On the morning of 5 June, a "clear wind" of the 4th Air Bombardment Group spotted the No. 202 boat of the 2nd Floating Assault Group on the coast of Ternny, 400 kilometers east-northeast of Vladivostok.

At about the same time, the Navy's search force rescued six crew members of Boat 209 near the Soya Strait, when they were sitting in a collective lifeboat floating with the waves, and their "Ziyun" boat had crashed into the sea three days earlier, and the crew had to abandon the boat because the keel of the airship was broken, and the shell and airbag were torn.

At noon on the same day, Boat 207 made a forced landing in Korsakov, south of Sakhalin, because it was on the verge of running out of fuel, and returned to Artem Base the next day under the guidance of naval aircraft.

On June 6, the Navy's search team discovered part of the airbag of Boat 209 floating on the surface, and the crew of the boat was confirmed as "missing" by Artyom's search headquarters on June 10.

On June 10, the wreckage of boat No. 208 and the bodies of four crew members were found in the 1,855-metre-high Yunwu Mountains in the southern section of the Sikhote Mountains, about 170 kilometers from Vladivostok, and the bodies of the other two crew members were not discovered by chance until 1910 by hunters searching for the mountains.

On 11 June, the "Weigang Storm Incident Search Headquarters" was cancelled and the search operation was concluded, and it was confirmed that three "Ziyun" airships had been damaged, four crew members were killed, and eight were missing.

During this period, the "Vladivostok Aviation Front" continued to carry out strikes against the port of Vladivostok.

On 4 June, the Air Front flew more than 200 sorties, 80 of which were carrying small bombs specifically to attack the remnants of the enemy's ships, sank three enemy destroyers, blew up two tugboats and two icebreakers, and forced the remaining one destroyer to run aground. The Russian First Pacific Fleet was thus completely destroyed.

From 6 to 10 June, the Air Front flew more than 1,200 sorties to concentrate on attacking targets such as the city of Vladivostok, coastal defense artillery positions, fortress barracks, and batteries, dropping 150 tons of bombs.

On 11 June, the base camp ordered the termination of the "swarm" operation, the Vladivostok Aviation Front was disbanded, and its subordinate units returned to the various aviation floating clusters. The curtain came down on the 12-day "Swarm Bee" operation, during which the Vladivostok Air Front lost a total of 58 aircraft and 5 airships (including non-combat accident losses), and 131 flight crew members were killed or missing.

While reports about the "Swarm Bee Operation," the "Weigang Wind Attack Incident," and the "Selenga-Uda Campaign" (i.e., the Battle of the Four Rivers) were headlining the newspapers of the East Asian Alliance countries, the main force of the East Asian Combined Fleet was ordered to move south from its base camp on 3 June. On 4 June, the main force of the Combined Fleet was assembled in Jiaozhou Bay, and on the same day, the Naval Staff Bureau submitted to the base camp the new reorganization of the East Asian Combined Fleet, which was scheduled to be completed by 6 June.

The East Asian Alliance Combined Fleet Guangxing 9th Year B Formation Plan Lu Zoning Jiami 3325

Part I: Necessity

(omitted)

Part II: Command System Grouping

The Joint Fleet Command System confirms the following:

Fleet Commander: Vice Admiral Lin Taizeng (sitting in Ruixiang)

Chief of Staff: Major General Sa Zhenbing

Deputy Commander: Major General Dai Comber (sitting in Feidian)

(The rest omitted)

Part III: Fleet Formation.

It is proposed to organize the East Asian Alliance Combined Fleet into three squadrons, as follows:

First, the main team:

Subordinate:

* First Squadron: Led by the Commander of the Combined Fleet, Ruixiang, the chief flagship of the Squadron and the main team.

Jurisdiction

First detachment: first-class battleships - Ruixiang, Ruiji, Ruixian,

Second Detachment: First Class Battleships - Flying Lightning, Thunderbolt, Cloud Lightning,

* Second team: Commander Major General Ma Shengyu, the flagship of the team Hangzhou.

