On the sea, the reconnaissance speedboat of the Third Fleet also ran back, and the reconnaissance sailors reported to Liu Mingyu: Your Excellency, through the identification of the flags, the captain's flag of the first, second, fourth, and fifth fleets has been discovered, and it has been estimated that there are more than 300 large warships and more than 600 armed merchant ships. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Liu Ming waved his hand to let the reconnaissance sailors retreat, and said to Kaihai, who was dressed in the uniform of an imperial colonel: "The large warships are consistent with the information given by the Metropolitan Governor, the latter is at least more than a hundred less, and the transport ships are not calculated, it seems that the training of reconnaissance speedboats must be strengthened." ”

Kai Hai smiled heartily: "Don't be so harsh, I think they are doing a good job, after all, such a large group of densely packed warships are placed there, and it is remarkable to be able to count such a number that is relatively close to the truth." ”

"Alas, it's still not enough to prepare, and we have to issue an order from the Metropolitan Governor, so we know that the enemy army has been dispatched, and it seems that we have to place spies in various ports." Liu Chunyang sighed.

"Hehe, this has to be implemented by you, the chief adult, for a budget and a quota." Kaihai said a little gloatingly.

Hearing this, Liu Chun raised his eyebrows and frowned, he didn't expect that the original commander of the Qin family's navy would actually be replaced by this commander of the Qin family's navy, if it was Oak, I believe that he would not hear such cool words, or if he didn't have to open his mouth, Oakde would help him get things done.

Thinking of this, Liu Chunyang couldn't help but ask: "Your Excellency, Deputy Director, I don't know why Lord Oaked has been transferred?" ”

When Kaihai heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Hehe, do you think I'm not qualified?" ”

Seeing that Liu Chunyang's face was a little embarrassed, Kaihai couldn't help but wave his hand generously: "I'm not a stingy person, I also know how much I can do it, I serve as your deputy, and the biggest role is to stabilize people's hearts and take care of those officers who come to study, anyway, I am only doing your life in terms of war, and I will definitely not hold back!" ”

Liu Chunyang obviously didn't expect Kaihai to say this, and he didn't know what to say for a while, so he had to continue to listen to Kaihai talk endlessly.

"There is nothing strange about Lord Oakd's transfer, it is normal, there is no need to be surprised, Lord Oakard has served as the master's secretary, participated in government affairs, and has also been delegated to the local government as a grassroots official.

Not to mention the army, Lord Oaked has been in the army and navy for a while, and I heard that he went to the imperial capital to meet the emperor this time, so diplomacy has also been done. So, don't think that he was wronged by the fact that he was wronged by the resignation of the Admiral and became a major, and I, the colonel, had to call him out first when he saw him. ”

Liu Chunyang, who was originally angry because of the emperor's child, immediately put his anger aside after hearing the latter words, and said in surprise: "According to what you say, isn't Oaked the same person who will serve as the chief assistant official under the Governor of Dadu in the future?" Such an all-round cultivation is equivalent to those heirs of the prime minister! ”

"Hehe, that's right, but there are still many such candidates, Lord Oaked is just one of the more conspicuous, hehe, this is something that only our old subordinates know, you don't have to talk nonsense everywhere." Kai Pirate reminded awkwardly.

Liu Chunyang nodded with emotion, it seems that Zhao Hujun's current senior manpower is extremely lacking, as if it is impossible to become big, but when the people he cultivated are out of the army, it will immediately change the scene.

From this point of view, Zhao Hu is indeed a far-sighted person, what is his ultimate goal for such a person?

Shaking his head, Liu Chunyang threw these confused things aside, and called the herald to start issuing orders: "Command the whole army, keep the formation, the direction is southeast, drop the main sail, and move forward slowly!" Order the forward ship group, each with five reconnaissance speedboats, to find the engagement point of the enemy ship! ”

The order was given, and the main sails of the battleships of the Third Fleet descended with a clatter, and the speed of the ship slowed down instantly.

The ten warships in the front row at the same time put down the small boats without arrows and canopies, and on each small boat, one by one the bow of the sailors looked out, and five sailors on the left and right sides rowed their oars quickly and vigorously, and under the rowing of ten fast paddles, the light boats immediately crossed the big ship like arrows and quickly sailed into the distance.

As time passed, the speedboats sent by both sides came into contact, and the Combined Fleet's side acted in the habit of retreating when a target was discovered.

And on the side of the Third Fleet, although they used to have this habit, but who let them be infiltrated by sixty or seventy percent of the Qin family sailors, it is their motto, who makes the enemy's life can be exchanged for glory and wealth, so one side is ready to retreat, but the other side screams and comes up.

