Open an aircraft carrier to fight against Japan

Dongxiang Heihachiro immediately said: "Come on, let's go out and have a look." Dongxiang Heihachiro walked out of the command room, at this time the sailor said: "Your Excellency, Commander, please go to the cabin on the top floor, there is a special telescope for night, look be more clear."

Dongxiang Heihachiro nodded, and followed the sailors to the upper deck of the bridge. The upper deck of the bridge is the observation cabin and the artillery command cabin. The observation officer in charge of observing the target immediately greeted Dongxiang Heibachiro when he saw Dongxiang Heibachiro, and said, "General Dongxiang, why are you here?" gone?"

Dongxiang Heihachiro said: "I heard you report that a mysterious fleet was found on the port side, so let's take a look."

The inspector said: "General, please rest assured, those warships are definitely not the navy of Lin Yuan's army."

Dongxiang Heihachiro frowned and asked, "How do you know?"

The inspector said: "If they were the navy of Lin Yuan's army, they would definitely have fired at us now."

Togo Heihachiro nodded and said, "Where's our night telescope? I want to see those ships for myself."

The chief inspector said: "It's just outside." Then he took Dongxiang Heihachiro to the outside of the cabin, opened a protective cover, and inside was a telescope the size of a bucket, fixed on a tripod. The chief inspector pointed to it and said: " This is the latest telescope of our Empire of Japan, a night-only telescope with an aperture of 210mm."

Dongxiang Heihachiro nodded, put it in front of his eyes, and looked into the distance. Although the Japanese military's telescope is known as a night-specific model, it is not the low-light night vision or infrared night vision device of Lin Yuan's army. The principle is the same as that of ordinary telescopes. The difference is that the telescopes of the Japanese army have enlarged the caliber and improved the design of the objective lens, which is convenient for gathering light in the dark.

Dongxiang Heihachiro looked at the fleet in the distance and found that there were no long pipes protruding from them, so he thought: "Without artillery, it should not be a warship." Looking at the general outline, it is very messy, and it is not like a monster-class destroyer at all. With a concise and clear hull, I thought in my heart: "It seems that it is not a beast class, so I can rest assured."

However, what Dongxiang Heihachiro saw was only the general outline, and he wanted to see it in more detail, so he asked the inspector, "Can the magnification be enlarged?"

The chief observer glanced at the telescope and said, "It can't be done, it's already at the maximum magnification."

Dongxiang Heihachiro nodded, put down the binoculars, and said to the messenger around him: "Immediately notify the signal chief to send a signal to the fleet on the opposite side, and ask which country's ship they are from? What do they do? Tell them, we are Japan." Navy warships, no, don’t reveal our identities, just say we are warships.”

The messenger ran out quickly, and Togo Heihachiro returned to the command room. The signal chief sent a message shortly after, saying, "Your Excellency, they say they are British fishing boats."

Togo Heihachiro frowned when he heard this, and asked the chief of staff Akiyama Shinyuki next to him: "Akiyama-kun, what are the British fishing boats doing here?"

Akiyama Shinyuki thought for a while and said: "I think they must be a Chinese ship registered with British nationality. They must be fishing here. Ever since the Chinese recovered Vladivostok, Chinese fishing boats have often been fishing in the sea of ​​Japan. They Knowing that our ship is often active nearby, it is registered as British nationality."

Dongxiang Heihachiro said, "So that's how it is."

Akiyama Shinyuki said: "How about we use these ships as target ships and practice shelling tactics?"

Dongxiang Heihachiro shook his head and said: "Forget it, don't waste the shells, don't bother with those fishing boats, keep the speed of [-] knots, and continue to the waters of Chongjin."

The Japanese fleet ignored the fishing boats and sailed towards Chongjin according to the established route. Twenty or ten minutes later, a message was sent from the observation cabin: "Report to the commander, that mysterious fleet is still following us."

Dongxiang Heihachiro asked as soon as he heard it: "What did you say? Follow us?"

"That's right, they're following us," said the Inspector General.

Dongxiang Heihachiro turned to Akiyama Shinyuki and said, "What does this fleet want to do with us?"

Akiyama Shinyuki shook his head and said, "Let the chief of communication send a message immediately to ask about that ship." Togo Heihachiro then picked up the communicator and said to the chief of communications: "Ask that fleet immediately, why are they following us?"

Not long after, the chief of communications sent a message: "Report to Your Excellency, Commander. They said that they were not following us, but were catching fish, and the channel happened to overlap with us."

Dongxiang Heihachiro asked, "What does it mean to catch fish?"

The correspondent said: "It is to chase the fish. They say that there are experienced fishermen on their boats who know the location of the fish."

Dongxiang Heihachiro turned off the communicator, and said thoughtfully: "The vast sea, how did they find the fish?"

Akiyama Shinyuki smiled and said, "Mr. Dongxiang, why are you still interested in fishing?"

Dongxiang Heihachiro said: "I am not interested in fishing. I think these people are weird! Do you think they are the people sent by Lin Yuan's army to spy on us?"

Akiyama Shino's face was serious, and he said: "This possibility is not impossible, we have to guard against it!"

Dongxiang Heihachiro said: "Then let's send a warship to scout and see what's weird on board."

Akiyama Shinyuki said: "Then let's send the snow blower to scout. The speed of the snow blower is very fast, and it can catch up with us after a while after leaving our warship."

Togo Heihachiro nodded, picked up the communicator, and said in a loud voice, "Fubuki? Call Captain Kuki Kuroki."

Kuki Kuroki, the captain of Fubuki, quickly came to the communicator and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, what are your orders?"

Dongxiang Heihachiro said: "The fleet on the port side of my fleet has been following us, you go to reconnaissance immediately, and return to the fleet after the reconnaissance, understand?"

Kuki Kuroki replied loudly: "Subordinates understand!" After finishing speaking, Kuki Kuroki ordered: "Left full rudder, target mysterious fleet, speed [-] knots, move forward."

Togo Heihachiro guessed right. This fleet is the reconnaissance fleet of the Vladivostok Fleet under Lin Yuan. Their main task is to collect information on Japanese warships. The name of the warship will be disclosed after launching, but Lin Yuan has only a half-knowledge of what the new warships of the Japanese army look like and what weapons and equipment they have. Put on the tarpaulin to prevent the photos from being taken by the high-altitude drones of Lin Yuan's troops.

It has been three years since Lin Yuan returned to this era, and the high-altitude drones do not have much available flight time, so the reconnaissance of the new Japanese warships has been suspended. This time, the Japanese warships came out of the port. It is a good time for distant scouting fleets to conduct reconnaissance.

This also reflects the strategic policy of Lin Yuan's troops not to fight unprepared battles. All ten reconnaissance ships were equipped with infrared imaging camera systems to take pictures of Japanese warships. The snow blower sailed over.