Sitting on the chair, Ito took a deep breath: "Say it." ”

Inoue Xin nodded, he knew that maybe what he said right away, although it was a little alarmist, or that it was to grow the morale of others to destroy his own prestige, but in the current situation, this is an indisputable fact, he can't hide his ears and steal the bell, and he can't admit this fact in his heart that can no longer be changed.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, even if we keep those few warships, will we be able to resist the attack of the Liaodong Fleet in the future?"

Okay, Hirofumi Ito didn't need such a sentence to Inoue, he knew the meaning inside.

To put it simply, what Inoue Xin meant was, anyway, we can't beat others, what does it have to do with a few more warships and a few fewer warships, but the army is different, back to the mainland, it is a new force, and it is familiar with the terrain, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is not an exaggeration to use one as ten.

Although the Liaodong Navy is strong, he can't go on land, and he is also the overlord of the sea in the strong and strong, and he can't get on the stage.

"You mean to abandon a few warships and let them contain the Liaodong Fleet in the Tsushima Strait, so that its main force can transport the Sixth and Eighth Divisions back home."

Since she tore her face, Inoue Xin couldn't say anything, so she could only nod her head and admit her thoughts.

Maybe Inoue Xin is right, even if the Combined Fleet has these extra warships, it cannot be the opponent of the Liaodong Navy.

"Send a telegram to the Far Tokyo Command, and when the combined fleet arrives, let Ito Sukehiro immediately transfer a few warships. Go to the Tsushima Strait to contain the Liaodong Navy, and the main force of the combined fleet, immediately escort the army to set off immediately. Return to Japan. ”

Ito Hirobumi is definitely a powerful person, and he will never doubt the things he decides, but directly give orders and let his subordinates carry them out.

It's a pity that God deliberately went against Ito Hirofumi, and met Liu Jun, the commander of the Liaodong Army who had a salary of about 2,000 yuan in the future but became a commander at this time and commanded tens of millions of people and hundreds of thousands of troops.

"The subordinates understand. Inoue nodded, turned and walked out.

In Vladivostok, the 6th and 8th Divisions that remained behind had already entered Vladivostok, and since the last departure of the Combined Fleet, it had been known that even the divisions that could not conceal the news of the retreat had swaggered into Vladivostok, and they were all stationed near the port to wait for the arrival of the Combined Fleet.

The command of the Far Eastern Army, now the commander is no longer the younger brother of the emperor, but the commander of the 6th Division, Ichiro Komura.

Xiao Cun graduated from the Imperial Non-commissioned Officer School, and what is even more important is that he used to be the wing captain of Yama County Youpeng, if Shan County Youpeng did not die, I am afraid he has been promoted to a military-level cadre, not a division commander.

In the headquarters, Komura Ichiro, who temporarily acted as the commander of Yuan Dongjun, knew that he was a substitute for the dead, so he didn't feel that it was a glorious thing to be the commander.

Hey, Komura Ichiro, who was standing on the seashore, looked at the sea where there was nothing, and his heart was ugly, the ghost is only mysterious, will this combined fleet come, if it does not come, then the tens of thousands of troops now in Vladivostok will fall under the siege of 70,000 or 80,000 people of the Liaodong Army.

There was a sound of horses' hooves, and the small village standing by the sea looked back and saw that the person who came was his own personal guard.

So, more than a dozen fast horses stopped in front of the village, and a soldier stepped forward, took out a telegram from the backpack under him and handed it to the village: "Report, the base camp is urgent." ”

Base camp? As soon as he heard this, Komura suddenly chuckled, he was really worried that this was the base camp to let the sixth division and the eighth division turn over to attack the Liaodong Army, if so, it would be better to learn from Ono Serajiro and surrender. When the time comes, the province will be beaten by the Liaodong Army, and there will not even be slag left.

"Read." Komura didn't want to look at it, so he asked directly.

"The barracks ordered that after the arrival of the Combined Fleet, it must be conveyed to the commander of the Combined Fleet that three to five cruisers should be drawn out and go to the Tsushima Strait to contain the Liaodong Navy and cover the retreat of the Army.

The village chief let out a long breath.

From the telegram, he got accurate news that the Admiralty had finally taken on a supporting role this time, covering the retreat of the army.

For so many years, the army has been as desolate as Sun Tzu in front of the navy, and wherever he goes, he will be pressed down by the navy. Now, the army has finally discounted its bad spirit, and the other point, and the most important point, is that the base camp has not given up its 6th Division and 8th Division.

"Call back, understood."

There are no superfluous words, this kind of thing, I will definitely tell this information to Ito Yuhyung as soon as possible, after all, I also want to leave Vladivostok as soon as possible, I don't know when it will be occupied by the Liaodong Army.

"Someone, keep watch at the dock for me at all times, and notify me as soon as the Combined Fleet is discovered." Throwing this sentence to the soldiers around him, Xiaocun turned over his horse, since he already knew that the base camp had not given up on himself, then there was no need to wait here, after all, he had been blowing cold wind here every day for the past two days, just to be able to see the combined fleet, but now, there was no need.

A whistle sounded, and a flock of seagulls not far from the Yellow Sea heard the whistle and flew away at once.

Originally, these seagulls were in this area all year round, and they would not be afraid at all when they heard the whistle, but today is different, and today's whistle is too long. Moreover, the sky that was originally white suddenly became bleak.

This phenomenon was caused by the First Fleet of Liaodong sailing on the sea.

This time, the task of the First Fleet is to cover the Weihai Second Fleet as a supplement, and to find a combined fleet to fight. The battleships Zhenyuan were in the Second Fleet, and the rest were all in the First Fleet, and all the German warships were concentrated here, just to kill the United Fleet, a scourge that had existed for nearly ten years, by using cannons to fight mosquitoes.

Nearly forty warships, large and small, led by the flagship Hongzhang, were slowly moving forward at a speed of twelve knots.

On the bridge, Li He, who raised the telescope in his hand, quietly looked at the dark clouds in the sky in the distance that had not completely subsided, and he knew in his heart that it was not a sign of rain, but a cloud of dark clouds formed by the soot left by the Second Fleet that set off from Weihai a few hours ago.