If nothing else, then two armored cruisers of the Sea of Azov will catch up with the fleet, which is slowly sailing north at a speed of 12 knots, from the southwest of the South Ocean Fleet. He didn't notice the fleet coming from behind, and the two Russian armored cruisers didn't know that there was a big fish waiting for them in front of them, so the speed was not very high. But an accident changed the tide of the battle!

Colonel Fokker Hill, who was in charge of commanding two armored cruisers of the Sea of Azov, found that a small boat slowly appeared on the sea level at 2 o'clock, because the distance was too far and the tonnage of the other party was not large, so it was not found in time, so that the small boat had been tracking the Russian fleet for no less than 15 minutes before the Parada discovered this strange guy!

"There must be something wrong with this ship." After observing the small ship that was close to his own fleet with his binoculars, Colonel Falk's heart tightened. If your estimation is correct, this should be a sentinel ship. And judging from the performance of the other party has been in contact instead of evacuating immediately...... It should have been equipped with a radio, that is, the other side had already reported its position to the Beiyang Fleet by telegram! Although it is not necessarily immediately communicated to the upper echelons of the Beiyang Fleet, it is certain that the Beiyang Fleet cannot be without action, and perhaps soon, several formations of armored cruisers of the Beiyang Fleet will appear around itself! …。

Colonel Fokker, who had experienced the Battle of Hachinohe Mutsu, was very jealous of the Beiyang Fleet, and he thought the same as Makanov, so he could not destroy many transport ships of his opponent. But the safety of one's own fleet must be guaranteed. With his whereabouts exposed, Admiral Falk Hill had to put the safety of his fleet first, and this inadvertently delayed the encounter between his fleet and the South Seas Fleet!

"Send a telegram to the Tatars and the Vostok and ask them if they have found anything unusual. At the same time, a telegram was sent to General Essen. It is hoped that they will be able to shorten the distance with our fleet. After a moment of contemplation, Admiral Falk Hill decided to inform his allies and suggested that the fleet be reduced just in case.

The telegrapher faithfully fulfilled his duty and sent these telegrams to the warships of the entire Russian cruiser fleet. When Essen read Colonel Falk's telegram, he fell into deep thought. Once the raiding fleet is discovered, it means that it can be attacked at any time. This situation appeared in the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle of that year, and the poor Russian Far East cruiser formation was directly blocked by the Beiyang large force in a place called Okinawa. In the end, they had to give the other party a high ransom to get out. If a timid person is put in command of this fleet, his first choice is to immediately change direction and throw off the reconnaissance ship, but Essen is not such a person, he is full of fighting spirit in his bones! It's not his style to flash people when there's a little wind and grass.........

"The main forces of the Beiyang Fleet are scattered throughout the waters of the Yellow and Bohai Seas. So, they can't be assembled in a short time. And we now have 6 cruisers, and we are not afraid to come by even a detachment, and we are now searching along a busy route. If you're lucky, you'll find a big fish in no time! Looking at the fear on the faces of some of his generals. Essen had to cheer them on.

"And our 4 cruisers form a huge fan-shaped search surface in front, and we are not at all weaker than Beiyang in terms of perception, so our situation is safe." Essen continued.

"If I could, I would like to get General Falk Hill to speed up, we need more intelligence." An officer suggested.

"No problem, I can ask Fox Hill to expand their search area." Ethan nodded and said, although he didn't say anything on the surface, but deep down he was quite dissatisfied with the other party's practice of letting friendly soldiers be cannon fodder. But this is a special time, and Essen is too lazy to care. …。

In this way, the Falk Hill fleet, having received a call back, began to move on. At the same time, Beiyang's intelligence transmission system also delivered information to as many people as possible. The first person to receive this information was the one who provided escort for the fleet. …。

"I'm really afraid of something." Looking at the information sent to his hand, he smiled bitterly and said, 2 armored cruisers of the Sea of Azov type have already made it difficult for the Nanyang Fleet to resist, if there are other warships. The entire fleet will have to be handed over here, and the fundamental information shows that if the other side does not change course, the two sides will soon find each other in one hour. Own transport fleet has a maximum speed of 12 knots. You can't run if you wait until the other party finds out...... If you take another action, the South Sea Fleet will not be able to keep the transport ship at all, and the Russian armored cruisers, which are faster and more maneuverable, will definitely bypass themselves and destroy the transport ship first! And once the transport ship is gone, the damage caused is much more than the loss of two old warships!

"Order the convoy to change direction at once, head towards the shore, dock as soon as possible, wherever it is, let them reach the shore first, and if you find an unknown vessel following, throw all the explosives into the sea, and sink yourself if you can't do it. The Zhenhai and Jingtai left the formation and prepared to meet the enemy! "Staring at the fold Qian took a deep breath, and finally gave this order, so that he may never return! Let the convoy evacuate first, drag the enemy yourself, and in the absence of transport ships to fight. I'm afraid that the other side will have the patience to engage the Nanyang Fleet, right? Staring at the Qian said in his heart..........

It was not only the Zhan Qian who received the telegram, but also three warships received urgent telegrams from the sentinel ship, one of which was the Nanyang Fleet's Anhai. And the other two are the two PISA-type armored cruisers Tianjin and Dalian under the command of Deng Shichang of the Beiyang Fleet! Among them, the Anhai is closer, about 50KM away, while Deng Shichang's fleet is 70KM away! The fleet, having received the intelligence, quickly headed for the target sea!

In this way, several fleets on both sides began to sail towards each other, and the fleet commanded by Zhuangqian and the fleet commanded by Fox Hill were almost facing each other. The Anhai sailed from the northeast, and in this direction, there was a good chance that the Anhai and the Vostok would meet. The Russian Navy's Tatar, which was tasked with searching for the left flank, sailed aimlessly, but judging by the direction in which it was sailing, it was likely that in a few hours he would run into the convoy that was sailing in the direction of the coast. As for the real main forces of the two sides, General Deng Shichang's two PISA-class armored cruisers and the two capital ships in Essen's hands were both in the rear of their respective first-line fleets. And further away, some of the other warships of the Beiyang Fleet also received information and began to move towards the theater of operations, of course, in a short time, they could not get by. It doesn't have much impact on the upcoming battle! . …。

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