Chapter 543: The Tsar's Request

The Russians strengthened the Pacific Fleet because of Japan, the Russo-Japanese War had been going on for five years, and the two countries could no longer afford it. Russia is an old power, so in the eyes of the Russians, Japan is a small country, and winning the Battle of Tsushima in the game made ordinary Russians look down on the Japanese even more, so they think that Japan should have been defeated a long time ago.

Both the Russian army and navy were under great pressure, and when the population was dissatisfied with the Russian government, the tsar would convey his dissatisfaction to the commanders at the front. It's just that neither country made too many mistakes, neither side was sure of victory at sea, and the army did not achieve a decisive advantage.

The four battleships built by Tsarist Russia would upset this balance, and the four main battleships would join the Pacific Fleet, and if the allies in Cam Ranh Bay were willing to continue to help, Russia would have a great advantage at sea. On the very day that the Russian battleships were commissioned, the Tsar personally sent a telegram to the Cam Ranh Bay side, requesting the Cam Ranh Bay Fleet to assist the Russian Empire in delivering a fatal blow to Japan.

After receiving the telegram, Wu Peifu, who was in Cam Ranh Bay, immediately forwarded it to Chen Hao in Guangxi, and Chen Hao attached great importance to this matter. Now that he has not received much benefit from Russia, the Russians' shipbuilding technology has been surpassed in military technology, and it is difficult for him to be satisfied with the rewards he has offered.

Chen Hao will not go all out to help the Russians fight this time, because the Russian navy is no worse than the Japanese main fleet, and if he stands on the side of Russia, Japan will be defeated. But if he didn't help the Russians, the Japanese navy and the Russian navy would be evenly matched, and it would be difficult for the two sides to fight. Historically, in 1910, the two countries signed an agreement to jointly divide the three eastern provinces, and now neither country wants to consume it, and it will be more troublesome for them to stop fighting and jointly plot the territory of China.

Chen Hao and Yang Du made a plan after planning for a long time, no matter what, to give the Russians confidence and let their navy go to war with Japan. Therefore, Chen Hao quickly sent a telegram to the Russian side, saying that he would fully assist the Russian fleet in dealing with Japan. To this end, Cam Ranh Bay will send three dreadnoughts and six Invincible-class battlecruisers, as well as a number of smaller ships.

There are also two dreadnoughts in Cam Ranh Bay that are about to be commissioned, and the main warships have a total of these nine, all of which have been sent out to show the greatest sincerity. The Tsar was thrilled to receive the telegram from Cam Ranh Bay, saying that he would remember Cam Ranh Bay's friendship if Cam Ranh Bay had helped Russia defeat the Japanese fleet. He will try to persuade the French to lease Cam Ranh Bay to Huaxia for 99 years.

The Tsar's Promise is a quest reward, and there are not many quests that reward territory. However, the reward for this mission is chicken ribs for Chen Hao, the strength of the Cam Ranh Bay Fleet is not much weaker than the French Navy, and the French Pacific Fleet is completely inadequate. Even if the Tsar had not intervened to allow the French to extend the lease of Cam Ranh Bay, the French would not dare to provoke these fierce pirates in Cam Ranh Bay.

The cooperation between Chen Hao and Silva is getting deeper and deeper, and Silva's influence in France is gradually increasing in the game, and France has no idea of taking back Cam Ranh Bay. When the tsar made his promise, Chen Hao received a mission prompt: "Player Chen Baxian, the tsar has issued you the mission 'Defeat the Japanese Navy', and the task completion conditions: cooperate with the Russian Pacific Fleet to defeat the Japanese main fleet." Reward: The Tsar convinces France to lease Cam Ranh Bay to you for 99 years. ”

Chen Hao had no interest in completing this task. However, he chose to accept the mission anyway, so that the Russian Navy would have the courage to go to all-out war with Japan. If he does not complete the task after accepting it, Chen Hao will be punished to a certain extent, and the task punishment is mostly hostile to Russia.

Chen Hao was ready to trick the Russians, he said that he would withdraw the warships in Vladivostok and Arthur to Cam Ranh Bay for replenishment, and at the same time he would announce the end of cooperation with Russia. Only then will the main fleet of the Japanese plan to fight the Russian navy, and then the sudden entry of the Cam Ranh Bay fleet into battle can deal a fatal blow to the Japanese.

This trick was used in Cam Ranh Bay and Russia during the Battle of Tsushima, and this time the Japanese were very skeptical that they would fall for the tsar. But Chen Hao said there was already a way to stimulate the Japanese. He will announce to the public that Cam Ranh Bay will build two more super battleships and four battle cruisers, and seeing that the Cam Ranh Bay fleet is getting stronger and stronger, the Japanese will only find a way to fight a decisive battle in advance.

After the end of the power-up with the Tsar. Chen Hao announced that he would suspend cooperation with the Russians, and due to the improvement of shipbuilding technology in Cam Ranh Bay, the main warships in service in Lushun and Vladivostok would be withdrawn to the shipyard for overhaul. A total of one battleship and six battlecruisers were withdrawn this time, and the repair is expected to be completed within a year.

The news that the warships belonging to Cam Ranh Bay in the Russian naval formation began to sail south, and this news was what the Japanese wanted to see. The Russians added four new battleships. If Cam Ranh Bay supports the Russian Pacific Fleet again, they will be blockaded at sea again. Cam Ranh Bay chose to refit warships at this time, which just gave Japan a chance to breathe, whether it was adding new warships or fighting in advance, there was a buffer time.

