Alchemy Greater China

Major General Miller felt that he must have eaten too much teeth last night, which caused osteoporosis and induced auditory hallucinations...

Going to sea to destroy Benson's...fleet?

Miller promises that this is the funniest joke he has ever heard since he was born, and if a newspaper chooses the ten funniest sentences in the [-]th century, this one must be selected!

Annihilation?

Why do you want to destroy a super fleet consisting of six first-class battleships with a total tonnage of more than 3 tons?

Based on this cruiser, are there two other training ships that are temporarily equipped with artillery?

If so, Major General Miller felt that the Earl of Beihai must be crazy, and he was also a madman with arrogance!

With such a disparate power balance, if you want to say annihilation, are you sure you didn't forget to add "passive" when expressing it?

You are sending the Benson fleet 'to be annihilated'! ?

Thinking of this, Miller couldn't help but raised his head and laughed. He forgot to hide the 'childishness' in his mouth, and said, "Say it again? Are you going to annihilate Benson's fleet? Hahaha, are you sure you weren't The unlucky one that the Earl of the North Sea sent to die? Six armored battleships, even if they stand still and let you fight, I am afraid that your artillery can't penetrate their armor?"

"Whether you want to die or not, you don't say it by your mouth, hey, major general, your mouth seems to have a serious ulcer..."

Gao Tianyang took a look at Miller's broken mouth, and then patted the federal major general: "You can accompany me to appreciate it on this ship. What are the six battleships? It was kindness to you that the young master didn't do anything before. Now you If you offend him, he wants you to know that even Buddhas have fire!"

Buddha jb, I believe in God!

Miller shut up.He didn't say anything anymore, but was a little worried: This lunatic, pretending to be the Earl of Beihai, didn't want to use it as a bait to attract Benson's shells?

At this time, Zhenshi has sailed out of the channel.It was about to leave the port, and Miller took a look, and suddenly found something wrong: why is there a boat in front?Behind... why is there a freighter's whistle?

"Why are so many ships... leaving the port?"

"Can't there be too many? They all admire my young master's character and volunteered to follow the cargo ship that went to attack Benson's fleet!" Gao Tianyang said with a smile: "That's why I said just now that I am not the only ship leaving the port. The channel is limited, so we must Hurry up!"

"Freighter... for a ball?"

Miller blurted out in surprise: This Earl of the North Sea, wouldn't it be that he intends to send so many freighters into battle?Worrying...

He was not worried about Benson, but worried about these deluded freighters: modern naval warfare relies on cannons and armor.Apart from having a big belly, what can these freighters do on the battlefield?All tm is cannon fodder!

"It's not up to you to decide whether to stand up to the ball or not. Okay, Major General, just stay on the deck and watch the show obediently!"

On the morning of June 1892, 6, the commercial port of San Francisco, which had been silent for more than ten days, finally became lively.

It starts at six o'clock in the morning.The first cargo ship slowly sailed out of the port, and Zhenshi was ranked 12th.Follow it out, and behind it, there are countless large and small freighters waiting to weigh anchor and flute, so as to leave this commercial seaport that has been closed for ten days.

If you look down from the sky, this harbor looks like a crowded market, or like a bumper car field in an amusement park... more than a hundred ships.Turning around awkwardly, trying to squeeze into the only few channels and go to sea as soon as possible.

The flags of various countries have been pulled up again on these ships, which are colorful.It is very spectacular. Compared with it, the golden dragon flag on the Zhenshi is even more eye-catching!

This is eye-catching not only because there is a lifelike dragon painted on the flag, but also because there are a group of majestic soldiers with guns standing under it.

The soldiers consisted of the Dragon Scale Army, the rookie sailors trained by Hong Zaimo, and the Expeditionary Army. They were not many in number, but they were all high-spirited. Take the soldiers on the Zhenshi as an example, they only had one thought in mind at the moment, That is the 'young master' who protects the bow, went to sea to fight those six battleships!

