Chapter 29 of Part 5: Must be on the way

"What do you mean? The Chinese started very early and were preparing for this war and doing their best? And the Russians will pay a heavy price for their pride and arrogance?" Rou Keyi was surprised and could no longer close his mouth. Hai Jing nodded with a smile: "That's true."

In fact, Hai Jing has another sentence that has not been clearly stated. Just a week ago, Hai Jing clearly requested the country in a telegram to the country, and strongly expressed his desire to bring China into the German camp.

On March 4, a group of well-known domestic newspapers, including the "Xinjing Evening News", all posted a message on the front page. "I can't bear it anymore, and China declares war on Russia."

Below the news is a long editorial. The old accounts between China and Russia have been calculated from the Kangxi Dynasty, and the Russians committed tragedies in Hailanpao. Finally, it was mentioned that after the Russians demanded a loan in the entire Northeast, they were rejected, they were so angry that they threatened the force. Against this background, the leaders of the New China rose up to fight.

After the founding of New China, although there have been conflicts in China, the country has been developing rapidly in a good direction. The policies to support agriculture introduced by the new government were incomparable in the past. Farmers who have gained benefits naturally put the accounts on Shen Congyun and the government.

"Let go of all internal disputes and fight for the living space of the Chinese nation! Fight for the dignity of the Chinese nation!" The editorial shouted loudly at the end.

On March 5, Shen Congyun declared a state of wartime emergency. On the afternoon of the 5th, Russia officially declared war on China.

Early the same morning, a black smoke floated over the Weihai Sea, and the entire East China Sea Fleet set off a fire and started anchoring.

"Dear colleagues! The Northeast is the northern barrier of the important part of the capital. The Russians want our Northeast. Can we agree?" Liu Buchan opened his eyes wide and asked loudly.

"Don't agree!" The generals and officers at all levels in the naval officer uniforms made roars of roars.

"It's okay, I won't agree. Now China and Russia have declared war, and I and you are about to go to the battlefield. Just last night, Liu had already written a suicide note and went to fight with the determination to die. This battle, as the President said in his order, fight for the rise of China, and never stop until death!"

"Fight for the rise of China! Never die!" The officers let out neatly roars, and at the same time, the whistles of all the warships sounded together! Rows of officers and soldiers standing neatly on both sides of the deck made the same roar.

"Fight for the rise of China, never stop until death!"

The roar echoed on the sea surface of Weihaiwei, hovering in the blue sky, like a tiger's roar! like a dragon's roar! It rushed straight above the nine heavens.

The Great Wall, the Yellow River, the Great River, Mount Tai, Longxiang and Tiger Guard were guided by the six battleships (junquan-class), and the entire East China Sea Fleet slowly sailed out of the Weihai Port and headed straight for the Russian Pacific Squadron of Lushun.

There was also thick smoke over Lushun. (There was an error in the previous article, and there was a memory error. In 1904, Russia had only the first squadrons of Lushun and Incheon Port in the Far East. I hereby apologize and correct it.)

Admiral Makarov, the newly appointed commander of the First Pacific Fleet, sat in the middle of the round table with a huge pipe in his arms, watching a cadre having a dispute.

The focus of the dispute is whether to take the initiative to fight or persevere. There is no doubt that with the strength of the First Squadron, it is impossible to compete with the Chinese East China Sea Fleet. The generals led by Lieutenant General Sdark firmly advocate that the Squadron will not escape from war and wait for domestic reinforcements.

"Everyone, the Chinese East China Sea Fleet currently has 6 battleships, 2 armored frigates, 28 cruisers, a total of 193 ships of all sizes and sizes, and the total tonnage has reached 350,000 tons. Comparing our fleet, there are 7 armored battleships, 9 cruisers, 4 gunboats, 24 destroyers, all ships are more than 60,000 tons, and the total tonnage is only 190,000 tons. Faced with such an opponent, it is really unwise for our fleet to take the initiative to attack. For this reason, I suggest that the fleet wait for domestic reinforcements with the strong protection of the Port of Lushun." Starr talked freely, and there was no change in expression on Makarov's face. In fact, Makarov had a bold plan in his mind, that is, to lead the fleet to cruise on the sea, fight if he had the chance, and run away if he had no chance. It really would not be possible to retreat to the country. However, it takes courage to implement such a plan.

"No, no, I don't think that the quality of Chinese naval soldiers can compete with our navy. Maybe they can't even shoot cannons with them."

The debate lasted for a whole morning, and finally Makarov decided to gamble.

"Everyone, don't argue anymore. I decided to lead the fleet to sail and fight with the camera."

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"What? The Russian Pacific Squadron went out to sea?" The Russian fleet went out to sea, and the news came to the flagship Great Wall of the East China Sea Fleet, which was still on the road.

Liu Buchan's eyes widened and rushed to the chart in front of the chart in a few big strides. Lin Taizeng and others followed and looked around the chart in a while.

