It was a steam-powered reconnaissance ship, which the navy's sailors called the "Sea Ranger" because of its agility and speed, and the large telescopes on the ship's highest lookout post allowed for a wide field of vision, far and clear. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Of course, this kind of ship is also very good-looking, it looks very beautiful, and the sailors like it, although it is a wooden structure ship, but the bow is pointed and warped, the pointed bottom, the hull is slender, a little like the hull of a modern destroyer, only smaller.

This was the first "Sea Ranger" reconnaissance ship equipped by the Navy, and it was carrying out a reconnaissance mission in the waters south of Naha Bay.

At the highest lookout post, through the large telescope, the sailor at the outpost spotted a small black dot on the distant sea level, which was a large number of ships.

"It was definitely not a caravan, it must have been a large number of warships." The sailor had this in mind, so he hurriedly got off the lookout post and immediately reported to his captain.

When the captain heard the report, he immediately went to the lookout post in person, looked into the distance through the big binoculars, and after looking at it for two or three minutes, the captain said: "That must be Zheng Zhilong's fleet, quickly, return to Zhoushan Military Port." ”

The captain of this "Sea Ranger" is very aware of his mission this time, and once he discovers Zheng Zhilong's fleet, he will come back and report it immediately.

The reconnaissance ship made a beautiful large-radius turn, and at a speed of about 10 to 12 knots, it quickly returned to the sea, heading for the Zhoushan Military Port.

A few days later.

Zhang Feng got the report, Zhao Weibin personally came to the general headquarters, and reported the military situation to Zhang Feng, after listening to the report, Zhang Feng said with a slight shock: "It can be seen that Zheng Zhilong is bound to win this time, and he has invested enough money to dispatch eighty or ninety ships." ”

Zhao Weibing also knew that this time the other party was menacing and the comer was not good, so Zhao Weibin asked for instructions: "Commander-in-chief, whether we fight or not this time." ”

If you fight, there is no certainty of victory, the number of warships on the other side is too much, if you don't fight, then you can't afford to lose this person, people are showing off their might, how can you not be a turtle with a shrunken head.

Zhang Feng said categorically: "Fight, we must fight, everyone is forced to our door, we must fight, and we must fight majestic, we must win." ”

Zhang Feng made a final decision and set the tone.

Zhao Weibin stood up and said loudly: "Commander-in-chief, then we will mobilize all the warships, fight well, and see who is powerful!" ”

Zhang Feng never dragged his feet in doing things, since he wanted to fight, then he would fight, and he would fight immediately, so Zhang Feng waved his hand and said: "Let's go, let's go to Zhoushan Military Port immediately, gather all the warships, and fight with Zheng Zhilong's fleet." ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Weibin replied loudly, followed by Zhang Feng, and the two of them went out of the headquarters together, and behind the two of them, there were more than a dozen guards.

Zhoushan Military Port.

I heard that there was going to be a war, and it was still a sea battle of unprecedented scale, and all the warships were to be dispatched, and the sailors, as well as the officers of the navy, everyone became excited and busy, and in the military port, one warship after another was ready to go.

Zhang Feng, Zhao Weibin, and several senior naval officers boarded the "Shanghai" ironclad ship together, and a large number of sailors also began to board the ship one after another, boarding one by one, including ironclad ships, 3,000 warships, and 2,000 warships.

This time, all ships are dispatched!

One by one, the whistle sounded, and the ships began to leave the Zhoushan military port one by one, and the sailors who stayed in the military port, as well as the marines who stayed in the military port, watched such a huge ship set out, their eyes lit up, and they were all envious.

A whistle sounded, one by one the ships left, and the originally busy Zhoushan officers, with the departure of the ships, the huge military port was empty, only the sailors who stretched their necks on the dock of the military port, and the marines in the barracks on the mountain.

Standing on the deck of the "Shanghai" ironclad ship, looking at the vast sea, watching the ships chopping the waves one by one, Zhang Feng's mood was slightly surging, this was the largest naval battle since the establishment of the navy, and the opponent was still the powerful Zheng Zhilong.

In the past, Zhang Feng had defeated the fleet of the Satsuma Domain several times and defeated the large Japanese transport fleet, but these previous opponents were not worthy of carrying shoes compared to Zheng Zhilong, and there was no doubt that Zheng Zhilong was much stronger than Zhang Feng's previous opponents.

When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins!

Zhang Feng did not flinch, did not fear, and rose to the occasion, Zhang Feng firmly believed that he would be able to achieve victory and win this sea battle.

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Naha Naval Port, more than 100 nautical miles to the southeast.

Pi Minghai led this huge fleet has arrived here, for more than ten days, this fleet has been looking for Zhang Feng's fleet, after several days of fruitless searching, this fleet has reached its current position, only a hundred nautical miles from Naha Bay.

On the deck of the largest warship, Piminghai looked in the direction of Naha Bay and asked slowly, "This is the 10th day that we have been out to sea?" ”

A sailor general next to him replied: "General, today is the eighteenth day of our voyage, and in two more days it will be twenty days." ”

This time he went to sea, Pi Minghai's preparations were quite sufficient, and he prepared enough fresh water, fruits and vegetables, but after going to sea for 18 days, Mao was not found, and Pi Minghai was unhappy.

