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*** Sea, north of Kyushu Island.

The sea surface in late autumn looks very calm. The sea surface is like stretched blue satin, without any undulations. Occasionally, you can see one or two simple canoe-like fishing boats slowly laying the calm lake surface. The people on the canoe scattered fishing nets one by one, splashing slight white waves on the water.

This is a peaceful world, a world that is almost isolated from the world. I have just experienced the war and have no time to manage this sea area. There are not many people who know this sea area.

Suddenly, a huge fleet appeared on the western sea surface. This fleet was composed of large sword-tooth ships. The sword-tooth ship rolled in, and the bow split the rolling waves, leaving long white marks on the tail of the ship. More than a dozen sword-tooth ships were moving forward in an orderly manner. The split waves collided with each other, and the white marks covered each other, forming a beautiful and powerful picture on the sea surface.

Behind the warship are large merchant ships of the same number. All of these merchant ships are brand new, obviously just recently launched. Some merchant ships have obvious traces of being destroyed by storms. If they were not for their good resistance to wind and waves, they might have sank during a long voyage.

All warships and merchant ships, and the masts, were hung with red flags, and there were yellow hexagonal stars in the middle of the flag. A discerning person could tell at a glance that this was the flag of the Hu Ben Army. Obviously, this huge fleet belonged to the Hu Ben Army.

In fact, this fleet is the second fleet of the Hu Ben Navy. Just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, they set off from the Weihaiwei Naval Base. After sailing on the sea for more than 20 days, they finally approached their destination.

The destination of their voyage this time was unfamiliar to all the naval officers and soldiers of the Second Fleet. It was a place called Sado Island. Even the fleet commander Zhou Zhengyu had never heard of it.

This is a task deployed by Zhang Zhun himself. I don’t know that Sado Island has nothing to do with it. It is on the chart, and you just need to sail according to the chart. And, according to Zhang Zhun, someone has already responded to Sado Island.

Standing on the deck of the flagship, Zhou Zhengyu held up the Qianli Milestone and carefully observed the movements around him. From time to time, the Qianli Milestone in his hand would look back to see if all the warships were in good navigation state.

This was the first long voyage after the expansion of the Second Fleet. Of course, he had to pay special attention to it. In fact, this long voyage was indeed a bit far away. The last time the second Fleet had the farthest voyage from Weihaiwei Army Port to Jeju Island, the round trip took only about twelve days.

The voyage distance this time is more than three times that of Weihaiwei to Jeju Island. Moreover, it has to pass through the Korean Strait, which often has storms. This is definitely an unprecedented test for the naval officers and soldiers of the Second Fleet.

In September, the Navy will have twenty-four sword-tooth ships launched. In this way, the number of sword-tooth ships in the Navy will increase to fifty-four. In order to make more use of combat, Zhang Zhun reorganized the three fleets. The number of sword-tooth ships in each fleet will increase to sixteen. The remaining six were injured in naval battles and used as training ships.

As a large number of warships continued to be launched, the Navy felt increasingly unable to keep up with personnel training. These six sword-toothed ships were specially trained by the Navy. If the warships injured in naval battles were repaired, their performance would be affected.

When the Second Fleet set off, the new sword-tooth ship had not yet been launched. Therefore, Zhang Zhun specially drew elite warships from the other two fleets to supplement the Second Fleet, increasing the number of sword-tooth ships to sixteen. Therefore, it can be said that everyone in the Second Fleet is a real veteran.

Fortunately, all of them were all veterans who could withstand the raging storm when they passed through the Tsushima Strait. Sixteen sword-toothed ships were not seriously injured, and this was the power of veterans. On the contrary, those merchant ships had some problems. One merchant ship was directly sunk by the storm, and one was seriously damaged and could not be repaired. In the end, he had to give up.

"Commander Zhou, how far is it from the destination?"

Next to Zhang Zhun, someone asked pitifully.

"It's coming soon!"

"It's good after getting off the boat!"

Zhou Zhengyu patted the shoulder of the person next to him and said with a smile.

The person who spoke was Shen Kunshan, who turned out to be a big businessman in Hejian Prefecture, Northern Zhili. This mission was taken by Shen Kunshan to take the initiative to find Zhang Zhun. Zhou Zhengyu believed that after being tortured by the storm, Shen Kunshan might have regretted it.

Shen Kunshan is really, he wants to get rich and feel comfortable, so how can he be so cheap? I thought that sitting at home would be leisurely and have a lot of money to earn? Don’t dream! Do you think the money from the governor is so easy to make?

Shen Kunshan was indeed so bumpy that he felt dizzy all the way, his whole body was soft and without any strength. Especially when the fleet was passing through the Tsushima Strait, he encountered a storm, and his internal organs were almost floating out.

