After several days of searching, Liu Hai almost cleaned the Japanese treasury and all banks. He had already loaded everything he could take away onto his transport ship.
Liu Hai is now sitting on the throne in the Japanese palace, watching his men move things from the palace.
This time Liu Hai knew that he could not destroy Japan, but he wanted to give Japan a good look so that he would remember this day forever.
Therefore, it can be said that Liu Hai ransacked all the aristocratic families in Japan this time, and finally came to this Japanese treasure, the Japanese royal palace.
Not to mention, this Japanese palace really has some characteristics of the Tang Dynasty. After Liu Hai ordered the soldiers to load all the things that could be moved, he also visited the Japanese palace.
After he had almost looted the palace, he stood up on the throne and wanted to leave. However, he turned around and followed the throne. He felt that it was pretty good. If he stayed here, it would be a waste, so he gave the order directly.
The soldiers even carried away the throne.
After several days of hard work, Liu Hai finally returned with a full load of people and returned to the battleship Huangdi.
Once here, Liu Hai once again summoned all the officers to discuss where the Nanyang Fleet should go next.
After Liu Hai raised the question, the people below started discussing and arguing with each other. They didn't stop until Liu Hai became impatient and patted the table.
"If you have something to say, just say it. What does it look like to whisper underneath."
As soon as Liu Hai finished speaking, the officers below looked at each other. Finally, Liu Da, who was born as a soldier of Liu Hai, was the first to stand up and speak.
"Master, in my humble opinion, why don't we go around Japan and blow up all its industrial capabilities?"
Liu Hai heard it. Liu Da's opinion represented many people, the most representative of which were the natural leaders of the former Nanyang Navy.
To be honest, these people still have some lazy mentality. If they can go around Japan and blow up all the industrial bases in Japan, it will be a great achievement without having to fight at sea, which is exactly what they want.
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However, Liu Yu, who once served as the acting admiral of the Nanyang Navy, disagreed with Liu Da's opinion.
"Master, those factories are there and can't escape. There is no need to be in such a hurry. We should immediately go south to look for the Japanese Combined Fleet. Only by destroying the Japanese Combined Fleet can we safely and safely take care of Japan's industrial base.
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Liu Hai nodded after listening. Although in Liu Hai's heart, the current Japanese combined fleet is already vulnerable, but if it is left alone, what if they bombard Japan's coastal ports? They will treat others in their own way.
body? Go and bombard your own territory.
"I think Liu Yu's opinion is very good. We can't just focus on destroying Japan and forget about our home. If our base in Wusongkou is destroyed, when we go back? I'm afraid there won't even be a place to park the ships.
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As the new commander of the Nanyang Fleet, Liu Wei agreed after listening to Liu Hai's words. Besides, for the current Nanyang Navy, those Japanese warships are nothing. So the new commander also stood up.
Agree.
When Liu Hai saw the Nanyang Fleet, the two commanders had already agreed to this strategy, so he directly ordered: "Now the entire Nanyang Fleet will leave Tokyo Bay immediately? Search south for the Japanese Combined Fleet, and be sure to annihilate them to avenge the Beiyang soldiers.
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After another day of rest for the entire fleet, on the morning of June 20, the entire Nanyang Fleet set out again, leaving Tokyo Bay and heading south in a mighty manner.
The people of Tokyo breathed a sigh of relief as they watched this force leave. In the past few days, Tokyo was occupied by the Nanyang Navy, although the officers and soldiers of the Nanyang Navy did not carry out massacres in Tokyo.
However, robbery and rape incidents occur frequently, and it is inevitable that one or two of them will be accidentally killed.
The people who can do such things are all natural sailors of the Nanyang Navy. These people are not as rigid as biochemical people. They also have thoughts and want to enjoy themselves.
Now that we have come to this colorful world, we naturally want to go down and experience it. Therefore, in addition to the necessary personnel on duty these days, Liu Hai also reluctantly agreed, and these people went out with guns for activities.
Only then did some incidents of robbery, rape and murder occur in Tokyo, but Liu Hai didn't care about these things at all. As long as his brothers didn't get into fights over robbing women or other things, everything would be fine.
Now with the departure of the Nanyang Navy, Tokyo has finally fallen into calm, and the people of Tokyo have begun to tidy up their homes and bury the trauma in their hearts.
As the commander this time, Liu Wei's main purpose was to find traces of the combined fleet, so he sent two of the four Iowa-class battleships, 50 kilometers to the left and right of the fleet.
Then the radar was turned on at the same time to start searching, reaching the radar scanning surface, forming a 200-kilometer-wide sieve.
