Chapter 230 Just the beginning

Guam.

In the wide Appra Bay, more than a dozen cargo ship Hampers in different forms gathered together, which were the trophy of the special operations team during this period. Due to the large amount of cash on delivery in Honolulu, the fleet passing through the Nanyang during this period, which also made them make a small fortune.

On the dock, Long Guozhang's eyes did not stay on these freighters too much. His eyes were still focused on the four mackerel-class submarines resting on the shore.

Due to the excellent operations of the previous two ships, the staff sent all four submarines to Nanyang for training, and the Apra Army Port has also become a temporary base camp for the submarine force. What makes him more happy is that the second generation of four larger and more updated submarines have also been quietly launched in Honolulu. Therefore, Qin Shou also specially ended the team training and rushed back. Honolulu accepts new boats.

Yan Fu, who came from Lu Song to discuss the next plan, also had stars in his eyes. He had also heard that some countries were working on warships that could dive underwater, but he didn't expect that while others were still experimenting, the Pacific Army had put it into actual combat, and he didn't expect that this was Li Mozhu. Designed by the guide!

He really can't imagine why Li Mo, who is not yet 20 years old, knows everything? It seems that there is nothing in this world that can make him difficult. Is it true that Master Li was sent by God in the army?!

Yan Fu couldn't help laughing at his absurd idea. He shook his head and said, "Brother Guozhang, you are getting fatter and fatter." Being scratched to the itch, Long Guozhang laughed unabashedly. He did have reason to be proud. Four modified heavy patrols will be put into service in a few months, two more submarines have been added, and the original eight capital ships have also completed the replacement of the main gun. At this moment, the power replacement of the four light patrols is also coming to an end, as long as In three months, the combat effectiveness of the fleet will take a big step!

And the most important Jinghai plan, which is related to the future of Honolulu, will finally be released after waiting for two years. Although it is not a battleship or even as heavy patrol, the addition of 10,000-ton-class light patrols with high speed and large endurance can greatly increase the fleet's control over the Pacific Ocean.

As long as the Japanese navy, which has exhausted all the financial resources of the country and owes a huge amount of extra debt, the young master's promise to support the Pacific Ocean when he built an army on Masti Island will be half completed.

But at the thought of the new navy that expanded again, even if he was still a little worried, the smile on his face gradually contracted. He was not even very sure about this battle, and what surprised him more was that the young master had not mentioned the guidance on how to deploy and how to fight the war.

How to play? It has become the most talked about topic of fleet officers and soldiers at this moment.

"Mr. Yan, you." Long Guozhang was about to ask Lu Song about something. At the same time, a harsh brake sound suddenly sounded from behind. At the same time, the two immediately turned their heads, and the hurried correspondent had rushed in front of them.

"Report, urgent telegram from the General Staff, please ask the commander and Mr. Yan to return to Lushun immediately."

"Oh? So urgent? What's the matter?"

The communication officer swallowed and handed the telegram to Long Guozhang. At the same time, his voice suddenly sank: "The young master was assassinated and injured!"

"What!"——

"What!"

Hearing the news brought by the counselor, Ogner almost poured coffee into his nose, stood up from the chair with his mouth wide open, and rushed to him to confirm again: "Whose message is this? Did Li Mo really be attacked?

The counselor nodded affirmatively: "The news has been confirmed, and the German ambassador who is working in Lushun has checked Li Mo's injury. According to him when he came back, the injury is not light."

"Damn it!"

Ogner threw the coffee cup on the table and asked fiercely, "Is it Russian or myself?"

"Japanese version!"

The counselor smiled bitterly, and he couldn't figure out why he chose to be desperate at this time. If the assassination was successful, it would be the same, but now didn't it give the Pacific Army a reason to go to war?

Ogner slowly sat down again. As an outstanding diplomat, he mastered the ability to infer from a small matter that the meaning must be mastered, so he was not surprised that he assassinated Li Mo, but was a little puzzled about the choice of this opportunity.

