——On the dark sea, a bright color suddenly jumped out of the horizon, like a star falling from the sky, blending into the dark background.

Le Fei (provided by the book friend "諵亰dě飛緫") stood in the bridge of the Honolulu, with a serious expression, cold eyes, and a body more like a javelin that would never bend.

Because on that face, it seems that there are always four big characters written on it, don't get close to the living!

Among the many captains of the Pacific Fleet, this guy is an absolute outlier! Quiet and conscientious, almost paranoid. Of course, this is not the reason why he is causing headaches for the entire staff.

As a young Chinese born in France, after hearing about the rise of a Chinese regime in Hawaii and recruiting naval personnel from all over the world, he kicked the first mate on the French freighter where he worked, and came here without hesitation, and with excellent results, he entered the first batch of dispatch students to study at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich, England two months later.

The rise is jaw-dropping, but the fall is equally laughable.

This guy is very talented, and even when he was studying abroad, he was taken by the British Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet, but this bastard went to the Mediterranean Fleet for less than three months of internship, and just because his commander scolded the Far Eastern monkeys, he beat people up!

The most laughable thing is that the rear admiral of the Mediterranean Fleet scolded was actually himself!

But when this guy returned to Honolulu, he faced the simultaneous investigation of the staff and the fleet command, but he was ashamed and guiltless. "It's not okay to scold myself, it's a descendant of the pre-Qin Dynasty, and if you want to scold, you can only be scolded by the Chinese!"

Headache!

In the face of such a tricky guy, in the end, Chen Ping had to find a way for Young Master Li, and in the end, Li Mo made a decision and let him skip the rank and serve as the captain of the Honolulu test ship.

Although the Honolulu is only a test ship and has not been included in the combat sequence, it is the captain after all!

But the problem doesn't seem to be over yet, this guy is leading a test ship, but he treats it as a battleship, taking advantage of the opportunity to go to sea for a long time to conduct tests, and conducts simulated exercises at two ends in three days, and the amount of training is so large that the sailors who are only reserves complain about it.

The most serious thing is that this guy completely ignored a large number of new experimental equipment on the ship, and in the long load test of the steam turbine a few months ago, regardless of the reminder of the engineers, he was stunned that in the long-distance test from Honolulu to Johnston Island, the two main engines were completely blown out, but fortunately, the no wires on the ship were not broken, and finally Long Guozhang had to send two tugboats to bring the ship back!

The captain put down the phone, and when he thought of his captain's ability to toss, he couldn't help but feel numb, and he didn't know whether he should report the situation, but he knew that since the young master boarded the ship from Guam, the captain immediately issued a series of wartime orders, such as increasing lookout posts, controlling lights, and the gun crew being on duty 24 hours a day, etc.

"Report, engine room report, one of the turbines is overheating and needs to be stopped immediately for inspection." The navigator hesitated for a moment, but decided to report back.

Le Fei's eyebrows raised slightly, turned his head to stare into the navigator's eyes, and asked, "Didn't they all be overhauled before departure?" Seeing Lefei's eyes, the navigator shuddered: "The engineer said that it may be related to the speed of the voyage." ”

"It's too fast!"

"If we're chasing the enemy, or if we're in a war zone, will he slow me down too!" Le Fei sneered and looked at his watch.

The navigator also frowned, if the two steam turbines were at full speed, the Honolulu could reach a speed of twenty-two knots, but if one was reduced, the speed would be reduced to fifteen knots, this gap was very large, and the young master's order was to rush back to Honolulu as soon as possible.

"Slow down, tell the ship's engineer that there are still five hours until dawn, and I don't care what method he uses, he must fix it before dawn." After thinking about it carefully, Le Fei gave the order to slow down.

The navigator let out a long breath and immediately picked up the telephone.

Turning his head and looking at the bright starry sky, Le Fei took a hard breath, what happened? Can the young master end his trip to the South Seas early? Could it be that the Russians sent a fleet larger than expected?! ——

The whistling sea breeze poured into the rest cabin along the thin slit of the window rim, even though the entire flight was in the tropics, it still made Li Mo feel a little chilly, and immediately closed the porthole. The heavy curtain was lowered again.

