Before leaving, Lin Yuan gathered the senior naval officials together and said to them: "Before attacking Petropavlovsk, I would like to talk about the geography here, this military port is located on the Kamchatka Peninsula, 1,330 nautical miles from Vladivostok, and with the economic speed of our fleet of eighteen knots, it only takes three days to reach from Vladivostok. ”

"Ocean: Although the latitude of this military port is higher than that of Vladivostok, due to the influence of the warm current of Japan, it can be navigated all year round, and our fleet can directly attack the port; On land: This military port is surrounded by mountains on the non-oceanic side, and transportation is very difficult, until our time, no roads were built here, so the Russian army mainly relied on sea transportation for supplies here. ”

"Speaking of the geographical situation, let's talk about the situation of the defenders, according to the confession of the Russian army we captured, the strength of this place is less than 3,000, and the defense mainly relies on the fleet that was eliminated by us, and most of the defenders are composed of hard labor exiled by the Russian government, so the combat effectiveness is extremely poor, and it is vulnerable, but no matter how bad the combat effectiveness is, it will still fight with us, so we must go to Vladivostok first and bring our landing force there."

At this time, a staff officer said: "If we bring the landing force there, I am afraid that we will not be able to go together, because the speed of the ships used by the landing force is too slow, and our warships will have to reduce their speed if they want to form a group with them, and the fuel consumption will definitely be very high, so why not let the landing force set off first and wait for us in the nearby waters?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "I have also taken into account the situation you said, but this area is very close to Hokkaido, Japan, and Japan also has troops here, in case the little devils see that our troop carriers are not protected by warships, we will suffer great losses if they attack." ”

The staff officer nodded, and Lin Yuan continued: "Most of the residents here are engaged in fishing, as I just said, the Japanese warm current passes through here, and in addition to bringing an ice-free port here, it also brings delicious salmon and crabs here!" The economy here is all about salmon and crabs! Everyone can enjoy these delicious foods here. ”

Everyone burst into laughter, and Lin Yuan continued: "This military port plays a very important role for us, it can be connected with our Vladivostok and Lushun in a line, echoing each other, and this military port faces the North Pacific Ocean and can provide a base for us to control North America. ”

Everyone nodded, and Lin Yuan said, "After everything that should be said, let's set off." "The fleet left Arthur, went south along the Korean Peninsula, turned north in the Tsushima Strait, entered the Sea of Japan, and gradually the sea turned from dry yellow to deep blue, and after four days, the fleet sailed through the Soya Strait between Sakhalin Island and Hokkaido, Japan, and entered the Sea of Okhotsk, which is different from the Sea of Japan, without the barrier of large islands, the sea is directly connected to the Pacific Ocean, and the fleet really entered the blue ocean.

There were no ships on the route, so naturally there was no threat from the enemy, so Lin Yuan stood on the bridge, holding on to the guardrail and looking into the distance, when he suddenly saw a few small black dots flying in the sky in the distance, Lin Yuan looked at them and thought, "What is that?" Soon the black dot became larger, and it turned out to be three seagulls, which flew straight to the railing dozens of meters away from Lin Yuan and landed on it.

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "It seems that these seagulls have not found land, they must be exhausted." At this moment, I saw the seagulls fluttering up, and then as soon as the bridge door opened, Shen Wanqing walked out of it and smiled at Lin Yuan: "What are you doing here?" ”

Lin Yuan asked rhetorically, "What about you?" What are you doing here? ”

Shen Wanqing said: "I feel bored, so I came out to take a look." ”

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Feeling bored? It looks like you're still in the first stage of sailing! ”

Shen Wanqing asked, "What is the first stage of navigation?" ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "According to my many years of sailing experience, I divide sailing into three stages: boring, boring to the extreme, boring to death, you say you are bored, isn't it in the first stage?" ”

Shen Wanqing laughed and asked, "Is it that serious?" ”

Lin Yuan nodded exaggeratedly, then pointed to the sea and said, "Did you see it?" It's all blue, and this hue won't change for the next five days, and if it's on the ocean, it's a longer time to sail, and you say it's boring or not a bummer? ”

Shen Wanqing pointed to the distance and smiled: "Why is it all blue?" What do you see then? ”

Lin Yuan looked in the direction she pointed, and saw a black line rising from the sky, like a black band, Lin Yuan's eyebrows immediately stood up, and said, "That's the smoke coming from the steamship, it seems that it is not a ship, but a fleet!" In order to avoid merchant ships, we deliberately did not choose the channel that merchant ships like to take, what is that fleet for? ”

Lin Yuan continued: "Let's go, let's go back to the command room, maybe it's the enemy's fleet!" After Lin Yuan finished speaking, he ran back to the command room, Shen Wanqing followed, Lin Yuan entered the command room and immediately said: "Observation post, turn the telescope due east, and send the optical image to the command room." ”

The observation post was equipped with a large optical telescope, and when he heard Lin Yuan's order, he immediately turned around, aiming at the direction indicated by Lin Yuan, the telescope and the camera were connected together, and the situation of the target could be directly photographed, and soon the picture appeared on the screen of Lin Yuan's command room, and the staff officers saw the appearance of those ships, and exclaimed: "What kind of ships are they?" It's a merchant ship, but it's a cannon-like thing, and it's a warship, but it's too small. ”

At this moment, another batch of pictures was sent, this time closer, and everyone could see the sun flag floating on it, and everyone exclaimed: "That's the Japanese ship!" A staff officer asked Lin Yuan: "What are the Japanese ships here for?" ”

Lin Yuan looked at the pictures and said, "Those boats seem to be here to fish." ”

Shen Wanqing asked in a low voice, "How did you know the Dao?" ”

Lin Yuan pointed to the corner of the picture and said, "This thing is very similar to a harpoon, and there is a large hanging thing here, which seems to be the corpse of some kind of fish." ”

Shen Wanqing said suddenly: "In our time, I heard that the Japanese hunted endangered whales under the guise of scientific research despite the opposition of the international community, and these fleets could not be whaling ships, right?" ”

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "It may be." As soon as Lin Yuan finished speaking, he heard a burst of cheers on the deck outside, and then heard the sound of hurried footsteps, Lin Yuan hurriedly walked to the window and looked down, only to see many sailors standing on the deck below, they were all looking into the distance, each cheering.

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "There is something in the distance, it is worth them to be so happy." Lin Yuan looked into the distance, only to see a large bubble of white flowers gradually appearing on the blue sea, as if jade chips were sprinkled on the sapphire, and then, one after another bright white water columns rose into the sky, accompanied by water columns, a clear and pleasant whistling sound came from the sea in the distance.

At this moment, I saw a wave on the sea suddenly rise, like a small mountain suddenly rising on the sea, and then the sea Lang split to both sides, and a black and white behemoth rose into the air, which turned out to be a whale more than 20 meters long.