The Pacific Fleet's main formation, the flagship Polaris.

"The Flying Fish reported that the Sky Survey and the Sea Patrol have completed the planned plan to lure the enemy, and are currently retreating in the direction of the main formation."

Listening to the sound of the communication room, Chen Ping and Long Guozhang's eyes lit up at the same time, and after the two glanced at each other, Long Guozhang took the lead in shouting: "Right full rudder!" Full. ”

"Raise the battle flag! Pull the alarm, first-class combat readiness! ”

"Repeat, raise the battle flag! Level 1 Combat Readiness! It's not acting! It's not acting! The second officer took the phone and shouted.

With the order of Long Guozhang, the entire fleet was like an explosion, alarm bells, whistles! Everywhere were running sailors and officers, and the gun jackets were pulled open, revealing the hideous muzzles.

The turret began to rotate, aiming at the direction in which the ship was about to appear, one after another huge shells were filled into the barrel, the gunners kept a close eye on the observation window, and those staff officers also began to mark the positions of each ship on the chart, while modifying the whereabouts of the fleet according to the information transmitted by the reconnaissance ship, and at the same time preparing to come up with an auxiliary plan at any time.

The whole world seemed to be in turmoil.

Li Mo sat in the lounge with coffee, Simmons sat next to him, holding a pen and writing and drawing in a small notebook, I don't know what I was remembering, although Li Mo wanted to see it, but this nasty bearded man refused Master Li's request on the grounds of confidentiality.

"it! I'm waiting for the young master here! Didn't I just not let you see the radio room? Li Mo slammed his middle finger at Simmons' back, and suddenly, a sharp whistle broke the silence in the room.

Simmons Huo Ran closed the notebook, Li Mo also drank the coffee in one gulp, and after glancing at each other, the two quickly opened the hatch and ran towards the command tower.

After the two of them arrived at the command tower, the command tower was immediately locked from the inside, and watching the movements of the sailors outside from the porthole, the two finally knew that this was no longer the drill that had been carried out many times along the way!

"Yuanshou, where is the ship?"

Seeing that Li Mo's face had returned to normal, Chen Ping immediately reported: "The Sky Survey and the Sea Patrol have already exchanged fire with them, and they are currently retreating here. Chen Ping looked at the table below: "It is estimated that you will be able to see them in ten minutes." ”

"Firefight!"

Simmons swallowed, because Chen Ping used mostly English when he was present, and he appreciated the fact that the Pacific Fleet did not hide from him, and asked, "Li, how are you going to fight?" ”

Let's go!

Chen Ping finally regained some smiles on his face, stood in front of the chart, pointed to the ships that were getting closer and closer, and explained to Simmons: "Our plan is to disguise the two ships of the Survey as Qing warships to lure the ships to pursue into the ambush circle, and then rely on the superiority of artillery to take the lead in eating this forward, and then the Determination and Courage will lead the four ships of Sky Survey, Sea Patrol, and Flying Fish and Swordfish to form two detachments and make a detour to the rear of the main formation. ”

Chen Ping made a gesture of closing around.

As the leader of the younger generation of the Chilean Navy, Simmons' eyes immediately lit up when he heard Chen Ping's plan, not to mention that at this moment, the Pacific Fleet has an absolute advantage in both firepower and tonnage, and this plan to lure the enemy alone is very perfect.

What's more, people say that they have just gone through a hard battle, most of the warships have been traumatized, and a few have even lost their combat effectiveness, and it is already good to be able to exert sixty percent of their strength at this moment, even if they fight a battle in a dignified manner, they will definitely die, not to mention a sneak attack!

As time passed, Li Mo couldn't help but be a little nervous, and the officers around him were also short of breath, looking down from the command tower, many of the soldiers behind the turret were already sweating nervously!

After all, this is their first battle, and nervousness is inevitable. And this tension cannot be soothed by singing a few songs and telling a few jokes, as it is said in the novel, and this tension and fear of the big war can only be relieved by victory, so the first wave of attack is extremely important!

"Mast whistle report, a large column of smoke to the northeast."

The first mate took the telephone receiver and glanced at the somewhat silent command tower.

Chen Ping was the first to come to his senses, and after gently pushing Long Guozhang, he shouted: "Calculate the ocean current, calculate the wind speed, and each gun position can adjust its own shooting Zhu Yuan and prepare to pick up the station." ”

"Thank you." After being pushed, Long Guozhang finally woke up, glanced at Chen Ping gratefully, and then ordered: "Raise the fleet flag and prepare for battle!" ”

As the commander gave the battle order, a distinctive set of battle flags was quickly raised from the ships and fluttered in the sea breeze of hunting.

Simmons also quickly pointed his telescope at the Antarctic Star beside him, and looked at the Pacific Fleet naval flag raised high and saw it for the first time, and was a little surprised.

