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After reading the letter from Su Sanniang, who was also the chief instructor of the Red Army University, Lin Haifeng silently pondered on the map for a while.

Ten days ago, the cadets at all levels of the Red Army University had already formed a cadet army and sailed to Chongming Island in the name of daily training. Of course, except for a few leaders of the Cadet Army, such as Li Shixian and Chen Tingxiang, no one knew that their next step was actually to cooperate with the Red Army Teaching Brigade that had already left for Changshu to attack Tongzhou (now Nantong). Just when he was about to land on the island, Liu Quansheng, a student of the second detachment of the senior class of the Army Academy, suddenly proposed that because his father Liu Yongjing was seriously ill, he hoped to take leave to return to Luzhou. For this reason, Liu Yongjing also wrote a letter to him.

Lin Haifeng didn't pay much attention to this matter at first. In his memory, Liu Yongjing was a master with a strong local flavor and liked to be his own king, and it was difficult to say how long he could stay under the banner of the Celestial Empire like he is now. However, at least now he has not returned to make an independent environment, and the Huai River has been a key defense line set up by the Qing army, and he can't go back if he wants to.

However, since this batch of senior class students are all half-year accelerated education, they can complete their studies in two months, and in addition, they still have to participate in the war, such as Liu Quansheng's leave is not allowed.

What happened next couldn't help but make Lin Haifeng pay attention. In the letter, Su Sanniang reported that Liu Quansheng left the team without authorization and disappeared. The father is sick and the son is anxious, which does not seem to be an exaggeration on the surface, but if it is really urgent to this part, then there should be doubts. Is it afraid of war? No, the future battle plan is strictly confidential, and no student soldier will know until a real attack is launched, and he is absolutely assured of Li Shixian and the others. In order to be foolproof, he even secretly prepared the supplies for the Cadet Army on board the ship in the name of the Red Fifth Army sent to Zhenjiang and Yangzhou.

Li Zhaoshou was entrusted with an important task by Wei Changhui again, but the place where he was stationed was the city that made him feel the most sensitive, Chuzhou, and Liu Yongjing's defense was close to Li Zhaoshou, is this just a coincidence?

Su Sanniang's assistant he really chose the right one, Su Sanniang's absolute loyalty to the Celestial Empire aside, now she has gradually grown up on the intelligence front and has a strong ability to adapt. In order to prevent possible accidents and to be responsible for Liu's father and son, Su Sanniang also reported that before it was too late to ask him, he had secretly sent back the other two capable generals of the Blue Banner that Liu Yongjing relied on, Ren Huabang and Niu Hongsheng, and asked them to maintain Zhang Lexing's absolute leadership position in the Self-Defense Army.

Despite this, Lin Haifeng still has a headache, should he remind Wei Changhui about Li Zhaoshou's situation? If he has said that, will he believe it? Alas, if I had known this, it would have been much safer to kill this Li Zhaoshou directly in Yangzhou.

Seeing that her husband's brows had been locked, Liu Xianghe put her arms around her husband's neck and kissed him lightly on the face, "Don't keep frowning, if you continue to wrinkle, you will soon become an old man." ”

"Oh, am I old?" Lin Haifeng's gaze left the map, and he touched his chin with a smile, "No, you don't have a few beards?" ”

"Husband, discuss something with you?" Seeing that Lin Haifeng was happy, Liu Xianghe said coquettishly.

"What's the matter, do you still want to ask me if I like a girl or a son?" Lin Haifeng turned around and hugged his wife, touched her bulging belly, and smiled.

"Nasty!" Liu Xianghe sat in her husband's arms, pulled up her husband's face, and blinked her eyes, "People are telling you the truth." It's better to call my younger brother to the army, he likes to fight, and it's not interesting to be in the navy. Besides, seeing that there is about to be a big battle, why do you have to give my younger brother this chance? ”

"Oh, the Navy is not interesting?" Lin Haifeng smiled, "Do you still want to go to war?" Are you telling the truth? ”

"Of course it's true!" Liu Xianghe said seriously.

