Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 671
On a royal road outside Changchun Garden, an unfinished, tall cross-street archway was tied with ropes.Hundreds of craftsmen and handymen, under the command of a foreman, pulled the ropes one by one, chanting "Hi Yo, Hi Yo", and worked together to pull down the archway.Under the eaves next to the street, several officials from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Internal Affairs were discussing around a blueprint.The trumpets are getting louder and louder, and the archway is already crumbling. ?Suddenly, there was the sound of drums and music, and a group of apricot and yellow flags led the emperor's guard of honor from the street not far away, coming here in a mighty way.The leading official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs heard the sound of the drum, raised his head, and his face suddenly changed.The other officials looked up in surprise, and their expressions all changed.

An official rushed to the craftsmen and handymen, raised his arms, and shouted loudly: "Stop! Stop!" The trumpet was loud and the voices were noisy. Who could hear his shout? ?The emperor's guard of honor is getting closer?In the sound of the chant, the archway gradually swayed and tilted?The official hissed, his face pale with terror?The guard of honor is only three or five feet away from the archway?With a bang, the archway fell down, and the tiles flew around, raising a large cloud of dust?The trumpets stopped, the drums stopped, and everyone was stunned.The leading official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to his senses first, and ran to the emperor's dragon in a few steps, and kowtowed like garlic.Xiao De'an shouted angrily: "Looking for death!"?The official raised his head, his face was covered with blood and mud from the knocked head, and he explained incoherently: "I really don't know that the emperor is going to pass here"?Xiao De'an glanced at the archway that fell on the ground, and asked: "It's a good archway, it hasn't been painted yet, why tear it down?"?The official said tremblingly: "The servants see that this archway is not grand enough, and it is out of place outside the garden, so they plan to tear it down and build a bigger and better one"?The emperor in Longzhuan said, "The garden is not being repaired anymore, did you not receive the decree? Your intentions are good, but now you are asking for money everywhere, so you should save what is necessary!"? "twitter."

The Nicobar Islands, located in the northeast of the Indian Ocean, are quite close to the Indian Peninsula, between the Andaman Islands and Sumatra, Indonesia, in the Strait of Bengal, close to Myanmar, and 800 kilometers away from India.It was originally an overseas joint dependency of the Commonwealth of Nations. After India became independent, the issue of ownership of this island has never been implemented.

Due to the vigorous development of the Chinese navy, the scope of patrolling the sea has broken beyond the Strait of Malacca, to the north of Sumatra Island.

This morning, the sky was high and the clouds were clear, the sea was breezy, and the sun was shining a little bit of gold, reflecting golden snakes dancing in the sea.

On this day, the 1st Ocean Patrol Formation of the Singapore Fleet sailed out of the Strait of Malacca as usual, circumventing the entire Sumatra Island to perform patrol missions.This time, because the captain of the commanding fleet fell ill and was stranded in Singapore for recuperation, the vice-captain Chen Ce took over the task of commanding and patrolling temporarily.And when he encounters an accident, such as receiving a distress signal from a nearby fisherman, he can only exercise his agency right at the first time, that is, order the warship to sail to the sea area where the accident occurred.

For Chen Ce, it is quite normal to receive distress calls from fishermen when performing patrol missions, especially since this sea area has not been clearly divided, so he is often warned or harassed by Indian patrol boats. When the tricolor flag appears at the sea level, the fishing boat will immediately send out a distress signal. Although it is still unknown whether someone will come to rescue, at least doing so will make them feel more at ease. Indian patrol boats have a look When the other party sent out a distress signal, he was a little timid and did not dare to approach easily.

But there are always accidents, and this time, the accident really happened.

"Report to the captain, a distress signal is sent from [-] nautical miles to the northwest!" The communications soldier immediately told Chen Ce, who was basking on the deck, about the discovery. Like a tight bow, this is a habit he has developed over the years of patrolling the sea. When he is free, he can let the crew chat and fish, but as long as there is a situation, if anyone loses the chain, Chen Ce will turn his face and deny anyone. .

Back in the command room, Chen Ce quickly said to the communicator: "Attention all ships, all ships, turn right rudder, heading 40, distance 20 nautical miles, and advance at full speed." Draw a long white trail.

Those who came to expel the Chinese fishing boats were two maritime patrol ships of the Indian Navy, one was the light cruiser Kamorta and the other was the light cruiser Emden.

In fact, if the Chinese fishing boats could reluctantly give up the aquatic products they caught, perhaps things would not have developed to the point of being difficult to deal with later, but the captain Hei Qizi was really reluctant to part with the fruits of more than ten days of hard work, and this also paved the way for future conflicts. , laid the fuse.

