Chapter 144 Threat

With the arrival of the dog days, even in the Royal Garden of Zijin Mountain, the royal guards tried to hide in the shade of trees. Another dead summer said that the sun was falling. After the heat gradually dissipated, the evening wind was very cool, but it was not so cold that the breath in the mouth could turn into a small fog in the distance. The point that people who are unconscious or have insomnia notice.

The royal guards came out of the shade under the trees and noticed that there were more and more officers entering and leaving the other garden recently, including the army and more navy, and many of them were not familiar with them, and they had never even seen them, especially those strange and young officers who entered and exited the other garden from time to time.

"...According to the information we have at present, we have enough ideals to believe that at present, the Japanese navy has developed from the preparatory stage to the stage of formulating the combat plan!"

Yang Ducheng, in the combat map room, distributed a confidential official document to His Majesty and senior officials of the Navy present when reporting.

"Tay your basis!"

Looking through the secret text in his hand, Chen Moran asked.

"According to the information we have on August 17, the Minister of the Navy has summoned the commanders and chiefs of staff of the squadrons to Tokyo. At 15:32 p.m. on August 17, after the last person entered, he did not see the summoners in and out for 16 hours."

After a moment of pause, Yang Ducheng took out another Japanese newspaper.

"On January 3 last year, the Japanese "Early Buy News" published a naval conference on September 16, 1903, which lasted more than 20 hours. Therefore, it is speculated that it may declare war on Russia. According to past experience, we have reason to believe that its meeting is planning a war against China. Plan!"

Intelligence work is nothing more than collecting all aspects of information, finally analyzing it, and then making certain speculations. Yang Ducheng is an expert in this field, and the most important reason why he is heavily used in the Naval Intelligence Office is that he will send the Second Pacific Fleet, mainly in the Baltic Sea, to reverse the war situation. And the subsequent speculation that the Second Pacific Fleet would be destroyed, he seems to have a particularly keen sense of smell in intelligence analysis.

"Here is a piece of information from the spies. This is a photo secretly taken by Yokosuka Naval Shipyard. Although the photo is not clear, it can be used as a proof. Through nearly three months of efforts, the four original warships of the navy, Mikasa, Fuji, Asahi and Shikishima, have been repaired, all the damaged armor of the ship has been replaced, and the deck has been repaired. The warship captured from Russia has also been docked and repaired, and most of the installation works have been completed. Therefore, the Naval Intelligence Office believes that the time for declaring war on our country should have been shortened to four months from the next June. It is believed that it is possible to declare war on China before January 15 next year.

"Hmm"!

With a long hum, he put down the blurred photo in his hand. Chen Moran turned around and said to Ye Zugui.

"How's it going? Is the navy ready now?"

After saying that, Chen Moran glanced at the people in the battle map room.

"Now, there is no doubt that the war between us and Japan is inevitable from now, and the naval battle will determine everything. It can be said without hesitation that this naval battle is directly related to China's national fortune in the next 20 years. If we fail, we may face a situation like the Sino-Japanese war! "

After a moment of meditation, Chen Moran continued to speak.

"If China is a giant dragon, then it is a swordsman. He is responsible for cutting off the dragon's head. When the dragon's head is cut off, then the great powers will rush up and bite us crazily. If we lose again,..."

With a wry smile, Chen Moran sighed, and his whole shoulder seemed to loosen in an instant.

"I'm afraid the result will be worse than Jiawu!"

But the relaxation only lasted for a second or two. After sitting up straight again, he stared at these naval officers.

"It can be seen that this war is very problematic. The British, Americans, and almost all the great powers say that they can't help. Why can't they help? Can't you really help?"

Asked rhetorically, Chen Moran's eyebrows jumped.

"No!"

After a sharp shout, looking at the crowd, Chen Moran held the anger in his heart.

"They want to interrupt our development. Since the restoration of light, the overall strength of our country has grown rapidly. They may be able to accept a strong Japanese, but can they accept a strong China? No! No! That's why they need to use Japanese to interrupt our development through military operations. This is the idea of the great powers, so I need you!"

Staring at Ye Zugui and others, Chen Moran deliberately slowed down his voice.

"Go to defeat the Japanese navy, even if you fight to the last ship, one shot at a time, you will defeat them"

A few minutes later, people left. There were only five people left in the whole combat map room. Chen Moran, dressed in a navy uniform, lighted a cigar and looked at Ye Zugui, Sa Zhenbing, Liu Guanxiong and Cheng Biguang. One of them was the Minister of the Navy, the other was the Chief of Naval Staff, and the other was the commander of the First Fleet. The other is the commander of the Second Fleet, and they are the brains of the navy.

