1855 United States Tycoon

After occupying the 203th highland, the Japanese army began to transfer the 280mm guns purchased from United States to the highland, so that these huge guns could cover the entire Lushun city and port, and all the targets of the Russian army were directly exposed. Under the gun of the Japanese.

Several battleships damaged in the first round of raids were repaired by the Russians with all their might. If their actions can be faster, for example, the repair time can be advanced by one or two months, then the fleet still has Chance to sail out of the port under the cover of the fort, and fight to the death with the Japanese fleet. Although the strength of the Lushun Squadron is not as good as that of the combined fleet, this battle must have been fierce. However, the combined fleet cannot be without loss. At this time, the Baltic Fleet has begun their epic expedition. If the combined fleet loses too much in the battle with the Lushun Squadron, how much combat power they will have when facing the coming Baltic Fleet Very problematic. However, the situation is completely different now. Just as the Russian fleet was working hard to repair the ships, the Japanese fleet launched a blockade operation against the channel of Lushun Port.

The Japanese continued to send out old ships full of stones, driving them to the port of Lushun Port and sinking them, thereby blocking the port of Lushun. Of course, the Russian turrets are not vegetarian, and they will naturally open fire to intercept them. And compared to naval guns, the guns on the turret have much higher shooting accuracy (the warship will shake, but the turret will not, and the turret has been tested for any target area in the shooting range, so it can be directly fired. It is an effective shot, no test shot adjustment is required.) Therefore, many ships performing this kind of mission are sunk by the turret before they reach the position. However, the Japanese navy exerted its spirit of not being afraid of casualties, organized fleets again and again, with huge casualties, and finally blocked the channel with sunken ships before the Lushun Squadron resumed its navigation capabilities. Therefore, today's Lushun Squadron is already a turtle in the urn, and there is nowhere to escape. So the Russians could only take down the cannons from the warships and move them ashore to use them as shore artillery.

It is not an easy task to pull the 280mm cannon onto the 203 heights. This type of gun is really too heavy. You must first lay the rails, and then use the steam engine and winch to slowly drag this thing up. It took more than a month to come and go. When the Japanese finally dragged the dozen or so 280 mm guns in their hands to the gun position at 203 Heights, they fired a few shots, and the Russians sent military envoys and offered to surrender to the Japanese.

As soon as the Russians in Lushun surrendered, of course the secret of how those chemical weapons came was immediately known to the Japanese. Naturally, they also know that the gas masks they bought back at a big price are of no use at all, because the Russians have no chemical weapons at all. All this is exactly the trap that the United States guys have done.

However, despite this loss, the Japanese government found that they had no way to fight back. Although the Port of Lushun has been captured, the Russian army has not yet completely failed. If you turn your face with the United States at this time, I am afraid that the United States will immediately collude with the Russians, and then what will happen is really hard to say. Among other things, let’s say gas masks. The gas masks ordered today have not been delivered yet, but although the Japanese government knows that the Russians do not have chemical weapons, they still dare not propose to terminate the contract or return the goods. The reason is very simple, because once such a request is made, I am afraid that Russia will suddenly conjure itself with chemical weapons.

In this way, under the oppression of the war, even though it knew that the United States guy had posed it, the Japanese government could only knock down the teeth and swallow blood, pretending to know nothing for the time being. It is said that a friend in Shanxian vowed to retaliate against the United States one day.

After Lushun surrendered, the forces of the Third Army were liberated and used for combat in the direction of Fengtian. After getting reinforcements with new troops, they are equipped with gas masks. (The ordinary Japanese army does not know that the gas used by the Russian army last time comes from news from the United States. In fact, except for a limited number of high-level personnel, this No one knows about this matter. The reason is very simple-if such things are known to the soldiers, it will hurt morale.) The morale of the Japanese soldiers with more artillery and machine guns was boosted, and they continued to attack. The Russian army retreated steadily. On the land front, the Russian army has become more and more unable to support it.

