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Volume 1: The First Ming of the Phoenix Chapter 131: Sleepless Tonight

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    The night is as cool as water and the sea breeze is strong.  The battle during the day had passed for a long time, and the two battleships of the Yazhen Fleet were galloping on the sea one after the other.  The officers and soldiers had experienced a naval battle for the first time, and the excitement after the victory had gradually faded.  Except for the soldiers who stayed at their posts and drove the warships, the rest rested separately.  In the command tower of the Tengfei, Liu Zhenhua, Jiang Shuisheng and Xie Wenyuan were still bending over the map on the table, exchanging a few words from time to time.  That map was obtained by Yajuan intelligence personnel. It was a relatively detailed topographic map of the four islands of Japan. The places highlighted with red pen were the military ports along the coast of Japan.  "Zhenhua, is your appetite too big?" Jiang Shuisheng raised his head and looked at Liu Zhenhua, who was looking deep in thought.  "If you don't want to fight, that's it. If you want to fight, you have to beat them to death! Huh, if I weren't worried about the ammunition of the battleships, I really want the little devils to have no gunboats to use. Then let's see what else they can use to show off their power.  !" Liu Zhenhua answered casually, but his eyes did not leave the map on the table.  "It's so cruel! But, I like it, haha By the way, while you were chatting with the Beiyang Navy officers, there was already a call from Yunfeng, and their mission has been successfully completed." Xie Wenyuan interrupted with a smile.  "Go, you are not a charming and beautiful woman. Master, I don't like that. Captain Yunfeng did a good job! He probably did more than a certain naval battle captain." Liu Zhenhua glared at Xie Wenyuan angrily, and then  He pointed his finger at Jiang Shuisheng.  "Stop talking nonsense, let's make a plan for this attack first. We will enter the offshore waters of Japan tomorrow night. With the size of Tengfei and Tengyun, it is not easy to hide their whereabouts.  It's something." Jiang Shuisheng stopped the two guys who were going off topic and got back to the topic.  "Hide? Why hide? Besides, can we hide our whereabouts? It's not like you haven't seen the display on the radar screen. Whether it was the naval battle scene during the day or now, there are countless countries behind our gunboat.  The observation ship is hanging. Zhenhua has never ordered these tails to be thrown off, so we just don¡¯t want to hide them. This time we will openly bombard the Japanese!" From the appearance, he is thin and has a vice.  Xie Wenyuan, who wears black-rimmed glasses, looks like a gentle and gentle teacher, but everyone who knows him knows that this guy is usually not showy, but the violence factor in his bones is as violent as anyone else.  "Haha, Young Master Xie wants to go crazy again. Okay, as long as you can convince Zhenhua. I will do as you wish and notify Captain Lifeng immediately, and we will all go crazy with you!" Jiang Shuisheng laughed!  After joking a few words, both of them looked at Liu Zhenhua, waiting for him to make the final decision.  "Well, this time we joined the war between the Qing court and the Japanese country. We didn't intend to keep a low profile. We just wanted to show the sharp fangs of the Yazhen fleet in front of the world! It doesn't matter whether it is a secret attack or an open attack.  You just have to figure it out!" Liu Zhenhua expressed support for the two people's suggestions, but he was undecided on how to implement them.  "Okay, then I'll give you some ideas. Take a look at the layout of various military ports in Japan. The country's coast is divided into five naval districts. Each naval district has a naval garrison. Plan: First Naval District:  Yokosuka; Second Naval District: Kure Port; Third Naval District: Sasebo; Fourth Naval District: Maizuru; Fifth Naval District: Muroran. However, due to the short planning period, there are several good ports except Yokosuka and Sasebo.  In addition, construction has just begun in the other places. The focus of our battleship's attack target is Sasebo Naval Port, which is also where the Japanese joint fleet is stationed. Since Yokosuka is too far away, the attack mission can only be completed by two submarines.  