Chapter 159 The Strongman's Broken Arm

"Jingyuan ship set off for Nanyang!"

A telegram showed a trace of anger on Sa Zhenbing's face. He stared at Su Yueyang, who buried his head in the chart. It was his suggestion that became the last straw to crush the camel. The Jingyuan ship still went to the Nanyang for training. After carefully looking at the chart, Su Yueyang looked up at the general surrounding the chart. Guys. They were also looking at him. They all wanted to know what Su Yueyang was going to say.

"Your Majesty, Minister, Chief of Staff, and Staff Officer Li, I will do a simple chess push. I believe this can give you a clearer understanding of the plans and intentions of the Japanese navy."

Su Yueyang turned the chart of the Far East map to the top.

"Now there are no questions about the war, but the problem is what kind of tactics the joint fleet will use!"

The voice paused, and the young man, who had already been known as the "ghost" in the navy, suppressed his self-confidence on his face.

"The United Fleet Southern Expeditionary Fleet, the last time we got the information, where is their approximate location?"

"Two days ago, to be precise, it should have been 41 hours ago, our intelligence showed that it was passing through the Luzon Strait."

A colonel's staff officer of the Admiralty answered his question accurately.

The Japanese navy is paying attention to China, and the Chinese navy is also paying attention to the Japanese joint fleet.

"So, when will Zhiyuan and Haitian and Haiqi ships meet with Jingyuan?"

"Two days!"

Su Yueyang, who was full of confidence, nodded, meditated for a moment, and said.

"Take the Japanese joint fleet as an example. According to the conventional mode of operation, they should launch a decisive battle with the Zhenyang Fleet in the waters of the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea from January to February next year. Personally, I prefer to be near Taiwan."

Su Yueyang said the most conservative time and place of the war, which is also recognized by the vast majority of people in the naval staff. Everyone is inclined to Taiwan. After all, due to economic reasons, overseas Chinese in Taiwan have been showing an unstable situation. Taiwan's provincial government axe has repeatedly requested to send a fleet to "visit" Taiwan. It's better to be Zhiyuan.

"But I don't think it's possible at all!"

Su Yue raised his eyebrows, and his face was full of self-confidence.

"Why is it impossible? If there is no excuse, how could we declare war on us?

He frowned. As a senior staff officer of the Naval Staff, Lin Baolun could not ask doubtfully.

"Why do you need a reason? Since you are determined to go to war, why do you have to find a so-called reason? Aren't Taiwan and Liaodong all ready-made reasons?"

Su Yueyang glanced at the minister in front of him, and at the same time looked at his majesty standing by the sea map. His majesty seemed to meditate about whether he would almost express any opinions on these issues, but Su Yueyang knew that the reason why his majesty came here was actually to "force" the navy to fight a decisive battle.

There is a precedent for Gengzi to avoid war, and it is really difficult to reassure the navy full of a large number of old officers.

"What is the Combined Fleet? It is the treasure of the Japanese empire. It took ten years to accumulate the six or six families of six battles and six costumes. Although they captured several warships from Russia in this battle, in any case, it could not change the reality of the poor people in Japan, which determined my own thinking. If we fought with all the main forces of the Zhenyang Fleet, then How much does it cost to be attached? In this way, the war was a serious battle with Russia. If their combined fleet was hit hard, would the Russians fight back? These problems need to be considered. The great victory in the Battle of the Ma Sea means that the Japanese has successfully realized the national positioning, that is, a maritime country. Therefore, the combined fleet has not only become the hero of the Japanese people, but also the guardian gods of the Japanese empire. Naturally, if they lose the joint fleet, It will become a fish on the cutting board, and it can't get rid of the fate of being slaughtered by others. So, why can't I gamble? What's more, I'm a gambler. Why don't they bet on this victory?

"However, even if they defeated the Second Fleet, our First Fleet is not vegetarian. We have Zhiyuan ships and four old-style battleships, which are enough to make me pay the price, so defeating the Second Fleet is not worth the loss at all!"

Someone raised another question.

Su Yueyang smiled bitterly, and then continued to speak through the chart.

"The strength of the joint fleet, not to mention the second fleet, that is, the whole Zhenyang fleet, there is also a big gap. In terms of the quality of officers and soldiers on the warships, and the most important point is that the strength of the joint fleet is far more than that of the second fleet. The warships of the joint fleet are excellent, and the officers and soldiers are well trained. After the test of the sea battle, now The joint fleet is full of morale, but on the contrary, the second fleet, the ships are old and the firepower is weak, and most of the soldiers are boarding from the training fleet. Therefore, once intercepted by the joint fleet, the second fleet may not even have the strength to fight back.

The generals gathered around and listened carefully to Su Yueyang's analysis. This analysis had already been made, and they also agreed with this, otherwise they would not agree with his plan.

"It can be said that the return of the Second Fleet is simply dying."

Su Yueyang clicked on the position of the South China Sea on the chart.

"If I were Dongxiang or Akiyama, I would also choose to intercept the second fleet with the worst strength here, concentrate all the capital ships of the joint fleet, and smash the right arm of the Zhenyang fleet. After the victory of the horse, who will win against the second fleet? And what will happen to the joint fleet?

