface they treated everyone equally.
If you were a native of the Qing Dynasty and went to serve as an officer in the Japanese country, you would immediately let the Japanese people know what it means to be domineering.
After Song Hu and Togo Heihachiro sat down on the bench where the command was held, Song Hu said: "Your Excellency Togo Heihachiro, the task we have to undertake when we go north this time is not light."
Song Hu turned around here and then organized his words in his mind.
"The Rakshasa Kingdom's Pacific Fleet is quite powerful. They have seven ironclad ships, almost all of which are in the 10,000-ton class. Although we are not inferior to them in terms of total tonnage, the other party has more ships after all, and it is difficult for us to make trouble alone.
If you neglect it, you will be hit hard by them.”
After hearing this, Togo Heihachiro recalled what he had seen of the Qin Shihuang armored ship in his mind, and he immediately became more confident.
"Commander, you don't have to worry. Although the other party has seven or eight 10,000-ton ironclad ships, they are all old warships. The Rakshasa Kingdom's Pacific Fleet has not purchased new ships for many years."
When Togo Heihachiro said this, a smile appeared on his lips. It seemed that he was very confident in this time's battle to the north.
"I'm not looking down on the Rakshasa Kingdom's Pacific Fleet, but the speed of their armored ships is too low. Once we meet them on the sea, we can defeat the enemy's armored ships one by one as long as we use our speed to continuously seize the "T" prefix."
Song Hu nodded when he heard this. Togo Heihachiro was quite capable. His analysis was almost the same as the content of the report sent by his own staff.
"Deputy Commander Togo Heihachiro is indeed a veteran on the battlefield. In just a few words, he has already analyzed the pros and cons of the Rakshasa Kingdom's Pacific Fleet."
"Don't dare, don't dare. This is just my personal opinion. How to fight in the end depends on the commander."
Song Hu nodded, stood up and led Togo Heihachiro to the front of the command room, looked around with a telescopic mirror, and then ordered the fleet to move north at full speed.
In this way, the combined fleet, led by the battleship Qin Shihuang, left Jingdong Bay and headed north quickly.
Then it bypassed the narrow sea area between Honshu Island and Hokkaido and entered the Waguo Sea.
The entire fleet has been sailing here for several days. According to the time, the Pacific Fleet of Rakshasa Kingdom should be able to reach this sea area soon.
At this time, the main force of the Rakshasa Kingdom's Pacific Fleet was already only more than 200 nautical miles away from its location.
It should be said that the strength of this Pacific Fleet is also very powerful.
They have four pre-dreadnoughts alone and three old-fashioned ironclads. The tonnage of these warships all exceeds 10,000 tons.
The strength of the First Pacific Fleet of the Rakshasa Kingdom is not limited to the above-mentioned 7 battleships. It also includes 12 cruisers, 25 torpedo boats and 7 gunboats, including some Siberian Fleet ships.
This naval force, without the rise of Liu Hai's Nanyang Navy, could be said to be second to none in East Asia and an important force that can determine the destiny of a country.
However, with the continuous expansion of Liu Hai's Nanyang Navy, even the Gili Navy has retreated. The current Rakshasa Pacific Fleet has been hiding in Vladivostok and does not dare to go south.
And this time their actions also received strong orders from St. Petersburg. Otherwise, after comparing the strengths of the enemy and ourselves, the commander of the Pacific Fleet would not dare to take any action at all.
When it comes to the current commander of the Pacific Fleet of the Rakshasa Kingdom, Stark, this person has nothing to say about his combat qualities. Otherwise, no matter how confused the Rakshasa King is, he will not be able to appoint him as the commander of the Pacific Fleet.
However, this person has a fatal flaw, that is, his character is sometimes weak and sometimes arrogant.
This makes him sometimes aggressive and sometimes hesitant in combat.
Stark is in this state now.
On the battleship Petropavlovsk, Stark wandered back and forth in the command room. As the distance south became longer and longer, the commander's anxiety became greater and greater.
