Although he now longed to fly to Taiwan with his wings and land beside Aya, he knew that the safety of the fleet was the most important thing, so although he was anxious, he still ordered the fleet to stop advancing. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Don't worry, adults, we can't go through such fog, and the Japanese can't go, we can catch up." Pei Jinquan knew that Lin Yizhe was anxious at the moment, although he was also in a hurry, he still tried his best to restrain his anxious emotions and comfort Lin Yizhe.

As the captain of the "First Ship of China" who has been following Lin Yizhe, he couldn't know more about Lin Yizhe's temperament. He knew that Lin Yizhe was really anxious this time, so he set off immediately after receiving the order at the dock. Due to the extremely thorough preparation in advance, everything went smoothly when the fleet set off, but what no one expected was that Tiangong was not beautiful, but at this juncture, a once-in-a-century fog fell!

Since Lin Yizhe traveled to this era, it is not the first time to go to sea, fog at sea is already commonplace for him, but this time the sea fog is much bigger than the sea fog he experienced during the trial voyage in the North Sea!

Lin Yizhe led the fleet to set off early, just to rush to the waters around Langqiao in Taiwan in advance to intercept the Japanese army and prevent them from landing, but what he didn't expect was that the distance that could be completed quickly in normal times still took more time to set off in advance this time!

The fog came very quickly, and so far, there is no sign of dissipating!

And in this situation of extremely low visibility, even if there are advanced equipment such as satellite navigation in later generations, they will not dare to rush on the road!

Especially now that it is close to the sea area of the Penghu Islands, the area around Baibeiyu happens to be dense with reefs, and if he is not careful, he will hit the reef, which makes him have to be cautious and cautious!

The fleet he led carried the fate of the revival of this ancient country, and it took him countless efforts, and the officers and men on the ship were all his good brothers, how could he risk their lives?

Listening to Pei Jinquan's comforting words, Lin Yizhe was moved in his heart, smiled at him, and signaled that he didn't have to worry.

Lin Yizhe got up and walked out of the command tower and came to the flying bridge, and when Pei Jinquan and others saw this, they also walked out with him.

"Look at this fog is so thick, it is estimated to stretch for dozens of miles." Pei Jinquan looked at the white and gray around him, and said, "It is estimated that eighty percent of the Japanese will be trapped at this time." ”

"Nagasaki is far from here, and their ships are not as fast as ours, so they can't get here unless they leave many days before we do." Shen Renfa also said, "If they leave early, this area may pass by this time, which is the worst situation for us." But if they were ahead of us, they might not be able to get out of this fog zone. As long as the fog clears, we won't stay in Penghu, and we will be able to catch up soon. ”

"Then we won't stop in Penghu." Lin Yizhe nodded, "Anyway, our coal, water and ammunition are already ready, let's chase the Japanese first." ”

Pei Jinquan, Shen Renfa and others all nodded yes. Lin Yizhe looked around again, the sea fog not only did not dissipate, but became thicker and thicker, Lin Yizhe took out his pocket watch and glanced at it, and quickly put the pocket watch into his arms again.

"I'm a little tired, go down and sleep for a while, stay for a while, and when the fog clears, I'll set sail with an order, don't call me." Lin Yizhe's expression returned to his former calm and calmness.

"Mark and obey!"

Seeing that the coach had regained his composure and no longer looked anxious, Pei Jinquan and the others felt a lot more stable.

Lin Yizhe returned to his cabin, lay on the bed, and closed his eyes. Although he said that he wanted to sleep, at this time, when he thought of Ayalai, he became anxious again, where can he sleep?

Now Lin Yizhe only thinks about intercepting the troop convoy of Saigo Congdao as soon as possible, but he doesn't know that as if God favors the Japanese, Saigo's voyage from Congdao is much smoother than his!

Japanese troop transport fleet, ironclad ship "East", flybridge.

"Xixiang-kun, in a little while, we will be able to see the Langqiao coast soon." Li Xiande checked the chart in his hand and said to Saigo.

"Great!" Saigo stood on the flybridge and touched the Emperor's Imperial Treasure Sword at his waist, his excitement overflowing.

Hearing the conversation between the two, the captain of the "East" on the flybridge, Ito Yuheni Daisa, and several other Japanese naval officers were also excited.

"God bless me with the Japanese Empire! All the best on this trip! Ito Yuhyung couldn't help but shout,

It's no wonder that Saigo and Ito are happy, because their voyage this time was much smoother than expected.

