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.    ?Chapter 299 The Navy is going to declare a challenge

    Thunderstorms poured down, and the Yangtze River was filled with mist.

    In the dense rain, a 4,000-ton cargo ship flying the Dutch flag broke out of the waterway first. Behind it, two slender black shadows rose and fell with the waves.

    After the sailor opened the hatch cover, Chen Shaokuan, wearing a raincoat, followed him and climbed onto the enclosure. After reminding the soldier to pay attention to the sea, he grabbed the handrail and walked back.  The fierce wind and waves hit the deck, and I slipped several times and struggled to walk to the stern of the boat.

    He is not the kind of conservative-minded old Fujian gang. After receiving a year of new naval training in Germany and learning how to operate a submarine, he has never wanted to bring these little guys back to China to protect the sea.  No one knows how much of an impact his year in Europe had on him, but one can tell that this young man was just looking at the thousands of books he bought when he returned home, brought back hundreds of photos of various warships, and recorded dozens of notebooks.  The dream of a great country and maritime territory in people¡¯s hearts.

    Unfortunately, he could not continue his studies like his friends Bingwen and others he met in Germany, because the call of the motherland ended and he returned home after the exercises with the German Navy. However, when finally all six submarines that had been named Seawolf 1 returned to China.  Soon after, a thick smell of gunpowder smoke came from the north.  Twenty years later, China and Japan fought in Northeast China again. This time it was China that attacked, and it was China that also lacked naval strength.

    The army won consecutive battles, regained its homeland, broke the myth of daily invincibility, and boosted the morale of the people. It is said that it also seized assets worth hundreds of millions of yen. However, the main force of the navy could only stare blankly in the face of this war. First  The fleet is stationed in Shanghai, and the Second Fleet is firmly guarding Sanduao.

    So recently, many people in China have come out to accuse the navy of being conservative, but Chen Shaokuan knows that it is because they do not understand.  The navy is not the army. The army's strength gap can be made up by relying on terrain, quantity and tactics. However, once the gap is too big, the navy's rash attack will be a disaster.  The powerful Japanese Navy does not even need to dispatch the First Fleet. The Second Fleet alone is enough to completely wipe out the entire Chinese fleet. This gap can no longer be made up by technology and tactics, so no matter how many sarcastic voices there are, the Navy must endure it.  !  General Sa said that this is the last seed of the Navy. If he wants to start over, it will take at least ten yearsten years!  How many decades of life can be squandered?

    Although the main force cannot take risks, it does not mean that the navy does not have its own means. Six Seawolf 1 submarines are one of the navy's means. As the only officer in the navy who has experience in commanding submarine operations, this time he was ordered to attack!  Go challenge the almost unshakable Asian hegemon on behalf of the navy, and give them the next challenge!

    In fact, even if many people within the navy still disdain to let submarines go, they believe that a cruiser should be sent to fight with a desperate attitude. Even a few artillery shells to support the army can tell the world that there is no coward in the navy.  Chen Shaokuan didn't blame them, because these people didn't understand submarines at all. In fact, he didn't understand this new type of warship very well. But compared to his neighbors, he had too much experience. At least when he was in Germany, he had to deal with the powerful high seas  The fleet held a drill, and he still remembers how when the drill officer announced that the Nassau had been seriously injured by him, the German captain almost pulled out his beard and said it was impossible, saying that the drill officer had taken advantage of it and almost started a fight.

    Staggering through the strong wind and heavy rain, I walked to the back of the boat. A chute on the left and right appeared in sight. On the chute were neatly arranged anchor mines. These anchor mines were all manufactured by Jiangnan Factory, although Jiangnan Factory has few of them anymore.  It involves military industry, but accessories such as gun mounts, mechanical sights, vehicle iron wheels, and aircraft iron pipe frames can still be manufactured. What's more, the technology of mines is not complicated, and Jiangnan Factory made them in the late Qing Dynasty.  Because these big guys can't be carried in a submarine, the factory master also invented this simple chute, which can allow the submarine to carry 12 anchor mines weighing one ton at a time. Because the submarine is narrow, it cannot be used like a warship to determine the depth.  So these anchor mines are set to depth when they are in the factory.  Carrying 12 mines at a time is a bit heavy for a submarine of several hundred tons. For this reason, the master came up with simple pontoons hung at both ends of the chute for buoyancy counterweight.

    Chen Shaokuan tied himself to the railing and carefully checked that all the hooks were firm before he walked towards the enclosure with confidence. However, as soon as he reached the enclosure, he saw the mast light of the submarine support ship that had been converted from a cargo ship in front of him.  Lighted up five times!

    Enemy ship!

    Seeing this originally planned signal, Chen Shaokuan shouted with all his strength: "The enemy ship prepare to dive!"

