Alchemy Greater China

However, somewhat beyond Lonnie's expectations, the local fleet was like a ghost, waiting for a long time, but instead of waiting for their news, an envoy from Japan arrived.

The Japanese envoy is a female ninja with excellent kung fu. After she squeezed Lonnie almost dry, Lonnie readily agreed to Japan's request to 'lease' ten anti-submarine patrol boats.

Anyway, the situation in the East China Sea and South China Sea is stable, and anti-submarine patrol boats are unlikely to be used. They can earn some extra money, so why not do it?

Besides, Japan's plan for China is in the interests of the British Empire, and there is no reason for Lonnie not to "pass the knife".

In addition, the female ninjas presented by Japan really caught up with Lonnie's appetite. He once felt that compared with the Indian Brahman nuns, they have different flavors and have their own advantages and disadvantages.

It was about the third day after the anti-submarine patrol boat was sent away. Lonnie still remembered that it was April [-]th when he finally received the news from the home fleet.

Clay Hall made a phone call and asked the Indian Ocean Fleet to enter the Pacific Ocean in full gear and attack Long Hao's main naval force together with him.

Clayhall's request to Lonnie is: the main attack mission is to be done by the local fleet, and the task of the Indian Ocean Fleet is very simple, which is to cut off the possible escape routes of Long Hao's navy, and prepare to join the battlefield at any time to give Long Hao a fatal blow. Prepare.

Of course, Lonnie's understanding of this is: this kind of "fatal blow" is basically useless. He knows the strength of the warships brought by the local fleet best. As long as Long Hao's submarine threat is removed, those no-name navy?In the eyes of the British, it is a lame joke!

Therefore, Lonnie ignored Japan's actions in North Korea and ordered all the warships to set sail for Guam in the Western Pacific.

Guam is still a Spanish colony, but Lonnie has taught the Spanish governors in Asia one by one in the past month.In his eyes, Guam is undefended, and he can take it whenever he wants!

Let's stop here for the time being about what happened after Lonnie went to join Clayhall in such a high-profile way.Because at the same time as Lonnie was operating, there was also Japan's war in Korea...

Japan's war in Korea went extremely smoothly.

The army they dispatched to the Korean peninsula not only defeated the local soldiers in North Korea, but also used sneak attack tactics to wipe out several camps of the Qing army.

The loss of the Qing army was not small, so the entire situation in North Korea.It collapsed at a speed that even the Japanese did not expect.

Before even waiting for the main reinforcements from Beiyang, Seoul was about to fall!

The success of the battle surprised the Japanese army field commanders: Hey, didn't it be agreed that the Qing army entered the court first?Why didn't they even show up when we were about to surround Seoul?

The slowness of the Qing army really surprised the Japanese army: Is this still the army of a huge country?It's just a joke!

As a result, the morale of the Japanese army increased, and they drove back several breakouts by the Qing coalition forces guarding Seoul.

Seeing that the fall of Seoul is imminent.The king of North Korea is going to scold the street: Daqing, teammates like pigs.Why did the reinforcements come so slowly? We have been defending for three days, and we can't hold on any longer!Logically speaking, even if you are riding a donkey, you should have arrived by now?Has the distance from Beijing to Seoul suddenly become farther?

It is understandable that the king of North Korea is so angry.However, it is clear that he still lacks understanding of Chinese politics.

The reason why the reinforcements to Seoul were slow was not because Beiyang or the imperial guards really broke their legs, but because of the city of Beijing.On the Golden Luan Hall... everyone is grabbing credit!

Yes, you heard that right, it's credit grabbing!

The Qing dynasty still regarded Japan as a small country with scabies, and if they dared to send troops to North Korea, they came to deliver food!

Such a great contribution, such a delicious side dish, who will take it?

There was endless debate in the court, so that under the order of Li Hongzhang, the Beiyang infantry was about to enter the territory of Korea, and was forced to rein in the precipice: Kuaima sent the Queen Mother's order to let them camp in place and wait for orders.

The reason why Beiyang waited for orders was simple, because even the Empress Dowager Cixi, who had just imprisoned the little emperor, couldn't suppress the momentum of grabbing credit. His own spokesperson, striving to be the 'President of the Army Garrisoned in North Korea'.

