The cruiser "Qiao Li" was the only capital ship of the entire Combined Fleet that suffered minor damage, and the key was that the power system was not damaged, and it could maneuver with the "Mercy" cruiser in a rage and maintain the illusion that the Combined Fleet was powerful.

You must know that among the 6 capital ships of the Combined Fleet, 4 of them were seriously damaged in power, including the flagship Matsushima, which could only maintain a low speed of 10~11 knots for emergency repairs.

If you start at full strength, the high-pressure steam pipes that have been hastily repaired in minutes will explode.

It is a cruiser of the same class as the flagship "Matsushima", with a displacement of 4,278 tons, a speed of 16 knots, and is equipped with one French-made 320mm Ghana main gun (specially designed to deal with the 355.6mm ironclad of "Dingyuan" and "Zhenyuan", of which the main gun of "Matsushima" is arranged in the rear of the warship), which is extremely targeted.

It is equipped with 11 120mm Armstrong rapid-fire guns, 6 47mm heavy Haggaeth rapid-fire guns, and 12 47mm light Haqikes rapid-fire guns.

The cruiser "Qiao Li" quickly left the fleet to meet it, stopped the cruiser "Mercy" approaching at high speed in the horizontal time, and gave a flag signal;

"The Great Fuso Imperial Navy is on a mission, and we have no intention of making enemies with you, please withdraw from the sea area when you come to ship."

"Japanese ships, please note that you have invaded our exclusive waters, wantonly killed villagers and garrisons, and in fact committed acts of war that violate international standards.

"I'm here for the Combined Fleet of the Fuso Imperial Navy, and I will be your enemy, please withdraw from this sea area as soon as possible to avoid unnecessary accidental attacks."

"Serious warning, the Japanese warship is already an act of war, and it must immediately stop its operations and withdraw from the sea area, otherwise it will bear all the consequences."

The ships of the two sides used flags to negotiate back and forth, and the cruiser "Qiao Li" firmly blocked the direction of advance, while the cruiser "Mercy" could only roam around the periphery, but could not stop the landing of the other side.

This made the admirals of the Fuso Combined Fleet very proud, and now the landing time was very good, and the opponent was weak and could not prevent the Fuso ship group from landing at all.

By the time the heavy cruiser White Tiger rushed back, it was already too late.

On the cruiser "Mercy".

Captain Zhu Qingxi's eyes looked coldly at the "Qiao Li" cruiser that was constantly changing and blocking the ship, and he had already regarded him as a dead man in his heart, and he could see how long he could jump.

"Send a coded telegram to the mobile strike fleet, informing them of the situation at the landing site and the disposition of enemy forces, requesting instructions on the next step."

"Yes, sir."

This was originally a game, and this move back to the army base camp of the Fuso Kingdom had long been expected by the army staff of the Ocean Kingdom, although it was not a certainty, but this possibility must be taken into account.

The Ocean Kingdom is not an insensitive, unaware Manchu Qing who is dying, and it is worth rejoicing that it has tightened its fence to prevent wolves from worrying, even if all the preparations are in vain.

Isn't it fortunate that the Ryukyu Kingdom was spared the devastation of war?

The real change was that the Political Intelligence Bureau planted a secret agent in the military affairs department of the General Staff Headquarters of Fuso National Headquarters, Major General Kawamoto, and successfully obtained the full text of the "Wind" plan, which prompted the events to begin to take a drastic turn.

This Major General Kawamoto Kino has a very poor sense of secrecy, and often takes confidential military documents home for review, giving Yamamoto the opportunity to get the secret "wind" plan.

Mimoto was fortunate enough to copy the classified documents overnight, and then cleverly put them back before dawn, without arousing the suspicion of Major General Kawamoto Kinsio, who broke his arm on the second day, and then left Tokyo in a wave of regret and returned to his hometown in Yamaguchi Prefecture to recuperate from his injuries.

The rest is simple, that is, to make a game to lure the other party into the bait.

The Fuso General Staff Headquarters' plan for the return of horses does not mean that it must be implemented, it is only a possible preparatory plan.

And what the Ocean Kingdom Staff has to do is to create a wonderful opportunity for the other party, the kind of opportunity that is very regrettable if you don't touch it easily, and you will definitely regret it for a long time when you return to Fusang Island.

So......

Dressed in the uniforms of the Royal Janissaries of the Ocean Kingdom, 3,600 Sulphur Mountain Residents boarded the ship and left the port of Naha and traveled thousands of miles to the Australian mainland.

The diplomats of the Ocean Kingdom, who investigated the truth of the Lushun massacre, exerted frequent pressure, had frequent contacts with diplomatic representatives of European and American countries, behaved very actively, and revealed their intention to demand huge compensation, which aroused great disgust from Fuso.

In April, in order to put pressure on the Fuso delegates who were negotiating, the heavy cruiser "White Tiger" stationed in Naha Port visited Jinmen with the cruiser "Loyalty" and then went to Lushun, and did not return for more than two months.

Now, the heavy cruiser "White Tiger" and the cruiser "Loyalty" went directly to Guangzhou in the south to visit, and even if it was the fastest speed, it would take five days and five nights to rush back.

Secretly, with the close cooperation of the Ryukyu Kingdom, 5,000 soldiers of the Second Division of the Royal Praetorian Guard were transported by passenger ship in the past two months, many defensive facilities, hidden forts and fortified positions were built, and the armed training of the Sulfur Mountain people was in full swing.

In addition, a large amount of weapons and equipment were sent to Naha Port, including 50 60-mm field guns and hundreds of heavy machine guns, and sufficient ammunition.

