Pontianak, a place where there is no winter. Every day, the sun rises early and sets late. But there has never been a day when the people of Pontianak felt that the sun had sunk so early as today.

The entire city of Pontianak waited quietly for news of the naval battle, and when the navy set out, all the Pontianakians believed that the imperial court would win. The streets and alleys are full of tables and chairs, all the chickens, ducks and pigs in Pontianak are slaughtered, and all the restaurant chefs are cooking a dinner to welcome the triumphant sailors. Pontianak, which was still lively in the morning, gradually quieted down with the passage of time, and even the stove no longer smoked. Everyone looked solemnly in the direction of the sea.

There is no news of the fleet that set out at ten o'clock in the morning, and then there is no news from the emperor who drove the expedition himself. The Russian fleet with a displacement of more than 40 tons came to attack, and the total strength of the imperial court was only half of that of Russia, could this battle be won? The battle ahead is bound to be fierce, but how will it end? Win or lose? It was the first time that the people of Pontianak were so worried, and Li Guanshan was even more anxious.

Li Nanxing shook his head at his father, the information received by the radio station in Pontianak was a chaotic garbled signal in addition to the interference wave. Li Nanxing knew that this was the Navy's communication signal, but he didn't know about the Navy's special communication channel and password system, which his younger brother Li Nanke never told him.

Li Guanshan looked up at the afterglow of the sun that had fallen below the sea level, and couldn't wait any longer: "Go to Kajiangkou and wait." ”

Night was falling and darkness began to fall over Pontianak. Li Guanshan paced back and forth on the beach restlessly on crutches, and stood on tiptoe from time to time to look, but the sea level remained unchanged.

"Father. Go back and rest. My son is here and will let you know as soon as there is news. Li Nanxing was worried about the cold and heavy dew of the night. So I wanted to ask my father to go back and rest earlier, but my father just shook his head and didn't say a word.

"Father. This battle is related to the life and death of our dynasty, and the naval officers and men must fight hard, and the emperor will personally drive the expedition. Rest assured, the imperial court will definitely return victorious. Li Nanxing was not confident when he said this.

"It's a big difference, it's a big difference—" Li Guanshan looked into the distance again in the last rays of the sunset, still finding nothing.

Li Nanxing didn't know why, and when he saw that his father was no longer talking, he turned to look at his uncle. Li Guannian sighed and said, "Even if this naval battle is defeated, the army of the Russian Maozi will not be able to threaten the imperial court. Naturally, the imperial court could also retreat to the interior to continue its resistance. But as soon as I Lanfang lost the sea barrier, the whole territory was exposed to the threat of the Russians' naval artillery, and the imperial court was defeated in this battle, and the shipyards along the coast would inevitably be attacked. The imperial court wants to form such a fleet again......" Li Guannian shook his head and sighed: "Without the support of the imperial court, Lan Fang will be difficult to protect——"

Li Guannian's words made everyone silent, and the night quietly engulfed the land. The lighthouse standing at the mouth of the Kajiang River turned on all the searchlights, cast the light on the distant sea, and searched back and forth.

"Boat, there's a ship—" suddenly shouted the man at the lighthouse. The people who had been sitting on the beach all stood up and looked up at the lighthouse. The lights on the lighthouse began to flicker, and the light signal was being sent. The small lighthouse, which is not yet qualified to equip a radio station.

"It's the Lanfang. We were asked to gather all medical personnel to the dock and prepare to receive and rescue the wounded. The lighthouse keeper shouted from the lighthouse.

Haw, Li Guannian's crutches fell to the ground. Li Guanshan snorted very dissatisfied: "They are all old people." Where is the steady? There are no casualties in a war, this is a ship to send the wounded. Perhaps the army of the imperial court followed. Nanxing, go back and arrange it immediately. They are all meritorious and socially meritorious soldiers, and they must not be neglected. ”

"Whoa." After Li Nanxing gave up, he turned around and got into the car and rushed back. Li Guanshan sat down slowly, looking at the looming black shadow in the lamppost with a bamboo in his chest, and his heart was sad. Why did only the ships that transported the wounded come back?

