The setting sun turned the sea and sky red at the end of the horizon, and in Hawaii, China's farthest territory, the atmosphere was as peaceful as ever, even though the war had already broken out, and despite the fierce eyes of the Americans, who were eager to take advantage of the fire. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Almost immediately after the outbreak of war, the United States sent a "visiting fleet" consisting of the battleship Indiana, the armored cruisers USS New York, and the armored cruiser USS Olympia to visit Hawaii.

Although the outbreak of the war had a certain impact on the Northeast, almost as soon as the United States made a goodwill visit to Hawaii, the Northeast Governor's Office made a decision to reinforce the Pacific. The war against Russia did not weaken the defenses here -- after learning of the US Navy's "goodwill visit," the Northeast Navy immediately established the Pacific Squadron and transferred it to Hawaii, and as for the Northeast Navy, which has 13 waves in eight seas, it is said that the transfer of seven capital ships in "two seas and five waves" to merge with the armored ship USS Fubo stationed at Pearl Harbor means that the Pacific Fleet has eight combat ships, which is far more than the strength of the US Navy.

To a certain extent, it is to warn those Westerners who are trying to take advantage of the fire to loot, more precisely, the Americans -- the Northeast will never give up Hawaii, that is, after the main force of the Pacific Fleet arrived at Pearl Harbor, the US Navy ended its "goodwill visit" to Hawaii.

It was also at that time that the US Navy understood the fact that the Northeast would never give up its possession of Hawaii, even if it was war, and it was precisely from that day that Roosevelt advocated the expansion of the US Navy while advocating the expansion of the US Navy. The clouds of war hanging over Hawaii have finally faded to some extent......

"It's time to go on the march!"

Looking at the two Haizi-class battleships and the six Bozi-class armored cruisers moored in Zhengang Harbor in front of him, Ding Fuyou, who was a little uncertain, asked Liu Zilin beside him.

In the past two months, the only two ocean-going submarines of the Northeast Navy have been transferred to Hawaii, and now, they have received orders. Let's go!

Target - Atlantic!

It's just that they went to the Atlantic not to fight, but to carry out a special combat mission.

took out half a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and Liu Zilin lit one himself while handing one to Ding Futao. Facing the blowing sea breeze, Ding Futao took a hard puff of cigarette, and when he spit out the cigarette, the cigarette was blown to his face by the sea breeze, only choking him so much that he almost didn't shed tears, and then said after a while.

"yes, I'll leave tonight!"

Both of them quietly looked at the port, where the eight capital ships of the Northeast Navy were now moored. Although this so-called Pacific detachment was temporarily formed "under duress" by the United States, in reality, it was just a reason, a pretext, just an excuse to send a fleet, and even if there was no such excuse, the Navy would have sent the fleet to the Pacific Ocean, and now. More fleets are waiting to set sail from the town bay at any time.

Since the outbreak of the war, in order to blockade the coast of Japan. The navy has not only dispatched a large number of warships to monitor various waterways day and night, but has also laid more than 100,000 mines, and the mines laid by the navy have indeed achieved outstanding results -- since the outbreak of the war, as many as 24 ships of the Russian Pacific Fleet alone have been sunk by mines.

Encouraged by this victory, the navy even laid a "kamikaze thunder barrier" outside Tokyo Bay, which was probably the densest mine array in history. With such a great wall of mines in front of it, and a blockade fleet of many warships and offshore submarines anchored on the big island, the Russian Pacific Fleet is on strict alert. It can be said that any fleet that tries to pass through that dangerous sea will pay a heavy price.

But the so-called heavy price is nothing more than a plan, and if the Russians do anything about it, they will still have a chance to break out of the blockade, until then. If the main force of the Navy is exhausted...... Who will defend the Northeast?

"What if...... If the main force of the fleet departs, the rear will be empty at that time! ”

After quietly smoking a cigarette, in the face of his friend's worry, the famous sentence came out of Ding Futao's lips.

