The Rise of the Empire

"After a full six hours of fighting, we never expected that we could see such fierce battles in the Far East! The Beiyang Fleet is over, but their hard work and courage will be recorded in the annals of history forever!" Fermante looked far away Said this after the Japanese fleet that went and the Beiyang Fleet that packed up and rescued those who fell into the water were evacuated.

Who wins this battle? Almost everyone present believed that the Japanese fleet finally won, and the Beiyang Fleet lost almost all cruisers after this battle! Only 3 big ships left! The Kaiyuan is better, capable of fighting, resisting and running, while the rest of Dingzhen has a full speed and less auxiliary guns. Without the protection of cruisers, it is extremely vulnerable to torpedo boats. It is impossible to go to sea to fight again.

But at the same time, almost everyone also thinks that the performance of the Beiyang Fleet in this battle is much better than that of Japan! Whether it is Felimante, Makanov or Ingenor, they all believe that if it were not for the Beiyang Fleet's several key tactical maneuvers to gain an advantage, the Beiyang Fleet would have been defeated as early as 2 hours ago! I can't even go back to Dingzhen!

At the beginning of the war, the Beiyang Fleet consisted of 12 warships! The total tonnage is 38,000 tons. Except for the Kaiyuan, the remaining warships are all old ships before 1890. Except for the three 7,000-ton ironclad ships, the average tonnage of other warships is only 2,000 tons. 1350 tons, Guangjia and Guangbing are even smaller! From the performance point of view, these 4 warships are completely made up!

And what about the Japanese fleet? There are a total of 14 warships. Although there are only 2 more ships, the total tonnage is 50,000 tons. Although there is only one cruiser Kasuga with a capacity of 7,000 tons, there are 8 new cruisers in service after 1890! When it comes to firepower, one Takasago has more firepower than two Jingyuan-class cruisers! Super brave and majestic, the four warships of Guangjia, Guangc and C can't beat a Takasago! The 10-inch guns of Chaoyong and Yangwei have a very slow rate of fire and are difficult to play a role, while Guangjia and Guangyi only have 2 150MM guns and 3 120MM guns respectively. Zhiyuan is not bad, only 3 210MM guns and 1 150MM gun The sidefire of the gun.

And the final result? The Beiyang Fleet still has 24,000 tons of warships left, and lost 14,000 tons of warships, while the Japanese fleet lost 3 cutting-edge cruisers, 2 old-fashioned ironclad ships and 1 unprotected cruiser. The lost warships with a total tonnage of 20,000 tons, if considering the quality of the warships, the Japanese will suffer even more!

"I can win a tactical victory with such backward equipment. I have to admit that the quality of the Beiyang Fleet is absolutely top-notch. Even if it is fought by the British Navy, it may not be able to achieve better results." The report said so.

"In this battle, the armored cruiser Mainz of the German Navy performed very well. It can be described as amazing and turning the tide! This battleship almost changed the outcome of this battle and even the war! If the Beiyang Fleet has 2 Munich-class armored cruisers! Then the Japanese fleet has no chance of winning at all! This weapon can be regarded as a strategic force for a medium-sized country! Even for a country like Russia, having a certain number of Munich-class armored cruisers will make them Dominance in the Far East! We must prevent potential hostile countries from acquiring this new cruiser!"

In another report, Felimante specifically pointed out that he must try his best to prevent the Russian fleet from acquiring powerful warships like the Munich-type armored cruiser. The level of the Russian shipbuilding industry is actually not high. The premise of the riots after 1895 was the full support of the French shipbuilding industry. Unfortunately, although the subsystems of the French shipbuilding industry are good, but the overall design is relatively small. Compared with Baron Vittorio, I don't know how bad it is.

The external environment of the Russians in this plane is much better than in history. At least so far, the relationship between Russia and Germany can be described as close, and when Fremantle’s report was sent to the British Admiralty,

Lord Hamilton smiled wryly and threw this document aside, because just yesterday, Russia had accepted two completed Munich-type armored cruisers from Germany! And these two cruisers will go to the Far East in 1895 after a short period of adaptive training!

What the British didn't expect was that the Russians not only had the Munich-class armored cruiser! Just when the British were thinking about how to fight against the Russian cruiser fleet in the Far East, two ferocious behemoth souls had already formed over the Brome-Forth Shipyard!

Putting aside the reaction of the British, the Russians and Germans are quite satisfied with the outcome of this battle. To be honest, they don’t care about the life and death of the Beiyang Navy except for Ruprecht. The Germans are satisfied because of this battle. The actual combat once again proved the power of the Munich-type armored cruiser, which made the German Navy's position in the world's navies invisible!

You must know that the Germans still have 6 such cruisers in their hands. Even in private, the top German navy believes that this cruiser formation is enough to beat the cruiser formation of any country on this plane except the British! In open sea operations, the hardware attributes are almost invincible! As for the British? It's not that the quality of British warships is high, but that there are too many of them! And the British also have a global base BUFF bonus!

In addition to the Russians, other countries in the world with navies who have ideas have also set their sights on Germany! The Argentines were complacent about the Munich-class armored cruiser they bought, while the Chileans said that thanks to my brother, I sold the scumbag Amster cruiser for a good price, and I can buy a new ship with a little more money!

As a result, the two old enemy countries did not stop doing one thing! Argentina said it needed to buy another new ship. And Chile said that for its own safety, it had to buy a new ship! In addition to the fact that these two countries placed orders within a week, even the Spaniards are considering whether they should reduce one self-made warship, and then use it to supplement a Munich-type armored cruiser?

However, like the British, after learning the result of this naval battle, almost everyone believed that the Beiyang Fleet had existed in name only! Although the two ironclad ships are still there, they are obviously unable to attack and fight without escorts. The Zhiyuan was beaten badly, and many places were beaten to the skeleton. When an American merchant ship passed by, seeing Zhiyuan who was slowly sailing, he even thought it was a ghost ship! It is also very difficult to repair it in a short period of time.

Now all countries think that the only warship in the Beiyang Fleet that can fight is Kaiyuan, but no matter how narrow the Yellow Sea is, how much can this warship do? Almost all naval powers in the world have removed the Beiyang Fleet from the chessboard of this war.

The second update is here~~~, there will be another update in the evening. Continue to collect!