Lin Yuan said: "That would be great, but I need you to send a telegram to tell you that those compatriots who have been deceived by the emperor, the emperor and his bureaucracy, are the source of the suffering of the Japanese people, can you do it?" ”

Nakayama Okazaki nodded again and again and said, "Yes, there is no problem at all, but my family ......"

Lin Yuan said: "Your family has now departed from Japan and will be able to reach China in a few days, so you don't have to worry." ”

Nakayama Okazaki said: "Okay, I agree to send out a telegram, but the effect of sending a telegram is not obvious, they may not believe me, so let's hold a press conference and let reporters from all over the world see me, what do you think?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "Since that's the case, it's great, I'll arrange it." On March 1, Zhongshan Okazaki held a press conference, at which Zhongshan Okazaki denounced the Japanese emperor for his reckless use of military force and frantically developing armaments, which led to the misery of the Japanese people!

This press conference immediately set off an uproar in Japan, the emperor was furious, and called Ito Yuheng to reprimand, Ito Yuheng was angry with the emperor, so he sent his anger to Togo Heihachiro's head, sent a telegram to Togo Heihachiro and scolded him, and said to Togo Heihachiro: "The annihilation of the main force of the combined fleet is enough to disgrace our Japanese Empire, and now there is a rebellion of the captain of the submarine, Togo, if you don't want to find a way to save face for the Imperial Japanese Navy, Then you get out of the shoes of the commander of the Combined Fleet! ”

Togo Heihachiro felt that Ito Yuhyi would definitely put pressure on himself after knowing the rebellion of Nakayama Okazaki in the province, but he didn't expect the telegram to come so quickly, Togo Heihachiro looked at the telegram and was speechless for a long time, at this time, Akiyama Shinyuki came in, and when he saw Togo Heihachiro's sad face, he asked, "Togo-kun, what happened?" Are you still worried about Nakayama Okazaki's rebellion? ”

Heihachiro Togo shook his head slightly, handed the telegram to Akiyama Shinyuki, and said, "General Ito has sent us a telegram and instructed us to find a way to save face for the Imperial Japanese Navy as soon as possible!" ”

Akiyama Shinyuki said, "Our marines attacked the Shina mainland, isn't this incident enough to save face?" ”

Heihachiro Togo sighed: "In the context of the annihilation of the entire fleet of the wing, that little thing is not worth mentioning at all! ”

Akiyama Shinyuki said, "Didn't the I-7 submarine report sinking a large transport ship? Wouldn't that save face? ”

Heihachiro Togo said: "What's the use of attacking a few transport ships, what we want to fight is Lin Yuan's warship, only by sinking the warship of Lin Yuan's troops, we can be regarded as saving face." ”

Akiyama Shinyuki smiled and said, "Don't worry, Dongxiang-kun, there must be a way to attack Lin Yuan's warship!" ”

Togo Heihachiro's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "Akiyama-kun, doesn't there be a good way?" ”

Akiyama Shinyuki said: "The captain of the submarine warteam, Hoshino Yasuwa, sent me a plan to attack the warships of Lin Yuan's troops, I think this plan is good, it is completely possible to cause heavy damage to Lin Yuan's fleet!" ”

Heihachiro Togo asked, "Who said that it would inflict heavy damage on Lin Yuan's fleet?" Yasuwa Hoshino or you? ”

Akiyama Shinyuki smiled, "This is the original words of Hoshino Yasuwa!" ”

Togo Heihachiro sighed and said: "I've heard too many words like this, Anderson said that their alarm can help us inflict heavy damage on Lin Yuan's fleet, and further ahead, those who made the main artillery chariot told us that the main artillery chariot can inflict heavy damage on Lin Yuan's troops, and as a result, they were all beaten badly by Lin Yuan's troops!" ”

Akiyama Shinyuki said: "It's better to call Hoshino Yasuwa, and we will personally listen to him talk about his plans." ”

Heihachiro Togo nodded and said, "It's okay, call him." ”

This Hoshino Yasuwa was the officer who asked Togo Heihachiro to fight when the wing fleet set off from Incheon, and the "blade of the empire" in Togo Heihachiro's mouth at that time was the submarine team, and Hoshino Yasuwa was also a Western-educated person, very similar to Nakayama Okazaki, but his political views were very different from Nakayama Okazaki.

When Hoshino Yasuwa was in the West, he was accustomed to seeing the prevarication of parliament and the intrigue of politicians, so he thought: Japan's emperor system is the best, so he enthusiastically supported the emperor, and his support was different from those hot-blooded young people, who were very simple, while Hoshino Yasuwa was a person with his own beliefs, so his support for the emperor was far greater than that of those hot-blooded young people.

Hoshino Yasuwa came to the front of Togo Heihachiro, stood up and saluted, Togo Heihachiro waved his hand and said, "Don't be polite, just talk about your plan." ”

Hoshino Yasuwa nodded and said, "My plan is very simple, against Lin Yuan's fleet, we have to lure the enemy deep and conceal the ambush!" ”

Heihachiro Togo thought to himself, "Lure the enemy deeper? Covert ambush? This is on the sea, how to conceal the ambush? So Heihachiro Togo said, "Let's talk about it specifically." ”

Hoshino Yasuwa said: "Lin Yuan's warships are now escorting the transport ships, so we will go to fight their transport ships, the warships of Lin Yuan's troops will definitely find us, and then they will attack us, we will retreat at this time, Lin Yuan's troops are all powerful with missiles, although the missiles are powerful, but they can't hit us in the sea, so we can retreat all the way." ”

"On the retreat route, we arranged a number of submarines to prepare for an ambush, and as soon as the warships of Lin Yuan's troops entered the encirclement, we would attack them in groups and launch a large number of torpedoes, which would definitely sink the warships of Lin Yuan's troops!"

Heihachiro Togo smiled disdainfully and said, "Hoshino-kun, are you thinking too simply? Lin Yuan's warship must have underwater acoustic detection equipment on board, and our submarine will definitely not be able to escape their ears! They will see in the distance that there are a lot of our submarines ahead, and at that time they will still enter the ambush circle? ”

Yasuwa Hoshino said proudly, "Our submarine can make no sound. ”

Heihachiro Togo asked, "Don't make a sound?" How is this possible? If you want to swim in the water, you must make a sound, you don't think about turning off the propeller, it's impossible, if you don't move the rudder you can't use it, you can't be stable in the sea! ”

"So there's only one way you can stay still: sit and sink at the bottom of the sea! The Sea of Japan is more than 1,000 meters deep, and our submarines will not be able to dive to that depth anyway! ”

Hoshino Yasuwa said confidently, "Our submarine will not go to the bottom of the sea, so don't worry." ”

Heihachiro Togo said, "Then tell me, what are you going to do?" ”

Yasuwa Hoshino said, "We often move around the waters around Kiyotsu, and we find that the waters of Kiyotsu are more than 100 meters deep, and the phenomenon of 'liquid seabed' often occurs! This phenomenon can help us defeat Lin Yuan's warship! ”

Heihachiro Togo asked, "Liquid seabed?" What is that? ”