"The Russians are very fast, Makarov is not simple. We must not let them run out of the Bohai Bay. Once we enter the Yellow Sea, it will be difficult for us to fight to them. Give an order, give up the plan to go straight to Lushun, and immediately send warships to find the specific location of the Russian fleet." Chief of Staff Lin Taizeng suggested in a low voice, and Liu Buchan thought about it and smashed his punch on the chart.

"Just do this, let Xu Yifan lead the submarine force to go to the outside of Lushun Port alone. Once the Russian fleet is discovered, launch a submarine attack immediately." Liu Buchan said viciously, and Lin Taizeng suggested again: "It is recommended to send the torpedo speedboat troops there. If you find the target, you can boldly launch a sneak attack."

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the submarine force and 38 torpedo speedboats led by Xu Yifan appeared outside the port of Lushun Port, and the Lushun Port in the telescope was quiet.

"Sir, the torpedo speedboat troops call to ask, what should I do next?"

"Let them sail in several formations and try their luck. Tell them that once they find the Russian fleet, they should immediately notify the main force of the fleet."

Liu Buchan was in the command cabin, frowning and wandering constantly. He really didn't expect that Makarov had such courage. It would be okay to swim on the sea for ten days and half a month. What should I do if the time was about supply? Liu Buchan thought about it more and more, the more he felt something was wrong. What if Makarov led the fleet to escape directly back to the country? This is not impossible. Once he got along with the domestic fleet, the bone would become big and it would be difficult to chew.

Petropavlovsko, the flagship of the Russian Pacific Squadron, saw the fleet stirring up waves on the sea, Makarov was particularly heavy. As an excellent naval general, Makarov could only keep his dissatisfaction with the country in his heart. In recent years, Makarov has been paying attention to the growth of the Chinese navy. Almost every time the East China Sea Fleet added a warship, Makarov's concern increased. In his report to the Navy Minister, Makarov emphasized the progress of the Chinese navy almost every time, reminding the existence of the Chinese navy, an increasingly threatening opponent in China.

Since Peter I defeated Sweden, Russia has rapidly risen to become a European military power. Due to the frozen climate in the northern Pacific, the Russians have always dreamed of obtaining a better Pacific estuary. This dream was realized after obtaining Vladivostok (Vladivostok). However, Vladivostok is not a frozen port and cannot satisfy the Russians' dream of entering and leaving the Pacific Ocean freely, so the Russians turned their attention to China's Lushun, which is a natural frozen port. The always weak Chinese government has made the Russians get what they want. With the rise of Shen Congyun, it is increasingly difficult for the Russians to get cheaper from China, and the threat of force has become the last resort.

But is the Chinese army really as vulnerable as domestic senior officials see?

Makarov's answer was naturally no, so he had the decision to go out to sea and find a fighter plane.

Also restless was the Russian commander Kuropatkin, who was in Gaiping. Although the Russian army had a total of five divisions in Yingkou and Gaiping, it was really difficult to fight against the five Chinese armies in front of him.

Kuropatkin had sent an urgent telegram to his boss Alexeyev, asking him to give up the three frontier positions of Yingkou, Gaiping and Dandong, concentrate his troops to retreat to the Jinzhou line, and use the narrow and long geographical environment to more effectively block the attack of the Chinese army and wait for the Russian army in the northeast to move south.

Shenyang, command post of the Northern Military Region.

"No, no, absolutely not. If you eat the five Russian divisions in one breath, how can you lure the enemy into the deeper? The General Staff's plan is to drag in the existing or more Russian troops in the northeast. You, the First Army, directly inserted into Jiulongdi Town, and close the door and beat the dog. You are happy, Lord Shen will slam the table and curse my mother." Aftershock looked at the map, looked at Zhang Guangming with a look of begging for war, and his head was shook like a snoring.

"What is the General Staff doing? This battle is so evil." Zhang Guangming muttered dissatisfied, and drooled at the map: "Mr. Xu, it's so boring to advance together. Otherwise, sending one or two divisions of troops out and not doing anything else, and inserting behind the enemy to block the Russian army heading south to Jinzhou along the way. You can't let them run too comfortable, right?"

"This suggestion can be considered. The terrain in Jinzhou is narrow and long. Once all the Russians retreat to the front line of Jinzhou, even if our army wants to land in Lushun, it will be difficult for us to succeed. At least the Russians have a total of 150,000 troops. Considering that the area south of Jinzhou is not large, Yingkou and Gaiping can only surround and not fight for the time being."

March 5, 3:35 pm.

On the surface of the Bohai Bay, on the Flying Bridge of the East China Sea Fleet's fast cruiser, Captain Shiddash was watching everywhere with a telescope.

Once again, he put down his telescope in disappointment and stared at the vast sea. Shids couldn't help but cursed in a low voice: "Grandma, the Bohai Bay on the map is so big. When I really got to the sea, I still couldn't see anything at first sight. Where can such a huge fleet hide?"

Just as Shids muttered, the sailors on the watchtower shouted loudly: "There is a situation, there is a 15° on the port side and a piece of black smoke is found."

Shids suddenly felt energetic, raised his telescope and looked at it hard, but it was still a calm sea and he saw nothing.

"You guy is not right, are you? You looked carefully and you were shot to death after making a mistake."

