"Zhang Zuolin!"

"When did this big bandit leader infiltrate the army? actually went to Germany to study and entered the core general staff? ”

Standing on the dock of the Ryukyu Baya Harbor, Master Li smacked his lips. But fortunately, the big bandit leader should have been brainwashed into a hot-blooded young man, but he still has to send someone to pay attention.

Beside him, Chen Ping didn't notice Li Mo's thoughts, looking at the main force of the fleet that had just returned from the dock and was receiving supplies, his heart was flying.

More than a year has passed since the change of Naha to Bahai, and after welcoming the return of the king, the local residents of the Ryukyus have burst out with unprecedented enthusiasm, not only regarding the Pacific Army as their own family, but also very cooperative in construction, and with the successive recruitment of Chinese immigrants from all over the country, Ryukyu has regained its former busyness.

Although there is still a gap between the 100,000 laborers and the expected 300,000, it is still making rapid progress to put all of them into the surroundings of Bahai! Coupled with the promotion of strong funds from the Government Council, there is now almost a day here, especially the construction of the coastal defense system and the military factory, which is related to the safety of the Ryukyus, has been given additional priority, not only the shipyard has taken the lead in starting the construction of two docks to build the urgently needed small gunboats to accumulate experience, even the naval gun factory, ammunition factory and some shipbuilding supporting factories have also been in low-speed trial production.

Navy Wharf was the first seaport to be expanded, and the blood cloud dragon claw flag fluttering high told everyone who came here that it belonged to the Pacific Army through and through, and that it would become an important base for the Pacific Fleet to connect the Far East and the Pacific Ocean.

As early as after the capture of the Ryukyus, ammunition, coal, steel, and oil and other materials insisted on by Li Mo had been agreed by the General Staff and the Government Affairs Yuan, and they were jointly listed as the top priority, not only built many large warehouses on the harbor, but also built three super-large storage bases in the depths of the island and in areas that could not be reached by artillery fire, for storing important materials.

However, even if the Honolulu Arsenal was fully producing, it still could not meet such a large reserve of ammunition and materials, so Chen Ping also went to Chile to negotiate with President Monte, Simmons and other naval officers, and they secretly contacted some South American countries and purchased a large number of shells and supplies.

These shells, torpedoes and other materials were transported to the Ryukyu Arsenal, and then filled with Honolulu's unique TNT explosives, which greatly reduced the logistical pressure on Honolulu and allowed Tang Xiao's equipment department to devote more energy to the research and development of new artillery and ammunition.

Now, all these warehouses have been opened, and torpedoes and shells have been loaded onto trolleys and transported to the docks, and in order to relieve the capacity, even more than 50 cars that have been trial-produced for training workers have been transferred to haul goods.

The fleet and staffing set by Master Li are completely based on the standards of World War II, except for the aviation detachment, which has not appeared because of a large number of aircraft, the others have basically been completed, and the Pacific Fleet has been ahead of the world for decades in this regard!

In terms of ammunition configuration, according to the idea of Master Li, the main battleship should have four types of heavy armor-piercing shells, standard armor-piercing shells (light bullets), high-explosive shells and special shells (evil white phosphorus incendiary shells).

However, due to technical problems, in fact, there are only two kinds of armor-piercing shells and high-explosive shells in Honolulu, and high-explosive shells are the signature of the Pacific Army, and the typical thin-skinned large-stuffed charges are all new-type gunpowder, and the power is much greater than that of similar shells in various countries at this moment.

However, armor-piercing shells are a big problem, because although some countries have been developing this kind of ammunition in recent years, they are still in the laboratory, and the equipment is completely blank, so the armor-piercing shells currently used by the Pacific Fleet are only to reduce the charge, modify the bullet type, and make it more slender and sharp.

In addition to the power of artillery, this is also one of the main reasons restricting the power of the current battleship, so Young Master Li has ordered Tang Xiao, and according to the impression in his memory, he provided some technical information about armor-piercing bullets and incendiary bullets, and handed it over to the Equipment Department for development, and this was also merged into the huge Jinghai plan.

But today, the proportion of four battleships and four heavy cruisers loaded with high-explosive shells is as high as 80%, which is very unreasonable, because it means that if the guess is not accurate, if the enemy's Russian fleet is blocked, the Pacific Fleet's ability to strike at sea will be drastically reduced!

As for the armor-piercing shells originally needed, they were loaded on eight freighters, which were to carry out a large-scale replenishment of ammunition at sea to the fleet after attacking the target, which is also historical.

Thinking of the supply speed of the warship with a ship-mounted crane little by little, Master Li felt uncomfortable, especially after the Jinghai plan, the navy will gradually enter the era of fuel, and there is a greater need for large and professional supply ships, no wonder later generations said that a complete and well-equipped logistics fleet is a multiplier of naval strength, and it is also from this moment that his eyes moved to large logistics supply ships.

