Chapter 128: The Victory of the Nation (Asking for a Monthly Pass!) Read! ）

At 10 o'clock in the morning on 25 May, the Japanese-flagged merchant ship "Saidanmaru" sailing from Shanghai unexpectedly saw a convoy of six coal-carrying ships heading toward Shanghai outside the mouth of the Yangtze River.

"If that's right, this ......"

Dozens of minutes later, the officers and men of the "Danqing" patrol ship of the customs, which was passing by head-on with the "Xidan Maru," also spotted these six coal carriers, and Captain Qiao Yuanfan, who was standing on the bridge, looked through the binoculars at the six ships sailing side by side and the German flag, and understood the origin of these coal carriers.

"It was supposed to be a coal carrier that had been traveling with the Second Pacific Fleet from the Sea of Bōlo, perhaps to avoid war, and would have gone to Shanghai."

Just as Qiao Yuanfan guessed, two hours ago, with the consent of Rogerstvinsky, the flagship Duke Suvorov raised the signal flag of farewell and thanksgiving, and Rogerstvinsky and all the officers stood on the bridge of the flagship to see off the transports, and they were about to start fighting, disposing of these non-combat ships before the battle.

"What an idiot!"

Looking at the six coal carriers, Qiao Yuanfan's tone carried a taste of hatred for iron and steel.

"It's an extreme tactical mistake at all, Rogerstwinsky that idiot, if you want to dispose of all the non-combat ships, then you should dispose of the transport ships loaded with bombs and other repair work ships, and now he has lost the German coal carriers, but keeps his non-combat ships, and in order to protect these remaining non-combat ships, it is necessary to separate very precious cruisers to escort them, with such idiot commanders, God forbid, Russia will not win!"

While Qiao Yuanfan was cursing with hatred that iron could not become steel, the eyes of Yan Qing, the chief engineer beside him, were staring at the "Xidan Pill" that was going away at full speed.

"Now that Saidanmaru must have returned to the poster, within two hours, the news that the Second Pacific Fleet would appear in the sea east of Shanghai would reach the Combined Fleet, and based on this alone, it can be said that the Japanese have won this battle!"

As if he was afraid that Qiao Yuanfan didn't quite understand, Yan Qing turned his head and explained to him.

"Yangmu, you and I both know that in order to get the news of the Second Pacific Fleet, the Japanese sent Vice Admiral Izuha Shigeto to lead the cruisers Kasaki, Chitose and other cruisers to form a "southern fleet" to search for the Russian fleet in the South Seas in February and February this year.

In the past, the Japanese also built more than 300 watchtowers on all the coasts from Taiwan to Hokkaido, and each watchtower was guarded by six people in turn. Beginning in April, the Japanese divided the sea south of the Tsushima Strait into xiǎo squares, each of which was searched by a vigilant ship. ”

Yan Qing said with a solemn expression.

"The premise of victory is to keep the information flowing!"

Qiao Yuanfan nodded, agreeing with this.

And now the "Saidanmaru" is returning to Shanghai at full speed, and they have not even taken more than ten minutes to make this decision, and this merchant ship has not undertaken the task of alert and searching at all, which at least fully explains the achievements of Japan's Meiji Restoration: Japan has established and perfected the national system, and the Japanese already have a national concept. Although poverty persisted, the Japanese people had become modern citizens, and the achievements of the Meiji Restoration were first and foremost reflected in the national mobilization system. ”

When it comes to "modern nationals", Yan Qing's face is full of longing.

From this point of view, even if Japan, as a poor country, defeats Russia, a big country, it is actually not a big miracle, because after stripping away the packaging of modern material civilization, Russia is still a backward and ignorant medieval ** kingdom, and all military forces are just operating according to the preferences of the dictator Tsar and a few of his henchmen, and the purpose of the war has nothing to do with the country, let alone the people, it is just a means for a few officers and governors to add officials to the knighthood, Therefore, it is quite normal for all sorts of strange things to happen in the Russian army and navy. Geniuses can use dictatorship to reduce system overhead and achieve brilliant victories, but geniuses don't last forever like rats in a warehouse, dictators are more mediocre, or even stupid people who wait for them, and unfortunately, Russia is now a mediocre and stupid minister, so the defeat of the Russians is not a very surprising thing, in fact they are not much better than the Manchus 11 years ago. However, at this time, Japan was already able to mobilize the whole people to fight a war, so it is better to say that this mobilization ability itself was the key to Japan's successive victories in the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War. ”,

Turning his head to look at Qiao Yuanfan, Yan Qing put down the binoculars in his hand and looked at the coal carrier that was getting closer and closer, compared to Qiao Yuanfan, who liked to look at problems from a military point of view, he preferred to look at problems from other aspects.

