Off the coast of Motoyama, two cruisers flying the flag of the country quietly walked by, Yamamoto Gonbei stood on the Suma flybridge, holding a telescope with a serious face, and behind him and around him, the rest of the observers also looked nervous.

The Suma is a version of the Akitsuzu, a small cruiser built by the Akitsu Island, originally there were two such cruisers, but after the defeat of the last war, the Yokosuka shipyard was emptied by the damned Pacific Force as a reparation mortgage, and the construction plan for the second ship was completely ruined, but fortunately, the Admiralty hid the cruiser that was almost completed at that time, and completed all the work half a year later, so it was not claimed by Hawaii.

Next to him was the largest of the three cruisers urgently purchased from Chile after the war, the Izumi, the former flagship of the Chilean Navy, although the Esmeralda, had a larger displacement than the Suma, but the damn Pacific Army still did it, they bought off the Chileans, and not only destroyed most of the guns when they were delivered, but also did it on the boilers and steam engines, which were not completely repaired until not long ago, but the combat effectiveness is still not optimistic.

As for the other two cruisers delivered, they were getting old and losing their teeth, so even though the repaired Izumi had a larger displacement and more firepower, Yamamoto Gonbei still chose the Suma as the flagship.

Although the Suma was considered a newcomer to the Imperial Navy, Yamamoto Gonbei was still not optimistic about this operation, because the Russian Far East Fleet he had to face was too powerful, not to mention the battleships and large armored cruisers, and the four small cruisers among them alone were much stronger than the Suma in terms of displacement and firepower.

In the face of the army brothers who were fighting desperately in Korea, Yamamoto Gonbei weighed it again and again, but decided to come out and try his luck, especially when he heard that the Russians had begun to attack Arthur, which felt that this was a good opportunity for the Yamamoto Navy.

As long as he can sink one or two Russian ships, even if it is a transport ship, then it will be a great encouragement to the morale of the navy in formation and the Korean war situation, so he still decided to lead these two warships to the sea off Wonsan.

The calm sea made all the sailors breathe a sigh of relief, as long as they could get close to Wonsan Port, even if they fired a few cannons, it could be regarded as relieving the pressure on the army. But just as they were about to arrive at Wonsan Port, a rush of artillery suddenly made all the soldiers nervous.

Gonbei Yamamoto hurriedly raised his binoculars to look, but when he saw the two warring sides clearly, he almost fell off the flybridge, because the two cruisers that were chasing and fighting fiercely around a Russian torpedo ship in the distance actually flew the naval flag unique to the Empire!

In the lenses, I saw that the Russian torpedo ship began to accelerate frantically to the south, and just when it was about to run out of the range of the cruiser, suddenly a torpedo ship that also flew the flag of the country rushed out of the coastline, but the strange thing is that the torpedo ship that rushed out after it seemed to be violent, but after firing a few shots, it stopped chasing, but returned to the cruiser in a big circle and became vigilant.

This scene suddenly made him smell weird, and quickly looked at the leisurely cruiser again, and when he saw the appearance of the two cruisers clearly, his eyes were bloodshot, and his hair stood up.

Because these two are none other than the small cruisers of the Pacific Fleet, the Survey and the Cruise!

From the day of the defeat, Gonbei Yamamoto vowed to completely destroy the Pacific Fleet, so in the past two years, he not only led the newly recruited sailors to train hard, but also worked hard to get pictures of every warship of the Pacific Fleet, all of which were posted on the wall of Yokosuka's office, and he had to look at them twice every day.

So when he calmed down from the horror of discovering his own fleet, he immediately recognized these two cruisers, but he didn't understand, why did the damn Pacific Army hoist the flag of the Pacific Navy to attack the Russian [***] ship? Could it be that the Pacific Army is about to land in Korea, so it sent a cruiser disguised as a warship to explore the way?!

Thinking of this, Yamamoto Gonbei suddenly shuddered all over his body, although at this moment the attention of the Russians turned to the Lushun of the Chinese people, but if the Pacific Army suddenly intervened in North Korea at this time, then the army in the Korean battlefield would undoubtedly face the pressure of fighting on two fronts!

It stands to reason that if the Pacific Army wants to attack North Korea, the best way is to join forces with Russia and share benefits, but at this moment they attacked the Russian [***] ship undoubtedly offended the other party, although disguised as the imperial [***] ship, but there is no impermeable wall in the world, if the Russians know, then they have to face Russia at the same time, this is by no means a wise move, and the Pacific Army will never make such a low-level mistake.

So why on earth did they disguise themselves as cruisers of the Great Empire to attack the Russians?

Yamamoto put down his binoculars, clenched the railing with both hands, and his eyes were quietly locked on the warships on the horizon, and an idea suddenly surged from his mind, as unstoppable as the tide hitting the hull of the ship at this moment!

Yaga!

They are ready to deal with the Russian Far Eastern Fleet!

