Shui Wuyue Mansion, a name with a very oriental style, is less than 200 meters away from the Army Department under the jurisdiction of Liu Ang, but the elegant European-style small building is decorated in a Japanese style, which is nondescript and unique.

This mansion is hung under Liu Ang's name, it stands to reason that Liu Ang added a set of courtyards for himself near the office, which is understandable, but it is the handsome lady who often goes in and out of the mansion - Liu Ming's wife Ye Qiuluo, and occasionally even leaves with Liu Ang until late at night.

When Kitano and his party arrived at the Shui Wuyue Mansion, Ye Qiuluo's car was also there, and her driver was drinking tea under the corridor, and it could be seen that they had been there for a while. Liu Ang was obviously very unhappy with the sudden visit of the two Japanese guests, so he casually closed his pajamas and came out of the bedroom, and said:

"Didn't I say it, don't come here to look for me if it's okay."

There were still crimson kiss marks on his neck that had not faded, and he didn't have to think about it to know what kind of fragrant picture was playing out in the bedroom just now. If it had been a normal time, the two Japanese guests would have needed to joke with him about this, but today they obviously were not in the mood for this, and asked unceremoniously:

"The fire in the open sea is almost burning to your eyebrows, how can you still have the heart to spend all your time drinking here?"

"Wasn't this battle planned for a long time? What else is there to worry about? ”

"There's been no news for an hour, and Ikekawa-kun can't be contacted, so there won't be any problems, right?"

When Liu Ang heard this, he raised his eyebrows:

"What's wrong if everything goes according to plan? Even if there is, Liu Jin will lose, and we will win. I don't know what you're worried about. ”

Indeed, if it is according to his layout, Liu Jin will not only face the fiasco of the Luzhou fleet, but also face the rebuke of public opinion for provoking the war, and he will lose not only the command of the fleet, but also the hearts and minds of the people.

The loss of coastal defense, the loss of coastlines, the continuous burning of war, and the destruction of human lives are terrifying to think about.

But nothing went according to his expectations. This improvised fleet had no tacit understanding with each other, and there was almost no control or obedience, and they were carried away by the illusion of victory, and all tactical layouts and prior plans had long been left behind.

However, even if the battle situation is really out of control and the battle situation is tragic, how tragic can it be? It's a great thing that both jade and stone are burned, and both sides are lost. For him, that's what he wants to see the most.

The snipe and the clam compete, he only needs to sit and reap the profits of the fisherman, isn't it happy!

His wishful thinking was so good that when the war report was delivered, he even showed an overflowing sense of forgetfulness. The two Japanese friends were not as optimistic as him, and when they saw the informant enter the living room in a panic, Kitano hurriedly stood up to meet him, and asked:

"How's the record?"

"The Luzhou fleet sank one and exploded."

The number of casualties was much smaller than they had predicted before the war.

A glimmer of foreboding passed through my heart.

"Did we win? We should have won, right? ”

The arraignment man paused, and after a long pause, he said:

"There hasn't been any response at the moment, but as far as what's observed, it should be... Annihilated. ”

A bolt from the blue.

The calm Japanese man lost his anger for a moment, as if his soul had been emptied, and he repeatedly muttered "the whole army is annihilated", paced back to the middle of the living room, and sat back on the sofa. Nakamura also heard it, and he was terrified, and he didn't know what to do - the lives of the seven armed light patrols and thousands of non-commissioned officers of the Navy Army were all buried in this unplanned naval battle, how could he explain this matter to the government and the opposition?

I'm afraid that hundreds of times of caesarean section will not be enough to atone for my sins.

The small living room was quiet and terrible for a while, and the first to wake up from this fear was also this young staff: "No... I can't sit still..."

With that, he picked up half a glass of whiskey from the coffee table, and regardless of whose glass it was, he threw his head down in one gulp, and then got up and went out the door.

"What are you going to do Nakamura?"

Kitano shouted at him from behind, he should have heard it, but he didn't stop, just replied loudly:

"I'm going to send a telegram, I'm going to confess, I have to do something, the prestige of the Nakamura family can't be ruined in my hands!"

"Calm down......"

"How do you want me to calm down?! All seven battleships were destroyed! What about the victories you promised? Didn't you say that a few broken ships in Luzhou are not enough to be afraid of? Didn't you say that he Liu Jin was just a straw bag and was useless?! Now that it's this mess, you tell me what to do! ”

Caught off guard, a gunshot sounded, and a bloody hole appeared in the heart of Nakamura's forehead with angry eyes, the man was shot and fell to the ground, blood gushed out, Yin Yin spread to the informant's feet, the little guy obviously had never seen this kind of scene, trembling and taking a few steps back, and then screaming and turning around, trying to seize the door and escape, but he didn't have time to get to the door, and heard a gunshot, and the informant also fell into a pool of blood. Liu Ang and Kitano came back to their senses and looked at the person who shot - Ye Qiuluo was standing by the bedroom door, his demeanor was lazy, and his expression was full of undisguised impatience, and before Kitano could ask, he already complained:

"It's noisy, didn't you sink a few broken ships, endless, overwhelmed."