"That's right, sir, you can come up and see. The distance is about 30,000 meters, and the black smoke is becoming more and more obvious."

Shids immediately ordered: "Drive fast and go forward at full speed."

Five minutes later, Shids finally saw a shadow of black smoke, and it became clearer and clearer.

"Around 27,000 meters, the Russian fleet is the Russian fleet."

"Grandma, I finally found it. The communication room immediately called the flagship and we found the traces and coordinates of the Russian Pacific First Squadron..."

On the Great Wall.

"Finally found it, I found it." Lin Tai rushed to the chart with a meteor, and quickly pointed to a point on the chart and said: "Look, it's in this area of ​​the sea. It's fifty nautical miles away."

Liu Buchan looked at the sea chart and couldn't help but sneer: "What a cunning Makarov, he actually circled a big circle. He didn't want to sneak attack my Weihai base, right? He ordered the fleet to advance at full speed and block them.

On the Petropavlovsko.

"Commander, the Bayang found a Chinese warship ahead, which was 25,000 meters away. You, he is running away, and the Bayang asked whether to pursue it."

Makarov closed his eyes in pain. The reality was so cruel. It was difficult to keep it completely confidential in intelligence when fighting on the territory of other countries.

"Order, return at full speed." Makarov had no time to hesitate and immediately made a decision. At this time, he attacked according to the established route, and the result must be that an egg hits a stone.

On the Great Wall.

"What? Have you run away? Go back to Lushun?" Liu Buchan's red pencil fell on the table in surprise.

Lin Taizeng smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, I'm back. This Makarov is not simple. It seems that our plan to find the main force of the enemy fleet's decisive battle has been announced to be ruined."

"Don't worry, from the perspective of time, when the Russian fleet returned to Lushun, it was at least around 6:30 pm. The weather was already dark this season, and it was just the time for torpedo speedboats and submarines to perform. Notify Xu Yifan and ask me to get them. The main fleet will chase them at full speed and strive to catch a tail."

Xu Yifan looked at the watch in his hand, and after calculating silently, a grim smile appeared on his face, "It's still time left. I ordered the submarine troops to submarine into the waters outside Lushun Port, lay mines for me, and count as much as I can spread within an hour. I ordered the torpedo speedboat to hide it for me and wait for my order to attack."

At 6:22 pm, the Russian fleet that Xu Yifan was waiting for in the waters outside Lushunkou finally appeared.

On the deck of the Petropavlovsko, Makarov may be the only person who could still be calm and expressionless on his face. He sat on the deck with a cup of coffee under the West and looked leisurely. Seeing the commander's performance, the officers and soldiers on the battleship couldn't help but feel relaxed.

Lushunkou is right in front. Although this is a failed attack, returning to the entire division is a victory for the fleet. After all, the opponent is too strong.

A loud "Boom!" suddenly came from the sea. Makarov stood up in shock, picked up his telescope and looked around.

"Commander, the Parata touches the mine! Your Excellency, a group of Chinese torpedo speedboats are approaching the destroyer formation."

Makarov suddenly felt cold, and immediately rushed into the command cabin and ordered loudly: "All people should pay attention. The Chinese submarine troops should be active in this area, destroyer formations, shake off the entanglement of torpedo speedboats, and concentrate on guarding against the submarines."

Makarov's order was actually too late.

38 torpedo speedboats had rushed out from behind the lurking reef and set out an attack formation, targeting the destroyer of the Russian fleet.

After discovering the torpedo speedboat, the Russian fleet immediately fired fire to block the attack, and balls of water suddenly emerged from the sea, and fierce artillery fire tried to block the torpedo speedboat formation.

On the Donghai No. 1 torpedo speedboat, Jiang Cheng, who was only 24 years old, knew very well what the torpedo speedboat would have in the face of a huge fleet.

Jiang Cheng's young face shone with a gloss, his eyes were ferocious, and he stared at the Russian fleet ahead.

"Donghai No. 7 was shot, and No. 14 was shot, too......" Bad news came one by one. Jiang Cheng closed his eyes slightly, opened it and said, "The distance is two thousand meters, you must lean on it."

"No. 8 was shot." Jiang Cheng turned his head and the East China Sea No. 8 torpedo speedboat not far away was hit by a shell and instantly turned into a ball of flame. After the flames soared into the sky, East China Sea No. 8 became a pile of debris on the sea.

"At 800 meters, the torpedo is ready to launch!" Jiang Cheng bit his lips tightly, without any notice that his lips had been bitten by his teeth. A stream of blood slowly flowed down, and was then dispersed by the water droplets brought by the waves.

"After the torpedo is launched, everyone will turn their own rudders." This is the last order issued by Jiang Cheng, the commander of the young torpedo speedboat unit. After issuing this order, two shells with a caliber of 150 mm hit Donghai No. 1.

After two loud "Boom! Boom!", Donghai No. 1 made a violent explosion. The hull was lifted one meter from the sea and broke into four sections in the air.

After paying the price of 12 torpedo speedboats being shot, dozens of torpedoes became death talismans one by one, heading towards Russian warships.
Chapter completed!