"Go back, it's cold." Zheng Yiqian sighed, walked over and put on her cloak.

Liu Jun is indeed worried about the current position of the First Fleet, and from the speculation, if there is no accident, the current First Fleet is about to reach the outskirts of Tokyo.

"What's going on over there with Zhong Lin?" Liu Jun, who took a deep breath, turned around and asked quietly.

"No, but Zhong Lin has been at the telegraph office, and it is estimated that as soon as there is a situation, he will come over to inform him, let's go." After saying this, Zheng Yiqian stepped forward, pulled Wu Hao up from the stool on the dock, and walked towards the headquarters under the protection of the guards.

The sky had become dark, and the sun, which had been basking the ocean for nearly a day, had finally turned off all the flames of anger, and was gradually heading towards the sea to the west, through which it could be clearly seen that on the sea, more than a dozen warships were slowly moving in the direction of Tokyo, and their speed was very slow, at most nine knots.

These dozen ships are the First Fleet that was ordered to carry out the fast food plan.

On the deck of the Hongzhang, looking at the sunset, Li He took a deep breath, today and all day, he was worried that his fleet would be discovered by Ribel, but from the current point of view, this is something that has not happened at all. "How long will it take to get to the outskirts of Tokyo?" Li He turned around and asked Yan Fu, who was standing beside him...... Yan Fu lowered his head and thought for a while, then said affirmatively: "There are about fifty nautical miles." ”

Fifty nautical miles, which means it won't take long. When Li He heard this answer, he looked up at the remnant sun that was still hanging in the west: "Order, each ship slows down and moves at a speed of 3 knots." ”

Three knots of speed, what is the difference between that and not leaving, Yan Fu's heart was full of doubts, and he was about to ask, but he saw that Li He had already turned around and headed towards the conning tower, there was no way, Yan Fu could only go and give orders.

After giving the order, Yan Fu returned to command him, and saw William, who was wearing a black naval uniform, discussing with Li He on a map, he knew that the map was drawn by the Intelligence Bureau over the years, the map of the Tokyo Coastal Defense Battery.

After the two of them finished discussing, Yan Fu walked over, and after pouring a cup of tea, Ti Li He asked his own question, that is, why the fleet had to move forward at a speed of three knots, instead of entering directly.

For this problem, in fact, it is not very complicated, in Li He's view, the characters of the First Fleet are to secretly enter Tokyo, and then use naval guns to bombard, and now, the First Fleet has arrived at the periphery of Tokyo, so there will be more and more fishing boats, once any fish that have escaped the net escape back to Tokyo to report, so that the battery can prepare, then it is impossible to give Tokyo a surprise attack, on the contrary, this is the periphery, ordinary fishing boats will not drive so far, then this is a good protection for the First Fleet.

After a while when it was completely dark, the warships, at full speed, entered Tokyo according to the charts, and when they reached the firing range, they immediately formed a battle formation, fired shells into Tokyo, and then fled.

It turned out that this was the case, Yan Fu finally understood Li He's intentions, lowered his head and thought for a while: "Then commander, do you see when the fleet can set sail." “

When, Li He looked at the wall clock on the wall, it was six o'clock, that is, after waiting for more than an hour, the sky would be completely dark.

"Nine o'clock."

Time passed in a flash, and at night, when I couldn't see my fingers, the sea that had been silent suddenly sounded a whistle. Subsequently, each ship has its own ? All turned on the searchlights and began to issue orders.

Set sail at once, set sail at once, the light quickly came out from the flagship, and then the order was given to the warship behind again under the piercing of another warship

The fleet that was like a snail suddenly made a major turn, and in less than half an hour, the fleet had reached 13 knots, a full ten times higher.

After two hours of sailing, Li He, who was standing on the deck, could clearly see a few lights in the distant sky through the telescope in his hand, and he knew that it was not the stars in the sky, but the lights of Tokyo.

It's finally here. Li He put down the telescope in his hand and pressed the white railing with some excitement.

"Report, fifteen nautical miles from the Tokyo Shore Defense Battery." Measured and quickly ran over and told the latest distance.

"Commander, give the order." Hearing this, Yan Fu, who was standing next to him, stepped forward, his eyes showing a look of expectation.

Li He also knew that once he gave the order, the fleet, which was lined up in two rows, would enter Tokyo in battle formation with the help of faint lights in the dark.

Taking a deep breath, Li He looked at the soldiers behind him who were taking out a notebook to record the order, and Will, who also came to his side.

The order was given, and the ships immediately formed a battle formation and advanced at a speed of ten knots. After reaching the firing range, the flagship naval gun was the number. :

"Yes." The voice of the communication soldier was obviously a little trembling, but Li He did not blame it, the voice of the command he gave just now was not the same as a little trembling.

Tokyo, the shore defense artillery Taishang, two Japanese soldiers at the lookout are holding their rifles and chatting, originally their mission was to observe the sea here, but for many years, there have been no enemy warships near here, so the soldiers here have relaxed, after all, this is Tokyo.

"Look, I'll go down and pee." A soldier puts his rifle aside and prepares to step down from the lookout.

"What is that, before he went down, he saw in the distance, rows of lights approaching here.

"Where?" The soldier next to him stood up and followed his finger to look at it, and immediately waved his hand: "Fuss, that's the light of the fishermen's return." ”

No, the soldier shook his head, he had been a soldier here for several years, and he had never seen such a big light.

"You're looking at how the fishing boat has such a big light." The soldier who was about to go down to pee said again.

"It's a lot." The soldier lazily raised his binoculars from the side and began to look at the light.

In the blur, he could see that the outlines of the top light in the distance looked so familiar. And it seems like I've seen it somewhere.

Could it be a warship? The soldier pondered twice in his heart, but then it occurred to him how could this be a thing, the only three warships here had already been ordered to go to Vladivostok a few days ago.

It must be an illusion. The soldier shook his head, slapped his head vigorously, and looked over again.

As soon as the lights flashing from the sea swept in front of the soldiers, the warships were indeed warships, but where were these warships, the soldiers' eyes were full of confusion.