"Look, you're stupid, aren't you?" Lin Haifeng put his arm around his wife with one hand and pointed to the big map on the table with the other, "Look at how big this ocean is, and you are still worried about having no battles?" ”

"Who are you fighting against?" Liu Xianghe looked at the map inexplicably, and snorted disapprelicly, "Liar, how can there be an enemy." ”

"Yes, yes." Lin Haifeng closed his eyes, "In a few years, you will know." In the future, the bigger battlefield will be at sea, and at that time, many people may be tired of war. ”

Zhuer, he smiled again, "Actually, even in the navy, not necessarily all sailors who operate ships." There is also a special unit in the future navy of the Celestial Empire, and that is the navy that can fight land battles. ”

"The Navy still has to fight a land war?" Liu Xianghe was confused.

"Of course, that's called the Marine Corps." Lin Haifeng's hand gestured on the map, "If as long as our ships appear, our marines will also appear at the same time, who do you say will dare to come to the door to bully you?" So, the navy also needs a good army officer like Xihe. ”

Liu Xianghe seems to understand whether he understands or not, the world is so big, it is not easy to maintain his own country, why do you want to send warships to such a distant place, how long will it take?

Lin Haifeng looked at the strange expression on his wife's face, and couldn't help but smile, "What, are you scared again?" ”

"No, not really." Liu Xianghe embarrassedly concealed, "That's it...... It's just that there is no battle with them right now? Jumping on a small boat every day, my brother said it wasn't fun at all. ”

"Whoever says no, their battle will begin immediately." Lin Haifeng smiled mysteriously.

On a rare good day, a detachment of the Tsarist Chinese Dispatch Navy, under the command of Admiral Davakov, left its base in Qingdao and appeared in the ocean northeast of Qidong.

Soon, three Taiping patrol sailing ships flying red flags came into view.

Obviously, the Celestial Empire Navy also spotted the Russian warship opposite. Perhaps fearing the sheer number and firepower superiority of the opponent's seven warships, the patrol ships of the Celestial Empire Navy quickly turned around and retreated.

Before leaving, Davakov knew that the main warships of the rebel fleet in Shanghai were seven large and small warships that captured the British, and as for the other warships, they were all "earthen gunboats" with no power of their own. Now, it was this gunboat that appeared opposite him. Davakov is a naval officer who has participated in many naval battles, and more than a dozen large and small medals on his chest are enough to illustrate his past qiē.

For the Celestial Empire Navy, which can be said to be still in infancy, Davakov can't afford it at all, let alone the three small ships in front of him. He quickly issued an order to the three fast frigates of the avant-garde to launch an attack on the fleeing opponent.

In the end, the speed of the ship is an advantage, the distance between the pursuing Russian ship and the patrol ship of the Celestial Empire is shortening, the Russian frigate has already begun shelling first, and a patrol ship of the Celestial Empire has been hit by a bullet and caught fire. If it weren't for the proximity to Chongming Island, if it weren't for the presence of the receiving fleet of the Celestial Empire Navy in front of him, Davakov had no doubt that in less than ten minutes, he and his men would be able to send all three so-called gunboats to the bottom of the sea.

From the black smoke billowing from afar, Davakov understood that it was the main fleet of the rebels that had appeared. He ordered the herald to send a signal to the frigate to stop the pursuit and quickly return to the main force of the fleet. For him, those "little tadpoles" can eat or not, and his real purpose is to fight the rebels' main fleet. Before leaving, His Excellency Commander Muravyov instructed that if he could fight, he would be annihilated in one fell swoop, and if he could not, he would leave. However, along the way, Davakov could not find a reason not to fight.

Davakov carefully watched his approaching opponent with his telescope, and he was an expert in this area, and with a glance he could determine the approximate tonnage of the opposing ship. Hehe, in front are three motorized sailing ships of about 2,000 tons, and in the back, there are more than a dozen "little tadpoles" that should go to the inland rivers to wander, put these dozen "little tadpoles" together, and the total tonnage is probably not enough to sit on half of the flagship "Cossack".

I really don't understand, what are the Chinese doing?

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