In the early morning of June, when the breeze was gentle on the sea surface of the Sea of Japan, the heavy smoke could not be dispersed, and the Japanese armored patrol detachment was shrouded in fire and smoke, and when the destroyer detachment of the Chinese Pacific Fleet was preparing to launch a second torpedo offensive, the sinking of Japanese armored cruisers made them abandon this plan.

The Japanese sailors and officers did not even have time to jump into the sea to escape, on average each armored cruiser was hit by four heavy torpedoes, and the light and thin waterline armor looked so weak in the face of heavy torpedoes that the violent explosion even threw the cruiser high. It is important to know that the charge of a heavy torpedo is several times more than that of a battleship's main guns, and a battleship that hits an armor-piercing or high-explosive shell may be safe, but hitting a heavy torpedo will definitely be seriously damaged or even sunk.

The armored cruisers Yakumo, Azuma, Izumo, and Tokiwa, which Japan had painstakingly accumulated with all its national strength, and whose hopes for Japan's rise had sunk one after another in less than 15 minutes. They were all new ships that were no more than five years old, either purchased from Britain or self-produced, and were killed at sea in the despicable and shameless sneak attack of the Chinese Pacific Fleet.

Rear Admiral Sotaro Misu sent a detailed telegram to Japan when the Asahi was about to sink: "The Combined Fleet has been attacked by Chinese submarines and warships, and the capital ships have been completely destroyed. One super battleship and nine capital ships of Huaguo were unscathed, so please be careful of the attack of the Chinese fleet. The sinners Sotaro Misu and Admiral Heihachiro Togo will sink with the battleship! ”

After the Asahi and the Patrol sank one after another, Lu Hai looked at the messy sea and ordered the destroyer detachment to leave five battleships to clear the surviving Japanese sailors on the water, and the main fleet turned to the next combat target.

"Good news, good news!" At 8:40 a.m. on the morning of the 23rd, Lu Liang received a telegram from the Pacific Fleet at the General Staff Headquarters, and Lu Liang, who had not slept all night, could finally relax his mind. Total annihilation of the capital ships of the Japanese Combined Fleet. The remaining Japanese warships, such as cruisers and destroyers and torpedo boats, did not pose much of a threat to the Chinese fleet.

The great joy washed away the exhaustion, and Lu Liang had more important things to do. The General Staff also fell into an even more busy situation after the good news, according to the plan, the fleet was to be divided into two, five Nanhai-class and ten Guangzhou-class returned to Zhoushan to serve as frigates for the landing fleet; The Tarzan would lead the remaining ships straight to the coast of Japan. Along the way, important Japanese ports and shipbuilding bases were shelled. Because the naval battle ended too quickly, the fleet consumed very little supplies, and there was no need to replenish it for the time being.

In addition, the landing fleet in Zhoushan entered a state of emergency, and soldiers and supplies boarded the ship and prepared for departure. The Navy is off to a good start, and now it's time for the Marine Corps and Army to perform.

Lü Liang's work is even more important because he has severed any relations with Japan, so the Japanese government has no official institutions in China.

Nine o'clock in the morning. Lü Liang declared war on Japan over the radio, demanding that Japan surrender unconditionally and accept all the conditions offered by China. This telegram shocked the world, and everyone could not imagine that China was going to use troops against Japan, and the results of the naval battle of Tsushima that were announced afterwards were even more astonishing, is this true?

The Pacific Fleet of the Chinese Navy began a naval battle in the early morning of the 23rd, which ended at 8:50 a.m. Sinking nine capital ships of the Japanese Combined Fleet without a single casualty. Lü Liang's declaration of war and the brief news about the naval battle made the great powers think it was a joke, and the great powers sent ambassadors and consuls to verify the Chinese government and the Japanese government. The news once again caused an uproar -- China used photographs, videos, and other evidence to prove the authenticity of the naval battle, and Foreign Minister Zhang Taiyan righteously reiterated the seriousness of China's declaration of war. The Japanese side was very secretive about naval warfare. At the same time, war was declared on China, and the consuls of various countries confirmed the authenticity of the naval battle from the face of the Japanese Tieqing.

War without a declaration, war without a declaration! Such a cruel fact made Yama Prefecture Aritomo have a heart attack directly, and the tearful Ito Hirobumi temporarily took over the power of the Council of Elders and began to deal with the challenge of Huaguo. Japan no longer cares about investigating where the Chinese fleet came from and why it declared war. The most important thing is how to deal with the current bleak situation.

