In the early morning in Guangdong, the scorching light of the sun has not yet appeared, but in the Huangpu Military Port, ?en ???.? ｒ?ａ?ｎ?? ｅ?ｎ?`ｏｒｇ

These warships are all warships of the Holy Chinese Empire that are about to depart for the South Seas to prepare for the attack.

At seven o'clock, Li He, as the commander, accompanied by a group of officers, came to the Hongzhang.

Hongzhang still refers to the current flagship of the Beiyang Naval Division, although it is said that behind the Hongzhang, several ships have been launched in a row, but Li He did not transfer the flagship, after all, this warship is the first battleship launched in the empire.

At this moment, the Hongzhang had everything ready, and it was ready to start after Li He got on the ship.

In front of the dock, Duan Qirui, who was the commander-in-chief of the army this time, looked at Li He in front of him, and he knew that whether his army could safely land in Manila in the future would depend entirely on Li He's operation this time.

"Lao Li, I'll leave all the battles in the ocean to you, and our army is waiting for your orders behind you."

Seeing that Li He was about to board the ship, Duan Qirui smiled and said.

Of course, Li He knew what the meaning of Duan Qirui's words was, and immediately, he laughed, and then got on the warship silently.

Rumble...... A gun salute rang out. Immediately after, the Hongzhang began to slowly leave the dock, the first to leave the military port, and began to head south.

In the Governor's Mansion of Manila, Hu Langge walked back and forth in the headquarters in a restless manner, and he finally got a terrible news that Li He's fleet had been dispatched.

Five battleships, six armored cruisers, and ten torpedo cruisers, such a huge force made Hu Langge not know what to do with it.

"Your Excellency the Governor, now that they're on their way, what do you think we're going to do?" The adjutant was only responsible for transmitting the message, and as for the matter of combat orders, he still needed to decide Hu Langge.

What to do, your own fleet can't leave the port, this is the first principle, except for this, everything else is easy to say.

"Inform the navy and the battery, and if you find the enemy, after all, open fire immediately."

This is the only way, and it is the only thing that Hu Langge can do.

The surface of the South Seas. After four days of sailing, at this moment, the fleet commanded by Li He was only a dozen nautical miles away from the port of Marira.

At noon, the sun shines brightly. Li He put his arm behind him, and the endless ocean spread out with waves.

However, Li He knew that the latter was not so ordinary, just under the water, six submarines were quietly following.

After joining up with the submarine, Li He asked the entire fleet to slow down so that the submarine that had surfaced could follow.

Along the way, the submarine was suspended on the surface of the sea to follow. It's just that after arriving here, Li He ordered the submarine to sink, after all, this has reached the territory of the South Seas.

"Soot found in the southeast." The location of the submarine was not discovered, but Li He heard the shouts from the lookout.

Southeast, Li He, who judged the direction, raised the telescope in his hand.

In the telescope, two warships are speeding rapidly, and judging from the tonnage and shape, this should be the patrol ship of the South Ocean Fleet.

Their patrol boat has already spotted us and is preparing to speed up, what do you see? Yan Fu on the side asked after looking at it.

What to do, now Nanyang doesn't know where his position is, if he lets them escape, then Nanyang will know where he has arrived now, which will reveal the time of his attack.

"Order, let the flying word destroyers go up, entangle them, buy time for the cruisers, sink them."

Orders began to be given, and the destroyers, which had been on both sides of the battleship, began to speed up and run towards the enemy.

The speed of the destroyer was already fast, and when it spotted the other party, the other party was about six nautical miles away from him.

At such a speed, it is impossible for a battleship to catch up, but for a destroyer, it is just a very easy thing.

Ten minutes later, the destroyer Flying Bear at the front fired the first shell, announcing the official start of the Nanyang naval battle.

Boom...... On the surface of the sea, columns of water rise out of thin air.

There were many destroyers on the Feizi, and it took less than ten minutes to catch up with the two patrol ships and bite them together.

However, although it is said that the destroyer Feizi bit the two patrol ships of the opposing side, it could not sink them.

It's a good patrol ship, but it's a cruiser, and letting the destroyer chase the cruiser is just looking for death, but at present, Li He has no choice, after all, only the destroyer can catch up.

Rumble...... The orange-red firelight came from a distance, and Li He took a look, and it was actually the leftmost Flying Insect that had been hit in the middle, and now the firelight was coming out of his gap.

It's a good thing it didn't hit the ammunition depot, otherwise, the Flying Insect would have been scrapped by now.

"Speed up, catch up, lighten their burden, and in addition, each cannon listens to the order, reaches the firing range, and immediately fires the cannon." Worried that the destroyer would suffer greater losses, Li He gave the order accurately and calmly.

Whew...... The ships began to accelerate, and more than a dozen warships, under the command of Li He, began to pounce on the opponent in all directions.

"Forty yards from the enemy ship." At the lookout, the surveyors have begun to report the numbers. “

"Open fire." Hearing that the firing range had been reached, the gun commander gave the order to open fire without any hesitation.

Boom...... The two main guns of the Hongzhang began to rage at the two warships that had already caught fire.

Battleship cruisers have already joined the battle with destroyers, and this is not an equal battle at all.

In five minutes, the two warships in the South China Sea began to sink slowly.

Ten minutes later, the sea was calm again, as if nothing had happened.

"Order, all ships stop advancing, form a defensive formation, and wait for the order to attack." When he saw that the mast of the enemy ship had disappeared into the sea, Li He gave a new order.

It was noon, which was not conducive to the attack, and he would have to wait here until the early hours of the evening before giving the order to attack.

At this time, Li He estimated that the Nanyang Fort and the fleet had prepared everything and were waiting for his arrival outside the port.

He was waiting for the time, that is, in the early hours of tonight, or just after dawn, that was the best time to attack, and the easiest time to let the submarine in and cause chaos.

Therefore, he needs to wait, not attack.

Once you wait until after dark, it will be your own heaven and earth, and with any force in the South Ocean, you can't do what you want. He had that faith. (To be continued.) )