Chapter 177 The Eve

"Zhang Zuolin!"

"When did this big bandit leader sneak into the army? Unexpectedly, he went to Germany to study and entered the core general reference?

Standing on the dock of the Ryukyu Harbor, Master Li siped his mouth. Fortunately, the big bandit leader should have been brainwashed into a hot-blooded young man, but he still has to pay attention to it.

Above him, Chen Ping didn't notice Li Mo's thoughts. He looked at the main force of the fleet that had just returned from the dock and was receiving supplies.

More than a year has passed since the name was changed from Naha to Bahai. After welcoming the king, the local residents of Ryukyu burst into unprecedented enthusiasm. They not only regarded the Pacific Army as their own family, but also cooperated in construction. In addition, the Chinese immigrants from various places have been recruited one after another, and Ryukyu has reappeared. The busyness of the past.

Although there is still a gap between 100,000 workers and the expected 300,000, they are still making rapid progress by putting them all around the hegemony! Coupled with the promotion of the strong funds of the State Council, it is almost every day here, especially the construction of the coastal defense system and military factories related to the safety of Ryukyu, which has been given additional priority. Not only has the shipyards have taken the lead in building two docks to build urgently needed small gunboats, but also gun factories, ammunition factories and some Shipbuilding supporting factories are also in low-speed trial production.

The naval wharf is the first harbor to complete the expansion. The flying blood cloud dragon claw flag tells everyone who comes here that it has completely belonged to the Pacific Army, and it will become an important base for the Pacific Fleet to connect the Far East and the Pacific Ocean.

As early as after taking Ryukyu, ammunition, coal, steel, oil and other materials insisted by Li Mo have been agreed by the General Staff and the State Council, which have been listed as a top priority. Not only have many large warehouses have been built on the harbor, but also three areas that are located in the depths of the island and cannot be touched by artillery. The super-large storage base is used to store important materials.

However, even if the Honolulu Arsenal was fully produced, it still could not meet such a large amount of ammunition and material reserves, so Chen Ping also went to Chile to negotiate with President Monte, Simmons and other naval officers. They secretly contacted some South American countries and repurchased a large number of shells and materials.

After these shells, torpedoes and other materials are transported to the Ryukyu Arsenal, they are filled with Honolulu's unique TNT explosives by themselves, which greatly reduces the logistical pressure on Honolulu and allows Tang Xiao's equipment department to devote more energy to the research and development of new artillery and ammunition.

Now, all these warehouses have been opened, and torpedoes and shells have been loaded into carts and transported to the dock. In order to alleviate the capacity, even more than 50 cars tested for training workers have been transferred to tow goods.

The fleet and staffing formulated by Master Li are completely based on World War II standards. Except for the aviation detachment, which has not appeared because of a large number of skeletons, the others have basically been completed. In this regard, the Pacific Fleet has led the world for decades!

In terms of ammunition configuration, according to Master Li's idea, the main battleship should have four types of heavy armor-piercing shells, standard armor-piercing shells (light bombs), high-explosive bombs and special bombs (evil white phosphorus incendiary bombs).

But due to technical problems, in fact, there are only two kinds of armor-piercing shells and high-explosive bombs in Honolulu at present. High-explosive bombs are the signature of the Pacific Army. The typical thin-skinned and large-filled medicine are all new gunpowder, which is much more powerful than similar shells in various countries at this moment.

However, armor-piercing bullets are a big problem, because although some countries have been developing this kind of ammunition these days, they are still in the laboratory, and the equipment is completely blank. Therefore, the armor-piercing shells currently used by the Pacific Fleet are just reducing the load and modifying the bullet shape to make it more slender and sharp. It completely relies on weight and initial speed to smash the armor.

In addition to the power of artillery, this is also one of the main reasons for restricting the current power of battleships, so Master Li has ordered Tang Xiao, and according to the impression in his memory, he provided some technical information about armor-piercing bombs, combustion and other technical materials, which was handed over to the equipment department for development, which was also merged into the huge Jinghai plan.

But today, the proportion of four battleships and four heavy patrols carrying high-explosive bombs is as high as 80%, which is very unreasonable, because it means that in case the guess is not accurate, if the enemy Russian fleet is blocked, the Pacific Fleet's ability to attack the sea will be sharply reduced!

As for the originally needed armor-piercing shells, they are loaded on eight cargo ships. They will carry out a large-scale maritime ammunition supply to the fleet after attacking the target, which is also a historical name.

At the thought of connecting the supply speed of warships with a shipboard crane, Master Li was not very comfortable. Especially after the Jinghai Plan, the navy will gradually enter the fuel era, and more large-scale professional supply ships are needed. No wonder later generations say that a complete and well-equipped logistics fleet is a doubling of naval strength. From this moment on, his eyes shifted to the large logistics supply ship.

