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At four o'clock, when the first ray of fish white came in through the porthole, Zhu Guohui was already dressed neatly.

The narrow aisle outside the hatch was still quiet, only the rumbling of the steam engine echoed, and the wake-up bell had not yet sounded, but Zhu Guohui and the other three young officers of the new Japanese Navy who lived in this small cabin had long been unable to sleep.

As officers on the flagship, they were all very well informed, and they knew that the battle would break out today long before they went to bed last night.

In the room, all four young officers did not speak, and each was busy with his own preparations. As mentioned earlier, the Yongli was originally an ironclad ship ordered by the new Japanese Navy from Germany, and most of the officers and men on the ship were also from New Japan. Among them is Zhu Guohui, who is the prince of the Ming Dynasty. However, the other three people who shared a cabin with him were all new Japanese, namely Hikonojo Uemura, Hachiro Itamoto, and Hayashi Tongzhong.

The age of the three new Japanese is not much different from Zhu Guohui, they are all in their twenties, among which Uemura and Itamoto are the children of samurai who immigrated from the Satsuma Domain in old Japan, but Lin Tongzhong is an authentic Chinese. However, all three of them were fluent in Nanjing's Mandarin dialect - both Nanjing Mandarin and Japanese were the official languages of New Japan, but not many people could use Japanese fluently, but Nanjing's Mandarin was more widely spoken, so it became a > to readThe novel has become the main language of New Japan.

Although there is no language barrier, Zhu Guohui does not like the two authentic Japanese people Uemura and Itayuan very much, not because they are Japanese who participated in the Sino-Japanese War in another time and space - Zhu Guohui has no idea that there is another time and space. It's because these two new Japanese people are keen on "the way" that makes him very uncomfortable.

"Zhongdao" is to engage in the foundation! The samurai class in Japan was particularly fond of this tune. History after the Meiji Restoration. Due to the invasion of Western values, the traditional Japanese custom of "public way" gradually disappeared. However, in this time and space, neither the new nor the old Japan has experienced a real restoration, and the tradition of the foundation is naturally very well preserved...... It's not a pleasant thing to have a cabin with two, and watch the two of them talk to me every day.

In addition to liking the "way of the people", the local tyrant style of the new Japanese soldiers also made Zhu Guohui feel uncomfortable - Zhu Guohui has not seen a local tyrant who spends money like dirt. But he can't imagine what an army that pays attention to food and clothing and a pleasant life from top to bottom looks like? I don't know how much money Tokugawa Ieyuki gave to the new Japanese fleet for this expedition, so that they hired so many beautiful comfort women, skilled cooks and diligent servants in old Japan, and served the entire fleet comfortably. Even some of the officers and men of the Ming Navy were stained with light.

As a result of the appearance of these new Japanese naval officers and men, the current Cam Ranh Bay base is about to become a "military paradise," with all kinds of good food, drink, and fun, and even when they go to sea to fight, the warships borrowed from the new Japan are filled with delicious food and all kinds of fine wine, and I really don't know whether to go to sea to fight a war or go to sea for vacation.

Luckily, their training is still good, otherwise it would have been too worrying to go into battle with them. When Zhu Guohui thought of this. The wake-up bell finally rang. When he was the first to walk out of his cabin. The sailors of the new Japan had already crowded into the aisles. One by one, dressed in well-made white navy uniforms, they squeezed into the narrow sink and took large pieces of roast beef from the chef (new Japanese people like meat because of their products), rice balls, and a pot of sake, and walked to their positions one after another.

Following the ladder, Zhu Guohui quickly went to the bridge, and Uemura Hikonojo, who was in the same bedroom with him, came in a hurry, Uemura Hikonojo was a few years older than Zhu Guohui, graduated from the new Japanese Naval Academy in Tokyo (San Diego), and now has the rank of lieutenant colonel, serving as the first mate of the Yongli. His "lover" Itamoto Hachiro is also a lieutenant colonel and the chief engineer of the Yongli. That Lin Tongzhong's military rank was captain, and he was the captain of the damage management team of the Yongli.

