The First Evolution

Perhaps most of the time, even during exercises, there is little difference between the two.

However, once the war begins, the team led by an outstanding chief engineer is very different from that led by an ordinary chief engineer.

To use a more appropriate metaphor, a warship with an outstanding chief engineer is like carrying a madman armor, which can return blood according to a percentage per second. A warship with an ordinary chief engineer is like a Doran shield equipped.

The former may be active on the battlefield for a full hour after the war, while the latter is estimated to be sunk directly half an hour after the war.

Fang Linyan has conducted in-depth analysis. These two positions need experience to be competent. Both xiduosheng and Kuroda are famous talents in their own professional fields and can rank among the top three in the whole joint fleet.

The key is that after killing them, the Japanese Navy can't train such talents for a while. There is no substitute for this gap, which will have a significant impact on the Sino Japanese War of 1894-1895 in more than a month. That's enough.

According to Fang Linyan's assessment, if you can kill all the six people on the list, the war progress bar on China's side can rise by 0.5%!

This is a national war. If 0.5% is converted into soldiers' lives, it may be hundreds of thousands. Therefore, this is a great act for such a major event as a national war.

In other words, Lamine is really dedicated. After getting these two lists, he began to be busy again

There is a way to separate lines like mountains. Fang Linyan thought simply before, didn't he kill someone? As a result, he was stunned by laming's explanation and analysis.

It is estimated that if two important people are killed by the navy in a short time, it will certainly be related to an accident!

So even if the safety factor is put aside, the difficulty of assassinating the remaining four people must have increased sharply.

Well, even if you have strong means and skills, you are still sure to overcome all difficulties and win, but is it really worth it for you to spend so much energy and material resources to kill these people?

Everything should be cost-effective. There are many ways to weaken Japan's national strength! Assassination is just one of them!

If you put the same energy and material resources into another field, will you achieve more success?

Fang Linyan is a good person. He soon drew inferences from one instance and began to ask Tokugawa to send more information. Of course, it is all related to the Japanese fleet.

Laming's words reminded Fang Linyan that some opportunities are difficult to find in China, but there may not be no breakthrough in Japanese ports

***

In a flash, two more days passed,

Tokugawa's work efficiency is very good. Five of the six people on the list have been collected.

However, among the five people, Fang Linyan and laming thought it over and over again and found that they could only get rid of three people at most. The rest were either far away or too difficult.

For example, the island on the list is the vice chief engineer on the Akagi, but his other identity is the son of a major general! At the same time, the island also refined Kendo and obtained the true legend of Liu Shengxin's Yin flow.

Obviously, to kill this man, we have to face the guards of his family and his own strong combat effectiveness.

In view of the fact that he almost overturned in the kidnapping of Tokugawa Ren, Fang Linyan now respects Lamine's opinion very much. The three people checked by Lamine are all alcoholics! In this case, it's better to plot against a drunk guy than a sober one.

At the same time, once people who like to drink lose their whereabouts, they mostly feel that this bastard must be drunk somewhere again. In this way, Fang Linyan and others can get more assassination time.

Now Lamine is trying to set up a bureau. It's best to let three drunks get together to form a liquor bureau at the same time, and then the three people get drunk in the end. In this way, it's really easy to go to the assassination, but this is obviously a good thing that will only exist in theory.

At this time, Fang Linyan simply slapped his thigh and then slapped the board:

"Let's not pursue perfection. Kill one first! Then throw it into the sea, so that it won't arouse vigilance for at least a day."

"Then assassinate the second and third within two hours, and then stay away before things spread."

For Fang Linyan's plan, laming nodded and agreed. After all, this is also the most feasible way.

In the early morning of the next day, they came to the high place outside the port and looked at the whole Nagasaki port. They could see that the whole port showed a concave crescent distribution, and there were several sporadic islands outside the port. At this time, a lighthouse had been built on it.

In the port, there are a large number of ships, including British armored ships, American speedboats and Zhu Yin ships with Japanese characteristics. The largest number is Japanese tuna fishing boats with bamboo buildings and Hirata fishing boats.

The famous Nagasaki military port will not be built until Mitsubishi Heavy Industries settled in. Therefore, the current Nagasaki military port is not separated from the civil port, but occupies a large area in the northwest corner. The slipway is tightly blocked by bamboo barriers, and only the sound of trumpets from the workers inside can be vaguely heard.

In the waters in the middle of the port area, a large number of "pig teeth" boats shuttle in it. These small wooden boats, which can only carry six or seven people, act as small traders. They carry vegetables, fruits, eggs and so on. Fishermen with sea smell lift them to their heads and then shout.

Of course, red lanterns are hung on the bow of some pig tooth boats with a canopy in broad daylight, and a woman with heavy makeup is sitting on the bow, raising handkerchiefs and winking at the boat. There is no need to say more about what they sell.

According to the information received by Lamine, the "Feilong" and "Akagi" of the Japanese joint fleet will enter the port for maintenance today, and most of the hidoshi and Kuroda on Fang Linyan's proposed list will also go ashore. Fang Linyan and his crew are here waiting for the return of the two warships, so that they can implement the assassination plan at the first time.

"Well, why do I look familiar with that ship?" Fang Linyan suddenly said.

Laming looked at the merchant ship named "Pingzhun" pointed by Fang Linyan and thought about it. Then he took the shortcut:

"This ship?"

Fanglin rock path:

"Yes."

Laming Road:

"When we went to catch Tokugawa that night, do you remember the guy he entertained?"

Fanglin rock path:

"Oh! That guy has something to do with the ship?"

