The banquet was in the form of a Western-style buffet, with a variety of dishes and drinks placed on a central table, and officers on both sides could take them at will and chat with each other. Overall, the atmosphere is good, after all, both sides need to cooperate now.

Although Wang Hailong does not speak Japanese, he has strong English skills, and Heihachiro Togo has studied in the UK for 8 years, so his English is naturally good, so the two sides can communicate directly in English without translation. Although Togo Heihachiro is not good at words, he also responds to his words, and when it comes to some naval matters, it can also arouse some interest in Togo Heihachiro, of course, at this time, no one will say anything bad about the scenery, and when it comes to sensitive topics, both sides are also very consciously dumbfounded.

After eating and drinking for a while, the two sides also began to perform some performances, starting with the military bands of both sides playing their own music. Each warship has its own warship band, which is the tradition of the navy, the Japanese Navy learned from the British, and naturally learned a lot, and the bands of the People's Army are of course composed of soldiers who have crossed the country, although they are amateurs, but the level is not bad at all, and they also played a Japanese folk song [Northern Spring], and it is also sung in Japanese, which also surprised the Japanese officers, although everyone has not heard this song, but from the musical style, the meaning of the words, this is obviously a Japanese style full of folk songs.

Originally written in 1977 in the old time and space, "Northern Spring" is a song that expresses homesickness, and it is generally believed that the place where it was sung was Iwate Prefecture, a prefecture in the northeast of Japan. At that time, Japan was in the midst of an economic boom, and many young people who had left the northern countryside to study or earn a living saw themselves in this song and heard what they wanted to say but did not say, so the song quickly became popular in Japan. Since China and Japan entered a period of friendship in the 80s, this song spread to China, including Hong Kong and Taiwan, as a cultural exchange activity between China and Japan at that time, and many well-known singers have covered this song, which can be said to be one of the most widely circulated Japanese folk songs in the Chinese society.

Most of the Japanese officers just thought it was a little strange, but they didn't think much of it, and it was a foreign country, and it was always a pleasure to hear the folk songs of their country, so many Japanese officers hummed along with them, and after the song ended, it also attracted a round of applause from the Japanese side.

However, although Heihachiro Togo and Shinyuki Akiyama also clapped their hands symbolically, their faces became very solemn, and the fact that overseas Chinese can compose such a Japanese-style folk song shows that they have a very in-depth long-term study of Japanese history and culture, and to conduct in-depth long-term research on the history and culture of other countries, they either love the history and culture of this country very much, or they want to conquer this country. Of course, there is no contradiction between these two points, for example, Japan loves Chinese history and culture very much, but it has always wanted to conquer China, so what about overseas Chinese?

In this joint military exercise, in addition to joining forces with overseas Chinese to deal with Russia, it is also an important task to observe the atmosphere of overseas Chinese, although overseas Chinese have not sent their strongest warships, but just observers can also learn a lot of things.

In fact, the traverser really didn't think about it so much, but he just performed a Japanese folk song and helped to have a good time, which was a common thing in the old time and space to communicate with foreign armies, and no one took it seriously.

Of course, Togo Heihachiro and Akiyama Shinyuki will not say anything at this time, and then the performance of their respective armies is the performance of the materials, the Japanese side performed kendo, judo, sumo wrestling and other traditional Japanese sports, while the People's Army performed Chinese martial arts, magic, street dance, etc., and the officers and soldiers of both sides applauded each other, and from time to time toasted each other, the atmosphere was very warm.

Subsequently, the two sides had some sports competitions, of course, all of which were non-direct confrontation, such as running, long jump, High jump, throwing, etc., the material art show just now is played by the crossing soldiers, and in the competitive competition, it is basically played by the local fighters, mainly to let the local soldiers also feel this kind of friendship atmosphere, even in this era, the navy is not only used for combat, but also the image of the national army, gunboat diplomacy is not only a deterrent force, but also an action to show the national culture and military style. Therefore, with the development of the People's Army and Navy, such activities will be regularly participated in in in the future, so it is necessary to let the soldiers adapt to this kind of activities.

However, after all, the physical fitness of the local soldiers is much worse than that of the Japanese soldiers, and the traverser did not deliberately designate people to participate in the competition, so the result of the competition is also less wins and more losses;

After a while, the confrontational project was finally carried out - tug-of-war. The Japanese side simply sent two teams to participate in the battle against the People's Army and the Beiyang Naval Division. As a result, the People's Army was almost defeated quickly, and as soon as the two sides made their efforts, they were completely controlled by the Japanese army and had no power to resist; on the contrary, the Beiyang Naval Division went back and forth with the Japanese army, maneuvering back and forth several times, and the two sides fought each other for nearly 10 minutes before they were defeated by the Japanese army.

But in the last game, the football match, the People's Army finally saved some face, the football team composed of time-traveler fighters, in the 50-minute game, very easily defeated the Japanese army's football team 4:2, not only the score of the second half was 2: 1, and even the process of the game is the same, the traverser first completely controlled the rhythm of the game, almost formed a siege on the door of the Japanese team, and scored two goals in a row, and then deliberately relaxed the rhythm and let Japan score a goal, so as not to lose too ugly. It was a goal scored by Japan in the second half, not only did all the crossers not stop it, but the goalkeeper didn't even make a save, and the intention to release the water was really obvious. Therefore, after the goal, even the applause of the Japanese side was sparse.

