On July 28, Lin Daxin temporarily left the gentle township of his two wives and Liu Xiumei, and came to the Lushun Naval Base, this time from Shenyang to Lushun because Wei Han, director of the Shipbuilding Department, sent a telegram to Lin Daxin, capturing the United States and Italy, the navies of the two countries 9 all-steel battleships and 4 large fast armored cruisers have been repaired, that is, several all-steel battleships that have been blown up with several big holes, and the big holes have also been blocked, and the armor in the injured position has been specially strengthened, which will not affect the combat effectiveness of the warships in the slightest. These 13 warships can be delivered to the Navy and enter the active naval fleet.

Wei Han also said on the telegram that the third batch of 12 anti-aircraft fast protection cruisers with a displacement of 4,500 tons, and the first batch of 20 destroyers with a displacement of 1,000 tons, are waiting to be delivered to the Navy at the Lushun base.

And the warships of the Northeast Navy that were injured in the Battle of the Gulf of Manila have also completed repairs and can return to the team.

After Lin Daxin received the telegram, he was very happy that his Northeast Navy was a little stronger, so he took an off-road vehicle transported from modern time and space, and took a regiment of the Guards Division, and the soldiers of this regiment sat on nine other off-road vehicles and dozens of large trucks, and arrived at the Lushun Naval Base in less than six hours from the newly built highway.

After arriving in Lushun, Lin Daxin didn't say anything, and waved his hand at the senior officials of the Northeast Navy who greeted him: "Go!" Go to the shipyard! A large group of people hurried to the Dalian shipyard.

Lin Daxin was surrounded by a large group of high-ranking officials of the Northeast Navy, and he was very happy to see a large row of warships docked on the dock of Dalian Shipyard that were about to be delivered to the Northeast Navy, and said to the people around him: "It just so happens that the high-level officials of the Navy are here this time. Even the commander of the Fifth Fleet, Chen Ming, who was in the Philippines, returned. I have been thinking about it for a long time and am ready to reorganize the five fleets of our navy. After the Battle of Manila, I found out that with the development of torpedo technology. It was very inconvenient for a single battleship to deal with submarines, torpedo boats. The Military Intelligence Agency has received information that Britain, France, Russia, Japan and other countries have also developed steam gas torpedoes. In the future, submarines and torpedo boats equipped with new types of steam gas torpedoes will pose a great threat to battleships, so we should allocate the fleets more reasonably. ”

Lin Daxin had this idea of reorganizing the fleet, and it was also after the Battle of the Gulf of Manila that Jiang Hui, the commander of the Third Fleet, first proposed it to Lin Daxin. Only then did Lin Daxin pay attention to the rationalization of the fleet configuration.

The Third Fleet had been the main force on the second line of battle in naval battles, when facing the all-steel battleships of Italy with large fast armored cruisers. The Third Fleet, which did not have all-steel battleships, suffered a lot, and if the Third Fleet had even one all-steel battleship at that time, it would not have sunk two warships in a row.

Lin Daxin and the top brass of the Northeast Navy discussed for nearly half a day. Reassigned 5 fleets of the Northeast Navy once. Each fleet has various types of warships, and each fleet can independently conduct a decisive battle at sea in the future, so that the configuration of the warships of each fleet becomes reasonable, and there is no need to mobilize several fleets to conduct a decisive battle at sea with the enemy.

The battleship formation of the First Fleet has 4 city-class all-steel battleships Shenyang, Changchun, Harbin and Pyongyang, Lin Daxin may have accompanied 2 beautiful wives and Liu Xiumei every day recently, and he has a soft spot for beautiful women, and named the 6 Queen Margaret-class all-steel battleships that captured Italy as the Beauty class. Among them, the Xi Shi, Diao Chan and Zhaojun were also assigned to the battleship formation of the First Fleet.

The armored cruiser formation of the First Fleet has 4 large fast armored cruisers of the throttle class with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons. They are the beginning of spring, the rain number, the stunning number and the spring equinox.

The formation of protective cruisers of the First Fleet, 8 anti-aircraft fast-protection cruisers with a displacement of 4500 tons, anti-1 to anti-8. The destroyer formation has 4 destroyers with a displacement of 1,000 tons named by Lin Daxin, driving the first to the fourth. The torpedo boat formation consists of 8 A-class torpedo boats built by the shipyard under Lin Daxin, which can reach a speed of 34 knots.

