"The Jingyuan ship set off for the South Seas"

A telegram made Sa Zhenbing's face appear a trace of anger, he stared at Su Yueyang who was buried in his head on the chart, it was his suggestion that became the last straw that crushed the camel, the Jingyuan ship still went to Nanyang for training, and after carefully looking at the chart for a while, Su Yueyang looked up at the generals who were surrounding the chart. This book is from. Similarly, they were also looking at him, and they all wanted to know what Su Yueyang was going to say.

"Your Majesty, the minister, the chief of staff, and Staff Officer Li, I will do a simple war game, I believe that this will give you a clearer understanding of the plans and intentions of the Japanese Navy."

Su Yueyang flipped the nautical chart of the Far East map to the top.

"Now there is no doubt about the war with Japan, but the question is what tactics the Combined Fleet will use."

As soon as he spoke, the young man, who had already been known as a "ghost talent" in the navy, had a suppressed confidence on his face.

"The Southern Fleet of the Combined Fleet, from the last time we got information, where are their approximate locations?"

"Two days ago, 41 hours to be exact, our intelligence indicated that it was passing through the Luzon Strait."

A colonel's staff officer at the Admiralty answered his question with certainty.

The Japanese Navy is watching China, and the Chinese Navy is also watching the Japanese Combined Fleet.

"So, when will the Zhiyuan ship and the Haitian and Haiqi ships meet with the Jingyuan?"

"Two days"

Su Yueyang, who was full of confidence on his face, nodded, pondered for a while, and said.

"Taking the Japanese Combined Fleet as an example, according to the conventional combat method, they should start a decisive battle with the Zhenyang Fleet in the waters around the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea in January and February next year.

Su Yueyang said one of the most conservative, and also the time and place when the vast majority of people in the Navy Staff agreed that the war might break out, and everyone was inclined to Taiwan, after all, the Japanese diaspora in Taiwan has been showing an unstable situation due to economic reasons, and the Taiwan Provincial Government has repeatedly asked to send a fleet to "visit" Taiwan, preferably the Zhiyuan.

"But I don't think it's possible at all."

Su Yueyang's eyebrows raised, his face full of confidence.

"Why can't it be? How could Japan declare war on us if there was no excuse? ”

Frowning his brows, Lin Baolun, as a senior staff officer of the Navy Staff, could not doubt Huò's rhetorical question.

"Why do you need a reason, since you are determined to go to war, why do you have to find a so-called reason, aren't Taiwan and Liaodong all ready-made reasons?"

Su Yueyang glanced at the minister in front of him, and at the same time looked at His Majesty who was standing by the sea chart, His Majesty seemed to be thinking quietly, he would hardly express any opinion on these issues, but Su Yueyang knew that the reason why His Majesty came here was actually to "bī" the decisive naval battle.

With the precedent of Gengzi avoiding war, it is really difficult to reassure the navy that is full of a large number of old officers.

"What is the Combined Fleet? It was Japan's imperial treasure, it took Japan ten years to accumulate six battles and six outfits, although they captured a few warships from Russia in this battle, but in any case, it could not change the reality of Japan's small people and poverty, which determined the thinking of the Japanese, if it was a decisive battle with all the main forces of the Zhenyang fleet, then how much price did Japan need to attach? In such a war, Japan and Russia were seriously evil, and if their combined fleet suffered heavy losses, would the Russians fight back? Japan needs to consider these problems, the great victory in the Battle of Tsushima means that Japan has achieved its national positioning, that is, a maritime country, so the combined fleet has not only become a hero of the Japanese people, but also has become the patron saint of the Japanese Empire. So, why can't the Japanese take a gamble? What's more, the Japanese are gamblers by nature, so why don't they bet on this inevitable victory? ”

"However, even if they defeat the Second Fleet, our First Fleet is not vegetarian, we have the Zhiyuan ship, and four old battleships, which are enough to make the Japanese pay the price, so defeating the Second Fleet is simply not worth the loss"

Another question was raised.