Uemura nodded politely to Zhu Guohui, and said "Wu Yun Chang" and stood in his command position. The regulations implemented by the new Japanese navy were the same as those of the Ming navy, which were copied from the British. The power of the first mate is very large, and in principle, the captain's orders can only be issued to the first mate, and then the first mate is responsible for execution.

Zhu Guohui took out the beef and started eating breakfast on the rice balls, and his mood began to get nervous. He knows the comparison between friend and foe, the strength of the British Eastern Fleet is far stronger than the escort fleet he is in, especially the three 14,000-ton "Indian Queen" class are a force that should not be underestimated! The four Saxony-class ships of the escort fleet could not withstand for long.

Where is the main fleet now? Can they feel it in time? Will it be discovered by the British? Will it be a detour behind the back of the British, or will it go straight to the battlefield?

Zhu Guohui pondered for a while, and Lieutenant General Yu Guibei and Major General Enomoto Takeyang had already gone to the bridge. This bridge, which is barely protected, is where they are commanding today!

"Send electricity to the main fleet, our fleet is ready for battle, and it is expected to engage the enemy fleet within two hours!"

Lieutenant General Yu Guibei gave the order. Half an hour earlier, the light cruiser "Hong Kong," which had been hanging behind the buttocks of the British fleet, had sent a telegram that had once again spotted the British fleet, which had disappeared into the night last night, and that they had not taken advantage of the darkness to turn in, and were still heading north according to their original course. It is now about 25 nautical miles south of the Ming convoy. In two hours at most, the naval battle will begin.

At 4:30 a.m., Yu Guibei reorganized the fleet.

The first battleship detachment, Yongli, Longwu, Hongguang, and Shaowu, was commanded by Yu Guibei.

The commander of the second armored cruiser detachment, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Liaoning, and Jilin, was Rear Admiral Zhao Qilong, who graduated from the second phase of the Royal Naval Academy.

The commander of the 3rd armored cruiser detachment, Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, Hebei, and Shaanxi, is also Rear Admiral Yang Yuntai, who graduated from the second phase of the Royal Naval Academy.

The commander of the 4th Protective Cruiser Detachment, Wuchang, Changsha, Chongqing, Chengdu, and Xiangyang, was Rear Admiral Liu Yaxing, a graduate of the fourth phase of the Royal Naval Military Academy and the eldest son of Liu Peng, chairman of the Royal Foundation.

The 5th Protective Cruiser Detachment, Xi'an, Hanzhong, Luoyang, Kaifeng, Nanyang, Commander Rear Admiral Zou Hailong, graduated from the Royal Navy Military Academy III.

Armed merchant marine detachment, twenty-four steam sailing ships, the commander of Vice Admiral Wang Yahu, he is the "old man" of the navy, the younger brother of Wang Dehu, the secretary of the Admiralty, did not go to a military school seriously, but he has been at sea all his life. Now the deputy commander of the Naval Transport Command.

As the order was issued, the commanders of each detachment quickly divided and adjusted the ranks of the battle teams and the order of shelling according to the situation of each ship in their own formation. Zhu Guohui, who served as the communications officer, was even more busy conveying the order to return to the north to the communication room and the flag speaker.

At 5:15 a.m., the Xi'an, the flagship of the Fifth Protection Cruiser Detachment, which served as the lead of the whole fleet, sent a telegram that a large number of plumes of smoke had been found on the southern sea 15 nautical miles away!

"It's coming, it's finally here!" Yu Guibei took a deep breath, Vice Admiral Yu Guibei, who is fifty years old this year, is a graduate of the first phase of the Royal Navy Military Academy and the first generation of ironclad captains of the Ming Dynasty. Served in the Navy for more than 26 years. But except for the naval battle of Ryukyu Island with the Russian Far East Fleet, he has never participated in a real naval battle, let alone commanding a huge fleet to fight a decisive battle related to the fortunes of the country.

"Raise the Z-shaped flag," Yu Guibei straightened his waist and commanded loudly. "Flag slogan: The rise and fall of the empire is in this battle, and all the soldiers work hard!"

The Z-word flag and "The rise and fall of the empire are in this battle, and all the soldiers are working hard!" "It is the highest level of pre-war mobilization of the Ming Royal Navy, which means that the decisive battle related to the fate of the country has begun! (To be continued......)