Chapter 115 Preparation! The decisive battle in Liaodong!

Dalian Bay.

As the most important supply port for the Japanese Liaonan Strategic Force, the Japanese-Russian Combined Fleet advance base, and the port facilities in Dalian Bay were greatly expanded under the repair of the Japanese Navy Base Force and the Russian Navy Engineering Force.

Above the port, freight carriages are flowing endlessly. The Korean military industry and Chinese workers with flattering expressions are busy loading and unloading supplies under the custody of Japanese supervisors who keep Rendanhu. A large number of military supplies are unloaded from the ship and transferred to warehouses of various military stations.

Inside the bay, there were masts and huge cannons. The morning sun shone on the steel warships, and the steel beasts seemed to be heavier and majestic.

The new flagship of the Japanese United Fleet, Satsuma.

There is no teak produced in Burma on the steel deck, but American sequoia, which has low ignition and corrosion resistance.

At this moment, the sailors with their upper bodies wrapped in white cloth strips, holding rags in their hands, shouting labor horns, and lying on the ground and quickly wiping the deck. The Chief Cao held wooden sticks in his hands, and scolded them from time to time. The low-level officers patroled back and forth, giving advice to Chief Cao's discipline.

After listening to the officer's instructions respectfully, Chief Cao turned around to face the sailors, with another fierce and vicious face.

"Matsumoto, Haga Yalu, aren't you full of breakfast?"

"Massively fool Hiroshiro, raise your butt, are you a frog or a big Japanese Imperial Army?"

Inside the turret, the ammunition hand holds up the shell, and the man passes it to the gun position, loads, and closes the bolt. The gunner shakes the handle under the command of the gun officer and points to the target.

"Main turret No. 1 is ready for convenience"

"No. 3 is ready for convenience"

The artillery sergeant and other gun officers recorded the time.

Since the defeat in the Battle of Black Island on the Yellow Sea, the Japanese Navy has deeply explored the reasons for the defeat. Akiyama Matsuyuki put forward the shocking view that "the Chinese army did not rely on airship school shooting, but achieved a victory in shooting with long-range optical range measurement and unified fire control command", and has received unprecedented attention from the naval leadership.

According to Akiyama's analysis, the distance measurement baseline of the new warship of the Chinese army is far longer than the distance measurement baseline of Japan and Russia. Moreover, the main gun fires at a long distance so accurately and has always maintained excellent dispersion, which is enough to show the obvious advantages of the Chinese army in artillery academy and command. The first was a night battle and the second time under the cumulonimbus cloud regiment, which is obviously not supported by the hypothesis of airship academy.

According to traditional artillery command, each turret performs its own firing and calculations, and data cannot be shared between each turret, which leads to a low efficiency of firing and firing.

The new Chinese warship has eight unified caliber main guns. If they adopt unified calibration and multi-count settlement, they can share shell dispersion between multiple turrets and multiple main guns. Because each volley has a sufficient number of water columns to judge the dispersion, such as whether a transfire is achieved, its ballistic correction speed can be greatly improved.

From this point of view, the reason why the Chinese army built a strong pagoda-shaped bridge and installed a longer distance measurement baseline at a high place was to use the observation center at the top of the bridge to perform unified shooting and fire control, greatly improving shooting efficiency.

Akiyama's analysis immediately made the joint fleet anxious and panic. If this is true, the Chinese army's firepower delivery efficiency would be far beyond expectations, and the joint fleet would no longer have the expected absolute advantage.

Under the emergency consultations between the command of the Japanese-Russian joint fleet, the top personnel of the domestic navy were even mobilized. Finally, led by Masao Akiyama, a new fire control idea was proposed: multi-ship data sharing.

Simply put, every two or three warships of the same level form a firepower team, one of which is the firepower command ship. The warships within the team maintain a distance, the speed is consistent with navigation, and each main gun fires the same target, and the shooting commander is uniformly carried out by the artillery commander on the firepower command ship.

The settlement team on the firepower command ship will settle the shooting elements based on the dispersion of the unified scattering of the squad, combined with the azimuth difference of each ship, and then share it among the warships of the squad through a lighting signal system.

