As time passed, the Liberation Army's preparations for war became more and more adequate. The Kowloon "front" was as calm as ever, both sides exercised restraint, and the British maintained contact with Canton through the only remaining warship, but it did not dare to pass on the waterway in the same way as before, but tried to avoid encountering the "Xiangmi Lake", and entering the Lingding Ocean was far away from the entrance to Shenzhen Bay. The weak navy of the Liberation Army could not blockade Hong Kong, so it could only be resigned to it.

The "Hornet" has to go on a cruise once a day, and usually fly to Sanmen Island outside the Dapeng Peninsula and then return to the island, where it conducts flight training and flight reconnaissance at the same time. A radio station was installed between the two seats, allowing the Hornet to keep in touch with the base at all times.

Wang Li, who was sitting in the back seat, was bored and looked around with the DV. After the novelty of the first two days, looking at the same scenery every day is really boring. And sitting in reverse on an aircraft flying at high speed with an open cockpit is definitely not a good experience. People with poor physique will get motion sickness when they sit in the opposite direction on the train, but Wang Li is not in this rank, but he is unhappy to sit in the back every time.

The question of who flies the plane for each attendance is decided by guessing the coin, which has also become a tradition in the Air Force. The plan was proposed by Li Ce, he may have wanted to avenge the arrow, and Wang Li thought that he had God's favor, so he agreed without hesitation. Unfortunately, his good luck seemed to run out during the test flight, and he only got one chance in a week. Thinking that the person in front of him could fly the plane in the sky like a bird, and he could only sit behind and blow the wind, and then heard the sound of the other party humming in the wind, the returnee king hated it.

The plane flew over Sanmen Island and circled around the vicinity as usual. Most of the scattered fishing boats on the sea did not pay attention to the strange birds flying in the sky, and only looked up when they heard the sound of the aircraft engine, and for the first time, they were all startled by the yellow strange bird, and then scattered and fled. However, after a few days of observation, the fishermen found that the strange bird was not dangerous, so they stopped running away, but watched the strange bird's flight as if it were a diorama.

However, today, the strange bird did not fly twice and return the same way as before, but turned around and flew northeast. Wang Li in the cockpit at the back of the plane also discovered this, thinking that Li Ce specially filled the fuel tank before takeoff, and it was estimated that he planned to fly farther away to have a look. Exploring new maps always brings new thrills, so he didn't dispute it.

Li Ce's hometown is in Shanwei, and although his family moved to Shenzhen after his family became prosperous, he spent his childhood in Shanwei. After the catastrophe, all his parents and relatives died, and the glory and wealth became a thing of the past, relying on the body that he usually did more exercises, he was able to live to this day in this chaotic world. Although his cold personality makes him not close to anyone, his handsome appearance makes him particularly feminine.

Although he knew that Shanwei at this time was not the same thing as Shanwei in the original time and space, the former rich second generation still wanted to take a look, even if it was the mountains and rivers that he was once familiar with, so he had this fake public and private behavior.

Shanwei in 1898 was just a port, part of Haifeng County. Here, the Ming Dynasty belonged to the Huizhou Mansion of the Guangdong Political Envoy; The Qing Dynasty belonged to Huizhou Prefecture in Guangdong Province; In the ninth year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty (1731), Shifan, Fangkuo and Jikang in the east of Haifeng County were all placed in Lufeng County. The county is governed in Donghai (now Lufeng Donghai Town), and Haifeng and Lufeng counties both belong to Huizhou Prefecture. During the period from Jiaqing to Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty, a group of discerning Chaoshan merchants began to enter Shanwei Port to do business. Most of them lived in the Wangshi area of the current Samma Road, and set up the Teochew Association. The first to arrive at the tide merchants were Zeng Fengsheng, who was engaged in the cloth industry, and then more than 10 tide merchants with strong capital such as Gui Kee, Xu Songhe, Dongjia, Tai Kee, and Yuxing followed. The projects are shipbuilding, fishing gear, aquatic products, goods, foreign miscellaneous cloth, etc., and the import and export trade of fishing gear, raw salt, aquatic products, etc. In the newly signed Treaty of Tianjin, it will be used as a treaty port. It's just that at this time, except for the relatively primitive Shanwei Port, Lianhua Mountain and Pinqing Lake, there are not too many traces similar to the original time and space.