At this time, Russia's weaknesses in logistics supplies have also been exposed. This weakness is not only the lack of absolute capacity, but also the chaos of the logistics organization. There is an extreme lack of ammunition on the front line, but what is transported from the rear through the Siberian Railway, which has been repaired for more than half of the time, is often something that you don’t know what it is. For example, a car of Jesus Christ, a car of the Bible, etc. of. Of course, this is not the most pitted, the most pitted is the Pacific Second Fleet, which is the original Baltic Fleet and Black Sea Fleet. When they were passing the North Sea, they somehow recognized a British fishing boat as a Japanese warship, and then it sank with gunfire. As a result, they gave the British an excuse. Not only did the British not allow them to use the Suez Canal, which forced them to bypass the Cape of Good Hope and go to Asia, they also put pressure on the neutral countries along the way to not provide the Russian fleet with ports that could be used for repairs. Burning coal.

Russia is vast and rich in resources, and its oil reserves are astonishing. However, at that time, Russia's oil was not fully developed, and at the same time, it lacked the production technology of large pressure vessels, which made Russia lack refining capacity even if it produced crude oil. So in order to facilitate the supply, their ships still use coal.

In order to have a voyage around Africa, the Russians had to load as much coal as possible for the own warship when calling at French ports. As a result, not only was the coal bunker filled with coal, but also the deck and even sailors. The rooms where we stay are filled with coal.

The Baltic Fleet has never considered that it will sail on the tropical sea, so their military uniforms, even summer uniforms, are thicker spring and autumn uniforms compared to other countries. When they set out, because the weather was still cold, they didn't bring any summer clothes at all. They brought spring and autumn clothes that were almost winter. In this way, when the fleet arrived near Africa, all the sailors were so hot that they had no choice but to play a celestial camp. Soldiers can do this, but the officers still have to be decent. As a result, the hospital ship that accompanied them was full of officers who were sent for treatment because of heatstroke every day.

When the fleet bypassed the Cape of Good Hope and arrived at the waters of Somalia where pirates are now infested, it finally waited for the transport ship that passed through the Suez Canal to give them clothes, and then the officers who died to Face alive opened the packaging of the new uniform with hope. Then I was surprised to find that the fool in the logistics department sent them thick winter clothes for a long distance!

To be honest, it is normal for the Russian army to have such logistical problems. This is because the Russians are already short of money, and countries that lack money do not have much logistics. The second reason is the corruption of the Russian army. In any department or organization, logistics is always a place where oil and water can be fished. Due to the corruption of the Russian army, the logistics departments have fallen into the hands of those who are concerned and want to make money. The technology used by these people to make money is pretty good, but the ability to do business is really problematic.

In this way, this fleet bypassed most of the earth, walked for several months, and then exhausted all the sailors, and finally drove to the east. Then, as in history, in the Tsushima Strait, it was wiped out by the waiting joint fleet.

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"Russia and Japan signed an armistice agreement." Grey Stone said to Scrooge, "As you guessed, the Japanese won. However, the Russians did not pay even one ruble to Japan. Although the Japanese won the war, the Japanese won the war. However, their finances have not improved at all. As far as the current situation is concerned, the Japanese government may need to borrow another foreign debt for the aftermath. At least before the cycle of debt repayment is over, the Japanese do it anyway. I dare not fail to fulfill the agreement with us."

"How is the mine development on the Korean Peninsula?" Scrooge asked.

"Our precise exploration has produced results, and several good tungsten and molybdenum deposits have been discovered. Mining preparations are also underway. About next year, we can start mining these mines. Dad, I think this battle is true. Interesting," Grey Stone replied.

"Oh? What do you think?" Scrooge asked.

"The Japanese fought this battle at a huge risk and paid a huge price to win the victory, but the dividends of the war victory did not eat much. On the contrary, those who did not participate in the war received the most war dividends. Although said In the long run, they have gained complete control over North Korea, and how the Lushun military port is in the dominant position in Manchuria. In the long run, there must be some profit, but at least in the short term, this victory did not benefit them. What are you earning. However, the Japanese are getting better in the past few years, and I'm afraid they won't just watch us take advantage like this."

"A few years from now?" Scrooge laughed. "In a few years, there will naturally be trouble in a few years. Moreover, if they really want to make trouble for us with perfidy, they can't just take the opportunity to let us Is the government strengthening the navy? Well, Japan is just a small business, and the real big business is about to begin."

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