Theoretically, in this way, the firepower of every two battleships with double main turrets is equivalent to a new type of warship with eight main guns of the Chinese army, and its overall combat power is far greater than that of

Akiyama's idea immediately triggered a warm response. Naval officers from both Japan and Russia formed a special team to refine his idea, and finally formed a complete set of joint shooting command and control methods, and immediately conducted high-intensity drills.

New warships in Japan and Russia are generally equipped with British variable-range rate clocks. When using this new tactic, the shooting commander on the firepower command ship calculates the rate of distance change between the two sides based on the enemy-to-me distance measured by the rangefinder, and inputs the data to the variable-range rate clock to settle the various elements. Then, it uses a wired transmitter in the ship to each turret, and sends it to the turrets with light signals and radio stations. Each ship has one radio and artillery officer, responsible for receiving and processing fire control data. The shooting commands are expressed in simple Morse codes, such as p59 means fifty-nine chains of target distance, ts50 means fifty degrees, zlp means firing, pri means test firing, and rev means combat alarm.

The correction method is roughly the same. For example, after the test launch, the command ship requires five chains to increase the firing distance. In order to make necessary corrections, the brigade must set the initial observed value of the target distance and close rate on the variable distance rate plate, and then add five chains to the firing distance. After shooting again, the command ship will settle the elements based on the previous parameters and the test launch results, and inform the new data to the brigade ship as a reference for shooting for the entire team.

From beginning to end, all the brigades have to do is to determine the distance between the ship and the command ship based on their own rangefinder, and combine this relative position to adjust the shooting elements provided by the command ship, and then set up volley signals in the brigade contact stations of each brigade to facilitate the volleys of each brigade to receive a unified fire signal.

The effect of this set of tactics is amazing.

After this incident, Akiyama's reputation rose rapidly, and he became an absolute celebrity in the Japanese Joint Fleet, but also in the Russian Fleet, and was very popular.

During his station in Dalian, Japan and Russia repeatedly practiced and improved the "firepower team" tactics that unified and shared shooting of various elements.

After the drill, each gun team is lined up neatly on the deck, and senior officers will announce the results and give lectures. The gun teams that are lagging behind will be deducted on the day's supply and will be responsible for other gun teams. Before going to bed at night, each gun team will reflect on it and "train" the main responsible persons in special ways.

The Japanese Navy is conducting extremely cruel training at all times with its "moon, month, water, fire, wood, gold and metal" training method.

Due to the failure of the previous two naval battles, the navy conducted extremely profound reflections, and the training of our team became much more stringent. From officers to sailors, everyone felt an inexplicable irritability and panic in their hearts, and various punishments were even more expensive. The superiors were against the subordinates, and the seniors were against the juniors, and the disagreement was like punches and kicks.

Under such heavy pressure, there were countless cases of suicide and self-harm in each ship, while the upper class of the fleet adopted a secret attitude.

In order to win the final victory, the weak must be forced to become the strong, but those who cannot be transformed can only be eliminated.

The Great Japanese Navy Combined Fleet does not require any other results except victory.

Satsuma, Commander Tower.

The commander-in-chief of the Japanese Joint Fleet, Navy General Hirahachiro Togo, held his hands behind his back, and his expression was gloomy.

"... Commander-in-Chief, the situation is clear now. The Chinese Navy delays time by avoiding war and waits for the situation in the north to change. Now we have to admit that the Chinese side has already taken the initiative in the war." said Suoho Shimamura, chief of staff of the fleet. "Now we want to save the war with Russia, we can only fight at the pace of the Chinese people. The Chinese are dragging time. They are waiting for the remnants of ships that have suffered heavy damage to the Yellow Sea Battle to recover, and the commander-in-chief of the warships that have returned from the US sea trial. We can't wait any longer."

"The joint fleet is the only hope to turn the situation around. Even if you take risks, you must throw chips, otherwise the empire will have to admit defeat." Shimamura Suo breathed and continued, "The pressure on commander-in-chief, Commander-in-Charov will be very high. Now you don't make up your mind and wait for the fighter plane to be lost. Once the army's Changzhou Malu messed up the Lushunkou strategy, the joint fleet will no longer have the initiative. In any case, it's time to make up your mind."