Why is the position of 'President' so attractive? There is also a deviation from the original history... In a word, it is all forced by Beiyang and Cixi!

Who made the Cixi people restless in their old age, so that they shut down the emperor as soon as they said they wanted to, and abolished them as soon as they said they wanted to?

And Beiyang's powerful military strength under the leadership of Li Hongzhang made the hearts of all factions tremble!

At first, I thought that when the little emperor came to power, we could play political games in the court, play house, and divide the interests in a friendly way.

But now it seems that the two 'old things' are not old yet!

The combination of the Empress Dowager and Zhongtang, one is to regain the power of the royal family, and the other is to show an overwhelming advantage in the military. The infantry is also so strong. I heard that Meiyang, who was trained by Long Hao, was also defeated by them in a few charges!

If these two giants work together, how can we survive?

A little unsatisfactory, a combination of sticks will beat it down, why don't we let them slaughter us?

No, it won’t work if this continues. It just so happens that we have to work hard to find a little space to offset the impact of the Queen Mother Zhongtang’s cooperation by taking advantage of Japan’s small actions in North Korea!

Therefore, under the unanimous opposition of all factions in the court, the Beiyang infantry was forced to terminate its entry into the court, and instead awarded this "honor" as a gift of political compromise to a representative of a certain force...

Probably because the Empress Dowager Cixi had just imprisoned Guangxu, and in order to stabilize the situation in the court, she also decided to "hang out" the great hero Beiyang, lest those small forces in the court feel threatened and unite to break the boat... If this is given If Guangxu's chance to come back is lost, it will not be beautiful.

For various reasons, Seoul is still the same as in history.Captured by the Japanese.

In the original history, Japan launched the Sino-Japanese War and was fully prepared. Seoul was captured by the Japanese army in a surprise attack within a few days, and King Lee Hee of North Korea was captured.

And now, April [-]th.Seoul was stormed by [-] Japanese troops for three days and two nights, and the city was destroyed after three days and two nights. King Li Xi had caused some losses to the Japanese army because of his strong organization to break through the encirclement, so this time he didn't even take the prisoners as prisoners, and was directly cut off by the angry Japanese army. head.

Seoul fell, and the Korean government was controlled by Japan. The news was sent back to Beijing, and the Qing court was shocked.

Don't get me wrong, they are not mourning for Li Xi.Instead, I feel that Japan is deceiving people too much, and they have played beyond the bounds!You said that you two children played house, Qing Dynasty can understand it, it’s fine to punch each other a few times to be naughty, but you beat the North Korean children to half-mutilated, even cut off xdd, this is too much Too much!

Do you still pay attention to the 'adult' of Daqing?

No, we Daqing will take action to teach you a lesson!

Regardless of whether Japan recognizes itself or not as an 'adult'.Anyway, "Our Great Qing" got angry, although the Beiyang infantry was not allowed to do the work that the army did.But don't worry about Beiyang, you have raised your navy for so many years, and now it's time to serve the country.

Our Qing Dynasty said: Beiyang Navy, set off from Lushun Port immediately, and reinforce North Korea by sea!

As for the post of 'onshore president' that has been contested for a long time, it has not escaped the inertia of history.In the end, it was obtained by Ye Zhichao, the representative of the Huai Army.

We won't go into details about Ye Zhichao's character. In short, the Qing army with him as the "president" is destined to be tragedies again and again.

good.Our main attention is still focused on the Beiyang Navy...

"Beiyang is leaving?"

In the sapphire dragon boat, Long Hao asked Breeze leisurely as he trimmed his nails.

Next to Breeze, there is a group of alchemy disciples trained by the football school. They are all full of energy, and their faces are full of excitement.

It is a supreme honor for them to be able to stand in the sapphire dragon boat and listen to Long Hao's teachings and assignments!

"Yes, master, if the estimate is correct, the Beiyang navy will reach us in three hours!" Breeze stood on the console of the sapphire dragon boat, carefully watching the group of cubes moving slowly above.

