At sea, not only often have strong winds, and often see storms, this kind of weather is very dangerous to fly in the air, then, you need a take-off and landing platform, when the weather is bad, you can land on the battleship for repair, and then take off to reconnoiter when the weather is good, so that the concealment is stronger, the safety is higher, and you can also surprise the enemy with a fatal blow.

These days, Situ Muran put all his thoughts on the air force, Yuan Fang saw it in his eyes, but secretly shook his head in his heart, although the combat effectiveness of the air force is strong, but the navy is also indispensable, without a sea mobile platform, the air force can only become a chicken rib, and it is barely enough to fight a defensive war, and it is basically impossible to do it if you want to run a long distance.

After finding a while, Yuan Fang found Situ Muran's heartfelt consolation, focusing on the importance of the navy, Situ Muran woke up, but he did not repent, the reason is also simple, the empire gave so much money, if you want to improve the combat effectiveness of the navy, it is a fool's dream, and the air force is the only possibility now.

According to Situ Muran, he has no rights, and if he had the right, he would have ordered several large warships to be refitted, with sails removed and platforms added, so that they could be completely turned into mobile landing pads.

There is no way, Yuan Fang can only guide slowly, and wait for the empire to have enough money before starting to develop the navy, and now, it can only be like this, but Yuan Fang still reported this matter to the empire and asked Yang Xing to allow the expansion of the navy and use this time to train new soldiers for future use.

Sailors are different from the army, they need longer training and more learning practice, they are more dependent on ships, and pay more attention to the control of ships, just like cavalry, it is difficult to become a qualified sailor without a long time of training.

On this day, Yuan Fang got up early in the morning to wash, had breakfast, and joined Chang Xun, Yuqing and Situ Muran on the beach.

Today, it is the better time to meet with the pirates of Hengsha, Situ Muran is dressed in a military uniform, carrying a saber at his waist, his waist is straight, he said goodbye to Yuan Fang and a few people with a smile, and then boarded his ship Blue Sky in a small boat.

The tattered sails were raised, the fleet set sail, and gradually disappeared between the sea and the sky.

Yuan Fang, Chang Xun and Yuqing walked to the air base, and Yuan Fang instructed: "Yuqing, this place will be handed over to you after we leave, I will leave you two airships, three fog balloons and a reconnaissance boat, if there is anything, contact us immediately." ”

This time, the navy and Chang Xun's heavy cavalry were all dispatched, and there were only more than a thousand female soldiers and more laborers left on the island, Yuan Fang was a little worried, for fear of a sneak attack by the navy of the Liusang Empire, although it was unlikely, he still had to be prepared.

Yuqing smiled and said, "Okay brother-in-law, you are not as good as me in the war." Yuqing's words made Yuan Fang speechless.

At the air base, the ground crew is ready, the airship and the fog balloon enter the liftoff area, and the cabin is stuffed with ammunition boxes, this time it can be said that it is the first actual combat, and the ammunition must of course be carried sufficiently.

Airship, fog balloon on the air crew fully equipped, a command, one by one, the difference is than the previous training is that all the aircraft are heavy loads, their own weight increases, take-off requires greater energy, and the time required is longer.

There are still three combat formations, in addition to Yuan Fang and Chang Xun, another airship is commanded by Tian Erniu, which is also deliberately cultivated by Yuan Fang, after all, the opportunity is rare, Tian Erniu, as a guard officer in the military hospital, will often come into contact with these things in the future, now learn more and practice more, accumulate more experience, and save a lot of time and unnecessary trouble in the future.

Just like training, Yuan Fang still did not participate in the command, everything was handed over to Yu Jingqiu to be in charge, Yu Jingqiu did not disappoint Yuan Fang, everything was so orderly and orderly.

After a voyage of more than an hour, Situ Muran led the fleet to anchor about ten miles west of Changhuan Island, and after sending a small boat to communicate, the two sides reached an agreement again to change the meeting place to the sea instead of the island.

Situ Muran was surprised that the Hengsha pirates would agree so happily, could there be a conspiracy, this is Situ Muran's only thought.

After a long time, a merchant ship without any weapons sailed into the sea between the two sides, dropped anchor, lowered its sails, and stopped the ship, and then the sailors on board departed in small boats, leaving an empty ship.

Situ Muran took a deep breath, ignored the dissuasion of the generals under his command, and set off with the two best guards rocking the boat.

At the same time, the Hengsha pirates also sailed out of a small boat, and there were also three people on board, the leader of which was a bearded man, probably forty years old and less than fifty years old, with a burly body, dark skin, and a fur that looked majestic.

The two sides boarded the merchant ship and stood opposite each other on the foredeck, neither of them speaking first, but just looking at each other.

After a long time, Situ Muran said loudly: "In the Lower Eastern Holy Empire, Admiral Situ Muran is biased. ”

The bearded man on the opposite side glanced contemptuously at the navy not far away, especially stopping at the tattered hull for a moment, and then greeted warmly: "It's General Situ, who has admired the name for a long time, Cai Ning, the leader of the pirates in Xiahengsha, these are my two brothers." ”

As he spoke, as Cai Ning turned around slightly, his fur coat swayed slightly, revealing the full picture of the saber on his waist, Situ Muran frowned secretly, and the hand holding the handle of the knife couldn't help but tighten, for no other reason, he could see clearly that the other party's saber had an obvious Liusang style, and the technique of the fish skin from the outside of the scabbard was also very similar to the style of Liusang, if Situ Muran was not mistaken, this was a war knife of the Liusang Empire, and it was a first-class good knife that had just been made in recent years.

Situ Muran smiled faintly without leaving a trace: "It turned out to be the leader of Cai Ning, and he has been a great name for a long time." ”

Cai Ning pouted and said: "You soldiers are really hypocritical, I have heard of you, it is true, you can't have heard of me." ”

Situ Muran was a little embarrassed and then said, "Although I haven't heard of the name of the leader of Cai Ning, I have really admired the Hengsha Pirates for a long time. ”

Cai Ning spat out, leaned on the guardrail with a big grin, tilted his head and asked, "Okay, we don't have any friendship, we can't talk about the old days, hurry up, tell me the purpose of you want to see me." ”

Situ Muran hesitated for a moment and said, "According to convention, Changhuan Island is located in the sea area of my Eastern Saint Empire, and it should be owned by the empire. ”

Cai Ning grinned and sneered, "And then, what are you going to do with us?" ”

Another tall pirate pretended to be afraid, and shouted: "Boss, the Imperial Navy wants to drive us away, we will have no way to survive in the future, by the way, the strength of the Navy is very strong, there are several large ships, we are not opponents." The three pirates laughed arrogantly.