In the Central Pacific, at the southernmost tip of the Mariana Islands, there is an island with an area of 550 square kilometers called Guam.

Guam's strategic location was extremely important, controlling the waters around the western Pacific Ocean, and the British Navy had long coveted this place, but because of its relationship with Spain, Britain never occupied it.

With the end of the Fourth Japian War, the defeat of the British Navy's Asian Fleet, and the loss of the Philippine Islands by Spain, Guam became a lonely place.

After China and Britain reached the Manila Peace Treaty, Britain recognized Guam and its Mariana Islands as China's ownership, and the navies of the two sides divided the Pacific Ocean equally, and the Chinese Navy controlled the Western Pacific.

When the Chinese navy's naval guns bombarded the fortress of Guam, the 500 Spanish defenders who remained on the island quickly gave up their resistance, and Guam fell into Chinese hands.

On his way back to Beijing after leaving Lanfangzhou, Li Weiguo specially asked the navy to divert to Guam.

For Li Weiguo, Guam has a special significance, that is, the United States used this island to control his younger brothers to contain China, and it is also one of the largest overseas military bases of the United States.

Now Li Weiguo has landed on Guam as the emperor of China, completely occupying this island hanging in the western Pacific Ocean and incorporating it into China's overseas territory.

At this time, there were also indigenous people on Guam, with a size of about 10,000 people, and Li Weiguo had no hatred for them, so he didn't touch them.

However, Li Weiguo wanted to make Guam the largest naval base of the Chinese Navy in the western Pacific, and to build harbors and fortifications, so many natives had to move places.

According to the plan of Li Weiguo and the Admiralty, Guam will be stationed with an infantry artillery brigade and assigned to the Marine Corps to be responsible for Guam's ground defense.

Construction of large Guam fortifications and Apra Naval Base on the foundations of the Spanish Port Apra Fortress. In the future, it will be used as a naval base in the Pacific of the Chinese Navy.

At this time, a large number of transport ships and engineering ships have arrived at the port of Apra, and engineers are intensively conducting field investigations and designing fortresses and naval bases.

As for the Andersen area in the northern part of Guam, Li Weiguo also included it in the scope of a military base, which is now only used as a warehouse land, and will be converted into an air base in the future.

Of course. The Air Force is still a distant topic for the world now, but for Li Weiguo, he has helped China complete the development of key technologies such as internal combustion engines and electric motors, and if the automobile engine is used to tow the propeller, there is no technical problem in making the oldest wooden propeller aircraft, as long as Li Weiguo is willing to take action, he can immediately start the aviation revolution.

But Li Weiguo would not sacrifice the great artifact of the plane so early, after all, it is only the 70s of the nineteenth century. It is still more than 30 years before the Wright brothers took off, and even the automobile industry has just started in China, and people all over the world are still curious about cars, and if they get out of the plane, they will frighten the babies.

The most important thing is that the plane will have a profound impact on the whole world, and before Li Weiguo has absolutely control the great artifact of the plane, he will definitely not easily open Pandora's box.

After staying in Guam for three days, Li Weiguo took the navy Laiyuan ironclad ship. And under the escort of the three ships Pingyuan, Ocean, and Sea Ridge, they passed through the Ryukyus. It was then intended to reach the Forbidden City in Beijing directly from the sea route and the Haihe River Canal via the East China Sea.

However, not long after the fleet entered the East China Sea, it was suddenly targeted by a fleet.

The red plaster flag immediately aroused the vigilance of the officers and men of the Chinese Navy, and the second-level combat readiness alarm was immediately sounded.

Although it was not a first-level battle alarm, it still alarmed Li Weiguo, who was taking a nap with three big beauties in his arms.

"What's going on out there?"

Li Weiguo opened his eyes and asked in the direction of the screen.

There are female guards on duty. At the same time, Vice Admiral Lin Changlong, commander of the escort fleet, had already arrived outside the hatch and reported to Li Weiguo.

