Wang Feng roared. Turbidity waves. This is the northern part of the Yellow Sea in the Gulf of West Korea. "Brother one

A large fleet is struggling to move forward on the turbid sea, heading due north. It was formed into two columns, of which combat ships were the majority. The rest are transports and roller ships, all of which fly the Rising Sun flag.

This was the main force of the Japanese expeditionary Noboru 6 Fleet. Although the sea conditions were bad, the "advance team of the First Army" of the Japanese Sixth Army, which carried out the combat mission of Deng-6, sailed to the Liaodong Peninsula, but it did not affect the navigation of the fleet, and the average voyage of the entire fleet now exceeded 11 knots, which is almost the limit of the navigation degree of those transport ships. In order to keep up with the main fleet, the transports were desperately adding coal to the boilers, and the black smoke from the smoke itself reached into the sky, and the black smoke that filled the sea could be seen far away.

Now serving as the flagship of the Japanese expeditionary Nobu 6 Fleet is the battleship "Hanoi", the first true "dreadnought" of the Japanese Navy, built by the Yokosuka Naval Yard in Japan. Most of the components are made in-house. Including the main engine and boiler, this battleship was started in the year of Na and completed in the year of the old mouth, and due to the adoption of the "dreadnought" design, attention was paid to protection and firepower. The battleship "Hanoi" had a standard displacement of 20,000 tons and was equipped with 12 powerful millimeter main guns. Among them, there were eight 45-fold main guns and four 50-fold diameter main guns, and in order to arrange so many main guns, the total length of the battleship "Hanoi" reached 150 meters and the width of 25 meters. The heavy oil and coal mixed boiler is used, and although the power is strong, it is because the armor of the warship is extremely thick. Its maximum voyage could only reach twenty knots, and in order to operate this modern, structurally complex warship, it had to be manned with a thousand naval officers and men.

Now, as one of the 1,000 officers and men of the battleship "Hanoi," Japanese Navy Marshal Heihachiro Togo is sitting in the captain's office of the warship and is listening to the reports of several fleet staff officers.

Just now, I sent a telegram from Japan. According to the decision of the wartime base camp, the final date for the ascent of the 6 Liaodong Peninsula has been officially determined. The specific location has also been determined, and in accordance with the requirements of the wartime base camp, the Japanese Combined Fleet must ensure the smooth progress of the 6th Army's troops boarding the 6 Army, and now, Togo Hei Hachibei has conveyed the order of the wartime base camp to the operational staff officers, asking them to immediately revise the corresponding escort plan and make sure that nothing goes wrong.

Foolproof is easier said than done, and this is no longer the time of the Russo-Japanese War. The current war has been extended from a flat to a three-dimensional one, and as submarines appear on the stage of war, the survivability of the Navy's surface ships is becoming more and more questionable, although Heihachiro Togo insists that if well prepared. The Chinese Air Force is not cheap, but he must also admit that in the shadow of those elusive Chinese submarines, most of the officers and men of the Navy are in a state of nervous spirit.

The tactical value of ocean-going submarines was fully demonstrated by the submarine ambush battle outside the Sasebo military port, in which the Japanese Combined Fleet lost the battlecruiser "Hiei" at the same time. If we add the battlecruiser "Golden Net" lost in Port Arthur, then in just a few days, the Japanese Navy has lost three of the latest battlecruisers, and the strength of the entire combined fleet has been seriously weakened.

Because four transport ships were sunk by torpedoes fired by submarines, the Japanese 6th Army's 6th Army not only lost two wings, but also had to delay the departure date for half a day, and was able to continue sailing only after replenishing the ships and men. So, for Japan's wartime base camp, time is running out now.

Heihachiro Togo was very saddened by these losses of the Combined Fleet, as a veteran of the Japanese Navy. His naval career was accompanied by the growth of today's naval fleet, he participated in the Sino-Japanese War as a captain, and also participated in the Russo-Japanese Tsushima Naval Battle as a fleet commander, as a professional soldier, he knew very well that there was no invincible fleet in this world, but he really did not expect that the Japanese Navy would suffer heavy losses one after another under the attack of the Chinese Navy.

After all, the strength of the Chinese navy has lagged far behind that of the Japanese navy since the First Sino-Japanese War. The fact that the Chinese Navy inflicted such heavy losses on the Japanese Combined Fleet just by virtue of a few ocean-going submarines and near-shore submarines is not without a profound lesson.

Heihachiro Togo does not think that the Japanese Navy has neglected the construction of submarine forces, in fact, the Japanese Navy has noticed the tactical value of submarines several years ago, and in the following years, it has purchased several small submarines from abroad for research, but compared with the Chinese Navy, the attention of the Japanese Navy is obviously distracted by the construction of the surface fleet, and the Japanese Navy does not really realize what kind of far-reaching impact submarines will have on the entire naval technology exhibition, let alone what kind of impact submarines will have on maritime transportation.

More importantly, the current naval technology is not enough to ensure the effective tracking of submarines, only when the submarine moves torpedoes to attack, the lookout soldiers on the warship may notice the ripples and bubbles on the sea surface, but at this time, the warship can take not many tactical actions, and after the warship chases it, the submarine may have dived and fled.

