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"My lord, there's a signal coming!" the subordinates forcibly suppressed the excited whispered call to wake Zuo Shichang from his contemplation, and turned his head to see that the flag hoisted on a small boat in the distance clearly transmitted the intention to be expressed. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Sure enough!" Zuo Shichang, who was excited, jumped up, but soon he calmed down, as the coach, he needed to consider all the factors, and now the content transmitted by the flag language did not seem to be completely in line with his judgment, he pondered the taste with some doubts: "What's the matter? Why are there only one hundred and thirty transport ships, and only thirty escort ships?"

"My lord, it seems that the Japanese are also divided into several ways to carry out landing operations, their transportation force is limited, and being able to transport 40,000 people at a time is probably the limit, right?" The staff officer beside him reminded the commander, "There is no news from Zhuzikou yet, maybe it is possible over there." ”

"Well, it's very possible, but we can't wait any longer, the victory or defeat is here, pass on my order, order all detachments to proceed according to the established plan, the first detachment will entangle the enemy's escort fleet, and the rest of the fleet will give me the complete destruction of the enemy's transport ships! Let the thunder concentrate fire on the transport ship for me, and we must not let one transport ship slip through the net! If one is missed, the military law will do it!" Zuo Shichang took a long breath and gave an order in a deep voice.

The flags were quickly raised on the flagship, and for a time dozens of warships roaming this sea area quickly entered a combat state, all kinds of passwords came and went, and for a time the sails were fluttering, and the sailors on the deck quickly tore off their gun jackets and pushed the newly equipped mobile thunderbolts onto the deck, and a small number of firecrackers equipped with each ship also began to actively prepare in the hidden places on the side of the ship, ready to start their maiden war.

Miyazawa Ichiro set off from the Cook Islands as soon as he had a bad premonition, the strong northwest wind made the whole fleet have been in a headwind state, although constantly adjusting the course and sail angle, but such a strong northwest wind is just at a relative angle to the direction of the head, and this constant adjustment of the course and sail angle not only greatly lengthens the voyage but also makes the sailors tired, for Miyazawa Ichiro, who has always been a little superstitious, this is an ominous omen, but as the commander of the escort fleet, he does not dare to tell anyone this premonition, especially the lives of 40,000 army soldiers are tied to himself, he does not dare to say anything。

In fact, he also knew that no one could change this order, and the Liberians had already fought with the Tang Emperor in the north of the Tang Dynasty. It is said that the Siathrow Army and the Kaman Army have made great progress, especially the Siathrow Army cut off the connection between the Tang Dynasty and the Central Continent, and the Kaman Army has even broken through to a place not far from Zhongzhou, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, but the most important East Route Army seems to have fallen into a stalemate with the Tang Army, and at this time it is necessary to show off their skills with the People's Army.

These news were all learned from the mouth of the commander of the expeditionary landing force, Ito Tadashi, seeing Ito-kun's high-spirited expression, Miyazawa Ichiro was also a little envious that the army was finally able to land on the mainland, although the Crescent Peninsula was also considered mainland land, but the Dodon people blocked the road to the north, and now the Yamato Army was finally able to get rid of all shackles and step into the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty with great fanfare. As an officer of the Yamato Navy, although he could not set foot on mainland soil, he was satisfied to be able to do his part for the Yamato Army, and this pride diluted the sense of foreboding that Miyazawa Ichiro had when the fleet set sail.

The bitter cold wind blew the entire sea, and due to the serious shortage of transport ships, although a large number of civilian ships were requisitioned, it was obviously impossible to send 100,000 people to the mainland at one time, and 40,000 people had already filled the entire fleet to the brim, and even had to reluctantly abandon a large amount of supplies when setting sail, only in this way could we barely ensure that the ships would not capsize in the face of such a strong northwest wind. Ito Tadashi was also a little worried about the supplies, but thinking that the fertile and rich mainland land was waiting for him to conquer, as long as he landed on the land, everything on the land would belong to his own army, which was the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty, and there was no comparable surname with the border wasteland of Kamchatka and the Ryukyu Islands, and it was also a great honor for him to be selected as the first army to land on the mainland.

"Kara" With a loud bang, Miyazawa Ichiro and Ito's faithful hearts tightened at the same time, and turned their heads to look, the mainmast of a transport ship seemed to be unable to withstand too strong wind and suddenly broke, and the transport ship that lost power suddenly swirled on the sea, Miyazawa Ichiro secretly regretted that he was helpless in this situation, there were too many soldiers stuffed into each ship, far beyond the capacity of these ships, he originally did not agree to do so, but under the forced request of this Ito-sama, he had no choice but to agree, and now there is really a problem.

