639 Auxiliary vessels
Li Hongzhang said with a smile: "Qiqi Sheng, everything is ready, and there is no place to bury the disciplining snitch." ”
Emperor Guangxu was still a little worried, "I heard that the snitch is extremely difficult to deal with, so it won't make mistakes, right?" ”
Li Hongzhang lowered his voice and smiled: "Holy Lord, please rest assured, everything is ready, and everything is guaranteed to be foolproof." ”
Emperor Guangxu smiled and nodded, "That's good." As he spoke, he glanced at Lin Fei and sneered secretly, Lin Fei, don't look at you now being proud, I will kill you in a while.
For the sake of safety, the two sides agreed to let the guests leave, and then let Lin Fei and Emperor Guangxu leave, so as to avoid Lin Fei and Emperor Guangxu walking in front of the crowd, which actually reflects the amateurism of the Qing Dynasty Ceremony Organizers, they did not design a special channel for Lin Fei and Emperor Guangxu.
Deng Shichang ordered the audience to leave, and at this time, more Qing soldiers and Chinese soldiers rushed out, separating the guests from the rostrum.
Yu Ningshuang whispered behind Lin Fei: "Qing Guo really didn't prepare for the assassination conspiracy, it seems that we are too careful." ”
Lin Fei smiled lightly, "It's not that we are too careful, it's that our security work is very good, so that Qing Guo has no chance to start, if our security work is a little relaxed, the assassin will come up like the wind." ”
Before Lin Fei's words fell, he suddenly saw Lu Xian'er next to him rushing towards the bottom of the rostrum like a flying arrow, Lin Fei hurriedly leaned over and wanted to catch her, but she was too fast, Lin Fei did not grab her clothes or arms, but grabbed her hair in his hands, so painful that Lu Xian'er screamed and stopped.
Lu Xian'er rubbed her scalp and retreated to Lin Fei's side, half coquettish and half angry: "Why are you grabbing my hair?" ”
Lu Xian'er's rush attracted the attention of Emperor Guangxu's guards, and they all turned their heads to Lu Xian'er, their faces full of vigilance, Lin Fei was a little angry, and lowered his voice to reprimand: "What are you doing, what are you rushing to the stage in a good manner, do you know, how much chaos will it cause if you rush to the stage like this?" ”
Lu Xian'er said aggrievedly: "I saw that mysterious maid, and I was in a hurry, so I rushed out." ”
"Mysterious maid?" Lin Fei and Yu Ningshuang were both shocked, that mysterious maid's soft sword kung fu was very powerful, even Lu Xian'er was defeated by her two swords, she was the best choice to assassinate Lin Fei, she actually appeared here.
"Where is she?" Lin Fei hurriedly asked.
"There." Lu Xian'er pointed to the back of a woman who was exiting the venue with her hand, the woman was wearing Western clothes, obviously a foreign journalist, with long black hair coiled on her head, foreign reporters were not only blonde, but also black-haired, and South American countries also sent envoys for this celebration.
After Lu Xian'er finished speaking, she was about to continue chasing, Lin Fei clamped her wrist tightly, lowered her voice and reprimanded: "Don't go over to chase, this is the territory of Qingguo after all, you don't look good when you chase Qingguo, and it will cause huge chaos and give others a chance to fish in troubled waters." ”
"Okay." Only then did Lu Xian'er stop and watch the mysterious maid leave, nowhere to be found.
Under the urging of the Qing soldiers and Chinese soldiers, the guests quickly withdrew, and the following was Lin Fei and Emperor Guangxu who left, and Lin Fei was the first to go, and he boarded the summer ship under the escort of everyone.
When Lin Fei was leaving, Emperor Guangxu simply said "cherish" to him, and Lin Fei simply replied "take care", just like that, at the gathering of the two giants in Asia, Lin Fei and Emperor Guangxu said a total of four words - "hello", "hello", "cherish" and "take care".
The fleet set sail slowly, with the Qinhuang ship and the Han Wu ship at the front, followed by the merchant ship, then Lin Fei's Xia ship, and finally the Xia Yu ship and the Shang Tang ship.
Lin Fei was worried that the Qing torpedo boats would launch a sneak attack, and Liu Daming told him that there was no need to worry about this at all, and that both Huaxia and Qing were worried about each other's attacks, so it was agreed that during the process of either side sailing out of the Liugong Island military port, the other side was not allowed to appear within its line of sight.
Qingguo, there is no ability to attack beyond visual range, Lin Fei is relieved.
The fleet slowly sailed out of the military port of Liugong Island, and at this moment, the observer suddenly sent a message that a number of ships were suddenly coming from the west side of our fleet, and the speed was very fast.
The entire fleet instantly became nervous, and the commander of the fleet, Liu Daming, immediately ordered: "Immediately reconnoiter the type and number of incoming ships, give them a warning, inform us of our identity, and let them not approach." ”
The six warships waved the flag and light signal of "please do not approach" one after another, but the incoming ships were unmoved, and were still approaching the Huaxia warship.
