Since becoming the chief of staff of the fleet, Cheng Cheng has always been very careful about his words and deeds, because he believes that as a commander who thinks more about strategy, he should no longer be untidy like a captain. Especially after participating in the inauguration ceremony of the Hawaiian Kingdom Navy, Cheng Cheng paid more attention to these aspects, because the moment he walked up to the stage to speak, he represented the image of the entire fleet in front of the world. But Cheng Cheng, who had seen the flames of Etajima, sat stiffly on the ground, and the sound of heavy breathing showed that he was very nervous now.

Cheng Cheng, who finally adjusted his breathing and mentality, stood up: "Now I, in my capacity as the chief of staff of the fleet, order the entire fleet: the use of special shells on Jiangtian Island is listed as a first-class secret of the fleet. No one shall divulge the slightest secret, and the offender shall be summarily executed for the crime of divulging secrets. After speaking, Cheng Cheng, who was still not at ease, turned to Wu Deren, who was still dumbfounded, and said: "Commander Wu, although I know that you can strictly abide by military law on matters of principle, I remind you again. Although the fleet won a great victory, all the battles came by surprise, and the fleet did not pass the test of strength in the line of life and death. Therefore, keeping the weapon advanced has a huge variable in the strength of both sides in the battle, because be sure to keep this secret from the entire fleet. ”

Wu Deren, who had recovered from the huge shock, listened to Cheng Cheng, who was usually called by Old Wu and Old Wu, and suddenly called the official title with such a serious demeanor. Wu Deren understood that the stakes were high, and if it was really as written in the manual, the flame could melt steel and burn on water. Once the two armies are at war, this is the confidence that allows the fleet to challenge a stronger fleet. All Wu Deren also nodded heavily in response: "Please rest assured, Chief of Staff, the entire fleet will strictly guard secrets." "Then an order was given to count the number of remaining special ammunition.

Soon the number was reported, and there were still two bases left for each gun.

"That's enough, the remaining Kure Port, Kobe, Osaka, and Nagoya each play half the base. The damage dealt by the flames is enough to inflict a strong impact on him. However, it must be caught in ordinary shells and shot out, trying to avoid direct detection by the enemy. Cheng Cheng set the tone, and Wu Deren also nodded in agreement.

The report of the completion of the landing by the entire Marine Corps reached the command module. This landing operation was an action that Lee Eun-fu repeatedly stressed and must carry out before setting off. It had only one purpose, to completely kill all the cadets of the Navy, so that the Navy could not find a single qualified naval officer after the First Sino-Japanese War. Cheng Cheng, chief of staff of the fleet, has a deep understanding of this. No matter what kind of weapon, no matter how advanced the weapon, it is always the people who go to make weapons. Everyone can be the key to everything, even if the Beiyang Fleet in front of you has two heavy battleships, it is still repeatedly defeated by the Yuben Fleet, which only has cruisers, and the reason is that there is a problem with "people". Therefore, Cheng Cheng is extremely agreeable with the cadets of the Naval Academy who landed and killed all the students in front of him. In this way, not to mention that Ben had just ordered two of the latest 10,000-ton battleships, even if he gave him two more, Cheng Cheng would dare to rely on the current strength of the Pacific Fleet to challenge and destroy them. Because no matter how powerful a fleet is, without qualified naval officers, there will inevitably be fatal mistakes in future naval battles, both in tactical arrangements and wartime coordination, and this mistake is to destroy their confidence. Therefore, the operation took with it a thousand officers and men of the Marine Corps. Moreover, these officers and men of the Marine Corps are also allowed to learn some of the best jobs of warships, which can be used to replace the work of sailors in some unimportant and non-essential posts. After all, it is necessary to carry fewer people in the months-long sea operation, which is conducive to reducing the pressure on logistics and the weight of the ship.

After receiving the report that the landing had been completed, Wu Deren was ordered to stay behind with the two destroyers Agile and Sensitive, while the other ships turned the rudder and sailed towards Kure Harbor, which was also across the sea from Eta Island.

Kure Harbor, known as the second town guard of the Navy. It is the location of the arsenal where the Masamoto axe was secretly hidden, and is most famous for the creation of the world's largest battleship, the Yamato. Although an attack on Etajima would have put Kure on guard and evacuate its personnel in advance, the situation that had always worried the entire Pacific Fleet about the possibility of being harassed by the Kure Harbor garrison behind it never appeared. The Pacific Fleet did not know that it was not that the Kure Harbor garrison did not come to disturb, but that it did not dare to harass in broad daylight during the day. Because at this time, all the warships that could go to the sea have been annihilated in Rongcheng Bay, and those left behind are gunboats that cannot go to sea and only a few hundred tons. Attack a 10,000-ton battleship with a gunboat of several hundred tons in broad daylight when the weather is clear...... Don't stop laughing. He said that no matter how brave his bushido spirit was, he would not do this kind of behavior that was clearly sent to death and could not cause any harm to the enemy, so the plan of the Kure Gang garrison was to wait until the evening before acting.