Seeing Miyazawa Ichiro's helpless look, Ito Faithful was also a little frustrated, and he couldn't blame him, the above required 40,000 soldiers to be sent to the mainland one by one, he was also forced to be helpless, they were all excellent soldiers under his own hands, and he was not willing to take risks, but there were so many ships, if you wanted to be in place at one time, you had to take risks.

Now it is only necessary to temporarily abandon this ship, delaying the landing time is fatal, although the Tang Navy is not strong enough in this area, but Miyazawa Ichiro is still unwilling to take even a little risk, these 40,000 army forces have no combat effectiveness at sea, once they fall into the water in such cold weather, the fool also knows what awaits them.

Miyazawa Ichiro knows that the Tang Navy is now developing rapidly, especially after their large warships have been helped by the Milanese, the number of them has been increasing, although the strength of a navy is not determined by the number and number of warships alone, but equipment is absolutely important for the navy. Fortunately, the naval focus of the Tang people seems to have been on their navy in the Great South Sea, although the Great Eastern Ocean Navy was established, but most of them have used some remnants of the original Tang River Imperial Navy, and only recently began to replenish new warships, and it will take quite a while to familiarize themselves with the ships and let these sailors and warships form effective combat power.

And now the navy on the treasure island has effectively attracted the attention of the Datang Navy and the Milan Navy, Jiangnan is always the most important thing for Datang, and the intelligence here shows that the number of the Datang Navy has been reduced to a level that is not enough to pose a substantial threat to himself, which is the main reason why Miyazawa Ichiro dares to take such a risk, otherwise, he would not dare to take such a heavy task by letting himself have a fleet of only thirty warships to escort more than a hundred transport fleets that have no combat effectiveness at sea.

Leaving behind the huge fleet of transport ships that were still spinning in place and continuing to advance eastward, this accident once again cast a shadow on Miyazawa Ichiro's heart, fortunately, it is getting closer and closer to the target, as long as there are three more hours, cross the Liugong Islands in front, then basically enter the safe area, where even if it encounters the Tang Navy, Miyazawa Ichiro is confident that he will drag the Tang Navy fleet and let the army transport ship land smoothly.

The terrible sound of the alarm suddenly pulled Miyazawa Ichiro back from his fantasy to reality, and he hurriedly turned his head to see who issued the highest security whistle, the lookout post on the mast was blowing the whistle like a demon, and the terrible and piercing scream almost penetrated Miyazawa Ichiro's heart to make him vomit. Suppressing the tension in his heart, Miyazawa Ichiro hated to shoot this damn lookout post down with an arrow, perhaps it was too much of an irritation that the lookout only knew how to blow the whistle, and even forgot to report what had happened to the ship's commander.

When the lookout finally came to his senses and reported to Miyazawa Ichiro what he had observed, Miyazawa Ichiro was almost about to fall on the deck, and as many as 50 warships appeared on the line of the Liugong Islands, what was going on? Desperate eyes exchanged between Miyazawa Ichiro and Ito Tadashi, what was the problem, and they were actually ambushed by the Datang Navy here? And how could the Datang Navy Fleet have such a powerful fleet here? And who was the Datang Navy Fleet that appeared on the Quanzhou and Yuhang lines?

At this moment, Miyazawa Ichiro has vaguely understood that he is almost certain that the ships that appear in Quanzhou and Yuhang under the signature of the Datang Great Oriental Fleet must be the Great Nanyang Fleet secretly transferred by the Tang Dynasty from East Samoa and Egret Island, and now it is the main force of the Great Oriental Fleet that appears here, but what can he do now that he knows? The unspeakable bitterness has made Miyazawa Ichiro almost lose his ability to think, what should he do now? It is impossible for the bulky transport ships to escape the pursuit of these naval fleets, and the thirty ships in their hands will be their only hope, but since the Datang naval fleet dares to ambush here, it must be absolutely certain, thinking about another fleet from the Ryukyu Islands, Miyazawa Ichiro can only secretly sigh that his fate is not good, but he was caught by the Datang Dadong Fleet, and now he can only fight with all his strength and do his best.

A series of flags were quickly raised in the fleet, and the entire fleet quickly dispersed to prepare for the upcoming big battle, while the clumsy transport fleet could only slowly follow behind the scattered fleet and change the formation and sail angle, so as to maximize the fleet's ability to avoid chaos in the battle, and all this had to be pinned on the escort fleet to resist the all-round attack of the Tang Navy.

One of the largest naval battles since the founding of the Tang Empire finally broke out on the front line of the Liugong Islands!

(To be continued)