A strong wind suddenly blew on the sea, and Heihachiro Togo felt a chill, and he turned his head to look at the sea, and saw that the wind and waves on the sea were gradually getting stronger.

"It seems that the 'kamikaze' is really coming to help Dongxiang-kun succeed." Lin Yiqing's voice came.

Heihachiro Togo turned his head and saw Lin Yiqing looking up at the sky.

Heihachiro Togo looked up and saw that a large number of dark clouds in the sky were rapidly rolling forward, and the clouds were gradually fading, and after a while, a huge hole in the sky appeared, and the golden sunlight penetrated in, as if someone had pierced a big hole in the gray sky.

The short Heihachiro Togo didn't know that he would really poke a big hole in the sky above his head next.

Soon, all the dark clouds in the sky dissipated, revealing the true color of the blue sky, and the visibility on the sea surface became unprecedentedly good, which was extremely beneficial to the search target.

As the weather cleared and visibility was good, the morale of the officers and men of the Satsuma Navy, who had just sunk the enemy ship, was at an all-time high, and the "Mt. Fuji" and "Denmaru" were moving forward at full speed. In order not to affect the next battle, the officers and men on the "electric pill" rushed to repair the malfunctioning cannon, and after a quarter of an hour, the cannon was miraculously repaired. In order to show the flagship the results of the restoration, the gunners on the "Electric Maru" also deliberately fired an empty cannon, which startled Heihachiro Togo.

As if there was a divine help in the dark, after driving forward at full speed for almost an hour, soot finally appeared in the distance.

Heihachiro Togo suppressed the excitement in his heart and gave a loud order, and the "Mt. Fuji" quickly raised the signal flag and rushed straight forward with the "Denamaru".

A short time later, four merchant ships flying the American flag appeared in front of Heihachiro Togo.

"Didn't you say there were six?" Someone asked.

"There may be two ships that are faster and have escaped first." Someone intersected.

Lin Yiqing was also inclined to the latter answer in his heart, there may be newer ships among these American merchant ships, which can reach a speed of 11 knots, and at this time, in order to escape for their lives, they drove at full speed, so they were able to escape smoothly.

And the four slow merchant ships in front of them said that they couldn't escape anything.

"Shoot the warning cannon! Order them to stop the ship! Heihachiro Togo ordered.

The "Mt. Fuji" and the "Denimaru" each fired a warning cannon and sounded the signal "Stop sailing immediately or open fire." Three of the four American merchant ships obediently stopped moving forward when they saw the signal, while the largest American merchant ship named the "Percy" continued to move forward, as if the "Mt. Fuji" and the "Denamaru" had not been seen at all.

Heihachiro Togo's heart was on fire, and he immediately commanded the "Mt. Fuji" to chase after him.

"Mt. Fuji" rushed straight to the port side of the "Percy", raised the red flag of the imminent attack, and all the starboard guns were aimed at the target not far away. The Percy, the prey firmly locked by the Satsuma guns, did not show any fear or panic, and the flag of the United States of America still fluttered proudly on the mast.

Seeing the American flag fluttering in the sea breeze as if challenging him, Heihachiro Togo's eyes radiated angry flames, but he did not give the order to attack.

It has been a long time since no ship has dared to intercept the ships of the United States of America in the Pacific, except for belligerents and reckless pirates—not even unarmed merchant ships like the Percy. Any artillery fire inflicted on the American flag could be brutally retaliated against by the "powerful" U.S. Navy (which is now very poor, but still much stronger than Japan).

Since the "coming of the black ship", the American gunboats have left an indelible shadow in the hearts of generations of Japanese.

That's why Heihachiro Togo hesitated.

At this time, Heihachiro Togo did not know that under the flag of the United States of America, the "Percy" piloted by American sailors was loaded with nearly 2,000 heavily armed government army troops and a large amount of baggage.

Although he was nominally the supreme commander, it did not prevent his men from being proud of him, and proudly refused the Satsuma surrender order, and kept a firm watch on the American sailors who were so frightened that they tried to abandon the ship.

This is December 23, 9078 (the 11th year of Meiji in Japan, the 4th year of Da Kan Guangxu), a day that is about to detonate history, although the sea is calm and calm, and there is not even a little wind. The sun rising from the east had climbed to its highest point, and in this sky, which belonged to Japan, shone on two ships from the opposing sides of the same country.

"Signal them again to stop the boat or follow us! Otherwise, fire! Heihachiro Togo ordered in a deep voice.

Once again, the "Mt. Fuji" raised the signal to the "Percy" to "stop the ship immediately, or follow me, or sink you", but Heihachiro Togo would not have imagined that this signal made the government officers and soldiers gathered on the deck of the "Percy" furious.

"Why did you stop the ship?"

Prince Arisugawa Strode into the captain's room and asked the captain of the "Percy", the American Sampton.

"Your Royal Highness, I remind you of the fact that our enemy, with just one shell, will allow the ship to sink in a very short time."

"We'd rather die than be captured by these traitors!" Before Chiren could speak, a young man beside him roared loudly.

Blazing Ren turned his head to look at the young young man named Nogi Noshinori, and his eyes flashed with appreciation.

This young officer, Nogi Noshinori, was the first government officer to land in Hakata Bay, when he commanded a small force of 100 men to go ashore to reconnoitre, and after discovering that Saga Fukuoka had been captured by the Shizu army, he took the lead in rushing back to warn the follow-up troops, so that the whole army could quickly re-embark and retreat for protection.

Although the landing operation of the government army ended in failure due to the weakness of its troops, it did not suffer any losses and was able to retreat with all its troops, which can be said to have contributed to Nogi Noshinori. Blazing was impressed by Nogi Noshinori as a result. This time the government army gathered more than 10,000 men and horses to relaunch the landing operation, and Nogi Noshinori took the initiative to invite Ying to participate in the battle, just to wash away the shame of the last time.

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