The night was dark, and nothing could be heard on the surface of the sea except the sound of the rushing waves. The silver moonlight added a touch of brightness to the darkness, but it seemed too little for the vastness of the ocean.

Eleven hilly-shaped warships were anchored on the leeward side of a small island, and sea wolves flapped their sides.

A little dim light can't shine hundreds of meters away, and the light of the wind lantern is difficult to even a few tens of meters, in this era when the searchlight in the real sense has not yet been invented. Because Edison still had two years to light the world's first practical electric light.

It was late at night, and the French fleet fell asleep, except for a few men on duty. But on the outside of these eleven French warships, within ten nautical miles, eight French gunboats roamed.

If Liu Xian was here, he would definitely recognize these eight gunboats. Isn't this the group under Du Bailei when he was fighting the French army in Vietnam?

And further away from this small island, there is at least another small island twenty nautical miles. The Egret was also moored on the leeward side, the bridge was brightly lit, and seven or eight men were pointing around a chart.

"This place was the only way for French warships to go south, and at least six warships passed from here every day; This is the sea route to the east of the French warships, and the number of guò passes every day will only be more than that to the south, not less. ”

"The passage with which the battleships passed the least was this one to the west, with a maximum of two, and