At that time, the Camorta was the first to spot the Chinese fishing boat. Captain Sanjay did not intend to sink the small fishing boat at first, because he was more inclined to catch the Chinese fishermen. In this case, at least some cash could be extorted. .Sanjay is a young officer who has just graduated from the British Naval Academy. He has a wealthy family and outstanding academic performance. He was selected from thousands of young people by the Indian Navy to study in Britain, the hometown of the Navy. How many Indian families are there? Dreaming, Sanjay is undoubtedly the lucky one among these people.After studying in the UK for several years, he received a heroic welcome from the people of his hometown when he returned home. The Ministry of the Indian Navy made an exception and promoted this young man as a lieutenant commander. He temporarily arranged to perform patrol missions in the southern Indian Ocean. Of course, this was only a transition. At most one or two years later, this young man will be directly transferred to work in the Admiralty, which is a treasure trove of promotion.

For Sanjay, the future is infinitely bright, but since taking up this task, he has repeatedly encountered Chinese fishing boats in the waters near Sumatra Island. It was a direct collision with the boat. Someone reminded him to be more cautious when dealing with Chinese fishing boats. Sanjay is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. He responded with a sneer: "I was trained by the Royal Navy of the British Empire. From the knowledge I have learned, China does not have a modern naval force in the true sense.” But what he didn’t know was that he had been fooled by the British for five years. If the British told him that the mighty Royal Navy had been defeated by the Chinese many times, then Sang Jai's attitude towards Chinese fishing boats is likely to undergo a 180-degree change.But unfortunately, the British are not stupid enough to write their own disgrace into the naval textbooks.

Sanjay has also obtained great satisfaction from the success of attacking Chinese fishing boats repeatedly, but this time he may not be so lucky.

The two Indian patrol ships have forced the Chinese fishing boats to stop in the original sea area, and they are planning to board the ship to blackmail them as before, but their radars found the Chinese patrol ships approaching rapidly. Sanjay suddenly changed his mind, with a stern face Yi Yi sneered and said, "Order to move forward at full speed. I want these Chinese people to take a sea bath."

Hearing the captain's order, the pilot hesitated for a moment, and then reminded: "Yes, but, Mr. Captain, there are four cruisers approaching us in front of us. Will it work like this?"

Hearing what his subordinates said, Sanjay glanced at him impatiently, and then said contemptuously: "So what, it's just in time to save people."

Seeing the hesitation of his subordinates, Sanjay smiled profoundly, and then continued, "Matur, wait and see the good show, why are you still standing there, execute the order!"

Of course, Sanjay is not an idiot. He knows that two [-]-ton patrol ships like them cannot compete with a Chinese cruiser with a displacement of [-] tons. Even if it is turned over, conflicts will not easily occur.The Chinese are peace-loving. After the end of the world war, China huddled in its own defense line, desperately making money, for fear that a little spark of war would stick to itself. To put it bluntly, they are synonymous with cowardice, Singapore Isn't the fleet negotiating with the Indian Navy on joint military defense? So, even if you go too far, in this case, it won't cause too much impact. Of course, what makes Captain Sanjay so sure is One point is the deep contempt for Chinese soldiers.

Thinking of this, Sanjay smiled slightly, and said to his subordinates: "Matur, you are a soldier, and the duty of a soldier is to protect your country's territory. Alright, let's execute the order now."

Hearing the captain's order, Matur was stunned for a moment, then turned the bow of the ship helplessly and rushed towards the fishing boat.

When Hei Qizi saw the Chinese patrol ship approaching at high speed in the distance, he was overjoyed. He had even thought about it, as long as the warship could escort him out of this sea area, he would be satisfied. , even if he can protect himself from being caught by the Indians, he will feel lucky.

Chen Ce didn't know exactly what happened, but the fleet headquarters once told him that in this kind of disputed waters, you should be humble if you can, so Chen Ce didn't plan to do any drastic actions at first, and this With one thought, he kept it until the fishing boat was knocked over.

"Boom!" There was a dull sound on the sea, but it really stunned all the people who witnessed it.

The [-]-ton fishing boat was just joking to the [-]-ton patrol boat. The patrol boat didn't even change the rudder, but it just hit the fishing boat upside down, and the four people in the fishing boat also fell into the water. , including the wife of the pregnant captain Hei Qizi.

Chen Ce didn't react for a while, but when he organized to save people, it seemed to be too late.Hei Qizi's wife was stuck in the sinking ship and could not escape. When the Chinese navy rescued her, her heart was already beating. Looking at his wife's body and the child who was still in the womb, Hei Qizi didn't say a word. Said, rolled his eyes straight and passed out.

(End of this chapter)