Chapter 427 Jackpot (customary additional updates)
Thanks to Vladimir and Alexei, George was able to relieve the inner demons of St. Petersburg.
Freed from the shackles of St. Petersburg, George completely let himself go and became even more indifferent to the negotiations in Washington.
Whatever Werther says.
Even if Werther cedes Amur to Japan, George still has the final say as to whether Japan can get it.
So George is not worried about Japan attacking Sakhalin Island at all. You attack yours and I will attack mine.
In war, you cannot let the enemy lead you by the nose. You have to hold the enemy's seven inches and lead him away.
If Dongxiang did not attack Sakhalin Island, but instead went to Vladivostok, George would probably hesitate.
Sakhalin Island is casual.
Sooner or later, George will recover the losses caused by Japan to Sakhalin Island together with the profits.
Peter was right. Dongxiang really didn't expect that the Siberian Fleet would leave Sakhalin Island alone and launch an attack directly on Nagasaki.
Tōgo’s confidence lies in the fact that the port of Nagasaki has a complete defense system. The Siberian fleet attacked Nagasaki and made the same mistake as Tōgō’s attack on Vladivostok.
Peter has many more cards than Dongxiang.
Dongxiang's attack on Vladivostok was a traditional method. If the fort could not be defeated, it would lay mines. As long as the port of Vladivostok was blocked, Dongxiang would have completed the task.
What caught Togo off guard was that before the combined fleet could lay mines, the flagship "Mikasa" was almost attacked by a submarine. If "Naniwa" hadn't taken the mine for "Mikasa", Togo would have probably fed the fish. .
Peter did not know the range of the Nagasaki fort and ordered the Siberian fleet to cruise about ten kilometers away from Nagasaki.
At this distance, even if the Nagasaki Fort fires its guns, the probability of hitting a Siberian Fleet warship is about the same as winning the lottery.
Dongxiang's attack on Vladivostok was to let light cruisers lure the main force of the Siberian fleet out of the port and engage in a decisive battle with the main force of the combined fleet.
The attack force sent by Peter was a submarine, and the fort built heavily by Nagasaki was nowhere to be seen.
The best thing is that at this time, countries have not yet realized the role of submarines.
Therefore, Nagasaki does not even have a lightning protection net. Even if a submarine is seen, it cannot prevent the submarine from infiltrating.
So the submarine detachment led by Daniel entered the Nagasaki naval port in such a swagger.
There are no Combined Fleet warships in Nagasaki Naval Port.
However, the battleship "Victory" captured by the Combined Fleet in the Pacific Fleet, and the "Eagle" battleship captured by the Combined Fleet in the Second Fleet, are undergoing repairs in Nagasaki.
The Japanese plan to repair the "Victory" and "Eagle" and then join the combined fleet for service.
The "Victory" has a displacement of 12,683 tons and a horsepower of 15,000. Its armament system consists of two twin-mounted 254mm main guns and 11 single-barreled 152mm rapid-fire guns. Construction started in 1898 and entered service in 1902.
The "Eagle" is the fourth ship of the "Borodino" class, and its data are the same as the "Ural" and "Caucasus" that are already in service in the Siberian Fleet.
As soon as Daniel entered Nagasaki, he saw these two majestic battleships.
Daniel sent a telegram to Peter asking Peter to decide.
Peter’s call back was crisp and clear.
"Sink!"
It doesn't matter if it sinks, just wait until the Siberian fleet captures Nagasaki and then fish it out.
Let the Japanese repair these two battleships, and Dongxiang's arrogance will become even more arrogant.
The Siberian fleet captured "Kasuga" and renamed "Kasuga" "trophy", which was equivalent to pressing the face of the Japanese king to the ground and beating him.
After Japan has repaired these two battleships, it still doesn’t know what names to change them to.
The battleship "Letvizan", which has been serving in the Combined Fleet, was renamed "Hizen" by Japan. This name is the ancient name of Kyushu Island.
If Japan changes the names of "Victory" and "Eagle" to "St. Petersburg" and "Moscow", the Russian Empire will completely become a laughing stock of the international community.
Daniel, a technological expert, was so bold that he let the submarine surface before launching the torpedo.
The Japanese did not realize at all that the submarine had invaded. There were workers on the "Eagle" undergoing maintenance work. Several workers saw the submarine surfaced at the same time and stood stunned on the spot, at a loss.
No. 104, which has become a meritorious submarine, fired two torpedoes at the "Eagle".
Boom——
The torpedo accurately hit the "Eagle" and exploded violently, causing a splash of water higher than the mast of the "Eagle".
What made Daniel angry was that only one of the two torpedoes exploded.
The torpedo technology is still not up to par!
After the violent explosion, the Japanese workers who were doing maintenance work on the "Eagle" finally knew what this black thing was for.
The inner harbor of Nagasaki is not too deep, but people can drown.
After the torpedo exploded, all the workers who were performing maintenance work on the "Eagle" jumped into the sea to survive.
The Japanese sailors on duty in the harbor were stunned and raised their rifles to shoot at the 104 submarine.
The bullets hit Submarine No. 104, and the clanging sound was like a beautiful symphony to Daniel, which completely set Daniel on fire.
After Daniel fired the torpedo, the submarine did not dive, but stopped in place and continued to load.
