Dadonggou, Huanghai

"Report, at 11 o'clock, a medical ship of the Japanese Joint Fleet was discovered!" Suddenly, in the bridge command room of the Longwei, a latest news came to Ye Zugui, the commander of the East China Sea Fleet.

An elegant arc appeared on Ye Zugui's mouth, and Ye Zugui immediately ordered: "The first team and the second team immediately turned to starboard at 8 o'clock! Looking for the main force of the joint fleet."

Before the war between China and Japan began, Ye Zugui divided the Yellow Sea Fleet into two combat sequences. One was the first combat sequence headed by three battleships, Longwei, Longxiao and Longteng, and the other was the second combat sequence headed by two battleships, Dragon War and Storm. Among them, the first team was the main force of the Yellow Sea Fleet and served as the main attack direction. It was commanded by Marshal Ye Zugui himself, and the second team was the support of the first team, responsible for dispersing the joint fleet, and was commanded by Rear Admiral Lu Wenjing, who shined in the Battle of Weihaiwei against the Russian Pacific Fleet.

"Haha! I didn't expect that Hirahachiro Togo's sense of smell is quite good. He is ready for battle so quickly!" Ye Zugui picked up the telescope and observed the weather conditions on the sea. It was cloudless and was extremely suitable for sea combat.

The president predicts things like a god, and everything is under the control of the president! Ye Zugui sighed in his heart.

"Generate power to Major General Chu Zhaoliang, commander of the submarine force, and ask him to report the location of the submarine force!" Ye Zugui picked up the phone beside him and asked.

After a while, a call from the radio operator came from the phone: "Report to the Marshal, Major General Chu Zhaoliang's call back. The submarine force is currently located at three o'clock in the direction of the formation, ten nautical miles away from the formation, and sails in parallel with the formation!"

"Inform Major General Chu Zhaoliang about the navigation direction of his own fleet, so that the submarine force can maintain contact with the fleet at any time and must not travel twenty nautical miles away! At the same time, two destroyers will be dispatched to determine the exact direction of the joint fleet." Ye Zugui ordered.

The Yellow Sea Fleet led by Ye Zugui has been ready to wait for several months, especially the joint fleet has been provoking continuously in the past month. The officers and soldiers of the Yellow Sea Fleet are all irritated. Now the opportunity has finally come. All the officers and soldiers of the Yellow Sea Fleet are waiting to attack the Japanese joint fleet heading north.

On February 11, 1907, the Yellow Sea Fleet's reconnaissance destroyer was the first to discover a medical ship of the Japanese Joint Fleet, so Ye Zugui immediately ordered the Yellow Sea Fleet to turn and prepare for the battle.

This combat waters were extremely close to the waters where the Beiyang Fleet encountered the Japanese Combined Fleet in Dadonggou, Huanghai 11 years ago. The Beiyang Fleet and the Combined Fleet broke out in the Dadonggou of the Yellow Sea. The first large-scale naval battle between ironclad ships in modern history broke out in the Dadonggou of the Yellow Sea. That confrontation between ironclad ships was unprecedented in history.

Today, eleven years later, the Pacific Fleet Yellow Sea Fleet will have an ultimate confrontation with the Japanese Joint Fleet on the old battlefield.

At 12:23 noon on February 11, 1907, after careful judgment, the three destroyers who went to investigate sent out a telegram to find that the Japanese Combined Fleet was heading northeast.

The first and second teams of the Yellow Sea Fleet were divided into four combat teams, led by Major General Sa Zhenbing, Major General Lu Wenjing and Marshal Ye Zugui, to concentrate in the direction of the joint fleet.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon on February 11, 1907, the cruiser of the Second Team of the Yellow Sea Fleet contacted the Japanese ship and reported that it was sailing eastward 48 kilometers northwest of the band.

The spring day in the north is very short. At five o'clock in the afternoon, thick fog suddenly rose above the sea. Ye Zugui looked at the gradually rising thick fog and his eyebrows were immediately twisted together.

He made a lot of calculations, but ignored the weather factors. The thick fog on the vast sea blocked the vision of the reconnaissance destroyer. The thick sea fog forced Ye Zugui to reduce the speed of the Yellow Sea Fleet to prevent ships sailing at high speed from colliding with poor vision and causing unnecessary losses.

It was at this time that Ye Zugui found that he had lost the trace of the joint fleet. Ye Zugui, who was extremely regretful, immediately generated electricity to Tang Jian.

At this time, Tang Jian had also entered the Yellow Sea. In order to ensure that the East China Sea Fleet achieves the attack advantage of "shocks" against the joint fleet, the East China Sea Fleet has not been too close to the joint fleet, so as not to be discovered by the joint fleet and allow the joint fleet to escape after hearing the news.

Tang Jian’s strategic purpose this time is to be sure to wipe out the joint fleet above the Yellow Sea, so Tang Jian was extremely cautious. After receiving Ye Zugui’s telegram, Tang Jian immediately instructed Ye Zugui to stand by on the spot and no longer attack, because the numerical advantage of the Yellow Sea Fleet could not be fully utilized, and it is very likely that he would be alerted by Hirahachiro Togo. However, Tang Jian instructed that once the traces of the joint fleet were found, he would immediately attack and not give Hirahachiro Togo any chance of sneak attack.

