Soon, Fernand still held the telescope, observed carefully, and said with a reminder: "Lord Marquis, after the small island two thousand nautical miles ahead, and then four thousand nautical miles, it will be Macao Island, which is our first military target, and we will attack the jump board of Guangzhou." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"Oh~ In that case, General Fernand, should we send two warships to reconnoiter and explore the way, so as not to be ambushed by the Chinese Navy?" The Governor still maintained a wait-and-see posture and suggested.

Fernand disagreed, in his heart, he really looked down on the Chinese navy, and couldn't pay the slightest attention to it, at the turn of dynasties, what kind of navy could a new imperial court have? At most, the naval divisions left over from the previous dynasties were accepted, and for the Guangzhou naval divisions and Fujian naval divisions of the former Qing Dynasty, even if the two were on the same page, they were not the opponents of the combined fleets of Portugal and Spain.

Ambush? Are you kidding? How can a navy that is unstable at sea allow artillery to aim at the enemy and bombard? What threat can it pose to the coalition fleet?

A series of thoughts of disdain and contempt surged into Fernand's heart, and even so, Fernand said politely: "Lord Marquis, don't you need it? Our telescopes are all specially made, military supplies, and the visual distance is extremely far, in this endless sea, no warship can hide, unless the navy of the Great Guang Dynasty is hidden on that small island. ”

"However, as you can see, that island is the size of a palm, and the radius is only a few miles, and even if there are Tibetans, there are not many people to hide. Moreover, there are no ships around, and there are no artillery facilities along the coast, so even if there is an ambush, it will not pose any danger to us. On the contrary, we can carry out intensive bombing and blow up the island in an instant! ”

Although the information about China is all hearsay, and there has been no actual contact, what is in front of you is clear, as Fernand said, the sea is flat, and that small island is a projectile land, and the Combined Fleet only needs a wave of artillery fire to blow it up in an instant.

The governor did not insist, but faintly had some excitement, which was a kind of mental stimulation brought by the imminent war of the Great War, and it was a strong attraction to China, a virgin land that had never been colonized.

Tea, silk, porcelain, all kinds of exquisite handicrafts, can be said to be popular throughout Europe, from the royal nobility to the common people, these are all things that are in vigrate. If nothing else, even low-income families in Europe will spend two to three percent of their income on tea alone.

Looking at the world and the world, what kind of goods can compare to tea? Popular in Europe, everyone is sought after!

Black tea, top tea, is a luxury, in short supply, the top tea shipped to the West every year, is not enough for the royal family, as expensive as gold, it is not an exaggeration.

At this moment, the governor put down his binoculars and looked in the direction of Daguang in a daze, with a lascivious smile on his face, and greed in his eyes, and the things produced in China turned into piles of gold and silver, pearls and agate, and a pen of wealth came to his mind.

The formation of warships was moving fast, the battle of the sea wind and waves, the governor's eyes were full of greed, as if there was a mountain of gold ahead, they were gold diggers, the distance was getting closer and closer, and they couldn't hold back the excitement in their hearts.

However, the Doge and Fernand have not yet discovered that they are stepping into the abyss of death as they go deeper.

At the same time, in the sky above the combined fleet of Portugal and Spain, in the thin clouds thousands of meters high, many airships, no matter which one they are, are inlaid with a piece of transparent glass in front of it, left and right, and faintly, you can see that the soldiers of the airship unit are holding binoculars, observing the surrounding situation. There are also soldiers who observe the situation around them through this fast transparent glass, waiting for orders.

In a certain airship, a soldier is reporting to the person in charge of the airship: "Report to the captain, the number of enemy warships and weapons and other information have been reconnoitred, according to the current direction and the speed of the enemy's warship, in another half an hour, they will arrive at the target area, and the division commander is in their ambush circle." ”

"Okay, act immediately, let the several airships in front of you quickly leave, go to each area separately, and send the information to the commander."

"Yes, Captain, I'll go!"

As soon as the words fell, it can be seen that the communication soldiers in each airship moved one after another, waving special bright red flags at the glass, dancing a series of flags, directing the starting point of the airship from the center and spreading around.

Through the glass, one soldier can be seen to be ready to attack at any time. In particular, some soldiers were half-crouched there, with baskets full of bombs next to them, which could be thrown out of the holes in front of them for precise high-altitude vertical bombardment.

The two small red flags stopped the gesture and disappeared into the glass, and at the forefront of the airship troops, the northernmost vanguard troops, immediately flew away from several airships, as if they had been planned in advance, and moved quickly along their respective tracks.

