Li Hanzhang was indeed happy, the more than 10,000 Qing troops who accompanied Liu Jun to Manila in Nanyang have changed since they came back, not only not to harass the people, but also to help the local people from time to time.

Regarding this matter, Liu Jun just smiled slightly, as long as Li Hanzhang didn't say that he had abducted him.

The map was spread out on the table, and Li Hanzhang stepped forward to see that what was placed on the table was actually a map of the Daqing Sea area in the South China Sea. And above, there are actually a few arrows, Li Hanzhang is a governor, of course he knows, this is Liu Jun's exercise plan. So he immediately let go of his joy, began to stabilize his mind, and together with Liu Jun, began to study the exercise plan.

Liu Jun's plan, to be precise, is the exercise plan formulated by Zhong Lin, Li He and others.

Li He's plan was to mix the two naval divisions into two parts, one part, as the enemy, this fleet, including Zhenyuan, Bu Chan Shichang and three unprotected cruisers and several torpedo boats of the Guangzhou Naval Division, this fleet, was to act as an enemy and invade the waters of the Qing Dynasty. The other fleet was a defensive fleet composed of the Hashili, Dingyuan, Jiyuan, Ruojing, which had just returned from Germany, and the rest of the warships of the Guangdong Naval Division.

Generally speaking, Li Ho's allocation of the enemy's fleet was actually drawn up on the basis of the strength of the French Far East Fleet in Vietnam, and the strength of the enemy's fleet proposed by Li Hoa was even greater than that of the French Far East Fleet.

The reason for this arrangement is all Liu Jun's meaning.

The purpose of this exercise is to deter France, which wants to make a move.

The strength of the French Navy in Vietnam is clear to Liu Jun and Li Hanzhang, and it is the French minister who came to Guangdong this time, and they are quite clear. The reason for this arrangement is to let the French know that the strength of your navy in the Far East is only half of the strength of our two naval divisions combined.

Li Hanzhang did not have any objections to this plan, and immediately agreed with it and decided that the exercise was scheduled to begin tomorrow.

Guangzhou Huangpu Military Port, a breeze blows. The sun was shining directly on the deck, and it was slightly hot.

Beiyang Naval Division, Guang C torpedo cruiser.

The torpedo cruiser Guang Bing, originally belonging to the Guangdong Naval Division, before the First Sino-Japanese Naval War. In order to support his younger brother, Li Hanzhang insisted on transferring the three torpedo cruisers Guangjia, Guangc, and Guangyi, the three warships with the best and largest tonnage in Guangdong, to the north into the Beiyang Naval Division. In the Battle of the Yellow Sea, Guangjia fled with Jiyuan and ran aground, and then was blown up by a passing Combined Fleet. In the end, there was only the Guang C.

After the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, Japan surrendered, and Li Hanzhang was going to let his younger brother return the Guangbing, and Li Hongzhang also sent a telegram to Liu Jun, explaining the situation and asking Liu Jun to return to his arms.

Liu Jun also agreed, but he just pushed it one day at a time, saying today that the Guang C was being repaired, and tomorrow he said that the Guang C was replacing the weapon system.

This matter has been delayed again and again, and Li Hongzhang and Li Hanzhang both know that it is impossible for this Guang C number to come back, so this matter will not be over.

Today's Guangbing is to play the role of a sightseeing ship, and now, in addition to the ministers of various countries, there are also Li Hanzhang, the governor of Liangguang, and some gentlemen and peasant representatives of Guangzhou requested by Liu Jun, so that he wants them to see how strong his country's naval strength is.

Looking at the time, it was already 10 o'clock in the morning, and three hours earlier, the fleet that Lin Tai had served as an enemy had already departed. Now, it's time for the defense fleet to set off.

Woo woo hashitachi horn emits a loud whistle is the serial number of the voyage.

The iron anchor burst out of the water from the bottom of the sea. With a few crunks, the Hashidate was the first to leave the dock, and the ships that followed closely behind also slowly followed.

The Guang C is a sightseeing ship. So he could only follow behind, even so, Liu Jun still asked the Guang Bing to leave the military port ten minutes early.

