In the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, Emperor Meiji heard Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu say that the British had sent most of the warships, including all the main warships, to the ranks of the escort fleet, and showed a hint of a smile.

Emperor Meiji asked, "How many warships did the Combined Fleet of the Great Japanese Navy send to escort us this time?" ”

Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu then replied: "Your Majesty the Emperor, this time Togo-kun led most of the main forces of the combined fleet, and also joined the escort fleet, and the remaining part remained at the Sasebo naval base, after all, the Sasebo naval fleet still has British warships stationed there. ”

Emperor Meiji nodded noncommittally to this, and then asked, "How is the war in the Eagle Gorge in the Sikhote Mountains of the Far Eastern Province by the Northern Dispatch Army of Daiyama Rock?" ”

Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi next to him said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I got the news two days ago that the Northern Dispatch Army of China has captured most of the positions of the Dingbei Army outside the mouth of the Eagle Gorge, and the minister estimates that now the Northern Dispatch Army of China should have cleared the mouth of the Eagle Gorge and started to attack the passage in the Eagle Gorge. It's just that the battle report from Dashan Yan said that the casualties of the troops were somewhat large! ”

Emperor Meiji said: "Don't be afraid of heavy casualties, we have 2.5 million army reservists in Japan, and counting this time, a total of 200,000 reserve troops were sent to the northern dispatch army of China, plus the reserve reinforcements for the troops attacking Sakhalin, and our Great Japanese Empire still has more than 2.25 million reserves. The Emperor will replenish the losses of his northern dispatch army in China. The future of the Japanese Empire is in this war, and the Northern Dispatch of the Great Mountain Rock is the key to our war. Emperor Ben awaits the dispatch of troops from the northern part of China to lay a foundation for our Great Japanese Empire for 10,000 years! ”

In the office of Lin Daxin, the governor's office of Shenyang City, Wu Peifu, who had just taken office as the chief of the general staff of the Dingbei Army, said to Lin Daxin, who was sitting behind his desk: "Headmaster, a telegram has been sent from the Eagle Gorge front in the Far East Province that after the Japanese army has captured our position outside the mouth of the Eagle Gorge, it has continued to attack the passage in the Eagle Gorge and the hills on both sides!" In addition, Ni Fan planned to have five divisions transferred from Baikal and Outer Mongolia provinces converge at the town of Olang, 150 kilometers north of the Eagle Gorge, and then set out from the town of Olang, cross the Sikhote Mountains, and then follow the east of the Sikhote Mountains. Quickly approached the Eagle Gorge, attacked the flank of the Japanese army, and formed a flank attack on the Japanese army in the Eagle Gorge. ”

Lin Daxin looked at the telegram sent by Ni Fan to the General Staff in his hand, nodded, Lin Daxin went to the future time and space, so that the Governor's Mansion accumulated a lot of official affairs here, so Lin Daxin had no choice but to bury his head in a pile of official documents, and the war in Eagle Gorge was handed over by Lin Daxin to Ni Fan to deal with it with full authority, and he contacted the General Staff if there was anything. Therefore, Ni Fan sent the telegram to the General Staff, but although Wu Peifu agreed very much with such a heavy military action, he still came to ask Lin Daxin for advice.

Lin Daxin said: "Ni Fan's plan is good. Ziyu, what do you think? ”

Wu Peifu nodded and said: "The students also think that this plan is very good, and the only thing they have to worry about is that Japan may have a sea route." Constant delivery of reinforcements to the Japanese troops landing in the Far Eastern Province, intelligence agency intelligence shows. This time, Japan sent more than 100,000 reinforcements to the Japanese troops who landed in the Far Eastern Province, which was a plan for us to flank the Japanese army. There are a lot of variables. I just don't know if the Navy can intercept this convoy of the Japanese? ”

Lin Daxin sighed and said: "The British inserted a bar, otherwise where would the Japanese dare to send hundreds of thousands of reinforcements to the Far East Province so swaggeringly, yesterday Li Kun told me that the agents sent by the Military Intelligence Bureau to Japan also sent intelligence, and this escort is also the expeditionary fleet drawn by the British from the mainland and other colonies, plus the warships drawn by the British from the Chinese Fleet in Hong Kong, the Singapore Far East Fleet and the East India Fleet, plus the warships sent by the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet, this escort fleet is very powerful!" ”

After speaking, Lin Daxin looked through the stack of papers on the desk, then took out one of them and handed it to Wu Peifu.

Wu Peifu took it and saw that it was an agent of the Military Intelligence Bureau in Japan, and the size of the escort fleet of the Japanese transport fleet sent this time, just look at the numbers written on it that made Wu Peifu feel a little frightened, the British Navy participated in the escort fleet with 20 all-steel battleships, 16 large fast armored cruisers, 6 ironclad battleships, 20 new protective cruisers, 20 new destroyers, and 50 torpedo boats.

The combined fleet of the Japanese Navy took part in the escort fleet of 16 all-steel battleships, 6 fast-protection cruisers, 18 torpedo boats.

