"To the northwest, discover the Northern Flotilla. There were three battleships in Ningyuan, Zhenyuan and Dingyuan. There were five armored cruisers Ruojing, Yinsen, Hashili, and Buchan. The lookout on the lookout quickly reported the situation of the Beiyang Naval Division in the northwest with a slightly trembling voice.

Finished. Ito closed his eyes, and every font coming from the watchtower was clearly reaching his ears.

This time, he only brought two battleships and four armored cruisers, but the opponent was the seven capital ships of the Beiyang Naval Division, and among them, there were one battleship and five armored cruisers of the Fujian Naval Division and the Guangdong Naval Division. Twice as many troops.

"Damn, what does the intelligence department do to eat, why don't you find out such important news." The resentful Yuhyuk Ito smacked the guardrail hard, and the guardrail made a clear bang.

What to do, what to do now, Ito Yuhiro fell into deep thought.

In all fairness, if you only deal with the Fujian Navy Division and the Guangdong Navy Division, then you have the certainty of victory, but now, when the Beiyang Navy Division appears, you are not sure.

The navy is not as good as the army, and if it fails once, it is a big deal to recruit new recruits, but the navy is different, once it fails, then the warship cannot be built in a day or two.

I don't want to fight a battle that I am not sure of, just like back then, the reason why I took risks was because he knew that the Beiyang Naval Division had not added a single warship for many years, and the military discipline was corrupt, so he dared to fight, and now, to be honest, he didn't dare.

The Beiyang Naval Division is expanding at a rate of launching one and two warships almost a year, and some of these warships, such as the Yin Sen, that is, Britain can't find this good armored cruiser, because some of these technologies, Britain doesn't have.

I can't afford to gamble, I really can't afford to gamble, Ito Yuheng looked at the wisps of black smoke in the distance, and kept thinking in his heart.

"Your Excellency, Commander, are we going to continue the attack?" The first mate walked over and asked cautiously.

"Retreat, retreat at full speed, and get out of contact with the Beiyang Naval Division as soon as possible."

"Hey." With a fierce bow, the first mate quickly ran down and began to give orders.

On the Ningyuan, Li He looked at the combined fleet approaching the northbound fleet in the distance with a serious face, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

After setting off from Lushun, he has been ordering all ships to go south at a speed of fifteen knots, just in the hope of finding the northbound fleet, and finally at noon, the northbound fleet was discovered, but what he did not expect was that when the northbound fleet was discovered, the combined fleet actually appeared about fifteen nautical miles and was approaching the northbound fleet.

Good thing everything was in time. At that time, Li He ordered the Beiyang Naval Division to make a detour and prepare to attack the Combined Fleet from the flank, so as to relieve the siege of the Beishang Fleet.

"Lao Li, it's not right, such a combined fleet has turned around." Yan Fu on the side put down the binoculars in his hand and pointed to the United Fleet in the distance suspiciously.

What, Li He, who was pondering, raised his head suddenly, and raised the telescope hanging on his chest to look into the distance with a look of disbelief.

But no, the current Combined Fleet is already slowly moving its bow and starting to move east.

"Oh no, if he can't beat him, he's going to run. Tell the ships to go full speed ahead and chase me. Li He was thundering on the deck, and he could see it. This Japanese Combined Fleet has to anoint the soles of its feet.

I'm afraid it's too late. The speed of the Japanese Combined Fleet is no worse than ours, and even if we pursue, we will not be able to catch up. Yan Fu was not as excited as Li He. After looking at Li He, who was gritting his teeth, Yan Fu said again: "What the marshal means, but let us take over the northbound fleet, and we are not required to fight against Japan, I think you can be patient for a while." ”

Hey, Li He took a look at Yan Fu, he knew that what Yan Fu said made sense, but seeing that the fat in his hand was gone, he was still angry in his heart.

"You can do it yourself." Dropping these words, Li He turned around and walked off the bridge and returned to his room.

