Tokugawa Yoshiki mobilized all the daimyo against the Manchurian Army, partly out of his loyalty to his homeland, and partly out of his inner approval of the emperor, and he did not think of something else, but the shrewd Englishman thought of it. Although the British did not have time to look eastward, they could keep an eye on everything related to North Manchuria, and every detail of the war in Japan was in their eyes.

The Manchurian Army defeated the Japanese several times in the Gulf of Tonkin, but they were always on the defensive, and they never launched an active offensive except for landing, which is very strange. If Northern Manchuria only wanted to overthrow the Meiji government and directly capture Tokyo, with the strong strength of the Manchurian army, it would definitely be able to end the battle within 48 hours. However, the Manchurian Army abandoned this simple and effective method, and they only blocked the bay of Tokyo and never launched an offensive, as if they were only here to scare the Meiji Emperor. However, Hokkaido, which is 108,000 miles away from Tokyo, has launched frequent offensives on the islands of Kyushu, Shikoku, and Nagasu Domain, and has now fully occupied Japan's three overseas islands, and is advancing frantically from north to south in Honshu. The British, who had been cultivating for hundreds of years and were better than monkeys, suddenly saw through Goko's scheme, and it was not the Meiji government that he wanted to kill, but the country of Japan.

If Goxinga succeeds, there will be no place for the British in the eastern Pacific, and most of the Pacific Ocean will become the inland sea of North Manchuria, from the Strait of Malacca in the west to New Guinea in the south. The British would never allow this to happen, but the British had a hard time stopping the Manchurian army. It's not that the two sides haven't fought, the British don't take advantage, and the British can't afford to fight to the death for Japan and North Manchuria. Now that the two sides are working hand in hand in Latin America, it is really not the time to destroy the strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries, but the Manchurians must not be allowed to take the benefits away, and the British are also a bit of a dog biting hedgehog.

One person counts the shortness and the other counts the long, and the British can't handle it themselves, so they start to pull teammates in a big way. Forming a group to pit people is exactly what the British are good at, whether it is France, Prussia, Austria-Hungary, or Russia, which has not been cheated by the British! Pulling teammates and then selling teammates, the British have been doing it all year round, and of course it's not bad this time. The Russians, who were beaten violently by North Manchuria, the Americans who were scorched on the outside, and the French and Germans who were inextricably killed, were successively pulled into the chariot by the British, but they still lacked an excuse to intervene, so they could only start to think depressed again.

However, the most depressed person at the moment is neither the Englishman who looks anxious, nor the frightened Meiji Emperor, but the captain of the East Ship, Masuda Toranosuke. Toranosuke Masuda was the only survivor of the Japanese Navy's first-line generals after the Battle of Tokyo Bay, and his Tokan was also the only surviving warship of the Japanese Navy. Masuda Toranosuke has always demanded that he be a good samurai, but he is teased by his enemies. If he could return to Japan one day, he would not be a hero, but a coward who fled in fear, and the culprit for all this was the Manchurian bastards who had been following him not far away.

The East Ship is a warship produced in France in 1864, which can be regarded as an experimental product for the French to explore ironclad ships at that time. The original owner of the ship was not the Japanese, but the Americans, and it was the Confederate government in the south that bought the ship from France and gave it the honorable name Stonewall. Of course, the French were also strictly neutral at that time, so the battleship was lost in Denmark before reaching the United States. Because of Goxinga's influence, the American Civil War did not end in 1864, and it stands to reason that the Americans would not sell this cutting-edge warship, but Goxinga's influence is not only that.

In 1864, that is, the third year of Tongzhi, it was the time when the North Manchurian Navy began to take off, and the shipbuilding industry in North Manchurian developed rapidly, and the powerful warships were also launched like dumplings. But not all warships are as satisfactory as the waves and sea lions, and North Manchurian still has some independent products with obvious flaws. These problematic products have accumulated valuable experience for the shipbuilding industry in North Manchuria, but they themselves have no chance of entering the battle sequence of the North Manchurian Navy. It's a pity to throw away such a lot of chicken ribs, and it's really tricky to use it, but Guoxinga will always have a way. After Big Peter threaded the needle through it, Guo Xinga half-sold and half-gave away these chicken ribs to the United States, recovering some of the costs, not to mention, and happily adding a big mess to the Americans.

There is a problem with the ship in North Manchuria, but the people have advanced ideas and use good materials, which compares the French goods that are also experimental products. In order to perfectly coordinate the ships, or to put it bluntly, to buy more Manchurian garbage, the Americans resolutely sold the Stonewall to the Japanese at a very high price. The Stonewall also had the opportunity to change its name, from the Stonewall to the East Ship, and became the pride of the Japanese Navy, the only ironclad ship of the Japanese Navy.

