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    "Quickly"

    "What are you still standing for? Get bandages, hemostats, and morphine ready! Hurry!".

    On the night of November 3, Port Arthur almost turned into a vegetable market. Trucks and stretchers were rushing towards the dock. Medical staff in white coats were waiting here early. One tug after another rushed out of the waterway, whether they were working or not.  Or resting, whether busy or waiting, everyone will look at the dark sea from time to time.

    In the headquarters of the Navy's First Fleet near the harbor, Song Ziqing stood at the window. Generals such as Sa Zhenbing smoked cigarettes one after another. The guards tightened their guns and did not dare to be careless.  Waiting, waiting, waiting. For these navy people at this moment, waiting is simply torture!

    Time passed little by little, and when the rumors were about to turn into scolding, the searchlight in the direction of the tiger's tail was the first to light up.  Immediately afterwards, a snow-white beam of light came from the Golden Mountain Fort. When all the searchlights that were rarely turned on were all lit up, it suddenly seemed like daylight inside this military port, which had spent tens of millions of dollars to dig deep the waterway and expand and build a new military port after the Sino-Japanese War.  It was bright. When the pilot boat entered the waterway first, everyone gasped and couldn't believe what they saw.

    ¡°I only saw that the two Anhai-class large cruisers, which were still beautiful and brand-new at noon, had almost lost their ability to self-propelled. Their thick gun barrels were all tilted to one side, and the waterline was covered with black and gray marks after being burned by the fire.  The worst thing was the Zhenhai. The deck was almost flush with the sea surface. Two of the three turrets were seriously damaged. One of the chimneys fell down. There was no trace of the rear bridge at all!  Many naval personnel waiting in Lushun shed tears at that time, especially when the two ships leaned crookedly onto the pier, and the charred corpses were carried off one after another. Even Cheng Biguang, who was exhausted, was helped down and waited.  Song Ziqing, who was in charge here personally, suddenly became serious.

    Anhai, Zhenhai.  Qingdao's battleships, almost all of which were injured, filed in. When the Beifeng, which finally carried hundreds of Tsukuba sailors and officers, entered the waterway, Sa Zhenbing, Ye Zugui and others jumped up. If it hadn't been for the weather,  Black may have personally led the remaining ships to pursue the Japanese fleet.  "Oh God! Damn little Japan, Grandpa can't spare you!" A bearded sailor hugged the body and cried to the sky with tears flowing down his face. The comrades around him didn't know how to comfort him, because everyone familiar with him knew that  , the one he was holding was his brother who was the deputy gunner of the Tsukuba.

    A lot of gentlemen were crying around the two beloved battleships.  This scene is really indescribable, even Bingwen on the deck has red eyes.  Even after such an experience, he still had trouble controlling his emotions. The deck was almost submerged, the turrets were crooked, and the hull was charred.  The collapsed chimneys and all this made him feel as if he had returned to more than three years ago, thinking of the battleship Seydlitz that had been lying deep in Scapa Flow.

    From the experience of the Seydlitz, it can be inferred that Anhai and Zhenhai are considered useless. Even if the internal structure is repaired, it will be difficult to withstand high-intensity operations.  Fortunately, it was not without gain. The sinking of the Kurama would make Japan feel pain for a long time.  Judging from the speed of Kongo's escape, Nozaki Kojuro obviously forced the boiler to run at full capacity. The price of doing so after the power pipe ruptured was increased damage.  What's more, the Kongo also took in a lot of water. The faster it went, the more water it took in. Therefore, the two ships could no longer return to Sasebo safely. They must go to Incheon to pump water and make simple repairs before returning.

    as expected.  By the light of searchlights, eight submarines lined up in a line and slowly left the waterway.  It seems that the superiors have also thought that the Japanese fleet will hide in Incheon Port, so they dispatched submarine forces to block the harbor.  Prepare to block the two King Kong ships inside.  North Korea has no heavy industry, and the largest dry dock in Incheon Port only has 5,000 tons. As long as it can be blocked for a period of time, the cost of repairing the Konggang, which cannot get on the slipway to completely remove the water, will increase exponentially, and the result will not be any better than the two Anhae ships.

