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"Wait for Li He to come back and say, if he thinks it is difficult to force him to surrender, then concentrate his forces and send them all to the sky."

Navy Li He knows best, although Liu Jun is the commander of the Liaodong Army, he only holds a title in the navy, does not command battles, but only makes some deployments.

"Understood." Zheng Yiqian nodded in support.

Woowoo......... Woowoo...... In the port of Shikokushima's coastal defense battery, billowing smoke began to turn the surrounding blue sky black, and several battleships anchored in the harbor began to move slowly. Go to the open sea.

Because the Hongzhang is moored in the innermost, it has to wait for the ships outside to leave before it can go out, so the current Hongzhang is still moored in the sea.

On the bridge, after looking at the warships swimming in the distance for a few moments, Li He put down the binoculars in his hand and said to Yan Fu beside him: "You also understand what the marshal meant, on the side of Shikoku Island and Kyushu Island, our naval division will send ships to blockade it, and cooperate with the army to fight other coastal operations, and it will be handed over to the German fleet." ”

Yan Fu nodded, what Li He said was indeed part of the telegram sent by Liu Jun.

Originally, Li He and William discussed that all the Beiyang Naval Division, all the German battleships and armored cruisers should be withdrawn to the port, and the remaining German ships would be fully responsible for the Battle of Shikoku Island, but Liu Jun's secret message made Li He have to reconfigure.

After new discussions, Li He left the armored cruiser Shichang in the Beiyang Naval Division, as well as eleven torpedo cruisers and eight torpedo boats as the blockade fleet, and was fully responsible for the blockade and patrol of the strait between Shikoku Island and Kyushu Island, and strictly prevented the Japanese from reinforcing Shikoku Island. Of course, on the surface, Li He's order to the whole fleet meant this, but secretly, his order to Ye Zugui to take the Shichang was to turn a blind eye, as long as it was the Japanese transport brigade, he pretended not to see it and let them go over.

"Commander, the Empress Aosta has already left, do you think we can't form a formation if we don't let it go for a while?" Yan Fu, who had been observing the situation, said in a low voice

Who said no, William's flagship was already beginning to leave the dock.

"Herald, Hongzhang anchored. Proceed to the designated area to meet up. Without any hesitation, Li He directly began to give orders.

The Hongzhang is a Big Mac, and his dispatch means that the surrounding ships have to get out of the way.

Woowoo...... Woowoo............ The Hongzhang whistled again, announcing that the main mission of the Navy on Shikoku Island had been completed, and the next step, the task of the Navy's First Fleet, was to wait for the Combined Fleet to return from the United States.

Outside Tokyo, inside the Prime Minister's official residence, after entering Shikoku from the strength of the four divisions, Inoue Xin finally settled down. At least, you don't have to worry anymore, the Liaodong Army will suddenly attack Shikoku Island.

However, in the past two days, Inoue Xin has had a new kind of doubt in her heart, and the source of this doubt is the issue of the route of the four divisions.

According to the conventional analysis, a division of his own troops entered Shikoku Island, and the Liaodong Navy did not find it, which is normal, however, the second, third, and even the fourth time, the Liaodong Army did not find out and make corresponding plans, which is a problem. In particular, on the fourth occasion, according to the people who came back, there were clearly three torpedo cruisers of the Liaodong Navy swimming in the place of three nautical miles at that time, and the officers in charge of this escort mission at that time were ready to lose half of their men.

At such a close distance, the Liaodong Navy can hit it with its eyes closed, but the problem that surprised everyone was that these Liaodong warships actually left as if they didn't see themselves, and they never planned to do it to themselves.

What exactly does the Liaodong Navy mean by doing this? Looking at the situation that came up, Inoue Xin fell into deep thought, it was obvious that this time the Liaodong Army was deliberate, which can be seen from the fact that their warship had reached the range but left without firing.

Could it be that they have some conspiracy, after looking at it a few times again, Inoue Xin definitely gave the answer.

However, he couldn't say what this conspiracy was, and he only had one inference in his mind.

There was a clang, and Inoue Xin turned her head to see that the person who came in was actually the Minister of War Nogi Nishinori. And in his hands, there was actually a telegram.

Coming here at this time, Inoue Xin had a bad premonition in her heart, because at this time, it is impossible for the War Department to come back to find her.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I'm afraid we'll have to send reinforcements to Shikoku Island again." Nogi Noshinori, who came in, said directly.

What do you mean, send reinforcements again, it's only been a few days, and it's rare that there is something wrong on the side of Shikoku Island, or rather, Fujita Haraichi was wiped out by the Liaodong troops again.

"What's the matter, isn't it ......... from Shikoku Island" It doesn't seem to be, at least he saw Nogi Nishinori waving his hand, which proves that it's not a problem somewhere.

"Prime Minister, urgent information has come from our spies in Taiwan that the German fleet has anchored at the port of Keelung this morning, about three hours later. Then head east. ”

I'm grass, this is not good news, Inoue Xin stood up when she heard this. And go to the side of the map.

It is no secret that the third German troops came to the Far East. This was known to the Japanese leadership, and a special meeting was held at the base camp for this matter, and of course, this meeting was organized by Ito Hirobumi at the time.

According to the analysis at the time, the German fleet would have arrived at the Whampoa military port first, and then headed north, entering Lushun or Weihai, just like the previous two times.

No, I went directly to Taiwan, meaning they didn't go to Lushun, thinking of this, Inoue Xin followed the map to the east.

It's amazing, Inoue Xin, who saw the situation clearly, was directly startled.

In this way, it looks like he is going to Shikoku Island, if this is really the case, then it will be a bad thing, at least, the current advantage in Shikoku Island is completely disrupted because of this matter.

At that time, the troops on the Liaodong side will increase by nearly 100,000 people at once, and their superiority in the four countries will be completely lost.

This is something that is absolutely not allowed. Taking two deep breaths, Inoue Xin looked at Nogi Nishinori standing next to him and then looked at the telegram on it, the content of the telegram was very unsatisfactory, at least not for now.

Because the German fleet, having already left Taiwan. (To be continued.) )