The Eastern Ship had achieved impressive results in the Boshin War, but when it encountered the Manchurian Navy, which was half a century ahead of them, the Eastern Ship was not effective. In the first battle of Tokyo Bay, Dongjian knew what it meant to be powerful, and they didn't even have a chance to fight back, so they could only rush out. It's also evil, other ships have been shot, but the east ship is like a fairy possessed, not a single shell has been hit, and it is also very supportive of the transport and supply ship Kuaifeng to run away together.

It wasn't until many days later that Masuda Toranosuke realized that it was not that he was blessed by the gods, but that the Manchurians deliberately let him go, and even the Kuaifeng was deliberately released by the Manchurians, in order to keep the East Ship from losing power. However, when he first escaped, Masuda Toranosuke didn't have time to think about this, the Manchurian army dispatched a fleet of eight ironclad battleships and twelve supply ships to pursue him, and all he could think of was to run away as soon as possible. But as he ran, Masuda Toranosuke gradually understood that his escape was completely a Manchurian conspiracy.

At first, Masuda Toranosuke planned to sail the East Ship to Nagasaki, Yokohama, Sendai and other places, and after anchoring and recuperating, he would look for opportunities for the Japanese Navy, but the Manchurians obviously had different plans than him. Like a sheepdog guarding a flock, the Manchurian warship drove the eastern ship away from the Japanese archipelago and into the depths of the Pacific Ocean with artillery fire. The unresponsive Masuda Toranosuke did not realize the Manchurians' plans at first, and he was still struggling to find a way to return to Japan until he ran out of supplies half a month later.

Although the Kuaifeng is a transport and supply ship, the tonnage is limited, and the second is not in a wartime state, Masuda Toranosuke and the captain of the Kuaifu, Shimada Kaushiro, let the crew save money all the way, and only lasted half a month. By the time they fled to an unknown sea, the East Ship and the Kuaifeng had exhausted all their food, fresh water, and coal, and everyone was ready to close their eyes and wait for death. But at this time, they found some ownerless boats on the surface of the sea, with fresh water and food, and even a whole shipload of coal.

The person who was about to starve to death saw the food, of course, he was closer than the emperor, but after a wolfing meal, Masuda Toranosuke realized that something was wrong. The things on these ships are exactly what they need, and there is no sign of anyone on them, and they are definitely not used by anyone to escape from shipwreck, but how they look like someone specially gave them them. From then on, Masuda Toranosuke began to observe carefully, and as soon as they ran out of food, they would find an ownerless boat, which was loaded with the supplies they desperately needed. There was even a storm in which the Fast Wind was badly damaged, and they actually encountered a small boat carrying repair materials at sea.

At this time, Masuda Toranosuke is the real tiger also understood that these ships were prepared for them, and some people were afraid that something would happen to them, and these people were most likely their enemies - the pursuing North Manchurian Navy. After contemplating again, Toranosuke Masuda finally discovered the truth. The Manchurian navy had formed a huge encirclement, encircling their two small ships, and whenever they were in trouble, the Manchurian navy would lend a helping hand to them and send them much-needed supplies. This encirclement of the North Manchurian Navy was not so much to surround them as to protect them, and they were like escorts, always protecting Masuda Toranosuke and the other two ships.

And the Manchurians had a very obvious plan, everything they did was prepared well in advance, even the route of the fleet was planned. Masuda Toranosuke tried to change course, but was immediately corrected by Manchurian shells, and Masuda Toranosuke and Toshibune could only sail far south with the Manchurians' wishes. The only way to sabotage the Manchurian plan was to fight to the death, either rush out or die a vigorous battle. But the crew members of his subordinates, who have been living and dying several times, do not agree, and the crew members who have been on the verge of death several times now have only one thought, that is, to survive, to find the powerful Manchurians to fight this stupid thing, they will not do it. Masuda Toranosuke mobilized several times, and he said that it was useless, and everyone thought that it was good to go south all the way with food and drink.

After being driven and sailing for more than a month, the East Ship and the Kuaifeng finally ran out of food again, but this time they did not receive supplies from the Manchurians, and the Manchurian fleet that had been around them was gone. The Manchurians just wanted to drive us to this desolate land and then starve us to death, and Masuda Toranosuke couldn't help but have strange thoughts in his heart.

"Land, look at land!" The hungry and bored sailors suddenly cried out excitedly, and they found land, and at worst, a very large island.