"Our blockade is an impregnable wall in the Pacific Ocean. Even if a fish wants to swim from Tokyo Bay into the Pacific Ocean, it can't run away and has to report to me where it came from. Where to go and why to go? ”

These are the words of the commander of the naval blockade fleet to reporters, and this also explains the fact that the Northeast Navy has implemented a blockade tactic and blocked the Russian Navy in the Gulf of Tonkin, and just two months ago, when a sabotage fleet of the Russian Navy tried to break out of the Gulf of Tonkin, it was dealt a devastating blow -- first a cruiser was sunk, and then it became a target for the guns of the blockade navy -- other warships could not even maneuver in the minefield, and two battleships were sunk by mines while evading the attack of the torpedo boats, It was at that time that the Second Pacific Fleet abandoned its attempt to go to sea.

"Mines on the blockade line, as well as two dozen torpedo boats, should be enough to block it from going out of Tokyo Bay, well, and long-range fortress artillery ...... on the big island"

In order to achieve occlusion tactics, the Navy has developed one plan after another, from special attack boat attacks, to small submarines, to mines, and all of this cannot be compared with the twelve 12-inch long-range guns belonging to the Oshima, unlike the 12-inch heavy shells used by the Navy fleet, after the Marines captured the almost undefended Oshima, the 52 times the 12-inch naval guns deployed on the Oshima fired light shells weighing only 250 kilograms. Its range is as high as 51.4 kilometers, which means that it can almost shell the junction between Tokyo Bay and the Uraga waterway, and the 800-pound light ammunition it uses also has a range of 45 kilometers.

"There should be no problem!"

"There is no foolproof blockade in the world!"

Shaking his head, Liu Zilin said.

"Our blockade line looks perfect, but in reality it is not without its loopholes, and it can be said that it relies heavily on observation posts on the big island, which are affected by observation posts in case of bad weather. I'm worried that the fortress cannon will be able to hit that far? And you also know that at such a distance, the threat of high-explosive shells launched is more significant than the actual effectiveness. In the final analysis, those fortresses are shelling psychological warfare, for the sake of ......"

It was to misjudge the Russians - there were capital ships in the blockade fleet! And more than one capital ship, those 12-inch fortress guns had a rate of fire of 4.5 rounds. Its rate of fire is much greater than that of warships, and 12 12-inch fortress guns will give the Russian army the illusion of six to eight capital ships, which is exactly what the Navy needs.

"Deception tactics are also tactics, don't forget, the Russians simply don't know that there are fortress guns on the big island!"

In fact, if they had not carried out a blockade mission on the island with the submarines, they would not have known that as many as 12 fortress guns had been deployed on the island with more symbolic than practical significance, and that the purpose of those cannons was not to sink the Russian warships, but to miscalculate the Russians.

"Wait until they know. I'm afraid it's too late! ”

Ding Futao glanced at Liu Zilin, and then said silently.

"What we need is a buffer in time, as long as we have this buffer......"

With this buffer, the navy will be able to win this war, and of course, more importantly, the navy will be able to transfer the main forces of the navy to the warring sea area to intercept the Russian navy and win the war. As long as the Navy can mobilize the "Eight Seas and Thirteen Waves", it will form a decisive advantage over the Second Pacific Fleet.

By that time, there will no longer be any suspense about the outcome of the naval battle.

"But ......"

After a slight pause, Liu Zilin didn't argue anything. Just look at the other person and tell the truth.

"Don't forget, when the time comes, we will also be on an expedition! Just like this time, we have to sail to the Atlantic, and sailing this far is a challenge for us, for the navy. It's not ......."

Although every ocean-going warship of the Navy has conducted ocean-going training for that preparation plan, for the Northeast Navy, they have long been accustomed to ocean-going operations, but. Sailing tens of thousands of kilometers already requires a lot of technical problems to be solved, and now the Navy has solved those technical problems?

