Sanduao, a year ago, maybe the whole world didn't know about this place, but now it is the midpoint of China's 18,400 kilometers of coastline that observers all over the world are concerned about, the world's first-class natural deep-water port, Sansha Bay with a small mouth and a large belly is a rare sea lake in the world, with endless mountains hundreds of meters above sea level, and a sea lake dozens of kilometers deep, which not only blocks the attack from the sea, but also blocks the prying eyes of outsiders.

The reason why Sansha Bay, which was once unknown and has long been the base camp of the Chinese navy, has not attracted the attention of other countries, is that a huge fleet sailed into this bay on May 1, and the Second Pacific Fleet of the Russian Empire, which has made the world's longest voyage, will attract the attention of the whole world no matter what port it reaches.

When this beggar-shaped fleet dragged destroyers, torpedo boats, and other small boats into the Sandu Ao Military Port, the officers and men of the naval training fleet in the military port berth area were stunned by the unprecedented magnificence of this "old ox-pulled cart" fleet.

"Roger Stevensky must be crazy!"

Anyone who saw the battleships and cruisers with their decks piled high with coal, and the fleets towed by cables, would have thought of it, but nevertheless, they looked at the fleet with the utmost dispassioned eye possible.

On the battleship "Duke Suvorov" of the Second Pacific Fleet of Russia, the military band successively played the national anthems of Russia and China, and the Baltic Fleet, known as the "Wandering Fleet," has finally ended its wandering after seven months of wandering.

"Our military defeat, which led to a diplomatic defeat, is now the attitude of the French towards us, that is, the attitude of ordinary people towards a bankrupt relative......"

He had explained this to his subordinates in the face of the betrayal of the French, but now he wished to add a sentence to the end.

"But at a time when Russia was being met with coldness, China used his actions to prove to us the friendship from the East!"

After changing into a brand-new Russian Navy uniform, facing the visiting Chinese Navy officers and sailors, Rozhestwinsky, the court general, showed his personable side.

“…… The entire Russian Navy will remember the help you gave us in our time of need, and every officer and sailor of the Russian Navy will be grateful......"

As he spoke, among the smiling Chinese officers and sailors standing on the other side of the deck, a young midshipman was fixed on the battleship Duke Suvorov, and from time to time he turned his gaze to the Russian sailors, and occasionally to the weapons.

"Qingqi, what are you thinking?"

Noticing that his classmates seemed to be a little distracted, Ma Pengcheng, who was standing next to Su Yueyang, asked.

"I'm thinking, if I were Togo, how would I defeat this fleet!"

Su Yueyang spit out a sentence from his mouth, but from his serious eyes, no one seemed to doubt that he was really doing a tactical case in his heart, after all, he was really known as a ghost in the military academy.

Although he was only in his second year, he skillfully used the cruiser fleet dominated by the navy's only two combat ships to defeat the four ships and eight cruiser fleets led by the British instructor corps, and was called a rare naval tactical genius by the instructor corps.

"I think you should think about how you should defeat the Captain Ye if you are Chief Ye!"

A kind reminder.

"If you don't have any chance of winning, don't think about it!"

"Didn't you win the war game?"

"That's just a war game, and then it's the British who command the fleet, they are from the British Navy, and they are ostensibly commanding the fleet, but they think it's the British Royal Navy, so he will fall into my trap, first transfer the light cruiser fleet to escort the merchant ships, and then divide the troops to search for armed merchant ships to break the engagement, and finally mobilize the cruisers to search for the broken cruiser fleet, when he divided the troops, he forgot the fleet he commanded, so he gave me the opportunity to attack his cruiser fleet with combat ships,......"

Su Yueyang's words were very relaxed, for him, it seemed that the battle that was rumored to be a miracle by the entire naval school was not worth mentioning at all.

"If it is replaced by Dongxiang them, those who say that they are petty and angry, is it possible to constantly mobilize the cruiser fleet in order to ensure shipping? To create opportunities for my various breakthroughs, the British commanded the fleet, but the thoughts of the Royal Navy in their bones were affecting them, so that victory was just cheating! ”

"Is there really no chance of victory against the Combined Fleet?"

"No odds! We don't even have an armored cruiser now, we rely on two non-war, non-armored, four-like support tables, we are forcing the Dutch in the South Seas, in fact, it is ......"

With a slight pressure in his voice, Su Yueyang said a reality that no one wanted to face.

"Avoid the battle and protect the ship!"

His words made Ma Pengcheng somewhat unhappy, but after returning from training at sea, he continued to pester his friend.

"What would you do if you had to fight and let you pitch your tactics?"

The deck of the battleship "Duke Suvorov" became a tactical discussion class for the two of them, and even the conversation between the two of them also attracted the attention of Sa Zhenbing and others on the side.

"How long will I be ready?"

Su was silent for a while and asked rhetorically.

"A month or two!"

After hesitating for a moment, Su Yueyang opened his mouth and said, one or two months may be the time when the conflict intensifies into war.