The Kure Harbor garrison reacted from the shock of the bombing of Etajima, assessed the situation, drew up a plan, and gave the order to start the evacuation for a full hour. And it was this hour that allowed the Pacific Fleet to complete the attack on Etajima and land. At the very moment when Kure Harbor had just begun to evacuate the workers, an overwhelming barrage of shells fell head-on, filling the entire harbor with explosions and fires. In Kure Harbor, the warship that had just laid its keel was also shattered in the explosion. The two gunboats, which had no way to hide, tried to rush out of the harbor with their guns in order to buy time for the harbor, but they were paralyzed by shells as soon as they started, and finally sank to the bottom of the sea in the explosion. The person in charge of the port chose to commit suicide by seppuku after watching the skyrocketing fire and the port products turned into rubble.

"It is reported that all the main facilities of the target port have been destroyed, and the warships under construction have been destroyed." An hour of shelling turned Kure Harbor beyond recognition.

"It's been almost an hour." Wu Deren put down the binoculars: "Order the fleet to turn, turn back to Jiangtian Island to pick up the marines on board, and then go to the next stop." ”

On Eda Island, the Marines killed all the enemies in their sight. Marine Corps Captain Wang Ming began to gather his troops and count the number of people. It is gratifying that except for a few falls, there were no deaths, because the naval school did not provide guns to the students, and the locals did not dare to attack these troops who only killed in the school district.

Of course, not all of the cadets died, and many were crushed under the rubble. For example, Shinji Anbei, who hid under a large stone slab, didn't even dare to come out of the atmosphere for fear of being discovered.

Shinji Azube saw with his own eyes how these demons killed his classmates on campus, and the classmates he saw were all dead, and the wails of his classmates who couldn't be seen stopped. I don't understand it, but I don't understand it, but Shinji Anbei sees it very real in his eyes. But the damned devil didn't leave, but pulled up the vasks one by one and put them in front of the ruins.

After a "bang", a large bucket was placed in front of Shinji Ambe's eyes, and a man who looked like an officer walked up: "Let the brothers be careful, don't burn your own people." What followed was the sound of the liquid being compressed and ejected.

Is it Chinese? Is it ** people? Shinji Anbei was shocked. Hasn't the Qing Beiyang Fleet been defeated by the Combined Fleet and trapped in Weihai? So what's going on with these ** people? Could it be that the empire was defeated? But the largest warship is the 6,000-ton Dingzhen Second Ship, and the latest cruiser ordered by the Qing Dynasty was detained in Britain because of the declaration of war, and even if it comes back, there are no 10,000 tons. What happened to the two 10,000-ton warships on the sea in the distance? Shinji Anbei couldn't figure it out, but a few drops of liquid dripped from the stone slab in front of him, and then it became more and more, gathering in front of him.

Shinji Anbei began to tremble, and the liquid gave off a heavy smell of oil. Damn the ** people, they are not satisfied with destroying the school and killing all the students. They also sprinkled fuel oil on the ruins, and roasted all the students who survived under the ruins to death.

"The warship sent a signal to return to the ship, and all the oil drums that had not been sprayed were split on the spot, and all the fuel was released and ignited, and all were evacuated."

** The man left, put a fire and left, and the fire burned violently with the help of fuel. Shinji Abe began to feel the heat, but the fire burned from the slate to his eyes. The pool of fuel in front of him was burning, and the fire had already ignited his hair. Pressed and unable to move, Shinji Abe could only shake his head in a desperate way, but could not dodge the flames. A heart-rending wail came from Abe's throat, but no one could save him. The flames burned his flesh and bones, until they burned his mind.

The Hiroshima prefectural commander looked at the skyrocketing fire on Eda Island and the black smoke that covered the sky, and only said a word to let people go to the island to check after the fire became smaller, and then leave silently. Before he could enter the office, the sound of hurried horses' hooves came from afar.

"My lord, I'm Akiyama, the leader of the cavalry squad of the Nagasaki garrison wing. At nightfall yesterday, Sasebo was attacked by an unknown enemy, and Sasebo was completely destroyed. Because all telephone and telegraph lines are blocked, it is impossible to communicate with the outside world. We would like to borrow your telegraph line to contact the Tokyo base camp. ”

The Hiroshima prefectural commander turned his head gloomily and asked, "Is there two 10,000-ton ships that are attacking your enemy?" ”

"Do you already know? That's great. Please contact the Tokyo base camp, and the Nagasaki Prefectural Commander asked us to get a call back from Tokyo. ”

Hahaha...... The Hiroshima Prefectural Commander laughed miserably: "It would be nice if you could have come two hours earlier." After saying that, he locked himself in the meeting room.

"Did something happen?" Akiyama is somewhat inferior to so.

The governor on the side pointed to the black smoke in the sky of the guide: "An hour ago, they had already destroyed Etajima. Kure Harbor is also finished. ”

What the? Akiyama was stunned.