This one? Looking at Li He in the distance, Yan Fu shook his head helplessly, and this time turned his gaze to the first mate standing beside him: "Give the order to the northbound fleet, give up the pursuit, and immediately come to meet Lushun after the convergence." ”

"Yes, after the first mate finished saluting, he turned around and walked out, and after a while, the flag soldier who received the order began to wave the signal flag in his hand and began to wave the flag to the northbound fleet that was marching in the distance.

An hour later, the two fleets finally converged at sea.

Phew, taking a deep breath, Yan Fu was a little excited in his heart, he had been the chief of staff of the Beiyang Naval Division for so many years, but it was the first time for him to see such a huge fleet.

"Order, all ships follow Ning Yuan and return to Lushun immediately." Yan Fu lightly gave the order, turned around and walked to the cabin, after all, he still had to go and see, this is Li He, who is still sulking.

Knock knock on the door made Liu Jun, who was resting, open his eyes suddenly.

"It should be Li He who has news." Liu Jun muttered on the bed, turned around and lifted the quilt, got up a few steps and opened the door.

"What's the matter, isn't there any news between Li and them?" As soon as he opened the door, Liu Jun looked at Zheng Yiqian, who was standing in front of him, and asked.

Zheng Yiqian shook her head: "No, Li He has no news yet, but Zhong Lin is waiting for you in the hall now, saying that there is something big." ”

Event? It is a big deal to be able to say it in Zhong Lin's mouth, then it is definitely not a trivial matter, and after pulling the cloak next to him, Liu Jun put it on his body, turned around and closed the door and walked towards the hall.

As soon as he reached the hall, he saw the long face walking back and forth in the room, and a telegram in his hand.

"Head, you've figured it out." As soon as he saw Liu Jun deal with it, Zhong Lin ran to Liu Jun in a few steps, looking happy.

"Tell me, something." Seeing Zhong Lin like this, Liu Jun couldn't cry or laugh.

"Ding Ruchang Telegram"

Smack, before Zhong Lin finished speaking, Liu Jun snatched the telegram from Zhong Lin's hand.

"That's a good response." Liu Jun, who had finished reading the telegram, snorted coldly and put the telegram in his hand on the table.

"Head, Ding Ruchang said in the telegram that the 1,000 Japanese troops are already less than three kilometers away from our forward position in Balipu, you see" Zhong Lin's words were not finished, but his meaning was obvious, that is, to ask whether Ding Ruchang would destroy this Japanese army.

"What do you say?" Liu Jun didn't speak, but asked Zhong Lin rhetorically.

This one? Zhong Lin smiled, in terms of intelligence, he can take charge alone, but in this military operation, he himself admits that he can lead a regiment in the sky.

"I don't know." Very straightforward answer.

Zheng Yiqian, who was next to her, heard this answer, and smiled, this smile made Zhong Lin's eyes widen in confusion, he didn't understand, why Zheng Yiqian laughed at herself, she didn't say the wrong thing, she didn't know.

"Now that we have declared war on Japan, this is really a bad question." Zheng Yiqian smiled and said her answer.

Well, listen to that. Liu Jun nodded with satisfaction, now that war has been declared with Japan, why do you estimate this, he is not Japan, the lack of troops needs to be transported by the navy, the big deal is that the troops are insufficient, and let the Nie Shicheng Corps in Dandong enter the court, which is a matter of one day.

"Head, what do you mean?" Although what Zheng Yiqian said made sense, it was still Liu Jun who was in charge, Liu Jun didn't speak, and Zhong Lin didn't dare to convey the order.

"Your sister-in-law has already given you the answer." After Liu Jun finished speaking, he slowly closed his eyes. He sometimes doesn't know why Zhong Lin sometimes lacks his nerves after so many years.

"Okay. I'll go right away. After Zhong Lin finished speaking, he turned around and ran out to give Ding Ruchang an order.

Seeing Zhong Lin go away, Liu Jun glanced at Zheng Yiqian, who was still laughing on the side, and looked at Zhong Lin's back again.

"In this life, Lao Tzu will never let him lead the troops." ruthlessly, Liu Jun gave Zhong Lin the greatest evaluation.