It wasn't just that there were visible soldiers on the Zhenshi, in fact, there were also Long Hao's soldiers on the other hundred or so ships (basically freighters).

Some people may ask, is there enough staff?

This is more than a hundred freighters. Hasn't the main force of the Dragonscale Navy already gone south?Where did so many sailors go to take care of the freighter?

Here, I would like to thank Chini Carbonella and other sea merchants for their support, as well as the suffering compatriots in Chinatown for their assistance.

For each freighter, Long Hao had only two or three soldiers. The people who actually operated these freighters were the sailors under the command of the merchants and the residents of Chinatown.

This is also the reason why these freighters with flags of various countries seem to be uncharged bumper cars: because they are unfamiliar ships, and there are too few people who know how to operate the ships, so most of the freighters are like toddlers, and scratching incidents happen from time to time .

Why an unfamiliar ship?

Cough, isn't that obvious?The ships in the trading port do not belong to Long Hao's family. In order to mobilize these ships, Long Hao sprinkled a lot of gold dollars.

The main use of gold dollars is not spent on the rent of freighters, but on the hiring of sailors.

The ownership of the freighter is divided into two parts, one is pro-earl, and only needs a symbolic rent, and the other is anti-earl, now that Long Hao has shown his fangs, wouldn't it be sick to give them rent?

The freighter is dead, so it is easy to force it, but the sailors are alive, so it is not easy to force it.Otherwise, you will be bored to death if you don't work hard.

For this reason, Long Hao promised that all sailors who are willing to board the ship to help the freighter start during today's operation will give 50 dollars per person!

Those who don’t know how to sail a boat and are willing to board a boat as a labor force will also be given $20 per person!

If there is an unfortunate death in this operation, the family members of each person will be compensated 5000 US dollars afterwards!

The money is all prepaid, so there are quite a few people who make money desperately, and it has also made more than a hundred freighters start at the same time, which has become a reality.

You don't want to drive?

Some people go to open it!

What, the people who go there can't drive a boat?

Cut, what's so difficult about driving a coal-burning ship?Under the guidance of the sailors of the Earl of Beihai, you can touch porcelain a few times at most, and you will gradually master it?

Whoever doesn't earn this kind of money is a fool!

Moreover.The Earl of Beihai has already guaranteed that our cargo ships can sail freely as long as they leave the harbor for 1000 meters in this operation. There will be no strict requirements, and we will not be forced to fight with those six big gunships!

Long Hao's propaganda is in place, and people nowadays probably don't have much awe of iron-clad battleships.So the dollar bills flickered in front of my eyes, and I agreed with all my heads.

Alright, here is the reason why more than a hundred freighters were able to start at the same time. Let's focus on Benson's fleet for the time being. After all, they are the ultimate bosses of this "total annihilation" operation. No introduction, always It's a bit unreasonable.

Life at sea is extremely boring, and this comes from the British sailors under Fremantle who like to work with right-handed dollar bills.You can see one or two.

The Gogol and other six battleships looked mighty from a distance, but in fact, the consumption of such big men like them standing on the sea surface is not usually small. It has been more than ten days. All very 'burnt green'.If you don't enter Hong Kong again, it's not uncommon for a sea version of the "battle tsunami" to happen.

These ten days.Fortunately, from time to time, there were freighters coming from the Pacific Ocean to relieve the boredom of these sailors, otherwise, Colonel Benson would probably go crazy first.

Therefore, yesterday Long Hao sent someone to say that he was going to leave the port, and all the members of the six battleships breathed a sigh of relief, and sincerely greeted the Earl of Beihai who 'knew the current affairs' in their hearts.

Things are finally coming to an end.We are finally about to set foot on the long-lost land!

This was the voice of Benson's fleet that night.

At midnight this morning, the Gogol and other six battleships turned their bows and retreated one kilometer as requested by Long Hao, quite impatiently.Hope for dawn.