The background color of the battle flag is sky blue, with three white stripes on the lower part, representing the sea, and a cloud of fire like blood embroidered on it, while a golden dragon claw pokes out from the fire cloud, and on the dragon claw, there is also a broken sword that looks like a warship.

Although he did not draw the entire dragon like the Beiyang Naval Master, this sudden dragon claw did not make people feel funny at all, but under the background of the fire clouds, it became more hideous and terrifying.

"You designed this?" Simmons glanced at Li Mo curiously.

"Do you admire me? Worship me? If you want me to design a flag for the Chilean Navy, you can do that! Wow Ka Ka ....... "Young Master Li was triumphant.

Bah! And what else is there to say with such guys! Simmons turned his head and ran to Chen Ping's side, glanced at the navy flag with envy and smacked his lips, then again, this design is really not bad!

"Report, the Sky Survey is here!"

"It's coming!" ――

"Report, a large number of plumes of smoke have been found ahead, suspected to be a fleet!"

Hearing the report and looking at the two cruisers in front of him, Kawara suddenly had a very bad feeling, how could there be a fleet here? Maybe the observers were mistaken, just an ordinary fleet of passing boats?

"How far are we from this camp?" Seeing that the Yoshino was getting closer and closer to those pillars of smoke, Kawahara's uneasiness became more and more intense, and he hurriedly asked the first mate beside him.

"Report, we're eight nautical miles out of our camp right now!"

"Eight nautical miles!" Looking at the charts, Kawahara realized that he had been taken so far by these two cruisers, if those pillars of smoke were really a fleet, if they had bad intentions?

Kawahara Yaoichi's vest was instantly wet with cold sweat, but he quickly vetoed his opinion, at this time, the Beiyang Fleet had already been beaten by himself and fled, how could there be an enemy here.

Thinking of this, Kawahara smiled self-deprecatingly, it seemed that he was overly concerned, and hurriedly ordered: "Don't care about the rest, speed up, and be sure to catch these two cruisers." ”

"Yes." The staff officer quickly ran out to convey the order, and at the same time, the Akitsuzu and Takachiho also came to the same conclusion as the Yoshino, and no longer cared about the smoke column that was getting closer and closer in the distance, but pursued the two Daqing cruisers flying the dragon flag with all their might.

However, before the order could reach the various gun positions, a huge fleet had already jumped out of the ground line, and seeing the opponent's lineup, Kawahara almost sat on the deck.

It's too big!

This was the first impression that the unknown fleet on the other side brought to Kawahara, especially the two behemoths in the middle, which were almost twice as large as the two ships of Dingyuan Zhenyuan just now, and the Yoshino was like a child who had not grown up in front of them.

Even the ships around them were much larger than the Yoshino, and looking at the thick and hideous barrels, Kawahara's eyes turned red for a moment. What made him even more stunned was that at this time, the opponent was actually in a battle formation, all the warships were lined up, and the front and rear main guns moved up and down, obviously aimed at themselves.

"Yaga! Ask them who they are! Tell them that this is the first guerrilla group of the combined fleet of the Great Empire, and it is ordered to hunt down enemy ships, and there is no hostility! ”

Kawahara yelled wildly, and the other officers also realized that something was wrong and ran quickly towards the mast. In less than a moment, the communications officer brought the other party's flag message.

"Report, received the flag, they said they were the Hawaiian Pacific Fleet, asked us why we were attacking their cruisers, and said that in thirty seconds if there was no explanation, they would automatically go to war."

"Hawaiian Pacific Fleet? When did I attack their cruisers? In the face of accusations, Kawahara was dumbfounded. However, his doubts were quickly answered by the staff officers who came to report.

"Report, the two cruisers we are pursuing have flown the flag of the Pacific Fleet, and the flag has been called."

"Say what!" Kawahara yelled as he felt like he was going to explode.

"Say, let you cut your stomach immediately, and they won't sink our ship!"

Kawahara Yaoichi's face was pale, and he trembled with anger, "Yaga! It's a conspiracy, a trap! I'm going to kill these bastards! He knew that he and the First Guerrilla had fallen into a well-laid trap, and that it was too late to say anything. So he immediately untied his neckline, pulled it hard, and ordered: "Open fire!" For the sake of the Empire, fight to the death! ”

Rumble!

As a day's smoke erupted from the foredeck of the Yoshino, a thick column of water suddenly rose from a hundred meters away from the hull of the Antarctic Star. The angry Ji Weishan jumped straight to his feet, these bastards actually dared to attack Lao Tzu first.

"Is there an order for the flagship?" Ji Weishan, who was staring at the Yoshino viciously, shouted.

"There is, the flagship order, concentrate fire, be sure to hit the Yoshino!" One of the staff officers, who had been staring at the flagship, heard the inquiry and immediately shouted. Almost at the same time, the long-suppressed roar sounded in the command bridge of the rest of the ships!

"Then what are you waiting for, call me!"

"Whatever they just beat, call me back!"

"Hit back!"

(To be continued)