"Sank 56 Japanese ships, three battleships: Mikasa, Asahi, Fuji, five armored cruisers, Asama, Tobaya, Yakumo, Kasumi, 10 protective cruisers, 16 destroyers, and 22 *boats; 8 prisoners of warships, namely the battleships, Hiroshima, Armored cruisers, Hiroshima, Protective cruisers Takama, Takachiho, Destroyer Fuyuki, Tomomo, Matsushima, and Skylark; a total of 237 Japanese personnel were captured, 6 school-level officers, 17 lieutenant officers, and 23 non-commissioned officers."

"Sank 8 Russian ships, namely 1 battleship: Navarin; 1 armored cruiser: Admiral Nashimov; 3 protective cruisers; Admiral Ushakov, Admiral Xinyawen, and Pearl; 3 destroyers; 12 captured warships, battleships Borodino, Eagle, Nicholas I; protective cruisers Oleg, Avleer, Svetrana, Monomach, and Emerald; 4 destroyers; captured a total of 2,374 Russian personnel, 9 general-level officers, 31 school-level officers, 149 lieutenant officers, and 274 non-commissioned officers. However, 1,291 of them surrendered voluntarily. According to our promise when we accepted their surrender, they will be released after returning to Qingdao."

"No of our warships were sunk, and a few warships were injured, but they were not serious. Another 87 officers and soldiers were killed, including 2 lieutenants, 3 lieutenants and 7 non-commissioned officers. The Shikijima, which is now captured by our army, was stranded and the hull was flooded. It needed emergency repairs to drag them back. Commander Shang ordered the Yueyang ship to lead the armored cruiser team, and the 4th cruiser team stayed in place, waiting for the repair of the ship, and the rest of the warships were withdrawn in batches."

"A total of 20 warships were captured, and now I really made a big profit."

"Yes! I really didn't expect that this battle would capture so many warships, and it was a huge gain."

In naval battles, it is quite difficult to capture the enemy's warships. In the old time and space, although the Japanese joint fleet achieved a brilliant victory in the Battle of Tyrant Ma, it only captured 6 Russian ships, and the People's Army Navy captured 20 warships at once, which was a very amazing achievement. Before the war, although Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng, Xiao Jianjun and others were full of confidence in the victory of the People's Army Navy, and it was not surprising that they had achieved a complete victory. After all, they took advantage of the battle between Japan and Russia, and their fishermen were profitable. There were 5 modern warships in the battle, so it was not difficult to win, but a total of 20 warships were captured, including 4 battleships, 1 armored cruiser, and 7 protective cruisers. The captured warships were of great value.

Of course, among the captured warships, the Russian ships are higher than the Japanese ships in terms of quantity and quality. This is mainly because the Russian ships were already low in morale, and were defeated by the joint fleet when the People's Army Navy participated in the war. Therefore, after the People's Army Navy joined the war, the Russian ships obviously had no fighting spirit and surrendered when they encountered setbacks. In contrast, the joint fleet was much more tenacious. The Fujima and the Rijin were only captured by the People's Army Navy after they were stranded. Several other warships were captured only when they were beaten to no resistance and could not escape. Moreover, each captured Japanese ship was captured after a fight and then surrendered. For this reason, the People's Army Navy also suffered a certain amount of casualties. There were only ones who took the initiative to surrender on the white flag or accept the persuasion of the People's Army Navy. There were also several warships that even opened the bottom valves of the ship when they were desperate.

It is now 10 o'clock in the evening, except for Shang Jinfeng, who was commanding the fleet, the other seven members of the wartime team did not go home, gathered in the newly established comprehensive war command room in the administrative building, waiting for news of the battle.

The Navy won a big victory, which was also a good start for the East China government to officially participate in the war, and it also meant that it had obtained absolute sea control in the sea area. Neither Russia nor Japan had enough strength to compete with the East China government at sea.

However, the members of the wartime team cannot go home at this time, because today is not the only people's Navy in the People's Army. The Army and Marines will also participate in the battle tonight. The Army crossed the Liaohe River by the 2nd Army stationed in Jinzhou and launched an attack on the Japanese army in the Liaodong region; while the Marines launched landing operations on Lushun. The time for these two battles was launched at 12 o'clock tonight. Therefore, the members of the wartime team still had to guard here, at least it was impossible to go home tonight.

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"Report to the commander, call from Qingdao Command, a great victory in the navy."

"Okay, read."

After reading the telegram, the entire command center of the 2nd Army was also infuriated, because in about an hour and a half, the 2nd Army would launch an attack on the Liaohe defense line where the Japanese army was stationed and officially participate in the war. At this time, learning about the naval victory was also a great encouragement to the 2nd Army.