But Daniel had no chance to attack again.
More than 104 submarines infiltrated Nagasaki.
Although it is not glorious to sink one's own battleship, for a submarine captain, sinking a battleship is a lifelong honor.
Almost at the same time that No. 104 launched torpedoes, at least four submarines launched torpedoes at the "Victory" and "Eagle" at the same time.
Boom——
Boom boom boom——
The repair work of the "Victory" captured after the fall of Arthur Military Port has been basically completed. The maintenance work of the "Eagle" is in progress, and it will be ready to serve in the joint fleet in one or two months.
The power of torpedo 533 was so powerful that it completely tore the hulls of the "Victory" and the "Eagle" apart. Seawater poured in quickly. In just one minute, the "Victory" and the "Eagle" capsized in Nagasaki Harbor.
Dozens of workers who jumped into the sea to survive were unlucky and were crushed under the "Victory" and "Eagle". They would drown if they didn't die.
A few workers who were good at swimming immersed themselves in swimming and actually swam in the direction of Submarine No. 104.
Daniel was angry.
Because there are no artillery or machine guns on the outside of the Vladivostok submarine, it cannot create greater chaos.
Only torpedoes are enough.
As the largest port in Japan, there are many warships docked in Nagasaki Naval Port.
Daniel came one by one.
The transport ship "Chunfeng".
Sink.
The supply ship "Wenyue".
Sink.
The transport ship "Imaru" is larger and newer, and is equipped with two torpedoes.
After the sinking of the "Imaru", Nagasaki Harbor was in a mess. Daniel looked around and saw that all the Japanese warships in sight had been sunk.
Nagasaki Port is quite large. Submarine No. 104 continued to walk in. After going around a hill, another huge warship appeared in front of Submarine No. 104.
Daniel won the jackpot.
This is the Japanese Combined Fleet flagship "Mikasa" which is also under repair.
After the Russo-Japanese War broke out, "Mikasa" served as the flagship and participated in all naval battles and performed extremely actively.
In the naval battle in which the Second Fleet was surrounded and annihilated, the "Mikasa" and the Second Fleet's flagship "Prince Suvorov" fired fiercely.
The "Duke Suvorov" was eventually sunk, and the "Mikasa" was also seriously damaged and towed back to Nagasaki Naval Port for repairs.
Since the repair work of the "Mikasa" has not been completed, the "Mikasa" did not attack Sakhalin Island with the main force of the combined fleet.
When the huge hull of the "Mikasa" appeared in Daniel's periscope, Daniel subconsciously rubbed his eyes in disbelief.
During the Battle of Vladivostok, submarine No. 104 almost hit the "Mikasa", and Daniel missed the opportunity to become an imperial hero.
The god of luck still favored Daniel.
After the Battle of Vladivostok, Daniel’s dreams were all about the Mikasa.
So after confirming the "Mikasa", Daniel's roar resounded in submarine No. 104.
"Torpedo preparation——"
The crew did not have a periscope and did not know what was in front of submarine No. 104.
But from Daniel's excited and trembling roar, the sailors knew that they had won the lottery again.
Sinking a warship is not only an honor for sailors, but also provides generous rewards.
After a joint fleet flagship like the "Mikasa" is sunk, the reward is so rich that it can last a lifetime for the sailors.
The two torpedoes this time were very reliable. They all hit the "Mikasa" and exploded.
Daniel held back his hand and ordered the reloading to continue, in order to completely sink the "Mikasa" so that the Japanese would not be able to fish it up.
Submarine No. 104 failed to take all the credit for sinking the "Mikasa". Submarine No. 106, which arrived later, also fired two torpedoes at the "Mikasa", both of which hit.
The naval port is narrow, and submarine No. 104 and submarine No. 106 occupy the most favorable attack positions. The submarines that arrived later can only watch the excitement.
Rebus, the captain of submarine No. 101, was unwilling to give in. The torpedo he launched passed by the hull of No. 104 and accurately hit the "Mikasa".
Daniel looked at the torpedo passing by and yelled wildly, who the hell is this shameless?
The other captains were also cursing.
Criticizing Daniel for his bad luck.
Boom——
After being hit by 7 torpedoes, the "Mikasa" followed the footsteps of the "Victory" and the "Eagle" and capsized completely.
Before capsizing, the water waves caused by the "Mikasa" rushed onto the pier and washed more than a dozen stunned Japanese workers and sailors into the sea.
Submarine No. 104 did not withdraw from Nagasaki Naval Port until all the torpedoes were fired.
George never expected that Peter would gain so much from his attack on the Nagasaki military port.
Warships can sink themselves.
It is a naval tradition that the captain should be buried with the ship.
Being captured by the enemy is a complete shame.
Although the Japanese were not as outrageous as the Amurs, they did not humiliate all Russians with names.
But "Hizen" is still an eternal pain in the hearts of all Russians, especially the soldiers of the Russian Imperial Navy.
Now the sailors of the Siberian Fleet can finally be proud. They sank the flagship "Mikasa" of the Japanese Combined Fleet.
Witt was even more elated.
When he handed the telegram that the "Mikasa" was sunk to the Japanese negotiator, Minister of Foreign Affairs Histaro Komura, Komura's expression was wonderful.
(End of this chapter)