With the end of the Battle of Toshima, more and more so-called observation groups from various countries appeared in the Far East on warships, awaiting the inevitable war with various moods.

As warships flying various flags flocked to the Far East, a shocking news suddenly broke from the southernmost tip of the Pacific Ocean. On September 5, 1894, Chile declared its neutrality and sold to Ecuador two battleships, four heavy cruisers, and six torpedo destroyers that had just been launched under exercise with the Hawaiian Pacific Fleet.

Ecuador, which had suddenly become a naval power, announced three days later that it would resell 10 warships to the Pacific Fleet in Hawaii. Suddenly, the originally small Kingdom of Hawaii suddenly became a huge fleet with 15 warships and a displacement of nearly 70,000 tons, and became a naval power that could influence the situation in the Pacific region.

However, this incident of selling warships, which could have broken out into a huge war of words in peacetime, did not cause too many waves, and after only two waves, it disappeared into the vast Pacific Ocean.

This is a world of slow information, and this event has successfully grasped the key point, even if the diplomats of the countries in South America have already quarreled, but by the time the news reaches the Far East, everything has already settled because of distance and communication restrictions.

"Dear Li, you should have become the focus of the world's attention at this time, and the total tonnage of your fleet has successfully surpassed your country and become the eighth navy in the world!" Simmons took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and sat down opposite Young Master Li.

"Eighth in the world? When will we be number one in the world? Li Mo looked at the boundless, like a huge azure emerald sea, nodded and said, "Simmons, thank you!" ”

"Huh." To be able to get the gratitude of Young Master Li, Simmons scratched his head, itched all over, waved his hand and pretended not to care: "It's nothing, don't forget, we are mutually beneficial." ”

Hearing this, it immediately aroused the fire in Young Master Li's heart, and his gratitude disappeared in an instant. These guys, to say the least, have earned more than one million from the young master, and thank you to the young master just now.

"yes, so I decided to take it back." Young Master Li was empathetic and retracted what he had just said.

"Ah......h Simmons opened his mouth wide, he was just polite, you took it seriously, and suddenly stomped his feet in anger and said, "Lee, you are a bastard." ”

"Thanks for the compliment." For this kind of praise, Young Master Li has always been very willing to accept it. Xinran asked rhetorically: "Simmons, how much did you make by selling warships not long ago?" ”

Simonston was defeated, he had already discovered that arguing with Li Mo was definitely the wrong thing in the world! Originally, he was going to ignore the other party, but the sale of the warship had become one of his most proud events, so he proudly raised five fingers.

"Half a million pounds?" Li Mo opened his mouth wide, he was really wronged!

Simmons shook his head triumphantly: "I said that I bought the Esmeralda and two other cruisers, according to what you said, I paid for it all at once, but I had to wait until the end of October to deliver it." ”

This guy sold all the flagships of the Chilean Navy! Li Mo didn't know whether to praise him or beat him up for the Chilean Navy, and said in astonishment: "Simmons, you sold all the flagships, doesn't Chile need a navy?" ”

“nono……。” Simmons shook his head, deliberately lowered his voice and smiled secretly: "Lee, do you know? The battleship like your Polaris is coming back, and the Admiralty has decided to name it the new Esmeralda, so I'm selling the old ship this time, and the Admiralty has rewarded me! ”

"Young Master Li is completely speechless, it seems that the Esmeralda of the Chilean Navy is really endless.

Just when Li Dashao was thinking nonsense, the soldier came to report: "Report, we have entered the Philippine Sea, and we are about to approach the Ryukyu Islands, and we will arrive in five days." ”

"Five days." Li Mo looked at his watch, the time was just right, so he turned around and walked to the map, Chen Ping heard the report again, and quickly pointed out the approximate location of the current fleet: "If you want to enter the Yellow Sea, and you don't know it immediately, this is the only way." ”

Simmons also quickly gathered in front of the chart table, looking at the large arc route marked by the red line, and then at the broken island chain of hundreds of large and small islands on the map, frowning: "God, it's too chaotic here!" Chen, we are likely to be spotted when we pass through the Ryukyu Islands. ”

Chen Ping nodded, he also knew that he might be discovered when he passed through the Ryukyus, but he didn't care so much, and now that the arrow was ready, he had to rush forward.

Tan Xiaozeng and Long Guozhang around him also didn't have much to do, although they made a big maneuver in order to conceal the fleet, but the Ryukyu Islands were the only way to go, and this natural island chain was like a white silk stranglehold on the Far Eastern Continent, and it couldn't be bypassed no matter what.

"Why don't we go to Fuzhou and ...... along Penghu and Zhoushan?"

"No way!" A staff officer was just halfway through his speech when he was interrupted by Tan Xiaozeng, who had just been promoted to chief of staff of the fleet: "In the area of Penghu and Zhoushan, there are many British and French ships, and we can't hide such a large fleet!" ”

"Then if it goes straight to the Ryukyus, wouldn't it be discovered by the patrol ship?!"

"Nothing, isn't it!" The corners of Li Mo's mouth were cold, and he sneered: "How did they find out if they found out?" Just don't let them send back the message! Order the Sky Survey and the Sea Survey to reconnoiter forward, and if you find a ship approaching, you can open fire directly! ”

Simmons nodded, although this method is stupid for the fleet that has been concealing the route, it is the most direct and effective: "This is the only way, I hope God can forgive us." ”

"Any news from the Exocet and Swordfish?" Ignoring the fake pacifist, Li Mo turned his head and asked.