"Give me thirty coal carriers, and in half a year, in addition to more than 100,000 tons of merchant ships, I can at least kill my own cruiser fleet! Besides...... Let's strive for a diplomatic solution then! ”

When he said the last sentence, he said directly with some trepidation, as early as a few months ago, he began to think in his mind about the tactics of defeating the Sakamoto, which would just take out the things of the past.

"Or break the engagement?"

Su Yueyang's thoughts don't seem to be different from the navy's current thoughts, they are just breaking the engagement.

"Don't avoid the main force of the opponent's fleet, there is no victory, avoid the main force, use the ocean maneuver to break the relationship, at least you can win in danger!"

Perhaps he was not interested in Rozhest Stevensky's tirade, what Russia must win, and so on, but he just said something casually, and then turned his attention to the ships that were laden with coal and seriously overloaded with Russian fleets.

"Why do you need so many coal carriers! Just a few warships, too many coal carriers! ”

Sa Zhenbing, who originally listened to Rozhestwinsky's speech, also thought so, that there were too many coal carriers, and that there were only ten coal carriers in such a large Russian fleet, but he wanted thirty coal carriers at once.

Not noticing that the voice was coming from there, Su Yueyang replied directly.

"When you go to sea, don't think about entering the port, otherwise you will definitely leak your whereabouts, preset coal carriers and supply ships in the ocean, and the ships will raise foreign flags, and they don't need to be armed at all, even if they encounter foreign merchant ships, they will not sail to this book, but they will also be captured or sunk, and the coal ships will naturally have their use!"

"Sink a foreign merchant ship! Aren't you afraid of causing international disputes? ”

"Were you afraid when Dongxiang sank the Gao Sheng? Let's talk ...... again."

Su Yueyang, who was a little too lazy to explain, couldn't help but explain.

"Besides, you can let him lower the flag first, and then sink it, and then it will be a stateless ship!"

With a sly smile, Su Yueyang noticed that it was not a friend who asked him, but a ...... looked at the person standing in front of him in surprise, and when he was about to speak, Sa Zhenbing shook his head.

"For enemy ships, the prisoner is the best. Sink it as a medium, let it escape. Remember, if you just sink, you'll only get a mid score. ”

When he told this sentence, Sa Zhenbing asked again.

"Do you think the Russians will be able to reach Vladivostok safely?"

"If they go to the right horse, I think they'll lose all their warships!"

Su Yueyang replied truthfully, this is the conclusion he has reached through the observation of these few hours, the quality of the sailors of this fleet is far worse than he imagined.

"What's your name!"

"Su Yueyang!"

Sa Zhenbing silently wrote down the name in his heart, and then turned his eyes to Rogerstinsky who was giving a speech again, and at this time, Rogerstinsky had invited Yezukyu to give a speech.

In the evening of the same day, after a banquet for Chinese and Russian naval officers was held at the Sanduao Naval Base Officers' Club, because the base forbade foreign female dependents to enter, the Chinese and Russian naval officers exchanged common topics in English.

"Now is not the time for empty words, we have fulfilled our obligations as allies, so please fulfill your obligations as well!"

Ye Zugui raised his tone, the word "aggravated obligations", he certainly did not mention anything about the Russian Empire's renunciation of extrajudicial jurisdiction in China, and support China in the establishment of a modern legal system, and the struggle for legal autonomy was exchanged for the use of the port of China by the Second Pacific Fleet.

"General Ye, the worst thing now is that my sailors have been ...... for a long time Well, wandering! ”

This will Rogerst Winsky no longer cares about any face, this is not easy to enter a military port, sailors are here to rest, warships are to repair, not to help the Chinese put pressure on himself.

"My soldiers need rest, my warships need repairs! I also hope that General Ye can forgive! ”

In the nearly seven months since the realization of the "18,000-nautical-mile expedition", the "eighth wonder of the world", Rogerstwinsky has long been emaciated and unable to think normally, so he almost unthinkingly refuses to accept Yezugui's request.

In the face of Roger Stevensky's polite refusal, Ye Zugui did not show any anger or dissatisfaction, and still said in English with a graceful manner.

"Commander Rogerstinsky, in accordance with the agreement reached between our country and your special envoy, Prince Mikhail, your fleet may be borrowed for some non-combat missions if our country needs to do so while your navy is resting in Sanduao!"

After the commander rejected Ye Zugui, the relatively old commander of the Second Battlefleet, Rear Admiral Falk Sam, knew that now was by no means the time to reject these Chinese, after all, the warships needed their repairs, the wounded and sick officers and men needed to be treated in Chinese hospitals, and even the entire fleet needed fresh food from the Chinese, all of which could not be separated from the help of the Chinese, and it was absolutely irrational to categorically refuse them. The demands of the Chinese must be accepted, not to mention that this is an agreement between Prince Mikhail and them.

Noticing that Roger Stevensky's expression was still a little dazed when he heard this, as if he was still out of state, Volk Sam spoke.

"Minister Ye, what General Rozhistwinsky means is that during the period of rest and maintenance of the fleet, it is impossible for the fleet to be dispatched to help your country achieve tactical deception!"

