In the vast Yellow Sea, a huge fleet is sailing eastward, which is the 1st, 2nd and 3rd fleets of the Northeast Navy, as well as dozens of transport ships carrying the 21st, 22nd and 23rd divisions of the Dingbei Army, with a total of more than 230 large and small ships.

On the bridge of the all-steel battleship Shenyang, the flagship of the First Fleet of the Northeast Navy, the commanders of the three fleets, Sun Xitao, Jiang Chen, and Jiang Hui, as well as the commander of the submarine force, Zhang Bin, the captain of the Bayonet, all gathered here in Shenyang.

At present, there are still only two submarines in the submarine force, the Bayonet and the Sharp Knife, but in the newly built Huludao Shipyard, a submarine that has been developed for a long time has begun to lay keels, and six are being built at the same time. In the near future, Zhang Bin can also become a veritable commander, instead of the pitiful only 2 submarines for him to command.

Sun Xitao said with his hands in full swing: "I have long wanted to teach these little Japan a hard lesson, in the past 4 years, the navy of small Japan has built a large number of warships, obviously aimed at our Northeast Navy, and now they have taken the initiative to provoke a war, just let these little people who don't know the height of the sky and the thickness of the earth taste the bitter fruit of 4 years ago again, by the way, old ginger." The commander asked you to be the commander-in-chief of this escort mission, and you will lead us to a good battle with the combined fleet of little Japan! ”

Jiang Chen continued: "Although we only have 3 fleets this time. However, the combined strength of our three fleets is stronger than the entire combined fleet of the Japanese Navy, as long as we can inflict heavy losses on the main force of the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy in naval battles. Then the war provoked by the Japanese, they have already lost half of it, Lao Jiang, you lead us to do it! ”

Zhang Bin next to him did not speak, but nodded to Jiang Hui.

Jiang Hui was not polite, nodded and said: "Okay, now I'll assign the three fleets, and talk about the tactical arrangements of the naval battle, let's see if there are any additions." ”

Subsequently, Jiang Hui commanded for convenience. and to facilitate the coordination between the warships, the three fleets were divided into several warbands and several commando teams.

The first team is made of all-steel battleships Shenyang, Changchun, Harbin and Pyongyang, and the second team is all-steel battleships Diao, Zhaojun, Feiyan and Zhen Mi.

The third team is an all-steel battleship with Qinghai Lake, Poyang Lake, Dongting Lake and Taihu Lake, and the fourth team is an all-steel battleship with Hulun Lake, Hongze Lake, Chaohu Lake, Jingpo Lake and West Lake.

The 5th Sentai all-steel battleships Yade, Yude, Yide, Xuande and Zaide, and the 6th Sentai all-steel battleships Weishanhu, Dongqian Lake and Kunming Lake.

The 7th Sentai large fast armored cruisers Lichun, Yushui, Jingjing and Equinox, the 8th Sentai large fast armored cruisers Xingzhong, Xingning and Xingke, and the 9th Sentai large fast armored cruisers Xinghua, Xingwang and Xingjian.

In addition, 36 fast protection cruisers with a displacement of 4,500 tons of defense class formed the 10th to 18th warframes, with 4 fast protection cruisers in each team.

Two submarines, the Bayonet and the Sharp Knife, formed the first commando. 24 destroyers with a displacement of 1,000 tons in 3 fleets formed the 2nd to 9th assault groups, 4 destroyers in each commando group, and 48 torpedo boats of the mine A class in 3 fleets. Formation of the 10th to 21st Commandos.

After assigning each team and each assault team, Jiang Hui continued: "Each of our three fleets will move forward in parallel, because our warships are equipped with radars. There was no need to send reconnaissance ships to reconnoiter the front, when the radar detected the traces of the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy. Our first team to sixth team will change formation. Turning into a long serpentine formation, sailing forward, when approaching the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy, they seized the T-head, and the other squadrons protected the battle line from torpedo attacks by the Japanese, and according to the attack on the Sixth Fleet and the Vladivostok garrison fleet in Vladivostok, the Japanese were already armed with steam gas torpedoes that were not inferior to ours, and the commandos would look for an opportunity to carry out torpedo attacks on the main warships of the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy! ”

After listening to Jiang Hui's tactical arrangement, Sun Xitao and Jiang Chen both nodded, this is just the overall tactical arrangement, and after the naval battle begins, it will be adjusted according to the actual situation.

