Chapter 27 Night Attack on Lushun
Tang Jian was sitting in the office of the Naval School on Liugong Island (formerly the Beiyang Naval Academy) studying the situation in North Korea. Most of the Beiyang Navy captains, including Lee Gates and Zhu Lianjie.
Tian Aden was still in the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau. Just when Tang Jian was heading north from Fuzhou, Tang Jian handed over a submarine construction plan to Tian Aden. The construction period was half a year, and six "u"-shaped boats imitated by World War I were created. All costs were supported by Bafert.
Cheng Biguang, who had been talking aside, said: "Sir, I have notified Schwicksky, the commander-in-chief of the Russian Pacific Fleet stationed in Lushun as you wish, but they don't seem to care about our advice!"
Tang Jian smiled: "Mr. Cheng, it doesn't matter. Anyway, we have formed an alliance with the Russian Pacific Fleet. Since we don't listen to his advice, it's fine. As long as the Japanese army sneak attacks Lushun, we have an excuse to go to war with the Japanese army. Since it's an alliance, just remind me on the surface."
Ye Zugui stood up and smiled and said, "The adults want to fight against the snipe and the clam, and the fisherman will benefit!"
Tang Jian said "shush" and said, "Well, you can only understand it but not express it."
Ye Zugui touched his head and sat down with a silly smile.
Tang Jian turned his head and asked, "Zhu Lianjie, how is the situation in North Korea and Japan?"
Zhu Lianjie took a step forward: "Young master, the lone wolf has been divided into three teams and has successfully penetrated into Lushun, North Korea, Sasebo, and the special team under the charge of Wang Jianchuan monitors the joint fleet's every move in Sasebo. Japan's warships have been mobilized frequently recently, and it is probably necessary to take action. However, the Russian army in Lushun seems to be fearless and often has some banquets. The port does not implement light control, and there is no mine network at the port."
Tang Jian sneered: "It is time for the Russian Russians to know how powerful Japanese are. It is best if the Russian and Japanese troops consume more each other, so that we can save us trouble in the future!"
"Yes, young master!" Zhu Lianjie replied.
"Gates, has the armor-piercing bullets sent by Beizhudao equipped the entire army?" Tang Jian asked Li Gates again.
"Young Master, I have asked several captains to equip the entire army in turn. Yesterday, the test shot was very effective. The gas torpedo I improved last time also replaced the original ordinary torpedo. In addition, I have already improved the aiming system of the main guns of each ship. The experts from Beizhudao have improved the hit rate by 15%!"
"Very good!" Tang Jian nodded with satisfaction. He prepared his troops for several years. The Beiyang Navy was about to avenge him. Brother Chang's great revenge was also time to avenge him. A raging fire ignited in Tang Jian's eyes.
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Sasebo Naval Base, Japan
A Holy Sui ordered: "Order all ships to prepare for fire. The departure time is 5 pm. Destination: Russian Far East Naval Base - Lushun!"
A hideous smile appeared on the corner of Ai Yusunosu's mouth. He submitted a suggestion to His Majesty the Emperor. His Majesty had agreed and passed the parliament. Prime Minister Hirofumi Ito personally went to the port to wish the joint fleet a victory in the first battle. He hoped that just like the Beiyang Navy's entire battle, he would completely wipe out the Russian Pacific Fleet at the Port of Lushun, just like the entire Beiyang Navy a few years ago.
After the order was given by the Horizon, the sailors in naval uniforms slowly climbed onto the black warship in neat steps, followed their captains to gallop on the sea, and won the precious sea front for the Great Japanese Empire.
With a long whistle sound, nearly 30 Japanese combined fleets were sailing towards the Yellow Sea in the north under the sunset. Their destination was Lushun, the number one fortress in the Far East.
At this time, on a hillside in Sasebo Port, a familiar face stared at the Japanese United Fleet that gradually disappeared into the horizontal plane with the sun. This person was Wang Jianchuan, the second figure of the Lone Wolf who had been lurking here for almost a month.
Wang Jianchuan put down his telescope and made a gesture. The radio communications soldier who had been waiting aside picked up the microphone and whispered: "The bait has come out of the nest!" Then he was accompanied by a lot of code words about the firepower configuration of the warships of the Japanese Combined Fleet.