The battleship formation of the Second Fleet has 3 all-steel battleships of the Beauty class, Guifei, Feiyan and Zhen Mi, and 5 ironclad battleships with a displacement of more than 15,000 tons, Flying Bear, Flying Tiger, Sky Bear, Sky Tiger and Sky Aquila.

The armoured cruiser formation of the Second Fleet was composed of four captured Italian Navy Dotenaro-class large fast armored cruisers, which were renamed Xinglong, Xingye, Xingzhong and Xingning by Lin Daxin.

It turned out that the Xinglong and Xingye of the Northeast Navy were sunk, and Lin Daxin now re-put the names of the two sunken warships on the warships that captured Italy.

The protective cruiser formation of the Second Fleet, 6 anti-several fast protection cruisers, Anti-9 to Anti-14. The destroyer formation has 4 destroyers of several classes, from the 5th to the 8th. The torpedo boat formation had 6 torpedo boats of the Mine A class.

The battleship formation of the Third Fleet has 5 German-class all-steel battleships, the Yade, Yude, Yide, Xuande and Zaide. Armored cruiser formation with 4 general-class large fast armored cruisers Grand General to Fourth General. Protective cruiser formation, 6 anti-several fast protection cruisers, anti-fifteen to anti-twentie. The destroyer formation has 4 destroyers of several classes, from the 9th to the 12th. The torpedo boat formation had 6 torpedo boats of the Mine A class.

The battleship formation of the Fourth Fleet has 3 Illinois-class all-steel battleships captured by the U.S. Navy, which were named the American class by Lin Daxin, the Yami, Yumei and Yimei, and the 2 ironclad battleships Flying Eagle and Flying Wolf. Armored cruiser formation with 4 general-class large fast armored cruisers General Five to General. Protective cruiser formation, 6 anti-several fast protection cruisers, anti-21 to anti-26. The destroyer formation has 4 destroyers of several classes, from the 13th to the 16th. The torpedo boat formation had 6 torpedo boats of the Mine A class.

The battleship formation of the Fifth Fleet has 5 ironclad battleships Flying Fox, Flying Leopard, Sky Wolf, Sky Fox and Sky Leopard. The armored cruiser formation has three large armored cruisers, the Xinghai, the Xinghe and the Xingsheng. Protective cruiser formations. 6 anti-several fast protection cruisers, anti-27 to anti-32. The destroyer formation has 4 destroyers of several classes, from the 17th to the 20th. The torpedo boat formation had 6 torpedo boats of the Mine A class.

The Fifth Fleet is stationed outside the Philippines. The other 4 fleets were concentrated at the Arthur naval base.

In addition to the five main fleets, Lin Daxin also set up three garrison naval fleets to cooperate with coastal defense artillery to guard the naval base when the main fleet went to sea to fight.

The Lushun garrison fleet has the ironclad ships Weihai, Anmin and Anding fast protection cruisers, and the protection cruiser Lihai. 10 torpedo boats, 10 new small shallow-water gunboats with a displacement of 350 tons.

Nampo garrison fleet, medium fast armored cruiser Yasu-hai. The old ironclad ships Dinghai and Zhenhai, 10 torpedo boats, 10 new small shallow-water gunboats with a displacement of 350 tons.

The Manila garrison fleet has the fast protection cruisers Tsukiha, Xinghai, Nichikai, and Tatsukai. 10 torpedo boats. 10 old gunboats.

In addition, there is also the Weihaiwei Naval Base, because there is the Beiyang Naval Division, which is almost completely under the orders of Lin Daxin's fleet guard, and Lin Daxin has not set up a new garrison fleet. Because the Subic Naval Base is still under construction, it will take some time before it is completed, and Lin Daxin has not set up a garrison fleet.

The Northeast Navy, which is composed of 5 main fleets and 3 garrison fleets, as well as the submarine Bayonet and the Sharp Knife, is one of the confidence of Lin Daxin to dare to call out the Western powers.

Lin Daxin ordered the navy to complete the reorganization of the fleet as much as possible. Because Lin Daxin felt that Russia was concerned about the murder of the Russian minister to the Qing Dynasty, Pablofu. The reaction was somewhat intense, and a large number of troops had already been transferred to the border between Heilongjiang and Outer Mongolia, and a big war was about to come.

Russia continued to increase troops on the border of the two countries, and Lin Daxin was not idle, and had ordered the 7th Division of Shanhaiguan and the 8th Division of Jilin Province to march towards Outer Mongolia and join the 3rd Division of Outer Mongolia to defend the border between Outer Mongolia and Russia.

