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- Yongxia Bay is very large. From Yongxia Port to Chenmei Island guarding the mouth of the bay, it is a hundred miles apart.
It was already midnight when the Coast Guard Joint Fleet arrived at the mouth of the bay.
The combined fleet, which knew the Luzon waters well, did not dock at Chenmei Island for the night. Instead, under the command of the lighthouse, it sailed out of Yongxia Bay at night and disappeared into the dark sea.
At the same time, three hundred kilometers away in the depths of the ocean, a huge fleet also pulled anchor and set sail. This is the Royal Maritime Armed Merchant Fleet led by Chen Huaixiu, with a total of 140 large and medium-sized armed merchant ships.
Using the Royal Sea instead of the South China Sea is naturally to keep it secret.
Their mission is to replace the combined fleet and go south to Borneo and advance into Brunei Bay. The sails and hull designs of these latest armed merchant ships are roughly the same as those of new warships, but the materials and workmanship are completely different, and they only have a few cannons.
The cost of building one battleship can probably build 100 merchant ships of the same tonnage
After careful camouflage, like the Coast Guard, they were painted gray-blue and painted a row of realistic gun windows on the ship's bulwarks. These one hundred and forty armed merchant ships looked nothing like Coast Guard warships. To say they are very similar can only be said to be exactly the same.
??At least during normal navigation, it is difficult to see the subtle differences in appearance between the two without close observation. In order to prevent pirates from approaching and revealing their secrets, there is also a destroyer squadron from the Taiwan Garrison Area to provide escort for them and not allow any ships to approach.
One day later, the Nanyang pirates hired by the Spanish to cruise near Mayi Island discovered that a huge fleet that had been flying the coast guard flag was heading south.
They followed the fleet from a distance and saw it arrive at Palawan Island three days later.
After another six days, the fleet arrived in Borneo.
Because the Spanish had withdrawn all their warships in advance, Chen Huaixiu's 'fleet' blocked Brunei Bay without encountering any resistance.
"Sister-in-law, why don't we make it real?" Next to her stood her brother-in-law Shen Teng. The child who was almost poisoned with mercury back then was now half a head taller than her.
This is Shen Teng¡¯s first time going to sea with his sister-in-law. Young people, who doesn¡¯t want to be the protagonist and be in the limelight? Looking at the Brunei city in front of me, I can't help but feel itchy. "Just knock this place down."
The 20,000 sailors, tens of thousands of guns, and hundreds of cannons on these 140 ships made the young man who had never seen the difference between armed merchant ships and real warships full of confidence in their strength.
"Xiao Teng, this is a war, and military orders are like mountains." Chen Huaixiu said calmly: "Our mission is to stop here, not to create extraneous problems."
"Oh." Shen Teng nodded, not daring to talk nonsense.
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On the other side, the real combined fleet has quietly moved northward, and after seven days of sailing, it has circled to the east side of Luzon Island.
Then ride the wind south and sail towards the real destination.
The blue waves of the Luzon Sea are rippling, on board the 01 ship Kaiyuan, on the 02 ship Chixiao, on the 03 ship Jique on the 101 armored cruiser Tamluo, on the 102 armored cruiser Fengshan, on the 103 ship Keelung
?? 128 captains on the 128 warships of the combined fleet read out the commander-in-chief's personal letter - "For Our Future Generations" to all the officers and soldiers on the ship with their sonorous and powerful voices.
"My soldiers:
? ? Sorry to communicate with you in this way.
In order to completely annihilate the powerful Spanish fleet, the theater formulated a strategic deception plan to make the enemy believe that our target is Brunei, so that they will enter our preset battlefield - Leyte Gulf.
You all understand that war never tires of deceit, and you have also kept in mind the confidentiality system of the Coast Guard, so you shouldn¡¯t blame me for telling you the truth now.
But I still want to solemnly apologize to you and give you the real order again¡ª¡ª"
The navy officers and soldiers who were sitting neatly on the deck and listened to the instructions, all stood up to listen to the instructions.
I only heard the captains shouting sonorously and forcefully:
"Go to Leyte Gulf! Intercept the Spanish expedition fleet, and attack the invaders head-on when they come from afar! At any cost, do everything possible to annihilate the enemy! Never let any enemy ship invade our territory people!"
"Follow your orders!"
"Follow your orders!"
"Follow your orders!"
On the battleships one after another, the sounds of roaring mountains and tsunamis were heard one after another, and then they merged into one, shaking the sea and the sky!
When the officers and soldiers calmed down, the captains continued to read loudly:
¡°My soldiers, brothers, comrades!
In the past ten years, we have made great progress and startedAt this time, half of the destroyers and frigates had passed through the 20-kilometer-long throat strait.
The Luzon Port Authority has set up two rows of eye-catching buoys in the strait in advance to mark the safe channel.
The 333-ton frigate is light in stature and flexible in maneuverability, and easily passed through the strait along the channel.
By the time the 500-ton destroyer passes, it becomes a bit bulky and difficult to keep sailing in the channel.
This is normal. The wind in the gorge in winter is very strong and the waves are strong. It is indeed difficult to require a sailing warship without independent power to always travel on the channel.
But this could not stop the high-spirited Coast Guard soldiers. They lowered the lifeboat, connected it to the warship with a cable, then paddled to tow their warship and passed the strait on time.
But battleships and destroyers are too heavy, especially armored battleships, and all the lifeboats cannot be dragged together.
Therefore, two Swordfish must be used to tow a large warship in order to safely pass through the strait.
Fearing that they would delay the fighter plane, the Coast Guard officers also used lifeboats to help. As a result, it took only one day to tow all 36 battleships to the other side of the strait.
Prior to this, Luzon Port estimated that it would take two days
ps. Don¡¯t worry, there will definitely be a war tonight. If you don¡¯t fire cannons, you are not a human being (Remember this site¡¯s website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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