"Our telegraph lines are also not in contact with the outside world. The enemy will definitely attack more coastal cities, so I will leave it to you to report to Tokyo. I think I'm tired from running all night, so please take a break and eat. Let me prepare rice balls for you on the road and change your horses for you. ”

Thirty minutes later, Akiyama took his team and set out on the road to Tokyo again. When they arrived in Kobe Prefecture, they saw a city that was suffering from fires. Akiyama decisively bypassed Kobe and headed for Osaka, but the enemy had just left the moment they arrived in Osaka.

It was only then that Akiyama realized that they had been delayed by looking for telephones and radio stations everywhere they went. After Akiyama entered the city and changed horses, he galloped all the way west. But when he saw the peaceful Nagoya from afar, he breathed a long sigh of relief. They immediately went into the city and reported to the local governor what they had seen along the way.

"My lord, Sasebo, Kure Port, Kobe, and Osaka have been shelled by unknown enemies, and even the Etajima Naval School has ended. When we left Osaka, the enemy had just left. Please prepare in advance. After Akiyama's report, he proposed to replenish food and water and replace the horses. When everything is over, the Akiyama team, which has not slept for two days and two nights, embarks on the journey to Tokyo again. There is no connection to Tokyo here.

However, Akiyama they were still late. As soon as they left the county seat, the overwhelming cannonballs fell on Nagoya, and even Akiyama on the horses outside the city felt the ground tremble. Akiyama simply glanced back at the city that was collapsing under artillery fire, and immediately beckoned his team to leave.

Finally, on the morning of the fourth day after Akiyama left Sasebo, I arrived in Tokyo. However, during the war, Tokyo imposed an extremely strict inspection system due to the destruction of communication lines, and although Akiyama had official letters from the four prefectures of Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Osaka, and Nagoya, it was already past lunch time when he met the chief of staff of the Tokyo base camp.

At this time, the Pacific Fleet, which had already moved the waters off the Gulf of Tonkin, carried out a tentative artillery bombardment of the defensive batteries at the mouth of the Gulf of Tonkin.

"Order the fleet to withdraw five nautical miles from the range of shore-based batteries. A total blockade of Tokyo Bay. Intimidated by the might of the shore-based battery, Wu Deren ordered the fleet to leave. Tokyo Bay has been nothing more than a few scaring cannons, since the opening of the gates of Tokyo by the American fleet and the fall of the last Tokugawa shogunate. It is said that Ben has put a lot of effort into the protection of Tokyo Bay, and the batteries here are comparable to those of the Pacific Fleet. Although the Pacific Fleet had more detailed artillery coordinates, it could still only leave far away.

"Lao Cheng, if you say you want to be free, rush over and shoot two shots and run. Let the little devils know about our history. Wu Deren looked at the batteries of the Pacific Fleet that did not hit a single shot, and rubbed his hands with some excitement.

"Don't risk your fleet." Cheng Cheng despised this kind of person who wanted to shoot and die: "Why haven't you fought all the way, you don't have enough to fight, you don't get tired, let the soldiers rest and rest." The fleet is here on standby, waiting for supplies. ”

From Hawaii, starting with the sneak attack on Yeongseong Bay, to the front of Tokyo Bay. The fleet has been adrift at sea for more than two months, and not only has it completely annihilated the combined fleet, but it has also taken advantage of the spies to sabotage the convenient conditions of the communication with the whole fleet and has continuously shelled many ports in the city. A morale boost was inevitable, and while victory could offset some of the fatigue, the soldiers were made of flesh, not steel. Even if it's a machine battleship, you should take a break and take a break. Therefore, according to Cheng Cheng's pre-war plan, the Pacific Fleet took the opportunity to wait for supplies and orders, and stopped in the sea off Tokyo Bay for a little rest. Although the fleet entered a state of rest, it did not mean that the soldiers could be idle, and the maintenance of the battleship began.

"Lao Cheng, I'm idle anyway. Now that I don't have a navy, I don't have to worry about anything, why don't I let the cruiser go out and slip away? Wu Deren smiled flatteringly.

"I know that your old Wu is not so well-behaved." Cheng Cheng smiled: "Let everyone rest today, and tomorrow morning." The battleship could not move, and the other ships had to return at night. ”

Early the next morning, a long whistle sounded, breaking the calm of the sea. Ten of the eighteen warships in the fleet formed into two queues and swooped down towards their respective targets. Shizuoka and Mito prefectures were shelled again. When the sun set below sea level, the departing fleet returned.

"Old Cheng, the battleship hasn't moved yet. You see if it's also an activity, we can still fight. ”

Looking at Wu Deren with an ambiguous smile on his face, Cheng Cheng couldn't hold back any longer: "Get out of here." All of them waited on the spot for orders. ”

I didn't think that the wait would be two days, but I didn't expect that what I was waiting for was a ridiculous order. (To be continued.) )