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More precisely, a Russian fleet of three battleships and a small number of light battleships first shelled the Yokosuka naval base, followed by a brief shelling of Tokyo.

In addition, according to an unconfirmed piece of information, mines were laid at the entrance to Tokyo Bay when the Russian fleet withdrew.

Just a few hours after the Japanese Navy destroyed the Second Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy and won the Battle of Tsushima.

For those who do not know the details of this war, they will be curious and will not be able to figure out where the Russian fleet that attacked the capital of the Japanese Empire came from, but for those who know, the answer to the question is obvious, it is the 1st Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy, which was trapped by the Japanese Navy in Artal......

The 1st Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy, which was once trapped in Arthur by the Japanese Navy. Now, it has slipped out silently, giving the Japanese a resounding slap in the face.

Their capital had been attacked by an enemy fleet, an important military facility had been dealt a heavy blow, the number of military and civilian casualties could have reached the thousands, the exact number of casualties was still to be counted - and mines, which, although not too numerous for the size of the Russian fleet, were rather narrow in the inlet to the Gulf of Tonkin, and if the intelligence was finally confirmed, shipping in this area would be severely affected and could be temporarily interrupted.

Stepan? Vice Admiral Makarov planned a daring military operation, bordering on a frantic tactical adventure. Instead of joining up with Rear Admiral Vizofert's exhausted expeditionary fleet and heading for Vladivostok, as planned, he stabbed the Japanese in the heart when the Japanese Navy was pouring out to intercept his reinforcements.

While this behavior means that he will be widely blamed and criticized for deliberately using the Second Pacific Fleet as a decoy in exchange for his own victory, and may also be removed from his post and even prosecuted by a military court.

However, the accusation against him may also be correct, the tacticians of the navy know that Rear Admiral Vizofert's fleet will inevitably be defeated by the Japanese, its destination and route are not secrets, and if Lushun's fleet joins it, the final result will be the burial of both fleets at the same time, so it is entirely possible that Vice Admiral Makarov will use it as a decoy to throw it at his opponent and buy himself a chance to escape the blockade.

From a purely military point of view, his plan was quite plausible and almost beyond reproach - if it was really his plan - after all, if it succeeded, there was a chance to keep the last few battleships of the Russian Navy.

There was only one problem, and Vice Admiral Makarov probably did not tell Rear Admiral Vizofort about his battle plan, partly for technical reasons: it was extremely difficult to communicate with the fleet at sea by radio, and under normal circumstances none of the equipment would work; There is also part of the human element: the chances of Rear Admiral Vizofert being willing to act as a decoy are extremely low.

Although he performed like a real warrior in the end.

All of these factors undoubtedly led to some potentially fatal omissions in the Vice Admiral's plan: he failed to attack Tokyo before the Battle of Tsushima was over, and he should not have attacked Tokyo in the first place. If his fleet had sailed directly to Vladivostok, the Japanese would no longer have been able to stop it, but now, the vice admiral had revealed his tracks, and if the combined fleet moved fast enough, it would be enough to completely wipe out the only remaining main battleships of the Russians in the Tsugaru Strait.

"I hope the forces of the Combined Fleet are not consumed too much by Rear Admiral Wizofort." Qin Lang sighed reluctantly. He had already finished reading the official version of the short urgent report sent by the communications department and was very disliked by Vice Admiral Makarov's military adventures. It complicates the situation, and the Tokyo incident will undoubtedly weaken the confidence of American investors that the Combined Fleet's victory in the Battle of Tsushima will imply that he will have to bear more blame and pressure from his allies in the east.

The Jews, in particular, wished they heard the news of the defeat and surrender of the Russians tomorrow.

Although the Russians were not far from defeat, on the whole, Vice Admiral Makarov won only a tactical victory, which did not help the overall situation: his reinforcements were completely gone, the fortress of Arthur was in danger, and the Russian army in the north was already in trouble due to incompetent commanders and insufficient supplies, and once the Japanese army ended the fighting in the south, it would be able to drive the Russians out of China once and for all.