At this time, the fleets of various countries usually advance in several parallel columns at sea, and this formation is relatively more mobile. A number of shorter columns can turn faster than a long serpentine formation, and at the same time, they can transmit the signal of the flagship at the head of the central column to the whole fleet by means of a searchlight or flag.

In the long snake formation, the signal sent from the flagship at the head of the column often takes a lot of time to be transmitted to the last warship of the column, because the black smoke coming from the chimney of the warship makes it difficult for people to recognize the signals sent from the front and back, and each warship has to repeat the message to the warship behind it or the warship in front, so the time wasted may be doubled.

Of course, because the Northeast Navy had a radio station, there was no such problem as zài, so it formed a long snake formation directly before encountering the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy and seized the T-shaped prefix.

At this time, Zhang Bin, the captain of the Bayonet submarine, said: "Do we need to contact the airship unit?" After all, there is an airship force, and we also have an extra killer weapon that can reduce our losses. ”

Jiang Hui shook his head and said: "At present, the airship unit is not only responsible for the transportation of the South African volunteers, but also to transport reinforcements to Sakhalin Island, and it is no longer possible to withdraw to cooperate with us in naval warfare, and since the airship in the battle of the Ussuri Bay, now the warships of various countries have been equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft rapid-fire guns, and even our warships have been equipped with high-level rapid-fire guns, and now the danger of bombing warships with airships has greatly increased, especially if the anti-aircraft rapid-fire guns use professional armor-piercing shells." That would be an absolute disaster for the airships of our Air Force! ”

After a few days of recuperation. Lin Daxin was already able to get out of bed and walk on his own, and the two gunshot wounds healed very quickly. Even Ma Deli, the director of the First People's Hospital, was surprised by Lin Daxin's recovery speed, and only Lin Daxin himself knew that most of the credit for his recovery speed was through the ring.

After Lin Daxin was able to get out of bed and walk by himself, he did not continue to live in the hospital, but moved back to the back of the Governor's Palace, which was also for safety reasons, after all, the hospital could not drive away other patients for Lin Daxin, and Lin Daxin himself did not agree. The Japanese knew that Lin Daxin was not dead, and they might continue to assassinate Lin Daxin, so it was safer to return to the heavily guarded governor's palace.

On the morning of September 19, Wang Yan, the highest governor of the Northeast administrative system, came to the Governor's Mansion and accompanied Lin Daxin for a walk in the garden of the Governor's Palace. ”。

Lin Daxin said with a smile: "It's okay, I took a few detoxification decoctions, and the doctor said that there are no residual toxins in my body." The gunshot wound won't be a big deal in a few days. ”

Wang Yan breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It's okay if it's okay, but it scares me to death, grandma's, little Japan is ruthless enough." We can't spare them this time! ”

A trace of anger flashed in Lin Daxin's eyes, he and Little Japan must settle accounts this time, and almost let his life be lost. "Cousin, I'll let little Japan know this time. There are some things they do, and the consequences are unbearable for them! ”

Wang Yan nodded. He knew that with his cousin's temper, little Japan would not have a good time this time.

Wang Yan saw the bench under the shade of the trees in the garden, turned his head and said to Lin Daxin: "Daxin, let's sit for a while!" ”

So the two of them sat on the bench, Wang Yan hesitated for a moment and said: "Daxin, now the Japanese have suddenly launched a sneak attack on us, although the two sides have not officially declared war, but it is equivalent to Japan has started a full-scale war with us!" Don't look at Japan's defeat at our hands a few years ago, but in recent years, the Japanese have relied on the treasures of the Tokugawa shogunate to vigorously expand their armaments, not only have the world's fourth largest navy in terms of total displacement, but also have nearly one million troops in the army's standing divisions, and their strength should not be underestimated. ”

Lin Daxin nodded, he had never underestimated the Japanese, and he had always been wary of the Japanese, even in the big battle with the Russians, the 8 divisions of the Dingbei Army in Yalu River Province had not been used, and he was on guard against the Japanese who had no discipline to take advantage of the fire to rob.

