On December 24, 1832, the heavenly brother Jesus. The night of Christ's birthday.

Sea Solomon.

103 fleet, flagship, large light cruiser Kong Minh.

Hong Renkun, an observer from Huaxian County, Guangdong, glanced up at the starry sky, then drew a cross on his chest, folded his hands, bowed to the west, and prayed in a low voice in an official dialect with a Hakka accent: "Heavenly Father Emperor God, Heavenly Brother Jesus is above, you must bless me Hong Renkun of Huaxian County, Guangdong Province to make meritorious contributions, and you can add points to be admitted to the Naval Academy in the future...... When the time comes, I, Hong Renkun, will be able to glorify my ancestors, and I will definitely shape the golden body for my Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother in the future, Amen!"

This Hakka youth in Guangdong named Hong Renkun turned out to be a believer in the Church of God...... Oh, speaking of this worship of God, I have to mention that Zhuge Zhongshan again. His hometown was very wary of the missionary activities of the Roman ecumenical church, and immediately after the unification of southern China, he took back Macao, and issued the "Order of Worship of God", announcing that all the god-worshipping sects in the Ming Dynasty would be unified into the God Worship Society, which was incorporated into the management system of monks and Taoists in the Ming Dynasty.

And this God worship society is under the care and care of the monks of Shaolin Temple, the heavenly masters of Longhu Mountain, the great lamas of the snowy region, and the military advisors of the Zhuge family, which are exhausted, in Guangdong, Fujian, and Jiangnan to carry out activities to spread the gospel of God the Father.

Of course, under the care and care of the military advisors of the Zhuge family, the image of God the Heavenly Father is also different from that of the West, basically the Jade Emperor changes his clothes, and the Heavenly Brother Jesus has also become the image of the crown prince of the Jade Emperor family...... However, unlike the Western Protestant, Old Orthodox Church, which was regarded as a heresy, the Worship of God today is a branch of Christianity on an equal footing with the Roman Ecumenical Church, the Rakshasa Orthodox Church, and the Anglican Church.

From time to time, the archmages of the Worship of God would visit Rome, Moscow, and London to exchange experiences of worshipping God, but no one dared to say that they were heretics......

In the conference room of the Kong Ming, Guo Xiaobao, who served as the commander of the team for the first time, was standing with his arms held against the window covered by thick curtains, watching the staff officers under his hands point to the charts and discuss calculations, and his dark face became darker and darker.

After receiving the order from Zhuge Weidao to search and ambush the British Grand Fleet, he left the Truk Lagoon with his cruiser and broke into the Solomon Sea all the way south!

The Solomon Sea is a fragmented sea with thousands of islands dotted about, called the Solomon Islands, and for the 103rd Fleet (also known as the Third Fleet of the Pacific Fleet), which has only armored cruisers, large light cruisers, second-class cruisers, and destroyers, it is undoubtedly the best choice to ambush the main force of the British Royal Navy in this area.

But the premise is that the main force of the British Royal Navy has to go north through the Solomon Sea, and if they go to the New Guinea Sea, then Guo Xiaobaoke will be in the air!

However, Guo Xiaobao is not completely unsure of the blind rush...... His choice of the Solomon Sea was also deliberate, firstly, the Solomon Sea was located in the middle of the three main passages leading from the waters near Australia to Pearl Harbor, and if he bet on the wrong treasure, he would have changed course and chased after him, most likely in time to catch up; Second, the waters east of the New Guinea Sea and the Solomon Islands are relatively "clean", and it is difficult for Guo Xiaobao's fleet to "hide"; Third, Guo Xiaobao is now using the strategy of "pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger"! Diving into the broken waters of the Solomon Islands is more like a "weak" pig! What if it were placed in the New Guinea Sea or in the open sea east of the Solomon Islands, and it looked like a group of hunters with powerful torpedoes, and the British paper tigers were too scared to come?

In fact, the strength of the 103 fleet is not weak at all, this fleet has two "heroes", four "Kong Ming", six "heroes" and eighteen "escorts", a total of 30 cruisers and destroyers! Although there are no big guys like battleships and battle cruisers, these 30 cruisers and destroyers are all "heavy mine-type", all equipped with medium or heavy gas steam torpedoes of 530 mm and 630 mm caliber, and their lethality in night combat is extremely amazing.

In addition, the speed of these 30 boats is extremely fast, and it is completely possible to hit and run...... If they throw the torpedo in their hands a handful

, and if the enemy is chasing!

And in order to have a better chance of finding the British fleet in the fragmented waters of the Solomon Islands, he can also make himself appear weaker. After Guo Xiaobao led the fleet into the Solomon Sea, he scattered the 30 ships into 6 formations, each formation was a hero or a Kong Ming, plus a strong man and three escorts, a total of 5 cruisers and destroyers...... Although there were only 5 ships, they were not at all afraid of the British Grand Fleet, which had hundreds of ships.

According to reliable information, the "Pigeon" planes that the British obtained from the Austrians could not hang bombs at all, so they could only undertake the air defense of the fleet, and could not deal with surface ships at all.

And the speed of the "Hero", "Kong Ming", "Hero", and "Escort" was something that the British battleships, armored cruisers, and cruisers of the second and third classes could not catch up with at all, and only their destroyers could catch up. However, the kind of destroyers that are less than 1,000 tons and do not have long-range torpedoes cannot deal with the powerful "heroes", "Kong Ming", and "strong men" at all, nor can they catch up with the "escorts" after the torpedoes are exhausted.

It can be said that Guo Xiaobao has now calculated everything that can be calculated, and everything that can be installed is in place. And according to the report of the 103rd detachment of the 2nd fleet this afternoon, their seaplanes have spotted a large formation of the British in the waters of the Coral Sea, southwest of the Solomon Sea...... As for whether the British will come to the Sea of Solomon, then it will only be left to fate!

Thinking of this, he turned around and opened the curtain a crack, the scenery outside the window was good, full of stars, the bright moon hung high, it was a night battle and torpedo weather, if the British did not come, it would be a waste!

At this time, in the foremast cage of the Kong Ming, Hong Renkun was holding a telescope and looking around very seriously, when suddenly a hazy black shadow swept by! He subconsciously shouted, "There is a situation!"

"What? What? Where?" Feng Yilong, who is a fellow villager with Hong Renkun and is one year older than him, is also an observer, and he is on night duty with him tonight.

"There, there, at 11 o'clock, about 10,000 meters...... It looks like a big one!" Hong Renkun said excitedly, "Thank you Heavenly Father, Emperor God, thank Heavenly Brother Jesus, Amen!"

Feng Yilong also drew a cross on his chest - in fact, there are not many believers in the worship of God, but the area of Huaxian in Guangdong has become one of the resettlement places for the Portuguese after King Zhuge Wuzhong ordered people to recover Macao, so the worship of God has spread there.

After drawing the cross, Feng Yilong also raised his binoculars to look over, and what came into his eyes was an armored cruiser...... Armored cruisers, big fish!

"God forbid, Yingyi is here!" Feng Yilong roared, immediately picked up the phone, and reported loudly: "Found Yingyi's armored cruiser, more than 10,000 away, 11 o'clock direction!"