The battleship Yellow River.

"General, the overall speed of the French naval fleet is much slower than that of our fleet, and now they are thirty nautical miles behind us, and our fleet is now only twenty nautical miles away from the Ottoman naval fleet," the combat staff officer reported to Shen Shoukun.

Shen Shoukun was silent for a few seconds and smiled, and he said, "Wouldn't this be better?" Lest they discover the strong combat effectiveness of our naval aviation! When will the carrier-based aircraft group end the battle? ”

The combat staff officer replied: "In two minutes, the carrier-based aircraft group will return!" At present, two of the four battleships of the Austro-Hungarian fleet have been sunk, and the other two have also been heavily damaged, and the sinking is only a matter of two hours, and until now, the Austro-Hungarian fleet has not sunk only six battleships, including two battleships."

Shen Shoukun extinguished the cigarette butt and gave an order: "Let all the guns of each ship be ready to fire, and the torpedo boats are also ready, the marines will prepare the boats, once the remaining Austro-Hungarian fleet enters the effective range of our fleet, immediately open fire, and the torpedo boats will go forward to carry out torpedo attacks, and sink all the Austro-Hungarian ships for me, not one will be left, after sinking all the Austro-Hungarian ships, the marines will search for the Austro-Hungarian naval personnel on the sea surface in small boats, and find that one has killed one and left no one, The powerful combat power of our naval aviation cannot be exposed! ”

The combat staff officer Yan said: "Yes, General! ”

The latest instructions have come from above, asking Shen Shoukun not to use the power of aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft against the enemy as much as possible, and if he wants to use aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft groups to attack and bomb, he must not let secrets leak out, and now the European powers have seen the strength of land-based air forces. They must not be allowed to discover the powerful strike capability of aircraft carriers, a super-mobile combat weapon, at ultra-long distances. Of course, sooner or later this will be discovered by the powers, but the above, especially Xiao Zhenlei and others, do not want it to be now. At the very least, keep this secret until twenty years from now.

Two minutes later, the carrier-based aircraft group returned home. Soon the ship was put into storage for repair and maintenance, as if nothing had ever happened.

After a few more minutes, the remnants of the Austro-Hungarian warships were floating on the sea, basically one of them was in the water, even if the Chinese fleet stopped attacking, they would sink sooner or later, but Shen Shoukun didn't want to delay this time too much, and when it entered the effective range of the ship's guns, he gave the order to fire. At the same time, he ordered the torpedo boats to quickly attack and drop torpedoes at close range, completely sinking the Austro-Hungarian fighters who had not yet had time to sink.

The firing of naval guns can certainly accelerate the sinking speed of those Austro-Hungarian fighters, but the main function is to confuse the French, so that the French can see that the Chinese naval fleet has sunk all the Austro-Hungarian fleets with naval guns, and as for the French fleet liaison who was arranged on the Yellow River, Rear Admiral Frenchman, has been drunk and lying like a dead corpse in the bedroom arranged for him, and he does not know anything.

The torpedo boats made a quick sortie, and it didn't take long for the entire Marine Corps to set off in small boats. More than 100 small boats surrounded the sea where the Austro-Hungarian fleet had sunk, and all officers and men of the Austro-Hungarian navy opened fire and killed them.

The battlefield was well cleaned, but by the time the French fleet arrived, the battlefield had already been cleaned. There were still some floating objects on the surface of the battleship and a large number of corpses, and a third of the hulls of the two battleships were still exposed, but there were no living creatures on them.

Shortly thereafter. The French fleet sent a telegram asking what was going on, and Shen Shoukun smiled after reading the telegram. He instructed the communications officer: "It's a pity to sue them." They came late and missed a great show to annihilate the fleet of the Austro-Hungarian Navy! ”

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The capital, the presidential palace.

Xiao Zhenlei listened to Jiang Zuobin sent by the General Staff to report to him on the war situation in the European battlefield, and when he heard that Shen Shoukun's fleet had completely annihilated the Austro-Hungarian fleet, he showed a satisfied smile, and said: "Okay, after solving the Austro-Hungarian naval fleet, the Allies will have no naval strength in the Mediterranean, inform Wu Shiyou that his landing operation plan can be executed!" ”

"Yes, President!" Jiang Zuobin agreed. Jiang Zuobin has nothing to do with Jiang Baili, he is a native of Yingcheng, and he has also studied abroad at Chengcheng School in Tokyo, Japan, a member of the League, and has a very good relationship with Sun Wen and Huang Xing.

Xiao Zhenlei asked again: "What is the situation on the battlefield in Eastern Europe?" Has my Second Army in the Eastern European Theater been involved in the war? ”

Jiang Zuobin nodded and said, "Yes, the president!" At present, the Southwestern Front of Tsarist Russia has crossed the South Bug River and is preparing to march to Kotovsk, but although the Western Front and the Northern Front of Tsarist Russia have also advanced a lot to the west, the progress is slow, which has caused the Southwestern Front of Tsarist Russia to become a prominent position, according to intelligence, Germany has transferred the Eleventh Army from the mainland and is advancing in the direction of Kiev, so that the Tsarist Southwestern Front as a prominent position is very dangerous, if the German Eleventh Army attacks smoothly, It is quite possible to threaten the flank of the Southwestern Front of Tsarist Russia.

