Early the next morning, Heihachiro Togo arrived early on the "Mt. Fuji", and at this time the sailors on the ship had already begun their work in accordance with the Japanese Navy's drill code and prepared for the voyage.

Heihachiro Togo was about to say something encouraging to everyone, but he was surprised to find that Lin Yiqing appeared on the deck.

"Dongxiang-kun, have all the people arranged?" Lin Yiqing saw Togo Heihachiro and walked over while looking around.

"Yes, Lin Jun." Togo Heihachiro raised his hand to salute Lin Yiqing with a Western-style military salute, and Lin Yiqing raised his hand to return the salute and stood in front of him.

"Is our opponent today 'Raiden Maru'?" Heihachiro Togo asked.

"No, the ship participating in the exercise today is only the 'Mt. Fuji'." Lin Yiqing smiled slightly and said, "The 'Thunderbolt Maru' is going to participate in another exercise. ”

"What? Only the 'Mt. Fuji' participated in the exercise? Heihachiro Togo was stunned.

"Yes." Lin Yiqing nodded affirmatively.

"Then I want to know, how can a ship carry out a ship-grabbing exercise? What is the exercise plan? Heihachiro Togo asked in surprise.

"I've already explained the drill plan." Lin Yiqing smiled secretly, "After going to sea for a while, Dongxiang-kun will know, but I hope Dongxiang-kun won't be surprised when the time comes." ”

Listening to Lin Yiqing's answer, Togo Heihachiro was even more surprised, he couldn't think of what medicine was sold in Lin Yiqing's gourd, but he didn't ask any more, but waited for the answer to appear by himself.

It's just that Heihachiro Togo doesn't think about what it will be like when the answer comes to him.

"I'll get off the boat first, Togo-kun, please cruise normally." Lin Yiqing said, "If you encounter an unidentified ship, please be careful. ”

"Yes!" Togo Heihachiro knew that Lin Yiqing was hinting at the content of this exercise, and that a boat would come to "rob" him, so he immediately replied loudly.

After all, this time was a "ship-grabbing" exercise, and as a party that countered ship-grabbing, he undoubtedly understood what Lin Yiqing meant by this.

"So be it!" Lin Yiqing said goodbye to Heihachiro Togo, and then got off the trestle and came to the shore.

Seeing Lin Yiqing's back disappear into the early morning mist, Heihachiro Togo somehow unconsciously shuddered.

Kinko Bay, Coastal Shooting Range.

On the "Raiden Maru" training ship, Gonbei Yamamoto followed behind Kawahara Yoichi, climbed out of the hatch on the bow deck, and then walked back along the deck for dozens of steps, and then walked to the flybridge connecting the "Raiden Maru" -- that is, the open-air command platform and the gangway on the bow deck.

"Yamamoto-kun, I still have responsibilities, I can only send you here, Mr. Nanzhou is still waiting for you, so please go up by yourself." Kawahara raised his hand towards the gangway and said to Yamamoto Gonbei in English with a smile.

"Kawara-kun! Great work! Yamamoto Gonbei waved his hand in gratitude - for Kawahara Keichi, a naval officer who was also born in Kagoshima Prefecture, although he was not a feudal priest, Yamamoto Gonbei still liked him, and this can be seen only from the cabin and accompanying personnel that Yamamoto chose on the "Raiden Maru".

After Yamamoto Gonbei boarded the training ship as an attaché to Saigo Takamori, Captain Uemura Hikonosei arranged him in the room in the officer's living quarters that belonged to the Japanese Navy warrant officer in front of him, the first mate of the "Raiden Maru" Kawahara Yoichi, and Kawahara Yoichi was not only close to his age, but also the deputy of the new mine team that Yamamoto Gonbei would "supervise" at this time. With such a relationship, these two young people, who are no more than 2 years apart, have gotten along quite well in the past two days.

As soon as Kawahara was about to leave, Yamamoto walked down the escalator to the flying bridge.

"Gonbei? Why did you come at this time? Kirino Toshiaki, who had already arrived on the flybridge in advance, saw Yamamoto Gonbei and immediately greeted him with a smile.

"I just waited in the cabin below for a while, and you see, General, the soot on my hands has not been wiped clean." He smiled and raised his hand at the Kirino Toshiaki, and sure enough, there was still some coal ash on his hand that had not yet been wiped off - he had just gone to the engine room to see the coal burning situation of this warship, and fortunately, now the Japanese Navy still had the opportunity to obtain high-quality lumpy high-quality coal at a relatively low price.

Taking the opportunity to greet Kirino Toshiaki, Yamamoto Gonbei quickly took a look at the people and scenery on the flybridge - this is a square platform on the deck of the "Raiden Maru", a mixed structure of iron and wood, and there are two ladders leading to the head and tail decks of the "Raiden Maru" in the front and back of the flybridge, and on it are installed compasses and car clocks arranged in the open air, and there are some signal markers, and there is a small wooden house at the back of the flybridge, and Yamamoto Gonbei knows that this small house should be stored in the "Raiden Maru" A signal flag box used on the ship for command.

Gonbei Yamamoto looked so carefully that he didn't even want to let go of the shape of the rivets on the deck of the flybridge that connected the teak floor to the iron frame—until Toshiaki Kirino, who couldn't look at it anymore, touched his arm.

"Quan Bingwei!" Kirino Toshiaki couldn't hold back a smile, "Why do you just care about watching the boat, do you know that there are other people here." ”

"Huh?" Gonbei Yamamoto looked up as if he had just woken up from a dream—at the other end of the flybridge. Dressed in a sky-blue standard French naval uniform, Shinohara Kunikan and several other Japanese officials were dissatisfied. And Saigo Takamori, who was standing between the two, was also full of displeasure.

"Warrant Officer, have you never seen a ship?" Saigo Takamori shouted in a deep voice, "Let everyone stand here and wait for you, your shelf is really not small!" ”

Shinohara Kunikan and Murata Shinhachi, who was standing on the other side of Saigo Takamori, immediately glanced at each other when they heard this. It was not surprising that they read the deep meaning in each other's eyes - they were both old subordinates who had followed Saigo Takamori for many years. The temper of Saigo Takashichi has long been commonplace. Everybody knows that. Mr. Nanzhou's temper has never been disorderly. More often than not, it's even an affectionate representation.

"Mr. Nanzhou! I'm here for purpose. In the past few days, after I got on the ship, I locked myself in the cabin every day and thought about how to deal with the Qianguo Navy. It's hard to come out of it. Let me take a closer look at what's wrong? Yamamoto Gonbei said a few words in his heart, but on the surface he was still very respectful.

As a samurai who had participated in the Battle of Satsuma and the Battle of Fushimi-Toba, and as a first graduate of the Tokyo Naval Academy, it was not the first time he had seen a steam warship, but he had just an instinct to familiarize himself with an unfamiliar warship as soon as he came along.

He walked up to Saigo Takamori and the other three and saluted respectfully.

――――Dividing Line――――

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