Jurisdiction

The first detachment: first-class patrol - Hangzhou, Blowing Clouds, Caiyun, Lingyun, Baiyun, Xiangyun

Second detachment: Japanese first-class patrol - Fuji, Iwate, Izumo, Yakumo

* Third Sentai Team: Brigadier General Liao Shengzhen Commander, Dragon Sword, the flagship of the Sentai Sen.

Jurisdiction

The first detachment: Light Patrol Team 1 - Dragon Sword, Tiger Sword, Treasure Sword, Wind Sword

The second detachment: Light Patrol Team 3 - Gu Yu, Fog Rain, Winter Rain, Song Rain

The third detachment: the 4th team of the light patrol - summer rain, heavy rain, thunderstorm, mountain rain

Fourth Detachment: Light Patrol Team 2 - Big Knife, Mo Knife, Long Knife, Sabre,

Fifth detachment: Japanese Light Patrol Team 1 - Asahi, Kasuga, Nissin, Nisshin

* Fourth Sentai Team: Commander Colonel Shu Shide, Captain Haoyue, Captain Haoyue.

Jurisdiction

Team 1: Expelling Team 2 - Hazy Moon, Cloud Moon, Liyue, Cold Moon, Zhenyue, Wine Moon, Sun Moon, and Twilight Moon

Second Detachment: Expelling 5 teams - Ning Yue, Jing Yue, Qing Yue, Ming Yue, Ting Yue, Ling Yue, Full Moon, and White Moon

The third team: Expelling the 1st team - Bai Xue, Lin Xue, Deep Snow, Twilight Snow, Mountain Snow, Yaxue, Mu Xue, and Waxue

Fourth team: Expelling 6 teams - Ice and Snow, Suxue, Melting Snow, Meixue, Xinxue, Ruixue, Qingxue, and Huaxue

* First Air Force: Commander Colonel Liang Shuming, Flying Eagle, the flagship of the team.

Jurisdiction

Hydro carriers - Flying Eagle, Skyhawk

12 carrier-based water aircraft

Attached are the statistics of the large-caliber artillery of the main force:

50-door 305 mm (12 inches)

16-door 203 mm (8 inches)

2. Reconnaissance and Alert Team: Commander Major General Liu Guanxiong, flagship Chaofeng.

*Light Patrol Team 6 - Super Wind, Squall, Sea Breeze, and Zephyr

*Light Patrol 7 Squad - Gale, Cloud Wind, Qingfeng, Fire Wind,

*Japanese Light Patrol 3rd and 4th Sentai - Takasago, Chitose, Otowaba, Tone, Kasaki, Aso, Soya, Tsugaru

*North Korean Light Patrol Team 1 & 2 - Ganghwa, Gunsan, Jeju, Busan, Incheon, Jinhae, Ulsan, Wonsan

* Expelling 3 Sentai - Lake Moon, Gui Moon, Divine Moon, and Aetsuki

* Expelling 4 Sentai - Rain and Snow, Snow and Snow, Misty Snow, Wind and Snow, Cloud Snow, Shower Snow, Pear Snow

3. Support team: Commander Major General Yan Fu, flagship Long Wei.

* Second-class battleships - Longwei, Fengxiang, Dingyuan, Zhenyuan

* Third-class battleship (actually a second-class cruiser) - Jiandong

* Second-class patrol - Jianbei, Jiannan, Xinyuan, Hengyuan

*Light Patrol Team 8 - Chasing the Wind, Hurricane

* Second Air Force: Commander Colonel Tan Yalin, based in Guangzhou.

Equipped with 100 non-carrier-based aircraft and 12 airships.

* A total of 36 destroyers and small destroyers, omitted

* A total of 118 torpedo boats, omitted

Above, the Navy General Staff reported to the base camp, June 4, Guangxing 9.