In the bridge command room of the Fearless, Cheng Biguang was full of worry, and Tang Jian smiled and said, "What's wrong, Cheng Biguang? Are you worried that the joint fleet will escape under the night fog?"

Cheng Biguang nodded.

Tang Jian said confidently: "Don't worry, the joint fleet cannot escape. Togo Heihachiro this time, with the determination to die, he is preparing to fight the main decisive battle with the Yellow Sea Fleet. Before achieving any results, Togo Heihachiro will not return empty-handed."

"However, under such a dense sea fog, the number and firepower advantages of the Pacific Fleet cannot be reflected. Moreover, once Togo Heihachiro learned that the East China Sea Fleet had returned to the Yellow Sea, they would definitely escape under the night fog. Under the cover of the night fog, the joint fleet could naturally escape easily under the attack on both sides! It seems that God is also helping Togo Heihachiro!" Cheng Biguang expressed his worries.

Tang Jian smiled bitterly and said, "My plan is perfect, but I made the same and fatal mistake as when Kublai Khan attacked Japan, that is, I ignored the weather factors. After Kublai Khan occupied North Korea, he assembled 800 warships in Busan, and finally, under a 'kami wind', he was almost wiped out. However, today I will not make such a mistake again. Even if the Joint Fleet has received the help of Haiwu, the Joint Fleet still cannot escape the fate of destruction."

"At worst, just besiege Sasebo like a few years!" Tang Jian couldn't help but shake his head slightly when he said this.

Cheng Biguang knew that besieging Sasebo was a forced approach in the worst case. However, Sasebo is no longer the same as before.

After Sasebo was completely destroyed by Tang Jian, Togo Heihachiro spent a lot of energy to rebuild. The shore artillery fire was several times stronger than before. In order to prevent the submarine from infiltration, Togo Heihachiro also specially built complete anti-submarine measures. At this time, the submarine force wanted to sneak into Sasebo quietly, causing heavy damage to the joint fleet.

The only way is to launch a strong attack on Sasebo from the sea outside Sasebo, but in this way, the Pacific Fleet will inevitably increase a lot of unnecessary losses. If the situation is worse, it is very likely that at least one main battleship will be lost.

This kind of loss is what Tang Jian least wants to see. The reason why Tang Jian said this plan was that under the worst case situation, that is, he did not wipe out the joint fleet above the Yellow Sea.

Tang Jian took a deep breath and said, "Don't worry so much. The effect of sea fog is two-sided. Since sea fog has hindered us, it has also had a certain impact on Togo Heihachiro's attack on the Yellow Sea Fleet. I think with Togo Heihachiro's wisdom, he will not launch an attack under such poor sea conditions! After all, he finally waited for the Yellow Sea Fleet to go out to sea. He didn't want to see the Yellow Sea Fleet return to Lushun Port under the cover of sea fog? Haha."

Hearing this, Cheng Biguang smiled. Indeed, under such poor sea conditions, Hirahachiro Togo would not be so stupid. If he launched an offensive with a poor vision, he would lose his accuracy and would also lose this rare opportunity to fight the main battle with the Yellow Sea Fleet.

Tang Jian’s analysis was not wrong at all. At this time, Heihachiro Togo was also worried about the problem of sea fog, and he also lost the trace of the Yellow Sea Fleet.

When the thick fog filled the entire Yellow Sea, Togo Heihachiro ordered the joint fleet to slow down their speed and sailed only with the cruise speed, waiting for the change.

Yamamoto Iroku poured a cup of strong tea for Togo Hirahachiro, because Togo Hirahachiro was destined to suffer from insomnia tonight. Yamamoto Iroku originally planned to make a cup of coffee for Hirahachiro on the East Line to refresh his mind, but when he thought that Hirahachiro Togo was not used to drinking coffee, he finally poured him a cup of his favorite tea.

Yamamoto Iroku asked carefully: "Hisser Togo, are you worried about why?"

Togo Hirahachiro blew away the tea leaves floating on the surface of the tea, tasted it lightly and nodded: "This heavy fog at sea not only helped the joint fleet, but also hurt the joint fleet!"

"Why do you say that?" Yamamoto Iroku was puzzled by this sentence that seemed to have a wrong sentence.

"With this sea fog, we can make more preparations for tomorrow's main battle! However, we have also delayed one more day. You must know that the East China Sea Fleet may have returned to the Yellow Sea at this time. If the two fleets meet tomorrow, the joint fleet will undoubtedly be defeated. Therefore, this heavy fog has not only helped the fleet but also harmed the fleet!"

"No!" Yamamoto Iroku's young and slightly childish face revealed a hint of firmness: "The United Fleet will definitely win a great victory under the leadership of Lord Togo!"

Togo Hirahachiro showed his first laugh in history. Togo Hirahachiro patted Yamamoto's slightly weak shoulder with force and said, "Yamamoto, if the empire's joint fleet can survive this test, I think in the near future, you must be a good naval fleet commander in the empire!"

ps: The second update today! This chapter has been written for a long time, and I have been thinking about whether Togo Heihachiro will fall or fall?
Chapter completed!