In November 1877, the Tenth Russo-Turkish War, which had been postponed for more than half a year, broke out.

Russia declares war on Turkey. Joseph. Vladimirovich. The vanguard of the 15,000-strong Russian army led by General Gurko has advanced rapidly, has entered Bulgaria, and is preparing to launch an attack on the ancient capital of Turnovo, and then quickly occupy the Shipka Pass across the Balkan Mountains!

This is a war that attracts the attention of the countries of the entire Western world. For a time, even the Third Franco-Vietnamese War in the Far East became less attractive. News headlines around the world all ran a series of reports on the Russo-Turkish war.

But in the Far East, or at the top of Britain, France, and Germany, they are still closely watching the war situation in the Far East.

"Bakali, you don't need to be discouraged by the defeat in the Battle of Hongji. That was the right decision! "The commander of the French Expeditionary Force, Admiral Barlow. Kiningmond comforted Bakali.

As an admiral, Kiningmond was well aware of what the final outcome would be if there were no adequate marines in a battle between a battleship and a fortified battery. For the defeat and retreat in the Battle of Hongji, he believed that the commander Bakari was beyond reproach.

To blame and the Army should also be blamed. If it weren't for Radmiro's stupid man who buried the main force of the expeditionary force in one fell swoop, how could the navy suffer such a big loss.

So this time, he led all the warships to the south, not planning to attack the famous ports within the scope of the Qin army at all, but preparing to intercept the sea ships between Fujian and Zhejiang. He wants the Chinese's merchant ships to not sail into the sea!

Of course, it is impossible for more than a dozen warships to blockade the sea frontier of Liangguang and Fujian for several thousand miles. Kiningmond was not arrogant enough to blockade everything from east to west. He was blocked off the coast of Guangdong. But the Taiwan Strait.

From the first Chinese merchant ship was taken, in just five days. The news spread all over China. And Liu Xian in Nanchang also received news about the Japanese Navy from Europe. It's really a bit of a 'house leak happened to rain overnight'.

The three Kongo-class cruisers and three iron-ribbed wood-hulled cruisers built by the British for Japan have all been launched. Wait until the sea trials are completed and after a period of adjustment. Six battleships will be able to return home. It is estimated that the time will be at the end of 77 or the beginning of 78 AH.

Now that the Japanese naval students in Britain have begun to assemble, Liu Xian also saw a very familiar name in it - Togo Heihachiro!

"After the French army landed on Vietnamese soil, the military discipline was not strict, burning, killing, prostituting and plundering, and there were many bad habits. Now after examination, it is confirmed that there are 1,000 ...... among the prisoners of war, no. Two thousand people died not a pity. Judge a hundred people first, and kill me in front of everyone's eyes! ”

Liu Xian did not know whether this behavior would stop the French Navy. But that's the only way he can do it.

Then send a telegram to Liu Zhuo, telling him to get ready and start attacking Da Nang. Let Wu Zhongping also be ready to launch a counterattack! ”

The French should 'give in', right!?

The current French government is fragile. The victory of Zhennanguan in the original time and space, the French died less than a hundred, and they could bring down the government of Fijuuri, but now can they also bring down the French government?

Turn the teacup in your hand. Liu Xian's eyes narrowed. If this wave of French offensive is not resolved, the back of the Qin army will always be unstable. But to solve the French, Liu Xian couldn't think of how to deal with the four ironclad ships of the French army. Just one Triumph can cost the Nanyang Naval Division half a life.

By the way, there are also little devils. nn's eggs. slaughtered Nogi Noshinori and ran away with Kodama Gentaro, and it was only two days before Japan stopped. This fucking pops up again.

Three armored cruisers, three iron-ribbed wood-hulled cruisers. Such strength is definitely worth dealing with carefully by the Nanyang sailors. Things all feel like a piece!

It seems that Saigo Takamori will have to be given a little more money. It's best to start this Southwestern War as soon as possible!

Scratching his head, Liu Xian remembered that the Southwest War in history broke out this year. From early spring to late autumn. Saigo Takamori and tens of thousands of samurai hung up. Then Japan was on the fast track. But now, in this time and space, Japan's Southwest War has not broken out at all. Although tensions between the two sides have increased, they have not erupted.

Could it be that because he organized the Japanese Advance Team and recruited so many samurai, he loosened the belt of his pants for the little devil?

"It seems that we still have to think of a way with submarines......"

But now the new submarine of the Qin army is large in size, but it is still artificially powered. To go on a mission alone, pure nonsense. But fortunately, the torpedo in the direction of the control was pounded out.

The white-headed torpedo invented by the British ten years ago, and after ten years of improvement, the speed was only increased to fifteen km / h, the firing range was only six or seven hundred meters, and there was no device to control the direction of the torpedo. Liu Xian didn't know much about torpedoes, he knew about white-headed torpedoes and black-headed torpedoes, and he knew that torpedo control depended on gyroscopes. In the course of the original history, it was not until 1899 in the Western calendar that the Austro-Hungarian naval cartographer Ludege Anderson was born in the course of history. Aubrey mounted the gyroscope on the torpedo and used it to control the direction of the torpedo to make the world's first torpedo in the direction of the torpedo, which greatly improved the accuracy of the torpedo's hit.