The submarine ambush outside the Sasebo military port has fully demonstrated the maneuverability and flexibility of submarine tactics. The fact that the surface fleet was as clumsy as a stupid donkey in the face of submarines and could not even organize an effective counterattack made all naval officers anxious, including Heihachiro Togo, and many senior officers believed that it was imperative to demonstrate effective tactics at the moment. and effective means of detection of submarines. "Chanichi

This will take time, but the wartime base camp did not give the Combined Fleet this time, the order is very clear, and it is also very cold, the Combined Fleet must ensure that the "advance team of the First Army of the Levy and Branch" will land on time on the 6 Liaodong Peninsula.

It's an adventure. Not long ago, Togo Heihachiro commanded the Combined Fleet to carry out a retreat mission of the Sixth Army, and at the port of Dagusan, the Combined Fleet loaded the remnants of the Kwantung Army, which had retreated from Xiuyan and sent them to the west coast of Korea for rest. From that remnant army, Heihachiro Togo had already arrived at the information that surprised him. According to this intelligence, the Chinese offensive forces are apparently armed with a surprising number of armored combat vehicles. In the face of these combat vehicles with armor protection. The units of the Japanese 6th Army, lacking suitable weapons, simply could not withstand the attack.

Togo Heihachiro did not oppose the increase of troops on the Liaodong Peninsula, but he meant to directly reinforce Lushun and Dalian, rather than opening up a new battlefield north of Lushun and Dalian, but the wartime base camp was precisely intended to establish a "first line of defense" in Lushun and north of Dalian In Togo Heihachiro's view, this decision of the wartime base camp was very unwise.

Now, the wartime stronghold is under domestic political pressure. In this case, it is undoubtedly a risk to send reinforcements to the east coast of the Liaodong Peninsula north of Lushun and Dalian, which is undoubtedly a risk, not to mention that the strength of the Chinese Sixth Army has an absolute advantage.

After receiving the telegram, Heihachiro Togo did not raise any doubts, but under the emotional pressure of the angry people and the instigation of the opposition. The brains of the wartime base camp apparently thought that their careers were more important than the lives of the officers and men of the Japanese 6, perhaps they thought. If you gamble again, you can turn the book, but Heihachiro Togo is not so optimistic.

Togo Heihachiro's suggestions and doubts had no effect, and the wartime base camp stubbornly adhered to this reckless Deng-6 battle plan, and ordered the Combined Fleet to complete the Deng-6 mission.

At this point, the only thing Heihachiro Togo could do was to fulfill the responsibility of a fleet commander. Minimize losses as much as possible, and at least ensure that the "advance team of the First Army" can hold out until the second batch of reinforcements arrives.

There are two main reasons why the original plan to board the 6 in Dalian Bay has been abandoned: first, there are Chinese near-shore submarines active in the Dalian Bay area, and the combined fleet is easily besieged when it goes there, and Dalian Bay has also been attacked by the Chinese air force, and the wartime base camp does not want the combined fleet to be attacked by air and underwater weapons when covering the 6th Army's boarding of the 6th Army, and in addition, Dalian is too close to Lushun to play a "strategic barrier role"; Second, Dagushan is not far from Xiuyan, and if the situation allows, the Japanese army will launch a counteroffensive against Xiuyan to recapture this strategic point, and wait for an opportunity to move north to attack the rear road of the Chinese 6th Army attacking Gaiping.

According to the intelligence that the Japanese Kwantung Army has just arrived. The positions of the Chinese 6th Army have not yet appeared in the area of Dagushan, and if the Japanese army climbs the 6th to fight, it must seize the time.

At present, Heihachiro Togo is in the captain's office to give instructions to the combat staff officer to formulate the corresponding combat plan. In order to carry out effective cover at the 6th Army when the 6th Army ascends, if the units of the Chinese 6th Army start a counter-shock operation at the 6th time when the Japanese army ascends, the Japanese Combined Fleet will bombard the squadron on the coast with naval guns to protect the beachhead.

Now the reconnaissance planes of the Chinese Air Force can often be seen over the Yellow Sea, and in order to cover the 6 combat operation, Heihachiro Togo had to go to great lengths to implement tactical feints, he could have led the fleet in a straight line and went straight to Dagu Mountain, but now. He commanded the fleet in an arc. The purpose was to deceive the reconnaissance planes of the Chinese Air Force, and the Japanese fleet had gone so close to the Korean coast that it was very likely to land on the west coast of Korea and flank the "Goryeo Independence Army" in Anju.

Now, this Japanese Nobo-6 combat fleet has sailed to the sea near Pole Island, and at this moment, the sea suddenly stormy, a storm came.

The opportunity was rare, and Heihachiro Togo really gave the order to change the route on the spot.

"All turn the rudder, course! Destination, Poison Island Cobaltland. ”

Drawing a new route on the chart with his own hands, Heihachiro Togo let out a long sigh before standing up. I walked to the porthole and looked out of the window, where the wind and rain were blowing, and the sea was gray. Barely able to see anything.

"I hope that my whereabouts are not comforted by the enemy, and the current Togo Heihachiro comforts himself in his heart.

At the same time that Heihachiro Togo gave the order to change course, a submarine that had been sailing at the depth of a periscope floated on the surface of the sea fifteen nautical miles southeast of Phi Island. Braving the wind and waves to keep up with the Japanese fleet, several Chinese sailors quickly set up a radio antenna on the enclosure of the control tower, and then an urgent telegram was shot out through this antenna, and was soon intercepted by a wireless telegraph relay station located on the Yalu River:

"When our ship was carrying out a reconnaissance mission in the waters off Phi Island, it was the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet at the east longitude and north latitude, accompanied by a large-scale transport fleet, and judged that it was the 6th unit of the Japanese 6th Army, and the fleet had now turned.

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