The Lanfang was getting closer and closer, and the people on the beach finally saw it clearly as it drove into the mouth of the Kajiang River. The sloping hull, the mottled hull, the marks of explosions on the ship were everywhere, the steel plates were twisted, the side gun emplacements were missing, and the wails of the wounded on the ship matched the large swarthy holes in the hull...... Li Guanshan couldn't sit still any longer, trembling and asked someone to help him board the car and rush to the dock.

On the dock, there was a wail as if it was day, and Li Guanshan saw at a glance that his second child, Li Nanke, was directing the crew to transport the wounded down with one arm, and the eldest Nanxing was running to arrange various matters. Li Guanshan suddenly burst into tears, and the camp full of wounded may be just the beginning. Before Li Guanshan could step forward to ask carefully, another convoy stopped suddenly, and the imperial concubine Qimuge also arrived.

"Chief Li, the palace has brought all the people accompanying the palace, let them participate in the treatment of the wounded."

"I'm bothered by Lao Niangniang." Li Guanshan arched his hand and summoned Li Nanxing, asked him to take all the palace people away, and warned him to arrange the wounded to the interior as much as possible: "Place a large number of wounded on the dock, once the Russians attack, what will be the return?" ”

"The Russians are coming?" Li Nanxing didn't react yet: "The entire Russian Navy is not sinking and falling, what is the attack?" The chief grown-up doesn't have to worry, the humble post will be arranged. "After saying that, I was going to run away with people.

"Come back!" Li Guanshan snapped: "What did you just say?" The Russian Navy was defeated? And where are the other warships of our army now? Where is the emperor? ”

"Defeated, the Russian Navy is completely defeated." Li Nanxing then thought that when he came back, he received a radio report from the navy, but he forgot to tell his father in a hurry: "In this naval battle, not a single ship of our army was sunk, and more than a dozen Russian warships were sunk and Vice Admiral Roger Stevenster, commander of the Russian Navy, was killed, and the rest of the Russian ships were surrendered. At this time, the emperor is leading all ships to receive the surrendered Russian ships, and it is expected that they will return tomorrow. Daddy, our army has won a big victory! After saying that, Li Nanxing ran away.

"Won?" Li Guanshan turned his head to look at the imperial concubine.

"Victorious! Or a big win. Early tomorrow morning, our naval fleet will escort the prisoners back. Chief Li, the emperor promised the whole army to set up a triumphal banquet in Pontianak—"

"There will be a feast, and there will be a great feast." Li Guanshan shed two lines of tears excitedly: "Niangniang, don't worry, Weichen will not make a mistake." ”

Won. The navy has won, and the army of the imperial court has already won a great victory. Tomorrow the army will escort the Russian ship back. Tomorrow is going to be a triumphal feast.

The news of the victory spread from the pier throughout Pontianak, and all the residents opened their doors to ask each other about the reliability of the news. When I learned that the news came from the emperor's palace. The whole Pontianak is boiling, and finally there is no need to worry about it, and you can finally put your mind at ease. Everyone took to the streets and began to participate in the operation to treat the wounded, the hospital could not live, and their yards and houses were opened, and the bedding was not enough to move from home, and some of the medicines were taken out from home. The imperial court has won a big victory, Pontianak is safe, why do you have so many things left. There is the participation of all the inhabitants. Everything is no longer a problem.

The news of the victory also spread along the telegraph line, and Yamaguchiyo, Sanfa and other places received the news of the great victory of the imperial court's naval battle, and also learned the news of the emperor's triumphal banquet. Is there enough food in that place in Pontianak? That's tens of thousands of soldiers, since it's the emperor's banquet, things can't be too bad. Transported, shipped from the local area. The chickens, ducks, geese and pigs were all loaded onto the ship and transported overnight. The imperial court has won a big victory, this sea is the place of our Chinese, where do you want to go? Even the Chinese in Java know about it. The local elders of the big clan also boarded the boat and rushed to Pontianak overnight with condolences, how could they miss such a prosperous time?

