After two days of messing around in the seaman's bar, the night before Han Huaiyi arrived.

A Russian naval officer named Shekfu had a rather big mouth, but he actually told Semyon with ulterior motives.

Fedorov's business was carried out in cooperation with the deputy commander of the Arthur fleet, Wittger Ford.

It is said that the factions of Tsarist Russia's forces in the Far East are more complicated.

Their fortified garrisons and marine units, as well as their navy, do not bird each other.

Dalian's titular Kwantung naval commander, Stark, had no troops and no powers, but the commander-in-chief of the navy, Vice Admiral Makarov, who could suppress Werther, was currently in distant Vladivostok.

Let's go back to the situation on the side of the Arthur Fortress.

The commander of the fortress, Lieutenant General Smirnov, spent all day in Dalian.

Although General Stexel, the deputy commander of the fortress who was very popular with the lower ranks, was very capable, he was not willing to do anything on the way.

Therefore, not only the garrison commander Fokker did not like him, but the leader of the naval faction, Wirther, was also disrespectful to him.

He's just a coolie.

Compared with the virtuous Stessel, the incompetent Werther is a person who has a smooth career and is extremely greedy and conceited.

He used his position and connections to the north to demand a large amount of supplies from the Far Eastern General Command.

But when the supplies arrived, he resold them and put the state's money into his own pocket.

So here's the problem.

Wasn't this shipment from New Rome explicitly destined for Vladivostok? The receiver over there is also the headquarters of the Pacific Fleet.

In the face of Semyon's doubts, Shekford explained: "This is because Fedorov and Werther have gone too far, and they have to bow to the joint military and promise to send the cargo that has just been transferred to the headquarters to support the construction there." ”

Then he sneered: "It's a compromise, after all, you can't just let them feed themselves." ”

Semyon looked at this compatriot completely suddenly, he was definitely deliberately revealing this secret to himself on the orders of the forces on the other side.

It seems that the new Romans were involved in the political struggle of the Russian army, but the boss even came with a ship!

Semyon was suddenly a little anxious, because he was afraid that the Russians did not want the goods to arrive in Vladivostok, so they took the opportunity to attack Werther.

If things get to this point, the boss and New Rome are in danger.

But he continued to ask quietly, "Then will we be in trouble?" ”

"A guy like Fedorov has no reputation, brother, he's going to find fault." Shekford had a showdown.

But if we help Fedorov deliver the goods, you will find fault, right?

Hearing him say this, Semyon felt more and more wrong.

He immediately asked smartly based on what the other party knew: "So, you are actually a person from Stark." ”

Shekford was stunned for a moment, he played with the wine glass in his hand: "For the sake of the Russians, I won't admit it." ”

That's an acknowledgement.

But Semyon doesn't think he's telling the truth, but it doesn't matter.

The important thing is that this man definitely belongs to the opposing forces of Werther.

The overall situation also shows that if the overhanded Kwantung Navy commander wants to get his hands on the military power of Lushun, he will definitely seize the issue of Witte and Fedorov.

And this is also in line with the wishes of the land defense and garrison.

It seems that Fedorov and Witte did cause public outrage.

After clarifying this relationship, Semyon immediately asked the other party again: "So how are you going to deal with this batch of goods?" ”

This is a smart man, Xie Kefu couldn't help but smile when he looked at him when he heard this: "Don't worry about how we deal with you, New Rome is a company in the French Concession, isn't it?" Can you represent your boss though? ”

"Yes." Semyon was categorical.

He knew about the FJ plan.

But such a big thing, Han Huaiyi didn't tell him through.

Han Huaiyi only told him at that time that the Japanese might take the opportunity to calculate, and he would find a way to create a Japanese-Russian conflict and get out.

Semyon was actually confused at the time, and he didn't know how the boss would end it.

But this did not prevent him from clearly judging now that the boss did not take into account the complicated relations within the Tsarist Russians.

So he temporarily advocated that he wanted to make up for this shortcoming for the boss.

"How about handing over the goods to us in the open sea?" Shekford asked about his true intentions, and he said to Semyon: "This matter actually has nothing to do with you, and you can get another freight if you cooperate with us, although you have a contract, I believe you won't mind those little things." ”

"Our fleet is loaded and transported normally, and then we will deliver it to you when we go to sea?"

"Yes, just deliver at the Golden Pebble Beach to the north. Then you sail south. If you don't worry, I can give you the shipping fee in advance. They'll send people with them, but it shouldn't be hard to deal with those bastards with your skills. ”

Seeing this, Semyon immediately said, "Okay, we don't want to get involved in your fight, but that bastard has no sincerity. So I promise you. ”

"Can you really make decisions for your boss?" Xie Kefu asked with some suspicion.

Semyon smiled: "I know him quite well, he is a happy person. If he knew the truth, he would approve of my idea. ”

"But I still want to meet him. Listen to him with your own mouth. ”

"No problem." Semyon said.

The two then split up and dispersed into the depths of the noisy Maozi Bar.

Gavrilla, who replaced Fedorov, was a shrewd man, but he was only a businessman attached to Fedorov, and he didn't know much about Port Arthur.

And he didn't have the ability to send someone to keep an eye on Semyon.

On the other hand, Werther is a figure who doesn't look down, and he naturally stares at the eyes of the General Headquarters.

But he couldn't dream that the businessman Fedorov had the guts to do so.

The Russian subordinates hired by this merchant still have such brains!

At this time, the new ships of the new Rome, the "Shunfeng" and "Tranquility", and the old ship "Rome", were breaking the waves and heading north.

Now they are less than a day's flight away from Lushun.

At the same time, Japanese Admiral Heihachiro Togo overrode public opinion and worked out an operational plan for the recent surprise attack on Arthur by the joint army.

The interests of Japan and Russia in China must be fundamentally resolved.

In fact, not only the Japanese, but also the economically depressed Russians also hoped to solve their internal contradictions with a victory.

So it's a matter of who strikes first.

He decided to first send mine-striking ships to kill and damage the enemy, and then send troops to create artificial reefs with ship-loaded stones to block the Russian army's exit from the port.

And then against the deterrence of the Russian fortress artillery, besiege this Russian fleet, of course, it is better to devour it.

In this way, the Russian side in Vladivostok and other places will definitely send reinforcements here, and then the Japanese army can send reinforcements at sea encirclement, and use the relative superiority of forces to gradually consume the Russian army.

And then they will finally seize Arthur!

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