There are many ways of communication between naval ships, such as flag bearers' semaphores, light signals, and as technology develops, there are also radios, satellite phones, etc.
But in the era before electricity was popularized, the most common way for ships on the sea to communicate with each other was signal flags. People could often see strings of various flags tied to the masts or cables of battleships. These are signal flags. .
Each flag represents a meaning. For example, the red diamond-shaped flag on a white background raised by the Zhiyuan is the malfunction flag that all sailors are familiar with.
Generally on the vast sea, the observer spots a ship in the distance through a telescope. At this time, he will immediately observe the string of signal flags on the mast to judge the state of the ship.
If a malfunction flag is found, it means that there is something wrong with the ship. According to the established rules of the navigation industry, as long as it is not a hostile country, any ship that sees the signal flag must provide certain assistance.
But this kind of flag usually appears in the sea. The Zhiyuan went through countless routine inspections along the way, and even conducted a simple inspection at the Suez Port. I have never heard of any malfunction? Why did the fault flag go up?
"What's going on? Why did the Zhiyuan fly a malfunction flag? Ask immediately what happened..." Major General Jason immediately ordered an inquiry, and even he felt the strange atmosphere.
The Zhiyuan's answer surprised everyone in the combined fleet. "What? The boiler and power pack failed? The battleship can't slow down and stop? What the hell kind of explanation is this!"
The British people are so angry that they are so angry. Are you Chinese people trying to trick us British people? When the boiler and power unit fail, shouldn't it mean that the power is lost and the vehicle cannot move forward or the speed is getting slower and slower?
Why do you Chinese people say that you can't stop or slow down? Just don't add coal to the boiler! How can you still drive when the fire goes out? There is a problem, there is a problem with these Chinas!
Of course there is a problem. Now that Xiao Letian has returned to the command module, the Zhiyuan has officially entered the first level of combat readiness. Only the Chinese can understand the light signal language to transmit information between the warships. The flag bearers use the language that outsiders cannot understand at all. Semaphore, all the British were dumbfounded.
Veterans don’t even need to look, they can tell by smelling, “The Chinese are preparing for war! Something is going to happen… They are definitely preparing for war!”
The French in the small town at the fifth stop were also stunned, especially the French consul Ferdinand who had arrived earlier. Suddenly his heart skipped a beat, "What's going on? What do the Chinese want to do! Have they noticed our ambush... No?" Ah! If they sensed the ambush, why would they still rush forward? Aren't they afraid of our cannons!"
Ferdinand also set off from Suez urgently this morning and had just arrived at the fifth stop town. He was really worried if he did not personally take charge of this attack.
Behind the consul stood the captain of the cavalry company. He smiled respectfully and said, "It's impossible. The Chinese intelligence network will never cover this place, and even the British can't... What we activated is completely The new hidden line also uses an affiliated network that is independent of the intelligence network, and it is impossible for the UK to detect it!"
"Why is that? Why do the Chinese do such strange things? Damn it, order them to fire in advance, we can't wait any longer..." An inexplicable fear enveloped Ferdinand.
The British veteran's guess was not wrong at all. The Chinese are now preparing for war, and the roar of first-level combat readiness rang out in the cabins of all warships.
"First-level combat readiness...mobilization of the entire army...first-level combat readiness..."
The voices of commanders giving orders were everywhere. At the third level of combat readiness, ammunition had been distributed to company-level units and was jointly looked after by the company commander and the company quartermaster.
When the first level of combat readiness is reached, each squad begins to distribute ammunition to individual soldiers, with a minimum of fifty rounds of ammunition per person, and an average of six grenades of various types per person. The squad leader and veterans are responsible for the most dangerous incendiary bombs... Before the battle The atmosphere has spread.
Time passed by, and there were only fifteen minutes left before the enemy bombardment. The Chinese finally shared the intelligence with the British. At this moment, the Zhiyuan was only 80 meters away from the entrance of the canal.
