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109. [Explosion 7] The Phantom of the East China Sea

(Dear readers, at this point, the second chapter of "The Storm of the Ming Dynasty" "The Storm of Japan" has officially begun! Welcome to read a history of the close neighbors of our country during the Wanli period with the cup. Welcome to comment and support the genuine version!)

The moment the sea boat left the shore, my heart seemed to be pulled hard. Many things, many times, you think you don’t care or let go. But when you really lose them, you realize that in your heart, it is far from calm enough. Let alone let go or forget.

The coastline gradually narrowed and thinned, and eventually became a distant memory. Looking at the water traces dragged out by the hull, I suddenly felt a little breathing and my eyes were getting hot. Can I still come back to this land of China?

My father took me and set sail from Yantai and smuggled into Yokohama. When he left his hometown and headed east, what was his mood? Is it like me, who was hard to leave and had to leave?

Is this fate? The fate of our Sun family? What about this fate that is entangled and unbreakable?

I felt heavy in my heart, and I felt boring nothing to do. It had nothing to do with ambition, it was purely a human mental state. I just stood at the bow of the boat, silently looking at the direction of the coastline, without saying a word.

Suddenly, I felt another person coming behind me, Yuan. I didn't look back, she walked to me like that, gently held the railing, and looked into the distance with me.

The sea breeze blew the kid's hair backwards. She untied her hair that had been tying, and the black hair that had crossed her shoulders swayed like waves. I turned my head and looked at her. The little girl was laughing. Although there was no sound, she was clearly a very pleasant smile!

I turned around, looked into the distance again, exhaled a heavy breath, and asked with a smile: "Yuan, what are you laughing at? I have always been happy to see you! Tell me!"

Yuan did not turn his head, but looked straight ahead as usual, but said happily: "Just laugh if you are happy! Isn't this a good reason?"

I sneered helplessly, raised my hand, knocked her head, and smiled and said, "Shouldn't you be sad about my experience?"

Yuan rubbed his head and muttered a few times. Before he could put down his hand, he smiled happily, "It's an encounter, but isn't it a new beginning? Why not look at the better side?"

I laughed in silence and said, "If someone is kicked out, it is indeed worth celebrating."

Yuan happily hugged my right arm, shook it gently, and said playfully: "A new environment, a new life, a new friend, a new beginning! Isn't it worth celebrating? What are you nostalgic about?"

I reached out, patted her hand gently, sighed softly, and smiled bitterly, "You are still young, I don't know."

Yuan leaned her head gently on my right arm, closed her eyes and murmured: "I will be with you! No matter where..."

I sighed slightly in my heart, but I didn't see that Yuan's back was facing the corner of my mouth. She muttered, "Sir, only belongs to me again..."

I didn't hear it clearly and asked, "What did you say?"

Yuan shook her head and said there was nothing.

I sneered and sighed for a third sigh.

During lunch, Lan and Su reported to me about the recent trade situation - the trade between Japan and Nanyang has made great progress, and the total amount is only greater than the previous tribute trade with the Ming Dynasty. After removing the taxes and fees, it is only a lot more.

Moreover, many port cities in Nanyang are very backward and are now basically in a mess. Therefore, while we invest, we can also gain a certain amount of urban management rights, which is very beneficial to our long-term development in the future.

Especially after several port cities such as Ceylon and Brunei formed full investment and occupied all trade share, the city guard also signed an exclusive trade agreement with us. In those four or five cities, our Blade Sea Chamber of Commerce has no less say than the city lord, and we can get a share of their taxes every month.

Bianhai, this name was named by me, and it is also the official code name of the United States for the most advanced destroyer in China in my previous life. I liked this name, so I chose it.

This time we were greeted by the No. 3 of the No. 1 Fleet. In order to confuse the Ming customs, we hang the banner of "Minoki". In fact, the real ship is called "Siyuan". It is a specially made "Fu"-class ocean-going ship. The Ming technology is absolutely fine.

This ship has excellent wave resistance and is far more resistant to wind and waves than any type of ship in Japan, including the iron-armored ship they are very proud of. It is also very stable. No grassland people like Lakshun show signs of seasickness.

In the afternoon, after afternoon tea, I sat on the bow deck and looked at the direction of my progress. We are still in offshore trade as a whole and often docked in the port, so all kinds of supplies are very rich, and the food is made of fresh ingredients.

Seeing that I was here, Lan walked over with Jiugui Masayoshi and bowed to me, "Sir, shortly after we went out to sea, a boat has followed us! It seems that it was for us all the way!"

I yelled "Oh", raised my eyebrows, but didn't make a sound, waiting for them to continue talking.

Jiugui Zhengxiao said: "All of them are Fu-class sea ships. Everyone's overall performance is similar. If they are really hostile, we can suppress them because we are the configuration of warships. This time we have specially strengthened the firepower. After several modifications, the overall performance is much stronger than the original "Fu-class" warship!"

I took a sip of the black tea and continued to ask, "Oh! Then how long will it take for them to catch up with us?"

Lan turned around and looked at it again, saying, "They are also very skilled in the boat rider. We both have been maintaining relatively uniform speeds. If we continue, they will always be two hours away from our sea journey."

I was silent for a while and asked again, "Where is the climate? What is the weather?"

Lan frowned slightly and replied, "This is exactly what I want to say. The sea breeze suddenly blew and the smell was salty. I was worried that there would be heavy rain ahead soon! This will greatly slow down our speed and then affect the other party!"

I pondered, "In other words..."

