The sky was very blue, if it weren't for a few white clouds floating in the sky, he wouldn't be able to tell which was the sky and which was the sea, Qiao Hailong stood silently on the deck of the bow of the ship, letting the sea breeze blow his clothes loudly. Qiao Hailong is very proud, as the general of the Daqing Shandong Naval Division, he also has enough proud capital, he has always felt that he is very lucky, yes, extremely lucky, a son of a boat family who is adrift in the sea can become a general in just five years, become the commander of the detachment of the fleet, he is indeed lucky enough, of course, all this luck comes from his own master - Prince Yi Yinzuo.

For people living on land, the sea is ruthless and dangerous, but for Qiao Hailong, the sea is his hometown, he was born on the sea, and he grew up on the sea, since he was a child, he followed his father Qiao Shan all over the world as his home, and he has long been accustomed to seeing the gentleness and violence of the sea, if it weren't for Prince Yi Yinzuo five years ago to take their father and son under his door, Qiao Hailong can only be a wanderer who takes the sea as his home, not the commander of today's vanguard fleet, for this, the Qiao family is grateful for the grace of their master, Qiao Hailong had already sworn that he would always be loyal to his master in this life, even if he was afraid of going up the sword mountain and going down to the sea of fire.

"My lord, I found a flock of birds ahead." The lookout post on the high mast woke up Qiao Hailong, who was contemplating, Qiao Hailong hurriedly raised the monocular in his hand and aimed into the distance, and sure enough, he found a flock of seabirds hovering in the sky in the distance, but it was far away, and it was not clear what kind of bird it was, but as long as a large-scale flock of foraging birds could be found on the sea, it proved that this place was not far from land. The ship traveled for a month and a half, and it was almost to the coast of Dongying, Qiao Hailong silently calculated the itinerary, and ordered loudly: "Drop the sails, stop the ship, and send a signal to the follow-up ships: Our fleet has arrived in the Dongying sea area, please give a combat order to the marshal." In addition, all ships are ready for combat, and all ships pay close attention to the movements around the sea area, and sink any ship as soon as it is detected. ”

The lookout post on the mast immediately waved two small flags, one red and one green, to convey Qiao Hailong's order to the subsequent ships, and after a while, the large fleet composed of more than 150 ships of all kinds stopped, and each ship raised a red flag indicating that it had entered a state of alert, and the sailors and soldiers of each ship were suddenly busy, a busy scene before the war. Most of the time, the Chinese flagship sent a signal - the commanders of each detachment immediately went to the flagship to hold a pre-battle preparation meeting. Qiao Hailong kept the ships of the forward fleet on guard, and he took a traffic boat, rowed by more than a dozen sailors to the flagship of the Chinese army.

"Marshal, our army has now entered the Dongying Sea, about 50 nautical miles away from Fujiang Island, and 80 nautical miles away from Nagasaki, our fleet is currently roughly in this position, and no Japanese fishing boats have been found at present, and our fleet has not been exposed, please instruct the marshal." Qiao Hailong pointed to the chart and signaled to coach Yinyu and deputy coach Liu Shuangcheng.

Yinyu's eyes were glued to the chart, and he thought silently, according to Yinzuo's battle plan planned in advance, it was time for the fleet to divide its forces when it arrived here, and the main force of the landing fleet would be escorted by ten large warships and fifteen medium-sized warships to Amakusa Beach to prepare for the beach, and the main force of the fleet would go straight to Nagasaki, and the hundreds of Dongying garrisons on the Goto Islands were not in the plan at all. The action of the landing fleet is also easy to do, just go according to the plan, but the question is which set of plans the main fleet should implement is a little spared, before the expedition Yinzuo has already explained clearly, the battle plan is chosen by Yinyu, and the specific battle is commanded by Liu Shuangcheng.

"I have made up my mind, implement the first set of plans, Xiao Saburo listens to the order." Yinyu thought for a long time, and began to order in a calm voice.

Xiao Sanlang, a native of Jinjiang, Fujian, was originally Liu Shuangcheng's personal guard when he was in the Fujian Navy, and was later promoted to a general, not tall, with a strong physique, in his early forties, and a full beard. ”

"You will lead a detachment to cover the landing fleet and set off immediately, and you must arrive at Amakusa Beach at noon tomorrow, and you must not advance or postpone it." Yinyu looked at Xiao Sanlang and said.

"The last will obey." After Xiao Saburo replied loudly, he sat down, his eyes flashed, and he was slightly unwilling - the big guys all fought, but his so-called cover fleet actually didn't have any work, and Motegi Town had nothing but helping fishermen and farmers.

"Li Ke obeys."

