In one night, the KPA erected more than 20 tents on the island and cleared a large open space, leaving not only space for the Japanese army to camp, but also a simple football field.

It was not until the afternoon of the next day that the Japanese fleet reached Beihuangcheng Island and anchored on the east side of the island. And Wang Hailong, Han Chao, Sa Zhenbing and others stood on the top platform of the Brandenburg, looked in the direction of the Japanese fleet, and saw that the warships of the Japanese fleet were all painted with red waterline, black hull, white cabin and goose yellow chimney and mast, which looked very bright, this painting method was first raised by the British Navy, known as Victorian paint, because of the sharp color contrast, it appeared to be extremely gorgeous and imposing, and was widely adopted by various countries.

However, this kind of painting is not conducive to concealment and cover in battle, so when war breaks out, all countries will change to other colors of painting according to the actual battlefield situation, and the most common painting method is dark red for the waterline, and the entire hull is used mouse gray or blue-gray, and later even developed camouflage, which is called wartime painting. For example, several warships captured by the KPA Navy were painted in wartime livery, while warships sent by Japan were used in Victorian livery because they were on non-combat missions.

Compared with the two, of course, the Japanese warships are more powerful and gorgeous. The four warships headed by him are all large warships, and their size is not inferior to that of the Brandenburg, and the structure is more beautiful, coupled with the bright and bright colors, no matter what the combat effectiveness is, it first overwhelms the People's Army Navy in terms of appearance.

Han Chao put down the binoculars in his hand and said, "Don't say it, the warships of Little Japan are really well painted, Xiao Huang, what is the name of the phrase you often say on the Internet?"

While Huang Zhe was busy taking pictures of Japanese warships, he said: "What do you want to ask? Is it 'appearance is combat effectiveness'? or 'democratic paint'?"

Han Chao laughed and said, "Yes, it should be these two sentences." But it does look a lot taller than us, doesn't it? ”

Huang Zhe said: "Of course, these four warships are the most cutting-edge warships of this era, but they are not comparable to half-hung battleships like us." ”

Their conversation Sa Zhenbing faintly heard five or six points, although every word Sa Zhenbing could understand, but connected together made Sa Zhenbing confused, I don't know what to do, but at this time his mind is not on this, but attracted by these Japanese warships, although Sa Zhenbing knows that Japan has expanded the size of its navy after the First Sino-Japanese War, and has purchased several large warships in a row, but because the Qing court does not attach importance to external intelligence collection, and the reconstruction of the Beiyang Naval Division is difficult, so Sa Zhenbing does not know the details, and now at first glance, he can't help but be shockedJust by looking at the appearance of these warships, we know that the combat effectiveness is not below Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, and I can't imagine that only five years after the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese Navy has developed so rapidly, and it has already left the Qing Dynasty far behind.

And Sa Zhenbing was peeking at Wang Hailong, but he saw that he had a look of disdain, and then thought of the other people's remarks just now, although he couldn't understand their words, but his opinion didn't seem to take the Japanese warships in his eyes, so he also asked intentionally: "Wang Junmen, what do you think of these Japanese warships?"

Wang Hailong smiled, stomped his feet hard, and said, "Yes, it's much stronger than our current broken ship."

Sa Zhenbing naturally heard the implication that it was stronger than the Brandenburg ship, but compared with the several warships brought by overseas Chinese, it was inferior, so he was a little settled in his heart, and said: "I don't know what Wang Junmen said, you can see it." ”

Wang Hailong looked at Sa Zhenbing, then turned his head and said, "Captain Huang, you come to introduce the situation of these Japanese warships to Sa Junmen." ”

Huang Zhe hurriedly came over and explained the detailed performance data, construction process, and design ideas of the four warships of the battleships Fuji and Yashima, the armored cruisers Asama, and Tokiwa.

After listening to Huang Zhe's speech, Sa Zhenbing couldn't help but be shocked, on the one hand, he didn't expect that Japan would have such a big hand, he thought that this was the entire strength of the Japanese Navy, but he didn't expect that it was only one-third weak, because these two battleships were the two weakest in the "66 Fleet" The gap is so big that it makes people feel hopeless.

On the other hand, Sa Zhenbing did not expect that overseas Chinese would know so much about Japan's naval expansion plan, and even knew the details of the parameters of each warship. It turned out that Sa Zhenbing thought that he knew at least seven or eight points about overseas Chinese, but now it seems that overseas Chinese still have many abilities that they don't know. And it can also be seen that Wang Hailong did not say anything big just now, and the overseas Chinese really did not take the Japanese fleet seriously.

At this moment, someone came to report to Wang Hailong that the Japanese fleet had sent someone over. So Wang Hailong led everyone back to the deck of the warship to meet the visitors.

