At dawn the next day, a huge supply fleet of twenty ships led by the Cruiser arrived in front of the Pacific Fleet. Bags of high-quality coal, boxes of all kinds of artillery shells, and countless rice, flour, fruits and vegetables were hoisted from the Pacific Cargo fleet to each warship with the wave of the boom. The sailors then moved the supplies to the place where they were stored.

In the captain's room, Wu Deren and Cheng Cheng watched the soldiers in yellow jackets brought by Li Zhenhua and unloaded a large bag from their backs.

"Commander Wu, Chief of Staff Cheng, this is the latest radio transmitter developed by the Qing Dynasty. It functions the same as a telegraph, except that no wires are required. With this radio, no cables are required to connect to other radio stations. In other words, if the two of them are willing, they can contact the emperor directly now. Li Zhenhua said quietly but excitedly: "I brought you a total of four." They are the ones who act as the radio station and protect this secret. ”

As the antenna was erected, after a ticking sound from the radio station, the telegraph operator handed over the translated message: "A telegram from Jinzhou from the emperor. ”

"Can you contact Jinzhou here?" With such a long distance being able to make direct contact, doesn't that mean that anything that happens thousands of miles away can be known at the first time? Wu Deren couldn't help but be shocked: "On the vast sea, wouldn't it be ...... to use radio to conduct reconnaissance and tracking?"

"Can I contact Hawaii from here?" Cheng Cheng was shocked by the radio's ability to communicate.

"No, because the earth is round, he will block the radio waves. It is necessary to build a forwarding station in the middle. Li Zhenhua said regretfully: "Don't ask me why, in fact, I don't know why, this is what the emperor told me." However, I know that the emperor's next plan is to grab a small island and build a relay station, so you have to be prepared. Isn't it a telegram first? ”

Cheng Cheng took the telegram, and there was only one sentence on it: The long-term sea operation has been hard, and when you come back, I will hold a banquet for you in the Jinluan Palace.

Jinluan Palace, this place that every Chinese has longed for for 2,000 years. It is the highest authority of the imperial court, and the officials who can enter and leave that place are not important ministers in power.

"Let the emperor rest assured, he said that we will rob wherever he wants. No compromises. Wu Deren is very excited, as long as he can give him the radio, then in the vast sea, as long as someone dares to be alone, it will become he can hit whoever he wants.

In addition to being excited, Wu Deren asked: "So many supplies will not be given for nothing, let's talk about what other plans are there below." ”

"The plan is there." Li Zhenhua took out a thick envelope and said, "The emperor wrote it by himself, check it to see if it has been opened." If not, sign it for me later. ”

Cheng Cheng took it and opened it, and when he finished reading it, his face was full of solemnity: "This plan is really too bold." What if it causes a diplomatic dispute? ”

Wu Deren took it, and when he finished reading it, his face was full of excitement: "This emperor is really too tasty to me, so he will do it!" ”

Li Zhenhua is a couple, and these two are also old acquaintances. Although their surnames are much different, they are definitely complementary. There has never been such a big difference in opinions, and it was not until Cheng Cheng showed him the plan that he understood. However, he put down the plan and said, "You are busy, I still have to leave beforehand." After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave.

Wu Deren hurriedly grabbed him: "Don't, if you don't come to such a big action, will you feel a little regretful?" ”

Cheng Cheng said with a solemn face: "What about diplomatic disputes?" ”

"I'm going to take five ships to the Ryukyus to pick up the marines there. As for this plan, I will only say that this plan is signed by the General Staff. Since even the general staff has agreed, then the emperor must have considered the consequences if he asked you to do it. Li Zhenhua said calmly: "In my personal opinion, this is the emperor's preparation for the next decisive battle between China and China. ”

At noon on the same day, after the four wireless telegraphs were installed and debugged, Li Zhenhua left with five cargo ships. Subsequently, in the command module of the Pacific Fleet's flagship Ryuyin, a military meeting of the highest level was held to discuss the new battle plan. After the meeting, the captains returned to their ships with various expressions. Wait for the supply to end. It's just that the speed of the replenishment operation at sea is still too slow, and this replenishment took two full days.

