"Commander!"

After calling the door, he waited patiently for a while before Tian Shi pushed open the hatch.

Takano stood by the porthole, looking out at the sea, not noticing that the hatch was open, or pretending not to hear.

"Commander, lunch is here, it's your favorite ......"

"Let it go."

Tian Shi sighed secretly and put the lunch box he brought on the cabinet next to the door. Bringing lunch over is just an excuse.

"Take that letter with you."

By the time Takano said this, Tasumi had already seen the envelope placed on the cabinet.

"You'll leave on that modified seaplane later, and weep straight back."

"Commander ......"

Takano pressed his hand, stopped Tian Shi's words, and continued: "When you go back, you must personally hand over this letter to Prime Minister Wenwei." ”

Tian Shi shivered slightly, but still picked up the envelope.

There is no seal, which means that there is nothing confidential about the content of the letter, at least there is no need to keep it secret from Tian Shi.

This letter may not change anything. In the eyes of Prime Minister Wenwei, generals and privates are both soldiers who obey orders, and there is no essential difference. However, we must not give up hope because of this, let alone use it as a reason to give up. Just as we have no choice of parents, from the moment we are born, we are destined to be subjects of the Imperial Empire, destined to fight to the end for this troubled country. ”

Gao Ye's words left Tian Shi speechless.

"Udon?"

Tian Shi was slightly stunned, and then reacted and handed the lunch box to Gao Ye.

It is indeed an udon noodle, and there is no other seasoning except salt, and it is made with a large bone broth that has a unique fragrance.

"Commander, have we been defeated?"

Tian Shi didn't want to spoil the fun, but he couldn't help it.

At noon, after receiving a telegram from the second main team, Takano returned to the commander's cabin without saying a word, and did not even go to lunch.

For the same reason, the Third Air Force was subjected to a surprise attack, and two small fleet aircraft carriers were sunk.

As in the previous two days, the carrier-based aircraft of the Liangxia Navy concentrated on striking two aircraft carriers, and did not waste ammunition on other warships before sinking the two aircraft carriers.

At that time, the four battleships of the second main force were nearby!

In addition, the reconnaissance planes of the Liang Xia Navy first discovered the second main force and attacked the third air force only after conducting the second round of reconnaissance.

In other words, the Liang Xia Navy didn't take the second main team seriously at all.

During the battle, quite a few enemy planes flew near the second main team, and some enemy planes even flew around the second main force several times.

However, not a single enemy aircraft attacked the second main force from the beginning to the end.

The value of that attitude of turning a blind eye is to insult the narrow navy and laugh at the four battleships that have a volume of tens of thousands of tons but can do nothing.

At this point, all the active aircraft carriers of the Sagai Navy were sunk.

That's right, there is not a single one left!

In addition to the aircraft carriers, so far six cruisers and one destroyer have been sunk, and only three battleships, which have been treated as baby bumps, have been damaged, and all of them have been slightly damaged.

Can the Narrow-Wing Navy fight again?

Tian Shi didn't know the bottom of his heart, so he brought the lunch over just to figure out this problem.

Takano didn't say anything, but quickly finished eating the udon noodles.

In the past, he could eat the tasteless boiled noodles in half an hour, as if he were tasting a delicacy.

Perhaps, he was starving. The last meal, still in the early hours of the morning, after getting rid of those heavy cruisers, ate something.

Don't forget, Takano is in his fifties.

"You ask me, have we lost?" Takano pointed to the envelope in Shimoda's hand. "The answer is in it, right or not, judge for yourself."

Tian Shi hesitated a little, but still took out the folded letterhead.

"To really say that decades ago, after the 'Black Ship Incident', we embarked on a path of no return and were destined to suffer a crushing defeat one day. It's just that none of us could have predicted that this day would be now, and that it would come in our time. Even if they can think of it, or have already guessed it, no one dares to say it, because even if they say it, no one will believe it. ”

"Commander ......"

Unfolding the letterhead, Tian Shi turned to the last page first, and after seeing the payment, he was frightened.

This is Takano's last letter.

Takano pointed to the letterhead in Shimoda's hand and asked him to read it carefully.

Tian Shi was very unhappy in his heart, because he had already guessed Gao Ye's intentions.

The so-called "Black Ship Incident", also known as the "Gold-Silver War" in the Liangxia Empire, was caused by the Banning of Gold Exports by the Shogunate of the Sagai Empire, the imposition of high tariffs on the traders of the Liangxia Empire, and the confiscation of a large number of goods.

The point is that gold is not worth anything at all in the Narrow Yi Empire, and the price compared to silver is only three, and in the Liangxia Empire it is ten. The traders of the Liangxia Empire took advantage of this and made large amounts of gold from the Sashii Empire, causing an imbalance in prices in the Sagai Empire that posed a threat to the rule of the shogunate.

Actually, it's not a war.

At that time, the fleet led by Chen Bingxun, the "God of War", sailed directly into Dongdu Bay, and used huge cannons to force the shogunate of the Sagayi Empire to sign a treaty of opening ports and trade, promising to open ports and export gold, giving tax incentives to traders of the Liangxia Empire, and using tariff revenues to compensate for war reparations.

Shortly thereafter, the shogunate was overthrown.

Next, the Sayi Imperial Kingdom began the "Second Westward Crossing Movement", also known as the "Liang Movement to the Liang", with the purpose of learning and emulation, sending students to the Liangxia Empire to learn and imitate the Liangxia Empire in an all-round way, hoping to become powerful through industrialization like the Liangxia Empire.

During this period, the Sayi Empire also actively participated in the external expansion of the Liang Xia Empire.

In many cases, it even plays the role of a pioneer.

For example, on the deserted islands in the Guina Ocean and the Southwest Guina Ocean such as the Beima Islands, the main people who reclaim the land are the Narrow Yi people, and the Liangxia people are very few.

The conditions were too difficult, and after becoming rich, not many Liangxia people were willing to leave their homeland.

It's just that the fundamental purpose of the Narrow Yi Imperial Kingdom is not to be friends with the Liangxia Empire, but to take revenge!

Helping to support the expansion of the Liang Xia Empire was to realize its own interests and to maintain good relations with the Liang Xia Empire before it grew stronger.

The status of a client state was maintained until the last war.

Although in the eyes of many people, the Sayi Imperial Kingdom betrayed the Liang Xia Empire in the last war and became the sworn enemy of the Liang Xia Empire, thus embarking on the road of confrontation with the Liang Xia Empire, but I really want to say that as long as the monarchs and ministers of the Sayi Imperial Kingdom want to take revenge, think about dominating the Western and Eastern Gaze, and even march into the huge continent to replace the Liang Xia Empire as the overlord of the Eastern World, they will definitely turn against the Liang Xia Empire.

In the eyes of the vast majority of narrow people, the Liangxia Empire was originally an enemy who shared the sky.

So, can the Narrow Imperial Kingdom take revenge, dominate the West and East and the West, and march into the huge continent?

It's all written in the letter, and Takano doesn't specifically explain it.

After reading it, Tian Shi's mood became even heavier.

But what can be said?

Coming out of the commander's cabin, Tian Shi felt like he was drunk and lightheaded, and he didn't know if he was too tired or if the spirit that supported him was gone.

Can the narrow navy fight again?

Is there still a chance of winning the narrow imperial kingdom?