But that's for the future. Qin Lang sighed secretly. And now, since the Russians have not yet failed, he needs some good news about the Japanese to solve the little trouble that Vice Admiral Makarov has created for him.

"Maybe we can supply the Japanese with gas shells?" Rachel proposed. She hurried to Qin Lang's office after receiving the news of the Russian fleet's bombardment of Tokyo, just less than a minute before O'Connor.

Like Qin Lang, Rachel could see the trouble that the Russian fleet's military adventures had caused to their plans, and the first solution she thought of was to sell them the special ammunition she had tried so hard to recommend to the Russians, but had not been able to get an order. It seems like a good solution, and one that some Russians will deeply regret.

Maybe.

She wasn't entirely sure yet.

But that was an inconsequential issue, and the important thing was to sell the shells to the Japanese. Rachel looked at Qin Lang, as if waiting for his answer, but in fact she was focused on Yi Shui - as long as she could see enough benefits, Qin Lang would gladly agree to her suggestion, but Yi Shui might object for other reasons.

Like what......

"I do not agree with the sale of gas shells to the Japanese." Yi Shui has already begun to object, "Once the Japanese army uses them, it will inevitably cause a large number of civilian casualties, maybe tens of thousands or more, which is unacceptable." ”

Rachel looked at Qin Lang and O'Connor with a helpless expression of "I knew it would become like this", and threw out the prepared reply: "It doesn't make any difference between selling gas shells to the Russians or the Japanese." For the local civilian population, both the Russians and the Japanese were beasts, almost as evil and dangerous. And you did not object to me selling poison gas to the Russians. ”

Yes, he didn't! Rachel carefully recalled every detail of the secret meeting with the Russian minister in Los Angeles, and from beginning to end, Yi Shui remained silent, showing no intention of trying to stop her, leaving her with the impression that he did not disapprove of it. However, this is most likely not his true idea, and he may be as opposed to the sale of poison gas to the Russians as he is now, so that it will not cause harm to civilians, as if he used the same reason to oppose Qin Lang's sale of his disgusting gadgets—those mines that can maim the victim but are not fatal—to the Chinese, and Qin Lang is half angry at it. He didn't object in the end, perhaps simply because he didn't argue with her in public.

Perhaps another reason was that the stupid Russian minister did not accept her offer in the first place, confidently believing that the grey animals would defeat the Japanese like a small worm, and refused to buy poison gas. This attitude of his would undoubtedly make Yi Shui think that there was no need to intervene......

The real reason may be this. Rachel regretted that she shouldn't have brought up the negotiations that had made her so unpleasant.

And then she regretted it even more.

"The Russians rejected your offer." Yi Shui seized on her mistake and built on it for a more in-depth analysis, "I admit that it makes no difference between selling gas shells to the Russians or the Japanese, but since the Russians didn't accept your deal, we don't need to send anything too dangerous to the Japanese." ”

"I think there is some truth to Yi Shui's opinion." O'Connor cautiously expressed his limited support for him, "Since we have discussed the deal with the Russians for gas shells, if the Japanese use this weapon on the battlefield, St. Petersburg will easily think of us, and this will adversely affect our other dealings with the Russians." ”

"We're still the only one who sells that weapon, and whoever uses it will know that we sold it." Rachel meant that O'Connor's concerns weren't worth mentioning at all, "The truth is, the world has known for a long time that we're supplying weapons to both warring sides. ”

O'Connor nodded in acknowledging that she was telling the truth, but insisted: "Conventional weapons are one thing, weapons of mass destruction are another." If we supply weapons that cause the Russians or the Japanese to lose tens of thousands of soldiers per battle, sooner or later they will turn their anger on us. ”

"And we are preparing to discuss some new deals with the Russians." Yi Shui thought of the task he had just gotten from Qin Lang that he still thought was impossible, so he decisively put it on the table as a bargaining chip, "You see, we want the Russians to bear all the responsibility for the loss of the armored vehicle unit, and we want them to give up the proposal to build a walking thatched house, and also want them to share the cost of developing our new weapons, if at this time St. Petersburg finds out that we have sold poison gas to the Japanese, then it is almost impossible for us to achieve these goals." ”

Yi Shui fully believed that if the situation really developed to that point, the entire Umbrella might only be able to realize his idea by Qin Lang, and it would take a lot of money.

