The first battle of the Eastern Pacific, which shocked the world, has finally come to an end. This is the first contest between a rising nation and an old empire! For the first time, the peoples of the East formally challenged the arrogant Russians. And in 1 day, with extremely exquisite tactics, 4 large warships and a large number of lightning ships of the Russian Navy were sunk, with a total tonnage of more than 40,000 tons! This sinking record is unprecedented! The Beiyang Fleet only sank 1 5,000-ton armored cruiser, and another 1 battleship and 2 cruisers were heavily damaged. The world was in an uproar when increasingly detailed war reports about the naval battle hit the desks of governments and naval dignitaries. One of the most elite fleets of the Russian Navy, under the leadership of Russia's best naval officers, was beaten 1 to 4 by the other side! This is an absolute reversal of the traditional notion of the proud white race. The fastest update, full text hand-typed

If it is said that the Beiyang Fleet won the battle with the Japanese Combined Fleet in the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle. The Europeans were also able to console themselves with the engagement between two third-rate fleets, when Xu Jie commanded the Beiyang Rapid Fleet to defeat the Russian armored cruiser formation led by Makanov...... The Europeans were also able to cover up with small fleet engagements. So now, when the Beiyang Fleet has knocked the Russian Navy, the world's third-largest giant in terms of warship tonnage, with just one blow, the whole world must face up to the power of this rising giant of the Far East! …。

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As a North Ocean ally. The British praised the victory of the Beiyang Naval Division, and the Times claimed that the victory of the Beiyang Fleet in the eastern Pacific had already determined the outcome of the naval battle in the Far East. After the loss of a total of 4 capital battleships, including Petro Pavlov and Rurik. The Russian Far Eastern Fleet has already lost almost half of its combat effectiveness! And the remaining battleships were also scarred. For a long time, it will not be possible to fight in the open ocean, and once the Beiyang Fleet completes its combat readiness, then what awaits the Russian fleet will be a dead blockade in the port, or even directly destroyed. In the article, the British even argued that after this war, no matter how the Qing and Russian sides fought on land. The Russian colonial rule in Japan was bound to end, because in the event of the loss of the navy, the two Japanese patrols would definitely cover the Japanese army to cross the narrow Tsugaru Strait and then attack the Hokkaido ..........

As for the French, an article published in the French newspaper "Diale di Figaro" expressed admiration for the persistence of the Russian Navy in the face of adversity. He also claimed to challenge the opponent's 14 capital ships with only 10 capital ships. And it is not easy to escape from Ascension, (well, here, the Russians also count 4 Guiyuan class as capital ships.) And ignoring the large number of mine-striking ships of the Russian Navy) although the Russian Navy suffered heavy losses. But in the same way, many of the main warships of the Beiyang Fleet have been heavily damaged, coupled with a long period of overseas deployment, it is inevitable to return to the base for repair and maintenance, so that it is. For quite some time, the navies of both sides will not be able to function? As for the Japanese Navy, the French said that the Russian Navy was no longer as powerful as it once was. But dealing with the Japanese Navy was not a big problem. (The Japanese Navy has no sense of existence!) ）

Finally, the French did not forget to insert an advertisement in it! The French devoted nearly a third of the space to emphasizing the role of 2 French battleships in this cruiser engagement! And claimed, if not for the proper command of General Essen. In the initial period of the war, the Russian Navy should have gained sufficient superiority! Even heavy damage to two Kings is not a problem! Although because of the command. The Russians missed the chance to win, but on the way to retreat, the Prince and the Russian still covered the entire fleet with strong armor and sharp artillery, defending the last glory of the St. Andrew's flag!! With such beautiful words, people can't understand whether this article is a naval battle analysis or a shipyard advertisement! …………。

As a newly rising naval power, Germany is not willing to be lonely, and unlike the condescending attitude of naval powers such as Britain and France, who accuse others of not being right, the arrogant Germans actually put down their lofty posture. Although after the passage of the first "Navy Act", Germany's powerful industry began to build a large number of ships for the navy, so that the German navy began to expand rapidly in a short time, but Germany is still in a state of confusion about its maritime strategy and how to use its fleet to achieve this strategy. Is it to defeat the opponent directly by violence, or to wear down the opponent and finally force the opponent to submit by breaking the diplomatic relationship at sea? Or is it the presence of a fleet as a threat to deter the adversary? Faced with different strategies, the Germans were a little puzzled, they did not know which way to choose to build and use their fleet!

