Lin Yuan glanced at his watch after giving the order, at six o'clock in the morning, the shadow of the sun had already appeared in the sky, and the golden sunlight was sprinkled on the sea, Lin Yuan calculated the time, and the sky should be bright when he caught up with the ship, and then the optical detection equipment could be used, and he could also see the true face of the ship.

The Mocking Wind Ship quickly increased its speed to 18 knots, and the Jingzhong Ship could barely keep up with such a speed, but the Zhongrui Ship couldn't do it, Lin Yuan thought to himself: "There is no enemy at sea now, and the Zhongrui Ship will not be in danger if it is dispatched alone, so let it follow us." ”

So Lin Yuan ordered the Zhongrui to follow behind the mocking wind ship, and he and the Jingzhong ship headed towards the ship heading for Port Arthur, and the battleship did not travel for long, and Li Kai reported to Lin Yuan: "Five more ships have been found in the rear of that ship. ”

Lin Yuan asked, "What kind of ships are those ships?" ”

Li Kai said: "Looking at the radar launch area, it doesn't look like a sailboat, nor does it look like a small boat, it should be a large ship with a displacement of six or seven thousand tons." ”

Lin Yuan looked at the six light points on the radar display screen, and seemed to have noticed something, and he said to Li Kai: "Take out the details of the five light points in the back." Li Kai pressed a few buttons, and soon the trajectory map of the next five light points appeared on the No. 3 display screen on the side, including the speed and azimuth of the light point target.

Lin Yuan looked at those points of light and said to the people around him: "I look at the five targets behind me, it seems that they are chasing the boat in front of them in some kind of formation. ”

Tao Zheng frowned and said, "Could it be that they are pirates?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "This possibility cannot be ruled out! ”

Tao Zheng said: "Pirates are unlikely, and merchant ships in the Yellow Sea have never reported pirates. ”

Lin Yuan shook his head and said, "I'm not sure, we still have too little information now, and when we get closer and pull the target to the optical detection range, these mysteries will be solved." ”

The crowd then stopped talking, and at about eight o'clock in the morning, the observation post on the Jingzhong, which was located in front of the mocking wind, sent a message that a large sailing ship had been spotted, heading ten degrees west-north, on the route of Port Arthur. Lin Yuan immediately asked, "Are there any flags and other markers on the ship?" ”

Jing Zhongjian replied: "The distance is still too far to see clearly, and there is fog on the river again, and the visibility is very poor." ”

Lin Yuan ordered, "Continue to observe." After speaking, he walked to the porthole and looked outside, only to see that the sun that was still about to erupt had been covered by dark clouds, like a shy girl half-hidden among the clouds, and a thin layer of fog floating on the sea, Tao Zheng said to Lin Yuan: "Shall we go to the command room?" There are large optical sighting devices there. ”

Lin Yuan shook his head lightly and said, "No matter how advanced the optical observation equipment is, it is impossible to penetrate the fog, and at this time, radar is the most effective." ”

At this time, the observation post of the mocking wind ship also found a large sailing ship, but unfortunately he had not yet witnessed the true face of the five ships behind, Lin Yuan couldn't help but think in his heart: "What are the five ships behind?" Is it really a pirate? ”

Fifteen minutes later, the Jingzhong ship sent a message, observing that the large sailing ship was flying the Yellow Dragon Flag, this ship was the ship of the Qing Dynasty, Lin Yuan's heart moved, and thought: "It turns out that the ship is loaded with our compatriots, so it should be even more important to go and see it." Then the observation post sent another message: "Five black smoke has been detected three nautical miles behind the large sailing ship!" ”

Lin Yuan said: "Five black smokes? It must have been sent by those five ships, it seems that the five pursuing ships are all steam-powered ships, could the pirates have such advanced equipment? Could it be that it was a warship chasing the sailing ship? ”

Tao Zheng frowned and said: "Impossible, the Japanese and Russians have been very well-behaved since they were cleaned up by us at Dagukou, and their warships have not come out for a long time, let alone the civilian ships that harass our country." ”

Wan Ling on the side also said: "That's right, if it's a warship, why can't you catch up with a sailboat for more than an hour?" Whether it is a Russian ship or a Japanese ship, the speed is more than 14 knots, how can it be so laborious to chase a sailing ship of about ten knots? ”

Lin Yuan thought silently, feeling clueless, and then he heard Li Kai shouting: "The five ships have fired!" ”

As soon as this sentence came out, everyone immediately gathered around the radar screen, and Lin Yuan asked, "What did you say?" Shots? How do you know they fired? ”

Li Kai frowned and said, "Wait a minute, I'll show you the image." As he spoke, he was busy on the control board, and after typing a lot of instructions, he pressed hard to confirm, and said with relief: "Okay! Then he pointed to screen number five with his hand, stood up and said, "Let's go over there and see." ”

Everyone hurriedly gathered around the No. 5 screen, and saw that there was still a spot of light on the screen, which was not much different from the previous radar screen, Lin Yuan asked, "Can you see that the five ships are firing on this image?" ”

Li Kai said: "This image is a historical image that has just been preserved by the system, and what I just did was to call it out for everyone to see." Then Li Kai pointed to a piece of light on it and said: "Everyone, please look at these points of light, they appeared suddenly, and the duration is very short, only a few seconds, which means that they disappeared soon after they appeared, what do you say they are?" ”

Tao Zheng glared at him fiercely when he saw Li Kai selling off at such a critical moment, Li Kai was so frightened that he stuck out his tongue and said, "These are the water columns that suddenly rose on the water surface!" How can a column of water suddenly rise on the surface of the sea? And so much more! The shell must have been blown up by falling into the sea. ”

Lin Yuan asked, "Didn't the radar find the trajectory of the shell's flight?" ”

Li Kai shook his head and said: "No, I guess it may be that our antenna is not aimed at the sky, so there is a large section after the cannon is not within the detection range of the radar." ”

Lin Yuan frowned, and said: "Nonsense, I understand the ballistic characteristics of naval guns in this era, and with the height of our radar, we can definitely find the trajectory of the shells!" ”

Li Kai was a little confused by Lin Yuan's words, and said: "But I just didn't find the trajectory of the shell." ”

Lin Yuan said: "Didn't you raise the display threshold before?" The shells are so small that even if the radar detects them, they won't show them, so if you lower the threshold, you might be able to detect them. ”

Li Kai hurriedly lowered the display threshold, and with the lowering, there were more and more flashing light spots on the radar screen, and those were all clutter of Hailang, at this time, everyone saw a high-speed moving light point flashing on the radar screen, and it disappeared quickly after flying for a while, Lin Yuan thought to himself: "It seems that these five ships are really warships, but I don't know which country's warships they are, Russia?" Or Japan? ”

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan immediately asked the observation post: "Did you find the nationality information of the five ships?" ”

The observation post replied: "There is a lot of fog at sea, and it is difficult to see nationality information. ”

Lin Yuan thought in his heart: "It doesn't matter if he is Russian or Japanese, since it dares to open fire on our compatriots, then I can't spare you!" So Lin Yuan ordered: "The mocking wind ship enters the combat state, pay attention, this is not a drill!" ”