Chapter 149: The Arrival of the Fuso Naval Fleet

The elimination of the remnants of the Japanese army in Badaohezitun did not cause any waves, the Japanese army was completely annihilated, and it was finished before it had time to send any news to the country, and the Chinese Empire was not made public, and the 20,000 Northeast troops were soon recalled to the Yalu River to prepare to resist the Japanese army into Liao Province.

On the other side, Han Ming, Jiang Yiwu and others ended the massacre of the Japanese army before they arrived, and after receiving the news, they still continued to go to Anda County, in order to exert pressure on those Japanese troops and their rebels, and let people provoke the contradictions between Xu Lanzhou and Yingshun and others.

Xu Lanzhou was very surprised by the defeat of the Wehrmacht after arriving in Anda, and after understanding the specific situation, he realized how lucky he was, if the Wehrmacht and Zhang Kai's army came together to deal with Longjiang City, he would definitely be even worse than now.

Xu Lanzhou, who was bent on taking refuge in Fusang State, didn't care about the massacre of the Japanese army in Anda County, although his subordinates even knelt on the ground and begged him, he was indifferent, and finally saw that Yingshun and others were the first birds, so he hypocritically followed Yingshun's ass and put pressure on the Japanese army.

The last strength of Longjiang Province is only the army of Xu Lanzhou and his Yingshun and others, Xu Lanzhou's strength is only less than 20,000, and he is always vigilant against the annexation of Yingshun and others, so he is very careful with every step. Yingshun and the others were really trying to annex Xu Lanzhou's troops, but because they abandoned the city and fled first, Xu Lanzhou's soldiers were not interested in them at all, one would have two, and Yingshun and the others were not trustworthy.

Ihara's death allowed Lieutenant General Kitagawa, who had been crushed to death by him, to occupy his position and become the supreme commander of the Japanese army in Adachi. As soon as Kitagawa took office, he immediately took credit for the Anda region to himself, but did not express a different opinion on this Fuso country, Ihara's death was Ihara's own deserved, and no one wanted to offend the Minister of War and the Prime Minister for a dead man, because Kitagawa and the Minister of War were sworn friends and neighbors.

The loss of Longjiang City gave Beichuan a headache, as well as the contradictions between Xu Lanzhou and his Yingshun and others, he had the urge to incorporate all the troops of Longjiang into his army, which was really disheartening!

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In the Yellow Sea, a navy of the Fuso Kingdom was advancing, and Naoe Naoe Osa Nakano stood on the battleship "Kongo" and looked at the rough East China Sea, feeling very happy, because the entire East Asian sea and even the western Pacific Ocean were the territory of their Fuso Empire, and no one dared to invade it.

The navy immediately dispatched a navy to deal with the navy of the Shina people after receiving the prime minister's combat order, and Nakano Naoe Daisa himself was very fortunate to be chosen, because he was the captain of the battleship 'Kongo', and the commander-in-chief of this operation, from the commander of one ship to the commander of several battleships, it is no wonder that he was not excited.

In order to annihilate the Huaxia Navy, Fuso brought in the "Kongo", "Kashima", "Kirishima", "Asahi", "Mikasa", the "Tango" and several other cruiser battleships such as the "Tokiwa", which captured Tsarist Russia, with a total displacement of more than 200,000 tons.

Before World War I, the total tonnage of the Fuso Navy reached more than 600,000 tons, ranking fifth in the world, while the total tonnage of the Chinese Empire at this time was less than half of that of the Japanese army, that is, less than 300,000 tons, of which there were more than 100,000 tons of naval warships stationed in the Indian Ocean, that is, the total number of warships of the Chinese Empire in East Asian waters would not exceed 200,000 tons.

The Fuso Navy wanted to cripple or annihilate the Huaxia Navy, and this Fuso Navy was much higher than the Huaxia Navy in terms of experience and strength.

As for the reality of the Huaxia Imperial Navy, someone has already sold it to Fusang, and as for how much it was sold, only Fusang and the people who sold it know it, otherwise the total tonnage of warships sent by the Fusang Navy would just suppress the Huaxia Navy.

The "King Kong" is a super battleship planned and built by Fuso after the war with Tsarist Russia, following the British work, that is, the super dreadnought cruiser of the West. Construction began on 17 January 1911 at the British Vickers shipyard. It was launched on May 18, 1912, and on August 16, 1913, the cruiser "Kongo" was completed. Since the defeat of the British Far East Fleet by the Chinese Empire, Fuso regarded the rising Chinese Imperial Navy as the first imaginary enemy

Originally scheduled to return to China in November 1913, the "Kongo" returned to Japan in September for fear of being blockaded by the Allies due to Fuso's surprise attack on Vladivostok and its island of Huatai in Tsarist Russia.

'King Kong':

Standard displacement: 263330 tons

Length: 214.6 meters

Width: 28 meters

Power: Steam turbine engine (2-seater, 4-shaft)

Power: 64,000 hp

Highest time: 27.5 knots

Members: 2,367

Armament: 4 35.6 cm combined guns, 16 15.2 cm single guns, 8 53 cm torpedo tubes Armor: 203 mm waterline, 70 mm deck.

With the battleship 'King Kong' as the flagship of this time, Fuso rushed towards the coastal waters of China.

