"Mr. Hull, look, the ship of the yellow-skinned monkeys is coming!"

At the same time that Pan Futai and the others discovered the British merchant ship, the lookout post on the tall mast of the British merchant ship had already found four ships that had come to meet them, and they immediately raised their voices and shouted.

"Drop the sails, let them come up!"

Brooks Hull was a middle-aged strong man with a gloomy face, cautious by nature, and although he heard the shouts of the lookout post, he did not give an order immediately, but picked up the monocular hanging from his waist and looked at the four medium-sized merchant ships for a long time before giving a cautious order.

"Half a sail!"

As soon as Brooks Hull opened his mouth, the boatswain standing beside him immediately shouted, and even if the sailors responded to the order, the speed of the "Rose", which was originally moving at high speed, slowed down suddenly, but did not stop sailing, but was ready to adjust the course at any time, there is no doubt that the British East India Company and others did not fully trust Pan Futai and others who came to respond, after all, the previous cooperation between the two sides was a small-scale transaction, and the largest amount was no more than 10,000 taels of silver, and now, This shipload of opium was worth forty-five taels of silver, and it was impossible to be too careful.

"Boss, the ghost guy's ship has slowed down, and a flag has been sent to ask us to lean on our own."

When the "Mayflower" slowed down, it also waved a flag to ask the ships of the Qing side to take the initiative to approach, and when they saw this, the lookout post on the mast of the "Shunfan" did not dare to be careless, and hurriedly reported the information sent by the British side at the top of their throats.

"Damn, these cunning devils! Speed up and get up! ”

As soon as he heard the words of the lookout post, Pan Futai, who was in a hurry to make a fortune, was obviously a little unhappy, and scolded hatefully, but he scolded and scolded, but there was no hesitation in the order to be given, and then he saw that the four ships of the Qing Dynasty began to speed up with full sails, and the distance between them and the "Mayflower" was also shortened rapidly.

"Send a report to General He, the snake has appeared, location: east longitude 113. 79, 23,92 north latitude! ”

The sea near Shangchuan Island is where the fishing grounds are, there are many boats that go out to sea to catch fish, large and small, one of the canopy boats has always been far behind the four medium-sized merchant ships that Pan Futai and others are riding, and more than a dozen fishermen on board are all strong people, seemingly busy with nets and fishing, but in fact, the attention has always fallen on the whereabouts of the "Shunfan", and when it was discovered that the "Shunfan" was speeding up to merge with a large merchant ship coming from the south. A dark-faced middle-aged fisherman finally broke the silence and gave an order in a cold voice, this person was none other than Wang Kuan, the commander of the First Brigade of the Marine Corps of the South China Sea Fleet of the Great Qing Dynasty!

"Wow!"

The fishermen on this boat are all dressed up as elite soldiers of the First Brigade of the Marine Corps, and when they carry out military orders, they will naturally not have the slightest discount, no, Wang Kuan just gave an order, and two marines dressed as fishermen answered loudly, and rushed into the cabin with great strides, and quickly lifted a canvas with their hands and feet, revealing a strange machine covered by the bottom - the whole machine is cuboidal, more than three feet high, two feet wide, two and a half feet long, and it is also connected to a large voltaic battery, which looks extremely strange, and this is the latest invention of the Qing Academy of Sciences - the tube wireless telegraph!

"Drip, drip, drip......"

With the coordinated operation of two specially trained telegraph operators, a series of dripping sounds sounded, and the first radio usability test in human history began.

Ten nautical miles northeast of Shangchuan Island, a fleet of no small size is quietly cruising, the whole fleet has a total of eight warships, all of them are fast cruisers, the hull is long, there are many masts, the artillery equipped is mainly medium-sized, there is almost no heavy artillery, and it is generally used to reconnoiter the enemy's situation. The commander is He Ming, the commander of the first detachment of the Qing Nanyang Fleet!

On the foredeck of the flagship "Mighty", He Ming, dressed in military uniform, stood under the mast, looking at the southeast direction with a slightly solemn face, his brows furrowed slightly, there was no other, He Ming was a little uneasy about this anti-smuggling operation, after all, the wireless telegraph machine is a new thing, whether it can really be done, it is really difficult to say, according to He Ming's original intention, he would rather take Pan Futai and other thieves first, and then go to arrest the British smuggling ship under the pretense, but there is an order from the peak, but He Ming does not dare to disobey, It's just that I don't have a bottom in my heart, and worry is inevitable.

"Report, General He, received a call from Brigade Commander Wang, the snake has appeared, location: east longitude 113. 79, 23,92 north latitude! ”

Just when He Ming was worried, he saw a junior naval officer rushing out of the cabin in a hurry, grabbed in front of He Ming in a few big steps, gave a standard military salute, and hurriedly said a word.

