Hanako asked the yamen for a leave of absence, and went home depressed to pack up for Sparrow. Originally, the family was reunited, and they also immigrated to the Celestial Empire, became an official of the Celestial Empire, and had fields and land, and ate meat every day, which was very happy, but now the son and his younger siblings live in the Nenjiang Plain, thousands of miles away, and the husband often travels on business, which is always a bit of a fly in the ointment. No, just a few days after he returned, Sparrow was going to receive a new ship and lead the rookies to go to sea for training.

But if you want to come back, it's already very good, and it's a blessing to be a man. Hanako was very remorseful of her idea of "not knowing the blessings in the midst of happiness" and decided to burn incense in front of the statue of the Virgin Mary to repent, although Father Dou and her husband had always objected to her offering incense to the Virgin.

As soon as the battle began, Hanako sat down again. The head is a little dizzy, the feet are weak, and there is a little nausea, is there a problem with the fish born at dinner yesterday? Or the grass that packed up for Kojiro next to him gave birth to more children, and he had experience, so he blurted out: "Hanako-sama, are you pregnant?!" ”……

Spyro went out early in the morning to receive the new ship, which was the new "Black Pearl class", the original "Black Pearl class" was built in a hurry, the wood was not treated well, and it was still in use, and now it is beginning to rot, and the original design of the ship is not good, so it is arranged to be retired one after another. As far as Li Sicheng's half bucket of water is concerned, it can only be like this, but fortunately, now there are Kim Zhenghao, a "senior engineer", Ma Youcai, a "senior technician", and Chen Taohua, a fake "MBA", everything is no longer a problem.

The new "Black Pearl class" is a new class of fast gunboats, with the future "Great God class" second-class battleships, and larger third-class battleships, the current "Dragon King class" first-class battleships, "Kraken-class" gunboats, "Sea Beast-class" transport ships, "Seabird-class" fast liaison ships use, the Liaoning Navy will be able to firmly occupy the East China Sea waters, step by step expansion.

Also in service are the new "Black Pearl" fast gunboat, the new "Flying Henan" fast gunboat, the "Merman" gunboat, the "Manatee" transport ship, and the "Sea Eagle" fast liaison ship. Where does the wood come from? Almost all the required timber from all the shipyards in Liaoning, Chaoxian and Dongying have been collected. The workers and equipment of the shipyard were also collected from the three places. The construction period of the new ship is short, and the equipment on the ship is directly replaced with the old ship.

As a teacher, Spyro will serve as the acting captain of the "New Black Pearl", leading a group of newly graduated midshipmen and sailors who have just completed their training, and will be assigned to the Voyage Training Border Fleet for long-distance training. As his assistant, Kojiro was there to teach rookies from Liaoning, Chaoxian, and Dongying, and he was very happy. Musashi kept jumping up and down on the boat, urinating everywhere to determine his territory.

The shipyard workers and sailors are all from Liaoning, Chaoxian, and Dongying, how to communicate in this language? In the territory of the Celestial Empire, the use of the language of the Celestial Empire is a must, don't you see that even Lord Jinnuer Hachi also uses the Celestial Empire dialect (Ming Dynasty version of Mandarin) with a Liaoning accent there? Under the temptation of heavy money and the education of sticks, as long as you are not too stupid, it is no problem to reach the level of communication within three months!

When Spyro returns home after playing a majestic role, the female medical officer of the Huimin Administration has already come over and confirmed that Hanako is one month pregnant. The medical officer also repeatedly told that Hanako is old, and the so-called "old clam Huaizhu" must be taken care of. Knowing that he was going to be a father again, Sparrow was so happy that he could only giggle.

The departure of the fleet cannot be changed, as the so-called "military order is like a mountain". Fortunately, there is grass at home and neighbors to take care of, Liaoning's medical system is perfect, there is nothing to worry about, the child is still nine months old, and he will definitely be able to rush back before the child is born. A few days later, Sparrow and Kojiro set off with the rookies.

