Chapter 1040: Ghost Ship (I)

"That's fine." Zhang Meng nodded, then turned around and scolded the old drunkard lying on the ground: "You, stand up first." ”

After Gongsun Sheng's translation, the old drunkard dared to stand up. However, his expression was secretive, and he never dared to speak again when he wanted to say anything.

"We don't have the heart to talk nonsense with you right now." Zhang Meng said straight to the point: "You say directly, what is there here that makes you so afraid?" You make it clear, maybe we won't be able to go. ”

"Really?" After listening to Gongsun Sheng's translation, the old drunkard seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw.

"Fake!" Zhang Meng didn't bother to say more to the old drunkard in front of him.

Looking at the puffing Zhang Meng, even Ye Jiu showed a fleeting smile.

Of course, Gongsun Sheng didn't have the heart to joke, and directly told the old drunkard.

After Gongsun Sheng's negotiation, the old drunkard calmed down, and hurriedly poured out everything he knew.

"It's a legend about ghost ships......"

"Ghost ship?" Hearing Gongsun Sheng's translation, Zhang Meng thought for a while and said, "It's still Lao Maozi, obviously it's in our Asia, what kind of ghost ship does he have to get?" Even the ghosts of China have become ghosts in their mouths. ”

In the face of Zhang Meng's complaints, everyone didn't care.

Gongsun Sheng continued to translate: "Legend has it that there has always been a man-eating warship here. ”

"Huh?" Everyone's hearts suddenly hung in the air.

"According to his words." Gongsun Shengyuan translated: "The source of this incident was after the Sino-Japanese First Sino-Japanese Naval War, when Japan officially occupied Korea and became the emerging hegemon in Asia. However, within a few years after the occupation of Korea, the Japanese devils saw that the Manchu government was rotten, so they increased their ambitions, wanted to invade the Manchu government one step closer, and even wanted to control the whole of Asia, and their first step was to get out of the Korean Peninsula and then control the entire northeast of China. ”

"However, at that time, the Japanese were not the only ones in East Asia who had this ambition, and the power of the Russian tsar also penetrated into the northeast region, and they even signed the "Treaty of Nebuchu" in the Kangxi period before the Japanese."

"We all know this history." Zhao San knocked on the dry tobacco stick and motioned for Gongsun Sheng to skip this paragraph.

"What everyone knows is that later there was a Russo-Japanese War on our territory." Gongsun Sheng said: "But listening to the words of the old drunkard, in fact, there was not only a land battle at that time, but also a naval battle on this sea. ”

"And a naval battle?" Hearing Gongsun Sheng's words, everyone immediately looked at each other.

"Not only have you not heard of it, but I haven't heard of it either." Gongsun Sheng himself also smiled bitterly with a blank face.

"I haven't even heard of my brother, so ......" Zhao San turned around and swept the old drunkard, and said softly: "This old drunkard won't be fooling us, right?" ”

"He doesn't have the guts." Ye Jiu's sharp gaze swept around the old drunkard, making the old drunkard tremble for a while.

"I can hear his heartbeat, and his heartbeat doesn't fake." Ye Jiu said.

"That's good." Zhang Meng nodded: "Let him continue." ”

Hearing Zhang Meng's permission, the old drunkard continued to speak.

"Everyone knows that in addition to the Russo-Japanese War on land, in fact, at sea, there were two encounters between the warring Japan and Russia, one in the inland Yellow Sea region, and the other in the Qionghai Sea to seize the ice-free port of Vladivostok."

"Go on."

"And the ghost ship I'm talking about appeared on the battlefield in Vladivostok. Its appearance completely overturned the encounter at that time, and it can even be said that it was precisely because of the appearance of this ship that the Russian tsar completely lost the opportunity to turn the tables......"

Listening to the old drunkard's solemn narration, Zhang Meng lightly raised a question.

Gongsun Sheng, who was beside him, seemed to have expected everyone's reaction, and hurriedly translated the old drunkard's later words: "According to the international conditions at that time, Russia had an absolute advantage, except for Britain, which supported Japan, and other old European powers all supported Russia. Although the Russian army was temporarily defeated, according to the old drunkard's words, in fact, the Russian tsar was preparing to send a fleet from Vladivostok to attack the rear of the Japanese army, so as to completely turn the tide of the war. But he never expected that the Far Eastern Fleet would be buried in this sea before it left the Qionghai Sea. ”

"Is it because of the ghost ship?" Zhang Meng asked in surprise, and Gongsun Sheng hurriedly translated.

"Yes." The old drunkard nodded, as if he remembered something from the past, his demeanor was no longer as nervous as before, and his tone was a little lost: "Not long after the Tsar's fleet sailed out of Vladivostok, they received a spy report from the front, saying that the Japanese Admiral Togo Heihachiro had sent a fleet to block the Tsar's fleet. The fleet commander at that time saw that it was already dark, and in order to prevent a sneak attack by the Japanese navy, he decided to rest on the spot. But they ...... They ......"

"What's wrong with them?"

"They never imagined that this would not only fail to stop the Japanese Navy's sneak attack, but would instead bury the entire fleet." The old drunkard paused slightly, and without waiting for Zhang Meng to ask, he continued: "At that time, after nightfall, the second mate on the ship was in charge of inspection, and when he walked to the bow of the ship, he saw a black shadow, yes, just like what we see now. The second officer called a few soldiers to confirm what was ahead. All the soldiers said it was like a ship. As soon as he heard that it was a ship, the second officer panicked and immediately reported it to the fleet commander. The fleet commander was spending a lot of time drinking, and after hearing the report of the second officer, he scolded the second officer without saying a word. After the second officer was scolded, he didn't dare to say anything, so he had to return to his ship. When he returned, he heard the navy soldier in charge of the guard say that the shadow was gone. The second officer thought that this black shadow might be a reconnaissance ship sent by the other party, and after thinking about the attitude of the fleet commander, the second officer exposed the matter and didn't care about it. But it was precisely because of this negligence that the fate of these people was completely changed......"