Li He had already decided the time of the attack in his heart, so he was not in a hurry to attack, but let the ship anchor???. ｒａｎｅｎ`ｏｒｇ

Li He stopped moving forward, but at this moment, in the Nanyang Navy Headquarters, Hao Ge's heart was full of doubts.

At noon today, the two patrol boats sent out have not returned yet, and about three hours have passed since the time when they should have returned.

What's going on, why didn't he come back, Hao Ge, who was at the headquarters, thought of this and came to the duty room.

"Still haven't heard from them?" Hao Ge, who walked in, asked directly.

No, where did they go, from the eyes of the officers on duty, Hauger knew that the two warships did not return at all.

What happened, Hao Ge, who felt more and more that something was wrong, thought in his heart.

"Commander, could it be that they met Li He's fleet?" The deputy commander on the side stepped forward and speculated.

encountered Li He's fleet, this should be impossible, he had already given them an order, once he found an opponent, do not engage them, but quickly return to it, they have no chance to collide with Li He at all

His own soldiers knew that if they were to rob the women of the good family or something, they would be faster than anyone else, but when it came to saving their lives, no one could compare with them, so Hao Ge concluded that even if the two patrol ships met Li He's fleet, they would not go up and fight hard, but would flee.

"Probably not, don't you know your own soldiers?" After saying the answer, Hao Ge asked a rhetorical question.

When the deputy commander heard this, he didn't say anything, and he didn't know what his soldiers were.

"Send out warships and search within a radius of ten nautical miles."

Search within a 10-nautical-mile radius. This was Hao Ge's farthest patrol route, and he had already concluded in his heart that Li He's fleet was nearby, and if he went far away and was bumped into by others, he would inevitably die.

The order was given quickly, and a few minutes later, several warships at the very edge of the harbor slowly left the harbor and headed out to sea.

Time passed little by little, and since the warship went out, Hauger was waiting for an answer at the headquarters.

One warship after another began to return.

Not a single warship, where they were found. I didn't even notice where they went.

Could it be that they were really sunk, this is impossible. , even if it is sunk, there will be one back, but now.

Look out the window at the leaves. Hanger kept speculating in his mind.

It is not to blame that the Nanyang Navy could not find the location of these two warships, if they were five nautical miles ahead, they would have clearly found that there was a powerful fleet anchored in the distant sea, but they did not do so.

Originally, the order given by Höger was to search along the route of ten nautical miles, but these people, the farthest they went, was only eight nautical miles, and the distance from ten nautical miles was two nautical miles.

I have to inform Hu Langge of this matter, otherwise the consequences are not something I can bear, thinking of this, Hao Ge stood up and went to the governor's mansion in the distance.

What the? Two patrolling warships were missing for five hours. Hu Langge, who was eating, was taken aback when he heard Hao Ge's report.

This is a warship, not one or two people, the huge warship actually disappeared without a trace, how can this not worry him Hu Langge.

When he put down the rice bowl in his hand, Hu Langge came to the map and began to compare on the chart.

Combined with the time when Li He went to sea and everything that could happen halfway, Hu Langge came to a very accurate conclusion.

Li He's navy has arrived, and it's nearby.

Nearby, Hauger's eyes widened when he heard this judgment, and he knew his deployment better than anyone else. His own ships are patrolling at any time, and Li He arrived here, how could he not know.

Hu Langge didn't care what Hao Ge thought, after thinking about it slightly, Hu Langge looked at the adjutant beside him and asked him to immediately issue a combat order, and all the batteries, from now on, enter combat preparation.

As soon as the order was given, the artillerymen, who had already entered the combat state, began to load the shells into the chamber and carry out boxes of shells. Placed in the easiest position to reload.

And just when His Excellency Hu Lang gave the order, Hao Ge, who returned to the headquarters, also began to deploy, and he decided to personally lead the main force tomorrow and go out to find Li He's fleet to see if Li He had come here as Hu Langge said.

At night, the sea breeze is harmonious, and the waves beat the warships docked on the sea from time to time, making a slight sound.

On the bridge of the Hongzhang, Li He looked at the sky in the distance, and from here, he could faintly see the lights of Manila at night.

Maybe this was their last peaceful night, looking at the glow in the distance, Li He said with a sigh in his heart.

It was already two o'clock in the evening, and Li He, who had looked at the time, returned to the command tower, and the officers and soldiers in the command tower had already gone down to rest, and now, there was no one in the entire command tower at all.

Syllable...... After turning off the lights, Li He groped his way to his position and climbed on the table, where he planned to rest for a while before starting to act.

Coo-goo-goo....... Coo-goo-goo...... At four o'clock, a shrill siren suddenly sounded on the silent sea, and in an instant, the entire sea was suddenly lit up, and the surrounding and maritime places were illuminated by the lights turned on by the warships.

Knock knock knock....... The sleeping soldier heard the alarm, quickly jumped out of bed, picked up his steel helmet and buckled it to his head, and began to reach his position.

The cannons began to lift their jackets, and the shells were already busy with the porters, transporting the ammunition to the battery.

The lookout personnel have climbed to the top of the mast, and everything is ready.

At the same time as the alarm sounded, Li He had already woken up, and now he was standing on the bridge of the ship, looking at the busy soldiers.

"Fifty ships at a distance, fifty at a distance from each ship." The signal corps began to wave flags, signaling the assembled warships to disperse and prepare to come out.

"Commander, it's already four-fifteen, look." When everything was ready, Yan Fu, who was beside him, looked at Li He.

Now that the preparations have been completed, there is nothing waiting for Thinking of this, Li He nodded, stretched out his hand, and made a departure movement.

"Anchor." Yan Fu, who saw Li He's movements, turned his head and began to convey orders loudly.

Rushing....... Huge iron anchors began to surface under the pull of the machine. (To be continued.) )