"Not yet." Chen Ping immediately said: "But judging from their previous report, they should have reached the Yellow Sea. Li Mo looked at the map, looked at the Ryukyu Islands, nodded and said: "As soon as you enter the Yellow Sea, contact them immediately, I want to know that I have arrived there!" ”

"Yes."

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"Your Excellency, it seems that something is not good."

Ito Yuhiro stood on the flybridge of the flagship Matsushima, and the captain of the Matsushima who was holding a telescope knew that at the end of the telescope was a torpedo ship that had been far behind the crane fleet since departing from the Sasebo Naval Base, and although the torpedo ship was about the same size as the Akagi, it always gave him a sense of foreboding.

"What's wrong?" Ito tilted his head and looked at the small black dot in the distance, in fact, he had already seen the torpedo ship, but he didn't pay much attention to it, because the destroyer was flying the Chilean Navy flag and the neutral flag.

"He's been following us and that makes me feel really bad." Omoto said after thinking about it.

"Ogamoto-kun, remember! You are a soldier of the Great Empire, the captain of the flagship of the Combined Fleet, stop believing those damn instincts, soldiers can only trust cannons and bayonets, His Majesty the Emperor is praying for us. Ito Yuhiro said coldly: "That's just a Chilean Navy torpedo ship that came to watch the battle, is there still less such ships in this sea area now?" Since they want to see it, let them see the majesty of the combined fleet of this empire! ”

"Hey." Omoto knew that he had answered, but Yu Guang still glanced at the black spot.

"Order, all ships immediately raise the American [***] flag to confuse the Chinese people! Let the 1st Guerrilla Force speed up, I want to know as soon as possible where the Chinese fleet has arrived. ”

"Hey!" Omoto knew that he hurriedly turned around to deliver the order.

At this time, Shiki Kayama, who was standing on the Saikyo Maru, also saw the black spot, but he thought the same thing as Ito Yuhyung, so he quickly forgot about it and focused his attention on the fleet that was sailing at the moment.

But they didn't know that dozens of kilometers away from him, there was a huge fleet that was quietly rising and falling with the sea, like a giant beast dormant in the deep sea, waiting for the best time.

Where is the best time to strike?

In the command tower, only a few people knew the full plan, and even a few captains did not know when to set off.

In the cabin, it was so quiet that it could be heard that the flying bridge on the bridge was already full of officers and staff officers snorting and smoking, since Li Mo set up a small cigarette factory in Honolulu, more than half of the cigarettes in the cigarette factory were purchased by the army.

The cigarette butt flickered on and flickered, reflecting on every face, and the dark cheeks were tense, and from time to time he glanced into the distance.

Everyone is waiting!

Suddenly, a quick and nervous report came from the closed communication room: "Report, the Exocet reported that the fleet was divided into four cruisers, namely Yoshino, Takachiho, Akitsuzu, Naniwa, and Zeng Fan, and all raised the American flag at the same time. ”

Everyone threw away their cigarette butts and squeezed into the cramped command tower, enclosing the not-so-large chart table three layers inside and three layers outside!

Under the gaze, Chen Ping still seemed to be unhurried, but his slightly trembling hand betrayed his mood. I saw him take out a few wooden boat models from under the table, mark them with a pen and mark them with the words "Yueben" and "Daqing" respectively, and put them on the chart.

"It's despicable! Lee, I didn't expect there to be someone as despicable as you! Simmons didn't seem to see Chen Ping's actions, and his eyes finally stayed on the cabin at the back with the door closed and only a small window. I was secretly surprised in my heart, "What kind of thing does this guy Li Mo use to achieve such long-distance communication." Although he had approached and tried to go in and have a look, he was chased away by the two guards at the door whenever he went.

He went to Li Mo and begged Chen Ping, but he was rejected on the grounds that it involved military secrets, although he was itchy and uncomfortable at the moment, he could only stand in front of the chart with his surname, watching Chen Ping hold a few wooden carved boat models, swinging around according to the mysterious report inside.

"You're despicable! I want to hit the young master's radio idea, but there is no door! Young Master Li greeted Simmons with his middle finger, and his eyes were more focused on the chart.

"I'm pretty cunning!" Long Guozhang stood on the side, holding his beard, watching Chen Ping divide the small boat representing the warship on the chart, and suddenly walked forward, saying: "The four forwards are all fast ships, the artillery is not very powerful, but the rate of fire is very fast, it seems that Yue himself is also worried about the second ship of Dingzhen." ”

"Report, the Swordfish returns, and the Beiyang Naval Division Dingyuan hangs the dragon flag and starts to return!" Without waiting for everyone to nod, the sound of the report came again.

When the words came, Li Mo suddenly got up, his heart beat violently after a snap, and he looked down at his watch, nine o'clock! It's exactly the same as history! Suddenly, a stream of blood rushed to his brain.

The Battle of the Yellow Sea is about to begin!

Is it to let Beiyang fail? Or to make new history?

Li Mo took a deep breath and suppressed the growing flame in his chest