Yes," After receiving Liu Zhenhua's approval, Xie Wenyuan suddenly became energetic, pointed to the map on the table, and said that he had carefully considered and completed the plan.  "Haha, since Chief of General Staff Xie has already made a careful plan, I don't have anything to do. Captain Jiang, you two can discuss the remaining details of the route and I won't waste your time discussing military and national affairs.  , Haha I¡¯m going to bed, let¡¯s go!¡± After listening to Xie Wenyuan¡¯s analysis and plan, Liu Zhenhua already agreed in his heart.  He laughed and walked out of the command tower regardless.  "This lazy guy is so lazy" Looking at Liu Zhenhua's leaving figure, Jiang Shuisheng shook his head helplessly. Although he was Liu Zhenhua's legitimate brother-in-law, there was nothing he could do against his brother-in-law.  "Come on, everyone has gone away, why are you still trying? You don't know this young master Zhenhua yet? He is the uncrowned king of our Lanfang country. Everyone knows that he hates dealing with trivial matters. He will control the overall situation.  But the rest of the specific arrangements for the attack should be handled by you and me!" Xie Wenyuan pursed his lips and despised pretentiousness.Jiang Shuisheng pulled him and lowered his head to the map on the table.  "Well, with a workaholic like you, my head won't be able to touch the pillow tonight!" After Jiang Shuisheng said a few words, he quickly got into the mood and worked together to plan the attack route.  September 17, 1894, late at night.  The news that the Japanese combined fleet was completely annihilated in the Yellow Sea naval battle and the specific information on the battle situation were quickly sent to the embassies of various countries in the capital of the Qing Dynasty by the observation ships of various countries at the scene of the naval battle.  Ministers from various countries were shocked by the powerful combat power displayed by the Yaju fleet. They urgently sent telegrams to domestic high-level officials, hoping that policymakers would pay attention to the mysterious Yaju mercenaries and re-examine and evaluate their force.  The news of the complete destruction of the Japanese combined fleet was conveyed by Sir Ogner, the British Minister to the Qing Dynasty.  The Japanese embassy was suddenly filled with gloom and misery. After its minister in the Qing Dynasty, Komura Jutaro, received the news of the defeat, he quickly telegraphed the shocking news to his country's navy.  Due to communication problems, the Japanese Navy had not received the battle report of the Yellow Sea Battle at this time. However, the delay of the combined fleet led by Ito Yuhiro has made Shiki Kayama, the then Chief of Military Command of the Japanese Navy, very anxious.  Burning, restless.  After receiving the defeat message from Komura Jutaro, the military commander Shiki Kayama was struck by lightning. He hurriedly recruited Yamamoto Gonbei, the officer in charge of the military command department, to come to discuss the matter overnight. However, Yamamoto Gonbei was helpless about the defeat.  The two top military officers of the Japanese navy looked at each other for a while, but still had no choice but to rush to the residence of the Navy Minister Saigo Jongdao and pull the Navy Minister who was born in the army out of the hot bed.  Saigo Yumichi served as Minister of War and Minister of the Navy in the Ito Hirobumi cabinet, and was one of the main decision-makers in the war of aggression against China.  After hearing that all twelve gunboats of the combined fleet had been sunk, and that no officers and soldiers, including fleet commander Ito Yuhiro, had survived, the "Baga" sounds were heard one after another, but no solution could be found for a while.  "This naval battle was a defeat, and it was such a huge defeat. We definitely couldn't hide it if we wanted to."  After Saigo vented his anger from the road, he immediately rushed to the official residence of Cabinet Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi with Kaguyama Shiki and Yamamoto Gonbei to discuss how to deal with the cross-examination from all parties and the aftermath.  Tonight in the Japanese country of Kyoto, many people are destined to spend a sleepless night.  However, the whole Japanese nation did not know that a greater disaster that was difficult to resist was quietly approaching, and the flames of war and gunpowder smoke would bloom in their home ports!
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