Since Le Fei had already issued an order to control the lights, even he should not violate it, so he specially ordered someone to add a thick curtain to the porthole to minimize the leakage of light.

The sound of ticking telegrams came from outside several cabins, Duan Fei and several communication officers were already busy, even Du Dazhuang was pulled up as a temporary strong man, one after another radio waves were sent out from the communication cabin, and flew everywhere with all kinds of commands, if it weren't for the Honolulu to deliberately expand the communication cabin for the purpose of experimental radio, install special generators and prepare six long-wave radios, even if Young Master Li was in a hurry, he would not be able to process so much information.

But the shortcomings of the long-wave radio station with a small amount of information are still obvious, and a slightly longer telegram often takes several hours, so this time I must continue to put some pressure on the monster of Tesla, and take out the short- and medium-wave radio as soon as possible.

Young Master Li leaned on the pillow with his head in his hands, although he had done everything he could, but the two things of technology and manufacturing were not in a hurry, Honolulu was now at a critical point, as long as he waited a few more years, he would definitely usher in a big explosion!

But the question is, can you wait until that time?

Damn Nicholas II, who has just ascended the throne, how good is it to train his wife and lover at home? I like to send troops to the Far East to cause chaos for the young master, and he is also an elite Cossack cavalry.

Doesn't the book say that Nicholas II's generals are not stupid in the face of me? How did you get to the young master's side, and you actually got the hang of it? Quietly concealed from everyone, transferred 5,000 Cossack cavalry, and doubled the number of garrisons, does this seem like a fool's doing?

"Knock knock."

"Come in."

When Young Master Li was lying on the bed and thinking nonsense, the knock on the hatch made him sit up suddenly, and Duan Fei walked into the cabin dressed in black and handed over the telegram he had just received.

"Young master, after a rough calculation by the General Staff Headquarters based on the schematic diagram sent back by Dong Dahai, if the newly built barracks in Vladivostok and the Twin Cities are all full, the number of people will basically be between four and fifty thousand, plus the navy and logistics personnel, the total strength of the Russians may reach sixty thousand!"

"Sixty thousand!"

The corners of Master Li's mouth twitched twice. Grandma, what the hell is Nicholas II going to do? It's really hard! It's said that this guy of the Russian War is an expeditionary fleet and an army, but it's just this number!

Is the young master too ruthless? Or was this guy Nicholas II recently cuckolded? Why play so big!

Before Young Master Li could recover from Russia's huge troop transfer plan, Duan Fei handed over a piece of information again: "Young Master, Russia has officially renamed their Far East Fleet to the Pacific Fleet, which is the information we have just sorted out, including the list and information of the warships that were originally stationed in Vladivostok for the Russian reinforcement warship this time. ”

After taking the information and scanning it twice, Young Master Li's head really began to hurt.

Nasty Nicholas II, can't you sleep a few more women at home in peace? You have to come here to make trouble for the young master, isn't this forcing me to attack you!

Holding the relevant information, Young Master Li was angry and did a! The young master named the Pacific Fleet, and you also called the Pacific Fleet! Since Peter the Great, he has loved to learn from others! It's good to be a little creative, why follow behind someone else's ass who always likes it? And the young master just cleaned up himself, you increased your strength and urgently dispatched four additional armored cruisers, didn't you deliberately let me deal with you!

Muttering is muttering, and when he is angry, he gestures to his middle finger, but the information in front of him really makes Young Master Li dizzy.

Battleships of the 1st rank: Peter the Great, Netron? Menya; Armoured cruisers of the 1st class: the armored cruiser USS Kremlin, the armored cruiser USS Duke of Edinburgh, the USS Dmitry Donskoy, the Imperial Guard; Protective cruisers: Cossacks, Dragich, Robbers, Mangs; Coastal defense ships: Admiral Apraksin In addition, there are 12 destroyers, gunboats, and torpedo boats, bringing the total number to 22, although most of them are warships that have been in service for more than 10 years, but Lao Maozi's warships have rough skin and thick flesh, which are far from being comparable to those thin-skinned and big-skinned stuffing.

Is Nicholas II going to have a party here? Why are you doing so many warships!

"Fortunately, I added two more Polar Star battleships, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to suppress this polar bear!" Young Master Li stuck out his tongue, secretly glad and at the same time had a trace of worry, although he was old, but with such a huge fleet by his side, it was not a solution, why not strike first?