"Do you know the Americans?"

Suddenly, Liu Zilin once again told the fact that the Americans.

The Americans, who appeared to be neutral on the surface, had actually intervened in the war, and it could be said that they had barely opened their sleeves and gone shirtless, but they invited the Russian Second Pacific Fleet to Norfolk Naval Base for a "goodwill visit" ......

What is the so-called "goodwill visit" is nothing but a cover-up, and even the non-governmental newspapers accuse the Americans of undermining public international law and undermining the neutral status of the United States; while the Second Pacific Fleet is on a "goodwill visit" to the United States, Russian warships can be maintained at Norfolk Naval Base, and Russian sailors can rest there to prepare for the next voyage. At the same time, French Guiana has also opened its doors to the Russians, and after the Second Pacific Fleet leaves Norfolk Naval Base, they can maintain it again, and Russia can also lobby South American countries to open their ports to it and invite the Second Pacific Fleet to make a "goodwill visit."

But what about the Northeast Navy?

"In order to keep it secret, we will not enter any port along the way, indeed, in the past few years, all our ocean-going warships have achieved fuel changes, through the use of heavy oil, through the use of oil tankers to solve the problem of ocean-going fuel, but, when the time comes, how to solve the problem of maintenance of warships? There is also a rest for the crew. How to solve this problem? I think that's the most important thing, and don't forget that if the British hadn't agreed with us to maintain it in Bermuda, I'm afraid it would have ......."

If it had not been for the consent of the British, I am afraid that the submarine would not have been able to carry out this voyage at all.

"This is not something we need to think about, I believe ......"

After a slight pause, Ding Fu said with a serious expression.

"I'm sure there's a solution to the problem on the Admiralty's side."

Rio de Janeiro is the capital of Brazil, and it is also home to the Port of Rio de Janeiro, one of the best ports in South America, located in Guanabara Bay. Guanabara Bay is one of the world's three natural harbors. It has been one of the most important ports in South America since the Portuguese sailed here in January 1505.

On this day, one day in May 1902, the Verde Dockyard Company in the port of Rio de Janeiro welcomed his guest, a merchant from the British.

"What, you're going to buy my floating dock?"

Louis looked at the British merchant in front of him in surprise, and his face even had a puzzled expression.

The all-steel 18,000-ton floating dock of the Verder Dockyard Company, the largest steel floating dock in Brazil, was completed and opened in 1900. The floating dock only needs 30 people to operate and float a docked boat, even a 180-meter-long giant ship.

A businessman from England respectfully answered his questions in British English.

"Europe needs Chilean saltpeter, and you know, there is not a shipyard in Chile, to be precise, there is not a 10,000-ton dock, and now the tonnage of merchant ships transporting saltpeter is getting bigger and bigger, and I believe that the 10,000-ton shipyard will have its own market there, you know, towing the dock from the UK or the US to Chile, there will be a lot of problems along the way, but Brazil ......"

Smiling, the guest from England continued.

"The closer it is to Chile, the safer it is......"

This could not be better explained, given that British companies have always controlled the mining of saltpeter in Chile, and it is clear that the Englishman sees an investment opportunity that no one else has noticed.

"We all know that your dockyard has been extremely profitable since it was built, after all, there are only a handful of ships here that need such a large dock, my friend ......"

As the English merchant's words fell, the man handed over a contract.

"Mr. Louis, I think this price should be the most appropriate price!"

It was indeed a very suitable price, but when he took the contract, Louis was immediately impressed, and it was probably the most suitable offer he had ever seen - comparable to the price at which he had purchased the floating dock, and given the depreciation and the profits of the past two years, he had no reason to refuse the business.

"My friend! I don't think anyone can refuse your offer......"

With a cigar in his hand, Louis sighed and said cautiously.

"I need to let my lawyer look at the contract, though! If the contract is okay, I think, we can make a deal! (To be continued.) )