This time, the performance of the Beiyang Fleet showed the Germans how to use their fleet! Concentrate forces and use strategy and tactics to create a favorable situation...... Then break the other party's backbone in the simplest and most direct way! In Tirpitz's view, there are two biggest highlights in this naval battle, the first is that Beiyang has arranged the main fleet in the open sea in advance, and the implementation of anti-encirclement tactics is refreshing. Speculating that the Russian Navy might use the decoy enemy fleet, it boldly moved the main fleet to the periphery of the battlefield, and then cooperated with the reconnaissance to attack the Russian Navy by surprise with the tactics .........of attacking it unprepared.

Another highlight is the quality of the Beiyang Fleet, this quality is reflected in two aspects, first of all, the fleet commander has a very strong sense of the overall situation, especially the Kaiyuan ship commanded by Isaac Zhenbing is particularly prominent, after encountering the Russian armored cruiser, Sa Zhenbing first judged the other party's intentions, and then looked for the Russian main fleet, and resolutely broke through the encirclement of the Russian cruiser under extremely dangerous circumstances, and finally found the Russian battleship and sent the intelligence back, it can be said that Sa Zhenbing is the eyes and ears of the entire Beiyang Fleet! The second point is that the officers and men of the Beiyang Fleet are extremely dedicated. Whether it was Lin Tai who ordered the other two King-class battleships to concentrate on attacking the Rurik when the flagship was in an unfavorable state, or the single ship of Sazhen Bing searched for the enemy fleet alone, or the last Liu Guanxiong commanded the Guiyuan ship to block the torpedo for the Ninghai, the bravery and decisiveness of the officers and men of the Beiyang Naval Division were vividly displayed! This is the soul and spirit of a country's navy! It is a treasure as important as the fleet!

Relative to the three countries that preceded them, the Italians are the most low-key. Even the Italian Admiralty did not say much about the engagement. Regarding this situation, Marquis Vittorio, the chief designer of the Italian Admiralty, explained it this way: "All this is what I expected, it is normal for the Beiyang Naval Division, equipped with the advanced warships of the Kingdom of Italy, to achieve such a result under the leadership of an excellent commander, and we have no need to be surprised. But in fact, the Italian designer with a keen sense of smell has already put his energy into the design of new warships. Whether it was the long-range artillery technique used by Lin Tai this time or the powerful combat power exerted by the Dante level, he had a deep ..........

"A warship equipped with a large number of large-caliber naval guns and using advanced archery techniques to obtain long-range hits will definitely replace all the current active warships, a sufficient number of long-range artillery plus scientific gunnony and new armor-piercing shells will surely change the combat mode of the navy, and a large number of secondary main guns and secondary guns will be equipped with a large number of combat modes that pursue projection. A new era is coming. In a letter to the Secretary of the Admiralty, Brin, Vittorio wrote.

Just when the comments of other countries were boiling, Beiyang and Russia, as the two sides involved in the war, remained silent, Beiyang is really inconvenient to express its position, even the center and the Russian army have not yet settled, and their own fleet has not yet returned to rest and recuperate, how can there be spare time to fight. As for the Russians, what else can be said? Don't be dizzy, and let out a few hard words to support the façade? "Will we send more fleets to the Far East?" "What? That's a bargain. …。

Tsar Nicholas II was furious at the defeat of the war, and after venting his air gun on the flowers and plants in the garden, the king who did not match his talent and appetite returned to his ministers weakly. "Tell Makanov and the guys in the Far East that if they don't like they're sent to Siberia, then take advantage of the rest of the opportunities! The Empire's footsteps in the Far East will never stop. That's what God means! Then he said to the Chancellor of the Exchequer: "Another 10 million gold rubles will be allocated for the war...... I don't want to see the great Russian expansion in the Far East hampered by a feudal town in that backward empire. ”。 …。

In this way, Russian diplomats once again ran between countries in need of new warships. The British and Italians don't have to think about it, as allies in the North Seas, they will not sell even a single iron nail to the Russians. Despite knowing that the French had a kitchen knife in their hands. Just wait for the Russians to stick out their heads, but the helpless Russians really want to stick their heads over, and then wait for the knife to fall.

At the same time, Nicholas II refocused his attention on the army, which, unlike the navy with a broken backbone, was in a good position in Inner Mongolia, with a large number of cavalry and Outer Mongolian servants already in Inner Mongolia, although limited by supplies prevented it from launching a quick offensive. But the troops of Beiyang Zhili were also forced to take a defensive position because of lack of mobility, the navy is a technical branch, and the losses caused cannot be made up in a short time, but the army is different, for those "gray livestock" in the eyes of the nobles, give them some food, and no matter how much the tsar dies, he will not feel the pain of flesh, so, in the eyes of Nicholas II, opening a gap from the land is not a solution!

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