"We have received top-secret information that there are artillery pieces unknown to the enemy and ourselves to the west of the fifth station town... We have entered combat readiness, please be prepared for defense..."
"Oh God! Is Xiao Letian crazy..." Jason was so shocked that he stopped talking. "Are you kidding me, artillery! Fart, why don't we know about such a big thing? Are you trying to cause trouble..."
"My mission is about to end, why don't you let me hand over safely..."
But Jason's rage was not over yet. Suddenly, two kilometers to the west of the fifth station town, behind a faint dune line, a dark red burst suddenly appeared, followed by rumbling thunder.
On the sand dunes, two French spies shouted with blood-red eyes, "Fire! Fire rapidly... shoot all the shells empty! After taking our gold, now is the time for you to work hard!"
Behind the dunes, the scar-faced desert bandit yelled and ordered his men to "fire... fire according to the pre-marked coordinates... I don't care if he is accurate or not, this is what we are paid to do, and empty the shell box." , let’s retreat!”
Boom boom boom... one shell after another flew in the air, and the traces of the ballistic trajectory could be faintly seen.
Boom... there was a loud noise, and the port side of the front deck of the Zhiyuan was hit. The air waves and flames of the explosion rose into the sky, and black smoke billowed up. The French observation posts hidden in the fifth station suddenly exclaimed in excitement.
"Great fight! Keep blasting..."
Consul Ferdinand was so excited that his whole body was shaking. "Okay, okay, God punishes these heretics! Send a report to Port Said, we have already taken action..."
Gunpowder smoke enveloped the front deck of the Zhiyuan. The British were dumbfounded. They seemed to see the tragic scene of corpses strewn everywhere, and the French seemed to see the tragic appearance of the Zhiyuan's hull in ruins.
But reality will always give those arrogant people a loud slap in the face. Xiao Letian and others in the command cabin just felt the vibration of the ship's hull. Everyone looked at the smoke of gunpowder with contempt.
"Four inches of carburized steel armor... let's see if you can bite it!"
"Now that the enemy has opened fire, all units should pay attention... act immediately according to the established plan!"
After the smoke cleared, a shocking black scorched area appeared on the port deck of the Zhiyuan. However, what surprised everyone was that the shell did not make even a single dent.
"Oh God! There aren't even any scars at all! The steel beast...is indeed a steel beast!"
Note: Today some book friends in the group talked about how long Yinlong will be written. Let’s summarize them here. The main plot of Yinlong is very huge. It is still early to finish the book. In theory, it should be able to continue. Write for a long time.
But I also have to look at the performance trend of this book. If the number of fan readers is growing, even if it is growing slowly, I will stick to it.
If the number of fans and readers drops sharply, then we must consider the issue of finishing. Therefore, the length of the writing does not lie with me, but with the book friends who like Hidden Dragon.
As an aside, many book friends like to read books. I also know that it is more refreshing to read books for a long time and then read them in one go. However, there is also a disadvantage to reading books.
You take care of it, and so does he. Everyone takes care of reading, which will cause serious fluctuations in book performance, and may lead to a rapid decline in performance for a period of time.
This caused a misunderstanding for the author, who would think that the book has no future, so under the influence of disappointment, it is very likely that there will be eunuchs, unfinished work, etc.
Then many readers will also encounter this situation. They have kept the book for a long time, and finally decided to kill it, only to find that the book has been broken. There are still many such situations.
Now that the truth is explained clearly, Xinjing still hopes that everyone will try their best to update it. This will also provide me with a very realistic reference data for writing a book.
And as the old saying goes, I hope everyone will support the genuine version, because no matter how much you support piracy and no matter how much you read every day, this kind of data cannot be fed back to the author. Book lovers should try their best to come to the genuine version.
Those book friends who join the book club, remember the answer is Taihang Mountain, don’t write it randomly! m.