The situation is quite unfavorable, the Japanese now have more than 500,000 soldiers fighting the Russian army in the northeast, and the defeat of the naval battle will inevitably lead to the interruption of logistics, the instability of the army, and a series of effects will lead to a domino effect, and finally the collapse of the Japanese army. In addition, will China land on the Japanese mainland? Will the local military be strong enough to meet the challenge of China? What is the purpose of Huaguo? Is there anything that can be done to avoid the worst?

Britain, France, the United States, Russia, and other countries immediately convened a meeting at the highest level. The discussion of a war between China and Japan was no longer just a matter of Japan and the Russians fighting for the Far East, and the intervention of China complicated the situation. And I heard that China has a fleet that can destroy the Japanese capital ships unscathed, what a huge fleet will it be? Nine of Japan's capital ships were sunk, and China should have at least twenty capital ships, which is the second largest navy in the world! No matter how you extrapolate, the conclusions drawn are impossible, and the upper echelons of the countries are caught in contradictions and quarrels between facts and theories, and instead put aside how to deal with them, perhaps because they simply have no way to deal with the current situation.

The news of the declaration of war against Japan and the victory of the naval war suddenly set off huge waves in the country, and the Chinese people, who were no longer numb, awakened their national consciousness and national consciousness under the guidance of the government, and the spirit inherited for thousands of years made the Chinese people quickly awaken. The defeat of the Japanese invaders in Guangdong, the victory of the Northern Expedition, the recovery of sovereignty and leased land, the strength of the country, the gradual prosperity of food and clothing, and the rise and fall of the people's spirit with the fate of the country.

Wang Peng, a businessman from Zhejiang, has shown excellent business skills since he started doing business a year ago, and like many Zhejiang businessmen in the neighborhood, he also deals in small commodities that produce daily products. The factory has grown from a small family workshop with a few people to a medium-sized factory with more than 500 workers in just over a year, and most of the socks produced are supplied to the army. This scale is considered a large factory even near his hometown of Yiwu, and Wang Peng even bought the most high-end local car as a means of travel, which is extremely glorious in the local area.

After the launch of the New Culture Movement, Wang Peng was also accepted by Wang Peng as a conscientious social entrepreneur, who believed that he was a Chinese first and an entrepreneur second, so he had been sponsoring poor students in his hometown, and he had donated the most to the local road construction.

When he heard the news on the radio that his country had declared war with Japan and won a great victory in the naval battle, Wang Peng felt that he had to do something to calm his heart, which he could not stop beating. The fate of oneself, the fate of the factory, and the fate of the family are closely linked to the national army, and you must participate in this exciting movement!

On the 23rd, Wang Peng took the three young descendants of his family to the Yiwu Armed Forces Department, and in the streets full of parades, Wang Peng and the three descendants squeezed for a long time to come to the Armed Forces Department, but found that it was already overcrowded.

It was Wang Peng's turn at noon, and he asked for the three descendants of his family to join the army and contribute to the country. The sweaty staff wore straight military uniforms, and patiently explained to Wang Peng in the scorching heat that the country would issue orders to them when it needed them, but now the army does not need to expand on a large scale for the time being, and the current military strength is enough to deal with the war.

Wang Peng was helpless, but insisted that the Ministry of Armed Forces accept the donation of 30,000 Chinese yuan donated by himself for the army, which is all the working capital of his factory, and there may be a shortage of funds after donation, but Wang Peng thinks that it is worth it, and he even wants to return the production of socks for the country.

The surging civil activities caught Lu Liang and the government off guard, and from the feedback below, the gray-haired old man thanked the country for defeating Japan with tears, and took out the fragmentary paper money from his bosom, asking the country to accept the loyalty of an old man. Every Chinese person is the most lovely person, and the Chinese people are not sorry for the government, only the government is sorry for the Chinese people!

The staff didn't know what to do in the face of the enthusiasm of the Chinese people, just like the old man, whether to accept his donation or not? The refusal of the staff even made the old man faint in disappointment!

"The national mood needs to be guided, and we can't chill the hearts of the Chinese people at such a moment! All security and police forces were deployed to maintain order and safety in the marching crowd. Accept donations from Singaporeans and make them available in detail, including their uses! Any official who embezzles the money will be put to death, and his family will not be allowed to enjoy the government's welfare policies. "Lu Liang will not do anything to suppress national sentiment, this is the positive energy that a country needs most, but it needs to be carefully guided, after all, national sentiment is easy to go to extremes. (To be continued.) )