Chapter 144 Threat (Ask for a Monthly Pass!) Read! ）

With the arrival of dog days, even in the royal annex of the Purple Mountain, the royal guards tried to hide in the shade of the trees, another lifeless summer day, the sun was setting in the west, the heat had gradually dissipated, and the evening breeze was cool, but not so cold that the breath exhaled from the mouth could turn into a small mist, and be noticed by those who were sleepless or insomniacious in the distance.

The Royal Guards came out of the shade under the trees, and sensitively noticed that there had been more and more officers in and out of the annex recently, some in the army and more in the navy, and many of them were unfamiliar to them, or even never seen them, especially the strange and young colonels who came and went in the annex from time to time.

“…… Based on the information we have so far, we have enough ideals to believe that at present, the Japanese Navy has developed from the preparatory stage to the stage of drawing up operational plans! ”

Yang Ducheng, who was in the combat map room, distributed a confidential official document in his hand to His Majesty and the senior officials of the Admiralty present during the report.

"Tell me about your basis!"

After flipping through the ciphertext in his hand, Chen Moran asked.

"According to the information we have on August 17, the Japanese Minister of the Navy has summoned the commanders and chiefs of staff of the detachments to Tokyo, and at 15:32 p.m. on August 17, after the last person entered, and for the next sixteen hours there was no entry or exit of the summoned personnel,"

After a pause, Yang Ducheng took out another Japanese newspaper.

"On January 3 last year, Japan's "Zaomai Shimbun" published a naval meeting that took place on September 16, 1903, which lasted more than 20 hours, so it was speculated that Japan might declare war on Russia.

Intelligence work is nothing more than collecting information from all sides, finally analyzing it, and then making certain speculations, but Yang Ducheng is an expert in this area, and the most important reason why he has been reused in the naval intelligence department is that he has a particularly keen sense of smell in intelligence analysis because of his speculation that Russia will send the Second Pacific Fleet, which is mainly based on the Baltic Sea, in an attempt to turn the tide of the war and then conclude that the Second Pacific Fleet will be completely annihilated.

"There's a copy of the information from the spies. Although the photo is not clear, it can be used as a corroborating evidence that through nearly three months of efforts, the four original warships of the Japanese Navy, the Mikasa, the Fuji, the Asahi, and the Shikishima, have been refurbished, the damaged armor of the hull has been replaced, the deck outfitting has been repaired, and the warships captured from Russia have also been docked for repair, and most of the outfitting works have been completed. Therefore, the Naval Intelligence Office believes that the time for Japan to declare war on China should have been shortened from six months in the next six months to four months, and it is believed that it is possible to declare war on China before 15 January next year. ”

"Hmmm"!

With a long snort and putting down the blurry photo in his hand, Chen Moran turned around and said to Ye Zugui.

"How? Is the Navy ready now? ”

With that, Chen Moran glanced at the people in the battle map room.

"Now, there is no doubt that the war between us and Japan is now inevitable, and the naval battle will decide everything, it can be said without hesitation that this naval war is directly related to China's national fortunes in the next twenty years, and if we fail, we may face a situation like after the First Sino-Japanese War!"

After a moment, Chen Moran continued.

"If China is a dragon, then Japan is a swordman, he is responsible for cutting off the dragon's head, once the dragon's head is beheaded, then the powers are crazy to pounce on us and bite us, if we lose again,......"

With a wry smile, Chen Moran let out a long sigh, and his whole shoulder seemed to loosen in an instant.

"I'm afraid that the result will be worse than Jiawu!"

But the slack lasted only a second or two, and after sitting up straight again, he stared at the naval officers.

"This war can be seen to be very problematic, the British, the Americans, almost all the great powers say that they can't help, why do they love it? Is it really loveless? ”

Asked rhetorically, Chen Moran's brows jumped.

"It's not!"

After a loud shout, looking at everyone, Chen Moran held the anger in his heart.

"They want to use Japan to interrupt our pace of development, since the liberation, our country's overall strength has grown rapidly, they may be able to accept a strong Japan, but can they accept a strong China? No! No! That's why they need to use Japan to interrupt our development through military action, and that's what the great powers think, so I need you! ”,

Staring at Ye Zugui and the others, Chen Moran deliberately slowed down his voice.

"To defeat the Japanese Navy, even if it is to the last ship, one person, one cannon and one shell, you must defeat them"

A few minutes later, the people left, and there were only five people left in the entire combat map room, Chen Moran, who was wearing a navy uniform, lit a cigar cigarette and looked at Ye Zugui, Sa Zhenbing, Liu Guanxiong, and Cheng Biguang, one of them was the Minister of Navy, one was the Chief of Staff of the Navy, the other was the commander of the First Fleet, and the other was the commander of the Second Fleet, they were the brains of the Navy.