The four capital ships ordered from the United States are about to return to Japan, and the Americans have also sent warships to protect them. Unless the Pacific Army is willing to go to war with the United States, they can only watch the warships return to Japan.

Several small warships helped by the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Italy also returned to Japan earlier. The strength of Japan's navy is slowly recovering. Why did I have to assassinate Li Mo at this time? Don't they know what it means to fail?

No!

He is not a fool. Naturally, he knows what it means to do it once he fails. Now that his naval strength is about to recover, isn't it an excuse for the Pacific Army to go to war? Once the war begins, except for the four capital ships of the United States, the rest of the capital ships that are starting sea trials in Britain will be unable to deliver because of the domestic law of not providing weapons to warring countries.

If you don't get the eight capital ships, you can't win this battle. Even a three-year-old child knows this truth. So why did you have to do it?

Is it!

Ogner's face suddenly changed color, which could make Japan make such a desperate move at this time. There is only one possibility, that is, there is a big problem in Japan!

It must be so!

It is said that there must be some problems in China, otherwise he would not have taken such a risk. As a politician, he knows better than anyone that war is the best way to divert some fierce contradictions!

If the Pacific Army starts a war under the pretext of assassination at this time, then all the attention in China will be turned to the war, the people will share the same hatred, and all forces will be concentrated on fighting against the enemy!

Ogner breathed a long breath. Although he figured out the reason for taking risks, another problem faintly surfaced, that is, the confidence in winning the war in China was rapidly disappearing, so he was eager to assassinate Li Mo! If you don't even have confidence, how will the action to contain the Pacific Army end? Do you really want the Royal Far East Fleet to participate in this war?

Ogner's eyebrows are getting tighter and tighter. Isn't it too hasty to use the plan to contain the Pacific Army? Maybe it was a mistake to persuade Japan to march into Yizhou, North Korea last time!

"Mr. Ambassador, what should we do now?" Ogner's silence made the counselor quite anxious and said, "According to the intelligence, the Pacific Army has gathered along the Yalu River. If it can't be stopped, they can complete all the preparations in ten days at most, and then."

"Apment to North Korea!"

The words made Ogner wake up suddenly and shouted, "Contact the minister of Honolulu. I need to see Li Mo immediately!" -

The sad north wind is wrapped in snowflakes flying all over the sky, sprinkled one after another. The Yalu River in the distance has already been frozen and scaled. Looking down from the top of the mountain, it turned snow-white in front of me.

The sound of whips kept coming from the road in the distance. It was not a wide horse mountain. The four horses walked side by side, dragging a heavy cannon behind them without exception.

The 105mm gun with 25 times the body is currently the largest mobile gun equipped by the Pacific Army. Although some countries are equipped with more than 200mm cannons, in Li Mo's opinion, it is simply a chicken rib.

No matter how short the tube is, the weight will be reduced, and the weight of artillery above 150 mm will exceed two tons. It may still be able to play in a flat Europe, but in the Far East where there are not even a few railways, it is a disaster.

So when planning the army artillery, Li Mo kicked away a bunch of bastards who wanted to compare the caliber with the navy, and decided to use two calibers of 75mm and 105mm. As for the planned 152mm caliber, although the sample gun has been taken out, it is also a chicken rib if the car is not solved.

In fact, the army does not have much equipment for 75mm artillery, mainly because the first howitzer has not appeared in this year, and the artillery still relies on visual direct fire. The 75mm gun conflicts with the most popular 60mm mortar, so the artillery has not been able to really dominate the battlefield.

Until the recent first batch of 105 mm, with a maximum range of 7 kilometers, the new hydraulic garrisons were used to arrive in Lushun, and the artillery was really stepped up and became a popular place for all divisions.

Even if it is a new type of artillery, the weight of 1.5 tons is enough for everyone to have a headache, so most of the captured war horses were requisitioned by the artillery, and even the cavalry regiments were almost not enough to make up the horses.

The four horses and rein dragging can only be dragged, especially the rugged roads around Andong, so the soldiers still need to rely on others to carry it on their shoulders to barely pass.