Su Yueyang smiled bitterly, and then continued with the help of the sea chart.

"The strength of the combined fleet, not to mention the second fleet, is the entire Zhenyang fleet, there is also a big gap, the quality of warships, officers and men, and the most important point is that the strength of the combined fleet far exceeds the second fleet several times, the combined fleet warships are good, and the training of officers and men is also good, and after the test of naval battles, the current combined fleet can be said to be full of morale, but on the contrary, the second fleet, the ships are old, the firepower is weak, and most of the soldiers are from the training fleet, so once intercepted by the combined fleet, I'm afraid the Second Fleet doesn't even have the strength to fight back. ”,

The generals all gathered around, and they all listened carefully to Su Yueyang's analysis, which had already been made, and they also agreed with this, otherwise they would not agree to his plan.

"Suffice it to say, the Second Fleet's way home is simply to die."

Su Yueyang clicked on the location of the South China Sea on the chart.

"If I were Togo or Akiyama, I would also choose to intercept the second fleet with the worst strength here, concentrate all the capital ships of the combined fleet, and smash the right arm of the Zhenyang fleet with heavy fists. And what will happen to the combined fleet? ”

Listening to his analysis, the gods of all sank, and everyone knew that the combined fleet might not even suffer any losses.

Listening to Su Yueyang's analysis, Chen Moran's brows were tightly locked, at this moment, after the roar on the surface of the South China Sea and the gunpowder smoke dissipated, the scene of the Second Fleet not being in the sea seemed to appear in front of him, and thousands of naval officers and sailors would embark on a dead end, but he could not do anything.

"Your Majesty, at that time, will you still approve the First Fleet to go to sea?"

Turning his gaze and looking at His Majesty, Su Yueyang raised his own questions.

Faced with this question, Chen Moran just snorted and approved the First Fleet to go to sea? No matter what, at that time, it is very glorious to leave some money for the navy to fight to the last ship, but behind the glory is the loss of vitality of the Chinese navy, and this is not a situation that he wants to see; at that time, the victory or defeat will be decided by the land war, and the shipyard will continue to build ships, and the situation will be greatly improved at that time.

"So"

Seeing that no one refuted him, the high-spirited Su Yueyang continued.

"I will make that plan, as long as the Japanese dare to gamble, then, I can let the Combined Fleet go and never return. If the Japanese dare to gamble, why don't we even have the courage to gamble? ”

"Captain, do you know what these analyses mean?"

Sa Zhen asked in a cold voice, he had agreed to this plan, and he had no intention of opposing it, although he had opposed it initially.

"I know, and I know it."

Meeting the gaze of the chief of staff, Su Yueyang continued.

"Chief of Staff, this means that either we win or Japan loses, but I prefer the latter, as long as the Second Fleet can play half of the quality of the training fleet, although it cannot be a heavy damage to the combined fleet, but there is no problem in achieving our campaign purpose"

Everyone turned their eyes to Su Yueyang again, but this time, their gaze was extremely complicated.

Staring at the young man in front of him who didn't have any expression when he spit out these words, Chen Moran couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the strong man broke his wrist, he said that he would break it, this may be the biggest difference between himself and the soldiers, for the sake of victory, the young man in front of him can do whatever it takes, and he can send thousands of officers and soldiers to die during the conversation, and ...... sighed in his heart, Chen Moran still chose to be silent.

"Then why send Jingyuan to Nanyang"

Sa Zhenbing asked again, agreeing to the plan is agreeing to the plan, but the problem is that as long as he thinks of Jingyuan, his heart hurts

"Proof"

Su Yueyang lit another cigarette, and a slightly uncertain look appeared on his face.