On the third day, the signal flag was hung on the mast of the Dragon's Yin. Flag: Hands-on. With the sound of a long whistle sounded from the ships. The flotilla of eighteen warships in total was divided into three formations and scattered to pounce on the targets that had already been aimed.

The Pacific Fleet, which had been replenished with enough shells, launched a new round of sabotage operations on the coastline of Yomoto, and the artillery fire of the Pacific Fleet in Nagoya, Kobe, Nagasaki, Mito and other places was once again under the fire of the Pacific Fleet. One city after another was destroyed. Not only the southern coast, but also the cities of the northern coast have not escaped**.

And because there is still Zhang Pufang, a person who has worked in various places along the coast of Yueben, there is still Zhang Pufang, and the coast of the Yuejun has ushered in the patronage of the Pacific Marine Corps. Within range of the Pacific Fleet's artillery, the Marines looted all of them. Those who resisted were killed, and those who did not resist had to demolish their houses, factories, warehouses, machinery and equipment, and load countless supplies onto their own small boats and send them to the cargo ships that followed the warships not far away.

The people of the coastal areas fled to the interior with their families, and the whole of the city seemed to be shrouded in the haze of artillery fire.

In the Tokyo military base camp late at night, the conference room was crowded with army and navy officers from all over the city. They all arrived immediately after reporting to the base camp that their location had been shelled, and some of them had not slept for days and nights along the way. Everyone's face is full of grievance, anger, and helplessness.

The most distressing thing was Etajima, according to the reports of the soldiers who went to check on it afterwards, the entire Etajima was destroyed by the Pacific Fleet, and they sent an army to capture Etajima, and finally set fire to the entire school. More than 880 students of the Naval Academy, more than 100 teachers, and elites of all kinds have all survived, and they have all been reduced to ashes in the raging fire. Originally, they were supposed to be the future captains of the Imperial Navy, the best candidates for staff officers and first officers, and the elites who made the empire take off, but now they have all turned into the ghosts of Eda Island. People who have returned from there have been legends that the wind on Eda Island has never stopped since that day. The sound of the wind was like the cry of an unjust soul.

But after all, Etajima has passed, the artillery fire there has stopped, and the fire has been extinguished. But now, the coastline of the empire has been destroyed by the enemy's destruction of the surname.

Sasebo Port is gone! The Port of Osaka is ruined! Coastal cities have been hit hard! The Second Navy Guard, the carefully hidden military industrial base of Wu Port, has long been unrecognizable. After decades of thrift, the military factories that had been built at great expense were destroyed by fire, the equipment was demolished, the materials were hauled away, and the warehouses were emptied. Not only that, but the despicable Pacific Fleet is recklessly attacking any seaport city in the Empire, and they don't even want to let go of the fishing village. A large number of coastal villages and towns were also shelled, and they also sent troops to loot everything that could be taken, even the houses had to be demolished and the timber was taken, and everything that could not be taken was burned. Now, like a group of pirates, they are carrying out frenzied looting along the coast of Yuben. The military port was completely destroyed, and these despicable pirates even sent small warships to rush into the civilian fishing port, all the freighters hiding there were towed away, and all the small fishing boats were destroyed by machine guns and artillery, and they not only destroyed the ships, but also killed people. What is even more odious is that they forced the subjects of the empire to help them plunder together. The people of the empire, driving the cargo ships that belonged to the empire, loaded with the materials and equipment of the empire, followed their warships, plundering from one place to the next. The people of the empire were already enslaved by this group of pirates, who did not provide food, forcing some of the subjects of the empire to take others......