As soon as he left the military port of Huangpu Island, Liu Jun, who was on the deck of the Guangbing, saw Li He leading the fleet to look southwest and sail away in a cruising formation.

Guang Bing, who was closely following three nautical miles behind the Beiyang Fleet, followed quietly.

, Lin Taizeng is really good at running, so he came out three hours in advance, and so far Li He hasn't found Lin Taizeng, what the hell, Liu Jun, who was shouting, looked at the time, and two hours had passed. The fleet led by Li He did not find any trace.

"Liu, I believe that today's exercise is definitely the most exciting." Clindler, who has always liked to pat himself in front of Liu Jun, walked over.

Clinde, Liu Jun frowned suddenly, this Clinder is a shameless figure, so the legations are all in Tianjin, only he found a hotel in Lushun and chartered it, which is called the German Office in Lushun. It is said that it is to negotiate and communicate with the Lushun authorities on commercial issues, and to put it bluntly, it is the German embassy in Liaodong.

"Old Ke, how are you now, how about being knighted by the German Emperor? When I told you to make you a knight, I didn't break my promise. ”

Hey, hey, Clinder just smirked, after all, this matter is indeed thanks to Liu Jun, Liu Junyi gave the dreadnought blueprints, and gave the battlecruiser blueprints, Sanyou signed a commodity opening agreement with Germany, allowing Germany to open the market in Liaodong, Northeast China, which made the German emperor overjoyed, and immediately ordered to grant the title of Sir Clinder.

Liu Jun has nothing to do with Clinder, use, both sides know that the other party has use value. Internationally, all friends are fake, and only interests are real. However, now the two are patting their shoulders and talking with smiles on their faces, giving anyone the feeling that it is a friend of life and death who has not seen each other for several years. The person who wears the same pants as the pants.

"The Beiyang Naval Division discovered the enemy fleet." The sailors on the Guangbing lookout stood on the northwest side and shouted loudly, which suddenly made Liu Jun and the two who were talking suddenly stop smiling and picked up the telescope hanging on their chests.

in the telescope. Liu Jun clearly saw that the first squadron that played the role of the Far East Fleet appeared in the northwest of the Second Fleet led by Li He.

Liu Jun didn't know about the navy, but he knew that Lin Tai had actually appeared in the northwest of Li He and occupied a favorable terrain.

In this way, Li He, who was heading southwest, had to order the fleet to turn its bow and sail in the direction of the first fleet.

Liu Jun's prediction was not bad, in less than two minutes, the Hashidate, which had been driving in the front, had already begun to turn around, and immediately after, Dingyuan, Ruojing, Jiyuan, and three gunboats and five torpedo boats also turned one after another and headed northwest.

"Turn around Guang Bing and keep up. Find the most advantageous position for the ministers to observe. Faintly, Liu Jun gave an order to Zhong Lin, who was standing beside him.

Zhong Lin nodded, walked out to the command cabin, and after a while, Guang Bing, who had been in Li He's main fleet, began to turn and move towards the sea area that was most favorable for observation.

Time passed little by little, and both fleets were approaching each other at maximum speed.

Both men chose the way the side of the ship faced the enemy. Liu Jun took a look, Lin Tai had led Zhenyuan, and then Bu Chan, Shichang and the three Guangdong Navy gunboats. On Li He's side, the first one is Qiaoli, and then Dingyuan, Ruojing and several other small gunboats.

After calculating the distance, Liu Jun estimated that after waiting for an hour at most, both sides would have to open fire.

"Lao Ke, do you think that there will win?" Liu Jun put down the binoculars in his hand, looked at the approaching two sides, and this time looked at Clint beside him and asked.

"God knows, their strength is about the same, but it seems that Lin's strength is stronger?"

It's not nonsense, Liu Jun didn't take care of Klind, but came to the bridge.

Time was passing little by little, and the ministers of various countries came to the bridge one after another, and began to pretend to point and point, and the head looked at the French minister who was not far away next to the Russian minister and the British, and it was very clear that he saw that the direction of the French minister's observation, as he thought, was the fleet led by Lin Taizeng.