As the saying goes, "a yard is a yard", it is true that Zephyr and the Far East Fleet did not choose to support the emperor in the first place, but this does not mean that they want to commit treason. The current commanders of both fleets are generals with a strong military temperament, and at least in their opinion, it is much better to die on the battlefield than to be secretly executed by the emperor.

At present, the number of capital ships that the two fleets can assemble is about the same as that of the Japanese Combined Fleet, but these large warships have been in service for 15 years at the shortest, and even after a certain degree of modernization, they are no longer powerful in terms of performance. For this reason, the commanders of the two fleets once laughed at themselves, as if they had signed the Washington Treaty.

Time was running out, and in order to make a final decision before the situation continued to deteriorate, the two fleets decided to gather the main forces and find Yamamoto Isoroku's fleet for a decisive battle. And with their great fanfare, the Japanese submarine forces that had been operating near them immediately returned this information to Yamamoto 56.

"They're finally moving?"

"Yes, the main forces of the two fleets, after leaving a small number of small ships, are converging together."

"Ha great! Our chance has finally arrived! The third squadron (high-speed battleship formation) was ordered to immediately go back to meet the 'decoy squadron', and the rest of the fleets were to enter the predetermined battle positions according to the plan and stand by. As for the contingent...... Rear Admiral Nagumo, come back and take command of the 4 battleships of the 2nd Sentai Group, and the task force will be handed over to Yamaguchi Daisa. ”

Yamamoto planned to let the aircraft carrier task force take advantage of the decisive battle of their fleet to sneak attack Datang's logistics base on Jupiter. Nagumo's over-cautiousness is obviously not suitable for this kind of action that requires boldness and decisiveness, and Yamamoto also has the heart to promote Yamaguchi Tawen, if he can rely on the merits of this operation to be successfully promoted to major general, then it will be more convenient to use in the future.

"The rise and fall of the imperial kingdom, in this battle! Let's hope our 'secret weapon' can play her part! ”

Under the belief that "if you don't succeed, you will be benevolent", the combined fleet led by Yamamoto Isoroku lurked in Jupiter's rings like a pack of wolves ready to hunt. Waiting for the moment of sortie. And Datang's two fleets are like two strong bisons, walking step by step into the trap that the other party specially prepared for themselves.

At the same time on Jupiter, Zhao Jianshang was unaware of the imminent war in outer space, and he was taking advantage of the rare month-end vacation to check the progress of his new home.

Before the Great Migration, although there was a lot of land on Jupiter, most of it was state-owned, and only a very small amount of land would be auctioned every year, which directly led to the high land price of the colony and indirectly curbed the development of this area. But this is no longer the case. In order to promote the people to go to Jupiter as soon as possible, the official sold off a large number of colonial land, and Zhao Jian took advantage of this "big sale" to buy a mountain near Qingdao directly.

According to the title deed, the area within a radius of 10 kilometers at the foot of the mountain is the territory of his Zhao ship.

This great migration made more than half of the capitalists in the Tang Dynasty regress into big landlords, but it also promoted almost all the peasants to become farmers. Welfare policy commitments given by the state. As long as the peasants were willing to emigrate, they could get three times the size of new land in the colony, and the state would give them free grain seeds and mechanical farming tools. This kind of good thing can be encountered in these extraordinary times!

It took more than half a day to take a simple turn in his own "yard", and Zhao Jian was very satisfied with the progress and quality of the facilities everywhere. Because the place is big enough. He not only built a Chinese-style house at the foot of the mountain to imitate the ancestral house of the Zhao family, but also built a Western-style house halfway up the mountainside, ready to live exclusively for the ship's ladies, so this villa was also named "Harbor Pavilion" by Zhao Jian.

In addition, the special forces training center was built on the hillside side. The weapons research institute and three factories were also arranged around the mountain, and this place became his "private kingdom" for Zhao Jian.

After having dinner at the completed mid-level villa, the old Tang of the garment factory heard that Zhao Jian had returned. deliberately sent over a batch of "new uniforms" ordered by Zhao Jian before. After Zhao Jian got it, he happily summoned all the ship girls in the family, and then divided a box according to the name. Even the wave number squad has it.