The Japanese Combined Fleet only sent out the main force of 16 all-steel battleships, and the large fast armored cruisers and other fast protection cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats were left on the Japanese mainland.

Wu Peifu looked at this intelligence from the Military Intelligence Bureau, and said to Lin Daxin with a wry smile: "With such strength, if our Northeast Navy is tough, it will be difficult to have a chance to win, it seems that Ni Fan and their pressure will be greater!" ”

Lin Daxin suddenly smiled and said: "Ziyu, don't look at the huge scale of the British and Japanese escort fleet this time, it is almost beyond the scale of our entire Northeast Navy, but the principal I have specially prepared a big meal for the British and Japanese, hehe, it is definitely enough for them to drink a pot." ”

Wu Peifu suddenly asked excitedly: "Principal, what killer feature have you prepared?" ”

Wu Peifu knew that Lin Daxin's endless means, the combined fleet of the French Navy and the Russian Navy last time was not much worse than the escort fleet of the British and Japanese this time, but Lin Daxin didn't know where to get 8 behemoth-like airships, which directly bombed the French Navy and the Russian Navy so badly, so that the two world's top naval powers suddenly fell to the top 10. Could it be that Lin Daxin came up with something like an airship this time, but unfortunately now all the ** ships are equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft guns, otherwise the airship can be allowed to carry out another aerial bombardment of the British and Japanese escort fleets.

Lin Daxin said with a smile: "There is nothing new to kill, it's just that I have a real killer feature that has not yet been shown, this time let the British and Japanese taste it." ”

Looking at Wu Peifu's confused eyes, Lin Daxin continued: "And I have ordered the Northeast Navy assembled in the port of Vladivostok to sail to the sea near the Wild Boar River wharf, the reinforcements sent by Japan from the mainland, this time it is not so easy to land on the land of Far Eastern Province!" ”

At about 10 o'clock in the morning of October 21, in the port of Vladivostok, the Northeast Navy gathered the strongest force in recent years, and most of the warships of the six main fleets were here.

In the bridge of the all-steel battleship Shenyang, the flagship of the First Fleet of the Northeast Navy, five fleet commanders were concentrated at this time, Sun Xitao of the First Fleet, Jiang Chen of the Second Fleet, Jiang Hui of the Third Fleet, Wen Yu of the Fifth Fleet, and Huang Hong of the Sixth Fleet.

In order to prevent Luzon Province, which was hanging overseas, from being attacked, Chen Ming, commander of the Fourth Fleet, only sent the main warships of the Fourth Fleet, the all-steel battleships Yami, Yumei, and Yimei, as well as the ironclad battleships Flying Bear, Flying Tiger, Sky Bear, Sky Tiger, and Aquila, to Vladivostok, while Chen Ming himself continued to guard Luzon Province with the remaining warships of the Fourth Fleet.

Jiang Hui said in a deep voice: "This time will be the most difficult naval battle since the establishment of our Northeast Navy, according to the intelligence of the Military Intelligence Bureau, this time the British and Japanese escort fleets only have 36 all-steel battleships, as well as 16 large fast armored cruisers, 6 ironclad battleships, 26 new protective cruisers, 20 new destroyers and 68 torpedo boats, the strength is even better than ours, brothers must be mentally prepared." ”

Sun Xitao said disapprerovingly next to him: "It's really a lot, this time you can fight hard!" ”

Wen Yu frowned at this time and said: "We can send 26 all-steel battleships this time, 12 ironclad battleships with a modified displacement of more than 10,000 tons, 15 large fast armored cruisers, 48 anti-aircraft fast protection cruisers, 32 destroyers and 72 A-class torpedo boats. Our only advantage over the British and Japanese was that our fast protection cruisers far outnumbered each other, but the fast protection cruisers played a very small role in the battle of battleships against bombardment, and it seemed that they could only fight hard. ”

Huang Hong said: "No matter what, this tough battle is inevitable for our Northeast Navy, our Northeast Navy has not been defeated since its establishment, this time I believe we can still achieve the final victory, brothers, let us work together to send the British and the little devils to the bottom of the sea!" ”

Jiang Chen said: "This time, most of the main forces of our 6 fleets are here, and the principal has also sent a telegram asking Lao Jiang to command this sea battle, Lao Jiang, you can lead us to do it!" ”

Jiang Hui looked around at the four fleet commanders, and then said: "This naval battle will be very difficult, if I die in the naval battle, Sun Xitao will take over my command, and then it will be postponed to Jiang Chen, Wen Yu, and Huang Hong." ”

The other 4 people nodded solemnly, in a naval battle where the combined battleships of the two sides reached 80, anything could happen, and Jiang Hui was also prepared to do so.

At this time, Jiang Hui suddenly smiled and said: "Maybe the situation is not so bad, the Bayonet and the Sharp Knife have left Vladivostok, maybe they can surprise us!" (To be continued......)