"Since the Second Fleet will be no different from a live target in the next six months, then we must give full play to the effectiveness of the Second Fleet, and to maximize the effectiveness of the Second Fleet, we must first make sacrifices, and the Jingyuan ship will sail, and Japan is also waiting for this opportunity. They are definitely reluctant to intercept the Zhiyuan, the Zhiyuan has been trained for a while, and the officers and men are also the best, but the Jingyuan ship is different, he has just served, and even only carried out six naval artillery Qi shè, it can be said that compared to the Zhiyuan with initial combat effectiveness, the Jingyuan seems to be powerful, but in fact, there is not much difference from a live target"

Ye Zugui, who had been silent, nodded slightly, he agreed with this point of view, and he had already made a decision, of course, this is a very difficult decision, after all, not everyone can really be hard-hearted.

"The Japanese are anxious to know the true strength of the Zhiyuan ship, they know that once the naval battle starts, there is no doubt that the Zhiyuan ship may even decide the victory, at least they think so, and the commander of the Southern Detachment Fleet, Hitaka Zhuangcheng, is known for his boldness in the Japanese Navy, so he will definitely propose to use the number of ships and firepower advantage of the Southern Fleet to launch a sneak attack on the Jingyuan, just like the sneak attack on the Gaosheng back then, using the method of undeclared war, and Dongxiang will not object to the request of Hitaka Zhuangcheng, he also wants to know about the Jingyuan Ship, In order to understand the Zhiyuan ship, what is easier to understand the enemy than to fight together? Moreover, if they sink Jingyuan, it will be an indescribable blow to the morale of the combined fleet and the morale of the Guards Navy, and the benefits outweigh the disadvantages, so they have a sixty percent chance of attacking Jingyuan."

"In that case, why do you want to send Jing Yuan to Nanyang?"

With his eyes slightly open, Chen Moran stared at Su Yueyang, and at the same time asked rhetorically, the Jingyuan is more powerful and more expensive than the Zhiyuan, and now this kid is actually going to send his own battleship to death

"If you don't do that, how can the Japanese go to fight the Second Fleet?"

Without any scruples, Su Yueyang didn't care that it was His Majesty who was talking to him, but continued to explain.

"We can't pin all our hopes on Akiyama Shinyuki's choice, we must mobilize the combined fleet by all means and make them act according to our plan,"

"What does this have to do with sending the Jingyuan to Nanyang for training?"

Other people's questions made Chen Moran shut his mouth, at this time, it was more appropriate for him to offer a pair of ears.

"If the Jingyuan is more powerful than they think, then how likely are they to choose a decisive battle with the Zhenyang fleet? At that point, they will 100% choose to cut off the arm of the Zhenyang fleet with a heavy fist, so as to gain an overwhelming advantage."

Su Yueyang raised his chin slightly, his expression was calm and resolute, in his opinion, whether it was the first fleet or the second fleet, in the final analysis, they were all tools to win the war.

"In exchange for Jingyuan's sacrifice for the Japanese to attack the Second Fleet, what a big deal"

The tone of mockery came out of Sa Zhenbing's mouth, it was difficult for him to accept this explanation, the Chinese navy was too weak, too immature, and could not afford any losses at all, and what about Su Yueyang? However, he can "give" one battleship after another to the enemy to sink in a big way.

"Sacrifice Jingyuan?"

Su Yueyang shook his head, how could it be possible, he still needed Jingyuan.

"Of course not, if that's the case, there is no need to mobilize the Zhiyuan ship at all, if the Zhiyuan ship and the Jingyuan ship will reconcile, the Southern Fleet of the Combined Fleet may be able to severely damage Jingyuan, but it is impossible to sink Jingyuan, maybe we can also severely damage the Southern Fleet Fleet, Chief of Staff, whether it is the Zhiyuan ship or the Jingyuan ship, they need to mature in the war, whether to wait until the decisive battle in the future, and then mature, or use this opportunity now to promote their maturity."

Flipping open another chart, Su Yueyang continued when the chief of staff was silent.

