originally evolved

1335 Lock the target
Perhaps most of the time, even including exercises, there is not much difference between the two.

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

To use a more appropriate metaphor, a battleship with an outstanding chief engineer is like wearing a fanatic armor, which can recover blood according to a percentage every second, and a battleship with an ordinary chief engineer is like a Doran shield equipped.

The former may be a full hour after the start of the battle, and the warships are still active on the battlefield, while the latter is estimated to be directly sunk half an hour after the start of the battle.

Fang Linyan conducted an in-depth analysis. These two positions require a lot of experience to be competent. Both Kitakatsu and Kuroda are well-known talents in their own professional fields, and they can rank among the top three in the entire combined fleet. .

The key is that after killing them, the Japanese Navy will not be able to train such talents for a while. The gap created by this will have a significant impact on the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of [-]-[-]. This is enough. .

According to Fang Linyan's evaluation, if he can kill all the six people on the list, the Chinese side of the war progress bar might even increase by 0.5%!
This is a national war. If 0.5% of the percentage point is converted into the lives of soldiers, it may be hundreds or thousands. Therefore, for such a major event as a national war, this is already a very extraordinary act.

By the way, La Ming is also really dedicated. After getting these two lists, he immediately started to get busy again.
There is a saying that every line is like a mountain. Fang Linyan had a simple idea before, isn't it just to kill someone?As a result, La Ming was immediately confused by his analysis.

If one person is killed, then it is probably okay. Once two important figures related to the navy die unexpectedly within a short period of time, the authorities will definitely be vigilant!

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

Well, even if you have strong means and great ability, you are still sure to overcome all difficulties and win the victory, but is it really worth it for you to spend such a huge amount of energy and material resources to kill these people?
There is a question of cost performance in everything, and there are actually many ways to weaken Japan's national strength!Assassination is just one of them!
If you invest the same energy and material resources in other fields, will you achieve more success?
Fang Linyan was a kind-hearted person, so he quickly drew inferences and asked Tokugawa Shinobi to send more information, of course, everything related to the Japanese fleet.

La Ming's words reminded Fang Linyan that some opportunities are hard to find in China, but in Japan's ports, there may not be no breakthroughs
***
Another two days passed in a flash,
Tokugawa Shinobi's work efficiency is very good, and information on the six people on the list has been collected to five.

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

For example, the small island on the list is the deputy chief engineer on the Akagi, but his other identity is the son of a major general!At the same time, Kojima Shige also intensively practiced kendo, and obtained the true inheritance of Yagyu Xinyinliu.

Obviously, to kill this person, one has to face the guards in his home, as well as his own powerful fighting power.

In view of the kidnapping of Tokugawa Shinobi, Fang Linyan almost overturned, so now Fang Linyan respects La Ming's opinion very much. The three people selected by La Ming are all alcoholics without exception!In that case, plotting against a drunk guy is definitely better than a sober one.

At the same time, once a person who likes to drink loses his whereabouts, most people around him will feel that this bastard must be drunk somewhere again.In this way, Fang Linyan and the others would have more time to assassinate.

Now Laming is trying to find a way to set up a game. It is best to let the three drunkards get together to form a game at the same time, and then the three of them will be drunk in the end. In this way, it is really worry-free to go to the assassination Save trouble, but this is obviously a beautiful thing that only exists in theory.

At this time, Fang Linyan slapped his thigh very simply, and then clapped his hands:
"Let's stop pursuing perfection, kill one first! Then tie it up with stones and throw it into the sea, so that at least one day will not cause alarm."

"Then kill the second and the third within two hours, then stay away before it spreads."

Regarding Fang Linyan's plan, La Ming nodded and agreed. After all, this is also the most feasible method.

Early the next morning, the two of them came to a high place outside the port and looked at the entire Nagasaki Port. They could see that the entire port was in a concave crescent-shaped distribution, and there were several scattered small islands outside the port. A lighthouse has been built on it.

In the port, there are a large number of ships docked densely, including British iron-clad ships, American clipper ships, and Japanese-style Shuyin ships. The largest number is the Japanese tuna fishing boats with bamboo buildings on them. A characteristic Hirata fishing boat.

The famous Nagasaki military port will not be built until Mitsubishi Heavy Industries settles in, so the current Nagasaki military port is not separated from the civilian port, but occupies a large area in the northwest corner, and the berth is covered with bamboo. The barriers are tightly blocked, and only the chant of the laborers inside can be vaguely heard.

In the waters of the port area, a large number of "pig teeth" boats shuttle in it. These small wooden boats that can only carry six or seven people act as small vendors, carrying vegetables, fruits, eggs, etc., distributed by Fishermen who smelled of the sea raised their heads and yelled and hawked.

Of course, red lanterns are hung on the bows of some pig-toothed boats in broad daylight, and a woman with heavy make-up is sitting on the bow, waving her handkerchief and winking at the big boat. Too much to say.

According to the information received by La Ming, the "Hyryu" and "Akagi" in the Japanese joint fleet will enter the port for maintenance today, so Kitakatsu and Kuroda Yu on the list drawn up by Fang Linyan will most likely also go ashore. Just wait here for the return of these two warships, and then execute the assassination plan as soon as possible.

"Huh? Why does that ship look familiar to me?" Fang Linyan asked suddenly.

La Ming looked at the merchant ship called "Ping Zhun" that Fang Linyan was pointing at, and after thinking for a while, he said:

"This ship?"