"So, what do you think, Qin?" Rachel turned his head to look at Qin Lang.

Yi Shui and O'Connor have already indicated their attitude, and now it's up to Qin Lang. If he supported her, then Yi Shui and O'Connor's opposition would be meaningless - Umbrella was not implementing a one-person-one-vote democratic mechanism, and Qin Lang's attitude was decisive unless the majority of the people raised objections - she wanted him to be on her side.

But Qin Lang didn't seem to intend to take either side.

"I think you've all forgotten one thing," he said slowly, looking at them, "even if we decide to sell poison gas to the Japanese, we won't be able to get it to Japan before the next campaign begins, or even make it in time for the next one." ”

The journey from San Diego to Japan was a long one, and even with the fastest cargo ship available, it would take nearly two months, and at that point, selling poison gas to the Japanese didn't make much sense to him.

If the situation had gone any worse, perhaps the business would have led to the opposite of what had been expected - poison gas was an extremely dangerous weapon that had to be used by trained and professional soldiers who did not yet possess the Japanese army, and who would have suffered if they had rushed into battle.

"So, what do you mean?" Rachel asked.

"You can't put your hopes on poison gas or other new weapons." Qin Lang made a decision, "Of course we can sell poison gas to Japan, but it will not be delivered before the armistice agreement between Tokyo and St. Petersburg is reached." ”

"Wait, what do you mean?" Not only Yi Shui, but Rachel and O'Connor also couldn't keep up with his rhythm.

"We want to make the situation move in the direction we planned, not gas it to make it more complicated and elusive. But if Japanese people are willing to buy our products, as long as they can afford to pay for them, we have no reason to refuse. His meaning was simple, "Business is business." ”

He had no worries about what the Japanese would do with poison gas. Yi Shui fears that China will become a victim, but it makes no sense, even without Umbrella, sooner or later the Japanese will master the technology and process of producing one or several poison gases, either by their own research or from some other country, and then they will use them on the battlefield, just as they will do on the Chinese battlefield - of course, for now, that has become impossible - there is only one way to stop a weapon of mass destruction from being put into the battlefield, Forming a reciprocal deterrence with the same or better weapons of mass destruction, and then leaving the decision to the ruling group's sanity and cold mathematical calculations, Yi Shui obviously does not understand this yet.

He still has a lot to learn. The same goes for Rachel and O'Connor...... And Duncan.

Not now, though. Now is not the time for class.

Qin Lang stopped Yi Shui with a stern look, and then said, "As far as the current situation is concerned, if we want to hear good news from the Japanese as soon as possible, the easiest way to achieve is to find that Russian fleet. In the best case, the fleet was stopped by the Japanese while trying to pass through the Tsugaru Strait, or Vice Admiral Makarov, realizing that he could not reach Vladivostok, chose to sail south into a port controlled by a neutral country, and the worst result was that the Russians succeeded in reaching their destination. ”

Now, he would rather like to help the Japanese find Makarov, but unfortunately there is nothing he can do about it, Umbrella does not have a few fast ships with radios, radio monitoring is not useful, the planes and submarines are still at the experimental stage, and in the end, even if he can guess or even know the location of the Russian fleet, the Japanese will not act on his instructions.

Even just trying to pass on information to the Japanese was enough to drain precious time.

"Can we just wait for the Japanese to behave a little better, or for the Russians to make a mistake?" Rachel was reluctant to accept the result, "I don't like that. ”

Qin Lang did not answer. He didn't like the current situation more than Rachel, and he wanted the situation to be under his control, at least to influence its course, not the other way around. However, he had to admit that there were still many things that were beyond his control or influence.

His strength is still not enough. (To be continued.) )