    Use 2 Anhai ships for 1 King Kong ship to set up the situation.  The price is quite high.

    The night of steel and blood gradually passed, and the sailors were still busy on the dock.  But the outside world has been shocked by this sudden confrontation, and the entire Far East and even the world have been ignited!

    In the early morning at the British Consulate General in Shanghai, Bernard¡¯s eyes were red and he had not slept all night.  Yesterday evening, he had become restless after receiving the clear telegram from the Almeida Mermaid.  Is it possible for China and Japan to go to war again?  After the European War, Yang Qiu's attention has been on the Northwest and the Poor Party. There is absolutely no reason to go to war with Japan?  What's more, there was no warning in advance. Is it just to find an excuse to take back Taiwan and Sakhalin?  This is possible. After all, these two islands historically belong to China. At the Paris Peace Conference, Yang Qiu proposed the abolition of all unequal treaties.

    But for the sake of Taiwan and Sakhalin, do you choose to go to war?  And provoking the Japanese navy, which even Britain is a little afraid of, on the worst navy?  Bernard poured himself a cup of coffee. The bitter taste stimulated his taste buds, but his brain, which had not rested all night, still couldn't calm down.  After receiving the telegram yesterday evening, he contacted?The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. The former responded that the situation was unknown, while the latter simply said it was a lie. Neither of them clearly stated that there was a war. Is that bastard Sarsen making up his mind?  What exactly is going on?

    Bernard put down the coffee cup and was about to refresh himself with a cigar. Just as he picked up the match, there were rapid footsteps behind him.  The door to the study room was almost pushed open, and Colonel Morian, the military attache stationed in China, Far East Fleet, rushed in, waving a telegram with a serious look on his face without any expression: "Your Excellency, this is the news just sent from Incheon and Port Arthur.  That lunatic Sarsen didn¡¯t lie this time. Yesterday evening, a conflict broke out between the Chinese Navy¡¯s First Fleet and two Japanese Kongo-class battlecruisers in the Yellow Sea. Two Anhai-class battlecruisers were seriously injured and one cruiser was sunk! Japan!  The Navy's Kongo was severely damaged, the Hiei was moderately damaged, and a Kurama-class battlecruiser was sunk!"

    God!

    The shocking news made Bernard drop the cigar in his hand involuntarily on the table. He grabbed the telegram and asked: "Why was there a firefight? No warning? What on earth is going on?!" This series of roars spread far away,  The Indian waiters serving breakfast were so frightened that they backed away.  Colonel Morian also didn't know the inside story, so he had to tell the gossip: "It is said that it was because of a break-in ship."

    "Breakthrough ship?"

    "That's what the Yantai Marine Police said." Colonel Morian said: "They were intercepting a customs breaker ship. First, there was a small arms exchange. Later, the customs breaker ship flew the Japanese flag and tried to forcefully break out of the Bohai Strait, but was attacked by several sea vessels.  The police patrol boat pursued it just as the Japanese Kurama was cruising there in the evening. Japan's North Korean patrol fleet received the news and arrived, and the Chinese First Fleet also dispatched its entire force, which eventually led to an exchange of fire."

    "These damn yellow-skinned bastards! Damn monkeys!" After hearing all this, Bernard couldn't help but roar and curse.  The break-through ship was preparing to escape from the Bohai Sea, but the Japanese cruiser happened to be nearby!  What¡¯s even more strange is that the two Konggang-class ships of the North Korean cruise fleet are also on the Yellow Sea. A discerning person will know at a glance that this is no coincidence. There must be something important on this pass-through ship!  What is it?  Filled with gold?

    Colonel Morian said: "Perhaps it is more important to Japan than gold. The ship is now in Jinzhou, and I heard that hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of molybdenum, manganese, and tungsten finished products were found inside."

    Precious metal finished products?

    No wonder!

    After the Sino-Japanese War, due to Yang Qiu¡¯s deliberate restrictions.  Japan's domestic sources of precious metals were extremely scarce. At that time, they had not yet entered North Sakhalin Island and Russia, so in order to build Nagato-class battleships, they had to use treasury gold to exchange for precious metals such as manganese and molybdenum from Britain and the United States.  Finishing a shipment of precious metals worth hundreds of thousands of pounds is indeed worth the risk.