Fang Linyan said:

"Correct."

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

Fang Linyan said:

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

Ramin said:
"This Pingzhun is that guy's flagship, and that guy's name is Jiuguiyuan."

Fang Linyan was dumbfounded:

"Sorry, it seems this person is famous?"

Ramin said:
"According to the information I have learned, this person is the seventh generation direct bloodline of Yoshitaka Kuki, and Yoshitaka Kuki is the most famous navy general in the history of the Japanese Warring States Period, and he is even called the pirate daimyo. Thieves make a living."

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

Fang Linyan let out an oh, and suddenly said:
"Understood, but after the Meiji Restoration in Japan, there should be no soil for them, right?"

Ramin said:
"What this person is doing now is highly profitable and risky. He is smuggling arms."

Fang Linyan was not surprised after hearing this.
The situation in Europe at this time is not very good. The great empire known as the sun never sets is still working hard to maintain its former glory, but after all, it has revealed a strong sense of decay, and the latecomers are also beginning to try to challenge its hegemony.

The cloud of the First World War has already begun to brew. If it were not for the many internal contradictions in Russia, I believe that the outbreak of the First World War would be faster.

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

"By the way." Fang Linyan suddenly remembered something: "For now, Japan's own military industry is still in its infancy, so it must be an arms importing country, so what is this guy smuggling? What about merchants?"

"But now Japan is poor and stable, and there is no civil war, so he can't sell things."

La Ming was stunned by Fang Linyan's question and said:

"This, I really don't know, I'll ask Tokugawa Shinobu later?"

The two waited here for a full three hours, but found nothing, and even the rain was falling down.

But this is also normal. The weather on the sea changes three times a day, and the speed of the ship is greatly affected. Let alone now, it is 100 AD in the next 2000 years. It is really true that the arrival time is a day or two late. It's normal.

Fang Linyan greeted and said:

"Let's go, it looks like the rain is going to be even bigger, let's have lunch first and then come here to watch."

At this time, Japan is really very poor. I usually eat two meals a day, let alone, the key is that each meal is two rice balls.And it's not like it's stuffed with fish, meat and the like now.

The most common thing is to stuff a marinated plum into each rice ball. For example, some cooked kelp will be stuffed in places near the sea. If the family conditions are better, a piece of fish or a small fish will be stuffed. .

The lack of food has led to a depression in the market. Fortunately, there are many foreign sailors and tourists in Nagasaki Port, and the arrival time at the port is not uniform, so Fang Linyan and La Ming can find a place to eat if they want to eat. .

Strictly speaking, Laming is actually a Heroic Spirit, and also belongs to the category of ghosts, so eating is a habit of his life, and he can also enjoy the taste of food, but if he doesn't eat for ten days and a half months, there is no problem of.

So when Fang Linyan was eating, he went to investigate the news about Jiuguiyuan. After Fang Linyan finished eating the sukiyaki he ordered, he rushed back to report:
"Master, Jiu Guiyuan is quite famous in the port. In addition to smuggling arms, he also sells drugs, and the way he smuggles arms is even more incredible."

Fang Linyan said:

"Oh, how incredible?"

Lamin lowered his voice and said:

"He received the goods from the warship, then hoarded them, and after a certain amount was reached, he sold them back through his relationship in the armament business."

At this time, a dirty child ran over panting from a distance, and then handed La Ming a bamboo tube, and La Ming took out a banknote and gave it to him.

That 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 at noon, so it doesn't look suspicious.

However, after La Ming opened the bamboo tube under cover, he took out a piece of paper, read it hastily, and said:

"Tokugawa Shinobi sent me detailed information about the smuggling of Kukigen, master, would you like to hear it?"

At this time, Fang Linyan was a little shocked and said:

"Did you and Tokugawa Shinobi communicate through a child? And you still write directly like this?"

Lamin smiled and said:

"Master, this is not the era you lived in. This is Japan at the end of the seventeenth century AD! No one has any sense of counter-espionage. Now even the Xuanyangsha is mainly inciting and assassinating, although it has begun to collect some intelligence. , but the energy is basically not on it.”

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

Fang Linyan nodded and said:
"Okay, listen to professionals, let's talk about the news revealed by Tokugawa Shinobu."

Ramin said:
"The list of what Jiuguiyuan smuggled last time is as follows: one 57mm cannon, thirty rounds of 150mm shells, sixteen rounds of 201mm shells, and four torpedoes, totaling 11 yen."

Fang Linyan said in surprise:
"Where did these things come from?"

Ramin said:
"Of course it came from a warship. Oh, of course, according to the official training records, the ammunition must have been consumed by live ammunition, and the cannon was blown out."

"Huh?" Fang Linyan's eyes widened after hearing this, he never expected such a thing to happen! !
After he stroked it, he suddenly understood:

"Then Jiuguiyuan will store these munitions. For example, after a certain base is stored, he will use the armaments as the inside line, and then resell them to the fleet! The price must be lower than buying them from Western arms dealers."

"During this process, the insiders in the armament department made money. Not only did they get a kickback in the middle, but they also got the appreciation of their superiors -- spending a small amount of money to do big things! Nine ghosts made money, and the purchase price of these ammunition must be far away. Far below the selling price, the ship officer who sold things also made a profit, and the ammunition has no cost to him at all!"

(End of this chapter)