"I hope it's really coming soon."

Shen Kunshan spit out another burst of jaundice.

It took almost a month to arrive at Sado Island from Weihai Wei Guard Port. The bumps along the way really cost the life of this big businessman. If he had known that the sea was so hard, he would not have taken the initiative to find Zhang Zhun.

"Old Shen, opportunities and risks coexist. The Governor has told you a long time ago!"

"You don't feel regret now, do you?"

Liu Dong next to him interrupted.

The Marine Corps also participated in this long-distance mission. After arriving at the destination, they will also undertake a more arduous task, which is to guard Sado Island. Sado Island will take at least one month's navigation time from the Shandong area controlled by the Hu Ben Army. Even if it is half a month's navigation time from the eastern part of the Korean Peninsula. It is a very arduous task to guard overseas alone.

In addition to carrying a large amount of strategic materials, the merchant ships behind the Second Fleet also carried two Tiger Ben Marine Corps, a total of 600 troops. In order to persist in combat for a long time, each Marine soldier carried at least 3,000 Minnie bombs and a large number of explosive packs were reserved.

"No, no, absolutely not."

"The Governor's words are absolutely nothing wrong."

Shen Kunshan said hurriedly.

Isn’t this intentional search for death when saying something bad about Zhang Zhun behind his back?

"Just know!"

"Hold on!"

Liu Dong nodded and said.

"Dududu!"

Zhou Zhengyu was about to speak when suddenly a sharp whistle sounded from the top of the mast.

"Discover land!"

Immediately afterwards, the observation whistle screamed.

"The land has arrived?"

Shen Kunshan was overjoyed and shouted happily.

Zhou Zhengyu and Liu Dong hurriedly raised the Qianli Mile Mile Mile and carefully looked at the sea in the east.

Sure enough, as the fleet slowly moved forward, a small black line appeared in their Mile Mile Mile Mile. The black line gradually grew larger and eventually evolved into pieces of land. Soon, larger pieces of land appeared in front of them.

"Chen Taizhong! Tell me where I am!"

Zhou Zhengyu shouted loudly.

"It should be about fifteen miles south of Aichuan."

The young staff officer named Chen Taizhong hurriedly answered.

"Fifteen miles south?"

"Transfer to the south and move to the dock."

Zhou Zhengyu held up the Qianli Mile Mile Mile Mile, observed carefully for a moment, and said decisively.

"clear!"

Chen Taizhong hurriedly agreed to the order.

The fleet slowly deflected southward and continued to move forward. The land continued to extend to both sides, and basically no end could be seen. Looking through the Thousand Mile Mile Mile, the outline of the land was still relatively desolate, and basically no figure could be seen.

However, for those who have been wandering on the sea for more than 20 days, as long as it is land, even if it is barren, it can make them feel happy. What's more, the land in front of them is at least barren.

“Is this Sado Island?”

Liu Dong walked to Zhou Zhengyu and asked in a low voice.

“This is true when the chart shows.”

Zhou Zhengyu replied in a low voice.

In fact, he had never been to Sado Island, so he didn't know what Sado Island was like at all. However, he believed that his navigation skills would not be wrong. Since he had not made any mistakes, this place must be Sado Island.

After more than twenty days of bumpy sea, I finally arrived at my destination. It was really not easy! Fortunately, it was a purposeful sailing with Zhang Zhun's clear guidance. Otherwise, they would have been exploring themselves, but they would not be able to reach their destination in less than two or three months.

"Lao Zhou, are we going to get ashore here?"

Shen Kunshan came out of nowhere and asked in confusion.

The sword-tooth ship cannot land directly on the coast, and there is no decent port within the sight. Such a deserted island is actually what Zhang Zhun needs?

"Boss Shen, are you much more energetic?"

Liu Dong said with a smile.

"It's really much better to see the land."

Shen Kunshan gasped and said with relief.

"That's good!"

Liu Dong said with a smile.

"What are you doing?"

Shen Kunshan suddenly saw that the people around him began to get busy and couldn't help asking in confusion.

“Wait for the people on the island to connect with us.”

Liu Dong said casually.

At this time, the flagship lowered a sampan. The staff officer named Chen Taizhong took the sampan and took a dozen Marine soldiers to the shore quietly. After arriving at the shore, they quickly got ashore, then chose a slightly higher and relatively empty place to stop. Chen Taizhong took out the second kick foot that had been prepared long ago, placed it on the ground, and then lit the fuse.

"Thirt!"

"Bang!"

The second kicked his feet and flew into the sky, then made a loud noise.

"Thirt!"

"Bang!"

"Thirt!"

"Bang!"

Two consecutive kicks were put on, making two loud noises.
To be continued...