The purpose of this voyage was very complicated: first, one was to train and integrate the new recruits, the second was to sweep the eastern coast of the Ming Dynasty, and the other was to deter the Jiangnan Shi clan, and the last and most important one was to wait for the opportunity to seize the large and small Ryukyus, establish a sugarcane and rice production base for Liaoning, and develop the minerals there, and establish an advance base for the next step of going south to the South Seas, so as to finally complete the encirclement of the Ming coast.

In our space-time, this is the so-called "island chain". It is a specific concept first clearly put forward by Dulles, former Secretary of State of Citigroup, in 1951, and the first island chain includes the Dongying Islands and the Ryukyu Islands, connecting the Greater Ryukyu Islands in the middle, the Philippine Islands and the Greater Sunda Islands in the south; The starting point of the second island chain is also the Toei Islands, which extend to the Halmahera Islands through the Ogasawara Islands and the volcanic islands.

With the disintegration of the Red Haired Bear State, the two island chains no longer have ideological significance, but they have become two strategic fronts to contain the development of the Chinese Navy into the ocean. It is used to encircle the Chinese mainland and form a deterrent to the Chinese mainland. Citigroup's famous war madman Douglas MacArthur even called the first island chain an "unsinkable aircraft carrier" because it is only 160 kilometers off the coast of China, from where it can project power to the entire eastern coastal area of Chinese mainland.

After repeated research and discussion, the cross-cutting public and the high-level leaders of Liaoning decided to implement the "island chain" plan at this time and lock the ocean of Daming with the "island chain". Organizing this cruise is a preliminary test to determine the next step. Vice Admiral Li Sijin, Admiral of the fleet, Admiral Yi Sunsin, Deputy Admiral Yi Sunsin, and Qin Yoshihiro Garrison (that is, Shimazu Yoshihiro, the ancestor of the Shimazu clan is a descendant of the Qin clan, who claims to be the descendant of Qin Shi Huang. In order to get closer to the Ming Dynasty, the Shimazu family changed the Han surname to the Qin surname. ), Marine Corps Staff General Jaisa, Senior Cadet Li Hui. The pirates and maritime merchants on the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty sent experienced guides to participate in the cruise, and the ships and personnel of those pirates and maritime merchants participated in the operation along the way.

The whole fleet consisted of two battleships: "Ao Run" and "Ao Shun"; three gunboats: "Black Pearl", "Flying Henan", "Red Pig", "Shark"; In addition, there are the armed transport ships "Sea Lion", "Seal", "Sea Wolf", "Sea Dog" and the "Haiyan" liaison ship, as well as several clippers sent by the Qin family. The rest of the warships "Ao Guang", "Ao Qin", "Xiao Ni Revenge", "Victory", "Robbery", "Intrepid" and so on remained behind.

Liaoning officials, led by Lao Jin, under the command of the master of ceremonies Bai Siwen, respectfully bowed to the statue of the Queen of Heaven, knelt three times and bowed nine times, and prayed for the blessing of the Queen of Heaven with the most pious heart. After the prostration, a wisp of green smoke sent the will of the mortal to the nine heavens.

Three cannon shots rang out, the fleet set off, and the mighty cruising fleet, riding the northeast wind, headed south.

Along the way, the pirates and maritime merchants who were not yet obedient along the way fell into blood mold. Under the guidance of the brigade leading the way, the fleet swept all the way along the coastline of the Ming Dynasty.

Under the heavy artillery fire of the fleet, the guide led the marines to sweep the cave. Under the suppression of the fire of the musketeers, the Black Armor Army, with a large number of obedient pirates, servant troops sent by maritime merchants, and hired Dongying warriors, swept away every corner of the lair of hostile pirates and maritime merchants. After the sweep is cleaned, let the pirates and maritime merchants who have returned to the sea receive it. Even if there are escapees, under the pursuit of the "Black Pearl", "Flying Henanren", and "Haiyan", it will be difficult to escape the poisonous hands.

Li Hui's child also learned badly, cut off more than a dozen heads with his own hands, and took several female prisoners. The child's face was excited, a little tyrant, could it be his talent?

The captured and captured prisoners were purchased by the maritime merchants who followed them and transported back to Dalian, and the soldiers took the receipts, and after replenishing the supply base prepared in advance, they easily continued south.

On the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month of the year of the Emperor, a huge fleet appeared on the sea surface of the mouth of the Yangtze River.