It was seven well-armed destroyers, but now in her mouth, it seemed as if they had only sunk a few small fishing boats, which were not worth mentioning. But even if Kitano Shinichiro had a grudge in his heart at the moment, looking at the two corpses on the ground that were gradually cooling, he didn't dare to say much, and watched in silence as Ye Qiuluo paced to Liu Ang's side and sat down, holding the trigger in his slender hand and putting it on his knee, and the gloomy muzzle of the gun was pointed at him unintentionally or unintentionally.

When did Ye Qiuluo see this Japanese man showing this cowardly appearance, her heart was secretly refreshed, she proudly and unconsciously raised her eyebrows, her beautiful eyes were lightly raised, she looked at Kitano who was sitting opposite, and said with a smile:

"Today's events are indeed beyond the expectations of both of us, and the matter has come to this point, and it is useless to argue about what is right and which is wrong, so it is better to think carefully about the current matter and consider it in the long run. Mr. Kitano, you may be seated. ”

As the so-called person who knows the times is Junjie, Kitano can see who is in the initiative, and then look at the blood that is about to spread to his feet, the Japanese man finally sat back on the sofa, but he was not stable like sitting on pins and needles, and he didn't think about what to do next, but he heard Ye Qiuluo ask him:

"Is there any progress in the plan to contact the north?"

At present, Jiangbei has already changed the sky, the political situation is the world of the pro-Japanese faction, with the support of those in power, and the Japanese forces are rampant in the provinces, like a golden silk vine rooted in the fertile soil, rapidly spreading, attaching to every space that can absorb nutrients, wantonly plundering favorable resources. This group of hungry wolves who are eating the delicacies on the plate have already set their sights on the resource-rich south coast, but Liu Jin is soft and hard, and his attitude is too tough.

Liu Ang knew these things, but he didn't expect Ye Qiuluo to be so bold, and he dared to call the shots in the strategy of internal and external attacks, and couldn't help but sigh that this woman was really terrible, but he was secretly happy, and sighed that God treated him well, gave Liu Jin a virtuous helper Lin Wanjing, and also gave him Ye Qiuluo fairly, although it was late, but it was just in time.

"I heard that the order to do it to Luzhou has been issued several times in the north, but every time I arrived at the Hunan and Jiangxi headquarters, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no news." Kitano frowned and said, "It's strange that the Xiangjiang Command is far away from the Tiangao Emperor, and the commander surnamed Xu is a little capable, and he has strong soldiers and horses in his hands, so he doesn't dare to move him easily......"

"The commander surnamed Xu?" Liu Ang pondered for a moment and asked rhetorically: "Are you talking about Xu Chuan, the governor of the three provinces of Hunan and Jiangxi?" ”

"Exactly."

"Then I advise you to make plans as soon as possible." Liu Ang sneered, lit a cigarette for himself, and said quietly: "I think that Lin Wanjing helped him save Jin Chuancheng from the ships and cannons of Guangdong Province, in order to repay this 'kindness of a city', he signed a gentleman's agreement with Liu Jin, as long as he is still the commander of Ganzhou, as long as Lin Wanjing is still the young marshal's wife of Luzhou, he will never invade Luzhou."

Xu Chuanyu acted cautiously and domineeringly, incorporated the Hunan army, reorganized the Jiangxi army, pulled out more than 30 walled hills along the line in one go, and the elite soldiers under his command were strong and strong, and he had a very good personal relationship with Liu Jin. ”

"...... so"

"In this way, our young marshal lady can't stay." Ye Qiuluo threw the gun in his hand on the table, picked up the evening newspaper on the coffee table, the front page was a report about the collegial panel in the morning, in one of the photos, Lin Wanjing was following Liu Jin into the conference hall, at that time, Liu Jin was about to say something to her, she lowered her head and smiled, this smile was particularly dazzling in Ye Qiuluo's opinion.

The fire was extinguished, the corner of the newspaper was burned, the flame licked the thin page, and little by little drowned Lin Wanjing's image into the black ashes, Ye Qiuluo seemed to enjoy the process, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously climbed a smile, which was terrifying. And this firelight was imprinted in Liu Ang's eyes, but for some reason it looked a little dazzling, the orange firelight greedily engulfed every inch of combustible substance, and suddenly exploded, his pupils tingled, he couldn't help frowning, and there was an indescribable depression in his chest.

The newspaper was already not resistant to burning, and it was soon thrown into the ashtray by Ye Qiuluo, and only a mass of ashes was left to burn, and the smell of tar from the ashes burning was even more pungent and unbearable at the moment. Liu Ang stood up, poured himself a glass of water to the tea table, only took a sip, and poured the rest into the ashtray, extinguishing the dying spark. As the fire went out, he only felt that the depression and irritability in his chest slowly calmed down - Lin Wanjing couldn't stay, this fire, he burned many times openly and secretly, but that woman was like a legendary phoenix, pushed to a desperate situation again and again, but they were all reborn from the fire, and they were even brighter and brighter than before. He asked himself if he had ever been afraid of anyone, but for Lin Wanjing, he had an indescribable admiration and jealousy, and asked himself, he didn't hate her, but she was the strongest stumbling block on his way to power, and he was reluctant to get rid of it, but he had to get rid of it.