Chapter 455: Attack Vladivostok
Zheng Yiqian had nothing to say about Liu Jun's arrangement, and she really couldn't find out how to evaluate Liu Jun, and she didn't know whether to use insidious or what.
"Don't praise me, it's good that I don't think I'm a sinister and cunning person in your mind." Hurriedly waved and said, Liu Jun, picked up a telegram from the table and read it carefully.
The city of Vladivostok is now a city of chickens flying and dogs jumping, and the sun and moon are gone. The smoke of the coastal defense fort has not completely dissipated, and the thick smoke covers the earth, but now Vladivostok is already frightened, and every household is afraid to enter and leave behind closed doors. On the street, at any time, there is a group of soldiers with gray military men and rifles walking through the street, and from time to time a gunshot or even a few screams will be heard, and Vladivostok will regain its calm again.
The spy failed to catch it, and then the city defense soldiers and police were given a chance to loot the finances, and many civilians were innocently killed because of this incident.
"What?, two days, and still no criminals have been caught." Doge's Palace Hall. "With a document, the goddess of heaven and goddess flew around like flowers. This was followed by a furious fire. In the face of the commander of the Vladivostok garrison, the chief of police, the commander of the garrison of the troops, and the personnel of the intelligence department, the governor was furious for two days. There were quite a few people in the prison, but none of them had anything to do with the explosion of the battery. How did he not get angry.
"Your Excellency the Governor, we have sealed off the entire city," he said, looking at the wide-eyed Governor, biting his lip tremblingly.
"Pig, when you blockade the whole city, people will run away. Don't hurry out of the city to chase it. When he heard this, the governor's heart burned even more.
"Yes." A row of people disappeared from the hall in the blink of an eye.
"A bunch of idiots." See these backs in the distance. The Governor angrily gave the most perfect assessment.
Vladivostok is one hundred and fifty nautical miles north. A huge fleet was arranging in two rows, slowly trying to advance Vladivostok, and the huge smoke obscured the entire sea and the sun in the sky, and the earth suddenly became very dark.
A loud whistle sounded. It seemed to blow away the thick black smoke, and on the mast that flashed by, it was clearly seen that the flag on the mast was actually the sun flag.
The Japanese fleet, to be precise, was the main force of the combined fleet of Japan to attack Vladivostok.
This is a huge fleet of three battleships, six armored cruisers, seven torpedo cruisers, twelve torpedo boats, and five large transport ships.
The Mikasa battleship was one of the three battleships that Japan ordered from Britain after Japan revised the Treaty of Tianjin.
And with the addition of the earlier arrivals, Japan now has five battleships, of which the Fuso was sunk by the Beiyang Naval Division in the Liefei Islands. Now, the Combined Fleet has only four battleships of tens of thousands of tons.
on the bridge. Ito Yuhyung stood there quietly, looking at the silver-white light in the distance, still in a daze, now, the army has arrived in the sea of Vladivostok, and the rest of the time, as long as he waits for accurate information, he will attack immediately. Take Vladivostok.
"Torpedo boat No. 3 still hasn't returned?" Taking two deep breaths, Ito turned around and asked the adjutant who was standing beside him.
Torpedo boat No. 3 had already left the brigade last night, and under the cover of night, went to the designated place to wait for the situation of the Japanese intelligence department in Vladivostok.
"Your Excellency, Torpedo Boat No. 3 has not yet returned, but according to the analysis of the time, if the planning of the personnel of the Intelligence Department goes well, then it will not be long before Torpedo Boat No. 3 will return here.
"Eun." Nodding slightly, Ito turned around and returned to the conning tower, after all, the temperature was far more comfortable than here.
There was a squeak of the iron door, and Ito, who had returned to the control tower and closed his eyes to recuperate, opened his eyes, and he saw the adjutant walk in: "Your Excellency, the No. 3 torpedo boat has returned, and it has brought the Vladivostok army defense map and the Vladivostok battery has been blown up. ”
Hearing this news, Ito Yuheng was obviously a little excited, however, as a general of the unified army, he knew that he was too expressive, which would give his subordinates a sense of frivolity, gloomy, and to hold back the excitement in his heart, Ito Yuheng looked up at the time, two hours had passed, and it was already five o'clock in the afternoon.
He stood up violently, spread out the map that was open to the side, and carefully sketched it with a pen.
One hundred and fifty nautical miles, and if the fleet uses ten knots, it will reach Vladivostok at about four o'clock in the morning tonight.
At four o'clock in the morning, this time is the time when people are most sleepy, and at the same time, it is also the time for the Pacific Fleet in Vladivostok to rest.
"Command the ships to increase their speed and move at a speed of ten knots, and let the armored cruiser Izumo and the torpedo cruiser No. 5 and the Flag torpedo cruiser escort the convoy."
"Also." The adjutant nodded, turned and ran out.
After receiving the order, the signal soldier who brushed the mast quickly waved the signal flag in his hand, and the fleet, which was as fast as a snail just now, suddenly became faster and began to chop the wind and waves towards Vladivostok.
Vladivostok in the middle of the night. The bombing of the shore defense batteries did not make the Pacific Fleet, which was a caretaker, raise its vigilance, and darkness came. The officers and men of the Pacific Fleet, who had no task, left the warship early and returned to Vladivostok.
Rows of warships moored in the harbor swayed from side to side from time to time with the lapping of the waves and the blowing of the cold wind, and the national flag hanging on the mast made a sound of brushing.
Not far away, the light of the fire on the lighthouse flickered from time to time. Guide the way to ships slowly approaching the port.
No one noticed, or even no one at all, that five nautical miles away, behemoths were slowly approaching Vladivostok, and that one of the guns had already lifted their gun jackets, revealing the shady barrels.
With a clang, the shells of the Mikasa main gun turret were successfully loaded, and the huge turret began to choose, and the gun commander quickly adjusted the gun position and scale according to the coordinates sent down not long ago.
There was a slight sound of footsteps, and the adjutant retreated from the iron door of the Mikasa Control Tower, and after reflexively entering, he came to Ito, who was sitting motionless.
"Your Excellency Commander, the ships have been prepared, and I would like to ask Your Excellency the Commander for instructions on whether to attack or not."
Hearing the adjutant's inquiry, Ito slowly opened his eyes and looked up at the east, knowing very well in his heart that the first war that would determine the life and death of Japan was in his own hands.
"Fire." Faintly, Ito Yuheng waved his right hand violently and gave the order word by word.