The argument between the two sides was deadlocked, and the quarrel was red-faced, Han Fei saw that this would not work, and the noisy and noisy would definitely not produce a result, but he had no direct evidence to support his opinion, because so far, although the "fox" and Chen Wan'er had continuously listened to the telegrams of the Nakajima devils, they had not heard any news about the landing and landing.

The Nakajima devil seems to have disappeared from this world out of thin air, the radio signal is not detectable at all, it has been more than a day since the devil striker brigade landed ashore from Xiangshui Swallowtail Port, but no news has been heard, is the Nakajima devil really disappeared?

That must be impossible, the Nakajima Division has nearly 20,000 people, and the size of the fleet is definitely not small, and it is impossible for such a large fleet to sail on the sea without news.

After Han Fei came out of Division Commander Qian's headquarters, he immediately asked Haizi to send several teams of water reconnaissance ships along the coast near Lianyungang to search for the traces of the devil fleet, and at the same time asked Li Dagang to take scouts to conduct careful reconnaissance along the vicinity of Lianyungang.

Haizi and Li Dagang immediately prepared to go, Li Dagang immediately sent out several teams of scouts to search around Lianyungang, while Haizi sent the brothers of the "Water Ghost Team" to go to sea on the gunboat of the port detective team to reconnoitre, and when they found the devil fleet, they immediately reported it by radio, do not have any contact with the devil fleet, let alone fire, so as not to arouse the vigilance of the devils on Nakajima!

After hearing Haizi's order to go to sea to reconnoitre, Lao Huang, the captain of the "water ghost" team, suggested to Haizi: "There must be people in the port detective team who are familiar with the nature of the water, and a group of them will be sent out to follow us to the sea to reconnoitre. ”

As soon as Haizi heard this, he immediately nodded and said, "Okay, I'll tell Chief Han right away, let him immediately notify the detective team to transfer people, the sooner the better!" ”

Sure enough, Han Fei's order went down, and the detective team immediately dispatched more than 20 people with excellent water ability to come out, and gathered on the edge of the dock early, waiting for Lao Huang and them to arrive.

When Lao Huang came to the port wharf with the "water ghost" team, he found that the more than 20 people and horses drawn out by the detective team had been neatly lined up on the edge of the wharf, and he was very surprised, glanced at them, and found that these people were quite neat, so he nodded with satisfaction, knowing that these people's combat effectiveness under Commander Qian should not be weak, and these people's complexion is very good, and their physique should be very strong, which is due to the fact that the food treatment of Commander Qian's troops is far better than that of other **** troops.

At this time, a man came out of the queue, and when he saw that he had the rank of captain on his collar badge, the same as his own rank, he stepped forward and saluted him: "Hello captain, have you received an order from your superiors?" ”

"Yes! Liu Guomin, the captain of the water team of the detective team, was ordered to report for duty, please instruct the commander! As soon as the captain officer saw Lao Huang saluting, he immediately returned the salute, his voice was loud and sonorous, and he was full of energy at first glance, and his spirit was quite good.

"Okay, yes, let's go to the sea to reconnoiter this time, find the devil fleet, and bring the radio station?" Lao Huang asked that Captain Liu.

"Bring it, everything is ready, just wait for an order! You're ready to go! Captain Liu replied.

"Let's go!" With a wave of Lao Huang's hand, his brothers immediately boarded the two gunboats moored on the edge of the dock, the gunboats had already started their engines, and seeing that all the men and horses on the shore had come up, Captain Liu ordered the chief engineer on the gunboat: "Half full speed, twenty degrees southeast of the direction, go!" ”

There was a sound of "boom," and the gunboats immediately started to move, and today there was not much wind and waves on the sea, but at this moment it was in the coastal waters again, and the gunboats drove very steadily, got out of the port wharf, turned a corner not far ahead, and sped towards the waters of the Yellow Sea in the southeast direction.

"Lookout, pay attention to the situation on the water, the first mate, the second officer follow me to the lookout!" Captain Liu ordered this in an orderly manner, Lao Huang was very satisfied, it can be seen from these actions that the combat effectiveness of this detective team on the water should not be too weak, it seems that they often go to sea to inspect smuggling fleets and fight pirates, otherwise how could there be such skillful means?

After driving for twenty minutes, Lao Huang and the others immediately followed to the lookout, and when Captain Liu saw Lao Huang coming up, he hurriedly reported to him: "At present, there is no trace of enemy ships on the sea, we are very familiar with this sea area, as soon as there is a disturbance, we will know immediately, sir, you should go down first, and if there is a situation, we will report it immediately." ”

When Lao Huang heard this, he turned around and came down, didn't he? Here, I and my "water ghost" brothers are not familiar with each other, where are there people who are familiar with the sea swaying here every day, so let's stay in the cabin below honestly, waiting for their news.

In this way, the gunboat drove southeast for another twenty minutes, when suddenly a sharp-eyed lookout pointed ahead and shouted to Captain Liu: "Sir, look, there are black spots over there!" ”

Hearing that there were black spots, Captain Liu took the lookout's binoculars, and looked over there carefully, sure enough, in the middle of the undulating waves, some black spots faintly appeared in the distance, Captain Liu suddenly felt the blood surging towards his head, hurriedly took a deep breath, and ordered his subordinates: "Let the chief engineer slow down, move forward at a quarter speed, and pay attention to the situation in the direction of ten degrees to the southeast!" ”

After holding his breath for a while, Captain Liu approached the telescope again, and the small black dots that he had just seen rising and falling in the waves had become a little larger and more numerous, and when he adjusted the telescope and looked over, he finally saw that the black dots in front of him had turned into tall chimneys at the moment, and he also saw the smoke spitting out of it.

"Quickly sound the alarm, and the enemy fleet has been spotted near Fish Roe Island in the southeast!" Captain Liu is quite familiar with the terrain here, and he can tell the name of the sea area over there without looking at the sea chart. If they didn't have them, Lao Huang and the others would have to carefully confirm the location and place name on the chart according to the ocean currents and compass and other tools, which will definitely take a lot of time, maybe when you confirm the direction, the devil fleet on the opposite side will also find your traces almost at the same time. So this is the benefit of being familiar with the terrain, being able to detect the situation before the enemy and be ready for battle!