As he said this, he glanced at Rogerstinsky, and seeing that he did not object to his suggestion, he continued.

"Of course, if your country needs it, we can send some warships to go where your country needs it and carry out non-combat missions, but ......"

He glanced at Roger Stevensky, but Roger Stevensky seemed to come back to his senses and took the initiative to speak.

"Before departing from Nosibi in Madagascar, the Admiralty of the Republic of China had sent a special instruction saying that Vladivostok could not solve the fleet's coal burning problem, and the Trans-Siberian Railway did not have the spare power to transport the coal needed by the fleet, so my fleet had to solve the coal problem by itself, and all the warships had to take on the task of concurrently transporting coal, and even my own office compartment was full of coal, so if I want to send warships to assist you, I hope that your country will provide the coal needed by the warships!"

When he said this, Ye Zugui, Sa Zhenbing and others pricked up their ears at the same time, while Falk Sam and others scolded one in their hearts almost at the same time.

"This idiot!"

Roderstinsky did not realize that he had inadvertently revealed a crucial secret to outsiders, the lack of railway capacity in Siberia, which also explained why the fleet was generally overloaded, which should have been Russia's top secret in this war, but was revealed by Rodgerstvinsky.

And when Ye Zugui and the others heard the words about the lack of capacity of the Silylian Railway, they silently wrote this down in their hearts, but Rozhest Stevensky, who leaked the secret, did not have that consciousness at all, and he continued instead.

"Since the dispatch of the fleet is to cooperate with your army, I hope that your country will be able to provide the sent warships with supplies such as food and medicine, except for coal."

Since you must send warships to cooperate with them, then take the opportunity to take advantage of them! When Roger Stevensky was even about to bargain with the other party, Ye Zugui smiled slightly.

"Well...... this"

After a few seconds of silence, he and Sa Zhenbing glanced at each other.

"There are no problems at all, and not only that, but we can also provide your sailors with a subsidy of 1 ruble per day! I don't know what you think! ”

Ten minutes later, after the two sides showed the fake fleet to the Taiwan faction, Rogerstinsky, who felt that he had taken a big advantage, kept a smile on his face when he said goodbye, and after they left, Sa Zhenbing looked at the backs of Rogerstvinsky and others and couldn't help but sigh.

"Dongxiang is really a lucky Dongxiang!"

"Not really!"

Ye Zugui nodded approvingly.

"With such a commander, if it is said that the Russian Navy is undefeated, then it is really unreasonable!"

"Ships are loaded with coal, and they have to be brought all the way to Vladivostok, and it is said that the army's Shimose explosives are often set on fire, and they still burn when they enter the water, and since the Great Eastern Ditch, the naval tactics have been to use the method of arson to destroy the surface equipment of the ships and kill and injure personnel to make the enemy ships incapacitated, and it can be taken lightly from its fire prevention and fire fighting capabilities of the fleet. Before a naval battle, warships should throw away everything that is unnecessary and can cause a fire, but the Baltic Fleet can't do this, and the ships are full of coal...... This simply adds fuel to the fire. ”

When he said this, Ye Zugui's expression was a little heavy, and he couldn't help but think of the Battle of Dadonggou in front of him, the battleship was on fire, the flames were in the air, no matter the wood and iron, the place where the cannon was hit immediately burned, and it was difficult to extinguish.

"The problem is still with the commander, a general is incompetent and exhausts thousands of troops!"

Glancing at it contemptuously, Sa Zhen spit out a sentence coldly, as a soldier, how can he not be annoyed when he sees such a huge fleet coming to an end because of the incompetence of the main general.

"It's a pity for these seven battleships! Seven battleships! If it's for us......"

Speaking of this, Sa Zhenbing sighed helplessly, how could the Russians give him the warship, although the Russians gave the blueprints of the two types of warships and were willing to help the navy build the battleship, but His Majesty over there did not agree to build a battleship now, saying that the time was not ripe to build a patrol .......

"What if we give it to us? There is a shortage of manpower, even if it is given to us, it is not necessarily better than the Russians, the sailors are easy to train, the officers are difficult to teach, and without twenty years of work, how can we build a large fleet! ”

"Speaking of officers, Marquis Tong, today on the "Duke Suvorov", I met with a sea cadet, the same ...... who defeated the British instructor corps in a war game."

Sa Zhenbing took the initiative to introduce Su Yueyang, whom he had seen on the ship, to Yezu Temple.

"I know that he took advantage of the mistakes of the British to win the deduction, if it were replaced by himself......"

Ye Zugui shook his head, the mistakes that the British would make, the petty family said that he would never make.

"He knows that, so he doesn't care if he wins or loses!"

"Oh! If that's the case, be careful in the future! ”

Ye Zugui, who wrote down the name and decided to count it in the book after going back, looked at the Russian [***] ships one after another on the mooring outside the window, and then turned around.

"Ding Ming, for a while, you are here to accompany these Russians, I am going to Shanghai, our cruiser is about to be launched!"

(To be continued)