Laming Road:

"This Pingzhun is the flagship of that guy, and his name is jiuguiyuan."

Fang Linyan was stunned:

"Sorry, it seems that this man is very famous?"

Laming Road:

"According to the information I have learned, this man is the seventh generation direct blood of Jiugui Jialong, who is the most famous general of the navy in the history of the Warring States period of Japan. He is even known as the name of a pirate. He has been living as a pirate for generations."

"If you want to use Chinese history to make an analogy, the nine ghost family is similar to Zheng Chenggong's family, but its achievements are smaller, but its family has stronger continuity and centripetal force. Of course, it has better luck, so it has lasted for nearly ten generations."

Fang Linyan gave a cry and suddenly said:

"I see, but after the Meiji Restoration in Japan, there should be no soil for them?"

Laming Road:

"What this man is doing now has high profits and high risks... He is smuggling arms."

After hearing this, Fang Linyan was not surprised

The situation in Europe was not good at this time. The great empire, known as the sun never sets, still had to strive to maintain its former glory, but after all, it had shown a strong smell of corruption, and the latecomers also began to try to challenge its hegemony.

The cloud of World War I has begun to brew. If there were not many contradictions within Russia, I believe the outbreak of World War I would be faster.

At this time, Asia is also full of heroes and chaos. In such troubled times, arms smuggling must be extremely profitable, and the risk is not so high, at least compared with peacetime.

"That's right." Fang Linyan suddenly thought of one thing: "at present, Japan's own military industry enterprise is still in its infancy. It must be an arms importing country. What does this guy smuggle? He buys goods in bulk and then acts as a local dealer to sell goods?"

"But now Japan is poor and stable. Without civil war, he can't sell anything."

Laming was stunned by Fang Linyan and said:

"Well, I really don't know. I'll ask Tokugawa Ren later?"

They waited here for three hours, but found nothing, and even the rain fell down.

But this is also normal. The weather on the sea changes three times a day, and the speed of ships is greatly affected. Not to mention now, it is a hundred years later in AD 2000. It is really normal that the arrival time is one or two days late..

Fang Linyan said:

"Let's go. It's going to rain harder. Have lunch first and then stare here."

At this time, Japan is really very poor. I don't say two meals a day. The key is that each meal is two rice balls. And it's not like it's full of fish, meat and so on.

The most common thing is to put a pickled plum in each rice ball. For example, some cooked kelp will be stuffed near the sea. Only a piece of fish or a small fish will be stuffed if the family conditions are better.

The poor diet has led to the depression in the market. Fortunately, there are more foreign crew and passengers in Nagasaki port, and the arrival time will not be the same, so Fang Linyan and laming can find a place if they want to eat.

In a strict sense, Lamine is actually a spirit and a kind of ghost. Therefore, he has a habit of eating and can enjoy the taste of delicious food. However, if he doesn't eat for ten days and a half months, there is no problem.

Therefore, when Fang Linyan had dinner, he went to investigate the news of jiuguiyuan. When Fang Linyan finished the ordered Shouxi pot, he hurried back to remit the report:

"Master, jiuguiyuan is quite famous in the port. In addition to smuggling arms, he can also sell drugs, and the way of smuggling arms is unimaginable."

Fanglin rock path:

"Oh, how incredible?"

Lamine lowered his voice and said:

"He received the goods from the warship and hoarded them. After reaching a certain quantity, he sold them back through his relationship in armament."

At this time, a dirty child came panting in the distance, then handed a bamboo tube to Lamine, and Lamine took out a bill and gave it to him.

The bamboo tube is a very common thing in the market. Usually there are two rice balls in it. The workers and farmers here deal with it in this way at noon, so it doesn't seem suspicious.

However, after opening the bamboo tube under a cover, Lamine took out a piece of paper from it. After reading it in a hurry, he said:

"Dechuan Ren sent me the detailed information of nine ghost yuan smuggling. Would you like to hear it, master?"

Fang Linyan was shocked and said:

"Did you communicate with Tokugawa through a child? And still write directly?"

Lamine smiled and said:

"Master, this is not the time when you lived. This is Japan at the end of the 17th century. Everyone has no sense of anti espionage. Now even xuanyang society is mainly based on incitement and assassination. Although it also began to collect some intelligence, its energy is basically not on it."

"What's more, we leave with one vote. We don't have to consider the issue of sustainable development in the future. These measures I have taken are enough."

Fang Linyan nodded:

"OK, let's listen to professionals and talk about the news revealed by Tokugawa Ren."

Laming Road:

"The list of items smuggled by jiuguiyuan last time is as follows: one 57mm mechanism gun, 30 150mm shells, 16 201 mm shells and four torpedoes, totaling 113600 yen."

Fang Linyan said in surprise:

"Where did these things come from?"

Laming Road:

"Of course, the warship came up. Oh, of course, in the official training records, these ammunition must have been consumed by live firing, and the mechanism gun was scrapped."

"Ha?" After hearing this, Fang Linyan also widened his eyes. He never expected that there would be such a thing!!

After he stroked it, he suddenly understood:

"Then nine ghost yuan will save these weapons. For example, after saving to a base, it will act as the internal line through armaments, and then sell them to the fleet again! The price must be less than that bought from Western arms dealers."

"In this process, the insiders in the Armament Department earned money. They not only got a kickback in the middle, but also got the appreciation of their superiors - doing big things with a small amount of money! Nine ghost yuan earned. The purchase price of these ammunition must be far lower than the selling price, and the ship officers who sold things also earned money. Those ammunition had no cost to him!"

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