The breath of battle, the sun that had always been clear sky, was suddenly enveloped by billowing soot from both sides.

At a distance of 3,000 meters, the Russian fleet took the lead in firing, and a water column as high as more than 10 meters exploded the waters in front of the Japanese army 50 meters.

Boom, immediately after, the Japanese combined detachment also began to return fire.

On the sea surface of Sakhalin Island, the sound of artillery suddenly rumbled, and the smoke of gunpowder billowed out.

Although the Japanese army is strong, but in the face of the Pacific Fleet, which has absolute superiority, this is simply a knife to kill chickens, if it has battleships and armored cruisers and cannot kill the coastal defense ships and a few torpedo cruisers, then the Pacific Fleet of Tsarist Russia does not need to exist, and it is good to sink directly to the bottom of the sea, and the province will be embarrassed.

There was no suspense, and when the last Japanese sun flag disappeared from the sea, a thick layer of broken wood and Japanese sailors struggling in the water had already appeared on the entire Sakhalin Island.

None of the Russian warships stopped to help, not even a single lifebuoy, and the Russian fleet passed straight through the Japanese sailors and began to sail south.

The explosion of the Sasebo Military Port and the Wilhelm did not affect the prosperity of the Sasebo area in the slightest, and the merchant ships still stopped near the dock under the guidance of tugboats and lighthouses, and then left the dock after loading.

A whistle sounded, and Ito, who was in the office, knew that it was the Combined Fleet that had gone out on patrol.

Ten minutes later, the sound of the whistle sounding again reached his ears, and he raised his head slightly, and Ito Yuheng had a puzzled look on his face.

During this time period, it stands to reason that no warships enter or leave the port, because at every time period, when to depart, each ship of the Combined Fleet will give itself a report.

Perhaps because he was worried that he was mistaken, Ito, who put down the pen, opened the drawer, and after taking out a report from it and looking at it carefully, Ito Yuheng stood up suddenly, because it was very clear that at this time, there were no warships entering and leaving the military port, so this was the whistle that I just remembered. Thinking of this, Ito Yuhiro stood up and came to the window and quickly opened the curtains, and clearly saw that a torpedo cruiser was slowly approaching the dock.

Saikyo Maru, Ito Yuhen opened his eyes wide, because now it was the Saikyo Maru that appeared in front of him, but Saikyo Maru had already accompanied the Matsushima to patrol the waters north of Japan, and according to the time, they would not be able to return until tomorrow, but now.

No, why is it just one, what about other warships, Ito shook his head vigorously. began to search the sea, but after searching for a long time, what I saw was still the lonely Saikyo Maru.

What the hell is going on, Ito Yuhyung frowned and fell into deep thought.

According to intelligence, the Beiyang Naval Division has been in Lushun for some time, and even if there are warships on patrol, it will only be near the Liefei Islands, and where Songdao is still a few hundred nautical miles, this is simply impossible.

There was a knock, and there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, and with a creak, his room was pushed open, and in front of him was Captain Oda Jiro of the Saikyo Maru.

"What's wrong, you didn't go north with the Matsushima to patrol, how could you return alone." Although he wanted to know the answer too much, Ito asked in a slow and calm tone.

"Your Excellency Commander, we are under attack by the Pacific Fleet, and the patrol fleet has already engaged the Pacific Fleet in order to cover the transmission of information from its subordinates."

There was a loud bang, and Ito felt a big bomb explode in his ear.

Attacked by the Pacific Fleet. Attacked by the Pacific Fleet.

Smack, Yuhiro Ito, who reacted, stood up all of a sudden, his eyes widened: "Quick, send electricity to Tokyo,"

In Tokyo, in the official residence of the Prime Minister's Office, Ito Hirobumi stood quietly in front of the map, facing the huge map in a daze, this map included the entire Qing Dynasty, Korea, and even part of Tsarist Russia.

