The day of the commissioning ceremony of the new ship is getting closer and closer. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 While the navy is making preparations in an orderly manner, Qiu Baoren, as the deputy commander of the fleet, will also be ready to lead the fleet to sea for the last mobile formation training.

In the military port, the warships "Dingyuan," "Zhenyuan," "Huashan," and "Chengdu," which were neatly docked at the wharf, were already ready to fire. Qiu Baoren stood in the bridge of the flagship "Dingyuan", holding binoculars in both hands and constantly scanning the warships docked around the "Dingyuan", and a kind of heroic spirit suddenly rose again in his heart, just like when he served as a pipe band on the "Laiyuan" of the Beiyang Naval Division more than ten years ago.

Qiu Baoren, who was standing on the new "Dingyuan" battleship at this moment, couldn't help but think of his colleagues and even classmates in the Beiyang Navy Division in the past. They once graduated from such a good school together, learned so advanced knowledge together, went to so many places together, saw such a vast world together, piloted such a powerful fleet together, and later fought together to defend China's maritime frontier. Although they did not live at the same time, they almost all died at the same time. Looking back on the past, Qiu Baoren couldn't help but feel a little sad. But in an instant, after thinking of Lin Yingqi and Sa Zhenbing, who he was waiting for at the moment, his mood was a little better.

Sa Zhenbing's trip to Fangcheng was warmly welcomed by his former naval colleagues, and as an old acquaintance, Qiu Baoren was naturally no exception. Today, he invited him to come to the fleet, and at this time, Lin Yingqi and Sa Zhenbing also drove all the way to the military port and arrived at the dock where the "Dingyuan" docked.

"This? This is the 'Dingyuan'? And in the distance, that's..." The nearly 30,000-ton steel giant ship stands majestically between the blue sky and clear water, and the shock to Sa Zhenbing is not insignificant. Although he had heard the specific data of the warship from Lin Yingqi before, when the data concept was concretized by the battleship in front of him, the exclamation could not be concealed.

"Let's go, hurry up and get on the ship, the fleet is already waiting for us with a fire." Lin Yingqi had to urge Sa Zhenbing to unconsciously slow down his pace.

Sa Zhenbing came to his senses and said, "Oh, let's go, let's go up!" ”

Seeing Lin Yingqi and Sa Zhenbing walking into the bridge together, Qiu Baoren hurriedly greeted him with a smile, only to see him say: "Brother Dingming, the day before yesterday I received a call from Ji Ji (Lin Yingqizi), saying that you arrived in Fangcheng, but unfortunately the military affairs were busy at that time, and I didn't come to talk about it, please forgive me!" ”

"Brother Biaochen (Qiu Baoren) is polite, it should be me who bothered me." Being able to see Qiu Baoren, who he hadn't seen for more than ten years, Sa Zhenbing was a little excited, but the excitement was mixed with a little restraint.

"The fleet is about to go to sea today, and I will make the decision to invite you to come over and see the new warships of our navy." After Qiu Baoren said this to Sa Zhenbing, he turned his head to the staff officer beside him and ordered: "Order, the 'Huashan' is in the front, and the 'Dingyuan', 'Zhenyuan', 'Chengdu', 'Nanning' and other ships will leave the port in turn and go to sea for drills. ”

The communications staff officer soon transmitted Qiu Baoren's order to the ships. With the sound of whistles, the ships began to move slowly, heading towards the sea outside the harbor. There they would form formations, then sail into the Gulf of Tonkin and turn to the southeast, a sea rarely frequented by the warships of the great powers, where the fleet would train for months.

Standing on a giant ship like the "Dingyuan", Sa Zhenbing suddenly became a little envious of Qiu Baoren and Lin Yingqi, former naval colleagues and classmates. When he saw these sailors full of vigor and fighting spirit around him, skillfully piloting this most cutting-edge fleet in China and even in Asia, chopping waves and galloping across the sea, he once again truly felt the long-lost pride and ambition in his chest. Sa Zhenbing suddenly felt a trance in front of his eyes, they were like this when they were in the Beiyang Naval Division.

On the destroyer "Jinshajiang," Captain Situ Wen received an order from the flagship, and his task was to take up the duty of guarding the southwest of the main fleet, and while ensuring the normal conduct of the fleet's exercise, he was also responsible for patrolling this sea area and guarding against the ships of the great powers approaching the exercise area.

"Heading southwest, full speed." Situ Wen glanced at the compass, gave an order to the navigator, and then looked at the figure of the battleship that was gradually moving away outside the starboard window with some envy. The "Jinshajiang," which was full of horsepower, quickly cut the waves at the bow of the ship at a high speed of 27 knots, and it only took a short time for the figure of the main fleet to turn into some small black dots at the junction of the sea and the sky.

