Haining was unconvinced and said: "My lord, why do you say that, this is to increase the popularity of others, do you really think they have the strength to fight us?" ”

Yuqing didn't answer and asked: "Haining, did you see those battleships just now?" ”

Haining nodded: "I see, we eliminated it." ”

Yuqing shook his head: "You didn't look closely, if you look closely, you will find that many of these battleships have traces of repair, especially Situ Muran's flagship, I found that the main mast is newly replaced." ”

Haining nodded and said, "I have also found these, but what does this mean?" What if they had stolen these ships from the Lyusang fleet? It's not bad to be able to defeat Liusang, but it's still not our opponent, my lord, don't forget, we still have General Han Ji, he is our undefeated god of war, with him in charge, even if the Dongsheng Empire and the Liusang Empire are united, they are not our opponents. ”

Yuqing didn't agree with Haining's statement, shook his head and said: "Although I don't think they are General Han Ji's opponents, but you'd better not forget the purpose of our trip, if the navy of the Dongsheng Empire really has the ability to defeat the Liusang fleet, even if we win, there will be a certain amount of damage, if the Liusang Empire and the Dongsheng Empire form an alliance, and at this time they are ambushed somewhere, our damage will be even greater, and even if we are defeated, what can we do?" Also, the current situation is a bit complicated, we can't act rashly, otherwise once we fall into a siege, the consequences will be unimaginable, I think it is better to withdraw from Dongsheng's territorial waters first, send the news back to the empire, and let the empire investigate the situation here and make a decision. ”

The sailor hurriedly ran into the cabin, and without waiting for Haining to scold, he reported: "Two generals, it's not good, the Dongsheng Navy has declared war, and now it's time to start moving." ”

Haining stood up suddenly, and said with a look of disbelief: "What? What are they doing here? ”

Yuqing quickly walked out of the cabin, went around to the back deck, looked at the Dongsheng Navy who was slowly moving and revitalizing, frowned, and ordered: "Go back as fast as possible, and send a flag to inform General Han Ji of the matter here." Yuqing was just about to turn around, when he suddenly paused and looked up at the sky behind Dongsheng's fleet, there seemed to be something there, but it was too far away to see clearly.

Coming to the distant mirror to point at the strange sky and staring at it for a long time, Yuqing felt a little uneasy. Haining asked suspiciously: "My lord, what did you find?" Their reinforcements? ”

Yuqing shook his head and said, "I don't know, I always feel that something is wrong in the sky over there." ”

Haining took the telescope and looked at the sky that Yuqing pointed to: "Nothing, hey, there is a trance little red dot, well, it may be some kind of seabird." ”

Haining shifted the angle of the telescope down and began to observe the surrounding sea, in his mind, even if the Dongsheng Empire had reinforcements, it should be on the sea, and it would definitely not appear in the sky.

Situ Muran's mood at this time was very complicated, there was nervousness and expectation, in the face of such a powerful fleet of the Wanliu Empire, it was fake not to be nervous, the Wanliu Navy has been famous for a long time, and its reputation is outside, and its own side is just a little strong, of course, this is a simple comparison of the naval fleet, not counting the air force.

During this time, Situ Muran was not as unserious as Yuan Fang, and he was not so idle, after two replenishments, his fleet already had fifty airships, in order to give full play to the air superiority as much as possible, Situ Muran has been studying new tactics these days, and taking the fleet to sea for training every day, although the time is a little short, but the harvest is not small.

Situ Muran ordered: "Order the fleet to outflank the left and right sides of the anti-goose formation, not to let these guys escape, remind the captains to keep a sufficient distance from the enemy ships, try not to contact too early, and wait for the air force to eliminate their combat effectiveness before approaching." ”

The adjutant smiled and nodded, conveyed the order, and reminded: "General, I think those battleships of the Wanliu Empire are good, do you think you should let the Air Force be as merciful as possible?" ”

Situ Muran understood what the adjutant meant, and he was also very covetous of the other party's huge and powerful warships, but after hesitating for a moment, he shook his head and said, "Forget it, the fleet of the Wanliu Empire is notoriously strong, we can't keep our hands, in case they get the opportunity to fight back, it will be troublesome." ”

Although the adjutant did not think that the navy of the Wanliu Empire was capable of threatening the airships at high altitudes, he still did not insist, after all, the reputation of the Wanliu Navy was too loud, and it was necessary to be careful.

In the distant air, Yuqing's Tianyao Air Force and Situ Muran's naval airship have converged, and through some exchanges, Yuqing decided to divide the Tianyao Air Force into two teams and detour around the left and right flanks of the opposing fleet to outflank them, which is why Situ Muran wasted so much time talking nonsense with Yuqing them.

Before Yuqing set off, he also specially instructed the red clothes who followed him to stay here and not to participate in the war, which was almost the same as Yuan Fang's tone, the red clothes had no choice, as long as they turned around, it was precisely like this, they would be seen by Haining, fortunately, the distance was far enough, Haining thought it was a seabird.

Situ Muran's fleet moved, this was the signal for war, and the fifty airships and more than a dozen fog balloons belonging to the navy were activated almost at the same time, slowly accelerating towards the battlefield, at this time, they no longer had to hide.

The flagship of the Wanliu fleet, Han Ji saw that the other party did not wait for the small boat to negotiate with him and began to set up a formation and rushed over, Han Ji only felt that the other party was a little unscrupulous, this kind of thing he encountered for the first time, but many years of experience made him sink into dealing with it for a long time, and ordered the whole army to respond to the enemy. When the fleet of the Dongsheng Empire was separated, Han Ji couldn't help but be stunned, he had participated in many battles and encountered all kinds of enemies, but he had never seen the two sides that had just started the war before they had contacted, and the weak side took the initiative to divide the troops and disperse the firepower, which was a taboo in naval warfare.

Han Ji's adjutant Luo Feng was puzzled and said, "General, what are they doing here?" Is it trying to surround us? ”

Han Ji pondered for a moment: "It should be, the order will go down, the left and right fleets will respond to the enemy, the Chinese fleet will follow me, and the clippers will be sent to check the nearby waters, and report immediately once they find enemy reinforcements." ”

Luo Feng nodded and said, "Well, I also think they should have reinforcements, otherwise the commander of the Dongsheng Navy would be an idiot." "Twenty warships were divided into the left and right wings of the Wanliu fleet, and the sailors on board were veterans of battle, not the slightest nervousness, all the heavy weapons were on standby, and they were confident that no enemy could resist before such a powerful heavy crossbow on their side, and only sank what awaited them.

The Wanliu fleet responded, and the Dongsheng fleet still dispersed unhurriedly to the opponent's two wings, but slightly changed the direction and adjusted it outwards a little to ensure that it would not be approached by the opponent's warships.