After the wires on the back of the radio communication soldier shaking, an invisible radio wave spread to a torpedo boat somewhere above the Yellow Sea, and then passed through the torpedo boat's antenna and spread again in the direction of Weihaiwei.
Horizonji stood proudly on the fore deck of the flagship "Fishijima" battleship, letting the sea breeze blow, it was already night and the sea breeze was slightly cool. However, Horizonjima was excited, and with the two ships "Fishijima" and "Kaise" together, he seemed to have seen the complete victory of the Japanese joint fleet again.
The battleship "Fujima" under his feet was a warship ordered by the Japanese Navy in the UK to fight against the Russian Navy after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. It was originally going to return to China two years later, but due to the deteriorating situation in North Korea, the parliament agreed to rush ordering and finally came in handy before its night attack on Lushun Port.
The Shikijima battleship is the largest battleship of this era. It was improved according to the majestic battleship of the British Royal Royal. It has a full load of 16,000 tons. It uses a two-seater 2-axis reciprocating engine with a speed of 18 knots. It is equipped with a dual-mounted 305mm main gun and 14 152mm secondary guns.
The armor of the strait reached 229 mm, and the bow and stern were 152 mm Hawei Steel. It has strong firepower, strong armor defense capabilities, and fast speed. In addition, this time it was a night attack on Lushun without any defense in Russia, and success was about to be achieved.
A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth again, and then ordered the entire fleet to implement light control, leaving only the navigation lights, and the remaining strong lights were turned off, because in a few hours, they arrived at Lushun Port, and more than 30 warships of all sizes were slashing the waves on the Yellow Sea and sailing slowly in the night.
It happened to be a weekend, and Schwicksky, commander-in-chief of the Russian Pacific Fleet in Lushun, was holding a banquet at his residence.
Swicksky looked at the banquet full of guests, and the captains and officers in neat navy uniforms walked through the crowd with their ladies, greeting each other friendly, pushing cups, polite, and showing their gentlemanly demeanor.
Schwicksky coughed lightly, walked into the crowd, and smiled and said, "I'm honored that all handsome guys and beautiful girls will attend my banquet. Today is the weekend, so everyone can enjoy it! Let go of unnecessary worries. The short Japanese will not come to provoke Russia's powerful Pacific Fleet. As long as they come, they will definitely beat them up!"
Everyone laughed and raised their glasses to greet Schwicksky. Then, a beautiful song sounded. Schwicksky walked to a young woman with her left hand behind her back and her right hand made an invitation: "Beautiful lady, can you enjoy the light and dance together?"
The young woman Qing took a sip of wine and placed it on the tray in the hand of the waiter who happened to be walking by, gently pulled the evening dress and signaled: "I am honored to be able to dance with Lord Swicksky!"
Swicksky was about to reach out and hold the beautiful young woman's slender jade hand, but suddenly, there was a loud "boom" sound, and the guests were panicked. The gentlemanly demeanor just now disappeared, and they screamed and rushed towards the panicked door.
Schwicksky looked at the beautiful girl who had just passed away in panic, sighing in his heart a pity. At this time, Schwicksky's servant ran over in a hurry and said in a panic: "Your Excellency Commander, it's not good, the fleet is attacked!"
Schwickski was shocked and ran to the roof to see that the fires surged into the sky at the port and the cannons kept ringing. Schwickski turned around and scolded, "Damn it, why not implement light control? Isn't this put on the sea and let others beat it? Who gave the order that the light control is not implemented?"
The attendant stammered and said, "Your Excellency Commander, it seems that you ordered that you do not use light control!"
Schwickski looked a little ugly and asked again: "How did the enemy come in? Is there no mine net?"
The attendant replied: "It was the commander who said no one dared to invade the Russian Pacific Fleet, and no one would lay mines..." Before the attendant could finish his words, Schwicksky slapped in the face and cursed: "Why notify those buckets quickly and fight back immediately!"
While rushing down the stairs, Schwicksky suddenly thought that the Beiyang Navy seemed to have reminded him to pay attention to the Japanese joint fleet. Without thinking too much, Schwicksky cursed and hurried towards the port.
Chapter completed!