The appearance of strange birds attracted many onlookers, planes circled over the town, thousands of people empty the alleys, more and more people rushed to the streets or climbed high places, countless heads turned with the planes, the scene is spectacular.

While it was exciting, the reality was disappointing. After flying twice, Li Ce turned southwest, passed through Jiesheng Town, flew to the sea, and prepared to turn west and return to the base over Caiyu Island. The landscapes along the way were captured in DV, which can be used as a reference for drawing new maps, so this trip is not for nothing.

It was more than three o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun was beginning to turn westward, and the wind generated by the high-speed flight made the two passengers on the plane feel cool, and the endless sea around him even caused Wang Li to have visual fatigue and make him drowsy. In order not to really fall asleep, he took the DV and began to search for a target worth shooting.

In the vast sea, except for water or water, there are not a few seagulls to be seen. The plane remained at an altitude of 100 meters, and it was impossible to see the various creatures in the sea through the sea. Suddenly, a few small black dots on the left hand side of Fang Haitian caught his attention, and if he hadn't turned up the focus of the camera, he might have missed it. In extraordinary times, any suspicious targets cannot be let go, Wang Li patted Li Ce on the shoulder, signaling him to have a suspicious target in the direction of seven o'clock, go and see it immediately. Li Ce simply responded to the front of the plane and flew in the direction pointed out by Wang Li.

Because of the direction of the seat, Wang Li could only turn his head with difficulty to observe, which was very uncomfortable. Six or seven nautical miles away, in the blink of an eye, when the two sides were still two kilometers apart, Wang Li had already seen the target, this is a fleet of more than two dozen galleons, and their identity can only be the guest that the Liberation Army has been waiting for - the Royal Navy Expeditionary Fleet.

In the original time and space, after the signing of the Sino-British "Treaty of Tianjin", the British plenipotentiary Ergin led a fleet to the Tianjing River to demonstrate. Under the Treaty of Tientsin, Britain was granted the right to trade with the mouths along the Yangtze River. Ergin believed that the Taiping army had hindered the implementation of the treaty, and wanted to intimidate the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom by force and force the Taiping army to withdraw from the coastal areas. Prior to this, the Taiping army had repeatedly announced that when foreign warships approached the castle during the war or blockade, they must first send small boats to report to the defenders to avoid misunderstandings. However, Erjin ignored it and led warships to invade the waters of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom without authorization, so he was shelled by various batteries of the Taiping army. The British ships were forced to sail back and beg the Taiping to cross the border. Hong Xiuquan then wrote "The Edict of the Heavenly King to the Western Brothers" and sent Lin Shaozhang to Wuhu to hand over to Erjin. The edict uses seven rhymes, a total of 182 sentences, to summarize the beliefs and propositions of the Worship of God Society, the historical mission and foreign policy of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and believes that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the "Western brothers" are "the same family that respects the Heavenly Father" and should "fight the bedbugs with the top brother (referring to the Qing government)".

Because of the appearance of Ren Kong of the Liberation Army, Erjin has no time to go to Wuhan to show his prestige, and it is estimated that "The Edict of the Heavenly King to the Western Ocean" will not have a chance to appear. Although the Royal Fleet fought in the north, it had been in contact with Shanghai and Hong Kong through fast sailing ships, and news of the clash between the British troops stationed in Hong Kong and the Chinese reached the north in early June. Ergin didn't take this seriously at all, and in his eyes, the Chinese army, whether government or rebel, was a rabble, vulnerable. The news that followed was getting worse and worse, the British army left behind in Canton was completely wiped out, 1,000 army and navy soldiers were killed or captured, the two warships became the enemy's trophies, and the United Kingdom had never suffered such a great loss in the East. It was only after the signing of the "Treaty of Tianjin" that Erjin was able to lead the brigade to the south, rested in Shanghai for a while, and immediately rushed to Guangzhou with murderous spirit. As for the French, seeing that John Bull suffered, it was too late for them to be happy, and they would definitely not help.