Without the unheard jets in front of the airship, there were as if there were a few more accelerators in the rear, and a large amount of gas began to be sprayed in an instant, pushing the airship through the reaction force, coupled with the help of the wind, almost in the blink of an eye, several airships disappeared, and the speed was amazing, which made people smack.

On the command ship, next to the railing, Shi Mingzhi held a telescope in both hands, his face was calm, and from time to time he observed the distance, the southern part of the sea between Macao Island and Qianshanzhai.

At this moment, a communications soldier came to Shi Mingzhi's side and gave a military salute politely: "Report to the division commander, the latest information on the reconnaissance of the airship unit has been sent, please take a look at it and read it." ”

After a word, the communication soldier took out the document under his armpit and presented it with both hands, but Shi Mingzhi's light words were ushered in, and he didn't look back: "Read~"

Immediately, he unfolded the document neatly and read it quickly: "The airship reconnaissance ship reported that the enemy would arrive at the ambush area at half past one, fifty large warships, two hundred small and medium-sized warships, a total of two hundred and fifty warships, according to visual inspection and Western naval estimates, the total strength of the combined fleet of Spain and Portugal was about 30,000 to 50,000 people, in a fan-shaped array, spread out. ”

Simple and straightforward intelligence has always been the rule of the Thunder Navy, Shi Mingzhi likes this the most, when the two armies face off, the fighter plane is fleeting, and a shrewd and brief report is particularly important, so that the commander can make a quick judgment and not waste a second.

After the communication soldier finished reporting, the corners of Shi Mingzhi's mouth raised slightly, showing a hint of banter, and he said to himself: "There are only more than 50,000 people and 250 warships, which is enough for my first division to eat. Forget it, as a big brother, you can't eat alone, you always have to leave some for your brother troops. Otherwise, it will be difficult to cooperate in the future. ”

Feng Zicai, who was in good spirits on the side, was immediately taught again, the way of marching and fighting, without affecting the overall situation, a unit eats alone and takes all the credit, which will indeed cause dissatisfaction among the brother troops.

Without waiting for Feng Zicai to think about it, Shi Mingzhi's order came: "Pass the order, all the warships are ready, wait until the enemy's warships arrive at the designated sea area, without saying a word, first give me a wave of artillery bombardment, overturn his vanguard, hit his wings hard, and then go head-on, a beating!" Remember, don't chase after the enemy's warships as long as they leave the waters of Macau Island! ”

"Yes, Commander!"

After the communication soldiers wrote down the words with stiff hair, they hugged the military salute and then walked away, and within a few minutes, the flag commanders on the command ship began to wave the flag to convey Shi Mingzhi's order.

At the same time, two thousand nautical miles southeast of Macao Island, Zhang Bao's second division cruised here, and the warships rose and fell with the waves. On the command ship, Zhao Bao, also known as Zhang Baozai, was also looking at a piece of information, and in the blink of an eye, he read all the contents, threw the document to the communication soldier, and then ordered: "Pass my order, the warship will go southeast for another five hundred nautical miles, and then make a detour to the south, outflank the back road of the foreigners, and block them!" ”

"Yes, Commander!"

Under the order, the flag danced, and all the warships of the Thunder Navy Second Division moved, pulled up the heavy iron anchors, rode the wind and tattered, and the speed became faster and faster, heading straight to the southeast, sloping slightly southward, forming an arc that raised to the east, and getting closer and closer to the large rear of Portugal and Spain.

Not only that, but to the east and north of the island of Macao, several of the naval units of the Thunder began to receive the same information, and they were ready to move, and they sailed to the predetermined sea area, just to fill the gap in the defense of the first and second divisions, and to block all possible directions for Spain and Portugal to escape.

At this moment, Macao Island and Qianshanzhai form a huge network, covering all directions in the northwest, north, northeast, southeast and south. And the south is the mouth of the big net, just waiting for the combined fleet of foreigners to enter, and Zhang Bao's second division is responsible for the net collection operation, tie up the net mouth, and follow from behind, just wait for Shi Mingzhi's cannon to sound, his troops will instantly pounce, like a leopard hunting for food, biting the back of the prey!

All of a sudden, the southeast coastal waters were surging with an undercurrent, and the smell of gunpowder smoke was filled, and a great war was about to start.

As if there was some tacit understanding, or a sensitive smell of something was wrong, there were no merchant ships in Guangzhou, and there was no trace of merchant ships in the south and east, just as this day was a holiday, and all the merchants and their ships were resting.

It was past noon, the temperature was getting higher and higher instead of dropping, and the sun was simply tilting to the west, and its light was not diminishing in the slightest, all of which indicated that it was an unusual day.