In the sixth year of the Ming Dynasty, on December 18, Dajin Guoxianmen Pass Airship Field.

Although it is approaching the end of the year, it is still a busy scene, and several open spaces that have been turned into airship take-off and landing fields are either taking off and landing airships or waiting to be loaded and unloaded - because the victory of the Dajin Kingdom in Peshawar has made the Ming Empire realize their value, so the Lend-Lease supplies are constantly arriving. In order to transport all kinds of military supplies to the Peshawar front line as soon as possible and hand them over to Wu Fax's army, the Ming side adopted the method of airship air transportation at any cost, transferred more airships, and opened up a fixed route of Yining Pass-Xianmen Pass-Amu Darya Daying.

Among them, Xianmen Pass is not only close to Bagua City, the capital of the Dajin Kingdom, but also in the center of the all-day route. Therefore, the Xianmenguan airship field is an extremely important project, and it must be built well. It is necessary to build not only airship take-off and landing sites, but also warehouses for storing airships, workshops for repairing airship equipment, warehouses for storing ordinary materials, gas stations for storing hydrogen, arsenals for storing weapons and ammunition, oil depots for storing gasoline, and so on.

And hydrogen, gasoline, and ammunition are all flammable and explosive things, so they must be stored separately, and each warehouse cannot store too many explosive materials, and the warehouses must be separated by thick earthen walls, which is really very particular.

In order to build this logistics hub of "southbound printing" as soon as possible, Emperor Daoguang mobilized tens of thousands of people to work hard for several months. A huge airship base has finally taken on a little bit of appearance.

A Wyvern-3 airship had already released most of the hydrogen in the airbag and slowly descended to a height of two or three meters on a flat ground covered with snow. Seeing that the airship had descended, the ground crew guarding a wooden shed on the edge of the flat land rushed out and walked briskly towards the airship, ready to drag the ropes thrown from the cabin to help the airship land smoothly.

Zhuge Weidao and He Shen were both standing in the cabin of this airship, talking in a low voice while watching the people outside busy working.

"And senior brother, the construction speed of the Xianmenguan airship field is really fast, it was very simple when I left last time, and now it has begun to take shape, next time I come to Dajin Country, I don't know what this airship field will change?"

"Senior Brother Daozi, you have changed fast enough, when I met you in Petersburg, you were still a major, and now you ...... Qualified enough to take the military division, right? He Shen inquired around the corner, "See you next time, shouldn't the old man call you Zhuge Military Master?" ”

"Hahaha, it's not easy to pass that military division test," Zhuge said haha, and then changed the topic with a smile, "But the junior brother has established the credit this time, and he can be promoted to the top half rank and go to the Beiyang Fleet to be the captain of a cruiser." ”

"Oh, the ...... of the Beiyang Fleet," He Shen nodded, "Wouldn't that be going around Japan a lot?" ”

"Yes," Zhuge nodded for the road, "It's true that I have to go to Japan often, the Beiyang Fleet has Kushiro Military Port in Ezo in Japan, and the Naha Military Port in the Ryukyu State in the south of Japan, and according to the "Ezo Peace Treaty", the warships of the Beiyang Fleet also have the right to visit Mito, Nagoya, Osaka, Nagasaki and other ports in Japan at any time. ”

He Shenxin said: "Your Ming Beiyang Fleet says that it is to defend the interests of the Ming Dynasty in the North Pacific, but in fact it is looking at Japan...... This time, let you go to Beiyang for Dao, an expert in trouble, it looks like he is going to engage Japan!

This incident also shows from another aspect that the Ming Dynasty really has a big plan to compete with Britain for world hegemony - the Ming Dynasty has been oppressing Japan in the past, but it has not crushed Japan to death. This was nothing in the past, even if Japan hooked up with the British, Daming didn't have to be afraid. After all, Daming and Daying didn't tear their faces, what can Japan do by itself? Challenging the super power of Daming alone? It's simply impossible! But once the Ming Dynasty is determined to break with the British, then it will be necessary to completely subdue Japan before the break!