Listening to his analysis, everyone looked gloomy. Everyone knows that the joint fleet may not even suffer any loss.

Listening to Su Yueyang's analysis, Chen Moran frowned. At this moment, after the huge cannons roared and the smoke dissipated on the South Sea, the scene of the Second Fleet not in the sea seemed to appear in front of him. Thousands of naval officers and soldiers would step on a dead end, but they could not do anything.

"Your Majesty, will you still approve the First Fleet to go to sea at that time?"

Turning his eyes and looking at His Majesty, Su Yueyang raised his own questions.

In the face of this problem, Chen Moran just snorted and approved the First Fleet to go to sea? Anyway, it's better to leave some family information for the navy at that time! The last ship of the war is very glorious, but behind the glory is the loss of the vitality of the Chinese navy. This is not the situation I would like to see. At that time, the land battle will decide the victory or defeat, drag it for two years, and the shipyard will continue to build ships, and then the situation will be greatly changed.

"So!"

Seeing that no one refuted himself, the high-spirited Su Yueyang continued to say.

"I will make that plan. As long as I dare to make a bet, then I can let the joint fleet go back. Since I dare to gamble, why don't we even have the courage to gamble?

"Captain, do you know what these analyses mean?"

Sa Zhen asked coldly that he had agreed to the plan, and there was no objection to the plan, although he had also objected to it at first.

"I know, and it's very clear."

In the eyes of the chief of staff, Su Yueyang continued.

"Chief of Staff, this means that we will either win! Either you lose! But I prefer the latter. As long as the Second Fleet can exert half of their quality when practicing the fleet, although the combined fleet cannot be hit hard, there is no problem in achieving the purpose of our campaign!"

Everyone turned their eyes to Su Yueyang again, but this time their vision was extremely complicated.

Staring at the young man in front of him who didn't have any waves when he spit out these words, Chen Moran couldn't help sighing in the bottom of his heart. The strong man broke his wrist, and he broke it. This may be the biggest difference between himself and the soldier. In order to win, the young man in front of him can do anything to send thousands of people between the conversation. The officers and soldiers went to die, and... With a sigh, Chen Moran still chose to be silent.

"Then why did you send Jingyuan to Nanyang!"

Sa Zhenbing asked again, agreeing to the plan, but the problem is that as long as he thinks of Jingyuan, his heart aches and "prove!"

Su Yueyang cigaretted another cigarette, and there was a little changeable look on his face.

"Since the second fleet is no different from the live target in the next six months, we must maximize the utility of the second fleet, and to maximize it, first of all, we have to make sacrifices. Jingyuan ship set sail, and we are also waiting for this opportunity. They certainly don't want to intercept Zhiyuan. Zhiyuan has been trained for a while, and the officers and soldiers are also the best! However, the Jingyuan ship is different. He has just entered service and even fired six naval guns. It can be said that compared with Zhiyuan, which is beginning to achieve combat effectiveness, Jingyuan seems to be powerful, but in fact, it is not much different from a live target!"

Ye Zugui, who had been silent, nodded slightly. He agreed with this point, and he had made a decision. Of course, this is a very difficult decision. After all, not everyone can really be hard-hearted.

"I am eager to know the real strength of the Zhiyuan ship. They know that once the naval battle begins, there is no doubt that the Zhiyuan ship may even decide whether to win or lose. At least they think so, and the commander of the South Expedition Fleet is Gao Zhuangzhicheng, and he is bold in the navy. Therefore, he will definitely ask the ship of the South Expedition Fleet. With the advantage of quantity and firepower, he launched a sneak attack on the Jingyuan, just like the sneak attack on the Gaosheng in those years. He used the method of trumbly fighting, and Dongxiang would not oppose the request of Gao Zhuangzhicheng. He also wanted to understand the Jingyuan ship to understand the Zhiyuan ship. What could be easier to understand the enemy than fighting together? And if it sinks Jingyuan, the improvement of the morale of the joint fleet and the heavy damage to the morale of the Guards Navy are indescribable, and the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Therefore, they are 60% likely to attack Jingyuan!"

"In this case, why did you send Jingyuan to Nanyang!"

With his eyes slightly open, Chen Moran stared at Su Yueyang. At the same time, he asked, "Jingyuan is more powerful and more expensive than Zhiyuan." Now this boy is going to send his warship to die!

"If you don't do this, how can you force me to fight the Second Fleet!"

With a rhetorical question without scruples, Su Yueyang ignored that it was your majesty who spoke to him, but continued to explain.

"We can't place all our hopes on Akiyama's choice. We must use all means to mobilize the joint fleet and induce them to act according to our plan,"

"What does this have to do with sending Jingyuan to Nanyang for training!"

Other people's questions made Chen Moran shut up. At this time, it is more appropriate for him to offer a pair of ears.

"If Jingyuan is more powerful than they think, how likely do they have to choose to fight with the Zhenyang Fleet? At that time, 100% of them will choose to cut off the Zhenyang Fleet with a heavy punch, so as to gain an overwhelming advantage!"