But before that, he has to face the most real problems.

According to the fleet's firepower at the moment, if you want to defeat Vladivostok, you have to consume almost all the shells on the ship, and you can't get a more convenient way to supply at the dock, so after the fight, you have to rely on the poor little cranes on those transport ships for dangerous and difficult sea replenishment.

A 305-mm shell weighs hundreds of kilograms alone, and if you rely on a crane on a freighter to hang a battleship little by little, it will take at least one night to replenish all the ammunition!

One night!

Will the Russian fleet get the news? What do you do when you get the news? If they had learned that Vladivostok had been attacked, would they have escaped immediately? Isn't that a waste of effort?

Li Mo took a deep breath, as Chen Ping said, this is a gamble, the bet is that the Russian Far East Fleet will really come out and eat the Beiyang, and the bet is that the army can block the impact of the Russians on the Jiaodong Peninsula alone! The bet is that the Russian fleet will not run away!

As night fell, the fully equipped fleet slowly sailed out of the harbor and disappeared into the heavy sunset.

Off the coast of Incheon.

More than a dozen Russian capital ships, which had just finished shelling the port, rolled out of the harbor one after another.

Although the Yellow Sea at night was stormy, the battleship Chesma, which was more than 10,000 tons, was quite stable, Witheft stood on the bridge, holding a cup of fragrant milk tea, swept his eyes and hung far behind the fleet, and gradually disappeared into the night, the destroyer flying the flag of the Hawaiian Pacific Fleet and the neutral flag, pursed his lips disdainfully!

And he knew that further away from the destroyer, which had been hidden in the darkness, there were two protective cruisers, one with the British flag and the other with the German flag.

Wittheft's eyes narrowed, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, these people had come to watch his Far Eastern Fleet! I believe that after they bring back the power of the Far East Fleet to their respective masters, those guys who always like to be higher and more conspiratorial will definitely be shocked by the powerful Far East Fleet and dare not mess around!

Behind Witherft, several fleet staff officers were also looking at several "entourage" ships in the distance, laughing at the fact that the fleet commander actually liked to drink milk tea, and at the same time, he was also worried about this operation.

Although they lost their navy to Hawaii, they stubbornly relied on three cruisers urgently purchased from Chile to form a small fleet, patrolling between Japan and North Korea all day and night.

All the commanders of the Far Eastern Fleet, including Withoeft, were dismissive of the small fleet, but the staff officers were a little worried, although the tonnage of the three cruisers was generally only about 2,000 tons, but the speed was very fast, at least 20 knots, and although the tonnage of the Far Eastern Fleet was large, the general speed was only about 17 knots, and even if there were several protective cruisers of the same class, the speed was not as good as the one.

However, although the staff officers were worried, they did not make any suggestions, mainly because Vladivostok was too close to North Korea, and even if they wanted to carry out a sabotage attack, they should only look at the sea and sigh because of the lack of space.

At present, the biggest problem is the 50,000 troops stationed in North Korea! What are those damn dwarfs thinking about the frenzied increase in troops in Korea after the defeat of the Navy and the payment of reparations that even the Empire coveted?

As for the even more damned Hawaiian young master, after defeating the Yamaben Navy, he actually did not restrict the actions of the Yamaben Army! It is said that he once offered to help Yumoto transport troops to North Korea! Did that guy take the wrong medicine?

The staff officers quickly ended their muttering and turned their eyes to the deck, where the sailors crowded in twos and threes, waving hello to the army soldiers on the six transports in the center of the fleet.

Instead of stopping the soldiers, Witheft was more than happy to see it, and the soldiers were relaxed, which meant that his future was brighter!

Governor of the Far East, Duke of the Empire! This was Alekseev's dream, and he hoped to become a grand duke admired by everyone in the empire by relying on Korea and the northeast of the Qing Dynasty.

And he, too, will embark on the road of becoming the marshal of the Imperial Navy from now on because of these two place names! Whitheft imagined that when he was crowned Marshal of the Imperial Navy, the second-class battleship Kremlin, which was piloting in the distance, sent a flag signal that the fleet had been assembled.

Witherft's lips bent upwards sharply, he took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, there were still ten hours, and tomorrow morning would be the first step on his path to marshal!

"Everyone, go and rest, and when we wake up tomorrow morning, the whole world will remember us!" Witherft glanced at the staff officers who had nothing to do, muttered for a long time, and laughed.

The adjutant generals around him also laughed, and in their unbridled laughter, the destroyer of the Pacific Fleet, which had just left, appeared in the distance like a ghost.

At the top of the mast, a little bean-sized light shines brightly in the night.

(To be continued)