Lin Zhen didn't expect that the ninth commander would put up such a murderous battle. This old man was really crazy, and Lin Zhen wanted to teach him a lesson.
Lin Zhen was actually very confident. Not only was his ship strong and powerful, but more importantly, the water surface of the Yangtze River itself was wide and the hydrological conditions were suitable. There would be no problem in a real fight.
Many Chinese hydrological experts have already carried out measurements, and there is no problem at all in driving a 10,000-ton ship on the river from Shanghai to Wuhan.
In this era, there were no bridges across the river to block it, and there were no dams upstream to store water. The entire river surface was original and transparent, with a large amount of water and a wide surface.
Under this environment, warships of less than 10,000 tons like the Chinese still have room for maneuver. Perhaps in the future, when the Chinese fully equip warships with more than 10,000 tons, there may be more restrictions on shipping here.
Now these six to seven thousand ton or even three to four thousand ton warships, once they start a battle on the Yangtze River, they still have flexibility. If they can be defeated, they can attack, and if they can't be defeated, they can escape.
But it is easy to open fire, but difficult to cease fire! When the Xiang Ying warship entered Shanghai, it encountered so much political pressure, and this was without firing any guns.
If he and Ninth Commander had a real fight, Naha wouldn't be in trouble, right?
Lin Zhen was an excellent naval general, but he was not an excellent politician. He had no chance of becoming a civil servant. When faced with this difficult choice, he was a little confused.
But at this moment, the rescuers suddenly appeared, and the semaphore soldiers on the battleship suddenly discovered that someone was sending signals to him from a hidden place along the river.
"There is a signal...it's from our CIA...someone is sending us information..."
At this moment, the battleship was already very slow, and it was slowly sailing along the line of Lime Mountain towards Lion Mountain. However, there were dozens of signal points along the river that were sending messages to the Qinling unscrupulously.
There were semaphores, light codes, and even a small boat sneaking up on the pilot boat and sending pieces of information that shocked Lin Zhen.
In the command cabin, no one expected that what these Jiangning intelligence agents sent was actually urgent military information sent by the generals of the Hunan Army.
The first one was sent by Bao Chao. After translating the code, the meaning was very simple: "Guanyin Mountain Fort has only 120 artillery shells and 13 rounds...8,000 ammunition carried on the mountain is the minimum base, which is not enough to sustain half a day's consumption..."
The news sent by Liu Changyou was even more shocking: "Going down Lime Mountain... there are no artillery shells in the first three artillery positions... there are 3,000 suspected soldiers... 900 flag-waving civilians are hired..."
Huang Shaochun, Xi Baotian... and other generals even said directly, "The Ninth Commander is very powerful, but he has no intention of taking action! Everything is just to put pressure on the negotiations... You can act cheaply!"
What's left is the defense map of each region. The real and fake suspects are clearly stated. Ninth Commander Zeng Guoquan put up such a large formation, but all his men were exposed!
How are the coastal defense batteries prepared? How many rounds of artillery shells are stored? How are the troops deployed? How is the morale of the army? How many people smoke cigarettes, gossip on the street, and go whoring?
They were all sold. This was almost a semi-public betrayal of information. The small wooden boats on the river were swimming back and forth one by one, bringing "friendly" information to the generals of the Hunan Army.
Everything was hidden from the Ninth Commander on the Lion Mountain alone. Anyway, it was still far away from the Lion Rock, and the Ninth Commander could not see so many message boats on the river and intelligence agents along the river.
In the end, even Fan Jin from Western Region Investment Bank sent news.
"Please rest assured, General... When the Ninth Commander was preparing for the war last night, 80% of the generals in the military tent secretly sent us messages, and they all expressed that it was only the Ninth Commander who was at war with us!"
"The purpose of the Ninth Commander is just to establish his authority so that he can bargain. He has no confidence in a decisive battle, let alone the loyalty to guard the tomb of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. General, don't worry too much!"
The bottom is falling! Completely dropped! Zeng Guoquan may not have expected that his front-foot plan would be completely sold out.
Lin Zhen laughed loudly after reading it, "Hahaha... you saw it! This is the Hunan Army back then. In just over ten years, it has already become like this..."
"No wonder! These people all have business dealings with us Chinese, and the entanglement of interests is no longer clear. Who will ruin their own jobs?"
"They are showing their loyalty to us, proving that they are with us!"
"Haha... Have you seen what the Qing Dynasty looks like? It's a paper house that can be knocked down with one kick... Go ahead, let's give Jiu Shuai some face!"
"Invite the Ninth Commander to come to our Qinling for talks!"
After finding out the truth, Lin Zhen felt relieved. The fleet sailed towards Jiangning Pier in a swaggering manner. More and more people on both sides of the strait were watching along the way. People's jaws dropped one by one when they looked at the fleet like a blue dragon, which shocked their hearts. .
The impression that the Chinese are invincible has been branded on for several more layers, and it can no longer be shaken off!
When Jiu Shuai and Liu Jintang saw the Qinling, they were talking and laughing just now, but suddenly they felt as if their throats were pinched by invisible hands.
"How...how could it be...so big..."
After all, people like Zeng Guoquan and Liu Jintang were generals who came out of the army in the medieval era, even if they had opened their eyes a little and knew about Western things.
But after all, they have never been to Europa or exercised on the deep blue ocean. They have no idea about this kind of heavy battleship itself.
Although there are people collecting information for them, what are the eight Chinese Vajra Battleships? These people have also seen what the photos look like.
But there is a gap between the photos and reality, and there is no reference in the photos on the sea, so you can't feel how big it is.
After seeing the real thing, people were all dumbfounded. Only then did they realize what a battleship was. It was really just a mountain moving upstream from the river.
"This...which ship is this?" Ninth Commander asked.
A staff officer said cautiously to the side, "The first one is the Qinling...more than 7,500 tons...the ones behind are Minshan, Laoshan, and Yandang..."
"Four ships have been pulled out by the Eight Great Kings... The ones behind them must be some sort of heavy patrol... The younger ones don't quite understand!"
Wuwuwu... The Qinling suddenly blew its whistle. The sound of the whistle shocked the whole city of Jiangning. The sound was so loud that it felt as if the wind was blowing on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
The sound of the whistle woke up Zeng Guoquan, who was in a daze. He immediately shouted, "Let them stop the boat... dock, dock immediately..."
"There's no way to dock... Commander, we don't have such a big dock, so we can only let them anchor in the river and take a boat back and forth to meet..."
"That's fine... let them anchor... and they can't go any further..."
Zeng Guoquan himself didn't even know that he was vibrating when he said these words. The visual impact of this giant ship was really too great!
"Report... to report to the Commander-in-Chief... the Chinese warship has sent an invitation flag... I respectfully invite the Commander-in-Chief to board the ship for inspection!"