Shaking his head, starting a war with Russia is not a joke, last year people claimed to be the third navy in the world, with a vast territory and a million army forces, it is really not something that Young Master Li can provoke at this moment.

But the problem is, if you don't mess with him, he comes to mess with himself!

"What the Russians want is the entire Far East, so Britain wants to contain Russia, Germany supports Russia to contain Britain, France supports Russia to contain Germany, Britain supports France to contain Germany, Germany also wants to pay attention to the Far East, and is afraid that Russia will expand too fast, even the Americans have recently wanted to meddle in the Far East, except for Italy and Austria-Hungary, almost everyone who can come has come, no wonder the Far East is in a mess!

it! Wait for the young master to get out of the aircraft carrier and sink all of you!

Young Master Li angrily shook off the information, it's really messy, but you have to come up with a way! I have a headache, I want to crack, and I don't even have a massage maid by my side, it's so annoying!

Seeing Li Mo's sad face, Duan Fei was also worried, Russia concentrated such a large number of troops to the Far East this time, it must have seen that the capital was weakened and came to reap the benefits, originally everyone thought that their main target was North Korea, but now it seems that this is not the case at all.

Although geographically, no matter how much Russia tosses, it will not be able to threaten the acre of Honolulu, but if they are allowed to gain a foothold in the Far East, the threat will be great!

The biggest problem is that the young master is also paying attention to Liaodong, where to invest and expand the seaport openly and secretly over the years, just for the huge resources of the Northeast, if the Russians intervene at this moment, it will not be a waste of previous achievements.

On the fleet side, it is good to say that no matter how you calculate, your side can still suppress the Russians, but the army is currently the biggest constraint that restricts Li Mo to stop the Russians' ambitions, although the conscription has never stopped, but so far, the total number of land forces in the Pacific Army has not exceeded 40,000, and it also needs to defend Honolulu and the Ryukyus, and the troops that can be dispatched are only 20,000 at most.

It's hard!

Or take advantage of the fact that the Russians are not firmly on the ground and take the lead in striking at them?

In Li Mo's mind, this idea flashed through his mind, but he quickly vetoed it, an advance strike is a way, but the problem is that whether it is Vladivostok or the Twin Cities, it is too far away for the Pacific Army, which currently does not have any bases in the Far Eastern Continent.

Thinking of this, Li Mo took a deep breath.

"Duan Fei, how long do you think the Russians will need to prepare?"

Duan Fei thought for a while and said: "Now that the mountains are covered by heavy snow in the north, it is even more difficult to move in the Siberian region, and the Siberian railway planned by the Russians is also delayed again and again, so according to my estimate, no matter how hard the Russians try, they will not be able to send troops to station until May, and with training and preparation, it will be at least July before the actual operation can be launched." ”

"July." Li Mo took a breath: "In other words, we still have five months to prepare?" ”

"Yes."

Duan Fei nodded and said again: "But there is one thing to pay attention to, there is news from the United States, the construction of the four warships ordered by Yuben in the United States is very fast, if it goes well, it is expected to return to Yuben early next year!" ”

"So fast!"

Li Mo was taken aback, he didn't expect the Yankees to work so hard, so calculated, when the Russians finished increasing their troops and went south, he would only have six months to work at most, otherwise he would very likely face the pressure of fighting on two fronts!

Beat! It must be over in six months, and it must be completely painful, at least so that Russia will not be able to move for a few years! If you don't fight, it means that you must watch the Russians enter the Northeast Great Plain! The investment that was there in the early stage will all be turned into melting snow!

What's more, there is still a Nanyang waiting to clean up at the moment!

Your sister! It's all huddled together!

"Young master, Lushun and North Korea urgent." Just when Li Mo was unable to make a choice, Du Dazhuang rushed into the cabin and brought two pieces of news at the same time: "This morning, Empress Myeongseong of Korea met with the Russian ambassador in private, and agreed to lease Wonsan Port as a treaty port in exchange for Russia sending troops to contain it. ”

"In addition, two Russian [***] ships wintering in Lushun also set sail today, and their destination is Incheon Port!"

It's a big deal! ……

(To be continued)