Retreating by one kilometer means that the fleet's ability to blockade the San Francisco harbor has dropped by several levels. However, Benson and Fremantle are very calm about this: retreating only 1000 meters, the blockade circle is a bit bigger, but With the Earl of Beihai's small broken boats, can he escape?

However, at [-]:[-] in the morning on June [-]th, Benson put down the binoculars in his hand, and his mouth became a little uneasy: "It's foggy, the port is thickly fogged..."

Yes, San Francisco is known as the city of foggy harbors. After more than ten days of "abnormal" sunny days, today, as if by coincidence, as soon as the sky brightened, a thick white fog rose around the harbor.

The white mist stretched for several kilometers, tightly wrapping the commercial seaport, so that the movements of the cargo ships inside escaped the surveillance of Benson and others.

When it was [-]:[-], the bow of the first ship came out of the mist, and Benson slapped the desk and said with a little joy: "He came so early, and the Earl of Beihai is also impatient, didn't he agree on seven o'clock?" ...Well, why is there more than one ship?"

Indeed more than one!

Although the white fog was thick, when it reached the edge, the hazy black shadows of the ships inside could still be seen. When the first commercial freighter appeared, at least three shadows of ships appeared behind it!

"Could it be that the Earl of Beihai is scared and wants the boat to follow the momentum?"

Fremantle touched his nose, and half-jokingly said: "But what's the use of a few freighters, if we really want to move him, can't it be solved with a few shells?"

"Heh heh, it's a good thing for us that he is cowardly!"

Benson tilted his head thinking about it, and smiled: "When he boards the ship, the general can just scare him more, so that he can ask for more benefits!"

Fremantle also smiled, stroking his chin: "As long as he releases all my sailors back and pays a few million in compensation, I will be satisfied... After all, he is a nobleman of the British Empire, and I am also satisfied." Don't push him too hard."

But soon, the smiles of Benson and Fremantle froze, and the atmosphere in the captain's cabin was no longer relaxed.

Because, the freighters in the telescope are like cockroach cubs in the drawer that have not been opened for a long time, one by one coming out of the white mist, and it is endless!

"Why are there so many ships?"

"It's still going out!"

"Tsk tsk, are they all freighters? What are they doing? Are they going to take this opportunity to escape San Francisco?"

"A group of idiots, we concocted the Earl of Beihai today, and we are about to enter the harbor to rest. How can we fire? They are running around, stupid!"

On the six battleships, the mid-level officers equipped with binoculars couldn't stop laughing when they saw this situation, as if they were watching a nest of flooded ants moving in a panic.

With the appearance of the Zhenshi, there were still freighters pouring out from behind. Benson frowned and said, "Why are there still ships? Is that the cruiser of the Earl of the North Sea? It is sandwiched between so many freighters. What the hell is the Earl of the North Sea trying to do?" ghost?"

Fortunately, these ships were still heading towards the Gogol, so although Benson was puzzled, he hadn't figured out the real intention of the Zhenshi.

"He can't play tricks."

Fremantle said: "That ship is the cruiser of the Earl of the North Sea, called Zhenshi. As long as you keep an eye on this ship, the Earl of the North Sea will have nowhere to hide. Don't worry about the rest of the freighters."

At this time, there were about 20 ships leaving the port, and the distance from Benson's fleet was gradually shrinking. From a high altitude, it looked like a group of small fish slowly approaching six big fish.

At 50:[-], two training ships also rushed out of the white mist, and the number of ships floating on the sea surface increased to [-], while Zhenshi was surrounded by more than a dozen freighters.into the 'clear range' of the Benson et al. telescope.

The so-called clear range refers to the distance at which the general outline of the head on the ship can be seen clearly.

"That person is Miller, and the person next to him is the Earl of Beihai!"

A smile appeared on the corner of Benson's mouth, he had a target, so he just had to keep an eye on the Stone Town, and the rest of the ships could be ignored.

"It's the Earl of Beihai, that face. I recognize it!"

Freeman is bragging, but in fact he only saw the complexion of the 'Earl of the North Sea' clearly.However, this does not prevent him from 'killing' the other party's identity.

