The main force of the Imperial Chinese Navy was concentrated in Sagami Bay, just across the Uraga waterway from Tokyo, which made the Japanese government feel like a great enemy. Emperor Meiji ordered that the Japanese navy must resist the attack of the Chinese navy and ensure the safety of Tokyo.

Japan's Minister of the Navy, Minoru Saito, and Minister of Naval Command, Heihachiro Togo, assured Emperor Meiji that the Chinese Navy would never be allowed to enter Tokyo Bay. It's just that it's hard to say whether their promises will be fulfilled or not. After all, the Japanese Navy has already been crippled. They are guarding Tokyo, but they are nothing more than a passive defense. In the face of the main force of the Chinese Navy, the Japanese Navy is really powerless.

In the war room of the Japanese Admiralty Building, the father of the Japanese Navy, Gonbei Yamamoto, the Minister of Military Orders, Heihachiro Togo, and the Minister of the Navy, Minoru Saito, all gathered here. In the middle of the war room is the topographical sand table of Tokyo Bay. The most elite staff officers of the Japanese Navy are gathered here at this moment.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have limited power in our hands right now, can we hold the Uraga waterway? It is up to everyone to keep the Shina Navy out of Tokyo Bay. Gonbei Yamamoto said.

"My lord, we have only 12 destroyers and 34 torpedo boats in Tokyo Bay. These warships, although not capable of a large-scale decisive battle with the enemy. However, if the enemy enters the narrow Uraga waterway or Tokyo Bay, we launch a surprise attack, and there is a good chance that the Shina people will be severely damaged. "It was a young officer who spoke. He was none other than the commander of the Combined Fleet, Admiral Goro Ijiin, one of the elite of the Japanese Navy who had sent away before the fall of the Combined Fleet. Now, he has been promoted to lieutenant and served as a staff officer of the Admiralty.

"12 destroyers, 34 torpedo boats, this is not a weak combat force. However, the prerequisite was that the Shina Navy could enter the Uraga waterway. We are in Uraga Suido. A number of mines have also been deployed. The people of China are not familiar with the hydrology there, and once they enter it, it is our chance. Heihachiro Togo said.

"In addition, the coastal fortifications we have built on the Miura Peninsula and the Boso Peninsula can also play a role. Although, these shore defense guns are relatively old. However, the Uraga waterway is already narrow. Enough for these shore defense guns to cover. ”

The width of the Uraga waterway is less than ten kilometers, and at its narrowest, it is only five or six kilometers. Even the old shore defense guns are enough to cover the entire waterway. Of course, whether these old shore defense guns can penetrate the armor of the latest battleships of the Chinese Navy is another matter.

At a time when the Japanese Navy intends to exhaust its last strength to defend itself against the attack of the Chinese Navy. The Chinese Navy is also preparing to break into Tokyo Bay and bombard Tokyo.

On the battleship 'Longteng', the flagship of the Imperial Navy. The high-ranking generals of the Imperial Navy gathered here. This shelling of Tokyo is about whether Japan will give in in a short time. Therefore, the responsibility borne by the Imperial Navy is also very heavy.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the current situation, I don't need to say that everyone is clear. Although we have won this war, little Japan is still stalling for time and refuses to accept our terms. If. The fact that we were able to carry out an artillery bombardment on Tokyo would undoubtedly be able to further demoralize little Japan. When the time comes. They have no other way but to accept our terms in their entirety. Therefore, this time, we must succeed in this plan. Admiral Sa Zhenbing said.

All the generals nodded heavily. Everyone knows that the Imperial Navy has been able to get to this point. It's not easy. This battle is about the future of the Imperial Navy. Wu Haoxuan, the crown prince of the empire, has already made it clear that if he can pressure the Japanese, he will give in as soon as possible. A considerable part of the war reparations received from Japan would be used to finance the construction of the Imperial Army and Navy. That is, if the Imperial Navy wants to build more warships. You'll have to figure out how to get it from the Japanese.

The war reparations proposed by the empire this time were 300 million pounds. If the Japanese accepted this condition, even if 10 percent of it was used to build warships, it would be 30 million pounds. The Imperial Navy's 'Dragon-class' battleships cost only more than two million pounds, and thirty million pounds is enough to build more than ten ships. Therefore, for the future of the Imperial Navy, these generals are also working hard.

"The question before us now is how to safely cross the Uraga Waterway and enter Tokyo Bay. According to the information we have received, the Japanese Navy has assembled a number of destroyers and torpedo boats in Tokyo Bay. On the wide seas, these destroyers and torpedo boats were naturally unable to threaten the warships of the Imperial Navy. However, in a narrow harbor, it's a different story entirely. The 450-mm torpedoes used by the Japanese Navy will also pose a serious threat to our capital ships. As for light warships, they pose a deadly threat. Admiral Cheng Biguang said. If the Japanese Navy had sent these destroyers and torpedo boats to attack the Imperial Navy on the sea, it would undoubtedly be looking for death. However, if the Imperial Navy entered the Uraga Waterway and Tokyo Bay, it would undoubtedly be in danger.