But before that, he must face the most realistic problems.

According to the firepower of the fleet at this moment, if you want to destroy Vladivostok, you have to consume almost all the shells on the ship, and you can't get a more convenient way to supply the dock, so after the fighting, you have to rely on the poor cranes on the transport ship for dangerous and difficult sea replenishment.

A 305mm shell weighs hundreds of kilograms. If you rely on the crane on the freighter to the battleship little by little, it will take at least one night to replenish all the ammunition!

One night!

Will the Russian fleet get the news? What will you do when you get the news? If they learned that Vladivostok was attacked, would they escape immediately? In this case, isn't it in vain?

Li Mo took a deep breath, as Chen Ping said, this is a gamble. The bet is that the Russian Far East Fleet will really pour out to eat the Beiyang, and the bet is that the army can alone block the Russians' impact on the Jiaodong Peninsula! The bet is that the Russian fleet will not escape!

As night fell, the assembled fleet slowly sailed out of the harbor and disappeared into the sinking sunset--

Outside the coast of Incheon.

More than a dozen Russian capital ships that have just completed the task of shelling the port have launched the harbor in turn.

Although the Yellow Sea was windy and waves at night, the battleship Chesma of more than 10,000 tons was relatively stable. Witheft stood on the bridge, holding a cup of fragrant milk tea, swept his eyes and hung far behind the fleet, and gradually disappeared in the night. The destroyer flying the flag of the Hawaiian Pacific Fleet and the neutral flag, no The dandruff curled his lips!

And he knew that the destroyer hidden in the dark was farther away, and there were two protective cruisers, one with a British flag and the other with a German flag.

Witthft narrowed his eyes and smiled at the corners of his mouth. These people came to watch his Far East fleet! I believe that when they bring the strength of the Far East Fleet back to their respective masters, those guys who always like higher and small plots will be shocked by the powerful Far East Fleet and dare not mess up!

Behind Witthft, several fleet staff officers were also watching several "adhering" ships in the distance. While the commander of the fleet laughed at him for liking milk tea, he was also worried about the operation.

It is said that although I was attacked by Hawaii and lost my navy, they stubbornly relied on three cruisers urgently purchased from Chile to form a small fleet, patrolling between Japan and North Korea all night.

All the commanders of the Far East Fleet, including Witthft, disdained the small fleet, but the staff were a little worried. Although the tonnage of the three cruisers was generally only about 2,000 tons, the speed was very fast, at least 20 knots. Although the tonnage of the Far East Fleet was large, the general speed was only 17 knots left. Right, even if there are several protective cruisers of the same level, they are not as fast as themselves.

However, although the staff were worried, they did not make any suggestions, mainly because Vladivostok is too close to North Korea. Even if I want to carry out an attack, I should only look at the sea and sigh because there is not enough space.

At present, the biggest problem is still the 50,000 Japanese army stationed in North Korea! Those damn dwarfs, after the failure of the navy and the compensation that even the empire coveted, are still frantically sending more troops to North Korea. What are they thinking?

As for the more damned Hawaiian young master, after defeating the Japanese navy, he did not restrict the movement of the Japanese army! It is said that he also offered to help Japan transport troops to North Korea! Did that guy take the wrong medicine?

The staff quickly finished muttering and turned their eyes to the deck. The sailors in twos crowded on the deck and waved hello to the army soldiers on the six transport ships in the center of the fleet. This escort operation without opponents was no different from a vacation for them!

Wittheft did not stop the soldiers from moving, but was very happy to see this situation. The soldiers were also relaxed, which meant that his future was brighter!

Governor of the Far East, Duke of the Empire! This is Alexayev's dream. He hopes to rely on North Korea and the northeast of the Qing Dynasty to become the Grand Duke admired by everyone in the empire.

And I will also embark on the road of becoming a marshal of the Imperial Navy because of these two place names! When Witkhft Meimei fantasized that she was crowned Marshal of the Imperial Navy, the second-class battleship Klimlin, which was piloted in the distance, sent a flag signal, and the fleet had been assembled.

Withft's lip line suddenly bent up, took out his pocket watch and looked at the time. There are still ten hours left. Tomorrow morning will be the first step on the marshal's road!

"All of you, go and have a rest. When we wake up tomorrow morning, the whole world will remember us!" Witkhft glanced at nothing, muttered to the staff for a long time, and laughed.

The deputy generals of the staff around them also laughed. In their unbridled laughter, the Pacific Fleet destroyer, which had just left, appeared in the distance like a ghost.

At the top of the mast, a little bean-sized light is particularly bright in the night.

(to be continued)