Wang Yan continued: "Daxin, now that we and the Japanese are in an endless situation, is it a bit dangerous to provoke the British at this time?" I wonder if the South African volunteers will be withdrawn? ”

Listening to Wang Yan's words, Lin Daxin pondered for a moment and said: "It doesn't matter, we are a troop sent in the name of the Volunteer Army, and thousands of volunteers from many European countries have crossed the ocean to reach the Transvaal Republic, to fight side by side with the Boers, the nature is the same as our Volunteer Army, can the British still find trouble with so many countries in Europe?" ”

Wang Yan opened his mouth and didn't persuade again, but he was always a little worried in his heart, as the British hegemon of the world, but they are unreasonable, can they treat us and those countries in Europe equally?

Lin Daxin looked around and saw that the guards were all on guard around the garden, so he whispered to Wang Yan: "Cousin, the function of my ring has been restored!" ”

Wang Yan's eyes widened suddenly, and even the British were left behind, and he immediately lowered his voice and asked, "Then you can go to that time and space in the future again?" ”

Lin Daxin nodded and said with a smile: "As long as I have this ring, whether it is Japanese or British, I am never afraid!" ”

Wang Yan agrees with Lin Daxin's words, with such a powerful ability, Lin Daxin is really not afraid of any British, Wang Yan heard Lin Daxin say before, if the British provoke him, he will buy an atomic bomb in the future time and space to blow up London, although Wang Yan has not understood what the atomic bomb is until now, but it does not prevent Wang Yan from knowing that his cousin can get a big bomb to destroy a city from time and space in the future.

In this way, Wang Yan no longer worries about the British looking for trouble, anyway, his cousin has a big killer move, so Wang Yan and Lin Daxin next talked about the construction of the newly occupied provinces.

In fact, when Lin Daxin said this sentence at that time, it was in the last war with the Japanese, the British sold a large number of warships to the Japanese halfway in disregard of international practice, which made Lin Daxin angry and said this cruel thing, if Lin Daxin really bought 1 atomic bomb, he didn't even have a way, at most he was complaining and bragging.

At the British Prime Minister's official residence at 10 Downing Street in London, England, the British Prime Minister Marquess Salisbury frowned and looked at a telegram sent from Cape Town, South Africa, the more he looked at it, the tighter his brows became, and finally "snapped" the telegram and slapped it on the table, and then ordered the secretary to find the British Admiral Campbell and the Marquis of Lansdorne of the Foreign Office to the Prime Minister's residence.

Soon after, the two came to the office of the Marquess of Salisbury, the prime minister, and after greeting Salisbury, they sat on a chair in the office.

Salisbury picked up the telegram on the table and said to the two men: "Look at the telegram from South Africa! ”

After reading the telegram, the two people suddenly looked angry, the telegram said, the battle outside of Leddy Smith in South Africa, there was a Qing Dynasty force to participate, and the combat effectiveness was strong, so that the British troops guarding the periphery of Leddy Smith suffered heavy losses, and finally the British intelligence officers in the Boers have confirmed that this force is the Dingbei Army under Lin Daxin, but it has been renamed and called the South African Volunteer Army, and the South African Boers also got a large number of weapons and ammunition from Lin Daxin before the war.

Lansdorne shouted angrily: "This is a provocation to our British Empire, Your Excellency Prime Minister, we should report this matter to the Parliament, and let the Parliament declare war on that Lin Daxin!" ”

Campbell also said: "That Lin Daxin must be taught a lesson and let him know the consequences of provoking our British Empire!" ”

Salisbury nodded and said: "The lesson must be taught, but we have now started a war with the Boers in South Africa, and we must wait until we defeat those arrogant Boers, and then teach that Lin Daxin a good lesson, hum - he has just experienced the big war of the Russians, and now he has fought with the Japanese, and he even dares to provoke our British Empire, I really don't know how the dead word is written!" ”

The British still thought it would be easy to defeat the Boers.

Salisbury then continued: "I have asked you to come here today because I have a task entrusted to you, Lansdowne, and the Foreign Office will immediately send Lin Daxin a strongly worded ultimatum, so that he must immediately withdraw the South African troops, and compensate for the losses of our British troops, as well as make a public apology. Campbell, the Admiralty immediately ordered the fleets in Asia to be brought to the first level of combat readiness, and I don't mind teaching that stupid Qing Dynasty a lesson with the Japanese. (To be continued......) R1071