Situ Wen, although he has a text in his name, he is a Chinese-American and has a distant relative with Situ Meitang, the big man of the American Zhigong Court, and he is not elegant at all when he is impulsive. Although he graduated from the Annapolis Naval Academy in the United States with excellent grades, as a yellow race, he could not get along at all in the predominantly white US Navy, and later, because of a coincidence, he returned to China to join the People's Army Navy, and served as a midshipman captain on the destroyer "Jinshajiang" for two months, and was officially appointed captain not long ago. Although the "Jinshajiang" is called a destroyer, it is equipped with two twin 155mm turrets and six 533mm torpedo tubes, which not only has the same tonnage and range as the light cruisers of the great powers, but also can reach a speed of up to 32 knots in terms of high-speed performance, which is enough to throw off several streets of the navies of the great powers.

"Captain, smoke was found in the direction of the right three degrees in front of our ship, it should be a cruiser, heading northeast." The watchman's voice reached Situ Wen's ears through the microphone.

The mission of the "Jinsha River" is to warn and expel any ships close to the sea area where the main fleet is located, where the main fleet will conduct training in many subjects such as maritime mobile formation, communication and liaison, and these are now necessary to be kept secret by all countries! After some careful thought, Situ Wen knew that the ship was not heading towards that area, so there was no need to be too nervous now. So he ordered: "Keep watch." ”

"Captain, the other party turned and headed for our ship!" The lookout's voice was a little anxious this time. At sea, when you see each other, often the other party will also find you.

Situ Wen pondered for a moment, then turned his head to the navigator who was working on the chart board and asked, "How far is our ship from the main fleet now?" ”

"At 18 nautical miles, we can't already observe our main fleet." The navigator measured the board, and the data came out.

"Reduce the speed to 16 knots, keep the direction. All ships, battle alert! Situ Wen decided to catch up, he didn't want the other party to keep the course and continue to go deeper, nor could he let the other party know the exact specific performance of his warship.

The sharp sirens sounded in an instant, and the officers and men on the ship soon ran to their respective posts to stand by. Situ Wen held the binoculars, and in his line of sight, a light cruiser of about 3,000 tons flying the tricolor flag was heading towards the "Jinsha River". After thinking about it for a while, Situ Wen judged that this was the old light cruiser "Bagar" belonging to the French Far East Fleet, with a maximum speed of 18 knots and four 152mm cannons and 12 small-caliber guns.

Soon, the two warships traveling in the opposite direction were getting closer and closer, and Situ Wen re-examined his warship. In addition to the military quality of the sailors, his own "Jinshajiang" far surpasses the "Bagar" in terms of speed and firepower, as well as in tonnage and armor protection. After some comparison, Situ Wen became more confident.

"Signal the ship, tell the ship name, and make the other party turn and leave. The whole ship is ready for battle! Situ Wen began to give orders in an orderly manner.

The French on the "Bagar" were obviously making a choice in their hearts, and the unquestionable and slowly rotating gun muzzles revealed in the other party's flags, as well as the bright red military flags on the bow and front main mast of the warship, were obviously a little jealous. If there is a conflict with the People's Army, that responsibility is not something they can afford to bear.

"Send a warning again! Otherwise, fire! Situ Ren's palms had begun to sweat because of extreme excitement, and such exciting scenes were not common.

"Bagar" turned. Maybe the French didn't want to provoke a conflict between the two sides recklessly, maybe because of the unprecedented toughness of the Chinese Navy, maybe it was... But in short, the light cruiser "Bagar" of the French Navy turned its bow around, drew a big U on the sea, and disappeared from the sight of all the officers and men on the "Jinsha River". Perhaps this is the first time in recent years that the navies of a great power have turned around in front of the Chinese navy, but it is believed that this will not be the last.

On the sea surface of the Beibu Gulf, Qiu Baoren, Lin Yingqi, Sa Zhenbing, and others on the flagship have learned in detail about the accident that happened on the "Jinsha River." They were satisfied and relieved. To be able to see the rise of the Chinese Navy again in the year of confusion cannot but be said to be their luck compared to their comrades who once stained the sea and frontier with blood.

It is true that the evil neighbor to the east, Japan, the former small state of Yuer, has now become a maritime hegemon, but so what? In Qiu Baoren's eyes, compared with the performance and combat power of the new warships of the Chinese Navy, the so-called capital ships of the Japanese Navy are now nothing more than a bunch of backward broken copper and iron! The combat power of those so-called Japanese capital ships of more than 10,000 tons is on par with the heavy cruiser "Chengdu"! The Japanese warships have a small tonnage, backward design concepts, small artillery and small calibers, and they are not good at ammunition types and technology, and their only strength is probably that they have a relatively large advantage in the quality and training of their soldiers. But isn't the Chinese Navy now catching up? With such good warships and such abundant funds, what can the Chinese not do!