The speedboats of the Combined Fleet are also small boats without canopies, but they are really pitifully small and can only be carried by no one, while the Third Fleet is a long speedboat of eleven people, which is not comparable to others in terms of speed and strength, and the results are self-evident.

As long as it was a combined fleet speedboat that met with the speedboat of the Third Fleet, absolutely none of them survived, and the reconnaissance speedboat of the Third Fleet was very rampant, until they had vaguely seen the figure of the combined fleet, they stopped chasing and killing the speedboat of the Combined Fleet, and quickly made a big turn and quickly withdrew.

Knowing that the reconnaissance speedboat suffered heavy losses, Jiang Yu and the others didn't care, anyway, they had more people and more boats, and this loss was the same as nine cows losing their hair.

As long as they know how long it will take to engage the other party, it means that the reconnaissance speedboats have completed their mission, and as for how much these reconnaissance speedboats lose in order to complete the mission, it is not something they need to care about.

Hearing that they had found traces of the enemy ship, Jiang Yu and the four of them, who deliberately walked to the side of the ship to watch, squinted their eyes and watched, but no one said a word.

"How about we transfer twelve old warships first?" Jiang Yu asked.

He was very helpless, originally ten ships were just tempted, but the reason why it was twelve instead of eleven was because the combined fleet had to pay attention to fairness.

Qi Ming pursed his lips, he didn't think there was any need to be so careful, but since it was Jiang Yu's proposal, then he didn't say anything.

Twelve very popular warships left the group of battleships and rushed forward with all their strength against the wind and waves.

Jiang Yu, who was watching the twelve ships departing from the side of the ship, looked up at the depths of the sea, saw the hazy and gloomy scenery, and couldn't help frowning and said: "Look at this sky, the climate tomorrow will not be very good, I hope there will be no storms." ”

Qi Ming and the other three of them all grew up on the sea, of course, they have the knowledge to see the sky and the colors, and after hearing this, they looked around a few times, and Qi Ming smiled first: "In this way, tomorrow will be at most a three-foot wave, and our side is all heavy ships, as long as we pull out the formation, there will be nothing." ”

"I hope so."

Jiang Yu nodded and said, he is not like a crow's mouth, because many signs of sea waves that have not been encountered in a hundred years are like small wind waves at the beginning.

Liu Ming also noticed the scenery in the sky, but muttered: Will there be a storm tomorrow, it seems that a quick solution is the best.

Kaihai's face changed, and when he heard Liu Ming's muttering, he couldn't help gritting his teeth and said: Damn, a quick solution? Running away is! No matter how the weather looks like this ghost, tomorrow will definitely be a difficult threshold, and it's not good! When it comes to the back, I am already full of emotion.

Liu Ming was stunned: Looking at the weather, it's amazing that tomorrow will be just a few feet of wind and waves, as long as we are not fighting, we will not cause any losses.

Kai Hai sneered: A few feet of wind and waves, hehe, Chief Adult, do you see the yellow clouds on the edge of the clouds in the sky? And the light snake that flashed on the edge of the clouds, tomorrow's wind and waves will not be more than ten times as you said, you cut off my head! As he spoke, he slashed his neck with his hand.

Liu Qingyang looked at Kaihai with a shocked look and found that this guy didn't look like a joke, he immediately shouted: Herald!

Wait, what do you want to do, Lord, Kaihai stopped and asked.

Didn't you say there was a storm tomorrow? Of course, it's a U-turn and go back to Hong Kong! Liu Ming frowned and said

I said don't worry, there will be a rainstorm tomorrow afternoon, we can still play a day and a night, this is not far from the port, just leave enough time to return, it will not be a mistake, Kaihai said disapprerovitously.

Liu Ming looked at Kaihai in a daze, this guy is too bold, right? When people heard that a storm was coming, they could go home as early as possible, but he was fortunate that he wanted to fight the enemy before the storm came.

Liu Ming didn't want to take this risk, but Kaihai vouched with his head that the storm would only be sooner or later, and Liu Ming didn't want the first battle of the new Third Fleet to end like this, so he gritted his teeth and agreed.

Of course, after such a matter was decided, it was transmitted back to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion as soon as possible, not to see what the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion thought, because of the distance problem, and when the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion sent back the order, his people either sank into the sea or returned to Hong Kong to rest, and this summons only made the coastal areas prepare for the storm.

Grow up! The enemy ship group sent twelve medium warships to provoke! How to deal with it, a herald asked excitedly.

Hey, do you want to ask, of course I sank them on the spot.

Kaihai waved his hand imposingly and said preemptively, and Liu Ming hurriedly waved his hand: No, no, this is a temptation, we can't beat them at once, give the order, mobilize twenty-four warships to fight hand-to-hand with the enemy ships!