"Your Majesty, this is only a temporary combat readiness check, please don't worry. Disturbing His Majesty's rest, the minister is guilty! ”

Hearing Lin Changlong's voice, Li Weiguo immediately smiled, during this period of contact with Lin Changlong, he found that the other party was still a very interesting guy, with both military blood and officialdom tactfulness.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Li Weiguo sat up suddenly, and the three lazy beauties in his arms had to get up with him, busy changing her husband's clothes, and accidentally exposed a large area of infinitely attractive snow-white skin on her body, causing nosebleeds.

Fortunately, Li Weiguo is already a veteran and won't really have a nosebleed, but he still can't help but go up and touch the two, the force is just right, so that the three pretty concubines can't help but let out a moan.

At this time, Lin Changlong outside, replied: "Your Majesty, we just ran into the Japanese naval fleet, and they are not our opponents, so I don't dare to take the initiative to attack." ”

"It turns out that the Japanese devils are coming, and eighty percent of them are coming for me, and if I don't clean them up for a while, I kick my nose in the face."

Li Weiguo snorted coldly, dressed neatly in the military uniform of the supreme head of the empire, the five-clawed golden dragon totem made of yellow silk on it was lifelike, more handsome than the traditional yellow robe, wearing a large cap made of the same gold wire, and the golden dragon head national emblem on it added a bit of military majesty and domineering.

Seeing that the emperor came out, Lin Changlong felt nervous, and bowed again: "Your Majesty doesn't need to come out!" ”

Li Weiguo said lightly: "Don't worry, if there is a real fight, I will take care of my little life." Let's go, let's see what the hell little Japan is doing again! ”

Lin Changlong had no choice but to lead Li Weiguo to the command tower, because it was absolutely safe there. However, Li Weiguo went directly to the bridge, because the view there was more open.

Lin Changlong knew Li Weiguo's temper, and persuaded him unsuccessfully, so he had to follow him to the bridge.

As far as the eye could see, there were more than a dozen huge columns of black smoke to the northeast, suggesting at least a large fleet.

Li Weiguo took the high-powered telescope and looked at it again, and he could clearly see the Japanese army's plaster flag and the black hole in the naval guns.

"There are eight in total, four ironclad ships, and four cruisers, and the comers are not good." Lin Changlong explained, carefully glanced at Li Weiguo's expression, and saw that the other party didn't care at all. He couldn't help but admire Li Weiguo's courage.

"You only need two ironclads and two cruisers, can you beat them?" Li Weiguo suddenly asked rhetorically.

How do you feel that you are going to take the initiative to beat others?

Lin Changlong was stunned for a moment, his brain was a little messy, he was really a belligerent emperor, but this arrogance and courage made people like it. Feel uplifted.

That's how being a soldier should be!

However, Lin Changlong was happy, but he didn't dare to really follow Li Weiguo's wishes to start fighting, it was not a joke.

"Although the number of Japanese ships is twice that of our ships, their warships are all ordered from the British, and they are no match for our ships at all. However, the minister does not recommend fighting, His Majesty's dragon body is related to the national fortune of the empire, and there is no room for half a difference. ”

As a senior admiral, Lin Changlong naturally knows as well as the naval equipment of various countries in the world. Since the defeat of the Japanese West Sea Fleet. After losing the Ryukyu Islands, the Japanese Navy put calves in the corners of the wall -- dung (angry) smeared (pictured) and walled (strong).

Today, Japan has rebuilt its navy and called it the Combined Fleet, the naval base Sasebo, which now has four ironclad ships and four cruisers as the main force, as well as a dozen auxiliary ships.