Like the "Kashima", "Kirishima", "Asahi", etc., they were all battleships during the war between Fuso and Tsarist Russia, and their performance was slightly inferior to the new warships of the Huaxia Navy, most of which had a standard displacement of 15,000 tons, but the Fuso Navy had enough confidence in this, because their experience was more than that of the Huaxia Navy.

The Qindao branch of the Chinese Navy, the alarm bells rang loudly, and all the navy was ready in an instant, and groups of naval soldiers rushed to the port to park the warship, and Commander Sa Bingzhen boarded the 'Xianyang' with a large number of officers, and the 'Chang'an', one of the two super dreadnought cruisers, shocked the British navy in the Indian Ocean.

"Check the instruments and fuel of the ships, and prepare to set off at once, with the submarine force following behind, and not to attack without my orders. In addition, send a telegram to His Majesty to report this matter, and ask him to prepare a coffin for me! "Sa Bingzhen is crazy, after waiting so long, he can finally fight with the Fusang Navy, and the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle must not be staged again, even if it is death!

It turned out that after the Fuso Navy entered the East China Sea, it was discovered by a submarine unit patrolling the East China Sea, and the submarine force immediately reported to Sa Bingzhen, who was commanding naval training at the Kotoshima Branch, and Sa Bingzhen decisively gathered personnel to prepare for battle.

Within ten minutes all the naval soldiers had boarded the battleship, and the flag-bearers of each battleship waved a normal flag and then sailed under the command of the flagship 'Xianyang'.

In order to guard against Fusang's navy in Wanwan, Qin Yu arranged a lot of naval warships along the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang, and also arranged a large number of navies in the Bohai Sea to defend the imperial capital, and the total tonnage of the warships of the Huaxia Navy in the Qindao Naval Branch was less than 150,000 tons.

The battleships included the "Xianyang", "Taiwan", "Hainan", "Heilongjiang", "Zhujiang", and the "Empress of India" and "Senseless" that were converted after capture, and their overall strength was much weaker than that of the Fuso Navy.

Qin Yu soon received a telegram from Sa Bingzhen, he had already expected the attack of the Fusang navy, but he didn't expect it to be so fast, it seems that it was the fiasco on the Tsarist side that made Fusang realize the strength of Huaxia, so he struck first.

"How's the coastal defense artillery being built?" Qin Yu asked the person in charge of managing the general logistics of the navy.

When Qin Yu was in charge of the East China government, he had already begun to let people study the coastal defense artillery technology he had taken out, and after two years, the coastal defense artillery could also be mass-produced.

"Your Majesty, the empire has built a large number of coastal defense artillery in important cities on the eastern coast, which can basically resist the attack of the Fuso navy. There are a total of 70 doors of 130 mm, 150 doors of 105 mm and 200 doors of 75 mm, and the major ports are also ready to lay mines, and the coastal areas are relatively safe! ”

"Almost, too much is a waste, the logistics must keep up, I allow you to use the arms reserves in the coastal areas, and you must not let the Fuso Navy destroy the important ports and cities of the empire. Let the people in the coastal areas temporarily withdraw inland, and then move back after the war, prohibit fishermen from going out to sea, and stop the merchant ships going to sea during this time to avoid investing in the enemy. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After the head of the navy's logistics left, Qin Yu was still thinking deeply, he didn't know what cooperation Huang Cheng had reached with Fusang State, whether he had sold the news of the submarine to Fusang State, if so, it would be ineffective to hide the submarine again. So he decided to expose the submarine and destroy the Fuso Navy that came this time.

Qin Yu was very glad that the navy's 'Houyi Plan' was privately made by the empire, and Huang Cheng and the others were not clear. However, he was also sure that Huang Cheng did not expose too much to Fusang, otherwise Fusang would definitely not continue to increase his investment in the army in the Northeast, after all, the Huaxia Empire has a sharp weapon like an airplane!

Qin Yu guessed well, Huang Cheng only mentioned Huaxia's submarine slightly, but Fusang didn't believe this, because their submarine was still being studied, and the navy had huge doubts about submarines and invested a lot, so they didn't believe that Huaxia had submarines.

On the deck of the "Pearl River", Li Haiyun was very excited, and according to his father's wishes, he was recruited into the navy through the navy after the imperial fleet defeated the British Far East Fleet, and was assigned to the Qindao branch because his home was in Ludong Province.

The naval knowledge imparted by his father made Li Yunhai quickly stand out among many soldiers after entering the navy, and attracted the attention of the commander with excellent results, and was recommended to enter the Naval Accelerated Academy of the Qindao Branch of the Imperial Military Academy for further study, and successfully graduated after more than a year, and boarded the battleship 'Pearl River' with the rank of lieutenant.

The Qindao Naval Crash Course was specially established by the Empire for those soldiers of the older generation or who had served in the Beiyang Navy, with the purpose of instilling a new concept of naval warfare, systematically learning naval knowledge, and training Imperial Navy officers.

"The ocean is all I have, and one day I will gallop all over the world, open up sea frontiers for the empire, and dominate the ocean!" Li Yunhai's eyes were extremely firm.

"This baby is good, it is worth cultivating, as long as you don't die, the future may not be under me!" Xie Baozhang, the captain of the 'Pearl River', looked at Li Haiyun on the deck and said to the officer next to him. Li Haiyun's achievements are so outstanding, and he is the son of a Beiyang veteran, Xie Baozhang, as one of the core figures of the Qindao Branch, is also very concerned.