Tokyo Base Camp, General Staff Prince Shiren Sugawamiya

"Report!"

"Come in!"

"General! Sasebo Navy Commander Seiki Karayama called!" The secretary came in and said.

"My thought!" Prince Chiren of Sugawa Palace waved his hand.

"Hi!" The secretary continued: "Ltd General Kawayama Shiki, Minister of the Navy Command of the Imperial Japan Navy, told the Chief of Staff of the Imperial Japan General Kawagawamiya that our joint fleet, since commander Lieutenant General Yuuyuki Ito, has defeated the main force of the Qing Beiyang Navy at 5:30 pm on September 17, 2017, Meiji, and sank five main ships of the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty "Jingyuan", "Zhiyuan" and "Choyong" were sunk, "Yangwei", and "Guangjia" hit a reef while escaping. Although the two main ships of the Beiyang Navy's main iron armor ships were unable to sink them, they had already suffered heavy damage. There was no one under the Qing Dynasty at present.

Ships that can cruise the cruise. Our fleet, Matsushima, Hiei, and Nishikyo Maru, were the most injured. The rest of the ships were almost uninjured. Our casualties were 298, about 850 casualties (the casualties of the "Guangjia" were unknown) and five foreigners (British, US, and Germany), two of whom were killed in the battle. The displacement of these five ships was about 9,200 tons, plus the two lost in the battle of Toshima Megumi, the Qing Dynasty lost more than 1,100 tons since the war. So far, our empire navy has achieved unprecedented victory and has the initiative in the battlefield. In addition, everything is normal in the Sasebo military port, long live the emperor! Long live the empire! "

"Long live the empire! Haha! Haha!" Prince Shiren of Sugawa Miya immediately took the telegram and read it and laughed loudly. He was so excited that he almost cried. The depression just now was wiped out.

"The Navy won! The Navy won, right! Ah! The Navy won, right!" Prince Shiren Sugawa Miyagi asked the secretary several times!

"Hi! General! Our navy is victorious! You are not wrong! But I think it is not the time to win! There is also a telegram here about the mysterious Qing fleet!" The secretary said calmly.

Prince Shiren of Sugawa Miya was aware of his incompetence and quickly came to a serious voice: "Remember!"

"Hi!" The secretary nodded politely and continued to read the next telegram in his hand: "Osaka Guard Brigade Deputy Brigade Commander Ichiki Ono informed the Chief of Staff, and the Army General Prince Shizuhito Sugawamiya, the casualties and losses reported in Osaka Bay were as follows:

The deaths include crew members, workers, merchants, fishermen, 2175, 9870 seriously injured, 712 soldiers of the Empire and 467 seriously injured, all of which are soldiers of the 9th and 17th Transport Team. There are 1,009 destroyed ships of all sizes, including 56 ships of the Empire Transport Team. The Ninth Transport Team of the Empire was shattered because of the arms transported by the bombardment. Most of the casualties of the 17th Transport Team have lost their capacity for transportation. Another 12 foreign merchant ships, a large amount of materials piled up at the docks within 30 kilometers of Osaka Bay and the docks were destroyed. Initial

The conservative estimate is that the loss is about 40 million yen (equivalent to 4 million pounds, and Japan borrowed 50 million pounds during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895). It is impossible to provide transportation services to the frontline within three months. Since all the surviving personnel were seriously injured, if there is no treatment within a day, their lives will be worrying! Another thing is that the Osaka Arsenal was blown up! More than 50,000 workers were killed. Because there is ammunition everywhere there, they are still exploding constantly, and rescue personnel cannot enter. The losses are even more incomprehensible!" Even the secretary trembled in the end.

After hearing this, Prince Shiren of Sugawamura sat down on the chair dejectedly, without saying a word, and was quietly dazed. Sometimes the distance between heaven and hell is very close.

