~Date: ~October 17th~

,nbsp; When he heard that he had discovered the main force of the Japanese navy, Shi Shipiao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He spent time searching for the main force of the enemy navy. After all, he was not familiar with the terrain of Edo Bay. Discovering the main force of the enemy means victory of the sailing. He glanced at the simple map on the case and said in a deep voice: "Explore again and ask for the specific number of enemy ships and distance."

"Respect." The officer saluted and walked out quickly.

Shi Shipiao, Yinxiang and his generals immediately left the cabin and came to the deck to watch with a telescope. In the northeast, a large number of black dots appeared five nautical miles away.

After glanced at the streamer on the brimmable hats worn by the Shanghai soldiers on the deck, Shi Shipiao silently calculated the direction of the wind and the speed of the wind. If the fleet remained still, it was expected that within three quarters of an hour, the two armies would confront each other.

It made him wonder, the Japanese navy fleet actually occupied the upper hand. Judging from time, the other party should be waiting for it here. After thinking for a moment, a light smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. After pondering, he ordered: "Order the fleet to turn right, thirty right, carry out the northeast direction, launch the battle queue, and prepare for the battle." After a moment of pause, he ordered: "All auxiliary ships follow the lower left side of the fleet, ready to pursue."

The commander quickly repeated the order, then turned around and ran to pass the order.

After hearing the order, Lin Wei couldn't help but open his mouth, but did not make a sound, just frowning. Yinxiang was also very surprised. According to the T-shaped tactics taught by the Naval Academy, they are now at a disadvantage and can fully unfold on the spot, waiting for work, so why do they do this in one go?

Judging from the shape and artillery position of these Japanese warships, like the naval warships before the Qing Dynasty, they should still fight on the shore war. They seized the lower position on the spot, and could completely reproduce the example of the Spanish fleet in the Wanshan Islands defeating the Guangdong Navy. Why did Shipiao go against the other side and grab the upper position?

Shi Shipiao glanced at a few people. He knew that they didn't understand. Because of Yinxiang, he explained in a deep voice: "The Japanese navy appeared here, obviously waiting for work. They did not take the lower-wind position to act as a defensive formation. Instead, they occupied the upper-wind position and set off an offensive situation, which was obviously intentional. I think they were probably yu's bets and the idea of ​​dying with us. Unexpectedly, it was very likely that it was a fire attack. Based on this possibility, we cannot launch a battle formation on the spot. We must shell the two fleets when interlaced to try our best to give full play to our artillery advantages and reduce unnecessary losses."

Yinxiang nodded secretly when he heard this. Hang, both sides basically took the lead in taking the advantage and stood invincible. The lower-wing position T-shaped position is the most ideal position. Not only can you calmly carry forward all your firepower, but you can also evacuate calmly when the battle situation is unfavorable.

If you are in the upper hand, you can only be in an offensive position. You often need to fight for your life to grab the upper hand. The Japanese navy is probably trying to get close to shooting, fighting on the sidelines, or fire attack without any consequences!

Lin Wei said in a deep voice: "General Shi, the range and accuracy of our artillery are far superior to that of the Japanese navy. Even if they attack with fire, in the T-shaped formation at the downwind, under our dense artillery attack, they would not have the chance to get close to us."

Shi Shipiao looked at him and said lightly: "The number of warships of the Japanese navy is probably more than 70. They are not only a life-threatening person, but they also use columns? If they use horizontal fire attacks, how can we deal with it?"

Hearing this, Lin Wei couldn't help but suffocate. If the other party used fireboats to advance together, dozens of fireboats rushed in. No matter how dense the artillery fire of their twenty battleships was, it was impossible to prevent all fireboats from approaching. Using horizontal teams to cut into the enemy array to fight on the side, it has always been the only way for the navy to gain life. After thinking for a while, he said: "The wind direction is northeast, which is facing us. If the situation is wrong, we can evacuate the battlefield west to east at any time."

"Moranna!" Shi Shibiao said in a deep voice: "We are working hard to keep our troops from afar, how can we weaken our morale in the first battle? We will win the first battle!"

As the flag was waving, the entire Nanyang fleet began to slowly turn right, heading against the wind, and facing the Japanese navy.

On the Japanese navy warship, Yoon Otani stared at the huge Qing fleet that was heading up against the wind. He really didn't expect that the other party would not take advantage of the ones who came to the door. He actually didn't want the position of the lower T-shaped ones he gave them. He couldn't help but be so arrogant. What did the Qing people want to do?

He was indeed repaid with the inevitable death, and deliberately went to the upper hand, intending to fight to the death. After all, Edo Bay is so big. If the other party finds it, the navy will probably not even have the chance to fight back. Unexpectedly, the other party is so cunning that he would not even give them the chance to fight right away! "Baga." He couldn't help but curse angrily.

Although he had never witnessed the power of Western warships, he had heard people describe it in detail. He could have imagined what would it look like if so many warships fired in a volley?

However, Yoonaki Otani had no way out. Their navy received an order to prevent the other party from landing on the dock. He knew very well that the navy had been abandoned and their only function was to win time for Edo and allow the retainers to calmly deploy defenses on the shore.

Looking at the huge fleet that was slowly approaching, the muscles on Otani Yoon's back twitched. It was impossible to escape to delay time. The opponent's speed was definitely faster than theirs. Once the enemy was chased by the enemy, the consequences would be unimaginable.

You can't hesitate anymore. Once the opponent takes the lead, you may not even have a chance to fight back. After a moment of pondering, Yoshiba Otani shouted in a deep voice: "All fire ships line up to attack the enemy's array, enter the enemy's artillery range, and ignite the fire immediately. Other warships are separated by one (more than 100 meters), and then follow up, preparing to jump the board battle, and martial arts will last forever!"

After ordering, the entire navy immediately heard a neat cry, "Mastery will last forever!" "Mastery will last forever!"

Hundreds of naval warships turned one after another, drew arc waves on the sea surface, and rushed straight towards the giant ship of the Nanyang Fleet without fear.

Seeing this situation, Lin Wei couldn't help but be happy and chuckled, "Isn't this a way to die?"

But Fu Anding asked, "What are they shouting at ghosts?"

Cheng Kezheng knew Japanese and quickly explained: "What he contains is the martial arts slogan, their Bushido slogans are shouting like this before charging for the death."

"Haha, what a decisive charge? I think they are a suicide charge." Lin Wei chuckled and mocked.

Shi Shipiao breathed a sigh of relief and said in a deep voice: "Right 15th right rudder, half sail down, and the port side cannon is ready." (To be continued... q!.

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