Lan continued: "In other words, we will slow down before the other party, and the other party may take advantage of the weather and eventually catch up with us somewhere!"

I frowned and said, "In the case of a storm, most of the firearms will not be available. Therefore, we must take advantage of the opportunity of both parties getting closer and hurt each other in a round, increase their risk in the storm, and slow down the speed. We are sure to win!"

Lan said loudly: "That's right! But we should still confirm the other party's identity and intentions."

I nodded and said, "No, let's figure out the purpose first."

The sea breeze became stronger and stronger in the next few hours. Standing on the deck, the wind blew on my face and felt a little painful. I looked at the exciting waves ahead, thinking about what could it be. Who would it be? The Ming navy? No, it would not be them. If so, it would not be a ship, but a fleet.

I was full of doubts. Looking at the direction of the other party's ship, it was obviously coming to us, but who was it?

As the storm is approaching, the sun has long disappeared behind the dark clouds, the sea is filled with unusual white foam, and fish are jumping around on the water. Our hull is swaying gently with the wind and waves. This nine-meter-wide hull has given me great confidence and increased my courage to fight against nature! People are on the sea, and fate is really determined by heaven.

Lan reported to me that after seeing us slow down in the storm area, the other ship accelerated again and wanted to catch up with us by taking advantage of the storm. This is an extremely dangerous operation in navigation. If you are not careful, the entire ship will fall into danger. The other party obviously did not care about these things, but rushed over bravely!

Our entire ship has entered a state of combat readiness. According to the current state, if we do not deliberately avoid it and if the other party does not consider the danger of the storm, it is very likely that both sides will connect the strings in the storm circle before nightfall.

The sea breeze roared, and the huge waves kept rising, hitting the hull, and the wooden boards on the deck creaked. I was really worried that this wooden deck would break - although this never happened, it still strengthened my determination to build a pure metal warship in the future!

We have not reached the center of the storm yet, so as we continue to move northeastward, the intensity of the storm will become stronger and stronger. What can be seen is the middle wave of more than one meter or two meters. The "Siyuan" has shrunk most of the sails and has begun to prepare for wind and wave prevention.

But the boat behind seemed to be fearful of the wind and waves, and still rushed towards us with all its sails! What a great hatred, what a great grudge? It would be better to hurt one thousand of yourself than to hurt eight hundred of the enemies. There is no reason!

After walking forward for about an hour, the wind and waves became even bigger! The three or four meters high waves hit the hull, and the hull began to shake strongly! The sails had shrunk most of them. If the wind and waves were a little bigger, the sails would be completely removed, and even some masts that could be removed had to be removed! The purpose is to minimize the wind and water area of ​​the boat as much as possible, and reduce the danger in the storm!

Although it was still afternoon, the sky was already dark, with dark clouds as if pressing on the top of the head, and the air pressure in the air was extremely low, and the sea swallows were almost flying against the sea. The lightning passing through the dark clouds was like a long snake, emitting a heart-pounding light!

I looked up at the sky, and while I was in awe of the power of the world, I was also enjoying and experiencing it. I had a vague illusion that every time I was trained with such risks, I would be closer. Although this idea was unfounded, I insisted on thinking it like this.

At this moment, Lan came over to report to me and said, "Sir, the ship behind is still sailing forward! Look, their hull is almost close to the sea! For some reason, they chose this tactic of dying together! I'll ask you for instructions, should you speed up avoiding them?"

I suddenly felt very sympathetic to the captain on the ship behind me. What kind of obsession did he track me? I can confirm that they were not the Ming Navy, because the navy did not have such courage, nor did it take the whole ship to take the life of me.

I said in a deep voice: "Slow down!"

Lan and Jiugui Zhengxiao were a little confused, Lan asked, "Sir?"

I smiled and said, "This kind of persistence should be rewarded, no matter who he is. Slow down! I want to see who is so desperate! What exactly do they want to ask us for! I'm very curious!"

Lan and Jiugui Zhengxiao have long been used to my unusual path. After saying yes, they went down and prepared. Of course, while slowing down, the entire ship of artillery was ready! Although it was illegal to engage in battle in the storm, we had to protect ourselves when we had no choice!

The Siyuan in the big waves slowly began to slow down, but the ship did not slow down! I couldn't help but sweat secretly and arranged loudly: "If the other party still does not slow down within a mile, open fire and sink them!"

The two sides were only less than one and a half miles away! I ordered the fire to warn! Suddenly, the three cannons on the stern of the port ship began to fire, but aimed at the 200-meter-long position in front of the ship. The warnings of these cannons were very meaningful!

However, the ship opposite still did not slow down, but began to turn slightly, and the direction of the hull was moving straight towards our ship to gradually move side by side with our ship!

Do they want to board a boat? Or do they want to shoot? Why? Are they really crazy when boarding a boat in such weather?

I became more and more curious, but for safety reasons, I still ordered: "All artillery is on guard. Whenever the other party is suspected of firing, fire with all his strength!"

I am very confident and believe that this round of volleys is definitely enough for the ship opposite to drink a pot! If you hit the key part, then the opponent will definitely not be able to survive this storm!

However, the ship had no intention of firing a cannon. On the contrary, the flag suddenly rose on the opposite side! I couldn't see the flag clearly in the wind and rain, but I vaguely felt very familiar! Whose ship was it?

As the ship moved closer and closer, I saw the flying flag of the ship clearly! Suddenly, a proudly blooming plum blossom...
Chapter completed!
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