After Admiral Liu Buyun, commander-in-chief of the Navy and chief of staff of the Navy General Staff, gave a brief account of the entire plan at the base camp, Senior General Yang Zhengjin, who actually presided over the base camp meeting, asked in a leisurely voice: "Has the planned operational sea area been decided?" ”

Looking at the too young Minister of National Defense, whose qualifications were much weaker than his own but incredibly pressed on his head, Liu Buyun sighed slightly in his heart, and still maintained a perfect and rigorous image and reported: "Yes, the General Staff Bureau believes that it is necessary to adopt the Ding plan, that is, to carry out operations near the exit of the Strait of Malacca, so that the enemy fleet cannot break through to the South China Sea, and cut off all kinds of combat plans that the enemy fleet may implement. ”

"Taken into account the reaction of the British? The Strait of Malacca is the territory of the British, and although Britain is now our nominal ally, it would be a great humiliation and provocation to go to war on the territory of others......"

Foreign Minister Zeng Jize interjected.

"We will try to consider a war on the high seas, and it has been decided to invite British military observers to go to sea to watch the war on our warships at an appropriate time, and other matters are no longer within the purview of the Navy."

Liu Buyun responded as politely as possible, and for Zeng Jize, who was the son of Zeng Guofan, a famous minister of Tongguang Zhongxing and a famous diplomat during the Guangxu Guangxing period, Liu Buyun still respected Zeng Jize from the bottom of his heart.

"It is necessary to take secrecy measures against the British military observers, and besides, there is no need to notify the British side in advance, and even if the British side is aware of the action, it is necessary to deal with it with deception and prevarication. Since the task force incident, Prime Minister Zhang Zhigao has become more and more imposing as a big man, and even his tone of speech is quite Liu Yun's style.

"With the support of the government, the navy should go all out." Liu Buyun responded cautiously, and he has always taken a cautious attitude towards politics and politicians.

"Next, report on the Navy's operational plan for dealing with the Russian Second Pacific Fleet."

"In the first stage, starting from 5 June, a reconnaissance and alert team will go out to the Indian Ocean and launch a reconnaissance and alert network between the Andaman Sea and the Strait of Malacca. Before June 10, the main force that had completed the formation prepared for battle in Jiaozhou Bay and carried out a high-intensity live-fire exercise at sea. ”

"In the second stage, starting from June 10, the main force of the Combined Fleet set sail from Jiaozhou Bay, and in order to avoid people's eyes, it first went east out of the Osumi Strait, bypassed Ryukyu and Taiwan from the outer circle, entered the South China Sea from the east of the Bass Strait, and entered the ambush position between Singapore Island and the Natuna Islands before June 15."

"In the third stage, as soon as the Russian ships leave the Strait of Malacca, the main force will immediately go to a decisive battle with the enemy. If the main force is defeated or in a defeated situation, the remnants of the combined fleet should do their best to withdraw to Jiaozhou Bay for reorganization under the cover of the reconnaissance and alert team, and after reintegrating its forces, the combined fleet should temporarily rely on coastal forts to block the enemy's northward attack, so as to wait for the overall strength of the combined fleet to recover. If the main force is victorious or in a victorious situation, the support team maneuvering in the central part of the South China Sea and the reconnaissance and alert team following the enemy fleet should immediately enter the combat area and clear the remnants of the enemy fleet. ”

"In the fourth stage, after the victory of the operation, the reconnaissance and alert team will monitor the French Far East Fleet, the British Singapore fleet, the rear team of the support team will monitor the British Hong Kong fleet, and the main force will return to Jiaozhou Bay for rest and recuper......ation under the cover of the front team of the support team."

"Where is the 2nd Pacific Fleet now?" Emperor Guangxing asked suddenly.

"Back to the emperor, the enemy's Second Pacific Fleet set sail from Madagascar Bay Island on May 23, and according to the report of the British Navy on June 2, traces of the Russian fleet were found between the Chagos Islands and the Maldives, that is, ten days later, the Russian fleet will enter the Strait of Malacca."

"So, is the Navy confident in defeating the enemy?"

"Please rest assured, the enemy army is on an expedition, and our army is strong, if we can't win, the way of heaven will not be constant!"