After numerous modifications and enhancements, the sapphire dragon boat can already monitor large metal fluctuations within a radius of [-] nautical miles above its head.

And the armored battleship is the biggest source of metal fluctuations!

Today is April 24th, and the sapphire dragon boat is lurking under the vast and boundless surface of the Yellow Sea. Around it, there are several red dragon beards. There are a total of [-] sailors inside, quietly and on standby.

That's right, Long Hao was not chased and spanked by Clay Hall in the Pacific Ocean as widely speculated by American public opinion. The actual situation is that when he heard about the uprising of the North Korean Donghak Party, he put down his work. Keep an eye on what's happening on the Korean Peninsula.

No way, who made the Sino-Japanese War, especially the "Yellow Sea Battle" too famous!

After it was so famous that it was destroyed, this paragraph will be written in the history curriculum of Huaxia Kingdom to remind the children of China not to forget our eternal enemy: Little Japan.

Historically, the Great Battle of the Yellow Sea took place after the fall of Pyongyang. Li Hongzhang hastily dispatched the main force of the Beiyang Navy out of the Yellow Sea. However, because he underestimated the enemy, he was attacked by the main force of the Japanese fleet, and a decisive battle broke out.

Normally speaking, the city of Pyongyang is still in good condition. Japan's aggression against North Korea and its ambitions for China are still in their infancy. The collision of the main fleets of the two sides should not come so soon.

What is most likely to happen should still be a small-scale tentative contact like the 'Battle of Teshima'.

However, history will not repeat itself 100%, not to mention too much 'butterfly effect' has been mixed in it.

Think about it, since the Japanese army provoked the Donghak Party uprising several months earlier, then why didn't the "Yellow Sea Battle" happen earlier?

Well, even if it doesn't happen ahead of time, Long Hao, who is "compassionate and compassionate", will also prompt a big collision between the Chinese and Japanese navies in order to end this changed Sino-Japanese War as soon as possible!

"It's not far from the futures delivery date on May [-]st. I counted and I've stayed here for almost a month. Now that Beiyang has left the port, let this fateful couple get to know each other's strengths." !" Sitting in the sapphire dragon boat, Long Hao said to himself with an indescribably weird expression.

Indeed, in Long Hao's heart, this "Jiawu Naval War" was advanced.Definitely not as important as his empty gold orders!

The outcome of the Sino-Japanese War in the Sino-Japanese War had little impact on Long Hao.

However, if the gold empty order plan fails, although Long Hao will not go bankrupt, at least the myth of his repeated miracles will be shattered, and the goal of defeating Morgan and Rockefeller will be gambled with the gold empty order.It will become even more distant.

If the economic pillar of the United States does not collapse, the timeline for realizing the alchemy line will undoubtedly be extended a lot.

Therefore, Long Hao would not let it delay the Sino-Japanese War.

Or to some extent, this naval battle is just a tool used by Long Hao to fulfill a wish.

This wish is... to give an answer that Chinese people have been asking themselves for hundreds of years after the Sino-Japanese War: "If the Sino-Japanese War can be repeated, if the Beiyang Navy knew the Japanese intention from the beginning, if the shells were not adulterated Sand... so. Can Japan still win a big victory? Can Japan still step on the head of China and embark on the road of rapid imperialist expansion?"

For this answer, Long Hao deliberately asked Clay Hall to lure Lonnie's Indian Ocean Fleet away, creating a battlefield for a fair decisive battle between China and Japan.

And he himself is the observer, an observer hiding in the seabed, nothing more.

If the expectation is good, after today, it will be April 24th in the year of Jiawu, the year of Jiawu.It is the anniversary of the 'new' Sino-Japanese War!

Long Hao mobilized all his resources and told each other about the naval deployments of China and Japan.Next, both the Beiyang and the Japanese navy knew that the opponent was approaching, but neither of them retreated... The ultimate battle to test the achievements of the Chinese and Japanese navies in the past ten years is coming soon.

Compared with the original history, the Beiyang side used three more gunboats in this naval battle than in the Yellow Sea naval battle.

That is a total of 12 warships.9 affiliated ships.