Zhang Daxiong, who had just taken over as commander of the armored division, was ordered to lead the armored division from Shenyang to Dongning City, an important border town in Heilongjiang Province, and at the same time ordered the Guards Division and the Second Division in Shenyang to enter a state of combat readiness to support Heilongjiang and Outer Mongolia at any time.

At the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito and Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu came to meet Emperor Meiji.

Emperor Meiji saw that the two important ministers of the empire couldn't hide their joy and smiled, so he asked, "Could it be that Ito-kun and Mutsu-kun came here today, what good news do you have to tell me?" ”

Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito couldn't contain his joy and laughed and said, "Hahaha! His Majesty the Emperor, great joy! Lin Daxin is about to fight with Russia! ”

Emperor Meiji was kneeling on a cushion, but when he heard the Prime Minister's words, he immediately stood up in surprise and asked, "What's going on?" Why are they fighting now? ”

Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu said with a smug face: "Your Majesty the Emperor, our Japanese intelligence department sent to the Northeast, has penetrated into the Northeast, the intelligence agent codenamed Fire Raven, assassinated the Russian Minister to the Qing Dynasty Bablofu and his two entourages who came to Shenyang in the hotel room. According to the news, Russia has sent hundreds of thousands of troops to their Far East and Siberia, which is close to Outer Mongolia, and it may not be long before Lin Daxin and Russia will go to war! ”

Japan originally wanted to unite with Russia and attack Lin Daxin's four northeastern provinces together, but it didn't expect that Russia looked down on tiny Japan and didn't dump the Japanese at all. Then you can fight Lin Daxin first! So Japan's intelligence services looked for an opportunity to take the opportunity to provoke a war between Russia and Lin Daxin.

This time, the Russian envoy to the Qing Dynasty, Pablofu, went to Shenyang to put pressure on Lin Daxin, so that the Japanese intelligence department seized the opportunity and killed Pablofu, and as a result, the Russians really wanted to go to war with Lin Daxin.

Emperor Meiji clenched his hands into fists excitedly and waved vigorously, raised his head and shouted, "Amaterasu, thank you for bless the Great Japanese Empire!" ”

Then Emperor Meiji said excitedly to Hirobumi Ito and Mutsu Munemitsu: "Intelligence agent Fire Raven has made great contributions to the empire, and he must be rewarded heavily!" Hahaha, if Russia and Lin Daxin engage in a protracted war, it will be very beneficial to the Great Japanese Empire. When the war between Russia and Lin Daxin ends, no matter who wins, our Japanese Empire will attack the four northeastern provinces, and even occupy the Russian Far East and occupy the entire Qing Dynasty, hahaha, it's really good! I can't contain my excitement anymore! ”

Emperor Meiji was so excited that he almost danced with his hands, and he waved his fists from time to time to vent his excitement.

Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito and Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu shouted at the same time: "Congratulations to His Majesty the Emperor, Amaterasu bless my great Japan!" ”

Emperor Meiji calmed down his excitement and said to the two important ministers: "This time Russia is going to start a war, in addition to the credit of our intelligence department, it may be that Lin Daxin's occupation of Outer Mongolia threatens the hinterland of Russia, which is also a reason, which is also Lin Daxin's own fault!" Thinking of that arrogant Lin Daxin, I can't wait to swallow his flesh alive! ”

Emperor Meiji paused for a moment and then said: "Order the combined fleet to step up training, if there is a war between Russia and Lin Daxin, strive to complete the preparations before the end of their war, and order the army to speed up the formation of 10 new standing divisions, before our Great Japan launches the war, so that the army has 37 standing divisions, so that our Great Japan has the ability to occupy the Northeast, occupy the Far East, and occupy the Qing Dynasty!" ”

Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito and Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu then shouted, "Hey! His Majesty the Emperor! ”

Emperor Meiji also said: "In addition, it is necessary to strengthen the training of the reserve forces of the Imperial Army, so that after the outbreak of war, not only can the losses of the standing divisions be replenished, but also new divisions can be formed according to the situation of the war!" ”

Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito said: "Your Majesty the Emperor can rest assured that since the end of the last war with the Qing Dynasty, the reserve forces, especially the reserve forces of the army, have been greatly developed, and at present, the army reserves that regularly participate in military training in Japan have exceeded 1.5 million people, and the War Department is continuing to expand the number of reservists. (To be continued......)