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There are many ways to communicate between naval ships, such as the flag language of the flag bearer, light signals, radio, satellite telephone, etc. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, in the era when electricity was not yet popular, ships on the sea communicated with each other, and the most common thing was the signal flag, and people could often see a string of flags of various shapes tied to the mast or cable of the warship, which was the signal flag.

Each flag represents a meaning, for example, the red diamond-shaped flag on a white background raised by the Zhiyuan is a fault flag that all seafarers are familiar with.

Usually in the vast sea, the lookout hand sees a ship in the distance through the telescope, and at this time, he will immediately observe the strings of signal flags on the mast to judge the state of the ship.

If a faulty flag is found, it means that there is something wrong with the ship, and according to the customary rules of the maritime industry, as long as it is not a hostile country, then any ship that sees a signal flag must give some assistance.

However, this kind of flag generally appears in the sea, and the Zhiyuan has done countless routine inspections along the way, and has also carried out simple inspections in the port of Suez.

"What's going on? Why did the Zhiyuan hang the fault flag? Immediately ask, what happened......" Major General Jason immediately ordered an inquiry, and even he felt the strange atmosphere.

The Zhiyuan's answer surprised everyone in the Combined Fleet: "What? The boiler and power pack are out of order, the battleship can't slow down and stop? What the hell is the explanation!"

The British side has a crooked nose, are you Chinese running in front of us British to deceive ghosts? Boiler and power pack failure, shouldn't it be a loss of power and unable to move forward or a slower and slower speed?

How can it get into the mouth of you Chinese, but it becomes impossible to stop and slow down? Don't you just add coal to the boiler! How can you drive when the fire is out? There is a problem, these China have a problem!

Of course, there is a problem, now that Xiao Lotian has returned to the command cabin, the Zhiyuan has officially entered the first level of combat readiness, and only the light signals that the Chinese can understand transmit information between the warships, and the flag-bearers are holding flags that outsiders can't understand at all, and all the British are dumbfounded.

The veteran didn't even need to look at it, and as soon as he smelled it, he understood, "Chinese is preparing for war! Something is going to happen...... It's definitely preparing for war!"

The French in the town at the fifth station were also stunned, especially the French consul Ferdinand, who had arrived earlier, suddenly chuckled in his heart, "What's the matter?" What do Chinese want to do? Could it be that they are aware of our ambush...... No, if they detect an ambush, why do they still drill forward? Aren't they afraid of our artillery?"

Ferdinand also urgently set off from Suez this morning, and just arrived at the fifth stop town, and he is really worried that he will not be in charge of this attack himself.

Behind the consul, the commander of the cavalry company stood, and he smiled respectfully, "Impossible, the Chinese's intelligence network will definitely not cover here, even the British...... We have launched a completely new dark line, using a satellite network independent of the intelligence network, which Britain will not be able to detect!"

"Why? Why did Chinese make such a strange move?Damn, ordered them to fire ahead of time, they couldn't wait any longer......" An inexplicable fear enveloped Ferdinand.

The British veteran guessed correctly, now the Chinese are preparing for war, and the roar of first-class combat readiness sounded in the cabins of all warships.

"First Class Combat Readiness...... Mobilization of the whole army...... Level 1 Combat Readiness ......"

Everywhere there was the voice of the commander giving orders, and when the third level of combat readiness was made, the ammunition had been distributed to the units at the company level, where they were jointly guarded by the company commander and the company quartermaster.

When it was time for the first level of combat readiness, each squad began to distribute ammunition to individual soldiers, with a minimum of fifty rounds of ammunition per person, an average of six grenades of various types, and squad leaders and veterans were responsible for the most dangerous incendiary bombs...... The atmosphere of imminent war has already spread.

As the minutes ticked by, fifteen minutes left before the enemy shelling, the Chinese finally shared information with the British, and the Zhiyuan was only eighty meters away from the entrance of the canal.

"We have received top-secret information that there is an unknown enemy artillery to the west of the town of Station 5...... We are already in combat readiness, please prepare for defense......"

"Oh God, is Xiao Lotian crazy...... "Jason was shocked, "What are you kidding, artillery, fart, such a big thing, why don't we know? Are you going to do something......

"My mission is coming to an end, why don't you let me hand over safely......"

But Jason's fury was not over, and suddenly two kilometers west of the fifth station town, behind a faint line of sand dunes, suddenly burst into a dark red, followed by a rumbling thunder.

On the top of the dunes, two French spies shouted with blood-red eyes......, "Fire!" Empty all the shells! Take our gold, now is the time for you to die!"

Behind the dunes, scar-faced desert bandits yelled and ordered their men to "fire...... Fire according to the pre-marked coordinates...... Whether he's allowed or not, we'll collect money for this kind of work, and when the shell box is empty, we'll retreat!"

Boom Boom Boom ...... One after another, the flowering shells whizzed through the air, and the traces of the trajectory could be faintly seen.

Rumble...... With a loud bang, the Zhiyuan was shot on the port side of the foredeck, the explosion of air and fire rose into the sky, black smoke billowed up, and the French observation posts hiding in the fifth station suddenly exclaimed excitedly.

"It's a good fight! Keep blowing up......"

Consul Ferdinand's whole body trembled with excitement at this moment, "Okay, good, God punish this group of infidels! Send a report, send a report to Port Said, we have already done it......"

The smoke of gunpowder shrouded the foredeck of the Zhiyuan, and the British were already stupid, they seemed to have seen the tragic scene of corpses all over the field, and those French, as if they had seen the tragic appearance of the ruined hull of the Zhiyuan.

But reality will always give those arrogant people a resounding slap in the face, Xiao Letian and the others in the command cabin just felt the vibration of the ship's hull, and everyone looked at the smoke with contempt.

"Four-inch-thick carburized steel armor...... I'll see if you can bite!"

"Now that the enemy has opened fire, all units pay attention...... Follow the plan and act now!"

When the smoke cleared, a shocking black charred area appeared on the port side deck of the Zhiyuan, but to everyone's surprise, the shell did not even blow up a little dent.

"Oh my God, there's ......not even a single scar! Sure enough, it's a steel behemoth!"

Note: Today, there are book friends in the group who talked about the question of how long the hidden dragon will write, and here is a unified recovery, the main line of the hidden dragon book is very large, and it is still early to finish the book, and theoretically it should be able to write for a long time.

But I also have to look at the results of this book, if the number of fans and readers is growing, even if it is growing slowly, I will stick to it.

If the number of fans and readers drops sharply, then you have to consider the problem of closing, so the length of the writing is not in me, but in the book friends who like the hidden dragon.

Another digression, many book friends like to raise books, and I also know that it is indeed more refreshing to raise them for a long time and then read them in one go, but there is also a disadvantage to raising and reading books.

You also raise, he raises, everyone raises books, which will cause serious fluctuations in book grades, and there may be a period of rapid decline in grades.

This has caused a misunderstanding to the author, who will think that the book has no future, so under the influence of disappointment, it is very likely that there will be eunuchs and unfinished jobs.

Then many readers will also encounter this situation, obviously raising the book for a long time, and finally decided to kill it, only to find that the book has been broken, and there are still many such cases.

The reason is clear, and I still hope that everyone will try to chase more, which is also a very realistic reference data for me to write a book.

There is also an old talk, I hope you support the genuine version, because no matter how much you support the pirated version, no matter how much you watch it every day, this kind of data cannot be fed back to the author, book friends try to come to the genuine version.

Those book friends who have added a book friend group, remember that the answer is Taihang Mountain, don't write nonsense!