Originally, cruisers or destroyers should be dispatched to do this kind of thing, but no other warships in the fleet are equipped with radars. If you want to find traces of the combined fleet, it will be even more difficult.
And where is the Japanese combined fleet now?
As the commander of the Combined Fleet, Yuhiro Ito can be said to be in high spirits during this period. At his feet, the Beiyang Navy captured the battleship Zhenyuan and purchased two battleships from Chile. The Japanese Combined Fleet can be said to be strong.
Although it was recently heard that the Nanyang Navy was dishonest, the British government immediately sent two more Royal Navy-class ironclads. This class of ironclads can be said to be of the same class as the Nanyang Navy's Jiangxi.
Therefore, Ito Yuhiro, who owned 5 ironclad ships, did not pay attention to the Nanyang Navy at all. Therefore, although he heard that the Nanyang Navy had gone to sea, he felt a sense of excitement in his heart.
If we encounter the Nanyang Navy this time, there will be a confrontation between ironclads and ironclads for the first time in the world.
But his idea was too good. When the Japanese 2nd Division escorted by his combined fleet arrived at its destination, there was still no trace of the Japanese Navy.
Ito Yuhiro now feels very regretful. It seems that the Nanyang Navy has retreated and does not dare to confront the Japanese combined fleet head-on.
The Japanese Combined Fleet's port this time is the Nanyang Navy's Keelung Base. This place has been very well built by the Nanyang Navy. The Nanyang Navy's squadron has left here some time ago, and even the base above
All the staff were also taken away, and this time the Japanese combined fleet was advantaged.
Since there was nothing going on, Yuhiro Ito decided to let his soldiers relax, so he sent the videos to the shore in batches for them to enjoy.
As a result, before these soldiers could be happy for a long time, a clipper ship came out and brought the news that Yuheng Ito didn't want to hear.
The main fleet of the Nanyang Navy did not intercept the combined fleet first, but headed north to Tokyo, and had already begun bombarding Tokyo's No. 1 Sea Fort.
Yi Dongyou was shocked when he heard the news. He didn't expect Liu Hai to come up with a trick for him to surround Wei and save Zhao.
However, Tokyo was too important to the Empire of Japan. If something happened to attack the Empire of Japan, the losses would be too heavy, so he didn't care about the Japanese army that had just landed, and immediately sent people to recruit all the Japanese navy officers and soldiers who had dispersed.
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Then he hurriedly pulled anchor and sailed north to reinforce Tokyo.
When they returned to the Naha base in Okinawa, they received the second telegram from Tokyo.
There are four huge warships in the Nanyang Navy. Japanese Navy Commander Saigo Yumichi ordered the combined fleet not to engage in combat with them, and immediately concealed their whereabouts to preserve their strength.
After Ito Yuhiro received the order to go up to the peak, he was a little confused. No matter how huge the opponent's warship was, it was only about 10,000 tons.
Even if they have added 4 battleships, the combined fleet's current strength is no worse than theirs, so why should they be hidden?
After thinking about it for a long time, Ito Yuhiro still couldn't make up his mind, so he summoned all the officers above the captain of the combined fleet for a meeting.
At that time, they were notified of the attack on Tokyo by the Nanyang Navy, and the orders of the Navy were also clearly shown to them.
At this time, the entire Japanese combined fleet was in a panic. Originally, they hurried back to the Naha base. These captains didn't know what was going on, but now they knew why the commander didn't care about the Army Red Deer.
The commander of the final squadron, Togo Heihachiro, burst out in anger, "Tokyo is now in danger, and even His Majesty the Emperor is under the opponent's cannon. How can we, as soldiers of the empire, sit idly by and ignore it? Moreover, the Nanyang Fleet has four ships."
The giant ship is on par with our combined fleet, and we are not afraid of it at all, so I think the combined fleet should head north to Tokyo immediately."
These words of Togo Heihachiro immediately aroused the resonance of Japanese officers at all levels. Now that they had defeated the Beiyang Navy, they had become somewhat swollen and did not take the Qing fleet in their eyes at all.
Ito Yuhiro was relieved to hear that so many officers advocated going north. In fact, he did not want to obey the orders of the Navy Ministry. It was just because of the bounden duty of soldiers that he convened all the generals for discussion.
This time it was good. Almost all the captains of the combined fleet agreed to go north. If the Navy Department were to take the blame, he would have something to say.
If he can defeat the Nanyang Navy this time, then there will be no fault at all. Instead, he will be the one to turn the tide and save the Japanese Empire from danger.
Thinking of this, Yuhiro Ito couldn't help but smile. He had now begun to imagine that he would become a hero in Japan and receive an audience with the emperor in Tokyo.