As the distance shortened, the observers also saw the details of the incoming ships, although they were all steam boats, but they were not main battle equipment such as torpedo boats, but auxiliary ships in the port, three were tugboats towing large ships, three were fire-fighting ships carrying high-power pumps, and two were supply ships, a total of eight.
The so-called supply ship is a small and medium-sized auxiliary ship, and some large ships cannot enter the port for various reasons, which requires the supply ship to transport fresh water, food and other necessities for them.
The eight auxiliary ships are all carrying the Yellow Dragon Flag of the Qing Army, which is obviously the ship of the Qing Army, but these ships are not the main battle equipment, Lin Fei's heart relaxed slightly, but there were other questions, that is, what are these auxiliary ships doing near us?
The Huaxia warship sent an inquiry signal, and eight auxiliary ships responded--there is a large passenger ship in distress in the eastern waters, we need to go to emergency rescue, please slow down the Huaxia warship and let us go first.
If you let the eight auxiliary ships go first, then they will approach the fleet and pass through the front of the fleet, which is a certain risk for Lin Fei's fleet, the eight auxiliary ships are very small, it is impossible to be equipped with heavy artillery, if you want to attack, either use ramming, or use torpedoes, these two attack methods, the premise is to be close to the Huaxia battleship.
The chief of communication reported the news sent by the eight auxiliary ships to Liu Daming, and Liu Daming did not hesitate when he heard it, and said categorically: "No, absolutely not, we must not let these eight auxiliary ships pass in front of us, in case they secretly harbor ghosts and launch an attack on us, we will be in danger, and now we are in the waters of the Qing Kingdom after all, so we must not be guarded against." ”
After Liu Daming finished speaking, he ordered: "Tell the eight auxiliary ships to return to the sea immediately and not pass by the front of our fleet." ”
"Yes, understood!"
The herald was just about to give an order, when Lin Fei's voice suddenly came from behind him: "Wait a minute." ”
Everyone turned around, only to see Lin Fei calm, walked in front of Liu Daming, and said with a smile: "Our fleet slows down and lets those eight auxiliary ships pass in front of us." ”
"What do you say, it's too risky!" Liu Daming exclaimed in disregard of the captain's demeanor.
Lin Fei said nonchalantly: "This is not an adventure, this is the courage of the artist, with the firepower of our fleet, are you still afraid that these eight small broken ships will approach?" ”
Liu Daming wanted to say more, Lin Fei waved his hand lightly, and said with a smile: "If we don't let these auxiliary ships save people, it will inevitably leave a bad impression of being arrogant and selfish to all countries in the world, so let them pass, but order all gun emplacements, aim their guns at these ships, and if they dare to turn to the fleet rushing towards us, we will shoot and sink them." ”
"Understood!" Liu Daming agreed, gave an order, and the various gun positions were immediately ready, the 280 mm heavy guns on the Dynasty-class battleships, the 240 mm main guns on the Emperor-class cruisers, and the 120 mm secondary guns were aimed at the eight auxiliary ships, and the small-caliber machine guns were also aimed at them, but Lin Fei did not let his subordinates use rockets.
The eight auxiliary ships gave a signal of thanks, and then lined up in two columns and sailed towards the front of the Huaxia fleet, and the eight auxiliary ships gradually approached the Huaxia fleet, and the Huaxia fleet was preoccupied with preventing them from turning sharply and rushing towards the Huaxia battleships.
Eight auxiliary ships sailed past the front of the Huaxia fleet, none of them turned to approach the Huaxia battleship, and gradually eight auxiliary ships sailed past the front of the Huaxia fleet, Liu Daming let out a sigh and sighed: "It seems to be a false alarm." ”
Lin Fei laughed, "Lao Liu, do you think this is the end?" ”
"Isn't it over yet?" Liu Daming showed a look of surprise, and his face suddenly changed drastically, "You mean that these eight auxiliary ships will turn back and continue to attack?" ”
"Haha, if I were the commander of the eight auxiliary ships, if I were going to attack the Huaxia battleship, I would definitely not attack just now, because I know that just now was the time when the Huaxia battleship was the most vigilant, and when we sailed past the Huaxia battleship, the vigilance of the Huaxia battleship would naturally be reduced, and it was the best choice to launch an attack at that time."
"Then I will immediately order the whole fleet to prepare for battle." Liu Daming reached out to take the microphone of the Jade Bird machine, and Lin Fei pressed Liu Daming's hand gently, "Don't worry, the order you just gave is to monitor the eight auxiliary ships from each gun position, so that is to say, all the gun positions will always monitor them with the greatest attention until it is out of the monitoring range, I am very confident in my own navy." ”
This is the demeanor of the Emperor!
At this moment, the observer suddenly reported: "Eight auxiliary ships suddenly turned around and rushed towards our fleet!" ”
Liu Daming hurriedly rushed to the side of the porthole, raised the telescope in his hand, and sure enough, he saw eight auxiliary ships turning on the sea and rushing towards the Huaxia fleet.
These eight auxiliary ships actually want to take Lin Fei directly!
Liu Daming hurriedly shouted: "All artillery positions, fire!" ”
Lin Fei was not panicked, quietly looking at everything in front of him, already thinking in his heart, how will the Qing court explain this matter, and how should I punish the Qing court?