Woowoo...... Woowoo...... A huge whistle sounded. The ships that had been firing shells at www.biquge.info point began to stop shelling, and slowly moved towards the open sea under the cover of six battleships.

Sasebo, the sound of billowing cannons from the dock and the smoke blowing into the city center brought a trace of panic to the people of Sasebo, on the street, although it was still noon, but there were no pedestrians walking on the street, only from time to time, a group of Japanese troops who were ordered to drive to the front line, under the leadership of the commander, ran through the street. Go to the beach.

There was a creak, and the second-floor window of a wooden building suddenly closed after the Japanese troops had passed.

This is the sub-station of the Liaodong Intelligence Bureau in Sasebo.

Hey, a man in his thirties in a suit looked at the Japanese soldiers rushing towards the Sasebo Battery, shook his head helplessly, and walked to the table to the side and sat down, while across from him, a Japanese man in a white kimono was drinking depressedly.

"Stationmaster. If the gun position of the No. 2 battery is moved, if we do not notify Commander Li He in time, then the time for attacking Sasebo and destroying the combined fleet will be greatly reduced. The man in the black suit poured a glass of wine and drank it, then said to the person opposite.

Hey, hearing this, the person in the kimono also frowned, this incident was his mistake.

The person wearing the kimono was not Japanese, but Kazubayashi, the head of the Sasebo sub-station in Liaodong. Two years ago, he was transferred from Yunnan Station to serve as the head of the Sasebo Information Station.

After He Lin arrived here, the first person was to find out the situation of the fort and send it to Lushun. Because he was worried about the change of the fort, he did not rush to send the map drawn up a year earlier back to Lushun. It was sent out a month ago, after checking the situation again.

Who knows, just when the ship attacked Tanegashima, he went to investigate the situation again, and found that except for the gun emplacements of No. 3 battery, which had not moved, the other battery emplacements had been changed.

Either the gun position was offset, or the gun position was moved back, or it was simply dismantled and replaced in another place. He didn't notice such a big change, and sometimes, he wanted to slap himself to death, it was too careless.

"What can we do, now that the Japanese army has blocked the port, we can't get out at all." After a sigh, He Lin said helplessly.

"Then what to do, now all the combat coordinates of the Liaodong Navy. They were all adjusted according to the map of a month ago, which would inevitably lead to mistakes, and it would not be possible to accurately strike at the fort. Wu Nan, the deputy stationmaster dressed in black, said anxiously.

"No matter what, let's wait and see, tomorrow, let's take a look again, if the navy has not adjusted the coordinates, we will do whatever it takes, even if Sasebo's intelligence personnel are all dead in this incident, we must send the information out and hand it over to the commander of the navy. Only in this way can the efforts we have made in the past two years not be in vain. He Lin lowered his head and thought for a moment and said.

For the sake of today, it can only be like this, Wu Nan lowered his head and thought for a while, agreed with He Lin's words, and stood up and went out to arrange for the intelligence officers to investigate the situation of the fort tomorrow.

Night had come, and more than 30 warships surrounded the six battleships tightly in the middle of the Sasebo more than a dozen nautical miles, and on the periphery, the lights of the patrol ships that shuttled by from time to time strafed back and forth on the sea surface, observing everything on the sea surface.

In the Hongzhang Command Tower, a huge light shone on the map under the table, and on the map, the name of this map was clearly marked.

Gun position map of Sasebo No. 2 shore defense battery.

In front of the map, Li He, commander of the First Fleet in Liaodong, deputy commander William, and chief of staff Yan Fu were looking at the map delivered to their Admiralty a month ago with sad faces, and their hearts were full of doubts.

Sitting on a chair, Hungry Li He looked at the map, picked up the pen in his hand from the side, drew on it, and said: "Today's shelling, you have also seen, we have not achieved the intention before the battle was launched, and after four hours of shelling, not many artillery pieces on the No. 2 battery have been destroyed at all. I suspect that after the map was sent, the Japanese coastal defense batteries had been replaced. ”

"I agree. Otherwise, today we have so many shells fired, and the Japanese counterattack is still so strong. William nodded. When Li He saw William say this, he shifted his gaze to Yan Fu again, and after Yan Fu nodded, Li He stood up, without any hesitation, and picked up the map on the table.

Brush Brush Brush ...... In a few clicks, Li He tore the map to pieces and threw it into the trash can on the side.

This move made the two people next to them open their mouths in confusion, and they didn't understand why Li He did this, this is the coordinate of future battles, is it a pity to destroy it like this.

Perhaps seeing the doubts of the two people, Li He smiled and said, "Since the map is not accurate, we keep it, which will make our judgment wrong." Rather than that, it's better to push it over and start over. Speaking of this, Li He walked to the map and said: "You see, here is the map of the scope of the No. 2 position, all his artillery positions are concentrated in the southeast direction, today we also saw it, today we concentrated on bombardment, almost no large-scale counterattack, when there is a sporadic artillery bombardment in his north and east, but I estimate that this is a Japanese conspiracy, therefore, tomorrow the war, all the artillery, all not in the area where the shooting was fired today, but to attack other directions." “

Well, this is a good attention, at least it can bring out the intentions of the Japanese army and the hidden firepower points.

"I suggest that tomorrow, the battleships should not go into battle first, but use the battlecruisers to fight, bombard the Japanese for two hours, find out the Japanese gun positions, and then use the huge guns of the battleships to strike a severe blow at the enemy." Yan Fu on the side lowered his head and thought for a moment, and added.

"William, tell me what you think?" Li He, who nodded slightly, looked at William, who had been silently behind him, and asked softly, after all, he is also a member of the First Fleet now. Even the deputy commander.

"Lee, I agree with you." William said with his hands outstretched.

Well, in that case, the matter is almost settled. Thinking of this, Li He glanced at Yan Fu, who was standing beside him: "You go and convey the order." Tomorrow, the armored cruiser will attack first. Then the ships followed. ”