At this time in history, the Japanese Navy was already the first to have two ironclad ships and one cruiser before the Qing Empire's naval divisions at that time. It is precisely because of this capital that it will arrogantly annex the Ryukyu Kingdom and send troops to Taiwan. It was only after the Japanese Navy stimulated that the Qing government decided to set up the three fleets of the Beiyang Naval Division, the Nanyang Naval Division, and the Fujian Naval Division, and purchased two of the world's most advanced ironclad ships from Germany at that time, which instantly compared the Japanese Navy. Later generations only remembered the glory of the Beiyang Naval Division when it was established, the first in Asia, but they did not see that the Chinese Navy was still playing in the mud in the river when the Japanese Navy had ironclad ships.

Now history has been changed by Li Weiguo. However, the Japanese Navy, in turn, was stimulated by the Chinese Navy, and directly purchased four 10,000-ton ironclad ships and four 4,000-ton cruisers from Britain, and originally planned to wage war against China together with the British Navy, but unfortunately the British Navy was destroyed too quickly, which made the Japanese Navy shrink back in fright.

But. The mainland situation of the Japanese was more serious, and they were bent on invading China, so they sent a large number of spies to China. It is difficult for Chinese to imagine how powerful Japanese spies are in history, and the most powerful Japanese spies have lurked and become Chinese, continuing for several generations, trying to climb to the top of the government, just to wait for the outbreak of war and Japan's invasion of China before contributing.

The bloody lessons of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in history are still happening today, because the Japanese Navy has mastered Li Weiguo's itinerary to return to China, otherwise they would not have come to "meet" so coincidentally.

Li Weiguo's expression gradually became serious, little Japan has great ambitions, and if Britain and Japan hook up, sooner or later it will be a disaster.

"It's not my character to shoot a single shot at the enemy, I want you to beat them away, can you do it?"

Lin Changlong and the officers looked at each other, although they smiled bitterly in their hearts, but since His Majesty the Emperor said that they were going to fight, how could they be soldiers.

Thinking of this, Lin Changlong and the others glanced at each other and nodded firmly.

"Please Your Majesty and the three concubines move to the command tower, otherwise the ministers will not dare to fight!"

Li Weiguo nodded, he understood what Lin Changlong meant, and he would not be verbose on this issue. Although the observation effect inside the command tower is a little worse, it is better to be safe.

Soon, the three concubines Chen Hao, Zhu Yin and Lin Xinru entered the command tower with Li Weiguo. The three girls were all weak women, and when they learned that they were going to fight, they were immediately frightened. Fortunately, their men were calm as usual, which made them feel a little more at ease, but they all leaned closely to Li Weiguo's side.

Li Weiguo did not blame the behavior of the three women, but they were not ordinary women, but the emperor's women, and they could not lose their manners at any time, this is the price of being a woman to the emperor.

"When the cannon fires later, it will be like thunder and an earthquake, you don't have to be afraid, it's the safest in it, you won't get hurt. But I want you to be stronger, not to cry at any time, not to shout, and the soldiers are looking at me and you, understand? ”

Although the three daughters were still a little scared, they chose to believe in their husbands, since it was safe here, and they knew that there would be thunder and earthquakes later, and they were mentally prepared, so they were not so afraid.

"The concubine obeys!" The three girls immediately bowed and were no longer so afraid.

"Very well, I will reward you well when I go back!" Li Weiguo smiled with relief, and suddenly gave the third girl more courage.

At this time, the Laiyuan had already sounded the battle alarm, and soon the other three ships also responded.

The officers and men of the escort fleet quickly changed into snow-white combat uniforms. In less than five minutes, everyone was in their positions and in battle mode.

The bridge, masts, chimneys and other parts were quickly wrapped in thick sandbags, the decks were covered with rubber-bottomed non-slip mats, the boilers were forced to ventilate and pressurized, and the engines of the battleships roared. The main cannon slowly rotated in the harsh sound of metal rubbing, and the huge muzzle of the black hole was aimed in the direction of the Japanese ship.

"The enemy fleet is approaching us at a bearing of 205, a course of 45, a speed of 13 knots, a distance of 12,500 meters!"