Only in the capital in the north, the important ministers in the ****** finally breathed a sigh of relief and congratulated each other and said goodbye. I was scared for a long time. I can finally get a good night's sleep tonight.

The sky gradually brightened, and the Pontianak people, who had not slept for a day and a night, were still in good spirits. A loud whistle sounded on the sea, which was the signal for the victorious Chinese navy to return home.

"Set up the stove. Set the fire on fire. The chefs shouted, pouring fresh ingredients into the piping hot oil. After a snorting sound of oil. It is the aroma of the ingredients that wafts out.

On the sea, the Emperor's Seat Ship Haitian took the lead in entering Kajiang. The emperor, dressed in a dragon robe, stood on the bow of the ship and waved to the cheering people on both sides of the strait. Since the Opium Wars, China has been bound to lose every battle against Western invaders, and it has been an absolute defeat with absolute superiority in forces. One failure can be regarded as accidental, the second failure can be said to be improper command, and there are still people who are not convinced and will come out to fight for three failures. But every time is a failure, it has been defeated for more than 50 years, the blood and courage of the past have long been wiped out, and the former **** kingdom is also accustomed to humiliation. Today, however, China has won a battle that has never been won before with an absolutely inferior force, and the incentive effect of this victory on the people is immeasurable.

We have won two wars against Japan before, but in the eyes of all the people, Japan is just a little brother of China, and no matter how weak the empire is, it is not something that the younger brother of Dongying can bully. As for the Battle of Tsushima and the Battle of Mukden, it was a prepared ambush battle in which the strong fought the weak, and it was normal to win. In the northern battlefield, the Russian army surrendered one after another due to illness at that time, and it was not considered a strong army. Only this time was the frontal battlefield, with absolutely weak forces, the menacing European army was defeated head-on. This is the first time in China's history that it has won a head-on victory against a European army, and this time, it is an unprecedented victory. How not to excite people, how not to make people excited.

On the sea behind them, the huge Chinese naval formation was quietly moored on the sea surface with the undulations of the waves, and the scars and gunpowder smoke on the hull of the ship were vividly visible. The end of the battle did not mean that they could not let their guard down, because their naval guns were still directed at another, larger formation, the surrendered Russian fleet, and in addition to the ships that were sunk and abandoned because they could not be salvaged, the number of captured ships was still greater than that of the Chinese navy due to the large number of transport ships.

This was the Russian Far East Fleet, which included more than 10,000 Russian troops, and the total number of prisoners was as high as 50,000, because Pontianak and Ben could not accommodate so many prisoners, so they had to be locked up on ships. However, with the exception of a few battleships such as Alexander III and the Eagle, which were taken over by the Chinese Navy, the other warships were still operated by the Russian surrendering navy. The Chinese Navy simply has no more personnel to take over the ships.

The cheers of the people on both sides of the strait rose one after another, and dragon lanterns danced on the wharf, lions jumped, firecrackers burst out, and gongs and drums were noisy. On the incense table, two huge sticks of incense burned, and green smoke rose. Li Ming worshipped the heavens in front of the incense case and reported the news of this great victory in China to the heavens.

"China's victory over the enemy from the West is naturally gratifying. The Republic of Lanfang, as a vassal state of China, has also made outstanding contributions. The court will reward meritorious deeds. Then accompanied by Pontianak officials, in the voice of the people who were higher than "the emperor is mighty and China is mighty". Li Ming walked slowly into Pontianak.

Compared to the lively city of Pontianak, the beach is cloudy at the moment.

"There really isn't even a destroyer missing......" on the beach. The British consul in Pontianak counted three times and finally had to admit this fact.