The dense snowflakes poured down, and soon the soldiers' heads and bodies were like a layer of snow-white flour, especially the ammunition box on the back carriage, which had been completely covered with white.

Hao Jingchuan is a veteran. Because he learned cannon before joining the army, he is also one of the best in the first division of artillery. In addition to that stinky mouth, he was nicknamed Hao Cannon.

But today, he was not in the mood to show off his mouth. He carefully pulled the rein of the horse and stared at it. After carefully checking that the front had been covered with heavy snow, he stepped on the muddy road by the infantry in front of him. When he cursed the ghost weather in his heart, he had already scolded me on the other side.

Paralyzed, he dares to assassinate the young master. Isn't he tired of living?

Since equipped with this new type of artillery, the man has not opened yet. The dog said that he will use the cannon as a woman, and let them know who is the king of land war!

In fact, not to mention Hao Cannon, now the one in the Pacific Army is not red-eyed and full of anger. Even Division Chief Zhang of the Marine Corps, it is said that the day after the assassination of the young master, he ran to the staff headquarters to ask the Marine Division to land in Japan, saying that he would call him the emperor. The daughter was caught to boil medicine for the young master!

It's right for your appetite!

Hao Cannon licked his lips and said that my skin was the most well-behaved. No matter how she tossed, she followed it. If the emperor's daughter made medicine for the young master and served tea, and added that, would she be able to recover faster?!

While Hao's cannon was thinking nonsense, the artillery battalion finally arrived at the predetermined position. The soldiers dragged the horses and pushed a cannon into the battle position, stationed the hoe and the gun rack. At the same time, the logistics transport team also began to unload a truckload of cannonballs and fuses.

One battalion, 48 105mm guns, plus the second and fourth division artillery battalions in the other two positions, Andong suddenly gathered 144 new cannons in the direction of Yizhou. As for the 75mm guns equipped by the original artillery battalion, they were not arranged in this mission because of their short range.

When all the guns entered the gun position, the gunner began to pull off the gun jacket and unlock the bolt. At the same time, he began to shake the handle hard to adjust the muzzle. Each cannon was supported to the maximum elevation.

The packers who had been on standby for a long time began to install fuses for the shells. When they were installed, they suddenly stuffed the huge projectile into the gun barrel. While the gunner closed the bolt, the gun squad leader immediately raised an orange flag.

Then, each soldier looked at the red flag held high by the former communication soldiers of the artillery command department, waiting for it to fall straight down!

But I don't know why, everyone waited for a long time for the red flag and never waved it. Hao Cannon licked his lips. Could it be that the staff changed his mind? Aren't you going to shell Yizhou?

As time went by, the red flag was still the same. The artillerymen stood in the wind and snow, and everyone's face was full of anxiety and surprise.

At this moment, the other yellow flag was suddenly raised by the communication soldiers and crossed three times against the wind and snow. Every artillery saw the signal!

Thirty minutes of rapid shooting!

Boom!

Boom!

As Hao Cannon pulled the gun rope for the first time, the cannons around him also roared one after another. The shells hissed across the white river and made huge mushroom clouds on the other side!

"Hit him like a dog!" Hao Cannon rolled up his sleeves and shouted loudly to open the bolt again.

Army guns cannot be compared with ship guns of the same caliber, but the new 105mm gun can still fire four shells per minute, and can fire nearly 200 shells in just one position in one minute!

The cannon was roaring, and the fire in the muzzle was getting bigger and bigger. Even the snow in the sky seemed to be blown away by this blazing heat. The cold gun position just now was full of heat waves and sweatdrops, filling bullets and firing!

The artillerymen mechanically repeated the action. They didn't care whether they hit the target at all. Thirty minutes of rapid shooting was a warning to the Japanese garrison on the other side, because they knew that if it was not a warning, the shelling would be three hours!

Thirty minutes were fleeting. After the last shell was fired, the artillery slowly raised their heads to check their achievements. When the other side of the Yalu River was full of smoke and fire, they all knew that this was just the beginning! ......

(to be continued)