Two hundred kilometers north of Matak Island, on the sea surface, the battle clouds were shrouded and the murderous aura was permeated, and two huge fleets spitting billowing smoke and chopping waves appeared in each other's field of vision.

"Sue them, our army is ordered to intercept, and advancing means war." Looking at the oncoming French fleet in the distance, on the battleship Kunlun, Liu Buyun sneered and gave an order.

When the signalman at the top of the mast received the call, he immediately sent a warning to the French army in flags, and soon the French flagship Charles Martel on the opposite side sent back a reply.

"This is the high seas, and your army has no right to stop it!" Zheng Donghan held a telescope to interpret the flag.

"Warning shots!" Liu Buyun ordered without hesitation.

The main gun of the flagship Kunlun instantly erupted into flames, and two powerful 280-millimeter high-explosive bombs roared across the sea, and then exploded two kilometers in front of the French fleet, and the thirty-four French warships in transit immediately began to slow down, and stopped ten kilometers away, and then a small boat was lowered on the Charlie Martel and rowed this way.

"Your Excellency, this is the high seas and not China's territorial waters, and warships of any country have the right to freedom of navigation, and our warships are no exception. A French brigadier general who was picked up on the Kunlun said righteously.

"Provocation? Your Excellency, if you think so, then so be it, we are soldiers, there is no need to play with diplomatic rhetoric, we have been ordered to prohibit your fleet from entering the line between Phu Quoc and Matak Island and its extension to the mainland and Borneo, as military personnel we will faithfully perform our duties, and if your army continues to advance, it will mean war. Zheng Donghan said lightly.

"Well, Your Excellency, in that case, the soldiers of the French Republic. Our rights will be defended with artillery. The Commodore stood up with a gloomy face and took his leave, but the French fleet did not continue to move on, but turned the rudder north with the troop transports that had retreated into the distance.

It is clear that Admiral Gervais interpreted the meaning of the interception line, and he could not have fought a naval battle with troop carriers, so that in case of failure, the 50,000 French troops on board could only wait to be taken prisoner, or flee to Malaya to accept the protection of the British, either result would be a great shame for France, since the Chinese had already set an interception line for him, then the best way was to let the army land outside this interception line first. Then your own fleet can go and fight without distraction.

Seeing the French fleet turning, Liu Buyun also ordered to turn, watching the huge ships plough the sea, row an arc-shaped track and turn to the north, and gather around to wait to watch the battle, the reporters were inexplicable.

In fact, not only was it inexplicable, but the strange appearance of the Chinese fleet made Admiral Gervais a little baffled, and he really didn't understand what the other party's purpose was. War between the two sides is inevitable, and if he is replaced by the commander of the Chinese fleet, then the smartest way is undoubtedly to open fire directly, as Guba did in Mawei Harbor back then. Rather than sticking to a branch line drawn on a chart.

Of course, whether the Chinese have other purposes, or their commanders are not clear-headed, this is a good thing for him. The two fleets gradually became ten kilometers apart, and at first the French were still afraid that the Chinese fleet would attack. Such a distance is beyond the range of the vast majority of artillery, but it is within the range of the vast majority of Chinese warship artillery, and it will undoubtedly be a great loss if it really fights.

However, as time went on, the French were surprised to find that their enemy was really very personable, and if they said that they would not attack them if they did not enter the interception line, they would really do what they said, and the two fleets sailed north for a whole day, and not a single Chinese warship showed any intention of attacking.

"What the hell are they trying to do?" Admiral Gervais was really at a loss at this time.

"Whatever they want to do, inform Lieutenant General Gallieni that his troops will land in Kampong Son Bay and that we can't escort them safely to Saigon, and as for how to get to Saigon, they can go to Phnom Penh first and then take a boat down the Mekong River and report that to the country at the same time." Having determined that the Chinese Navy would not attack them outside the blockade line, Gervais immediately made a decision.

For the decision of the navy, the new commander of the 14th French Army, Vice Admiral Gallieni, has no opinion, he is not the gang of officials in Paris, the former governor of Madagascar who has just stepped down, the savior of Paris during the First World War in history is a very smart person, and the strength of the Chinese navy on the other side makes him not optimistic about the naval battle, since he does not want to be a prisoner or feed the fish, the best choice for him and his 50,000 French troops is to quickly find a place to land.