The joy of the navy's victory could not dilute the losses in Osaka Bay. At this time, Japan only had several relatively developed and newly developed industrial areas such as Osaka, Nagasaki, and Tokyo, so the supply of war depended on these places. At this time, Osaka was the main gun factory base in Japan. Now the arsenal that the empire had spent a lot of effort was destroyed, and the losses were even more inestimable. It was unbearable for Japan, a country that fought with a belt. Not only that, without Osaka's supply, the soldiers on the front line, both the navy and the army, would soon have no ammunition, which means that the results of the battle will be lost soon, which is even more unacceptable to Japan.

After a long time, Prince Chiren of Sugawa Palace came to his senses and asked, "What else is there!"

"Hi!" The secretary knew that the prince was about to the verge of outbreak, but he still said it with a slight slightest. "We are still unable to contact the Wugang defenders until now, but the West Sea Fleet has sent warships! Another is a telegram sent by Nenjin, which said in the telegram that the Qing Dynasty's Nanyang Fleet has not returned yet, namely Kaiji, Jingqing, Huantai, Nanrui, and Nanchen five ships, namely Kaiji, Jingqing, Nantai, Nanrui, and Nanchen.

According to reliable information, the commander of the Nanyang Fleet, Zhang Yunfei, signed a contract with the Chilean Navy to purchase five active warships in the Chilean Navy, the cruiser Captain Brad, the cruiser Eracolith President Peaceful, the Esmeralda, and the Bailanggu Nkarada. Except for the Esmeralda, they are all new warships, totaling 1.1 million pounds. They also hired all Chilean naval personnel from these five warships.

At present, the whereabouts of these five warships and the five warships of the Nanyang Fleet are unknown. I suspect that they are coming to attack our country's Qing fleet. The report is completed!"

"Baga!" Sure enough, Prince Shiren of Sugawa Miya broke out, "A bastard Nezuchi, such an important piece of information, he should punish himself and apologize! You go down first!"

"By the way, I'll give me a detailed report on Zhang Yunfei!" Prince Chiren of Sugawa Miyagi ordered again.

"Hi!" The secretary knew that Prince Chiren of Sugawamiya was going to calm down for a while, so he turned around and left.

With a blink of an eye, Prince Shiren of Sugawa pulled out his general command knife and slowly stroked its sharp blade. Thinking about the recent ins and outs, he still couldn't contact Wugang. It seems that there is so much danger. Why did this playboy named Zhang Yunfei suddenly change so much and collude with Li Hongzhang? Impossible! Then why can we know that we will attack the Beiyang Navy in advance, not him? How could he know that the important supply of the empire is no longer Sasebo, but in Osaka? Wugang is a newly opened by the empire, and few Chinese people know that he can pass the hidden military port? Even Osaka's arsenal. A string of question marks made the elites of this empire aging for several years, but how could he guess what Zhang Yunfei had encountered?

In fact, Zhang Yunfei didn't know that there must be important facilities in those places, mainly because Zhang Yunfei was a future person and knew the importance of these places in later generations. A blind cat met a dead mouse! Just like that Osaka Arsenal was purely confused!

"Where will the next target be?" Looking at the map, Prince Shiren Sugawa Miyaki moved his eyes to Tokyo Bay and Sasebo. He was thinking: 'Where will Zhang Yunfei's next target be? There are Yokosuka and the capital Tokyo in Tokyo Bay. According to Zhang Yunfei's navigation route, it is very likely. But will Zhang Yunfei do something? He turned back to attack the Joint Fleet that had just returned from victory? You must know that the Joint Fleet had just experienced a big battle at this time and was exhausted and had insufficient ammunition. What should I do? Prince Shiren Sugawa Miyaki hesitated, and once the judgment was wrong, he might pay a greater price.

"Go and invite the Prime Minister here!" Prince Chiren of Sugawa Miyasu ordered. He really couldn't figure it out and had to find someone to study it.

"Hi!" The guard left as ordered.
Chapter completed!