Hirahachiro Togo was silent for a moment and said, "Chief of Staff, what you said is indeed very reasonable. However, because the Joint Fleet is already our last bargaining chip to turn the situation around, as long as the Joint Fleet is present, the Chinese will never be able to achieve a decisive victory. Once the Joint Fleet is thrown lightly and the Joint Fleet is defeated, the Empire will have to completely admit defeat in this war. At that time, Japan will have to be slaughtered."

The veteran turned to the former adviser Akiyama Makoto Navy Colonel: "Sungoro, what do you think?"

Akiyama Masao stood attentively and bowed: "Your Excellency Commander, what you and the Chief of Staff say are all the most sensible quotes. From the perspective of the following, the joint fleet has been working hard to force the Chinese army to fight on the battlefield of our preset. This decision is fine. But the Chinese people not only sat there and watched Lushun be surrounded, but also went out to sea to disrupt our army's judgment and exhausted our fleet. It can be seen that its real purpose is to delay time, wait for its damaged ship to recover, and obtain support from new ships. If time goes by, the stronger the enemy's combat power and the decline of our army's combat power, the situation may reverse."

Togo Heihachiro looked at Akiyama Masao with his eyes intently.

"Since that's the case, it's better to launch a decisive battle as soon as possible. Even if we have to bear the threat of Chinese submarines and the threat of nearshore artillery, we will be willing to do so." Akiyama Masao raised his teaching point before coming to the chart, "For now, whether it is Russia or us, it is the best way to force the Chinese fleet to fight in the Dalian Bay and North Korea's offshore to exert all our combat power. To achieve this goal, our army must attack and rescue it."

"The noble official means..."

Akiyama Masao stumbled a few times, his face a little awkward.

"Sungoro, let me tell you what I will say next." Shimamura Soo came over and patted Akiyama Matsuyuki's shoulder. "You, a student taught in the United States, have too many concerns after all. Remember, war is inconsistent."

The chief of staff of the Joint Fleet, a mine warfare expert, took the instruction stick and pointed to the north of the Jiaodong Peninsula on the map.

"The Emperor of China was young after all, and his authority was first established, and the people became fanatical because of the great victory in the north. His country spread public opinion, and the voice of the people's war filled the four fields. On the one hand, it can be relied on the country, but on the other hand, it is also his life gate." Shimamura Suo said loudly, "Here, Yantai. Since Lushunkou has not been able to capture for a long time, our joint fleet is beyond the reach of the 2033 fleet, so he simply sent a squadron to attack Yantai in China and destroy its coastal facilities. If it fails, he will ravage other offshore cities. If he is worried about the attack of Chinese submarines and lightning strike ships, he can be equipped with submarine-driven special craft troops and destroyers to protect them. Our anti-submarine troops are currently in full force to take the initiative, and it is difficult for Chinese submarines to do anything."

"The Chinese people have won a great victory. Now that the city is attacked, they will definitely complain. People in the political circles, and even those in the army, will use this to put pressure on the navy and force them to go north. Before the Chinese emperor launched the north, he transferred the commander Xu Fan to the south to occupy the military achievements of victory in the north. It can be seen that there are cracks in the upper class of his country, so we should make good use of it. At this moment, our joint fleet attacked the Jiaodong artillery and the navy will force the Chinese navy to bear the pressure of the whole country. When the steps are in chaos, our fleet will wait for work and the chances of victory will increase greatly."

Togo Heihachiro looked at the chart and remained silent.

"The commander-in-chief, the so-called "no righteous battle in the spring and autumn" determines who is right and who is wrong in the war, and it is the victory or defeat, not who is more law-abiding." Shimamura Suo said frankly, "At this point today, if the empire cannot win, it will never be restored. Since that is the case, we have nothing else to say, everything must be served for victory."

October 9th, night.

Chengde.

A full-steel train slowly stops at the platform.

The station was already martial law, and the fully armed Imperial Guards were rushing to each other in three steps, one post, five steps, one sentry. The door opened, and the Imperial Guards got out of the car in a sequel and handed over the outside guards. A group of Venus shone, wearing general woolen coats and a serious expression got out of the car and stood on the side.

Another team of guards in black, with a cold expression and a vigilant look.

A young man wearing a black guard uniform and without any military rank sign walked off the train and saluted the audience in awe. Surrounded by everyone, Zheng Yu and the military personnel who came to greet him had a brief conversation and walked out of the platform.