"In short, the purpose of this naval battle is to make the Japanese realize the strength of the Zhiyuan class, and form a yīn shadow in their hearts, as long as they can achieve this purpose, it is enough, once Zhiyuan arrives in the Jiāo battle area, the Japanese will definitely retreat, and then the two ships can completely return to Hong Kong, and the rest is to wait for the next decisive battle, Japan has to wait, we have to wait"

As he spoke, Su Yueyang successively placed several models representing the capital ships of the First Fleet on the chart, and everyone was silent when they looked at the models on the chart.

First glanced at the chart, and then at this young man, Chen Moran sighed in his heart, is it a blessing for the navy to have such a young man, or is it a blessing for the navy......

Silence, sometimes as long as half a century. Especially in such a combat map room, when everyone was silent, and only the sound of everyone's breathing could be heard, everyone's mood was depressed.

A strong man breaks his wrist

This strong man's broken wrist is really a bit unacceptable, and even unsettled, and finally, after a long silence, everyone turned their eyes to His Majesty, if it is too late to stop now.

Feeling that everyone's eyes were on him, Chen Moran smiled bitterly in his heart, and pressed his hands on the combat map table.

"You are insiders, I am outsiders"

In a word, let everyone look at each other, and what they said is equivalent to not saying it.

"I don't know anything else, but I only know one thing"

Chen Moran, whose expression became extremely serious, looked around at the officers in the combat map room.

"The purpose of war is to win victory, so when you formulate all your plans and programs, you must closely focus on this principle."

Chen Moran, who made a decision, continued, and his tone became a little heavy at the same time.

"In short, for us, there is only one goal, which is to win, and in addition to victory, it is still victory"

After walking out of the combat map room, Chen Moran did not chat with the officers of the Admiralty as before, but left the combat map room directly, but when he left, he glanced at Su Yueyang meaningfully, wanting to say something to this young man, but in the end he didn't say anything.

This young man can make many bold decisions that generals can't make, and even his decisions are a little too dangerous, all of them are a trick to kill 800 enemies and lose 1,000 themselves, but even so, he can still make them, this may be the benefit of young people, young people will never forget to take risks. ,

"Anyway, it's all going to sink early, and there's no difference between sinking early and sinking late"

"Yes, many of them are my classmates, but they are also Chinese Navy soldiers, for the sake of the country, for the sake of victory, this is the only way"

"Do you want to win, or do you want to lose?"

"There is no other choice"

His words echoed in Chen Moran's ears from time to time.

Perhaps, he should write down this name in his notebook when he goes back, and when the war is over, he will be sent to study in England, and maybe in another ten years, he will have another fleet commander.

"You go and find out what kind of place Su Yueyang is from?"

Thinking of this, Chen Moran instructed the officer behind him, there are too many officers from Fujian Province in the navy, and this pattern must be broken and people from other provinces must be allowed to enter the navy as much as possible.

"Yes, Your Majesty"

After shì left from the official response, after stopping, Chen Moran, who was standing in the huā garden, looked up at the sky, looked at the starry sky, and sighed secretly in his heart, I don't know who said in the past that the heroic spirit will turn into stars after ascending to heaven, if this is indeed the case, then on this starry sky, I don't know how many more stars will appear in a few days, and what about a few months later?

"I have to study politics and war so that our descendants can study mathematics and philosophy on top of democracy; Our descendants must study mathematics, philosophy, geography, naturalism, naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order that their children may learn painting, poetry, music, architecture, carving, embroidery and porcelain above the sciences......"

Remembering John? Adams's famous sentence, Chen Moran smiled bitterly, perhaps, this is the responsibility of this generation

This night was not peaceful, whether it was the First Fleet of the Zhenyang Fleet that entered a state of combat readiness in Sanduao after receiving the telegram, or the emperor in the Nanjing Imperial Palace who left the battlefield far away, or the officers who made the determination of a strong man to break his arm, sometimes people are always so delicate, when making a decision, it is often only a momentary matter, but after the decision is made, it will always fall into an inexplicable emotion.