This time, Li Yu and Lu Bicheng waited for two days in Dalian before boarding the ferry. Not long after they sailed, they were stopped by a huge Japanese navy warship.
The captain was very angry and stood on the deck and shouted: "Why don't you let us sail?"
There is no concept of high seas yet, but it has indeed left the scope of Port Arthur.
Li Yu and Lu Bicheng came to the deck and saw a row of Japanese navy standing on the tall warship.
Soon, they took a small boat and arrived on the passenger ship.
The leader was a senior Japanese naval admiral in his thirties. He said to the captain: "I, Akiyama Shinyuki, am the first staff officer of the combined fleet. I have been ordered to investigate the hidden suspects on the ship. This is extremely important to our Empire of Japan. I hope...
The captain cooperates.”
The captain glanced at the soldiers behind him who were armed with live ammunition. He didn't dare to force it, but he still said: "We are a passenger ship, you can't search at will."
Akiyama Masayuki said directly: "If it makes sense, you can complain to the Navy Headquarters." Then he said to the soldiers behind him: "Do it!"
How could the captain find the navy headquarters? He was not Whitebeard, so he could only let Akiyama Shinyuki send soldiers into the cabin.
Akiyama Shinyuki was a major contributor to the subsequent Russo-Japanese naval battle, and the decisive plan for the diversion in front of the enemy in the Tsushima naval battle was made by him.
This was a tactical decision that went down in naval history.
It was by relying on this move that the Japanese navy completely wiped out the Tsarist Russian Baltic Fleet, which had lost its lives thousands of miles away.
Of course it's still a big gamble.
Japan learned from the problem of low hit rate under large waves during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and carried out focused training.
Then they faced off against the demoralized Baltic Fleet in the rough Tsushima Strait.
When the warships of both sides faced each other in a straight line and reached the 8,000-meter naval gun range.
Suddenly, the Mikasa led by Togo Heihachiro led the navy to turn around, which was a major turn in front of the enemy!
At this time, you will actually be exposed to the enemy's artillery fire with no ability to resist, and you can only let the Russian front-mounted artillery attack.
But Togo Heihachiro understood that the hit rate would be extremely low on rough seas just after entering the shooting range.
This is a big bet: I bet you can't hit me.
It is true that the calm Baltic Sea did not allow the Russian Navy to train its shooting accuracy in large waves.
It was at this time that Togo Heihachiro issued the order to the fleet: "The rise and fall of the empire will depend on this battle. Let's work together."
The Japanese army completed the classic "T" formation in naval battles. They were in the advantageous position of one side of the T and completed a great victory in the naval battle at Tsushima.
After Akiyama Shinyuki arranged his men, he sat aside and began to meditate, like a monk.
——He really wants to become a monk in this life.
It sounds very contradictory. Buddhism emphasizes not killing, but joining the army is exactly the opposite.
Two people beside Li Yu suddenly exclaimed:
"What a majestic warship!"
"It would be great if we also had such a warship!"
"I'm afraid it will still be like the Sino-Japanese War, good things can't be used well."
Li Yu turned around and looked over, and immediately recognized it, it turned out to be Chen Tianhua and Huang Xing!
They failed to organize a volunteer team to resist Russia in Japan, and returned home angrily. They even went to Dalian for inspection on the way.
Li Yu said: "This warship is the latest battleship, a 15,000-ton Shikishima class. It is no longer the same as the ironclads during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894."
Chen Tianhua and Huang Xing looked at Li Yu: "Why do you speak Chinese so well?"
They thought Li Yu with short hair was Japanese.
Li Yu said: "I am Chinese."
Chen Tianhua was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized: "I remembered, you are Mr. Li Yu! You once gave a speech at Hongbun Academy in Tokyo."
They are all international students selected from Tokyo Hongbun Academy, that is to say, they are all classmates of Brother Xun.
Brother Xun, this group of classmates is really extraordinary.
Huang Xing also clasped his fists and said, "Excuse me! Sir, I cut my hair and didn't recognize him."
Li Yu looked at their heads: "Don't you have your hair cut too?"
Chen Tianhua said: "Could it be that you, sir, are just like us and vow to fight against the Qing Dynasty? Then we are comrades!"
Li Yu smiled and said: "I just do it for academic convenience."
Chen Tianhua said: "No matter why, your actions have already explained everything."
Li Yu said: "Actually, I just think it's too troublesome and too ugly."
Huang Xing slapped the railing and said angrily: "Sir, you are right! It is indeed extremely ugly, making people all over the world laugh at it! What we have to do is to change the Chinese people back to what they were before."
Chen Tianhua looked at Akiyama Shinyuki in navy uniform in the distance: "In the future, China should become as strong as Japan. At least we cannot allow the Russians to invade our land."
Huang Xing said: "That's it. If we can overthrow the corrupt Qing court and have such a magnificent battleship again, no one will bully us!"
The revolutionaries at this time were still relatively idealistic.
Especially Huang Xing, he is different from Mr. Zhongshan. Mr. Zhongshan grew up in a Western environment almost since childhood.
Huang Xing, however, was born into a prominent family in Changsha, Hunan. In his early years, he systematically received traditional Confucian education and passed the examination as a scholar.
But he was indeed very dissatisfied with the imperial examination system, otherwise he would not have wanted to study in Japan.
In short, Huang Xing is a person whose thoughts gradually changed, somewhat similar to Liang Qichao.
Li Yu said: "In the Sino-Japanese War, our warships were more advanced than Japan's, but we still lost."
Chen Tianhua didn’t quite believe it: “How can we be more advanced than Japan?”
"It's just that the equipment is advanced, but it's not actually advanced," Li Yu said. "But if we had enough rapid-fire artillery, explosive bombs, and explosive incendiary bombs in the Yellow Sea naval battle, we wouldn't be able to say whether we would win or not win."