    But the strange thing is here!

    Yang Qiu¡¯s control of domestic precious metals is not generally strict, especially since a large number of precious metal deposits were nationalized after the Sino-Japanese War. It is difficult for private companies to obtain development rights. Even Hanyang and Chongqing under his own name are not in his hands.  This is why we took advantage of the opportunity of the European war.  Exporting large amounts of precious metals helped the Republic of China government make a lot of money.  With such strict supervision, it is difficult for even the UK to buy it privately. How did Japan buy it?

    Colonel Morian spread his hands and shrugged: "It is said that this batch of precious metals was transported from Siberia to Zhengzhou, and the source of the transfer from the Yellow River is probably the Poor Party!" These last words.  Bernard was suddenly stunned.  Britain is the leader in encircling and suppressing the Poor Party, and it was their initiative to ask China and Japan to send troops. The Poor Party has not yet been encircled and suppressed.  There is internal collusion with the Poor Party. What does this bring to the face of the British Empire?  !  Moreover, the goods were obtained from the Siberian Poor Party, but then transported thousands of miles to the Yellow River in inland China for transshipment?  Are the Japanese brains broken?  Wouldn't it be better to directly take the Siberian Railway and enter Vladivostok, which is under multinational administration?

    The more Bernard thought about it, the more something was wrong. If this conflict really started because of China¡¯s interception of materials for the Poor Party, it would be very difficult!  Supporting Japan will give you the reputation of colluding with the poor parties.  Although I dare not say that the policy of encirclement and suppression of Russia will collapse, it will definitely have an impact.  Don't even talk about supporting China, Yang Qiu's rise is too fast.  Already threatening the interests of the British Empire in the Far East!  Do we have to watch China and Japan enter a new round of war?  The Japanese navy has the advantage, but the strength of the Chinese army is too obvious. It is impossible and unable for Britain to support it as it did during the Russo-Japanese War more than ten years ago.  If Japan loses Korea and all its northern colonies as a result, who can curb China's momentum in the future?  !

    Bernard picked up the cigar and put it back to the corner of his mouth. He needed to calm down. This matter was so strange. What thoughts were hidden in it?  But the development of the matter did not allow the British Empire to think too much. After Colonel Morian, another staff member brought even worse news.  "Your Excellency Ambassador, I think you should go to the Huangpu River and take a look. The Chinese Navy seems to have exploded!"

    exploded.

    This word is used too expressively.All military forces along China's coast were mobilized, and even many soldiers of the expeditionary force who had disembarked in Sanduao and were waiting to be reorganized were ordered to prepare.  Officers from the Logistics Department of the National Defense Forces knocked on the door of each shipping company as planned. The Ministry of National Defense radio station issued a clear call, requiring all ships along the coast equipped with radios and receiving telegrams to gather in Dalian, Tianjin, Qingdao, Shanghai, Sanduao and Guangzhou.  .

    ??The two Anhai-class large cruisers of the Second Fleet rushed out of the military port and ran northward. Jiangnan Factory was ordered to complete the remaining modification work of the two Combined Forces-class cruisers within a month.  Anqing and other train factories were required to immediately assemble German trains for military supplies. Two regiments of the 1st Division in the Northeast Theater District, known as one of the aces of the National Defense Forces, crossed the eight civilian restrictions overnight and crossed the Yalu River into Sinuiju. The 38th Brigade of the 12th Division in Changchun along the Central  The eastern front crossed Xingkai Lake and approached Vladivostok, and the 10th and 14th Divisions headed for Khabarovsk.  The first batch of troops of the Marine Corps and the 16th ** Brigade stationed in Sanduao, Hainan and Leizhou Peninsula began to board the ship, and reconnaissance aircraft began to conduct in-depth reconnaissance of Taiwan, North Korea and Sakhalin Island.

    Bernard¡¯s Shanghai was even more ebullient. Tens of thousands of students and workers took to the streets to support the navy. Two Wulianghai-class training aircraft carriers, destroyers and submarines formed a mixed formation and rushed out of the Wusongkou Fortress.

    The wine glasses were thrown away, the cigars were extinguished, and the diplomats from the Far East became collectively anxious

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