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"Hurry."

"What are you still standing for? Get ready for bandages, hemostats, morphine! Hurry! ”

On the night of November 3, the Port Arthur almost became a vegetable market, trucks and stretchers poured towards the wharf, medical staff in white coats waited here early, one tug after another rushed out of the waterway, whether it was work or rest, whether busy or waiting, everyone would look at the dark sea from time to time.

In the headquarters of the Navy's First Fleet near the harbor, Song Ziqing stood at the window, Sa Zhenbing and other generals took cigarettes one after another, and the guards clenched their guns and did not dare to be careless. Wait, wait or waitFor these naval people at this moment, waiting is simply torment!

Time passed little by little, and when the gossip was about to turn into swearing, the searchlight in the direction of the tiger's tail was lit first. Immediately after the Golden Mountain Fort also shot a snow-white pillar of light, when a searchlight that is rarely turned on in ordinary times was all lit, this Sino-Japanese war spent tens of millions of dollars to dig deep the channel, expand and build a new military port suddenly as bright as day, when the pilot ship took the lead into the waterway, everyone gasped, could not believe what they saw.

I saw that at noon, the two large cruisers of the Anhai class, which were still beautiful and brand-new, had almost lost their ability to propel themselves, and the thick barrels were all skewed to one side, and above the waterline were full of black-gray marks after being burned by the fire. The worst was the Zhenhai, the deck was almost level with the sea, two of the three turrets were badly damaged, the chimney had fallen down, and the rear bridge was completely invisible! Many of the navy people waiting in Lushun shed tears at that time, especially when the two ships leaned crookedly on the dock, one charred corpse after another was carried down, and even Cheng Biguang was supported down in prostration, and Song Ziqing, who was sitting here in person, suddenly became solemn.

Anhai, Zhenhai. Qingdao almost all of the wounded battleships lined up and rushed in, and when the North Wind, which finally carried hundreds of Tsukuba sailors and officers, sailed into the waterway, Sa Zhenbing, Ye Zugui and others jumped up directly, if it wasn't for the darkness, it is estimated that they would have personally led the remaining ships to chase and kill the Japanese fleet. "Oh my God! little Japan, grandpa can't spare you! A bearded sailor hugged the corpse, tears streaming down his eyes and howling, and his comrades around him did not know how to comfort him, because those who knew him knew that he was holding his own brother, who was the deputy gunner of the Tsukuba.

A large number of old men were crying around the two beloved capital ships. This scene is really indescribable, even Bingwen on the deck has ruddy eyes. Even after this experience, he still had trouble controlling his emotions, with almost submerged decks, crooked turrets, and charred hulls. The collapsed chimney and all that all of this made him feel like he had gone back more than three years, thinking of the battleship Seydlitz that was already lying in the depths of Scarpa Bay.

From the experience of the Sedlitz, it can be inferred that Anhai and Zhenhai are useless, and even if the internal structure is repaired, it will be difficult to withstand high-intensity operations. Fortunately, it was not without gain, and the sinking of the Kurama did not make Japan suffer for a long time. Judging from the speed of the King Kong when it fled, it is obvious that Kojuro Nozaki forcibly let the boiler run at full capacity, and the price of doing so after the power pipe rupture is increased damage. What's more, the King Kong also has a lot of water, and the faster the speed, the more water will enter, so the two ships can no longer return to Sasebo safely, and they must go to Incheon to pump water for simple repairs before going back.

Sure enough. By the light of the searchlight, eight submarines lined up and slowly left the waterway. It seems that the Japanese fleet was already thinking that the Japanese fleet would take refuge in the port of Incheon, so they dispatched submarine forces to blockade the harbor. Prepare to plug the two King Kongs inside. North Korea has no heavy industry, the largest dry dock in Incheon Port is only 5,000 tons, as long as it can be blocked for a period of time, the cost of repairing the King Kong, which cannot be put on the slipway to completely remove the stagnant water, will increase exponentially, and the result will not be much better than the two ships in the Anhai Sea.