"Kolkata"? (HMS-Calcutta) 2nd Rank Battleship, flagship of the Royal Navy's Far East Fleet. Launched on 14 March 1829 at the Bombay Dockyard, the vessel was 196 feet 2 inches long, 50 feet 9 inches wide, 21 feet high and had a displacement of 2,291 tons. Armed with 30 32-pounder guns, 40 24-pounder guns, 6 12-pounder guns, 14 32-pounder large-caliber short guns, with a crew of 720 people. At this time, James Bruce, the eighth Earl of Elgin, the plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom in China, was standing on the side of the ship looking out into the distance, his face full of anxiety. This war against China was initially victorious, but if Hong Kong was lost, he could imagine what kind of storm he would face.

"Your Excellency, don't worry too much! More than 100,000 Chinese government troops have been defeated by us, and the rebels of several thousand people are even less likely to be our opponents. "It was the commander of the fleet, Vice Admiral Hebu, a veteran navyman who had been in the army for more than thirty years.

Ergin shook his head, "Lieutenant General, the situation is not as rosy as you think. Spintozi is a veteran of the Crimean War, and now even he can only be trapped in Hong Kong, which shows that the enemy is very strong. "Seeing that Mr. Lieutenant General was a little unimpressed, Ergin felt the need to remind him." This group of rebels annihilated a battalion of the British Army with an equal number of people, so their combat effectiveness cannot be measured by the standards of the Chinese government army, and they cannot be taken lightly! ”

"They must have used trickery, you know, these Chinese are very treacherous, they can only win by conspiracy." He Bu has a negative attitude towards the combat effectiveness of all Chinese, believing that they are backward in weapons, tactically dull, lack of training, and have no courage, and are not much better than the savages in Australia who still use bone spears. In the war that just ended, the five-figure casualties of the Qing army are proof of this. In contrast, the coalition forces suffered only double-digit casualties, and even if the rebels were stronger than the government forces, they were no match for the 20,000-strong army. The lieutenant general patted the 32-pounder naval gun beside him, "No matter what tricks they have, my cannon will tear them to shreds." ”

Hobb's arrogance (self-confidence?) Ergin was quite helpless, and he could only change the subject, "Lieutenant General, how much time do we have to go to Hong Kong?" ”

He Bu looked up at the sun, took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and estimated in his heart, "We should be in the open sea of Shantou Port now, and we should be able to reach Hong Kong before dark." ”

"Enemy!" At this time, the lookout on the mast suddenly shouted, "90 degrees position on the port side." He Bu hurriedly took out his binoculars and looked in that direction, but after looking twice, he did not see the shadow of a ship.

"In heaven." The lookout shouted again. He put down his binoculars and looked up, and saw a black dot in the sky rapidly approaching the fleet. He aimed his telescope at the target and adjusted the focus before he could see a man-made flying machine.

After the Mongolfi brothers of France released Europe's first balloon filled with hot air into the air in 1783, mankind's dream of flying into the sky was finally realized. However, compared to a hot air balloon that can only float in the wind, this kind of flying machine that can fly quickly should be more advanced. The craft has a pair of wide wings and a rapidly spinning propeller in front of it, and can reach speeds of over 30 knots per hour, but it is impossible to see if there is a person on it. "Is it Chinese?" The thought crossed Heb's mind. He had always scoffed at the Hong Kong report, which had been described as "the rebels had mastered advanced technology", and now he is somewhat skeptical of his long-standing views. But there was no time to think about this, he put down his binoculars and ordered loudly: "Inform the ships, prepare for battle!" ”

The order was quickly conveyed through the flag, and countless sailors and infantry poured onto the deck with rifles, ready to fight? looked at the sky.