Although the faces of Togo Hachihiro and Akiyama Mayuki were a little embarrassed, they were also relieved that they finally didn't lose too badly, although the two of them hadn't watched the match between the traverser and the UK, but they had also heard the Japanese in Shanghai say that since even the UK was not the opponent of overseas Chinese, it was normal for Japan to lose.

The friendship activities of the two armies ended happily, and then Wang Hailong, Sa Zhenbing, and Togo Heihachiro discussed the details of this military exercise, and conducted a sand table demonstration of the formation drills and changes of the fleets of the two sides, as well as shooting at sea. On the third day of the exercise, the two sides will engage in a confrontation of ships. Although it is completely similar to actual combat, this is not a real actual combat after all, so the two sides need to consider reciprocity, if a battleship is used to deal with a cruiser, the outcome is of course conceivable.

But to compete with the capital ships, the KPA is obviously at an absolute disadvantage, the Japanese army has two battleships and two large armored cruisers, and they are all cutting-edge warships of this era, and the KPA only has one battleship, which is not a success, of course, it cannot be compared, so the two sides finally decided to send protective cruisers to participate in the ship confrontation, and the Japanese fleet sent four warships, Takasago, Kasaki, Yoshino, and Chitose.

The Yoshino was the capital ship of the Japanese Navy in the Sino-Japanese First Sino-Japanese Naval War, and served as the flagship of the 1st Guerrilla Group of the Combined Fleet in the Battle of Daitogou. With a displacement of 4,150 tons, a length of 109.73 meters, a width of 14.17 meters, a draft of 5.18 meters, and a speed of an astonishing 23 knots, the ship's armament is 4 152 mm rapid-fire guns, 8 120 mm rapid-fire guns, and 22 47 mm rapid-fire guns.

The Takasago is an upgraded version of the same class as the Yoshino, which entered service in 1898, and its basic data is basically the same as that of the Yoshino, not only inheriting the high speed of the Yoshino, but also equipped with two 203 mm rapid-fire guns and four 120 mm rapid-fire guns, so the firepower is more powerful than the Yoshino.

The Kasaki and Chitose are of the same class as the cruiser ordered by Japan to the United States in order to ease tensions with the United States over immigration. In terms of design, it inherits the characteristics of the Yoshino-class that is light, agile and powerful, and due to the increase in tonnage, the firepower is more powerful, and it is also a type of protective cruiser with excellent performance. The displacement reached 4900 tons, (4760 tons for the Chitose), the length of the ship was 120.4 meters, the width was 15 meters, the draft was 5.31 meters, the speed was 22 knots, and the ship's armament was 2 rapid-fire guns of 203 mm caliber, 10 rapid-fire guns of 152 mm caliber, 12 rapid-fire guns of 76 mm caliber, and 6 rapid-fire guns of 47 mm caliber.

On the People's Army's side, the Orlando, the Lufthansa, and the Haiqi and Hairong of the Beiyang Naval Division were dispatched.

However, it is interesting to note that the Haiqi and Yoshino and Takasago of the Beiyang Navy Division are the same brothers, all of which were designed by the famous British ship designer Philip Watts and built by Armstrong Ellswick Shipyard. Moreover, Deng Shichang, the former Beiyang Naval Division, was also designed and built by Armstrong, but because the Haiqi was built later than the Yoshino and Takasago, it was slightly better in performance.

It's just that after the First Sino-Japanese War, protective cruisers can only exist as an auxiliary force in naval warfare, and the main force in naval warfare is battleships and large armored cruisers. Therefore, in the Japanese Navy, both Yoshino and Takasago can only be classified as second-class cruisers.

The Japanese side has a set of rules for the confrontation exercise of ships, first of all, to carry out a single-ship confrontation, that is, the two sides from a distance of about 5 kilometers from each other, can fire freely, the tactics are not limited, the time is half an hour, and the shells used are red paint shells, that is, the shells are filled with red paint, after hitting the opponent's warship, it will leave a red paint mark, and the parts that hit the warship are divided into three grades, the turret, the command room, the waterline belt is the first class, the hit is 10 points, the other cabins are the second class, the hit is 5 points, the bow, the stern, Masts and chimneys are the third class, and the hit is worth 3 points, and within the specified time, the score is calculated based on the part of the opponent's warship, and the one with the most points wins.

Then there is a formation confrontation, which is still composed of these four warships, the time is 1 hour, and the score is still calculated according to the part of the opposing warship hit, and the side with the highest total score wins.

In fact, such calculation rules can not fully reflect the actual combat situation, because the parts of the bullet are different, and the lethality caused to the warship is completely different. The main guns of the Zhenyuan ship hit the No. 4 gun position on the port side of the lower deck of the flagship Matsushima, which caused the explosion of the shells placed in the gun position, although it failed to sink the Matsushima, but it also caused the Matsushima to suffer heavy damage, completely lose its combat effectiveness, and withdraw from the battle, and the commander of the flotilla, Ito Yuhiro, also had to transfer the flagship to the Hashidate.

However, with the technical conditions of this era, it is impossible to completely imitate actual combat, so such rules are relatively fair and reasonable.