Li Ke hurriedly stood up and said respectfully: "The last general." ”

Li Ke was born as Yinzuo's personal guard, and he was the most important among the minions of Yinzuo, Yinyu didn't dare to slack off, nodded politely and said: "Lord Li, after landing on the beach at noon tomorrow, be sure to arrive at the intended destination at the moment of Shen, and take down Shangxi Mountain at the right time, and prepare for an ambush." ”

"The last will obey." Li Ke replied loudly and sat down, his face was so calm that he couldn't see the slightest fluctuation at all. Yinyu glanced at Li Ke, and secretly praised it in his heart: The general under Yinzuo is worthy of being an old man, and he is very calm.

"Qiao Hailong listens to orders."

Qiao Hailong stood up in response, bowed down and hugged his fists and said, "The end will be." ”

Yinyu pointed to the chart and said: "Lord Qiao immediately led two medium-sized warships to harass Fujiang Island and Nagasaki Harbor, and attracted the Japanese naval divisions out, remember, this battle is not allowed to be defeated, and you must not fall in love with the battle, once you succeed in luring the enemy, you can ambush our fleet in the open sea." ”

"The last general commands." Qiao Hailong replied and sat down. Yinyu looked at Liu Shuangcheng and said, "What can Lord Liu add?" ”

Liu Shuangcheng shook his head lightly and said, "The last general is only the order of the commander." ”

"Good!" Yinyu glanced around at the generals and said, "The rest of the fleets will go to the ambush site with the commander to prepare for battle. The generals stood up in unison, shouted their promises, and each of them retreated, got into his own transport boat, and returned to the ship to prepare for battle. After the generals left, Liu Shuangcheng looked at the old fourteenth, and said worriedly: "Dashuai, if the Japanese sailors are not fooled, this move may startle the snake. ”

"It's okay, he is weak and I am strong, even if it is hard, it is not very difficult, besides, the people of the Japanese country have always been arrogant, bullying the good and fearing the evil, seeing the lone Daqingshui Division's ship, there is no reason not to fight, this commander is sure that the Japanese Navy Division will inevitably be dispatched, Lord Liu is too worried." Yinyu laughed. Liu Shuangcheng saw that Yinyu had made up his mind, so he didn't say much, and left, Yinyu strode to the porthole, looking at the calm sea, his eyes were shining, and he looked thoughtful.

The medium-sized warships of the Great Shimizu Division are said to be medium-sized, but they are actually not small, with a two-story gun deck and fifty-two guns, which are several times larger than the largest warships of the previous Dashimizu Division, and are already behemoths compared to the warships of the Japanese Kingdom with only a dozen backward guns, of course, it is still a lot smaller than the existing large warships of the Dashimizu Division - the large battleships of the Dashimizu Division have three gun decks and one hundred and eight new guns, which is much stronger than the latest battleships of the British and Dutch, but, Naturally, the quality of officers and men is far behind.

Qiao Hailong can be promoted from a thousand total to a general in just five years, in addition to Yinzuo's care, the most important thing is his own outstanding ability, he has lived on the sea since he was a child, he is no stranger to Dongying, he followed his father Qiao Shan many times in his early years, and he can also speak fluent "bird language", and he also understands the habits of the Japanese people very well. Since he was ordered to lead two medium-sized warships as bait, Qiao Hailong has pondered that it is not difficult to attract the Japanese sailors, but it is difficult to bring the Japanese sailors into the ambush circle - the Japanese are famous for bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, if they are too strong, the Japanese sailors don't even have the courage to fight, but if you don't hurt the Japanese sailors, he won't chase you to the death, there is a degree of problem in this, it is really difficult to grasp.

"My lord, more than a dozen Japanese fishing boats were found in front." The words of the lookout post woke up Qiao Hailong, who was pondering.

"Huh?" Qiao Hailong raised the monocular and looked at it, and after thinking silently for a while, he ordered in a loud voice: "Yanlong to the right, Yanwu to the left, sink these fishing boats." Qiao Hailong deliberately let his officers and soldiers who had never experienced the war go through a temper, although those fishing boats had no ability to resist at all, and they could be regarded as innocent, but who made them Japanese people can only consider themselves unlucky.

The large warships of the Shandong Navy Division have always been preceded by the word prestige, and the medium-sized warships are started with the word Yan, the two medium-sized warships in Qiao Hailong's hands are the two most outstanding in the forward fleet on weekdays, the sailors and soldiers are carefully selected, and the ability is naturally extremely outstanding.

"Fire!" Seeing that the two warships had been outflanked in place, Qiao Hailong did not hesitate to give the order to fire, the sides of the two ships were fired at the fifty-two guns of the Japanese fishing boats that were crowded together, the cannons rumbled, and the cannonballs whistled and smashed into the panicked Japanese fishing boats, and in an instant, the water columns on the originally calm sea surface, mixed with the fragments of the fishing boats flying all over the sky, but it was just a shot, only two of the more than ten fishing boats were seriously damaged and still spinning on the sea, and the rest had already scattered into fragments.

"Sinks them!" Qiao Hailong gave an order with a calm face, and after the two battleships sprinted and collided, only some broken planks were left on the sea, and there was nothing else.

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