"Oh? Well, the order of the general, the whole fleet turned to the southeast, and hurried at full speed to longitude 113. 79, 23,92 north latitude, no mistake! ”

He Ming obviously didn't expect the wireless telegraph to be so effective, so he couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly snatched the telegram in the hand of the officer who came to report, and after quickly browsing it, he shouted hello, and then gave the general an order with murderous anger.

"Wow!"

Hearing He Ming's order, his own herald hurriedly submitted the order to the flag bearer on the tall mast, and with the dancing of the two small flags in the hands of the flag bearer, the ships that were originally cruising quietly immediately began to move when they heard the order, turned their course one after another, and galloped away at full speed towards the predetermined place with full sails......

"The Qing fleet is coming, the Qing fleet is coming!"

On the southwest ocean of Shangchuan Island, the handover between the smugglers was still in the process of being nervous, and the British merchant ships took advantage of the height of the ships to load and unload boxes of opium on pulleys and sent them to the medium-sized cargo ships of the Qing Dynasty.

"What? Damn, quick, sail, sail, retreat, retreat! ”

As soon as he heard the shouts of the lookout post, Brooks Helden, who was talking to Guò Tongtong and Pan and Luo's two allies, became anxious, hurriedly grabbed the monocular inserted in his waist, and looked towards the southwest.

"All ships are here, outflanking and advancing, Hugh is going to let go of this group of thieves!"

At the same time that the British lookout post discovered the Qing fleet, on the foredeck of the "Mighty Wind", He Ming, who was holding a telescope and observing the transaction scene between the two sides in the distance, had already given a death order with a loud voice, and then saw that the eight Qing warships were divided into two and two formations, and rushed towards the smuggling site like a big net.

"All ships fire warning bombs, issue flags, let those thieves stop the ship for inspection, and those who violate the order will be killed!"

The British sailors on the "Mayflower" are all veterans at sea, and their movements are very fast, and they finally rushed to the Qing fleet before they arrived, and completed the tactical actions such as turning and full sails, but the merchant ship is a merchant ship, and it is difficult to compare with the fast cruiser in terms of speed, and it is not long before it has just set sail, and the Qing fleet has rushed to the vicinity, and when he saw that the "Mayflower" was going to escape, He Ming refused to let go, but when he saw that he raised his hand, he had already given a loud order.

"Boom ......"

At He Ming's command, the bow guns of the eight Qing warships opened fire almost simultaneously, and in the rumbling cannons, eight shells whistled through the sky, and exploded eight huge waves at both ends of the hull of the "Mayflower".

"Slow down, hurry, send the flag, just say that our ship is a British merchant ship, please don't misunderstand the Qing Dynasty!"

Brooks Hull had served in the navy, and he knew that the merchant ships were like lambs under the blade in front of the fast cruisers armed to the teeth, and there was no resistance at all, and then he saw that the first artillery bombardment of the Qing army formed a flanking fire, and it was obvious that the gunners on the ship were well-trained, and if they really escaped again, there was a chance that they would really be bombarded by shells, and they did not dare to act rashly, but they did not want to surrender, so they brought out their own origins, hoping that the Qing fleet could be afraid of the Kingdom of Great Britain.

"Order: The three ships 'Weifeng', 'Weiwei', and 'Weimeng' stopped the barbarian merchant ships, and the rest of the ships captured the Jardine Commercial Company and the ships of the Qihang Commercial Bank, and those who dared to resist were sunk on the spot!"

Seeing that the "Mayflower" was already halfway sailed, He Ming did not give the order to open fire again, but commanded three fast cruisers to press towards the "Mayflower", while the rest of the Qing warships rushed towards the "Shunfan" and other merchant ships that were scattered and fled on the sea like eagles catching chickens.

"Stop the boat and get inspected!"

The "Weifeng" and other three fast cruisers were galloping at high speed on the sea like three sharp knives, but in a moment or so of incense, they had already surrounded the half-sailed "Mayflower", and the flag soldiers on the "Weifeng" waved their flags and ordered the "Mayflower" to be inspected; at the same time, the "Shunfan" and other smuggling ships of the Qing Dynasty were also forced to stop by the Qing ships.

"Broadboard!"

With He Ming's order, the sailors on the "Mighty" immediately threw out several hooks and ropes, hooking the side of the "Mayflower", and with all their efforts, the two ships quickly leaned together, and several of their own Daqingshui soldiers took advantage of the situation to set up a springboard and prepare to go on board for inspection......