    Most of the submariners are Chinese men recruited from Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States. Compared with domestic sailors, their personal qualities are higher. After a year of rigorous German-style training, they also have the faint intention of becoming elite soldiers. Therefore, when he ordered the submariners to  They immediately got busy, and the torpedo room sailors rushed to their posts. The snorkel was quickly retracted and the water filling valve was quickly opened.  Before closing the watertight hatch, Chen Shaokuan glanced at Boat No. 2 behind him again and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw them also starting to dive.

    A few minutes later, two waves??Disappeared under the waves, and after leaving the strong wind and heavy rain, the submarine became much quieter.

    "Raise the periscopemaintain the course and maintain a steady speed of 6 knotsthe torpedo room is ready for launch!"

    After Chen Shaokuan accurately gave the order, the first mate started the button and raised the periscope. Due to the sealing problem, after the periscope was raised, it seemed like light rain fell all around. It may be scary for people who are on the submarine for the first time, but for those who are on the submarine for the first time,  To the surrounding submariners who had been training for several months, they instead called this a joke as "bathing".

    The rain was heavy and the visibility on the sea was very poor. Although the forward support ship continued to use anti-collision codes to alert the enemy ships, Chen Shaokuan still spent a lot of effort to find the single-chimney cruiser flying the Japanese naval flag.  The third-class cruiser Chiyoda. After seeing countless photos, the information about this old cruiser immediately came to his mind.  It is equipped with 10 single 120mm/L40 naval guns, 14 47mm Hotchkiss rapid-fire guns, and three 356mm torpedo launch tubes.

    It¡¯s windy and rainy now, should we sink it?

    Chen Shaokuan gritted his teeth. Being blocked by an old cruiser was really humiliating for the Navy, so he wanted to simply destroy it. However, thinking of the more important mine-laying mission in the Yellow Sea, he finally chose to give up. After all, this place is far away from the Yangtze River Waterway.  The entrance is not far away, and there are many ships coming and going every day. It is difficult to face this kind of weather and sail under the cover of a few cargo ships. If they are not killed, if they are exposed, the mission will be declared to end early.

    The Chiyoda did not notice the small black spot under the water, and concentrated its attention on the support ship in front. After seeing clearly that it was a Dutch cargo ship, it deliberately followed it far away, and did not return to the voyage until the support ship turned around and started heading south. If  The captain of the Chiyoda knew that it was his negligence that led to the tragedy that happened a few days later, and he wondered if he would go crazy.

    "Raise the snorkel, speed 10 knots, directionnortheast."

    The navy's "Operation War Letter" had just begun, and Yang Qiu also arrived in Haicheng.

    After the front line of the Northeast Theater Command arrived here, the phone in the war room rang almost continuously. The consecutive victories gave the staff and officers a lot of confidence. They walked with great energy, and the high radio antenna was erected.  There are several, and the gasoline generator is running all the time.

    Since the introduction of the American battlefield telephone system at a huge price, the army's command and combat methods have also undergone great changes. In addition to the remote Jiuliancheng and Dagushan in Andong, radios must be used for the time being, and the nearby Yingkou and Xiuyan wired telephones  Almost every group was contacted.  Separate communications and combat engineer services have begun to appear to support combat effectiveness. The former is mainly responsible for battlefield communications, while the latter is responsible for battlefield mine clearance, obstacle clearance, bridge erection, etc. When necessary, it is also responsible for the combat tasks of blowing up bunkers and securing solid fortifications.  It¡¯s just that there are not many engineering and technical talents in the country, the combat engineers are far from being comparable to those of later generations, and there are only a few main forces with one or two battalions.

    Not far from the command post, a field airport is being rapidly constructed with the help of seven or eight tractors. Trains coming from far away from home are continuously transporting troops and various equipment. At the same time, they also show that they are completing the first step.  After quickly occupying strategic points on the outskirts of Kanto Prefecture, another fierce battle has begun to brew as the Japanese army rapidly increases its troops.

    Sa Zhenbing, who was accompanying him, went to the Dagushan Fortress and said he wanted to see if there was any damage to the structure. In fact, he wanted to take this opportunity to commemorate the Beiyang heroes who sacrificed their lives on this land 20 years ago.  Feng Guozhang was chatting with Zhang Zuolin, and Song Ziqing needed to go back to Nanjing to take charge, so he turned back after arriving in Xuzhou. However, Cai E and Jiang Baili, who were fine for the time being, caught up with the train in Beijing and rushed here together.

    Cai Gongshi took out a small bottle from his bag, scooped out the black powder with a spoon, poured it into boiling water and brought it to Yang Qiu. Upon seeing this, Yue Peng thought it was some kind of medicine and asked with concern: "Commander-in-Chief, what's wrong with you?"