A long armored car, truck and dog fighting chariot were parked quietly in the outside room. When he got on an armored car, Zheng Yu took the pillow from Song Jiaoren's hand, leaned against the wall of the car, closed his eyes and rested himself.

He is in a good mood.

The key operations in the north were progressing smoothly, and the harvest was unexpected: Kropatkin was also captured alive. Kulun had been recovered, and the Russian troops heading south were defeated. Yao Wu had already taken the Qinglong group to the north and attacked the empty Bushang City and Chaktu. Later, he was handed over to the temporary cavalry unit of Zhenguo Army. The situation in Tibet, northwest and northeast are very favorable. The Russians obviously did not know that their passwords were deciphered. Now all important dispatches are under the surveillance of the Chinese army. As a result, the battle is like playing games and turning on God mode. It really means to win.

But, what's wrong with this? If you won't be able to defeat you, what can you do?

The most surprising thing was that Ma Chaoyang and Jin Xiangguo had some trouble on the Siberian Railway in the north and actually trapped the Tsar in Irkutsk. Including the Meiji Emperor in Liaodong, is this considered... the Battle of the Three Emperors in the East? If all those two could be captured alive, the situation at that time...

Thinking of this, Zheng Yu was in a great mood.

But, Xu Fan...

The battle situation in the north has been settled by half, and the key is now Liaodong.

The Sunset Plan is the core discussion between Zheng Yu and Xu Fan, and the combat plan against Japan was refined by the staff team of the base camp military team.

Due to changes in the war situation, the base camp re-divided the Northeast War Zone. The Liaodong in the south and the Yalu River-Changbai line formed a new Korean Front. Zheng Yu personally promoted the commander of the former Imperial Guards Second Army, and Deng Ning, deputy commander of the Northern Front, served as commander, with five troops and one garrison area under his jurisdiction.

The First Marine Army, commander of the Army Deng Tiehui, is under the jurisdiction of the First, Second and Third Marine Divisions, the Second Liaodong Guard Division and the First Heavy Artillery Brigade of the Marine Corps. He is currently confronting the Japanese army in Xiuyan and has entered the offensive.

The 11th Army, commander of the army Qian Yong, has the Fifth Division of the National Defense Army, the 26th Brigade and the Eighth Brigade of the Heavy Artillery, which has been repaired behind the Xiuyan defense line in the rear.

The 12th Army, stationed on the Tonghua-Changbai line, was commander Zhang Zimiao, including the 105th National Defense Division, the 23rd National Defense Division and the 7th Heavy Artillery Brigade.

The 30th Army, the First National Defense Division, the Second Division, the First Liaodong Garrison Division, and the Tenth Cavalry Brigade, have entered the offensive.

The Lushun Garrison Command has the Marine Lushun Garrison Division and the National Defense Division, and is carrying out defensive operations in Lushun.

The Fourth Army of the Royal Guard has arrived at the battle position on the Xiuyan Front one after another.

Zheng Yu went to the Liaodong front in person this time, and was actually preparing to direct the largest counterattack on the Eastern Front by himself. This time, he had mobilized all the elites who could be drawn, preparing to seize the opportunity of the Japanese army's essence gathering in Liaodong and northern North Korea and annihilate them in one fell swoop.

Before, in Mongolia's Central Gobi Battle, Zheng Yu could not get close to his personal experience. One was to consider the issue of success or failure, and he also had concerns that once the front line was in trouble, the central government would have problems. Now the north was victorious, and the tide in various places quickly subsided, and the central government's prestige increased day by day. He went to the front line to meet the king with the Meiji King, and used a refreshing victory to completely determine the overall situation of the national war. Zheng Yu could not refuse this temptation no matter what.

Of course, Zheng Yu also had a vague idea in his mind, that such a glorious victory must be in his own hands. He has just taken the lead and no matter what, he needs to accumulate prestige. If he always takes action against others in this war, it is inevitable that someone will attribute it to veterans such as Xu Fan or Jiang Sheng in the future.

Zheng Yu was still a young man after all. He came to this point by mistake. Even though he had accumulated memories of more than 40 years in his past and later life, and his mind was tempered by the storm, deep in his heart, the insecurity and vague fear that he was born into orphans, he was still unable to let go of.

Whether it is power or reputation, it is only safe to be in your own hands.

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