Soon France also agreed to the plan to land in Kampong Son Bay, the French fleet that was sailing north immediately went straight to Kampong Son Bay in the south of the Khmer protectorate, and the Chinese fleet on the other side of them still did not show their intention to attack, and did not even cross the interception line, but Gervais did not relax his vigilance, the landing of 50,000 troops in small boats was not a short time to complete, he had to be careful that the Chinese would attack during the landing process, after the troop carrier sailed through Kolong Island, the entire French expeditionary fleet was blocked in the open sea, Vigilantly staring at the Chinese fleet in the distance.

"Your Majesty the Emperor is afraid that the French will not lose ugly enough! Prepare to slap the French in the face instead of a slap, but directly step on it, and then crush it hard! "On a German cruiser watching the battle from a distance, the fox Waldzer already understood his intentions a little bit by virtue of his understanding of Yang Feng at this time, this guy has been in Asia in recent years because he fell out of favor with William, serving as the governor of the German Far East colonies, ruling huge colonies including Japan and the Philippines, to put it bluntly, he is like a prince, and his life is very happy.

"You mean the Chinese deliberately put the French into Vietnam, which is too risky, right?" Walsh beside him said.

"No, no, Remoth, you don't know Yang yet, he won't do anything risky, as long as he dares to do it, then there is at least an eighty percent success rate, to be honest, you never know how many cards he has in his pocket to play, don't be confused by what he sees, I dare to guarantee that on his two perfect battleships, there must be something that we don't know yet, something that can make him easily win a naval battle, now we just need to wait and see the excitement, I really look forward to seeing the French army rush to Vietnam." , but because of the loss of the naval battle logistics cut off, and had to use bayonets to meet the Chinese's machine gun artillery. The fox said happily.

It should be said that he still knows Yang Feng very well, the two Kunlun-class battleships that stayed in China have been equipped with the American MK38 artillery commander in World War II that he made the beautiful woman's head imitate, of course, there is no radar for the time being, this is completely unnecessary, to deal with the navies of the great powers of this era, the optical system is already very against the sky, not only the shooting system can be said to be epoch-making, but even equipped with a cap armor-piercing bullet, and even the explosive bomb charge was replaced by him with Black Sorkin, it can be said that these two battleships are in this era, That can already be regarded as a super battleship, otherwise Emperor Yang would not have been able to hand over his nest to them safely.

In the next few days, the Chinese fleet still baffled the whole world, dozens of warships were just outside the interception line, watching the French troops land in Kampong Son Bay in batches, and then requisitioning a large number of migrant workers from the vicinity, repairing the roads to Phnom Penh, and even building simple docks, and walking to Phnom Penh, 200 kilometers away, where they took inland boats down the Mekong River and went straight to Saigon.

Of course, this practice of the Chinese fleet is very simple under those Yang Feng's subordinates or under his control, because this fleet is far more gentlemanly than the French, they are not those French who refuse to let go of women and babies, people say that they will blockade the coast of Vietnam, they will definitely not blockade the Khmer, this is a matter of principle, Emperor Yang is to help his Vietnamese brothers, not to invade the French colonies.

Even at this time, French public opinion had a delusion, that is, Emperor Yang did not want to fight this war at all, he was simply giving the Vietnamese limited help, so that they could fight for independence on their own, this illusion even within the French government, repeatedly ordered Gervais to strictly prohibit active provocation of the Chinese, did they not draw an interception line, then listen to them, anyway, it is nothing more than the army to take a little effort.

"Then we won't have an excuse to go to war, right?" The French people's interest made Yuan Attendant a little worried.

"That thing is not simple, when you need to get your hands on it, you can find a lot of it." Emperor Yang said indifferently that the excuse for war, even if it is not available, can be made up, but it is not needed now, and it is difficult to find a reason to do it when the French have cleared Vietnam for him.

"How's the Army's move?" He then asked, because the plan has changed, so it is impossible to solve the Vietnam battlefield as previously envisaged with two divisions, and at least 100,000 people must be level, just take this opportunity to exercise the combat capability of the large corps, so far the Chinese Army has not had this level of operation, especially this kind of long-range mobility on land, and it is still in an unfamiliar environment.

"Of the four divisions transferred from the four military regions of Wuhan, Nanjing, Fuzhou, and Chengdu, two have already arrived in Guangxi, and the remaining two can be deployed in place within 10 days; with the addition of the original three divisions of the Kunming Military Region, the army can put in seven divisions at a time, divided into two group armies, four divisions will be pressed from north to south, and three divisions will land in the center." Yuan Shikai said. (To be continued......)