When Lin Ziran rushed to the shore defense battery with people.

The four 150-millimeter cannons and four 150-millimeter howitzers in the 3rd Heavy Artillery Battalion deployed here have already lifted their armor, and the artillerymen have even been loaded, and they can shell the unidentified ironclad ships on the river as long as they give the order.

However, Zhou Hefu did not order the shelling, because after the previous warning shot, the other party had already begun to turn and head towards the central channel of the river.

At the same time, the other party also played a light signal and a flag.

However, at this time, the fog on the river surface was still very heavy, so the flag could not be seen clearly, but the light signal was recognizable.

It's just that at this time, the light signal system on Daheng's side is very simple, and it is more troublesome to express complex meanings, so the meaning interpreted by the signal soldiers of the coastal defense battery is actually very simple: ceasefire, no hostile.

After getting the signal soldier's reply, Zhou Hefu was still not careless.

Although the other side said that it had no hostile intentions and wanted to ask for a ceasefire, the other side was three ironclad ships, although the distance was a little far, and the specific situation of the naval guns on it was not yet known.

But the sum of the three ironclad ships will have more than a dozen naval guns, and there will be no shortage of large-caliber guns.

If these ironclad ships equipped with large-caliber naval guns are allowed to approach and shell the port, it will cause great damage to the port.

Today, the port of Sanyang Town is very important to the system of the Sixth Division, because it is almost the only export port of Tsingshan Petroleum Company.

At the same time, a large amount of supplies were imported through this small port.

If any enemy really shells this small port and destroys the port facilities, it will seriously affect the transportation of goods to its own side, at least for a short time.

Otherwise, Lin Ziran would not have deployed the strengthened Third Heavy Artillery Battalion here before.

Zhou Hefu had confidence in his 3rd Heavy Artillery Battalion, but not in the facilities of the port.

If the enemy ships approach and carry out artillery bombardment, although the number of your third heavy artillery battalion is less than that of the opponent, it will not be defeated in the artillery battle, and at the same time, you will have the protection of the coastal defense batteries, so you will have an advantage in fighting.

However, if the other side has to get close to the port of shelling at the risk of the battleship being sunk, then it will be more troublesome.

The opponent's is an ironclad ship, with ironclad defense, although the power of their own naval guns is not small, but it is difficult to inflict too much damage on them at medium and long distances, and it is difficult to completely sink the enemy ship in a short time.

The other side had every time to shell the port facilities.

So although he didn't let the artillery fire, he still kept the troops vigilant enough.

At the same time, continue to let the signal soldiers contact the other party, at least to find out the identity and purpose of the other party.

Time passed bit by bit, and the two sides used signal lights to communicate, and Zhou Hefu finally figured out the identity of the other party.

The other party turned out to be the Third Artillery Fleet, what kind of unit is this Third Running Fleet? It is the running fleet under the Third Army of Guang'an, and the Third Army of Guang'an is Li Kun's men.

What is the third running fleet under Li Kun running over?

Didn't they all stay in Pingdan Port, which is more than 10 kilometers downstream?

Zhou Hefu didn't doubt for long, and the other party explained his intention.

They actually came to Lin Ziran!

After learning the other party's reply, Zhou Hefu felt that his brain couldn't keep up.

Li Kun's running fleet actually came over to join his own adult?

Something is wrong with this.

Faced with this situation, he couldn't make a decision at all, so he immediately asked the signal soldier to reply and tell them to wait, and explained that he had urgently notified the division commander and asked them to wait for processing.

But the other party said again that their time was running out, because they secretly drove the boat in the middle of the night, and it is estimated that Li Kundu had already discovered that they had defected and sent a warship to pursue them.

Faced with this situation, Zhou Hefu looked at the sky, although the sun still hadn't risen, but the eastern sky was already white, and the sky was already relatively bright.

If the situation is really the same as they said, Li Kun's side must have found out, and I don't know if he chased after him.

But for the sake of insurance, Zhou Hefu was still ready to refuse them to enter the port now.

Who knows if what they say is true or not, it's okay if it's true, if it's false, use this excuse to blend in.

That's three ironclad ships, and if they get close and bombard the harbor, the whole port will be ruined.

Therefore, Zhou Hefu said: "Let them wait first, it won't be too long!" ”

But it didn't take long for Zhou Hefu to see Lin Ziran.

Lin Ziran led people all the way to gallop all the way, the speed was very fast, and the interval was not far, so he could come so fast.

After turning over and dismounting, Lin Ziran looked at the river and said, "What's the situation?" ”

At this time, Zhou Hefu stepped forward and said: "Lord Qiyu, they have already declared their identities just now, they are the battleships of the Third Artillery Fleet under Li Kun, and they are here to say that they have defected to you!" ”

"Come to me?" When Lin Ziran heard this, he was as surprised as Zhou Hefu at the beginning.

Now that the sun is coming out in the west, there are still people coming to me with warships?

Looking back, it's not right!

The sun is rising from the east!

Since it is not the sun that comes out of the west, then it is that his domineering aura has broken through the sky and covered a radius of hundreds of miles, so that these people take the initiative to take refuge with their warships?

To be honest, Lin Ziran couldn't understand it for a while.

It wasn't that no one came to join him Lin Ziran before, many of them were professional officers, and there were even people under Feng Haozhong who came over with hundreds of people before.

But those situations are not the same as the situation at hand.

Those professional officers who defected to him, they are professional officers if they sound good, but if they don't sound good, they are actually down-and-out people, many of them are former Cong Junming, but they can't get along and retire, in addition, after Feng Haozhong was defeated, it was not the officers who escaped who ran over to him.

But those who defected, and they defected with warships, and this is really never.

Could it be that someone already knows the identity of his Destiny Child?

When Lin Ziran was thinking nonsense, among the three ironclad ships on the river, the largest one was more than 600 tons, and a group of officers looked at the direction of the port with suspicious expressions.

The leader was a middle-aged man about forty years old wearing the rank of a doctor.

At this time, a slightly younger young doctor beside him said, "My lord, we haven't contacted them before, if we come here so directly, will they accept us?" ”

There was also a humane on the side: "Yes, after all, we are from the Third Artillery Fleet, and it is a question whether that Lin Ziran dares to accept us!" ”

Hearing these words, the leading doctor looked back at them, and finally said: "The matter has come to this point, what's the use of saying this, is it possible that you still want to go back to Pingdan Port?" ”

"Hmph, if you want to go back, go back by yourself, anyway, the official won't go back!"

"Li Kun, that bastard, eats and drinks well every day, but what about our brothers in the Third Artillery Fleet?"

"It's been three months, and I haven't received a single constant point!"

"Our brothers from the Third Artillery Fleet don't want to eat, don't you want to feed your family?"

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