Lin Yuan said with a smile: "Because you are an officer, you have been leading troops to fight for decades before you became an imam. ”

Zhong Xinyuan asked, "But what does this have to do with this mission?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "Of course it matters! Let me tell you a thing that happened in Chinese history, when Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, there was a man named Chen Tang, he led an envoy to the Western Regions, and there was a tribal leader named 'Zhi Zhi Shan Yu', thinking that the Han Dynasty was far away from them, so he didn't take the Han Dynasty seriously, so Chen Tang led the mission, captured the city of Zhi Zhi Shan Yu, killed Zhi Zhi Shan Yu, and then gave Emperor Han Yuan a letter to the Yuan Emperor of the Han Dynasty, there is a sentence in the memora that is still mentioned by later generations, this sentence is: 'Those who commit a strong man, although far away, will be punished.' 'Do you see what I mean?' ”

Zhong Xinyuan said: "You mean: if the Sultan of Brunei does not obey us, we will use force to subdue them?" ”

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "That's right! But I don't think things will come to that point, Brunei is a small country, 'peace' is their national policy, they should not resist you, if they really make any resistance, you should contact me immediately, follow my orders before acting." ”

Zhong Xinyuan agreed, and Lin Yuan continued: "You go to meet the mission first, and then fly directly to Sanya, Hainan, and from there take a warship to Manila, Philippines, where the commander of the Sanya fleet, General Deng Shichang, will be waiting for you." ”

According to Lin Yuan's request, Zhong Xinyuan joined the mission and flew to Sanya, where he boarded the "Chinese Medicine-grade Comprehensive Supply Ship" and "Hua Tuo", and went to Manila with the military supplies delivered to Manila, and soon met Deng Shichang.

Deng Shichang laughed loudly when he saw Zhong Xinyuan, and said: "It turned out that Brother Zhong was here, we were both officials in the Qing court back then, but we never met, it's a pity!" "Deng Shichang's station was in Lushun, Liaoning, and Zhong Xinyuan's station was in Guyuan, Shaanxi, a difference of 108,000 miles, and it was basically impossible to meet.

Zhong Xinyuan also smiled and greeted, Deng Shichang smiled and frowned, and said: "I already know Lin Xiandi's intentions, but Lin Xiandi's plan is really redundant, Brunei is located in Malaya, surrounded by Malay barbarians and Javanese barbarians, and now we are in the Philippines, the heavenly soldiers are coming at night, the battleships are on the side, and the missiles are coming to the city, how dare the barbarians not undress and surrender?"

Zhong Xinyuan said with a smile: "Lin Shuai Suxi first operates a few points, and then seeks to control the overall situation, like a spark of fire, and then it becomes a prairie fire, in Siberia back then, Lin Shuai operated several cities, and today almost includes Siberia; At that time, Lin Shuai conquered the occupied islands, and when he attacked Japan in an all-out way in the future, he could conquer the entire Kuril Islands in a few days. ”

Deng Shichang laughed and was noncommittal, when a delicate voice came from outside the door: "Father-in-law." Zhong Xinyuan looked confused, Deng Shichang rushed out of the door and smiled: "Wan'er, come in." ”

As soon as the door opened, Wan'er walked in, saw Zhong Xinyuan at a glance, and hurriedly said: "The little girl doesn't know that her father-in-law has a guest, and she hopes that her father will forgive her sins." ”

Deng Shichang beckoned Wan'er to come in, and said to Zhong Xinyuan: "This is the girl I saved on the way to attack the Philippines, her whole family was killed by the mob, I saw that she had no relatives, so I took her as a righteous daughter, she also went to Brunei with her father, and she can go with us this time." ”

Deng Shichang frowned when he said this, and said to Wan'er: "You go out quickly, Brother Zhong believes in Islam and can't approach women." ”

Zhong Xinyuan said helplessly: "Brother Deng, I am a Muslim, not a monk!" Even monks can get married, Muslims can get married, and they can have many wives. ”

Deng Shichang smiled apologetically, and then Wan'er said: "Father, I made boiled shrimp and white chopped chicken for you, authentic Cantonese cuisine, since Uncle Zhong is also here, let's invite Uncle Zhong to the banquet together, right?" ”

Zhong Xinyuan shook his head and smiled: "I can't eat." ”

Deng Shichang thought for a while and said, "Aren't Muslims not eating pork?" Can't you eat chicken and shrimp too? ”

Zhong Xinyuan said with a smile: "It's not that you can't eat it, the key is your cooking utensils, can you guarantee that those pots and pans haven't touched pork?" So I don't dare to eat the dishes made from those cooking utensils, so I'd better ask Brother Deng and Ehime to condescend to the humble house and eat my dishes. ”

Deng Shichang laughed loudly: "Okay, good! I'm going to eat at your place today, Brother Deng, I found out after a few words with you today: I don't know much about Muslims, and it seems that I should talk less when I come to Brunei! Without further ado, let's go to you. ”

Zhong Xinyuan then stood up and took Deng Shichang back, and when he went out, Deng Shichang instructed his subordinates: "Put away the dishes I made for me, and if the group of boys under my command want to eat, let them cook for them." ”

After the luncheon, early the next morning, Deng Shichang led the Zhiyuan and Jingyuan ships to set sail, together with the comprehensive supply ships, to Brunei, the battleship came out of Manila Bay, all the way to the east, sailed through the Palawan Islands, into the vast South China Sea, under the bright sunshine, the entire sea surface presented a piece of green, the islands and reefs of the Nansha Islands are like pearls inlaid on it.

Deng Shichang looked at the magnificent scene in front of him, and said loudly to his subordinates: "This South China Sea is all owned by me!" It can't help but evoke the meaning of my poetry! Bring pen and paper. In Deng Shichang's era, as long as the literate people will recite poems, his subordinates hurriedly brought paper and pencils, but Deng Shichang is an officer after all, not a literati, he can only "get on the horse to beat the crazy Hu", can not "get off the horse to cursive the army", he held a pen and paper, but he didn't know what to write, just when he couldn't get off the stage, he only heard a message from the radar room: "Report to the commander, find a friendly target!" ”

Deng Shichang hurriedly put down the pen and paper and asked in a loud voice, "Friendly target?" What do you mean? ”

The radar room replied: "They used radar to answer our detection signals, it should be friendly forces!" "The ships of the Lin Yuan fleet are equipped with a friend or foe identification system, which is a kind of "response radar", which will send a set of information to the location of the friendly radar after detecting the electromagnetic waves emitted by the friendly radar, including the model, number and navigation status of our ship.

Deng Shichang immediately said: "Use the fleet communication frequency to contact that ship!" "Lin Yuan now has four fleets - the Vladivostok fleet, the Lushun fleet, the Sanya fleet and the Shanghai fleet, and the fleets are connected by four internal communication frequencies.

The radar room then reported: "The friendly target is not responding to internal communication frequencies. ”

Deng Shichang's heart moved, and he thought: "This is strange! Could it be that the enemy ships have gotten their hands on our friend or foe identification system and are deliberately deceiving us? ”