Chapter 71 Sandu Australia

Sandu Ao, a year ago, perhaps the whole world did not know this place, but now this is the midpoint of China's 18,400 kilometers of coastline that observers around the world are concerned about. It is a world-class natural deep-water port. Sansha Bay, with a small belly, is a rare sea lake in the world, and it is endless at an altitude of hundreds of meters. The mountains, a sea lake dozens of kilometers deep, not only block the attack from the sea, but also the snooping of outsiders.

Although Sansha Bay, which was once unknown, has long been the headquarters of the Chinese navy, it has not attracted the attention of other countries. The reason why it has attracted the attention of other countries now is that a huge fleet sailed into the bay on May 1. The Second Pacific Fleet of the Russian Empire has only made the longest voyage in the world. The fleet, no matter where it reaches any port, will attract the attention of the world.

When the beggar-shaped fleet dragged small ships such as destroyers and torpedo boats into the military port of Sandu and Macao, the officers and soldiers of the naval training fleet in the military port mooring area were stunned by the unprecedented spectacular appearance of the "old cow pulled the car" fleet.

"Rostewinsky must be crazy!"

Anyone who sees the battleships and cruisers full of coal on the deck, and then looks at the fleet towed with cables, will come up with this idea, but even so, they still look at the fleet as calmly as possible.

On the battleship Duke Suvorov of Russia's Second Pacific Fleet, the military band played the national anthems of Russia and China one after another. After seven months of wandering, the Baltic Fleet, known as the "wandering fleet", has finally ended its wandering. Roger Strinsky, the commander of the fleet, stood on the deck of the ship. More After seven months of cold eyes, it seems a little excited.

"Our military failure led to diplomatic failure. Now the attitude of the French towards us, that is, the attitude of ordinary people towards a broken relative..."

Once faced with the betrayal of the French, he had such an explanation from his staff, but now he hopes to add a sentence after this sentence.

"But when Russia was treated coldly, China used his actions to prove the friendship from the East to us!"

After changing into a brand-new Russian naval uniform, facing the visiting Chinese naval officers and soldiers, Rogerstwinsky, a court general, showed his elegant demeanor that he was good at.

"...The whole Russian navy will remember the help your country gives us when the Russian navy needs it, and every Russian navy officer and soldier will be grateful..."

While he was talking, among the smiling visiting officers and soldiers on the other end of the deck, a young naval trainee officer stared at the battleship Duke Suvorov. From time to time, he turned his eyes to the Russian sailors and occasionally turned to those weapons.

"Hing up, what are you thinking about?"

Aware that the classmates seemed to be a little distracted, Ma Pengcheng, who was standing next to Su Yueyang, asked.

"I'm thinking about how I should defeat this fleet if I were Dongxiang!"

Su Yueyang spit out a sentence in his mouth, but from his serious eyes, no one seemed to doubt that he was really doing a tactical case in his heart. After all, he was really known as a genius in the military academy.

Although it is only a second grade, in the military chess demonstration, he skillfully used the cruiser fleet dominated by the navy's only two battleships to defeat the four ships and eight cruisers led by the British idator corps, which was called a rare naval tactical genius by the instructors.

"I think you should consider how you should defeat the Japanese fleet if you were President Ye!"

A kind reminder.

"There is no chance of winning, just don't think about it!"

"Didn't you win in the military chess deduction?"

"That's just a military chess deduction. In addition, it is the British who command the fleet. They are from the British navy. On the surface, they command the Japanese fleet, but the bones think that it is the British Royal Navy, so he is trapped by me. First, he transferred the light cruiser fleet to escort the merchant ships, and then divided the troops to search for armed merchant ships to break the battle, and finally He also mobilized cruisers to search for the cross-cruising fleet. When he divided his troops, he forgot the Japanese fleet he commanded, so he gave me the opportunity to attack his cruiser fleet with a battleship..."

Su Yueyang's words were very easy. For him, it seemed that the battle that was passed on as a miracle by the whole naval school was not worth mentioning at all.

"If they are changed to Dongxiang, those who are angry, is it possible to constantly mobilize the cruiser fleet to ensure shipping? To create opportunities for me to break through each other, the British commanded the Japanese fleet, but the thoughts of the Royal Navy in their bones are affecting them, so that victory was just a cheat!"

"Is there really no chance of winning against the joint fleet?"

"There is no chance of winning! We don't even have an armored cruiser now. We all rely on two non-war and non-armed four non-armed countertops. We are forcing the Dutch in the South China Sea, which is actually..."

The voice was slightly suppressed, and Su Yueyang said a reality that no one wanted to face.

"Avoid the war and protect the ship!"

His words made Ma Pengcheng more or less unhappy, but he continued to pester his friends after returning from training.

"If you have to fight and let you set tactics, what will you do?"

At this time, the two did not pay attention to what Roger Strinsky was talking about there. The deck of the battleship Duke Suvorov became a tactical discussion class for the two of them, and even the conversation between the two also attracted the attention of Sa Zhenbing and others on the side.

"How long will it take for me to prepare?"