As early as 1850, the gyroscope was developed by the French physicist Leon. Foucault invented.

Liu Xian knew about the white-headed torpedo and the black-headed torpedo, and also knew the role of the gyroscope, and under his 'wise guidance', Qin Jun advanced the invention of the world's first control torpedo by 22 years. Even the rockets that were secretly hidden by Liu Xian were about to have no military value, but because of the combination of gyroscopes and them, they had a second spring.

If the submarine force can get close to the French fleet, under the sneak attack of torpedoes, there is a lot to be done.

But how to get closer? Just by their small size and the speed at which the turtle crawls!

"Sue sù Shi Qingyan, there are many foreigners in the sailors, and you must make good use of your advantages!"

Let's make a show of the Yankees in the army!

Liu Xian could not predict the final result. But he could only come up with this one way to solve the problem.

……

Liu Xian's will was the direction of the Qin army's actions. The telegram was sent to Admiral Shi Qingyan, who immediately rushed to the submarine brigade.

At present, the submarine force has been expanded to five submarines, and the name of the military is the submarine brigade. Liu Yang is still the captain. The rank was promoted to major general. The code name is still Seawolf.

"Please rest assured, General. The Seawolf Brigade is guaranteed to complete the mission! ”

"Good!" Shi Qingyan looked at Liu Yang's firm answer and was very happy. Soldiers. That's it. No matter how difficult the task is, it must be completed with absolute confidence.

"This is Major Murray. He will cooperate with you in this operation! ”

Murray, deputy chief of staff of the Nanyang Naval Division, saluted Liu Yang. Liu Yang immediately gave a military salute to Murray very solemnly.

"General, you are waiting here for our good news. I guarantee that you will be appreciated by His Majesty. ”

Murray's Chinese words are awkward. But there was confidence in his voice. Use a submarine to sneak up on the enemy. It was as if he had gone back more than a decade, to the days when he had just graduated and participated in the American Civil War.

It was the first submarine in history to successfully sink an enemy ship, and this honor belongs to the United States, to the Southern Union, the loser of the American Civil War. HO Rees. LAO Sheng. Hanley built the Hanley submarine with a crew of eight and a hand-cranked handle-drive. An explosive pack protrudes from its front end, which explodes upon contact with an enemy ship. At about 9 p.m. on February 17, 1864, the submarine Hanley successfully sank the frigate Hausatonik of the Northern Confederacy. But he also sank by the whirlpool created by the explosion.

Murray is a native of Virginia, and Virginia is the middle power in the Confederate Union. One of the first four states to secede from the United States.

He was happy to repeat the past of the Hanley submarine, and even better than the Hanley submarine.

Two days later, a 1,000-ton cargo ship registered as an American flown departed from the port of Guangzhou. This is an authentic American ship that could not be more authentic. Egret! Quite a few people throughout Guangzhou know the roots of this ship. This is the ship of Maisheng Foreign Company, a good friend of the new Qin government.

It's just that no one knows about this ship, up and down, and all the crew has been replaced.

Murray stood on the bridge of the ship, and the person next to him was Liu Yang. The two held binoculars and looked ahead. The ships left Lingdingyang and reached the sea off Canton, where they could hit the French fleet at any moment.

There were fifty-three Americans on board the Egret. Seven or eight Chinese, this ratio makes people look at it, and the first impression will definitely be that this is a pure foreign cargo ship that can no longer be pure. Although there were more than thirty Chinese soldiers at the bottom of the Egret, everyone on the Egret dared to guarantee it. When they really met the French, the Chinese soldiers hiding in the mezzanine would never let the French find a single hair.

"Major Liu, you have an old saying in China. Real gold is not afraid of fire. Now the test is coming. I hope you can give a satisfactory answer to His Majesty the King and General Shi. God will bless you. ”

"Chief of Staff, since my Seawolf Brigade has taken over the task. Then it will definitely be done. As soon as the French show up, you can wait for our good news! ”

Liu Yang is very confident in the task. Why? That's because of the treasure of their sea wolf brigade - swordfish!

The performance of the new torpedo is not half a point compared to the old torpedo. The speed is more than 20 km / h. The range is also up to 1000 meters.

Such a good guy, if you come coldly, the ironclad ship will also be deflated.

The ironclads of this era are still in the early days of modern warships, although the waterline with armor is available. But the protection is very worrisome. Even the Triumph. was hit by two or three torpedoes, and he really had to suffer.

Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived.

Less than two hours after the Egret entered the waters off the coast of Guangdong, a French wooden-hulled cruiser appeared in front of it.

Then a team of French sailors loaded with live ammunition boarded the ship for inspection. It took more than an hour to determine that there were no military supplies such as steel and munitions on board. As the French wooden-hulled cruiser Shi Shiran headed east, the Egret was boiled again. By the time the air pressure was strong enough for the Egret to stagger, more than two hours had passed.

It's dusk!

The golden sun shone on the sea, like a golden coat for the egret. Murray was smiling, believing that he would be able to find the large force of the French fleet before nightfall. (To be continued......) R1292