Pi Minghai said: "There is not a single hair, is it that the surname Zhang is afraid, so that all his ships are hiding, and he doesn't dare to come out at all." ”

Someone next to him laughed and said: "General, it must be like this, they are probably frightened by us, hiding in the harbor and shivering, and they don't dare to go to sea at all." ”

"Haha......"

Many people next to him laughed, Zheng Zhilong is strong, the overlord of the sea, and even the people under Zheng Zhilong are not ordinary arrogance, thinking that Zhang Feng will not dare to come out.

Pi Minghai waved his hand and said, "Bring the chart." ”

Immediately, one of the generals took a sea chart, and the chart was spread out in front of everyone, Pi Minghai pointed to the sea chart and said: "Now we should be in this position, only more than a hundred nautical miles away from Naha Bay, if the surname Zhang really does not dare to come out, there must be many of his warships in Naha Bay." ”

"General, what do you mean ......"

Pi Minghai nodded and said, "Yes, that's right, we will change course, go straight to Naha Bay, sink all the ships surnamed Zhang in the area of Naha Bay, and then rob all the things in Naha Port." ”

After speaking, Pi Minghai nodded a little heavily on the chart, this is the location of dozens of nautical miles outside Naha Bay, and it is the only way to go to Naha Bay, Pi Minghai said: "After robbing Naha Port, we will wait here, waiting for the surname Zhang to come." ”

"General, this is a clever plan!"

Many sailors and military attachés and the like slapped their ass, and these people now fully understood what Pi Minghai meant, that is, to wait for work there, Zhang Feng heard that all the ships in Naha Bay had been sunk and Naha Port had been robbed, and he would definitely come to take revenge.

Pi Minghai waved his hand and said, "Change course, target Naha!" ”

It didn't take long for the huge fleet to change course, and sailed towards Naha, preparing to sink all the ships in Naha Bay, intending to rob all the contents of Naha Port.

In the distance, at sea level.

Without a telescope, it would be difficult to see clearly, but there was a ship in this location, and it was a steam-powered ship, and this was the reconnaissance ship.

Ten days ago, after discovering this huge fleet led by Pi Minghai, this reconnaissance ship immediately returned to Zhoushan Military Port to make a military intelligence report, and then sailed out of Zhoushan Military Port and headed south all the way to reconnoiter in this area and search for traces of this fleet in Pi Minghai.

Finally, two days ago, the reconnaissance ship had spotted the traces of the huge fleet of Piminghai, and had been monitoring it from a distance.

The sad thing is that Pi Minghai has been unaware, and he thought that his whereabouts were very secretive, but as everyone knows, Pi Minghai's movements are all under the monitoring of this reconnaissance ship.

Piminghai's fleet changed course and sailed in the direction of Naha Bay, and the reconnaissance ship also changed direction and followed from a distance, and after following for half a day, the reconnaissance ship accelerated and sailed towards Naha Port at a speed of about ten knots.

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Naha Bay.

Since two days ago, it has been bustling with all kinds of warships, such as 3,000 warships, 2,000 warships, and even several ironclad ships parked next to the docks in Naha Port.

Zhang Feng led his fleet here and chose to come to Naha Bay, on the one hand, to rest and replenish, on the other hand, this is not far from Zheng Zhilong's huge fleet, and the reconnaissance ship has been dispatched, Zhang Feng is here to rest and recuperate, while waiting for the news of the reconnaissance ship.

In the sea off Naha Bay, several steam-powered warships are cruising there, which is equivalent to acting as a guard, after all, there are too few reconnaissance ships, only one, if the reconnaissance ships fail to find Zheng Zhilong's huge fleet, then it is necessary to prevent the other party from sneaking up unnoticed.

Zhang Feng came in person, the king of the Ryukyus naturally came to visit, saw so many large warships, and then saw those fierce sailors like tigers and wolves, the king of the Ryukyus was secretly frightened, and even a little scared, and repeatedly reminded himself in his heart, clamp his tail, don't offend Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang said what to do, then what to do, everything according to Mr. Zhang's meaning.

Fortunately, Zhang Feng did not make any excessive requests, on the one hand, the king of the Ryukyus has always performed well and is relatively obedient, on the other hand, Zhang Feng's focus is on this naval battle, and he only met the king of the Ryukyus for three or five minutes.

After seeing Zhang Feng and seeing that Zhang Feng did not make any excessive requests, the king of the Ryukyus quietly breathed a sigh of relief, but when he came out, he still quietly wiped the cold sweat on his forehead.

Naha Bay estuary.

A steam-powered sea ship is sailing fast, with a visual speed of more than ten knots, this is exactly that steam-powered reconnaissance ship, many naval sailors, many naval officers saw this familiar reconnaissance ship, and they thought in their hearts, did they find the whereabouts of the opposing fleet, is it going to war?

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Today's two watches, the first one is sent! (To be continued.) )