"Hawaii declared war on Russia under the pretext that the Russian Navy was shelling their fleet. I think this is a conspiracy of the Chinese. The U.S. consul said indignantly. As Hawaii's relationship with China grew closer, there was a huge stumbling block in the way of the United States into the Pacific, but it could not be removed. The presence of Hawaii is a big deal for the United States.

"But they are the ultimate victors, and the victors will go unpunished." The British consul sighed and turned to leave.

With the departure of the British consul, the consular officials of France and Italy also left, and the American consul had no choice but to go back and report the definite news to China as soon as possible.

The German consul did not stay at the seaside, he had already boarded the German new cruiser Prince Heinrich, which was parked at another pier. Prince Heinrich was a new German heavy cruiser that was completed only two years ago. It adopts the style of China's super-sea class heavy cruiser and adopts the bow of the Zhonghua-type. Four 210-mm naval guns were mounted on the knapsack in the front two and two in the rear, and the reciprocating steam engine used propelled the ship to a high speed of 23 knots. Although Germany also did not break through the technology of triple assembly of naval guns, after the German Navy ships designed calculations, China's super-sea-class heavy cruiser must not be able to withstand the attack of German 210-mm naval guns in order to ensure its speed due to the greater recoil of naval guns.

At the time of its completion, the whole of Germany was proud of the ship, believing that it was strong enough to challenge China's super-sea-class heavy cruisers. A year after his launch, he joined the active service of the Navy, and was immediately sent to the Far East to become the flagship of the German Far East Fleet, where he conducted several exercises with the Chinese Navy's Super Sea Class Heavy Cruise. Success. However, less than half a year after its arrival in the Far East, this magnificent naval battle gave Germany a blow head-on. The Super Sea class heavy cruiser can not only withstand the attack of German 210 mm naval guns, but also the Chinese Super Sea class heavy patrol can even withstand the attack of Russian 305 mm naval guns.

Navy Commander Alfred who came to watch the battle in person? Feng? Tirpitz, this is Tirpitz's second visit to the Far East. Every time he came to the Far East, an ancient country in the East, he would feel different, last time it was precise, but this time it was furious. Just after the conclusion of the Sino-Russian battle of the Rioneh. He immediately summoned the generals at all levels who had been sent to study in the Chinese navy in the name of volunteers and asked them to sum up the experience of this naval battle as soon as possible. Tirpitz looked around. Is there Hart here? Scheer, Franz? Hipper, Spee, and others, these people would be the future backbone of the German Navy. But they are now depressed. Tirpitz tapped lightly on the table and said, "Germany may be lagging behind in the design of warships, but as the Chinese emperor said, warships are only a weapon, and the most important thing is the person who operates the weapon." So cheer up, you are the decisive figures in whether the German Navy can really go to the ocean. Let's talk about it now. ”

Scheer took out a bunch of photos and put them on the table: "The Chinese Navy is still very strictly guarded, and we are never allowed to approach ships such as Baiqi and Chaohai, but we are not forbidden to take pictures of them, but we can't see the core secrets of Baiqi and Chaohai ships only from the appearance." We tried to inquire among the Chinese Navy soldiers and did not get any useful information. Bai Qi and other ships must have adopted a lot of technology that Germany does not currently have, and what I suspect the most is the power system. It is proposed to strengthen the penetration of powertrain research institutions in China. ”

"The chain of command system is also very important." Hipper continued: "In addition to the traditional use of flags and light signals, the Chinese Navy has fully begun to use radio for communication and command. The biggest advantage of radio is that there is no distance and is not affected by the environment, it can allow the flagship to directly command each warship, which is more suitable for today's more intense war environment than the traditional way of transmitting signals backwards one by one by the leading flagship in the past. As far as I know, not only in the Chinese Navy, but also in all military units, including the Army and Air Force, use radio for communication. Germany, of course, needs radio as well. It has to be said that all Russian warships have already begun to use radios, but they are much behind Chinese radios. However, I noticed a problem, and when I questioned the Russian officers and men who had surrendered, I learned that the radios on the Russian warships were always good and bad, and sometimes they were not working. This problem is rare on all ships of the Chinese Navy. I don't know if this is the reason why Chinese radio is more advanced, but I think it's worth paying attention to. ”