In contrast, the Japanese combined fleet dispatched a total of 12 warships!

The Beiyang Navy was led by Ding Ruchang, with the flagship 'Dingyuan' and Liu Buchan in charge;

'Zhenyuan' is on the right, with Lin Taizeng in charge;

'Zhi Yuan'.Deng Shichang

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The Japanese Combined Fleet is divided into the main team and the first guerrilla team, the flagship of the team is 'Matsushima', and the captain Omoto knows;

The flagship of the guerrillas is the famous 'Yoshino', Captain Kawamoto Yoichi;

'Naniwa', Captain Togo Heihachiro

……

Because the information is in place, this "Yellow Sea Battle" is no longer a situation where the Japanese army sneaks up and Beiyang passively fights. The two sides are like warriors who have agreed to a duel, leading their entourage, and walking towards the arena with confidence...

Inside the sapphire dragon boat, on the ten-square-meter console, the array of small squares representing the warships of the two sides is getting closer and closer, just as Breeze predicted: three hours have passed, and both sides have entered the range!

This epic naval battle that doesn't need any ink to exaggerate, carries the desperate contest between the naval elites of the two countries in East Asia, and it's about to start!

Long Hao, one of the behind-the-scenes directors who brought the "Yellow Sea Great Battle" forward, did not turn on the holographic projection of the sapphire dragon boat, but stood beside Breeze, watching the dozens of people on the console with calm eyes like a player. The movement of small squares.

To put it bluntly, there are many peculiar functions on the sapphire dragon boat, but if you want to use it freely, you must consume energy points painfully. Long Hao is still in the stage of accumulating gold energy points. Alchemy apprentices and entry-level The group of alchemists is still being cultivated, so the keynote of the current alchemist's construction is still frugal!

Therefore, in a frugal environment, the movement of those small squares on the console is not so real-time. To apply the term for the next 100 years is: the configuration is not strong, and the picture is a bit stuck!

However, no matter how stuck, the tactics of China and Japan are still clearly visible to Long Hao and the others.

After seeing the formations of both sides, even the semi-expert Breeze couldn't help shaking his head and sighing: "Are you still using the crane wing formation? Tsk, Beiyang is too outdated!"

That's right, although Long Hao provided financial aid and equipment to Li Hongzhang, the Beiyang Navy still did not get out of the inertia of history, and still used the conical charge formation with "Dingyuan Zhenyuan" as the arrow.

(Li Hongzhang yelled at his injustice: Hey, you are the one who brought the Jiawu earlier. I want to improve the formation, but there is not enough time!)

In contrast, the Japanese combined fleet quickly separated from the guerrillas, split into two pieces, and began to circle around the sides of the Beiyang Navy.

What is the reason? People who have studied the Sino-Japanese War in the Sino-Japanese War in the future will be able to open their mouths with their eyes closed.

The reason is simple: the gunboats of the Beiyang Navy mostly have cannons at both ends of the ship, and the crane wing array is the most suitable formation for firepower deployment, while the Japanese gunboats are relatively advanced, fast, and the guns are on both sides of the hull.

So, is it the heavy artillery on the bow of the Beiyang Navy that took the lead in tearing through the defense line of the Japanese team, or the Japanese guerrillas headed by the 'Yoshino' used the rapid-fire artillery on the side to cut off the Beiyang formation first, and break them one by one , became the key to the victory of this naval battle!

On the sapphire dragon boat, there was constant vibration from the vast sea water.

Although the amplitude is very slight, you must know that this is 50 meters below the deep sea, and the vibration can be felt, which shows how fierce the battle at sea is!

Billowing black smoke, billowing sea water, rumbling gunfire... Long Hao and others can outline this picture scroll with their eyes closed, so there is no need to describe it.

Because at this moment, any gorgeous literary description is pale and powerless. This naval battle that determines the fate of the two countries and the achievements of the two generations of mariners in the two countries is only qualified to describe itself, and only it You can record yourself in history. (To be continued..)

ps: There are too many people writing about Sino-Japanese War, and there are too many books describing war scenes. I don’t want to copy them. I hope this way of writing can bring some novelty.