Because Stark knew very well that what he faced was not the defeated generals of the Qing Dynasty, but the Nanyang Navy that could truly compete with the Gili Kingdom on the sea.
Some time ago, the Nanyang Navy severely damaged the Geely Kingdom expeditionary force in the Indian Ocean. Seeing the Geely people finally compromise, Liu Haizhen's side must have gained a huge advantage.
Facing such a powerful maritime force, our own Far East Fleet is no match for its strength.
Because of this, Starck ordered the fleet to slow down, and in the end it stopped on the sea and stopped moving forward.
After much thought, the commander still felt that it was dangerous to go south. If he continued to move forward, he would soon enter the Sea of Japan, where he might encounter an enemy fleet at any time.
While Stark was lingering, there were several Japanese fishing boats fishing on the surrounding sea.
These Japanese fishermen looked very normal. They kept throwing their fishing nets above the sea, and then pulled them up one by one. Soon there was a rich supply of seafood piled on the boat.
These seemingly normal fishing boats are actually reconnaissance ships sent here by the Japanese intelligence department to look for the Pacific Fleet of the Rakshasa Kingdom.
The current Japanese intelligence department has been incorporated by Liu Hai's subordinate Xiao Kun. Therefore, although they still have the name of the Japanese intelligence department on the surface, in fact, everything they do is under the command of Liu Hai's intelligence department.
This time, Xiao Kun also directly issued an order, and the Japanese intelligence department sent a large number of investigators disguised as fishing boats to continuously search for the Rakshasa Pacific Fleet in the northern area of Japan.
This time, the Japanese intelligence department made great efforts and sent out a fishing boat almost every other section of the sea to carry out disguised reconnaissance.
Not to mention, this method of casting a wide net was very effective, and soon they discovered the Rakshasa Kingdom's Pacific Fleet near Hokkaido.
Therefore, that night, on the battleship Qin Shihuang, Song Hu received a wireless telegram from Xiao Kun.
In the telegram, Xiao Kun informed Song Hu of the specific coordinates of the Rakshasa Kingdom's Pacific Fleet, as well as the tonnage and number of the main combat ships.
At this point, the Rakshasa Kingdom's Pacific Fleet had already mastered Song Hu's control.
Song Hu discussed with Togo Heihachiro that since the Russian Pacific Fleet was hesitating, his combined fleet would go up to meet it.
They also did this in order to eliminate the Russian Pacific Fleet as soon as possible. If he is always kept, it will be a hidden danger. Who knows if he will just leave their side and appear in a place where he should not be. Give him this side
caused losses.
After the discussion, Song Hu led the combined fleet northward overnight. Generally speaking, in that era, it was very dangerous for the large fleet to operate at night.
Because without good navigation measures and radio contact, ships are likely to collide in the dark night.
But in order to gain the strategic initiative, Song Hu could only take a risk.
Fortunately, the battleship Qin Shihuang that Song Hu was riding on had a very complete radar and sonar system.
Therefore, under the leadership of Qin Shihuang, this night's voyage did not cause losses to the combined fleet.
Just as it was getting light, the radar of the Qin Shihuang, the flagship of the combined fleet, finally spotted a series of bright white dots in the north.
Song Hu looked at the target on the radar and nodded. It seemed that this was the joint fleet of the Rakshasa Kingdom.
But Togo Heihachiro, who was standing next to Song Hu, was now looking at the radar curiously.
In the past few days of his life on the Qin Shihuang, he could say that he admired all the electronic equipment on the Qin Shihuang.
The naval battles back then did not require the support of other battleships. As long as the Qin Shi Huang under his feet and the battleship were dispatched alone, the combined fleet of that year could be wiped out.
After discovering the Pacific Fleet of the Rakshasa Kingdom, Song Hu ordered the entire combined fleet to slow down and start to make some adjustments.
After resting for nearly an hour and the soldiers finishing their meals, the combined fleet once again accelerated its speed and moved closer to the Rakshasa Kingdom's Pacific Fleet.