Chapter 59 Pacific Fleet vs Beiyang Fleet (2)
Lofstowski was awakened by the alarm above the Weihai Guard early in the morning and was in a bad mood. After climbing the fort and observing the Beiyang Fleet on the sea outside the Weihai Guard, Lofstowski believed that the Beiyang Fleet had come to Weihai Guard with such force, and it was a long-distance raid. At best, it was just to stop the Pacific Fleet's pace of going south, so they would never dare to take the initiative to attack Weihai Guard.
So after getting off the fort, Lovstowski leisurely fished on a pier in Weihaiwei and rested. Unexpectedly, after he sat down, there was a loud sound of shelling from the north entrance of Weihaiwei.
Lofstowsky threw the fishing rod down in anger. Before he could stand up, his adjutant Colonel Chalf hurried over and said hurriedly: "Old Commander, the Beiyang Fleet attacked the North Shore Fort!"
Lofstowski said angrily: "Chalf, I'm not a deaf person, I can hear the sound of cannons! Damn, don't Tang Jian know the difference between him and the Pacific Fleet now? He dares to take the initiative to attack Weihaiwei, a madman, a madman, this Far East arsonist!"
Colonel Chalf didn't know what to say, so he had to stand there blankly. Lofstski stood up and said angrily: "Follow me up and take a look?"
Lovstowski re-mounted the fort that he boarded in the morning, and saw smoke rolling on the North Shore Fortress in the distance, and the two sides were still bombarding each other violently.
However, the situation of the battle did not tend to be on the side of Lofstsky. The cruiser of the Beiyang Fleet was like a slippery loach, and the high speed zigzag route caused most of the shells of the shore artillery to fall into the water, which only caused a large number of gorgeous and useless waves. The farther Long Xiao, with the range of the Weihaiwei North Shore Cannon, could not be attacked.
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For a time, the shore artillery positions on the north shore were frequently hit by artillery fire, and this small fleet of the Beiyang Fleet has always steadily gained the upper hand with its flexible tactics. Few were hit by the shore artillery shells. Even if they were hit, most of the shells were blocked by thick-skinned monsters like Long Xiao.
"Damn it!" Luofstowski cursed. Where did the Beiyang Fleet place the Pacific Fleet? How dare you be arrogant under the Pacific Fleet's nose!
"Chalf, come with me. I will be able to have the Beiyang Fleet's firepower or the great Pacific Fleet's cannon!" After saying that, Lovstowski was about to take Chalf to board his flagship Nikola battleship.
"Wait, General Lovstowski! Don't be attacked by Tang Jian's aggressive general!" At this time, Fang Boqian came out from somewhere to dissuade him.
"Oh, my God, Fang, look! Tang Jian's small Beiyang fleet has reached the door of Weihaiwei. Do you still want me to remain indifferent?" Luofstowski stopped and asked.
"Gen. Lovstowski, we don't know how many warships Tang Jian brought this time. If we attack rashly, we might fall into his trap!" Fang Boqian said anxiously. He was afraid that this was Tang Jian's aggressive method, so he deliberately showed weakness and then led the Pacific Fleet out of the port.
"Fang, get out of here! Do you want the Pacific Fleet to hide in this Weihaiwei port like a turtle? We are Russians, the warriors of His Majesty the Great Tsar, not your Qing soldiers who are afraid of death. Do you want me to learn from your Beiyang Fleet to let the Japanese ride on their heads in the Weihaiwei?" Lovstowsky sneered.
Fang Boqian knew what Lovstowsky meant in his last sentence. He was making fun of the humiliation that the Beiyang Navy was wiped out by the Japanese joint fleet during the Sino-Japanese War.
Seeing that it was really arguing, Fang Boqian had no choice but to sigh and asked, "General Lovstsky, how do you want to deal with the Beiyang Fleet?"
Luofstsky knew that Fang Boqian was refuted by him and had nothing to say, so he smiled disdainfully: "Of course, we should concentrate all our troops to attack from the north exit and wipe out the Beiyang fleet!"
"I have a suggestion, I don't know if Mr. Lovstowski can listen!" Fang Boqian tried to suggest.
"Hmph, tell me!" Lovstowski said coldly with his hands in his arms.
"Why don't you divide the troops into two places, one fights from the north entrance, and the other goes around from the south entrance, attacking the Beiyang Fleet on both sides!" Fang Boqian suggested.
"Oh, God, have you been scared by the few shellings of the Beiyang Fleet? My side, the key to naval combat is to concentrate superior firepower and attack the enemy with a heavy blow. Have you forgotten all the knowledge you learned at the Greenwich Naval School?" Lofstowski said in surprise.
Fang Boqian was about to advise again, but Lofstowski waved his hand and said, "Fang, I hope you understand that I am the commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet, and you are just betraying a cruiser captain Tang Jian!"
Lofstowski's words did not care about Fang Boqian's face at all, although Fang Boqian was once a classmate who studied abroad in the Greenwich Navy at the same time.