Su Yueyang raised his chin slightly and looked calm with a sense of determination. In his opinion, whether it was the First Fleet or the Second Fleet, in the final analysis, it was a tool to win the war.

"Use Jingyuan's sacrifice in exchange for me to attack the Second Fleet. What a big hand!"

A sarcastic tone spit out from Sa Zhenbing's mouth. It was difficult for him to accept this explanation. The Chinese navy was too weak and too young to bear any loss at all. What about Su Yueyang? However, he can "sent" warships to the enemy to sink them.

"Drifice Jingyuan?"

Su Yueyang shook his head. How could it be? He still needed Jingyuan.

"Of course not. If that's the case, there is no need to mobilize the Zhiyuan ship at all. If the Zhiyuan ship and the Jingyuan ship make peace, the joint fleet of the southern fleet may be likely to hit Jingyuan, but it is impossible to sink Jingyuan. Maybe we can also seriously hit the southern fleet. The chief of staff, whether it is the Zhiyuan ship or the Jingyuan ship, They all need to mature in the war. Should we wait until the decisive battle in the future to mature, or take advantage of the current opportunity to make them mature!"

Opening another chart, Su Yueyang continued while the Chief of Staff was silent.

"In a word, the purpose of this naval battle is to make me realize the strength of Zhiyuan and form a shadow in their hearts. As long as they can achieve this purpose, it is enough. Once Zhiyuan rushes to the war zone, Gao Zhuangzhicheng will definitely retreat. At that time, the two ships can completely return to Hong Kong, and the rest is to wait. After the next decisive battle, we have to wait, and we also have to wait!"

While talking, Su Yueyang successively placed several models representing the capital ships of the First Fleet on the chart, and everyone looked at the models on the chart and fell silent.

Looking at the chart first, and then at the young man, Chen Moran sighed in the bottom of his heart. Whether the navy has such a young man is the blessing of the navy or... silence, sometimes the silence is as long as half a century. Especially in such a combat map room, when everyone is silent, when they can only hear everyone's breathing, everyone's mood is depressed.

The strong man broke his wrist!

This man's move to break his wrist is really unacceptable, and even makes people uneasy. Finally, after a long silence, everyone cast their eyes to your majesty. If it is too late to do it now.

Feeling that everyone's eyes were on him, Chen Moran smiled bitterly in the bottom of his heart and pressed his hands on the battle map table.

"You are an inside out, I'm a layman!"

One sentence, let everyone look at each other, saying it is equivalent to not saying it.

"I don't know anything else, but I only know one thing!"

Chen Moran, whose expression became extremely serious, looked around at the officers in the combat map room.

"The purpose of war is to win, so you must closely focus on this principle when making all plans and plans."

Chen Moran, who made a decision, continued to say, and his tone became a little heavy at the same time.

"In a word, for us, there is only one purpose, which is victory. In addition to victory, it is still victory!"

After walking out of the combat map room, Chen Moran did not chat with the officers of the naval department as usual, but left the combat map room. However, when he left, he looked at Su Yueyang meaningfully and wanted to say something to the young man, but in the end he didn't say anything.

This young man can make bold decisions that many generals can't make. Even his decisions are a little too dangerous. It's not a trick to kill eight hundred enemies and lose a thousand. But even so, he can still make them. This may be the benefits of young people. Young people will never forget to take risks.

"Anyway, it's going to be heavy! There is no difference between early sinking and late sinking!"

"Yes, many of them are my classmates, but they are also Chinese naval soldiers. This is the only way for the sake of the country and victory!"

"Do you want to win or lose!"

"There is no other choice!"

His words echoed in Chen Moran's ear from time to time.

Maybe, I should write down the name in my notebook later. When the war is over, I will send him to study in Britain. Maybe in more than ten years, I will have another fleet commander.

"Go and find out where Su Yueyang is from?"

Thinking of this, Chen Moran ordered the attendant behind him that there were too many officers from Fujian Province in the navy, and they must break this pattern and let the provincial people enter the navy as much as possible.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After the attendant left, after stopping his footsteps, Chen Moran, who was standing in the garden, looked up at the sky and looked at the stars in the sky. He sighed in the bottom of his heart. I don't know who said in the past that the spirit would turn into stars after ascending to the sky. If so, I don't know in a few days on the starry starry sky. How many more stars will there be, and what will happen in a few months?

"I must study political science and war science, so that our descendants can practice mathematics and philosophy on the Ming Dynasty; our descendants must study mathematics, philosophy, geography, natural history, shipbuilding, navigation, business and agronomy, so that their descendants can learn painting, poetry, music and construction on science. Building, carving, embroidery and porcelain art..."

Remember John? Chen Moran smiled bitterly at Adams' famous saying. Perhaps this is the responsibility of this generation!

This night was not calm. Whether it was the First Fleet of the Zhenyang Fleet, which entered a state of combat readiness in Sandu Australia after receiving the telegram, or the emperor in the Nanjing Palace far away from the battlefield, or the officers who made the determination to break their arms, sometimes people are always so subtle. When making a decision, go to It's just a momentary thing, but after making a decision, you will always fall into an inexplicable mood.

(to be continued)