But when they opened the box, King Kong was the first to protest.

"Hey! This dress...... Isn't this a maid's outfit? ”

"That's right! It's the same style as Hongling before. ”

"Same style, you big-headed ghost! This shame has obviously increased by several levels! ”

"An-la! The previous one was version 1.0, and this is the latest 1.1 upgrade, so of course it's the same model. ”

"You guy...... Hum! I would never wear it! ”

"Really? Then I'm sorry. ”

Zhao Jian shook his head as he spoke, took out a button switch from his pocket, and as soon as King Kong saw the thing, his face suddenly changed, and he picked up the clothes box and flew away. Even today, more than a year after taking off the electric shock collar, King Kong will still reflexively obey all of Zhao Jian's orders when he sees that switch.

Soon, the ship girls at home all changed into new clothes, and Zhao Jian's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw it!

The style of the new clothes is still a maid outfit, but it is more ingenious in design and materials...... Or madness! The chest, back, and armpits on both sides are made of translucent black light gauze, and the flawless skin is revealed.

Hongling, who was used to wearing the old style, was a little uncomfortable, and the open Jia Na and Ali didn't care at all. Xiao Lu was still full of vitality and spirit, and the wave number team lined up left and right at her feet, only Meow Bo was shy to hide behind. As for King Kong, she is now enduring the appearance of shame and play, which makes Zhao Jian want to bully her even more.

"I don't understand, why can't you use all your ingenuity in a serious place!?" King Kong said through gritted teeth.

"Because the serious place is enough, and this one on you belongs to my personal favorite. As the saying goes, men are perverted, what is the crime? ”

"Is this really a colloquialism?"

"When it comes out of the mouth of a layman like me, isn't that just a colloquialism!"

“……”

In the face of Zhao Jian, who has risen to a certain level of shamelessness, King Kong is quite speechless.

"Admiral, are we going to wear this as a uniform in the future?"

"So to speak! If there are new members in the future, they will definitely be one for each person. In addition, the unicorns and ghost queens from the pit station also have a share, and when we go over the next time, we will bring them with them. ”

"Huh? What about Xiao Mo? ”

"Uh...... That's another matter, let's talk about it, let's talk about it! ”

While everyone was talking and laughing, the phone in the room suddenly rang. In order to facilitate contact, Zhao Jian set up a wired telephone line between the factory and the villa, Hongling picked up the phone and listened to it, and told Zhao Jian that it was from the reception of the arsenal.

"Young master, it's from the navy."

"Someone from the Navy?"

As soon as he heard that it was someone from the navy who was looking for him, Zhao Jian naturally did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly went down the mountain to greet him. However, when he came to the reception of the arsenal, he found that the person who came turned out to be someone from the aircraft carrier detachment of the Northern Fleet, and even Li Ti, the king of Gang, was there.

"Good evening, Senior Brother Zhao!"

"Uh...... Good evening, Your Highness, what are you? ”

"Ha Luha, I'm ashamed! We're here to borrow a boat from you. ”

“……”

Zhao Jian just borrowed a "soldier" to Boss Dai a few days ago, but he didn't expect another prince to come and borrow a "boat" from him so soon!

The two heavy cruisers in Zhao's possession had "armed permits" issued by the Admiralty and signed by the emperor, which were similar in nature to the "privateer licenses" in Europe, but only limited to the self-defense of ocean-going vessels. However, the European side completely banned the privateer license in 1856, while the armed license of the Tang Dynasty has been retained to this day.

The Zhao ship, which owns this thing, can blatantly develop a private fleet within the officially rated limit, and has the right to use it openly without any punishment.

Li Ti hoped to temporarily borrow the two heavy cruisers in Zhao's hands to assist the northern detachment in rounding up the Japanese aircraft carriers. Because the speed of the other side is not low, high-speed ships are needed, and ordinary cargo ships are not of much use at all.

In addition, Li Ti also revealed to Zhao Jian that the Naval Academy will also organize senior students and instructors to use the school's training ship to participate in this operation, which feels like an old wolf taking a half-sized wolf to practice hunting! (To be continued......)

PS: A Japanese battleship that died in history is about to appear!