Qiu Yahui, commander of the 2nd Army, nodded and said to the telegraph soldiers: "Thank you for your hard work. I will call the command center back. The 2nd Army will not disappoint the command center, and the Military Commission will not disappoint."

The telegraph soldier saluted and turned away. Qiu Yahui said to the other people in the command center: "The Navy flag was successful, and he made a great move, and he gave us a good start. In another hour and a half, it will be our turn to join the war. We cannot behave worse than the Navy, and the Marines also participated in the war with us, so we cannot lose to them."

Deputy Commander Wang Jianping said: "What is the victory of the Navy? There are 5 modern warships that are under the ranks. It is difficult to lose. It is completely bullying the Russians and the Japanese. Anyone can fight. The Marine Corps has amphibious tanks to help with the Japanese. Only we can fight with the Japanese with real swords and guns. If we give all the amphibious tanks, it will be a matter of minutes to win this battle. The Command and the Military Commission are too partial. They say that the Marine Corps is a fourth-class person. That is in the United States. I think our army is the real fourth-class person?"

Political Commissar Liu Jun shook his head and said, "It can't be said that. Amphibious tanks are originally used for amphibious landing. The Command and Military Commission are very reasonable to assign amphibious tanks to the Marine Corps. Moreover, the Command and Military Commission are not careful about us. The drones and helicopters are in place, and there are also a few modified weapons. They are not the trump card for this battle. As a result, they are all sent to us. We must not say that the Command and Military Commission are biased."

Qiu Yahui also nodded and said, "Yes, any weapon to fight, and the weapons assigned to us are not bad. If this battle is not good, don't blame others or make excuses. You can only find the reasons from ourselves, so I will never allow any mistakes in this battle."

Although the attack from Liaohe River was a temporary intention to enter Jinzhou, the East China government did not despise the battlefield on this line, but regarded the Liaohe River line as a combination of left and right punches for the People's Army's landing, just like the landing of Lushun. In fact, sending the 2nd Army to take on this task shows the importance of the command and the Military Commission.

Before the establishment of the Marine Corps, the ace of the People's Army was of course Luo Yue's 1st Division, and the second-ranked one was Qiu Yahui's 2nd Division. Later, Luo Yue went to the Marine Corps and drew some backbones from the 1st Division. Therefore, after the division expanded its army, the first ace of the Army naturally fell to the 2nd Army formed with the 2nd Division as the core.

In fact, from Qiu Yahui's heart, it was somewhat unwilling to become the first trump card of the army in this way. He hoped to become the real trump card of the army in fair competition with Luo Yue. However, Qiu Yahui was not a person who was confined to the details. Luo Yue had already gone to the Marine Corps and could not bring him back to the army. Therefore, instead of being upset about this regret, it would be better to focus more on the battlefield and use his military achievements to prove that he is a veritable trump card of the army. Moreover, this time the Marine Corps also participated in the battle, and could still have a fair competition with Luo Yue.

The 2nd Army now has 4 divisions and 3 regiments, with a total of about 67,000 troops, and is equipped with some temporary troops. Therefore, the troops commanded by Qiu Yahui now exceeds 70,000, and all have entered the western Liaoning area.

Now that the People's Army has been stationed in Jinzhou, the western Liaoning region has been in the past six months. In addition to the army, nearly 1,500 administrative, public security and engineering personnel have been transferred. Now, the land reform work in the western Liaoning region has been basically controlled, and about 70% of the region has been completed, and the support of the vast majority of the people has also been won. A lot of preparations have been made for this war. In addition to building a port in Huludao that can be directly moored by 5,000 tons of ships, under the leadership of Zhan Tianyou, a simple railway from Huludao to Jinzhou, Heishan and Tai'an has been built, with a total distance of about 200 kilometers to ensure the supply of logistics supplies after the war. In addition, a logistics support team of more than 200,000 has been formed in the Jinzhou region to ensure the logistics work of the army.

Although the command center and the Military Commission drew the amphibious chariot battalion to the Marine Corps, it did not mean that it did not pay attention to the 2nd Army. First, the Type 05 amphibious chariot brought by the crossing was originally developed for amphibious landing operations, so it is reasonable to pull it for the Marine Corps. Moreover, because the Marine Corps was established for a short time, it was not time to tailor a few ace weapons for them; second, the several ace weapons designed and manufactured by the East China government for this war also had finished products, and this time they were all drawn for the 2nd Army.
Chapter completed!