Su asked silently for a while.

"One or two months!"

After a moment of hesitation, Su Yueyang said that a month or two may be the time when the conflict will intensify into a war.

"Give me 30 coal ships. In half a year, except for more than 100,000 tons of merchant ships, I can at least kill my own cruiser fleet! In addition... strive for a diplomatic solution at that time!"

When he said the last sentence, he said directly. As early as a few months ago, he began to conceive the tactics of defeating the Japanese navy in his heart, which was just to take out the past.

"Or break the war?"

Su Yueyang's idea seems to be no different from the navy's current idea. It's just a break-to-war.

"Do not avoid the main force of the opponent's fleet, defeat without victory, avoid the main force, use Taiyang maneuver to break through, at least you can win in danger!"

Perhaps he was not interested in Roger Strinsky's long talk, such as Russia's victory. He just said something casually, and then turned his eyes to the Russian fleet full of coal, which was seriously overloaded.

"Why do you need so many coal carriers! There are only a few warships, and there are too many coal ships!"

Sa Zhenbing, who originally listened to Roger Strinsky's speech, also thought that there were too many coal-caring ships. With such a huge fleet in Russia, there were only ten coal-caring ships, but he asked for thirty coal-caring ships at once.

didn't notice that the voice came from there. Su Yueyang answered directly.

"When you go out of the sea, don't want to enter the port, otherwise you will definitely leak your whereabouts. Pre-load coal-moving ships and supply ships in the ocean. If the ship raises the national flag, you don't need to be armed at all. Even if you encounter a foreign merchant ship, you don't sail to the original, but also capture or sink it. The coal-moving ship naturally has its use!"

"Desink foreign merchant ships! Aren't you afraid of causing international disputes?"

"Have you ever been afraid when Dongxiang sank Gao Shenghao? Besides..."

Su Yueyang, who was too lazy to explain, couldn't help explaining.

"What's more, you can let him lower the flag first, and then sink it. At that time, it will be a stateless ship!"

With a cunning smile, Su Yueyang noticed that it was not a good friend who asked him, but... He looked at the person standing in front of him in surprise. While he was about to speak, Sa Zhenbing shook his head.

"For enemy ships, prisoners are the first. Sink into the middle and let it escape. Remember, if you blindly sink, your score is just a hit.

When telling this sentence, Sa Zhenbing asked again.

"Do you think the Russians can reach Vladivostok safely?"

"If they go against each other, I think they will lose all the warships!"

Su Yueyang answered truthfully, which was the conclusion he had reached through these hours of observation. The quality of the sailors of this fleet was far worse than he thought.

"What's your name!"

"Su Yueyang!"

Sa Zhenbing silently wrote down the name in his heart, and then once again turned his eyes to Rodstwynski, who was giving a speech. By this time, Rodstwynski had invited Ye Zugui to speak on the stage.

On the evening of the same day, after the banquet of Chinese and Russian naval officers were held at the Officers Club of the Sandu-Australia Naval Base, because the base prohibited foreign women from entering, the naval officers of China and Russia exchanged common topics of the navy in English. In the future Russian naval battle, they enjoyed this rare while drinking wine and playing cards. In a relaxed time, in the conference room of the base headquarters building, a negotiation that was not a negotiation was going on there.

"Now is not the time to talk empty words. We have fulfilled our obligations as allies, so please also fulfill your obligations!"

Ye Zugui improved his tone and aggravated the word of obligation. Of course, he would not mention that the Russian Empire gave up extrajudhisitable power in China, and supported China's establishment of a modern legal system to strive for legal autonomy in exchange for the use of the [***] port used by the Second Pacific Fleet.

"General Ye, the worst thing now is that my sailors have gone through a long time... Well, wandering!"

At this time, Roger Strinsky no longer cares about face. It was easy to enter a military port. The sailors came to rest, and the warships came to repair, not to help the Chinese put pressure on him.

"My soldiers need to rest, and my warship needs to be repaired! I also hope General Ye can forgive!"

In the past seven months of realizing the "eighth miracle of the world" of the "15,000 nautical miles expedition", it has already made Roger Strinsky physically and mentally haggard and unable to think normally, so he refused Ye Zugui's request almost without thinking.

In the face of Roger Strinsky's polite refusal, Ye Zugui did not show any anger or dissatisfaction, and still said in English with grace.

"Commander Roger Strinsky, according to the agreement between our country and Prince Mikhail, your special envoy, during the period of your navy's rest in Sandu Australia, if our country needs it, you can borrow your fleet to carry out some non-combat missions!"

After the commander rejected Ye Zugui, the relatively old commander of the Second Battle Fleet, Major General Fulk Sam, knew that it was by no means the time to reject these Chinese people. After all, the warships needed to be repaired by them, the wounded officers and soldiers needed to be treated in Chinese hospitals, and even the whole fleet needed to be provided by the Chinese. Fresh food, all of which can't be separated from the help of the Chinese, and it is absolutely irrational to reject them. The Chinese people's request must be accepted, not to mention the agreement reached between Prince Mikhail and them.