At least it is possible. And if it had not lost control of the sea, the Japanese army would not have strong cover from the navy, and the army would never be able to dominate the Liaodong Peninsula."
The caliber of naval artillery is by no means comparable to that of field artillery. Later, during the Battle of Songhu during World War II, the Chinese army was defeated miserably despite the best efforts of the Chinese army. At that time, Japan used naval naval artillery to support it. The destructive power was so terrifying that one shell dropped and a platoon of
All the soldiers were gone, it was very tragic.
Huang Xing opened his mouth wide and said after a long time: "Sir, you have such a clear understanding of the current situation."
Li Yu sighed: "It's not the current situation, it's just smoke and dust scattered on the sea."
"But we don't know what the gentleman said," Chen Tianhua said.
——Of course, how could the Qing government reveal the details of such a scandal?
Li Yu said: "What's more, the Japanese once caused a brutal massacre of more than 20,000 people in Lushun."
As mentioned before, Japan tried its best to cover up this incident for a long time, just like the Nanjing Massacre that it tried its best to cover up and refused to admit.
More than thirty years after the Lushun Massacre, Sun Baotian risked his life to investigate and get strong clues.
However, Japanese scholars have a very shameless view on this: "Lieutenant Zhongwan and 11 other people were killed in the battle. At that time, there was an incident where the Qing soldiers insulted the corpses of Japanese soldiers. They cut off the noses, gouged out the eyes and disemboweled the corpses of our soldiers, which caused the whole army to be furious.
Atmosphere. It is said that after breaking into Lushun, the head of Lieutenant Zhongwan was found. Many documents from Japan and abroad pointed out that revenge for the insult led to the Lushun massacre."
This kind of nasty little literary trick makes people sneer and even disdain to refute it.
After insulting 11 corpses, 20,000 people must be killed? What kind of logic!
Just like Japan later said that it was the only country in the world that suffered an atomic bomb, and then went around showing off its pity.
Girl, why don’t you mention why you were hit by the atomic bomb? Why don’t you mention how many Chinese people were killed?
Typical indistinguishability between cause and effect!
However, Lushun has been occupied most of the time, and it is really not easy for the Chinese people to know the truth at this time.
Huang Xing and Chen Tianhua had never heard of this matter at all. They still hoped that Japan would continue to be strong, then defeat Russia, and learn from Japan's experience.
Chen Tianhua swallowed and said, "It can't be true, right?"
Li Yu snorted: "Don't have any illusions about any great powers. No matter how many years, the piles of bones in the ground will not deceive people."
Huang Xing held the railing tightly: "I understand, naturally you still have to be strong."
During the conversation, several Japanese navy officers captured a Russian.
The Russians struggled hard: "You can't arrest me! I am a legal Russian citizen!"
Li Yu frowned. He had seen this person before. He was actually the Russian he drank with on the train!
A Japanese navy officer handed several documents to Akiyama Masayuki: "General, these documents are evidence about Russia sending people to infiltrate our army."
Akiyama Shinyuki opened his eyes: "Is that correct?"
The soldier said: "We have brought specialized Russian-speaking talents, and there will be no mistakes."
Akiyama Shinyuki said with satisfaction: "The information from the Black Dragon Society is indeed reliable, take him away."
Li Yu was quite shocked. It turned out that Tou Shanman was really not just drinking at that time. He didn't know how he could see the details of the Russians next to him.
There was a chill on his body. This old man was really extraordinary. He didn't know if he had revealed his secret.
The key point is that I didn't even know who this Russian was at the time, and I was just casually drinking with him. Who would have thought of such a coincidence.
Fortunately, the Russian also said that he did not know him at the time, but he was not sure whether the Black Dragon Society would continue to be suspicious in the future.
Li Yu felt a headache.
After the warship left, the passenger ship set sail again.
Li Yu is about to disembark at Tianjin Port.
The ship will continue to sail south along the coastline, stopping at Qingdao Port, Shanghai Port, and Ningbo Port until reaching Guangzhou.
Huang Xing and Chen Tianhua are preparing to disembark at Shanghai Port, and they will transfer to Changsha via inland waterway to hold the Xingzhong Conference.
Huang Xingdao: "Sir, if you go to Changsha, I will give you a warm welcome!"
Li Yu naturally knew that their revolutionary activities in Changsha would be discovered, and they would continue to flee to Japan next year or the year after.
But now I can only say casually: "I will go to Wuhan to build a school. Maybe I will have the opportunity to go to Changsha then."
Huang Xingdao: "Building a school? This is a great thing! You are the person who knows the most about Western learning in China, no, in the world. If you start it, it will be extraordinary! We also have many students in Changsha, and we will also build a school in Changsha by then!"
Li Yu couldn't refuse: "I will try my best." Then he asked: "You two are going to Changsha to do something big, right?"
Huang Xing said: "Sir, I have also cut my hair. There is no need to hide it from you. Everyone can see that China's overall situation has been destroyed to the extreme. From now on, only by carrying out revolution can we save the country from danger!"
Li Yu said: "We arrive at the same destination by different routes."
Huang Xing said: "I will still rely on you in the future!"
Li Yu cupped his fists and said: "There must be people like this in history, see you soon!"
Huang Xing also raised his fists: "If there is history, there must be people like this. That's right! I will do something and leave a name in history."
Ignorance is the absence of the Republic, and there must be such people in history. This was actually the elegiac couplet sent by Zhang Taiyan at Huang Xing's memorial service. Naturally, Huang Xing had never heard of it during his lifetime.
It is not easy to get this kind of evaluation from Zhang Taiyan, and he is worthy of this evaluation.