The Navy fleet dispatched the heavy cruiser "Suzaku" with five 4,000-ton cruisers to form a mobile strike formation, which has been in the sea east of the Ryukyu Islands since early June, waiting for an opportunity to be on standby.

As for the heavy cruiser of the "Suzaku" detected by Japanese spies, it was played by the flagship of the Borneo fleet, the "Blue Dragon", which frequently traveled between the two places in the past two months, and tens of thousands of tons of high-quality coal were burned.

The purpose was to create a false impression for the Japanese side, and the four deadly heavy cruisers of the Ocean Kingdom were all kept in the mainland and overseas provinces, and if they wanted to reach the Ryukyu Kingdom, the "White Tiger" heavy cruiser in Guangzhou was the closest, and it would take at least 5 days and 5 nights.

Even if I arrived, the daylily was cold.

"Report to the chief, the mobile strike formation is approaching at full speed and is expected to arrive in this area in an hour and 40 minutes."

"Well, there's enough time." Colonel Zhu Qingxi looked at the custom-made diamond watch on his wrist, revealing a look of bamboo in his chest.

It's 3:10 p.m., and 1 hour and 40 minutes later is 4:50 p.m., and there are still more than two hours before the sun sets.

Others can't see that Zhu Qingxi is a senior naval officer of the same era as Geng Guigui, Li Jie, and Wu Gang, and he can see that the Fusang Combined Fleet is just a false shelf, and it will fall down with a slight push.

At this moment, in the Fuso Combined Fleet, seeing that the other cruiser could not prevent the landing, there was a relaxed atmosphere up and down.

The captain of the "Matsushima" Omoto knew that the Navy Osa was standing in the bridge, and it was rare to make a joke; "Seeing this scene in front of me reminds me of the scene I saw before the expedition, where a fisherwoman from Owari was surrounded by several down-and-out samurai, screaming in panic and dodging, but she couldn't break through the encirclement."

"Oh, looks like she's going to enjoy the thoughtfulness of a couple of men."

"It's a shame I didn't see it to the end, you have to know that those country warriors are very rude, especially at times like these."

"Hahaha...... I understand that no man wants to be disturbed at this time. ”

There was a malicious laughter from the bridge, anyway, most of these lowly fishermen had to be sent to Nanyang to sell, so it was nothing to let the Yamato samurai enjoy it, could it be that there was still a piece of meat?

Although the thinking of Fusang people is quite strange, although they have experienced thousands of years of influence in the Han cultural circle, they still have a very weak view of the concept of chastity, otherwise, there would not be a scene of millions of young women going to Nanyang.

In their eyes, a young woman's body is a resource that can be sold, and there is nothing to be ashamed of.

on the beach

Lieutenant General Kuroki stepped on the soft white sand under his feet, breathed in the salty sea breeze, and walked forward step by step with great satisfaction, as if he had not seen the corpses floating in the sea.

The appearance of enemy cruisers in the distance made him smell a sense of crisis, and for the sake of safety, he had ordered the division headquarters to land first with him, and he could only feel safe with his feet on solid ground.

The rickety naval ships and cramped cabins filled with the smell of heavy oil made Vice Admiral Kuroki Weizhen extremely uncomfortable.

By the way, and the steak-eating naval officers, with the sour smell that the Brits can't get rid of, these damn Satsuma Clan stupid pigs!

At this moment, Lieutenant General Kuroki Weizhen didn't know at all that the telegrams of the consulates of various countries in Beiping City were about to explode, and what was delivered was a shocking news;

The Combined Fleet of Fuso, which protected the heavy transport of the ships, landed in the Ryukyu Kingdom on the return journey, shelled the fishing village on the shore, and killed and wounded the guards of the Ocean Kingdom, kicking off another war.

The Far East, which has just calmed down, is about to be chaotic again.

Native Australia

Sir Victor, the British Minister to the Ocean Kingdom, and Monsieur Jean-Pierre, Minister of France, were urgently seeking to see King Li Fushou, but they were doomed to make a trip in vain, for His Majesty had just taken a train to the south to inspect the country.

The timing is so coincidental, it's really maddening!

The wise man has realized that there is something wrong with it, but the problem is that no one can prevent the outbreak of war, and Sir Victor has the heart to scold his mother at this moment; The little Fusang country, just after winning a battle, I don't know how many catties and taels I have, this is the rhythm of crazy death!

Sir Victor, in particular, had just learned; The Navy General Staff sent a goodwill delegation led by the heavy cruiser Suzaku to the Kingdom of the Ryukyus for a goodwill visit and consolidate the friendship between the two sides.

Fart's Bangyi, it's really a bottomless trap! The stupid little devil of Fuso stepped in with one foot, which really made Sir Victor have the heart to kill.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty is now broken, and has just raised a little devil from Fusang to resist the southern invasion of Tsarist Russia, if he can't take care of himself by the Ocean Kingdom, then who will fight the Russians?

The British themselves are definitely not good, the French are allies of Tsarist Russia, and the Germans will not step on this pit, and it is even more useless to count on the kingdom of the ocean, he has long said that he will not step into the pit of the Far East.

What the hell is that now?

It is necessary to convey the serious concerns of Britain to the Ocean Kingdom, to keep the war within an acceptable range, and to teach the Fuso people a lesson, but not to cripple them.

The British were very clear about the fighting power of the Ocean Kingdom, and during the Civil War, the London cabinet still endured a bad breath after thinking about it, because the cost of intervention was too great for London to pay.

In this world, no one dares to call the calculating and shrewd British the second, and this is not bragging, but a series of brilliant victories piled up, and it is not adulterated at all.