"We have to find a way to get rid of these destroyers and torpedo boats of the Japanese first. As long as these destroyers and torpedo boats are solved, the remaining shore defense guns and mines, it will be much easier to solve. Rear Admiral Zheng Rucheng, commander of the light cruiser formation, said.

Although, the Japanese Navy deployed mines in the Uraga waterway. However, the map of the distribution of mines has already been obtained by the military intelligence of the Reich. The Imperial Navy could have passed through these minefields through safe shipping lanes. As for the coastal fortifications on the Miura Peninsula and the Boso Peninsula, it would be easier to deal with. Most of these Japanese coastal defense guns are old shore defense guns, and they cannot compete with the cutting-edge naval guns of the Imperial Navy at all. Even if these shore defense guns could not be destroyed, the Imperial Navy could rely on its speed advantage to quickly cross the Uraga waterway. The entire Uraga waterway is only more than ten kilometers long. If the Imperial Navy were to cross the Uraga waterway at a speed of twenty knots, it would take less than twenty minutes.

"Commander, or our destroyers will go straight into Tokyo Bay and fight the Japanese destroyers and torpedo boats. With the combat power of our 6 'B-class' destroyers and 6 'A-class' destroyers, it is enough to destroy those destroyers and torpedo boats of the Japanese. Rear Admiral Li He, commander of the destroyer formation, said.

Admiral Sa Zhen pondered for a moment, then finally shook his head.

"Although, our destroyers are much more powerful than the destroyers of the Japanese. However, if you enter Tokyo Bay, the outcome is uncertain. The Japanese also deployed a number of shore defense guns in Tokyo Bay. Their destroyers could well hide within range of the shore defense guns and fight us. In that case, we will suffer more. In addition, the Japanese can avoid fighting without fighting. Our destroyers, the firepower is too weak, they simply cannot threaten Tokyo. Admiral Sa Zhenbing said.

"Since we can't enter Tokyo Bay to fight, we have to find a way to get the Japanese destroyers and torpedo boats out. But what does it take to get them out? The Japanese are not stupid, and they do not know that once they leave the Uraga Suido and Tokyo Bay, they will be dead. Admiral Cheng Biguang said.

The crowd began to ponder how to free the remaining destroyers and torpedo boats of the Japanese Navy.

"The Japanese destroyers and torpedo boats would not come out, so we would force them to come out. Now the Japanese destroyers and torpedo boats are cowering in Tokyo Bay. If Tokyo is attacked, will they stay? When the time comes, they will definitely rush out and fight with us. We can just block the Uraga waterways and get rid of them all. Major General Li He said.

"Oh? What is the detailed plan? "Admiral Sa Zhen Bing and others are all interested.

"Commander, the distance from Kamakura in Sagami Bay to Tokyo is only more than 20 kilometers. We could have deployed four capital ships in Kamakura and fired at Tokyo from here. Our 305-mm guns of fifty times the caliber have a maximum firing range of more than twenty kilometers. It's possible to get from Kamakura to Tokyo. Major General Li He said.

"However, that is the maximum range of our main guns, and the accuracy of the hit is completely unguaranteed." Major General Zheng Rucheng said.

"You don't have to worry about the accuracy of the hit. Tokyo is so big, as long as you fire shells at Tokyo, you can always blow up some buildings and kill some people. Even if it is because of the accuracy of the hit, it will not cause much damage to the Japanese. But once the shells land in Tokyo, that's a big deal! When the Japanese navy arrives, I am afraid that it will have to go to sea to fight a decisive battle with us. Admiral Cheng Biguang said with a smile. Major General Li and Major General only said one beginning, and he also thought of these.

"Yes, Deputy Commander." Major General Li He nodded repeatedly.

Other generals also thought that this plan was very feasible. If successful, it will certainly make it much easier for the Imperial Navy to enter Tokyo Bay.

"Since everyone has no opinion, let's do it according to this plan." Sa Zhen Ice Admiral was the last to clap the board.

On the afternoon of April 23, 4608 (10), the Imperial Navy launched an artillery attack on Kamakura. This city is just a small coastal town. There is no industry, and there is no defensive value. The Japanese Navy did not deploy any shore fortifications here. So much so that when the Imperial Navy launched an artillery bombardment on Kamakura, there was no resistance at all.

The Japanese also wondered why the Imperial Navy would launch an artillery attack on Kamakura. Soon it became clear to them, though.

After destroying Kamakura, the four capital ships of the Imperial Navy, with all their main guns raised high, aimed in the direction of Tokyo. With the order of Admiral Sa Zhenbing, all the main guns roared. One after another, high-explosive bombs flew towards Tokyo with a roar. (To be continued.) )