Murong Longcheng stood on the bow of the Yongle-class battleship "Shandong", looking out at the sea in the distance.

This was the twenty-eighth day that he had led the newly formed Marine Corps out of Hirosuke, accompanied by a task force consisting of the "Shandong" and eight Wuyi-class warships. Xia Nan gave him the task of occupying Phi Dao and using it as a base to launch several attacks on the hinterland of Liaodong, which did not necessarily cause much damage, mainly to make the Qing army scruple and delay and force the Qing army to move south.

"All you have to do is tell Huang Taiji, I'm here, right behind your buttocks, and I can explode your chrysanthemum at any time, just ask if you're afraid!" This is what Summer Minami said.

"This time, your Marine Corps is equipped with the latest rifled gun, which I named the Qionghai Nine-Year Rifle, which far exceeds the Qionghai Three-Year Rifle in range and penetration. You should summarize your specific effects and feelings in combat in a timely manner and give me feedback so that I can make improvements. By the way, by the way, the bullets of this gun are not guaranteed to be interchangeable, that is, one person and one gun are dedicated to each other, remember to bring enough ammunition every time you act, and try not to use the bullets of your comrades next to you. Of course, you can also try it in an emergency, but if someone else's bullet appears dumb or explodes, don't blame me for not reminding me in advance...... "This is Lin Weiye's advice before leaving.

With a strong fleet to protect it, the latest weapons, and the best of the best elite soldiers, Murong Longcheng was confident that he could complete the task of pinning down the Qing army, even though the current strength of the Marine Corps was only a thousand men. However, "the ship is small and easy to turn around", the number of people is small and there is also the advantage of a small number of people, the tactics can be more flexible, whether it is to attack or retreat, it is much calmer, the target is also small, and it is easier to get rid of the pursuit of the Qing army.

Before coming to Phi Dao, the fleet docked at Dengzhou to replenish supplies, and found a local guide from Liaodong. The guide was a middle-aged man named Liu Xing, a Han who fled from Liaodong to Dongjiang Town, and was very familiar with the area around Phi Dao and Liaodong.

He pointed to the looming island in front of him and told Murong Longcheng: "Master Jun, that is Phi Island." ”

Murong Longcheng took out his monoculars, and in his field of vision was an island covered with rocks, the vegetation was very sparse, and there was no one on the shore. He asked suspiciously: "The imperial court's newspaper said that Shen Shikui, the chief soldier of the Dongjiang River, was killed by the Tartars, why is there no one on the island, and the Tartars don't send people to garrison here?" ”

Liu Xing said: "I also heard about this in Dengzhou. In that year, Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde rebelled, and Huanglong, the general soldier of the Dongjiang River, moved to Lushun to assist in quelling the rebellion, but was later broken by the Tartars and committed suicide in defeat, and Shen Shikui took over Phi Dao. However, after two or three years of hard work, he also died in the hands of the Tartars, and tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians on the island were slaughtered, and this Dongjiang Town was finished. But why don't you see the Tartars stationed, I guess it's too bitter to stay here......"

"Too bitter?" Murong Longcheng asked, "What kind of bitter method?" The place where the Tartars stayed was originally a bitter cold place, so it was stronger than Liaodong, right? ”

"The military master doesn't know. This place is not as cold as Liaodong, but the island is full of gneiss, sand and gravel, there is no way to farm, let alone food, and even vegetables can't be eaten, and it all depends on supplies from outside the island, so the Tartars will naturally not guard the land where this bird doesn't......"

"I see. It saves a lot of work. As he spoke, Murong Longcheng held up a telescope to confirm that there was no one on the island, and then ordered, "The fleet will go straight forward, and the marines will land directly." ”

A fleet of nine warships hoisted its sails and headed for Phi Island.

Just when everyone thought that the landing was just a routine matter, the lookout on the "Shandong" shouted: "Report: An unknown ship has appeared in the east and is approaching our fleet!" ”

Murong Longcheng immediately ordered: "Immediately confirm the size and number of ships." Then he went to the right side of the ship and looked through his binoculars.

The view on the deck was not as good as Wangdou, and Murong Longcheng could only see a black shadow looming on the sea level, and if he didn't identify it carefully, he couldn't tell that it was a sail.

After a while, the lookout reported again: "There are about four or five hundred small boats, and there are quite a few of them, about thirteen or fourteen. ”

Hearing the lookout's report, the atmosphere on the deck suddenly relaxed. The black man Silva quipped: "If this kind of boat wants to fight us, it doesn't even need to use a 12-pounder cannon and a 32-pounder caron, just crash into it." He was a sailor recruited by Murong Longcheng when he was a maritime merchant, and he has been following Murong Longcheng for several years, and now he is the first mate and acting captain of the "Shandong" - Murong Longcheng, as the original captain, has taken the initiative to resign from the position of captain and serve as the commander of the Marine Corps. Over the past few years, his Chinese level has improved significantly, and he has become quite fluent except for a slightly strange pronunciation.

The ship of 400 materials, in Asia in this time and space, is the mainstream configuration of medium and large warships, such as the Zheng family's main warship "Daqingtou", but in the sequence of the Qiong Navy, it is only equivalent to the smallest Wuxiang-class patrol ship, whether it is a 500-ton (1,000 materials) Wuyi-class battleship or a 1000-ton (2,000 materials) Yongle-class battleship, it is a behemoth for a ship of 400 materials, and only the Qiong Navy has the confidence and qualifications to call the other party a small boat.

Murong Longcheng frowned and said, "Silva, you are now the acting captain of this ship, not a sailor, you have to be steady, don't let the people below look down on you." ”

Silva stuck out his tongue: "I see." ”

Murong Longcheng ordered: "Raise the flag, let all the ships slow down, postpone the landing on the island, and observe the movements of these dozen boats, whether there is any hostility." ”

In the sea area about ten miles from Phi Island, the two fleets met.

"It's a North Korean ship! What are they doing here? Murong Longcheng saw the strange shape of this ship and the "Li" flag hanging on the ship, plus the fact that it was very close to North Korea, he could basically judge the origin of this fleet.

"My God, what are these things? I've seen the flat-bottomed galleons of the Ming Kingdom, the Dutch big-bellied Galen, and the Spanish galleons, but I've never seen such a strange ship, it looks like a ...... A turtle lying on the water? Silva looked at the strange ship and opened her mouth wide.

"You're right, this is the turtle boat of the North Korean sailors. If you've been to Japan and the South Seas, but you've never been to North Korea, it's not unusual if you haven't seen them, and these ships will appear off the coast of North Korea because they can't sail to the open oceans. ”

Everyone lay on the side of the ship and looked at the ship: there was a hideously carved dragon head in the bow, and on the back was a huge hull, which enveloped the deck completely, and the sailors on the deck could not be seen from the outside, only a row of oars sticking out from below, and a row of holes above the oar holes, similar to the gunboats of the naval battleship of Yuqiong. The most impressive thing is that the back is covered with dense sharp cones. 10