After meeting Wang Hailong, the representative sent by the Japanese side was Masayuki Akiyama, who first conveyed the greetings of the commander of the Japanese fleet, Heihachiro Togo, and then explained that the Japanese fleet would set up camp on the island tonight, and suggested that the commanders of the two sides meet on the island at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning to officially hold a party.

Wang Hailong had no objection to the Japanese side's suggestion, and gave the Japanese side a map of Beihuangcheng Island, which clearly marked the scope of the camps of the two sides, and agreed that the activities of each side were in the public area, and that the soldiers of both sides could not enter the camp of the other side at will, and in the public area, several areas such as the officer exchange area, the army garrison area, the army exchange area and the army competition area were demarcated, and the two sides could each bring 50 escorts to protect their own commanders, and in addition to the escort team, after leaving the camp, the soldiers were not allowed to carry any weapons。 And tonight, each side can send a responsible officer to go up and leave to negotiate the arrangement of the common area.

Akiyama Shinyuki thought about it for a while, and had no objection to such a division, then said goodbye to Wang Hailong and returned to the flagship of the Japanese fleet, the Fuji, with the map. The Japanese fleet immediately began to build pontoon docks, and transported all kinds of supplies to the island to build tents and camp in the designated area.

Early the next morning, Wang Hailong and the captains of each ship went ashore at 7:30 a.m. and rested temporarily in the camp, and at 8 o'clock and 5 o'clock, Wang Hailong led Sa Zhenbing and the captains of each ship out of the camp and came to the officer exchange area in the public area.

At this time, in the middle of the officer's exchange area, a long table has been placed, about 10 meters long, about 2.5 meters wide, and covered with a white tablecloth, two seats are placed in front of it, 15 chairs are placed on the left and right, and various wine glasses, dinner plates, dishes, chopsticks, knives and forks and other dining furniture are placed on the table. On both sides of the dining table, more than 10 sets of round tables and chairs are placed. In the direction of the sea directly in front of the table, a dark blue curtain is used to form a background, and the flags of both sides are placed on the left and right, the Japanese side is the national flag plaster flag, and the navy's sunburst flag, and on the traverser's side, in addition to the five-star red flag and the August 1st military flag, there is also the Yellow Dragon Flag of the Beiyang Naval Division. The chefs of the two sides have taken their places behind the curtain, each of them is working on the fire, frying and frying, which is very lively, and the aroma is constantly coming.

The officer corps of the two sides attending the celebration came to the officer exchange area at almost the same time, and Wang Hailong looked at it and saw that the officer headed by the Japanese army was a short and thin man with a solemn face and sharp eyes. Although it was the first time he had seen a real person, he had seen the photo Wang Hailong many times, and this person was Vice Admiral Heihachiro Togo, the commander of the Japanese fleet.

Although in the old time and space, Togo Heihachiro was known as the god of the Japanese Navy, but like Akiyama Shinyuki, it was after the Russo-Japanese War, and the current Togo Heihachiro is just a commander of the Japanese Navy, and there are at least 4 or 5 people of the same status as him, and there is nothing special.

When the two sides met, Wang Hailong and Heihachiro Togo shook hands with each other and expressed their greetings to each other. And Wang Hailong's heart was also a little excited, because although Japan boasted about Togo Heihachiro, in the history of the world's navy, since it is a modern naval history, Togo Heihachiro does have a place. In addition, although Togo Heihachiro's historical position was established by the Battle of Tsushima in the Russo-Japanese War, Togo Heihachiro was also guilty of crimes for China, not only did he personally participate in the Great Donggou Battle as the captain of the Naniwa, but also led the Japanese fleet to China to participate in the war during the Gengzi National Revolution. Therefore, for the traverser, Heihachiro Togo is also an executioner covered with the blood of the Chinese, and he must be cleaned up sooner or later.

Of course, the two sides are still in a cooperative relationship, so Wang Hailong is also acting on the spot. First of all, the commanders of the two sides spoke, so Wang Hailong talked about Sino-Japanese friendship, both East Asian yellow races, and should work together to deal with European and American whites, and so on, and talked endlessly for 20 minutes, while in comparison, Togo Heihachiro said much simpler, and it ended in less than two minutes, which was greatly inferior in terms of eloquence.

In fact, most of Wang Hailong's words are the well-known remarks of the big V in the old time and space, and now they can be used, and they are also set in a set, talking endlessly, and after finishing speaking, Wang Hailong also felt that he was too shameless, and he could actually say that he didn't believe in it at all as if it were the truth.

After the two commanders finished speaking, Wang Hailong and Heihachiro Togo took a group photo, and then they sat side by side at the front of the dining table, while the officers of both sides sat at the table, the chefs also brought the cooked dishes and drinks to the table, the bands of both sides played music, Wang Hailong and Heihachiro Togo raised their glasses, and announced the official start of the joint naval exercise.