"How's it going? Don't wait for me!"

The four nodded, and their expressions looked a little heavy.

"How are the negotiations going in Germany?"

Chen Moran, who knew how to avoid these topics now, looked at Ye Zugui and asked.

"The negotiations in Germany went well, 80 million! The 20 10-inch MK7 guns ordered from the United Kingdom will be sent to Germany in the next month, and it is expected that five warships can complete the main gun modification by November.

Hmm! He nodded with satisfaction, and Chen Moran didn't say anything. In the negotiations with Germany, it is impossible for the Germans to refuse. China paid almost the price of the new ship, including the drawings of Zhiyuan.

"The question now is whether there is enough time for training!"

Cheng Biguang, who is about to go to Germany to pick up the ship, has raised the most urgent problem.

"A warship needs 700 sailors, but the ones who really decide the battle are the gunners and gunners. Of course, they also need to consider the chief of the engine and the damage management officer. These need time to master them. Warships and people need time to run in, and sailors need time to adapt to the new warships! But if the speculation of the Naval Intelligence Service is accurate, then we have no time to train sailors at all. When there is a war, it is not only impossible to help the naval battle, but may even lead to failure!"

"This is a problem. Is there any way to solve it?"

Turning his head to look at Sa Zhenbing, Chen Moran asked.

"We believe that the incoming sailors and officers should be sent to Germany immediately, not one or two hundred or hundreds, and the full amount of personnel, and the five warships and two armored cruisers need to send 4,700 sailors and officers. According to our plan, in addition to the transfer of personnel from the Navy's Third Fleet. In addition, no less than 55 gunners and 4 artillery commanders were transferred from Zhenhai and Dinghai.

Seeing His Majesty nodding with satisfaction, Sa Zhenbing continued.

"In addition, considering that there is only one cruise to Europe every three months, we plan to take the train to Changchun, charter two express trains from Changchun, take the train to Warsaw, and then transfer from Warsaw to Germany directly."

"Do you mean to take the Eurasian land and water transport system?"

With an eyebrow, Chen Moran looked at Sa Zhenbing and asked, "This is a joint transportation system made by European countries. If necessary, it only takes 19 days to arrive in Paris from Harbin.

During the war, the military used the Eurasian water and land transportation system to transport a batch of much-needed optical equipment, surgical equipment and medicines from Europe to China, but this time the navy hoped to send these naval officers and sailors from land to Germany.

"There may be some diplomatic problems!"

"Your Majesty, there will definitely be a problem, but I think the Russians are more willing to see us beat me. Although they are negotiating in the United States now, it does not prevent the vast majority of Russians from hating me! As long as Russia does not try to stop us, it can reach Germany in 17 days at the latest, and Russia has no need and possibility to stop it at all. The Siberian Railway has already joined the Eurasian Water and Land Transport Treaty, and it is impossible to stop us from borrowing!"

"But these are 4,700 active soldiers! And it's still this ** time, if they are mistaken for themselves..."

"We don't say they are soldiers, they are not soldiers, um... crew!"

Sa Zhenbing's cold joke made Chen Moran smile and finally waved his hand.

"That's the way. I'll call the Ministry of Foreign Affairs later and ask them to contact Russia. I think there should be no problem. Is there anything else?"

"Your Majesty, according to the plan, after the crew arrives in Germany, they will directly train in Germany, so in terms of funds..."

"It's up to you to solve this problem!"

"Another thing is..."

With that, Sa Zhenbing walked to the map table and pointed to the map and said.

"We consider to carry out artillery training directly at sea with cruisers when the warships return home. It is estimated that each main gun may consume no less than 200 rounds of ammunition. Of course, this is a medium-range, close-range and low-load firing under the premise of maintaining the life of the body. The staff believes that because the warship is flying as a German merchant flag, Britain It may not be a big name to refuse us to pass through the Suez Canal, but Britain is likely to refuse us to enter the port to receive supplies like the Russians. This can be solved by coal-ships. However, we believe that what we need to face in the end is another threat..."

Sa Zhenbing's hand pointed to the map, and his fingers drew a circle on the map at the same time.

"We believe that if the warship returns home, we must consider the real threat from here!"

(to be continued)