"Also in terms of strategy and tactics, the Chinese Navy also has a high level of skill." Spee analyzed in detail the process of the Chinese and Russian navies' engagements: "In the engagement, China adopted the method of concentrating fire to achieve the goal of destroying the attack power of enemy ships one by one as soon as possible. This is the case with the Russian flagship Duke Suvorov, which concentrated the firepower of the two ships Haichen and Haichou to attack with all their might, and after Bai Qi and other ships turned back, they concentrated the firepower of the four ships to attack Suvorov, and this kind of attack gave people the feeling that it was overwhelming, not only could it kill the enemy ships at the fastest speed, but also could effectively strike at the enemy's momentum, and the effect of this battle was even more obvious for the Russian Navy, which was already demoralized. It is said that this method of warfare is quoted from the Art of War, an ancient Chinese military theoretical document, and that it is better to cut off one of his fingers than to hurt his ten fingers. This book has become an entry-level textbook for the Chinese Military Academy, and it is recommended that this book be introduced to Germany and incorporated into the German military textbook. At the same time, I also noticed the use of light patrols by the Chinese. Whether it was the Sino-Japanese Battle of Lushun or the Sino-Russian Battle of Liaonei, China was the first to attack the light patrol. Taking advantage of the high speed of the light cruiser, the Chinese quickly bypassed the enemy's main formation and launched an attack on the enemy's light warship, which could not only play a preemptive momentum but also enhance the morale of the army, and the light cruiser would inevitably contain the formation of the enemy ship and interfere with the command of the enemy ship, so that its main fleet would appear in a position that was advantageous to itself when it entered the battle. We have to admit that China's understanding of the navy is superior to that of Germany. ”

"In terms of shelling, each ship of the Chinese Navy is equipped with a fire control center, and the firing parameters of all naval guns are provided by the fire control center, which can greatly increase the fire projection density of the same ship at a certain point. In the same way, they also took advantage of radio communications, and could control the entire fleet to project dense fire towards one point, which is why the Chinese naval shelling looks so ferocious. ”

"...... in ship operations"

The German officers and men who had studied in different posts all put forward very constructive suggestions for the future of the German Navy, which made Tirpitz very satisfied. The whole summary will be very meaningful.

However, at this moment in the Pontianak Palace, the emperor, who was still happy and drunk outside the door, entered the door, and his face quickly calmed down, and he seemed to have some sorrow, which made the accompanying officials silent. What is it that makes the emperor, who has just returned from a great victory, so worried?

In fact, it is not a specific matter, the battle is a soldier, but the end of the battle means that the emperor should return to his duties, and Li Ming has a very clear understanding of this. Li Ming took a sip of water and said lightly: "A war on the sea is over, but the battle on the sea has just begun, and the battle on land is still going on. You must all remember that war is only the end of previous struggles, and war is the beginning of new struggles. Wu Deren and Li Nanke, how are the follow-up preparations going? ”

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, everything is in plan."

"In Eastern Siberia, two poorly equipped Japanese divisions can hold down hundreds of thousands of Russian troops, and Russia will lose the war on land. Hawaii's declaration of war on Russia under the pretext of this war also means that China's maritime control has officially extended to Hawaii. But the war is not over. After this war, the world's first territorial power and the world's second largest maritime power appeared. From now on, the European powers will put China under a magnifying glass and study it carefully, and we will have to see people with a different face. Li Ming looked up at the sky in the distance, and said with confidence: "A big country should have the posture and bearing that a big country matches." Go, tell the European powers with deeds -- from now on, they must listen carefully to what China says! ”

"Whoa!" (To be continued.) )