According to the battle report from the front, the Tsarist General Staff has discussed with Brigadier General Zhang Xiao, commander of the Second Army, and wants to ask the 300,000 troops that have arrived in our Second Army to support Kiev. ”

The 2nd Expeditionary Force's Korean Legion, the Vietnamese Legion, and the Troika Corps, consisting of Japanese prisoners, Bhutan and Nepalese troops, totaling 300,000 men, have arrived in Poltava, Tsarist Russia.

Two hundred years ago, Russia and Sweden fought a decisive battle here in Poltava, when the Russian victory prevented Sweden from becoming a European power.

At this time, 300,000 horses of the Second Army Corps, which had already arrived in Poltava, were rushing to Kiev by train, and there were still 780,000 horses of the Second Army Corps, which were currently on the Far Eastern Railway, rushing to Poltava, or were still training in the country.

What made Zhang Xiaozhun and others feel relaxed was that there was a direct train from Poltava to Kyiv, which could save the soldiers a lot of body and time.

In a carriage on the train, this is a place where Zhang Xiaohuai and others rest and eat. Zhang Xiaozhun, Wu Peifu, Yang Jie, Xu Shuzheng, commander of the Korean Army, and Wang Zhanyuan, commander of the Japanese, Bhutan, and Nepalese Army Corps. Senior generals such as the commander of the Vietnamese Corps, Tran Shu Phu, and other high-ranking generals met here, and in fact they all held the rank of lieutenant general. It's just that the job title is different. The youngest of them, Yang Jie, is only 27 years old, and the eldest Wang Zhanyuan is 55 years old.

Wang Zhanyuan, Wu Peifu, Xu Shuzheng, Chen Shufan, they are all old generals in Beiyang, in the Beiyang era, Wang Zhanyuan's qualifications were the oldest, and he was also the highest position at that time, the commander of the second division, and later surrendered in Wuchang, and several other people were later surrendered, and these people did not participate in the restoration.

Jang Hyo-joon sat at the top. He said: "We are all old acquaintances, and I don't do much politely, let's come out to fight for the country this time, although these soldiers are all soldiers of the vassal country, and the combat effectiveness cannot be put on the table, but we must do our best to win the victory, otherwise you will not come here, I don't know if I am right?" ”

Everyone nodded when they heard this, and Wang Zhanyuan sighed: "Lao Tzu is 55 years old this year. There may not be a few years left to live, and this time I can lead the team to command a big battle of 100,000 people, whether I win or lose, it is already a great joy in life. If you miss this village, you probably won't have that shop, but Lao Tzu can come here this time. The president still looks up to Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu can't disappoint the president. This old bone is worth it even if it is lost here! ”

Zhang Xiaozhun smiled when he heard this: "Old General Wang, don't be too pessimistic, although the soldiers of our army are not good. But the strength of our army plus the Tsarist Russia in Kiev has a total of 400,000 people, and the German 11th Army has 300,000 people, compared with the two, this time we will not necessarily lose, and when the follow-up forces of our army come, we will have enough troops to deal with the German army, I have negotiated with the commander of the Tsarist Southwestern Front Brusirov, now the two Tsarist Russian armies and one cavalry division stationed in Kiev will be under the command of our army, we will block the German 11th Army west of Kiev, if we can't hold it, we will retreat to the city of Kiev and fight street battles with the German army, The day before yesterday, I asked Brusirov for 1,000 Makqin heavy machine guns and 5 million rounds of ammunition, as well as 500,000 grenades, so much ammunition plus the rifles and pistol ammunition provided by the Russian army before, it is enough for us to fight in Kyiv for a long time! ”

Zhang Xiaozhun took a sip of water and continued: "I have a few requests, and I hope the generals must agree!" ”

Wang Zhanyuan immediately said: "General Zhang, you said, you are the supreme commander, your words are orders, and we will definitely carry them out!" ”

Zhang Xiaozhun nodded and said: "Okay, first, this time we are a guest army, we are not very familiar with the situation here, we must have a good relationship with the officers of Tsarist Russia, we must have a good relationship with the local Tsarist Russians, if there is any contradiction, we must refrain from reporting to me, I will negotiate with the Tsarist side, in short, you will not be wronged, it is best for you to bring one or two local guides by your side, on the one hand, it is easy to familiarize yourself with the situation here, on the other hand, you must pay attention to abide by the customs and habits of the locals, Some people have strange customs, and it is better not to contradict the local civilians.

Second, we are fighting on an expedition, and our soldiers are all recruited from vassal states, although our relationship with them is not very close, but in any case, everyone is wearing a pair of pants now, I hope that you can restrain the officers below, do not let the soldiers be wronged, do not bully them, because we still have to rely on them to fight, in this regard, the political training personnel must strengthen ideological education and communication work.

Third, military salaries must be paid in place, I don't want to see the situation of deducting military salaries happen, if something happens because of the issue of military salaries, I will never look at anyone's face, now in these years, those who come out to fight are all begging for food with their heads pinned to their belts, if they are deducted from military salaries by officers again, what do soldiers think in their hearts, and how to ensure combat effectiveness?

Fourth, we can't treat the soldiers harshly in life, and we don't need to pay for food and military living materials, so why don't we be happy to do favors to let the soldiers eat and drink well and dress warmly?

Fifth, once the war starts, casualties will definitely be inevitable, the military discipline of the soldiers below is poor, and there will definitely be desertion behavior at that time, I hope that you must control the troops well, and there must be no large-scale rout, once the battlefield rout is discovered, it must be resolutely suppressed, and there will be no mercy in this regard! (To be continued......)