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Chapter 154: Good News!

Looking at the three behemoths less than 200 meters away from him, Sean was stunned for nearly a minute before he came back to his senses! At that moment, he didn't even bother to wipe the toothpaste sticking to his mouth, so he hurriedly ran to the jǐng clock hanging in the bow of the ship, grabbed the hammer, and slammed it down with all his might! Although he didn't know if the three battleships were hostile to the British Empire! But being unknowingly approached to such a distance was too dangerous for the Neptune ironclad!

"Bell ......!"

The crisp and thick sound of the bell, in the quiet atmosphere of the morning, especially on the sea without any obstruction, spread far away! Awakened all the officers and men of the sleeping huge fleet and the warships of Britain, France and Germany!

Listening to the hurried bell, Henrik suddenly got up from his bed, just put on his pajamas, opened the door with an anxious expression, walked out of the captain's lounge, grabbed a disheveled soldier who was running to his battle position in a hurry, and asked very quickly: "Sgt. Officer, what happened? Why is our jǐng bell ringing? Is there an enemy attacking us?"

White was already anxious, but he was suddenly grabbed by someone, flashed, and almost took him on his heels! But after seeing that it was the captain who was questioning, he hurriedly suppressed all the anger that had not yet risen in his heart!

"Captain! Engine Room Sergeant Sean White reports to you!"

Looking at his standard military salute, after Henrik returned the salute, he asked with a serious expression: "Okay! Sergeant, please answer my question just now!"

"Report to the captain! Just now I heard from them that three warships of unknown nationality approached within 200 meters of our ship! So, some soldiers rang the jǐng bell on the ship! What is the specific situation? I don't know too well!"

"Ships of unknown nationality! Could it be them?" Henrik muttered thoughtfully after waving him down. Thinking of a possibility, his eyes lit up, he turned back to his bedroom, quickly put on his military uniform, grabbed the military hat on the table, and quickly thought about the command tower located in the bow of the ship and ran away!

"Captain, look!" Baker looked at Henrik who ran in, looking a little weird, and with some disbelief, he handed the telescope in his hand to his hand, who was breathing a little fast!

At this time, he didn't care about being polite, took the telescope in the hands of the first mate, looked through the observation window of the bridge, and hurriedly looked in the direction pointed by Beck!

However, the fog on the sea was not very thick, but the visibility was still very low! but with the help of the telescope, Henrik was still able to vaguely see their general outlines!

"Sure enough, it's them, but why is there one missing, is it a loss in the naval battle with the Dutch yesterday?" Henrik confirmed his suspicions, but at the same time the curiosity in his heart became stronger!

"Beck, did the Dutch pursuit fleet return last night?" asked Henrik as he put down his binoculars and turned his head sharply.

Looking at the inquiry that came out of his face, Baker shook his head with a complicated expression, and said: "I have already asked the officer on duty just now, and they said that they have not found any news of the five Dutch ironclad ships! Moreover, they have never seen them return to the combined fleet of the two countries! Of course, it may also be because it is too dark for them to find ......!" Even he himself couldn't help but shake his head when he said this, although he still had some difficulty accepting the fact that the five ironclad ships of the Dutch were defeated by a group of Chinese navy that had only risen from the East Indies for two years! But he understood the quality of the British Royal Navy soldiers, and he would never fail to detect the movements of the combined fleet of the Netherlands and Portugal, which was only 500 meters away! Moreover, if the Dutch fleet returned victorious, they would definitely celebrate their victory with a grand drinking party, and show off their exploits to the British Empire with this war!

Glancing at the complicated and incomprehensible expression on his face, Henrik couldn't help but shake his head, he knew that his old friend from an aristocratic background looked down on these yellow people in the Far East from the bones! But the facts are the facts, the Chinese People's Army did defeat the five ironclad ships sent by the Netherlands!