Fang Boqian's eyes twitched for a moment. He knew that it would be useless to continue saying this. After all, he was relying on someone else at this time.
Lofstowski felt a sense of contempt in his heart, and the small Beiyang fleet would have to split its troops and attack together. Humph! As long as he commanded the Pacific Fleet to come out in full swing, with his superior forces, he could completely wipe the Beiyang Fleet out of the sea outside the Weihaiwei.
"Let's go, Chalf!" Lofstsky waved to his adjutant and ignored Fang Boqian, who looked gloomy. After walking a few steps, Lofstsky turned around and added: "Fang, you can take your crew behind the Nikola, so that you don't have to be afraid of the artillery fire of the Beiyang Fleet!"
Half an hour later, Lovstowsky boarded the battleship Nikolai. Then, at the order of Lovstowsky, the Russian warships anchored at the docks in various Weihaiwei began to set off fire according to the flagship's order.
With a high sound of setting sail, the Nikola battleship took the lead and led the Pacific Fleet ready to sail towards the north entrance of Weihaiwei.
At this time, Tang Jian, who had been paying attention to the battle situation in the north entrance of Weihaiwei in the distance, put down the telescope in his hand and smiled: "Look, Cheng Biguang, this Russian Pacific Fleet is about to leave the hole!"
"Haha, the commander is indeed a magical calculation! This Pacific Fleet has really left the port!" Cheng Biguang also put down his telescope and said excitedly.
A strong smoke column rose in Weihaiwei Port, which shows that the Russian Pacific Fleet is actively increasing coal and enhancing its horsepower to prepare to leave the port to fight.
Tang Jian was not wrong in his estimate, only one thing he was a little surprised. He thought that Lu Wenjing would have to perform at least a few hours at the north entrance of Weihaiwei before he would be fooled. Unexpectedly, Luofstsky was still so fast that he couldn't hold back.
When he attacked Lushun last time, Tang Jian had already investigated the details of the new commander-in-chief of the Russian Pacific Fleet, Lovstowsky.
Lovstowski was the descendant of a Russian aristocrat. With the help of his Russian aristocrats, Lovstowski first studied at the Greenwich Naval School in Europe, and then interned in the British Mediterranean Fleet. After returning to China, he became the youngest general of the Russian Navy at a young age and the commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet.
Such an official's son would inevitably be arrogant and arrogant. He deliberately showed weakness and rushed to the door to provoke. With the character of a noble child like Lovstowsky, he naturally couldn't swallow this tone.
"Implement the second plan now!" Tang Jian said with a smile.
"Yes, Commander!" Cheng Biguang rushed to the radio mailroom happily.
At this time, at the north entrance of Weihaiwei, the Beiyang Fleet and the shore artillery on the north bank were still coming and going, and the shells flew everywhere. In a very short time, several larger turrets on the north bank of Weihaiwei were fired out by the triple-turn main artillery on the Long Xiao.
In the nearly an hour of shelling, the first battleship squadron had completed a salvo of the entire fleet. Just as Lu Wenjing was about to turn to carry out the second side shelling, a strong column of smoke rose above the Weihai Guard. Lu Wenjing even saw the towering mast of the Nikola battleship coming here, and the Russian naval flag dancing in the wind on the mast.
Lu Wenjing laughed inwardly, "What a fast speed!", and then ordered: "All the ships of the first battleship squadron obeyed the order, all the rudders were all right, and they immediately left the battlefield. The maximum speed was gathered in the predetermined direction in the southeast. The whole team was headed by the flagship and changed into a column of one characters!"
In the bridge command room of the Nikola battleship, Lovstowski looked at the Beiyang Fleet's first battleship squadron who was turning in a hurry and laughed: "Hmph! You're overestimating yourself! You dare to attack Weihaiwei with such a small amount of troops. Now, when you see the Pacific Fleet leaving the port, you're scared! What a group of pitiful yellow-skinned monkeys!"
"That's right, as long as the commander takes action personally, Tang Jian will run away with his tail between his legs!" Colonel Chalf, an adjutant of Lofstsky, flattered him.
"Haha!" Even though he knew that Chalf was flattering, Lovstowski still smiled happily, "The Pacific Fleet obeyed the order, and after leaving the port, the entire formation led by the Nikola battleship, changed into a one-line snake formation! The entire formation accelerated and chased the Beiyang Fleet!"
When all the main forces of the Russian Pacific Fleet left the Weihaiwei Port, the Beiyang Fleet's first battleship squadron had already left the battlefield, and the Pacific Fleet was driving at full speed and the direction of the pursuit was Tang Jian's main lineup.
"Haha, it's interesting! The word-long snake formation!" Tang Jian smiled at the word-long snake formation transformed by the Russian Pacific Fleet from afar, "I haven't had a big naval battle for a long time, and I'll implement the third plan right away!"
Chapter completed!