"Therefore, it is not so much a military victory for Japan over Russia in the future, but a victory for the system or the people!"

"The victory of the nation?"

Qiao Yuanfan was stunned, as a soldier, he obviously couldn't look at the problem like Yan Qing.

"That's right, it's the victory of the people, the victory of the country and the people!"

Yan Qing nodded, his expression becoming more and more serious.

"That's why I will say that what China needs most now is not only factories and fleets, but also education, and when our national education succeeds, the country will naturally succeed, otherwise...... We're just the second Russian Empire! ”

With a long sigh, Yan Qing took out the cigarette from the cigarette case, and his eyes slightly lowered his eyes to the undulating sea.

"So...... You're going to quit, aren't you? ”

Looking at his chief engineer, Qiao Yuanfan vaguely felt that he understood his choice.

Faced with the captain's question, Yan Qing just quietly chōu took out a cigarette, lit one, and then took a deep breath before he seemed to sigh and express his opinion.

"Does China need a chief engineer? Maybe! Anyone can be a qualified chief engineer, but what about a teacher? In my opinion, the need for teachers in China now far exceeds the need for chief engineers and officers, perhaps, you and I get a salary of more than 100 yuan a month, and teachers can only get a salary of a few dozen yuan, but ......"

Looking back at the captain, Yan Qing grinned.

"If I were a teacher, maybe I would be able to educate hundreds of officers and hundreds of chief engineers in this exam, and they would be better than me! At least...... At least I will witness the birth of the national god jīng in China! ”

After that, Yan Qing fell silent, and Qiao Yuanfan was also silent, and the two looked at the sea thoughtfully, as if they saw that in this magnificent East China Sea and the Yellow Sea, the Japanese armed by the "national jīng god" were struggling to search the sea surface for Japan's victory.

On May 26, on the sea between Miyako Island and Ishigaki Island, the usually small sampan was fighting against the sea with all its might, and the sampan had never sailed such a deep sea, and on the sampan, a middle-aged man and three young men with white cloth tied to their heads were paddling the sampan with all their might.

"Yike...... Hey ......"

With each paddle and stroke, Okuhama felt his body getting more and more tired, and after eight hours of rowing, although everyone did not complain, the soaked clothes showed their exhaustion at this time.

Despite being exhausted, Okuhama has not rested, and now is not the time to rest, so for the sake of Japan, you must be fast...... Thinking so in his heart, the oars moved faster, and the other three young people also sped up, and this inconspicuous sampan in the middle of the sea, like a speedboat, rushed in the direction of Shiheng Island.

"Gotta hurry, gotta hurry!"

Okuhama muttered in his heart, he was just an Okinawa Miyakojima fisherman, who had rented a boat in Naha in the past and ran between Okinawa and Nagasaki, and ten xiǎo hours ago, on his way home, he saw a large number of warships passing by on the sea that were not flying the flag of the rising sun. He immediately remembered the notice above, saying that if he saw a ship that was not a Japanese warship at sea, he only had to report it to the police or the government, because it might be a Russian ** ship, and he should also report it if he saw a suspicious floating object, because it might be a mine released by the Russians, so he reported it to the police as soon as he entered the dock.

After listening to Okuhama's story, the police basically decided that it was the Russian fleet that had attracted attention from above. But how to report this, there is no radio station on Miyako Island, and the closest radio station to Miyako Island is on Ishigaki Island, 170 kilometers away.

But now it was not safe to go to sea, so Okuhama Niu led his boat and three other young sailors to find a xiǎo sampan at the dock and rushed to Ishigaki Island to report his discovery.

"Yike...... Hey ......"

The sound of the sampan continued to echo on the sea, and the speed of the sampan was much slower, and Okuhama Niu and another young sailor were eating rice balls there, and the two of them, who were almost exhausted, lay on the small sampan, drinking a sip of water and eating a mouthful of rice balls.

"Mr. Okuhama, if we send the news to Ishigaki Island, will the navy be able to defeat the people of Lù Country!" ,

After eating the rice balls, the young man leaning on the sampan asked Okuhama Beef with some longing.

"As long as we send the news to Ishigaki Island, we have fulfilled our responsibility!"

Okuhama Niu didn't say anything about whether he could defeat the people of Lù or not, but said something else.

"We have done our duty, so the rest is for the officers and men of the Navy to do their duty! All right! ”

Clapping his hands, Okuhama Niu said to the young man in front of him.

"You guys hurry up and eat something, take a break, and I'll continue to row with Xiǎo Village!"

Under the remnant sun, the sampan continued to sail on the sea, heading towards Ishigaki Island......

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