Looking at the huge expeditionary fleet in the distance, Henrik suddenly became a little expectant! Because from the previous war that he didn't know the process, he suddenly felt that the naval strength of the Chinese People's Army might really not be as weak as everyone thought before!

"If this is the case, then a sea battle of the century may break out soon!" Henrik couldn't help but muttered to himself with a solemn look and a sense of joy as he looked at the three warships hidden in the mist.

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"Young master, young master, good news, good news......!"

Early in the morning, Huo Feng's high-pitched voice, accompanied by his excited tone, disturbed the tranquility of the backyard of Huojia Villa!

"What's your name in the morning?" After a long yawn in his pajamas, Huo Shan came to open the door and looked at Huo Feng, who was running towards here, and asked angrily.

"Young Master, the Navy has won a great victory!"

"Oh, great naval victory...... What?Navy?" Huo Shan's head was still a little confused as soon as he got out of bed!

"Lu Han defeated the combined fleets of the Netherlands and Portugal! But it shouldn't be, according to the battle plan drawn up by the Admiralty and the speed of the fleets of the two countries, they still have more than three days to enter the war zone! How can the navy be able to win now! Is the timing wrong?"

"Young Master, it's not Lu Han and them, it's Chen Jin's Sea Eagle Escort Fleet!" Huo Feng, who was excited, couldn't tell clearly for a while, and finally directly stuffed the wireless telegram he received into Huo Shan's hands!

didn't care about blaming Huo Feng for disturbing his dreams, and after taking the telegram, Huo Shan didn't think the ground was dirty, and sat directly on the bluestone steps in front of the door!

The telegram was very long, from the time the Dutch sent a fleet to expel the five Sea Hawk tracking fleets, to after a series of sea maneuvers, they used their superiority in the speed and artillery of their warships to annihilate the enemy's five ironclad ships one by one.

Huo Shan looked at the telegram carefully, and Shen Sè also kept changing with the description of the text, until after seeing the eight Sea Hawk-class warships annihilating all five ironclad ships, his right hand slapped on his thigh, and Shen Sè said loudly with joy: "Okay! Chen Jin and Cui Chengxiu did a great job! Make full use of the advantages of their own warships in speed, divide the enemy's strength, fight more and less, and finally destroy the Dutch five battleships! Moreover, without these five ironclad ships, the strength of the combined fleets of the Netherlands and Portugal has plummeted! It also makes it easier for us to win them! They did a great job! We must be rewarded!"

Listening to the young master's words of praise and the smile of surprise on his face, Huo Feng, as the minister of the Admiralty, was also honored! In the past, limited by his own strength in the Huo family's army, he could only watch his brothers in the army fight in the south and the north, opening up territory for the Huo family's army! Now, after more than two years of hard training and cultivation, the Huo family's army and navy finally have a record that can be mastered!

Patting Huo Feng on the shoulder, Huo Shan understood his current mood, the navy was like Huo Feng's status in his heart! It was they little by little, through their own hard work, that they had borne today's fruitful results! Only their own hearts could understand the ups and downs of the situation!

"Let the navy tow those four damaged battleships back to the Kaohsiung shipyard for repair, and gradually transform and upgrade them, and join our navy service! As for the intact Turquoise ironclad cruiser!" After a pause, Huo Shan touched his smooth chin, and after thinking for a while, he continued to say: "Select a part of the soldiers from our nearby patrol ships and naval bases, familiarize themselves with it in these three days, and then join our ambush fleet to make up for our lack of warships!" However, its speed is slow and cannot keep up with the rhythm of our warships, so let him deal with the small-tonnage gunboats of the joint expeditionary force of the two countries!"

"I understand, young master, I'm going to send a telegram!" After listening to his words, Huo Fengshen said excitedly, and ran out of the small courtyard in a hurry!

Looking at his back farther and farther away, Huo Shan couldn't help but shake his head and smile, and said secretly in his heart: "It seems that Huo Feng has been completely stimulated by the news of the navy's victory this time!"