If the Ming Dynasty really began to engage Japan, it would mean that the Ming Dynasty had already regarded Britain as a paper tiger with a strong foreign power and a dry middle through the temptation of the Battle of Peshawar. A formal break, it's only a matter of time!

So...... Gotta add money! If Britain wants to buy the temporary tranquility of India, it will have to pay a little more money to Dajin! ”

As soon as He Shen thought of this, the bottom of the airship suddenly shook, and it had landed firmly on the ground. Zhuge Weidao's journey is not over yet, he will wait on this airship for Nalandili, Yu De, Yu Hui and others to come to rendezvous, and then fly to Ili together, where they will change trains and return to China. So he arched his hand at He Shen and said with a smile: "Let's not live here...... There will be a period later! ”

He Shen also smiled: "Okay, good, there will be a meeting later...... I love to hear that! Senior Brother Daozi, you and I have forgotten the New Year, and now we are in a hurry to go our separate ways, Senior Brother, I will also send you a word...... Four words, be careful of the Japanese people! The dog is anxious to jump over the wall, the rabbit is anxious and bites, let alone the widow? And I also saw a lot of those Japanese warrior brothers when I traveled to Europe back then, and all of them were holding back an evil energy, and they all looked extremely vicious! ”

Zhuge Weidao is very clear and what He Shen said!

Although the Ming Dynasty has been suppressing Japan very hard in the past many years, it has not crushed Japan, and the Japanese are still gritting their teeth and trying to achieve their industrialization.

This illustrates...... The feudal samurai of Japan are also the same as the children of the Eight Banners of the Dajin Kingdom, and they have not yet given up!

When the hatch of the airship opened, Zhuge Weidao arched his hand at He Shen and said, "Senior brother, don't worry, junior brother understands!" ”

......

At this time in Edo, Japan, outside the huge Edo Castle, not far from the Sakurada Gate, there is a mansion that looks ordinary on the outside, but in and out are some samurai wearing blue military uniforms in a combination of Japanese and Western styles - all carrying the iconic katana! And there is a small wooden plaque next to the gate of this mansion with five Chinese characters written on it - Navy Commissioner's Office!

"Baga, what do these Englishmen want to do? At this time, a fleet was actually sent to Japan, and it was necessary to circumnavigate the ocean east of the Philippines from Australia...... Don't they know that this is a wartime shipping lane? ”

The one who was shouting and complaining about the British Empire was a twenty-seven or eighteen-year-old high-ranking samurai with a rare obese figure in Japan (just a little fat by the standards of the Ming Dynasty), and his facial features were quite upright. I saw that he was wearing a military uniform that was a combination of Japanese and Western, but he had clogs on his feet, and a Japanese-style Tsukiyo head was shaved on his head, walking back and forth in a Japanese-style room, looking very excited.

This is not an ordinary high-level samurai, but a very high-level samurai! He was a military commissioner of the Japanese Shogunate Navy and the heir of the Mito Tokugawa family, Tokugawa Saiaki. He had studied the navy in England earlier, and after returning to Japan, he was reused by the shogunate, and became a naval commissioner at a young age.

And listening to him was a Japanese shogunate naval officer of the same age, who looked a little thin, and had a black and red face with a tight tens. This is also a big shot! He is the heir of the Shimazu family, Shimazu Qiliang, the same Shimazu Qiliang who wants to compete with Zhuge for the big black sky! He was also Qi Zhao's classmate when he was studying in the UK, and now he is an official and a naval staff officer.

"Lord Hon," after Tokugawa Saiaki finished complaining about the British, Shimazu Sairyo just sneered, "Now all we need is a chance to break the situation of not dying and living for a hundred years." As long as Great Britain and Great Ming can have a dragon and lion fight, then the opportunity for our Japan to rise will come...... Daying needs us to contain Daming, and Daming will come up with enough price to win us over in order to stabilize the rear! Japan's future lies above this world war! ”

Tokugawa Qizhao turned his head and looked at Shimazu Qiliang: "Shimazu-kun, what are you going to do?" ”

Shimazu Qiliang said: "Japan must not follow the ideas of the British Empire and the Ming Empire to move towards destruction step by step...... Japan is going to try to provoke a dragon and lion dispute! Japan is worth it only if they fight! ”