Use 2 Anhai for 1 King Kong to set up a game. That's a big deal.

The night of steel and blood faded by, and the sailors on the docks were still busy. But the outside world has been shocked by this sudden confrontation, and the entire Far East and even the world have been set on fire!

In the early morning at the British Consulate General in Shanghai, Bernard's eyes were red and he stayed awake all night. Yesterday evening, he was restless when he received a clear telegram from the Almeida Mermaid. China and Japan are at war again, is this possible? After the European War, Yang Qiu's attention has been on the Northwest and the Poor Party, and there is no reason to go to war with Japan at all? Moreover, there was not the slightest warning in advance, so could it be that they were looking for an excuse to take back Taiwan and Sakhalin? This is possible, since both islands have historically belonged to China, and at the Paris Peace Conference, Yang Qiu proposed to abolish all unequal treaties.

But for the sake of Taiwan and Sakhalin, choose to go to war? And to provoke the Japanese Navy, which even Britain was somewhat afraid of, on the worst navy? Bernard poured himself a cup of coffee, the bitter taste stimulated the taste buds, but the brain that had not rested all night still could not calm down. After receiving the telegram yesterday evening, he contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, the former replied that the situation was unknown, and the latter simply said that it was a lie, neither of which clearly said that there was a war, and that bastard of Sarson was playing tricks? What the hell is going on?

Bernard put down his coffee cup and prepared to use a cigar to refresh himself, when he picked up the match and heard the sound of hurried footsteps behind him. The door of the study was almost knocked open, and Colonel Morrian, the military attache in China, rushed in, waving a telegram with a serious expression on his face: "Your Excellency, this is the news that has just been sent from Inchon and Arthur. Sarson, that madman, didn't lie this time, yesterday evening a clash broke out between the First Fleet of the Chinese Navy and two Japanese Kongo-class battlecruisers in the Yellow Sea, 2 Ankai-class battlecruisers were seriously injured, and 1 cruiser was sunk! The Japanese Navy Kongo was badly damaged, the Hiei was moderately damaged, and a Kurama-class battlecruiser (foreign countries believe that this should be incorporated into the battlecruiser) was sunk! ”

Oh, God!

The shocking news made the cigar in Bernard's hand fall on the table involuntarily, snatched the telegram and asked, "Why is there a firefight?" Didn't you have a little warning? What the hell is going on?! The roar spread far and wide, startling several Indian waiters who were delivering breakfast. Colonel Morian also didn't know the inside story, so he had to tell the grapevine: "It is said that it was because of a ship that broke through the customs." ”

"Break through the ship?"

"It was the Yantai Marine Police who said it." "They were intercepting a ship that had opened up small arms, and then the ship flew the Japanese flag and tried to force its way out of the Bohai Strait, but was pursued by several coast guard patrol boats, and it happened that the Japanese Kurama was cruising there," Colonel Morian said. In the evening. The arrival of the Japanese Korean patrol fleet and the dispatch of the Chinese First Fleet led to an exchange of fire. ”

"These damn yellow-skinned bastards! Damn monkeys! After hearing all this, Bernard couldn't contain his angry insults. The ship was preparing to escape from the Bohai Sea, and the Japanese cruiser happened to be nearby! What's even more strange is that the two King Kong-class ships of the North Korean cruise fleet are actually on the Yellow Sea, and a discerning person knows at a glance that this is no coincidence, and there must be something important on this ship! What is it? Filled with gold?

Colonel Morian said: "To Japan, perhaps more important than gold. The ship is now in Golden State, and I heard that finished products of molybdenum, manganese, and tungsten worth hundreds of thousands of pounds were found inside. ”

Precious metal finished products?

No wonder!

After the Sino-Japanese War, due to Yang Qiu's deliberate restrictions. Japan was extremely scarce in terms of precious metals, and at that time they had not yet entered North Sakhalin and Russia, so in order to build the Nagato-class battleships, they had to use the national treasury gold to exchange for manganese, molybdenum and other precious metals from Britain and the United States. For a shipload of finished precious metals worth hundreds of thousands of pounds, it is indeed worth the risk.