    Yang Qiu laughed and ignored a novice like him. Cai Gongshi felt funny and introduced what instant coffee was.  This was actually one of Yang Qiu's plans to make money. After Chen Yutang created "Ice" under his guidance, he went to South America to open a pharmaceutical factory. Yang Qiu also asked Miao Luo to find several capable children in the family to help.  After the "special medicine" started to bring wealth like a snowball, he felt that since he went to South America, he had to make more money, so he came up with instant coffee for those young people to make. This is a sample they recently brought back.  , the taste is very good, so Yang Qiu has allocated money for them to order equipment and let them absorb several local coffee plantation owners as shareholders, so that they can better manage the relationship.

    I dare not say that these two products alone will bring back at least tens of millions of dollars in net income in the next four years, so he recently selected more than 20 officers from the National Guard through An Guoliang to be sent there.  , firstly, to expand the business, and secondly, to take care of it if anything happens.

    ¡°After Masaki Teruchi arrived in Lushun, the early chaos of the Japanese armyThe situation has begun to turn around.  Due to previous failures, the Japanese army has made internal adjustments. It is currently known that the frontline divisions have restored their wartime two-brigade and four-regiment formations, and more reserves have begun to be mobilized domestically.  Judging from the current situation, the total number of Japanese troops in Lushun and Jinzhou has exceeded 30,000, and more than 10,000 are concentrated in the direction of Baima Mountain in Sinuiju. It is expected that the numbers in these two places will reach 40,000 and 30,000 in ten days!  This does not include the South Manchu and Korean puppet troops who cooperated with them.  "

    The person who introduced military information was Li Zongren. This second-year National Defense University student from Guangxi began to receive training. His current job is to organize and report so much information every day. At the same time, he also assists the staff in formulating combat plans. Bai Chongxi, who also came with him, directly  Joined the combat analysis room.  He continued: "There are currently 8 Japanese warships gathered in Lushun, Dalian and the Bohai Sea, all from the Japanese Second Fleet. The First Fleet has no sign of leaving yet. The Japanese Navy is now accelerating the transportation of troops here. Yesterday there were  Intelligence showed that about four ships loaded with arms arrived in Lushun, including at least 24 150-meter heavy guns and 2 240-meter heavy guns! Together with the Lushun fortress group and the artillery carried by the Japanese divisions, the staff believed that the total number of Japanese artillery may have been  The number has reached about 260, so we hope to remind the frontline brigades to be fully prepared. In addition, the Intelligence Department has monitored that the Japanese Army¡¯s Lushun Command has been meeting very frequently recently, and it is very likely that they are deploying a major counterattack."

    It was no surprise that the Japanese army would counterattack Yang Qiu, but he was not too worried, because judging from the confrontations during this period, the Japanese army's tactical thinking was still very backward.  Its tactics are derived from the extensive mobile tactics of infantry promoted by the French army twenty years ago.  This is a tactic that comprehensively advocates offensive. The core of this tactic is to strengthen the firepower of the main attack area, destroy the enemy's defense and morale through effective firepower, and kill a large number of enemies. The infantry launches a group charge under the cover of firepower to quickly break through.  The enemy's defense line then shook the enemy's overall defense. After the infantry broke through, the cavalry was used to quickly pursue it.

    ?Obviously, the Japanese army still clings to the experience of the Russo-Japanese War and believes that any defense can be broken through in the face of effective and intensive artillery fire, so it transports so many heavy artillery.  It is a pity that this kind of tactical thinking still has a market in the initial stage of World War I, but it is destined to be eliminated after a few months, because its biggest shortcoming is that it ignores the importance of encirclement, and willingly pins the victory of the battle on a central breakthrough.  Now the Japanese team is obviously inferior to our own, and the quality of artillery is also far behind. The only thing they can rely on is their experience in large-scale wars. If others can't handle it, but I I have seen larger-scale battles in my previous life.  It's not a joke, they will know the pain when they hit the in-depth defense system that is being deployed on the front line according to their own plan.

    "Japan was greatly shaken after the official meeting with the Russian Governor of the Far East the day before yesterday. The navy has stepped up patrols on South Sakhalin Island. France and Britain are very nervous about our spread of the idea of ??joining hands with Russia to capture South Sakhalin Island and carve up North Korea.  Cai E was also rarely in a relaxed mood and said with a smile: "The president also sent a telegram this morning. Britain and France have asked us to curb our military actions to avoid causing greater regional tension."

    "Restrain? Huh!" Yang Qiu snorted: "They can still threaten us now, but ten days later the world will be different!"

    Almost no one here could understand what he said. Only Cai E and Yue Peng, who knew him best, seemed to have thought of something. Just as they were about to ask Lei Meng, Lei Meng rushed in. After whispering a few words, Yang Qiu suddenly stood up, and the corners of his mouth suddenly twitched.  An arc was drawn.

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