After leaving Nagasaki, the fleet headed south, and although it encountered heavy fog shortly after moving south, the fleet sailed out of the fog area after a period of south. Saigo Congdao was worried that another boat would come from the port to chase them back, but after a few days of driving, there was no chasing ship, which made Saigo from Michichi really overjoyed.

Saigo didn't know that in fact, it was the fog that helped them. After they left, the Ministry of War informed the port of Nagasaki to send ships to chase them, but all of them were in heavy fog and feared getting lost, so they all turned back halfway, and Saigo was not chased back.

The fleet continued to sail south all the way into the waters of Fujian Province, China, because they heard that there are often typhoons in this area, Saigo and others were very worried for a while, but to their surprise, it seems that Amaterasu has taken special care of their adventurous warriors these days, and all the good weather is smooth sailing to reach the waters of Taiwan (and at this time, the Taiwan Strait is covered with dense fog, and the most powerful fleet of the Chinese Navy is trapped here by the dense fog. For the Japanese, it can indeed be called "God bless the divine help").

After a while, as Lee said, a verdant stretch of coast appeared in front of the Japanese.

"Here we are! Banzai! Banzai! Banzai! Saigo looked at this beautiful and quiet coast and couldn't help but open his arms and cheer.

Seeing the commander like this, the Japanese officers and men on the ironclad ship "Higashi" also cheered, and some Satsuma samurai even drew their katana swords and sang and danced on the deck.

"God willing, we have arrived safely at last, and may the abominable Chinese not be here like the last time......," said Jackman, who served as a guide for the Japanese troops, when he suddenly saw some small black dots on the sea in the distance, and his face changed, and he shrunk back from the words.

Saigo noticed the anomaly on the surface of the sea, and immediately raised his telescope and took a closer look. Ito and other Japanese naval officers also raised their binoculars.

As the "East" continued to advance, these small black dots gradually became larger, and a team of Chinese sailing ships soon appeared in the telescope of Saigo Congdao!

What surprised him was that among these Chinese sailing ships, there was actually a steam warship!

This small steam warship actually dragged more than a dozen Chinese sailing ships forward!

Seeing this strange scene, Saigo couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"One steamboat hauling ten sailboats? What are the stupid Qing people doing? A Japanese naval officer asked in surprise.

"I don't know." Saigo put down his binoculars with some amusement.

Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he jerked up his telescope again, and after looking at it carefully for a while, the smile on his face disappeared.

These Chinese ships, whether they were steamboats or a large number of sailing ships, had triangular Chinese dragon flags flying on their masts!

"The Chinese Navy has arrived." Li Xiande put down the binoculars without mockery, turned his head to Saigo Congdao and said, "A naval fleet armed with sailing ships. ”

"This kind of thing, can it also be called a fleet?" Saigo sneered and put down his binoculars.

"It is indeed an armed fleet." "They're all sailboats with guns. ”

"These old sailboats are of no use in the slightest except to be our targets." Saigo laughed from the road.

"Please note, Saigo-kun, we have not received an order to launch an attack on the Qing army." Rear Admiral Ito Yuma, who has not spoken much since he went to sea, and is also the elder brother of Ito Yuhiro, the captain of the ironclad ship "To", said to Saigo with a gloomy face, "It is my duty to warn you that Saigo-kun, our mission this time is to punish Ikuban, not to cause war. ”

"But they're clearly here to stop us, do you think we should be taken prisoner by these sailboat-flying guys?" Saigo retracted his smile and said to Ito Yuma.

Ito Yuma frowned and didn't answer.

By this time the two fleets were gradually approaching, and the Chinese steam warship was obviously the backbone of those Chinese sailing ships, and after untying the cables and freeing the sailing ships towed by him, he sailed past all the Chinese sailing ships at great speed, and turned gently and skillfully, stopping in front of the Japanese fleet.

Seeing the speed of the Chinese warship so fast, Ito Yuma and his younger brother Ito Yuhyi were taken aback.

The Ito brothers saw clearly that the Chinese warship that appeared in front of them was slender and slender, with smooth and graceful lines, but the armament looked quite weak, with only a few small-caliber guns, and in the face of such a behemoth as the "East" ironclad ship, the strength was superior, but this Chinese warship did not show any timidity, but blocked the front of the Japanese warship with an arrogant attitude.

Saigo raised his binoculars again, and he clearly saw the dragon pattern gold emblem on the bow of the ship, and the two Chinese characters "Feihong" on one side. He lifted his telescope and saw a Chinese officer wearing a royal blue Chinese Navy uniform and a black and red cloak on the flybridge, standing there, looking at him with a solemn look.