But strange is strange here!

Yang Qiu's control of domestic precious metals is not generally strict, especially after the Sino-Japanese War, a large number of precious metal deposits have been nationalized, and it is difficult for private enterprises to obtain development rights, even Hanyang and Chongqing under his own name. It is also because of this that he took advantage of the opportunity of the European competition. The export of large quantities of precious metals helped the government of the Republic of China to make a lot of money. With such strict regulation, it is difficult for even the UK to buy it privately, but how did Japan buy it?

Colonel Morian spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders: "It is said that this batch of precious metals was transported from Siberia to Zhengzhou and transshipped from the Yellow River. Source, most likely the poor party! "That last sentence. Bernard was stunned. Britain is the leading brother in encircling and suppressing the poor party, and it is also their initiative to ask China and Japan to send troops, and the poor party has not yet been encircled and suppressed. There is a collusion with the poor party inside, where is the face of the British Empire?! And the goods were obtained from the poor party in Siberia, but they were transported thousands of miles to the Yellow River in the Chinese mainland for transshipment? Is the Japanese brain broken? Wouldn't it be better to take the Trans-Siberian Railway directly into Vladivostok, which is managed by the multinational state?

The more Bernard thought about it, the more wrong it became, and if it was really because China intercepted the poor party's supplies to cause this conflict, it would be very tricky! Supporting Japan would lead to a reputation for colluding with poor parties. Although I dare not say that the policy of encirclement and suppression of Russia will collapse, it will definitely have an impact. Don't talk about supporting China, Yang Qiu's rise is too fast. Already threatening the interests of the British Empire in the Far East! Do we have to watch a new round of war between China and Japan? The Japanese navy was superior, but the strength of the Chinese army was too obvious for Britain to support as it had been during the Russo-Japanese War a decade earlier. If Japan loses Korea and all its northern colonies because of this, who will be able to contain China's momentum in the future?!

Bernard picked up the cigar and put it back to the corner of his mouth, he needed to calm down, this thing was too strange, what was hidden in it? But the development of events did not allow the British Empire to think much about it, and after Colonel Morion, another staff member brought even worse news. "Your Excellency, I think you should go to the Huangpu River to see, the Chinese Navy seems to have exploded!"

It exploded.

It's a very expressive word. The entire Chinese coastal military force was mobilized, and even many officers and men of the expeditionary force who had come ashore in Sanduao to await reorganization were ordered to get ready. The officers of the Wehrmacht Logistics Department knocked on the doors of each shipping company as planned, and the Ministry of National Defense radio issued a clear telegram asking all ships along the coast equipped with radios and receiving telegrams to assemble in Dalian, Tianjin, Qingdao, Shanghai, Sanduao, and Guangzhou.

The two large cruisers of the Anhai class of the Second Fleet rushed out of the military port and rushed north, and the Jiangnan Plant was ordered to complete the remaining renovation work of the two combined force class within a month. Anqing and other train factories were required to immediately assemble German trains for military supplies, the two regiments of the 1st Division, known as one of the aces of the Wehrmacht in the Northeast Theater, crossed the Yalu River overnight and entered Sinuiju, the 38th Brigade of the 12th Changchun Division crossed the Xingkai Lake along the Middle East Line and advanced to Vladivostok, and the 10th and 14th Divisions marched towards Boli Hailanpao. The first batch of units of the Marine Corps and the 16th Independent Brigade stationed in Sanduao, Hainan, and the Leizhou Peninsula began to board the ships, and reconnaissance planes began to reconnoiter the depths of Taiwan, Korea, and Sakhalin.

Tens of thousands of students and workers took to the streets to support the navy, and two Wulianghai-class training aircraft carriers, destroyers, and submarines formed a mixed formation and rushed out of the Wusongkou fortress.

Wine glasses were thrown away, cigars were extinguished, and the diplomats of the Far East began to collectively agitate...... (Site. Your support is my biggest motivation. )