They are not armies at all, but a bunch of pirates wielding knives and forks, devils who have lost their conscience! The islands of Kyushu, Shikoku, and even Hokkaido, from Sapporo to Kagoshima, were attacked by enemy warships! The fire caused by the shells not only burned the entire city, but also set the forest on fire. This is no longer a war, this is **naked robbery and destruction.

After losing all the warships that could go to sea to fight, the company lost the protection of the navy, and now it has become a land that they can plunder at will. Countless people of the empire had to move their families farther inland because of their existence. Today, with the exception of the Gulf of Tonkin, there are no Imperial ships in sight in the entire open sea.

Because of their existence, not a single steamer dared to fly the flag of the Empire. Even Britain and the United States and other countries were surprised by the actions of this fleet, and they prevented their own fleets from going to the capital.

It was as if the entire coastline had been ignited, and the black smoke from the fire enveloped the entire coastline. Only Osaka and Wakayama were not shelled again, except for the first attack by the Pacific Fleet.

"Osaka, Wakayama. Can any of you explain why you weren't shelled? The officers present pointed to the remaining officers in Osaka and Wakayama and asked mercilessly accusatory.

"Baga, you should ask the Qing people, not accuse us." Officers in Osaka and Wakayama responded angrily. However, none of them noticed that they no longer used the word ** with contempt in the language.

Akiyama, the captain of Nagasaki's cavalry squad, has been promoted to captain because of his work in reporting the news, and he is grieving for the city that is suffering from the fire. Akiyama asked accusatorily, "Didn't you not reach some humiliating ** agreement with the damn ** people." According to reliable information, there are still a large number of ** cargo ships unloading in Osaka, and there are even ** warships escorting them. ”

The officers in Osaka stopped talking, because what Akiyama said was indeed the truth. A large number of Qing cargo ships sailed to and from the port of Osaka, making Osaka the only place in the entire city of Osaka where supplies could be obtained today. But the vendors in Osaka don't have enough patriotic fervour. In order to start a war against the Qing Kingdom, the grain from the Qing Kingdom obtained in Osaka, which was already short of food and clothing, was bought by the merchants in Osaka at a sky-high price.

Yes, it's intentional. This was the due reward of the Fourth Division in the Qing Dynasty's policy of non-resistance, and it was also because Guangxu knew the Fourth Division too well. This is a force that puts its own and local interests above national interests, and in the two world wars, this force did not have the ability to fight on the table. Even when the nuclear power plant was damaged in the earthquake in later generations, when troops from all over the country spared no effort to rescue them, only the Fourth Division only sent a rescue team of 500 people.

It is said that it is a country of a single nation, and it is very difficult to conquer such a nation. Since there are contradictions within one's own nation that can be exploited, why not take advantage of them? Not only can it make it impossible to concentrate all of its energy, but also lay the groundwork for the future.

Because of Osaka and Wakayama, there are endless quarrels in the base camp. At the same time, James, a British correspondent based in Saimoto, came to the coastline with his camera, and he spent a month visiting the main islands of Saimoto, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Hokkaido. Cities burned down everywhere, ransacked villages, ruined ports, wrecks of ships floating on the sea...... Everything in front of him was murdering his film. He also interviewed some of the officers and men of the Pacific Fleet afterwards. A month later, he compiled what he had seen and heard into a press release that was sent to the United Kingdom. The next day, the British newspaper The Times published an article that was picked up by major newspapers around the world.

The article concludes by saying: The East, the country that once led the world civilization, has completely degenerated, and the people who have been humiliated after being attacked by themselves have broken out in the most miserable way. Nothing escaped the poisonous hands of the Pacific Fleet, and even the wooden beams of the houses were removed to burn boilers. They also forced some of them to rob the other part of themselves. This is the naked and inhumane looting of another country's fleet against another. Human beings have been robbing in various ways since history, and the targets of robbery are often individuals or a certain group or tribe. But this time it was a country that was robbed. There's nothing like this one on it. We should reform the ancient countries of the East and let them return to civilized society.

And the name of this article is: "The Biggest Heist in History". (To be continued.) )