They deliberately pretended to be a warship to attack the Russian [***] ship, and maybe they were ready to shell Wonsan Port later, so that the Russian fleet would definitely return to Wonsan, if someone set up an ambush in the middle of the way?!

Thinking of this, Yamamoto Gonbei seemed to feel an electric current rush up from his spine, piercing his whole body and trembling.

Are these self-defeating Shina people crazy? That's a fleet bigger than them! ――

"Report, direction 270, two cruisers have been found!"

Xiao Tianzhi was lying on the navigation chart, holding a magnifying glass, his fingers extended outward from the waters near Yuanshan Port, and stopped in a circle at Andong Port, which is currently secretly controlled by the Pacific Army.

The news made him excited, and he quickly snatched the telescope from the staff officer's hand, and looked eastward, only to see two cruisers flying the national flag slowly approaching, and when he saw each other, his face became extremely exciting.

I just pretended to be someone else and beat away the Russian destroyer, and I was about to start shelling Wonsan Port, and the main owner over there came, isn't it Li Ghost who met Li Kui.

"Why don't you kill it?" Xiao Zhitian glanced at the two cruisers, touched his chin, compared his strength at the moment, and quickly dispelled this idea, although he was sure to defeat the other party, but he was not sure to annihilate them all, and the Russians are fat, at this moment, he can be counted as a chicken rib at most, and no one in the Pacific Fleet wants to do it for the sake of losing fat!

"Flag, the Pacific Fleet is on a mission, get out of here!" Xiao Zhitian waved his hand angrily and asked the communications officer to be in charge of contact.

The communications officer was stammered, and wanted to tell the captain that we were still wearing the national flag, but he chose to give up after moving his mouth. As for the several staff officers and adjutant in the corner next to them, they had already burst into laughter after hearing the order.

But the trainee captains and trainee staff officers who had just been transferred opened their mouths wide, and the captains were too good, saying that they still had two cruisers, whether it was firepower or tonnage, they were not weaker than the patrol formation at the moment.

The flag was waved over and over again, and the young sailors on the cruiser in the distance were all green with anger after seeing the flag, and the shameless Pacific Fleet actually pretended to be the Great Empire to fish in troubled waters here, not only shelling the Russian [***] ship, but more importantly, they also hung the flag of the Imperial Navy crookedly!

The most infuriating thing is that they are arrogant to let their genuine fleet get out! It's so deceitful!

The soldiers' faces turned green, and those young staff officers and officers were even darker and purple, I had seen arrogance, but I had never seen such arrogance, wasn't this a deliberate slap in the face? Although I don't know what the Pacific Fleet is doing here, judging from the fact that they are hoisting the imperial flag, there is definitely nothing good! No one would have thought that not long after they came out, they were about to find an opportunity to sink a few Russian transport ships, and they encountered this kind of thing!

"Let's go to war!"

Seeing that the other side had only two protective cruisers and two destroyers, the staff officers suggested going to war to teach the Pacific Fleet a lesson. But Yamamoto Gonbei shook his head, although the two fleets are not much different, but compared with the veterans of the Pacific Fleet, his subordinates are too tender, and he is not sure to eat the other party, rather than let the Pacific Fleet find an excuse to resume the war, even if it is difficult to swallow, he must endure!

And if the Pacific Army really merges with the Russian fleet, then it will also be a great blessing for the Empire, if they can wait until they fight to lose and lose, and take the opportunity to sink one or two warships of the Pacific Fleet, then!

"Turn around, get out of here!"

Thinking of this, although Yamamoto Gonbei gritted his teeth in his heart at the other party's flying flag, he still gave the order to retreat.

Seeing the two cruisers slowly leaving, Xiao Zhitian raised his middle finger a few times, turned his head and said to the intern officers: "Remember, no matter when and where, in the face of competitors, you must try your best to hit the other party, even if it is momentum, you have to overwhelm the other party, so that they will also bury a psychological shadow in the future war!" ”

"Yes."

When the trainee officers saw that the two cruisers were driven away by Xiao Zhitian in a few words, they immediately looked up with admiration and replied loudly.

The staff officer was still a little worried, seeing that the main fleet was about to arrive, if he was watching at this time and leaked his whereabouts, it would be a big trouble, so he immediately suggested: "Captain, do you want to send someone to keep an eye on some?" ”

Xiao Zhitian thought about it, agreed to the staff officer's suggestion, and immediately asked the destroyer to follow, to prevent himself from revealing the purpose of his trip, and then took the two cruisers to continue along the coastline and swaggered all the way to Yuanshan Port.

After a while, there was a rumbling cannon sound from the direction of Motoyama Port, and Gonbei Yamamoto put down his binoculars, looked at the torpedo ship that was approaching and had changed back to the Pacific Fleet flag, and walked towards the bridge with a blue face, but he didn't notice that the young officers around him were watching the arrogant torpedo ship follow closely one by one, and their faces flickered and darkened with the opponent swaying from side to side.

There was only one thought left in everyone's mind.

"Could it be that Dazuo is scared?"

(To be continued)