"What's the matter, time won't wait for me!"

The four of them nodded, their expressions a little heavy.

"How are the negotiations going in Germany?"

Chen Moran, who knew that he had to avoid these topics now, looked at Ye Zugui and asked.

"The negotiations in Germany went well, 80 million! The 20Mén 10-inch MK7 naval guns ordered from Britain will be sent to Germany in the next month, and it is expected that by November five warships will be able to complete the main gun refit. ”

Well! Nodding with satisfaction, Chen Moran didn't say anything. The Germans could not refuse negotiations with Germany, and China paid almost the price for the new ship, and also included the drawings of the Zhiyuan.

"The question now is whether there is enough time for training!"

Cheng Biguang, who had already made a decision to go to Germany to pick up the ship, raised a most pressing question.

"A battleship needs 700 sailors, and it is the gunner, the gunner, the gunner, and of course the chief engineer and the damage control officer who really decide the battle, which take time to master, warships and people need time to run in, and sailors need time to adapt to the new warship! But if the calculations of the Naval Intelligence Service are accurate, then we simply do not have time to train sailors, and in the event of a war, not only will it be impossible to help in naval warfare, but it may even lead to defeat! ”

"This is a problem, is there any way to fix it?"

Turning his head to look at Sa Zhenbing, Chen Moran asked.

"We believe that the sailors and officers of the receiving ships should be immediately sent to Germany, not one or two hundred or a few hundred, but all the personnel in full, and that five battleships and two armored cruisers need to send 4,700 sailors and officers, according to our plan, in addition to the personnel of the Navy's Third Fleet, not less than 55 gunners and four gunners from the Zhenhai and Dinghai Chōu."

Seeing His Majesty nodding in satisfaction, Sa Zhenbing continued.

"In addition, considering that there is only one cruise ship to Europe every three months, we plan to take a train to Long Chūn, and then charter two fast trains from Long Chūn to Warsaw, and from Warsaw to a train directly to Germany."

"You mean to go through the Eurasian water and land transport system?"

Frowning, Chen Moran looked at Sa Zhenbing and asked, This is an intermodal transportation system for European countries, if needed, it only takes nineteen days to reach Paris from Harbin.

During the war against Japan, the military used the Eurasian water and land transportation system to transport a batch of urgently needed optical equipment, surgical equipment, and yào products from Europe to China, but this time the navy hoped to send these naval officers and sailors to Germany by land.

"There may be some problems with the outside of Jiāo!"

"Your Majesty, there will definitely be problems, but I think the Russians would be more happy to see us beat up the Japanese, even though they are now negotiating in the United States, it does not prevent the vast majority of Russians from hating the Japanese! As long as Russia does not try to stop us, we will be able to reach Germany in 17 days at the latest, and there is no need or possibility for Russia to stop it at all, and the Trans-Siberian Railway has already joined the Eurasian Treaty on Land and Water Transport, and it is impossible to stop us from taking advantage of it! ”

"But that's 4,700 active-duty soldiers! And it's this sensitive time, if they're mistaken for Japanese......"

"If we don't say they're soldiers, they're not soldiers, eh...... Crew! ”

Sa Zhenbing's cold joke made Chen Moran smile, and finally waved his hand.

"That's it, I'll call the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a while, and ask them to contact Russia, I think there should be no problem, is there anything else?"

"Your Majesty, according to the plan, after the crew arrives in Germany, they will train directly on the German cào ship, so it is ...... in terms of funds"

"You can look at this problem!"

"And one more thing, it's ......"

As he spoke, Sa Zhenbing walked to the map table and pointed to the map.

"We consider that when the battleship returns home, we will tow the target ship with the cruiser and conduct artillery training directly at sea, and it is estimated that each mén main gun may consume no less than two hundred rounds of ammunition, of course, this is to carry out a low-range low-loading attack on the premise of maintaining the life of the body, and the General Staff believes that because the battleship is flying the German merchant flag, it may not be possible for Britain to refuse us to pass through the Suez Canal, but it is very likely that Britain will refuse us to enter the port to receive supplies as it did with the Russians, and this can be solved with coal carriers, Ultimately, however, we believe that we will have to face another threat......"

Sa Zhenbing's hand pointed towards the map, and his fingers drew a circle on the map at the same time.

"We believe that if the warship returns home, then from here on, we must take into account the real threat we face!"