In the command tower, various data were continuously transmitted from the metal pipes, and finally summarized to the chart operators, and the positions of the Japanese ships were clearly marked.

"10 p.m. The wave height is 1.5 meters, the roll is transmitted to the peak time of the wave for 23 seconds, the north wind is level 4, the rear deck is not affected by smoke, and the main gun is 10,000 meters **** wide boundary! ”

This data was quickly transmitted to the main and secondary gun chambers and handed over to the gunners for analysis, so that these variables could be taken into account during the battle and the hit rate could be improved.

Li Weiguo watched from the sidelines. Don't interject or influence the judgment of the commanders.

This made Lin Changlong breathe a sigh of relief. If Li Weiguo asks this and asks, that is the most dangerous thing.

In the distance, on the ironclad ship Fuso, the flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet, Vice Admiral Saigo Moritaka saw the imperial flag hanging on the flagship of the Chinese Navy, and guessed that the Chinese Emperor Li Weiguo was on it, and immediately laughed proudly.

An adjutant excitedly said, "Your Excellency, Commander." This is simply a godsend, what are you waiting for, immediately order an attack, let's go and capture Emperor Guanghua. ”

Guanghua is the name of the era and the name of the emperor. Most countries in Asia use the imperial name to refer specifically to the Chinese emperor Li Weiguo.

"Don't be in a hurry, scare them first, this is called psychological warfare, and when the spirit of the Chinese Navy collapses to the limit, we can suddenly attack, which can achieve miraculous results." Saigo Takamori said confidently.

However, there were also some Japanese naval officers who were cautious, and Saigo, a naval junior who graduated from England, reminded his uncle, "Your Excellency Commander, China's ironclad ships far surpass ours in terms of firepower, protection, and speed, and the British Asian fleet has been completely destroyed, and we should not risk attacking the Chinese emperor, which will bring great war danger to the Empire!" ”

Saigo Takamori was suddenly unhappy, and said dissatisfied: "I think it was in vain to send you to England to study in the navy, you are becoming less and less samurai, you never thought that if we captured the emperor of China, the result would be a different scene?" In order to redeem their emperor, the Chinese will give us countless indemnities, we will build more warships, and then defeat the Chinese navy to get more compensation, and so on, and so on, we will have a chance to seize the mainland. ”

Saigo Takamori is a typical right-wing pink purple, he has been encouraging the Japanese emperor to destroy Korea, but have been rejected, which makes him very unhappy, he now has the main force of the Japanese navy, and there is already a faint intention to rebel in his heart, so after getting the whereabouts of the Chinese emperor from the Japanese special high school, he felt that his opportunity had come, and waited for three days in the East China Sea in advance, and finally waited for the arrival of the Chinese escort fleet.

Saigo tried to persuade him, but was stopped by others. He sighed and glanced at the Chinese battleship from a distance, as if he could see the bullet marks on the hull of the Chinese battleship through the distance, which were the marks left by the Battle of Scarborough Shoal, proving that the British naval guns could not penetrate the armor of the Chinese battleship at all. It was also impossible to inherit the Japanese warships designed and built by the British, and it was obviously impossible to do it.

At this moment, a Japanese scout suddenly shouted.

"Look, the Chinese sailors are moving, they have changed into white uniforms!"

Suddenly, a Japanese officer sneered: "Haha, could it be that the Chinese emperor has learned that we have arrived and is ready to change his clothes to welcome us?" ”

"Shut up, they're ready to fight!"

Saigo, who was familiar with the combat characteristics of the Chinese Navy, suddenly shouted.

"The Chinese Navy is obviously inferior to ours in numbers, but instead of running, it takes the initiative to prepare for battle? Do they have water in their brains? Saigo Takamori frowned, his suspicious personality made him feel uneasy.

But he quickly shook his head, got rid of this unfounded idea, and immediately ordered.

"Ready for battle!" (To be continued.) )