After Ivan telegraphed Markanov's opinions back to Russia, although the Tsar and a group of important officials attached great importance to Markanov's opinions, after many deductions, they found that the Russian fleet's hope of victory was indeed slim.

But faced with this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity between the two major powers in East Asia, Tsar Nicholas II decided to give it a try to defeat Beiyang.

The fleet is the best, and Russia can take both sides. Even if they lose, Russia is not without backup. In the dictionary of the Russians, there is never the word "ally", only interests! Japan is already quite weak now. If

If we fight for another two months, are we afraid Japan will collapse? By then, we will be unable to resist Russia, who has been preparing for two months.

As a result, the most bizarre situation in the history of war occurred! Russia had no intention of launching a full-scale war with the Qing Dynasty. After all, the Russians’ goal was to obtain an ice-free port in the Far East, and Muroran Port had already met Russia’s needs and faced the Beiyang.

The Russians were still very disappointed with their fleet and strict fortification system. What about the Qing Dynasty? At this time, it was worse to have more than less, so the two sides did not declare war on each other!

But the Russians still found a rather unreliable reason for the opening of the film! "Because the actions of the Northern Fleet in the Japanese Sea and the Western Pacific seriously affected the Russian Empire's maritime transportation in the Far East, the Russian Fleet will be responsible for all

Provided by ships from Russia and other countries

Escort. All attacks on merchant ships will be regarded as hostile acts. The escort scope will include Japan's territorial waters and high seas areas." The meaning of this is very simple, that is, if it attacks merchant ships, Russia will have to control it. But the Russian fleet will be limited to a certain number.

Within the scope! Don’t overdo it!

Xu Jie, who had already arrived in Shanghai, couldn't laugh or cry after looking at the briefing sent from the telegraph office. If you say you want to fight, then declare war directly. How can the two sides have already started fighting but still want to maintain normal diplomatic relations? Xu Jie's opinion is very simple. Since it is

If we fight, then declare war. Maybe the Beiyang Fast Fleet can still go to Vladivostok and transfer to Vladivostok.

In a circle, the current base of the Russian Far East Fleet will also be cleared away! (Okay. Although there are no good ships there anymore) As for the army, Xu Jie is not afraid of it. First, if there is a big problem, the British Emperor will not

Will stand by and watch. Second, Mao Zi can't get on the stage in the Far East Army, it's not as good as Japan.

But the people in the Central Committee of the Qing Dynasty still think this method is good. If Li Hongzhang wants to fight, then let him fight, but the situation must be within control. Your Beiyang Fleet is just going around in circles with the Russians at sea. But it’s impossible.

Don't make a big deal out of it! Just like that, the Beiyang Fleet and the Makanov Fleet were ready to fight without the two countries declaring war!!

Beiyang wants to cut off the Japanese army's maritime supply line, and the Russian fleet wants to organize Beiyang to cut off the Japanese army's maritime supply line. The focus of the battle between the two sides is this life-and-death line. As long as you can control the sea route, it doesn't matter if you don't destroy the Russian fleet. If you just destroy Russia

If the Russian fleet loses control of the sea route, then it would not make much sense to destroy the Russian fleet.

The key to the war is to cut through the layers of mist and get to the core of the problem! It seems that only by destroying the Russian fleet can Japan be completely locked down. But in fact it is not the case. First of all, the strategy formulated by Xu Jieyang, Lin Ding, Ruchang and others is offensive.

!How to destroy the other party's maritime transportation? Lead your own fleet to search endlessly on the sea? That is inefficient!

!Look what the British did? As early as the age of sail, the British advocated near-shore blockade. They would go directly to your port to block it with the fleet and transport ships, but due to the overwhelming advantage of the Beiyang Fleet, Xu Jie decided

It’s not just a matter of blocking, but a complete blockade with water mines or direct destruction if possible! (Of course, timeliness still needs to be considered)

Therefore, when the Beiyang Fleet decided to dispatch all its members to "visit" Japan's major ports one by one, the Russian fleet's plan to take the opportunity to attack part of it basically came to nothing. If everyone wants to leave, they will leave together. If you come up, I will beat you up.

You left. I went to the port and picked up the transport ship I encountered along the way. What can you do to me?

Because the war is about to enter its final stage, and the Beiyang Fleet has the advantage and has the ability to capture and return enemy ships to the port, the Beiyang Fleet has also begun to focus on capturing rather than destroying them. When encountering the Japanese side

The ship, first of all, used the small cannon to warn the other party to stop the ship, then continued to use the 12-pounder cannon to scare them, and then continued to use the 12-pound cannon to scare them.

Sunk it! In addition to the Beiyang Marine Corps, the Beiyang Navy this time also had a large number of civilian crew members. After the Japanese stopped the ship, they sent people to occupy it, and then under the supervision of the Beiyang armed personnel, they fought with the Beiyang Fleet.

Isn’t it a pleasant thing to move together and watch the “fireworks show” outside Japan’s port for free?

Beiyang is making plans, and Makanov is also making plans. To be honest, the experienced Makanov has already thought of the offshore blockade strategy that the Beiyang Fleet may adopt. After all, it is better to attack the bird's nest directly than to attack the bird's nest! This truth is understood by everyone.

Understand. If the Beiyang Fleet is not dispersed, Macca

Novov would never go into a head-on fight with the Beiyang Fleet, that would be courting death! After much deliberation, Makanov formulated an external battle plan, which was to directly attack the Qing's transportation lines and force the Beiyang Fleet to return reinforcements. However,

During the discussion, other captains disagreed!

"Your Excellency, Commander, I think it is necessary to emphasize that His Majesty the Tsar does not want the war to expand. If our fleet brazenly attacks the transport ships in the Qing territorial waters, what if the Beiyang Fleet attacks Vladivostok? Before Muroran Port is obtained,

, Vladivostok is our country’s only military port in the Far East.” Captain Rurik Toyarev said.

"The British sent a note, claiming that the British Far East Fleet has the obligation to ensure the free navigation of British ships in the Far East. If a ship flying the British flag is attacked, it is equivalent to declaring war on Britain. With the tacit approval of the British, those ships

Qing transport ships have begun to fly British flags that are not even worth a ruble. If we encounter them, should we fight them or not?" asked a staff officer.

"Damn the British." Makarnov cursed. Although Britain and Russia are both major European countries, they will not easily go to war, but the British are well known to the world for their sensitivity to sea power! At that time, Russia just wanted to open up the world.

It wasn't a big deal if the Darnell Strait then entered the Mediterranean. As a result, the British and the French fought a Crimean War with Russia! In the end, Russia promised not to let the Black Sea Fleet enter the Mediterranean.

thing.

You have to ask Markanov if he has the guts to test the British bottom line. Obviously not

You can pay a certain amount of money, but if the British intervene, then maybe Muroran Port should be named Yingjili!

Therefore, Makanov could only lead the fleet to wander around the periphery of the Beiyang Fleet and wait and see what happened. He had no courage to go up and was unwilling to leave. This was Makanov's mood at the time.

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