The man of the yellow race is so tall, and his clothes are still dazzling. It's not the Earl of Beihai's fault!

At 24:[-], no boats came out of the white mist, and the entire sea surface.There were more than a hundred freighters of various kinds rippling mightily, flamboyant, drifting, drumming and singing, and swayed towards Benson's fleet.

Why use shaking?

There is no way, no matter who makes more than [-]% of the freighters are not professional sailors, they can keep one direction and not change much.It’s already hard to come by, why bother to insist on a beautiful sailing posture?

This fleet is not called a fleet, and the caravan is not called a caravan. More than a hundred ships are approaching the Gogol and other warships in such a loose manner. The front one has already entered within one kilometer of Benson's fleet.

That is the location where Benson's fleet was stationed before yesterday.

"The mob, haha, the mob!"

When Benson saw it, he couldn't help laughing: "If I'm not mistaken, the crew on these more than 100 freighters are all recruited temporarily to fill up the number!"

No wonder Benson would think so, but seeing the blue sea, these more than a hundred boats are like a bunch of drunks released from a wine shop after closing, dressed in fancy clothes, but stumbling and stumbling... The two freighters, one from France and one from Spain, collided head-on and spun around in place.

Chaos is the most suitable word to describe the situation of this pile of freighters at this time.

Entering the range of one kilometer radiated by Benson's fleet is equivalent to leaving the San Francisco harbor. The surrounding sea area is suddenly wide open and there are many waterways. If you want to escape, you can start from this place.

This is why the Benson fleet has been stationed here for the past ten days, guarding San Francisco.

"It's not bad, I didn't escape... Haha, there are still ships that escaped, tsk tsk, relying on this gang of freighters to build momentum? Thanks to the Earl of Beihai for thinking it out!"

Ever since he found out where Long Hao was, Benson focused his attention on the Zhenshi. When the Zhenshi entered a kilometer range and hadn't changed its course, he felt relieved. He glanced away and saw Some of the freighters behind the Zhenshi suddenly turned their rudders and sped away to the north and south respectively.

Benson didn't know that these freighters were all professional sailors. Because of their professionalism and skills, these sailors would stay away from Benson's fleet when they reached the specified distance after completing Long Hao's instructions, so as to avoid being unjustly attacked. Necessary flying disaster.

Before they boarded the ship, they heard the "declaration of war" issued by old Stevenson, and knew that the peace in front of them was only temporary, and the Earl of Beihai was about to collide with Benson's fleet soon!

If you don't escape now, when will you wait?

With the first ship turning, other ships followed suit, but I don't know if it was because of the direction of the current or the lack of professional sailors on the freighter. formed a scattered arc, vaguely surrounding Benson's fleet.

Of course, this encirclement is only an encirclement of more than 800 meters, and because of the distance, the formation is also messy. Unless there is a caring person, no one will think that this is an 'encirclement circle' at all!

The one-kilometer distance between the two sides is gradually shrinking. On Long Hao's side, there are about fifteen freighters rushing forward. The Zhenshi is located in the center. They form the first phalanx and sail towards the Gogol decisively. .

The six battleships including the Gogol were not scattered this time. They were divided into two rows, with two in the front and four in the back. The distance between each battleship was about 50 meters.

It can be said that Colonel Benson was not ready for the battle, shelling, or tracking. They just waited for the Zhenshi to approach the port with the most leisurely attitude.

At 52:600, the first phalanx was [-] meters away from the Gogol ship!

550... 500... 450 meters!

As the water splashed, the distance between the two sides was getting closer, and Fremantle could clearly see the gauze on both sides of Major General Miller's cheeks!

Hehe, this major general of the U.S. military, it seems, suffered a lot yesterday!Hmph, fortunately I saw the opportunity yesterday and slipped away in time, otherwise, the taste of being a hostage would not be good, pity me, an old bone, how can I stand such a toss...

Just as General Fremantle was thinking wildly, there was a sudden change in the first phalanx. (To be continued..)