In fact, this time Chen Hao was ready to deceive the Russians once, and he promised the tsar to pretend to repair the warship. Wait until the critical moment of the showdown between the Russian fleet and the Japanese fleet will enter the battle. But from his point of view, he did not want the victory of either the Russian Navy nor the Japanese Navy, and it was in his interests that both sides would fight to defeat both.

After Chen Hao betrayed the Russians, the tsar could not find a reason to accuse him, after all, he had already announced to the outside world that he would repair the warship and terminate the cooperation with the Russians. During the decisive battle between the Japanese Navy and the Russian Navy, the Russian fleet waited for the Cam Ranh Bay Fleet to come to support, and all they waited for was the news that the warships in Cam Ranh Bay were being "overhauled."

This strategy is completely Yang Du's plan, completely betraying the Russians once, so that Japan and Russia will lose both. According to Chen Shaokuan's calculations, the naval strength of Japan and Russia is comparable, and even if one side is better at command in a decisive battle, it can only win a crushing victory. In this regard, Chen Hao is more optimistic about Japan, and Togo Heihachiro's command ability is stronger than that of the Russian naval commander, and it is likely that Japan will win.

The Japanese were willing to fight this battle knowing that even if they win, it would only be a crushing victory, and Korea was too important to Japan. The Russians had already entered the Korean war, and the Japanese army was more elite, only to be at a stalemate because of the constant harassment of supply lines by sea. Once another naval battle broke out and the Japanese navy was victorious, the Japanese Army could drive the Russian army out of Korea and force Russia to surrender to Japan.

After the announcement of the overhaul of the Cam Ranh Bay Fleet, Japan either chose to order more warships or chose to fight a decisive battle with Russia when the Cam Ranh Bay Fleet could not participate in the war. In order to make Japan have to choose a decisive battle, Chen Hao would go to Cam Ranh Bay to announce the construction of two super dreadnoughts and four Invincible-class battle cruisers, and go to Vladivostok again a year later to join the news of the alliance with the Russian navy.

After the release of this shocking news, the Japanese will definitely discourage the idea of ordering warships, and even if they submit an order within a year, it will not be as generous as Cam Ranh Bay. If no action is taken to defeat the Russian fleet within a year, and by the time the new warships in Cam Ranh Bay are commissioned, those damned pirates in Cam Ranh Bay will be in danger of uniting with Japan with the Russian Pacific Fleet again.

There was another reason why Chen Hao personally rushed to Cam Ranh Bay to announce the news, when the design drawings of the super dreadnought were drawn, Wang Donglai made this request to him. Wang Donglai, who has been immersed in the study of warships, hopes that Chen Hao will hold a ceremony when he builds a super dreadnought, officially announcing that he is the designer of the super dreadnought.

Chen Hao understands Wang Donglai's feelings, he has been working so hard to improve the level of design, just hoping to prove himself one day. He doesn't care about Ma Chan anymore, but he has an obsession in his heart, using facts to prove that his liking to design warships is not whimsical, and he really did it in the game.

There is a big problem with Wang Donglai doing this, Ma Chan knows that his game name is Purple Eagle Donglai, if he knows that the most powerful player designer in the game is Purple Eagle Donglai, his real identity will be exposed. Super dreadnoughts will be the main warship in the next few decades, and Wang Donglai, who can draw drawings of super dreadnoughts now, will definitely be concerned by many people in reality, and even some people will have bad intentions.

Chen Hao supported Wang Donglai's plan, but he didn't want Wang Donglai to be in danger, and his own identity was only known to Wang Ying and Ban Qianqian. After listening to his reminder, Wang Donglai became hesitant, he worked hard for so many years, just hoping to prove himself one day. If he has made great achievements but remains unknown, even if he has obtained a lot of wealth that can be used inexhaustibly, he is very unwilling.

After Chen Hao decided to announce the construction of a super dreadnought, he gave Wang Donglai a suggestion and asked Wang Donglai to contact a department in the game. This department is the country's resident agency in the game, and players who are particularly outstanding in the game can ask this agency to provide protection if they are worried about the safety of reality.

Of course, players also need to pay some benefits, which Wang Donglai can completely do, he just needs to draw some design drawings and hand them in. After Chen Hao put forward his suggestion, Wang Donglai did not agree immediately, he hesitated: "Boss, my design involves many key technologies of Cam Ranh Bay, and it is not appropriate to hand it over to others, right?" ”

Chen Hao smiled and said, "You are stupid! You are only responsible for submitting the drawings, and the key technologies used on the ship are, of course, the people themselves figure it out. When I asked you, you said that you were only responsible for the design, and that some of the basic technology was a secret of Cam Ranh Bay, and there was nothing you could do about it. Even if you don't provide key technologies, the drawings you draw in the game are worth the protection of that department, and you don't have to worry about anything else. ”

In fact, Wang Donglai is not telling a lie, although he designed a super dreadnought, but part of the core technology is mastered by Xu Jianyin. After that department looked at his drawings, they would definitely list him as an important person in the game, so that he didn't have to worry about anything in reality. After Ma Chan learned that Wang Donglai was the designer of the warship, even if the news was revealed, Wang Donglai would not be in danger. (To be continued......)