Noticing that when Roger Strinsky heard this sentence, he still looked a little trance, as if he was still out of state, Fulksham said.

"Minister Ye, what General Roedstwinsky means is that during the period of fleet rest and maintenance, it is impossible for the fleet to send all of them to help your country achieve tactical deception!"

As he said this, he gave Rogerstwinsky a look and continued to say that he did not object to his suggestion.

"Of course, if your country needs it, we can send some warships to places where your country needs to perform non-combat missions, but..."

He took a look at Roger Svensky, but now Roger Svensky seemed to come to his senses and took the initiative to speak.

"Before starting from Nosibi in Madagascar, the Ministry of the Navy issued special instructions that Vladivostok could not solve the coal-fired problem of the fleet, and the Siberian Railway did not have the spare capacity to transport the coal-fired fuel needed by the fleet, so my fleet must solve the coal-fired problem on its own, and all warships had to shoulder the responsibility. The task of the coal ship is that even my own office cabin is full of coal, so if I want to send a warship to assist you, I hope your country can provide the coal needed by the warship!"

When he said this, Ye Zugui, Sa Zhenbing and others raised their ears at the same time, while Fulke Sam and others scolded one in their hearts almost at the same time.

"This idiot!"

Rogerstwinsky did not realize that he inadvertently revealed a vital secret to outsiders. The lack of railway capacity in Siberia also explained why the fleet was generally overloaded. This should have been Russia's top secret in this war, but Roger Stevin was Ski said in one gulp.

Ye Zugui and others silently wrote down this in their hearts when they heard that the Sililia railway capacity was insufficient, while Roger Strinsky, who leaked the secret, did not have that consciousness at all. Instead, he continued to say.

"Since the sending fleet is to cooperate with your army, I hope that your country can provide supplies such as food and medicine in addition to coal to the sending warships."

Since we must send warships to cooperate with them, let's take the opportunity to take advantage of it! When Roger Strswinski was even ready to bargain with the other party, Ye Zugui smiled.

"This..."

He meditated for a few seconds, and Sa Zhenbing looked at each other.

"There is no problem at all. Not only that, we can also provide a subsidy of 1 ruble a day to your sailors! I don't know what you think!"

More than ten minutes later, after the two sides showed the fake fleet to Taiwan, they felt that they had taken advantage of it. When they left, their faces were full of smiles. After they left, Sa Zhenbing looked at the backs of Roderswinski and couldn't help sighing.

"Dongxiang is really a lucky Dongxiang!"

"It's true!"

Ye Zugui nodded in disapproval.

"With such a commander, if the Russian navy is invincible, it's really unreasonable!"

"The ship is full of coal and should be taken to Vladivostok. It is said that the army's Shimose explosives are common for arson, and they are still burning in the water. Since Dadonggou, the Japanese navy's tactics are to use arson to destroy the surface equipment of the ship, killing personnel to achieve the loss of combat capability of the enemy ship, which can be used from its defense of the fleet. Fire and firefighting ability are taken lightly. Before the naval battle, warships should have thrown away everything that is unnecessary and will cause fire, but the Baltic Fleet can't do this. The ship is full of coal... This is simply adding fuel to the fire.

When he said this, Ye Zugui's expression seemed a little heavy. In front of him, he couldn't help but appear the scene of the Battle of Dadonggou. The warship was burning fire and the flames soaring in the air. Whether it was wood or iron, the place of the cannon burned immediately, which was difficult to extinguish.

"The problem is still with the commander. A general is incompetent to kill thousands of troops!"

Looking at it contemptuously, Sa Zhen uttered a cold sentence. As a soldier, he saw such a huge fleet and went to the end because of the incompetence of the general. How could he not be angry?

"It's a pity for these seven battleships! Seven battleships! If it is given to us..."

Speaking of this, Sa Zhenbing sighed helplessly. How could the Russian warship be given to him? Although the Russians gave the drawings of the two types of warships and were willing to help the navy build warships, His Majesty over there did not agree with the current large-scale construction of warships, saying that the time was not ripe to build patrols...

"What can we do if you give it to us? There is a shortage of manpower. Even if it is given to us, it may not be better than the Russians. The sailors are easy to train, and the officers are difficult to teach. Without 20 years of work, how can we build a large fleet!"

"Speaking of officers, Tonghou, today on the Duke of Suvorov, I met a sea school student, the one who defeated the British ediage in the military chess deduction..."

Sa Zhenbing took the initiative to introduce Su Yueyang, whom he had seen on the ship, to Ye Zusi.

"I know that he took advantage of the British's mistake to win the deduction. If it were me..."

Ye Zugui shook his head. The British made mistakes, and the petty family said that he would never make them.

"He knows this, so he doesn't care whether he wins or loses that time!"

"Oh! If so, you should pay more attention to it in the future!"

Write down the name, and decide to go back to Ye Zugui, look at the Russian [***] ships on the berth outside the window, and then turned around.

"Ding Ming, for a while, you are here to accompany these Russians. I'm going to Shanghai. Our cruiser is about to be launched!"

(to be continued)