Now that the army is gathered, he originally wanted to play a good game with the Liaodong Army, but according to Nogi Nishinori's intelligence, during this time, the Liaodong Army was only patrolling in its own position, and there was no movement of troops.

Such calm made Ito Hirobumi unable to make a bold move, and he was worried that there would be some conspiracy in it.

With a bang, the door was pushed open, and a cold wind poured in, followed by a burst of messy footsteps, frowned, and turned around, and Ito Yuhiro saw Inoue Shin walking in with a pale face.

What could make Inoue Xin so nervous, Ito Hirobumi thought about it suspiciously, and then quietly looked at Inoue Xin who walked towards him.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, something has happened?"

Nonsense, from your expression, you know that something is wrong, although I think so in my heart, but Ito Hirofumi is still as steady as a mountain and returned to his position and sat down, then asked lightly: "What's the matter?" ”

Slam, Inoue Shin, who had unfolded the folder, quickly took out a telegram from it and handed it to Ito Hirobumi's desk: "I just received a telegram from Ito Yuhiro, commander of the Combined Fleet, that the Russian Pacific Fleet attacked the combined ship against the patrol fleet in the waters off Sakhalin Island, and in addition to the Saikyo Maru, Matsushima and three torpedo cruisers were sunk by Tsarist Russia. ”

What the? Hirobumi Ito stood up suddenly, his eyes wide, he couldn't believe that all this was true.

"Are you sure, is there some misunderstanding?" For the first time, Ito stammered and looked at his deputy, and now he wished that Inoue could tell him that none of this was true.

"It has been checked three times, and the last time Commander Ito has already started to curse, saying that the people in the telegraph office are rice buckets, and he will not joke about this."

"Yaga, Ito Hirobumi suddenly understood something, and suddenly walked quickly to the map, Ito Hirobumi looked at North Korea and combined the intelligence, and he suddenly remembered a piece of information some time ago.

Liaodong and Tsarist Russia were in close contact and moved around frequently.

"Yaga." An earth-shattering roar. Then there was the sound of the table falling to the ground.

With a flutter, Ito Hirobumi, who turned over to the table, sat on the ground, and he had thoroughly understood that this Pacific Fleet was not attacking the Combined Fleet for no reason, but a premeditated and purposeful attack.

As for the purpose, although it is not clear, he can confirm one thing, that is, it must have something to do with the Liaodong side.

"Go, immediately let the intelligence officers in Tsarist Russia immediately search for Moscow intelligence, and be sure to know about the recent movements in Moscow."

"Hey." Inoue Xin also knows the seriousness of the matter, if this issue is not quickly figured out, then once Tsarist Russia declares war on its own country, Japan will face an attack by two powerful military forces, and it will be a huge disaster for Japan.

In Lushun, the snow has completely melted, and a trace of buds has begun to emerge on the branches of the trees outside, winter has passed, and spring has gradually arrived.

In the headquarters, Zhong Lin's hurried footsteps were walking in the corridor, although he was walking fast, even trotting, he could still be seen looking down at the information in his hand from time to time.

Liu Jun, who was looking at the courtyard outside in front of the window, saw Zhong Lin on the side of the corridor, turned his head and looked at Zheng Yiqian, who was standing beside him: "See, the good news is here." ”

Well, it is indeed good news, Zheng Yiqian looked at Liu Jun's eyes. Immediately nodded as well.

"Now that you know that Zhong Lin is here to report the good news, guess what he will bring?" Zheng Yiqian looked at Zhong Lin's face that was about to laugh and grabbed Liu Jun's arm.

"Hmph, if I'm not mistaken, it must have been Tsarist Russia and Japan that wiped out the spark of passion."

What? Zheng Yiqian showed a puzzled expression, and after thinking for a while, she suddenly raised her head: "Won't you be this?" ”

"No, we'll see." After Liu Jun finished speaking, he turned around and returned to his position.

"Head, great, great news, absolutely great news." Before anyone came in, Zhong Lin's voice had already sounded outside the door.