Luo Yue stood on the bridge of the Yongcheng destroyer, looking to the sides, there were surging river water, white waves rolling, and there was almost no shoreline, as endless as the sea. However, you can still see the remaining river embankments on both sides of the shore being washed by floods, as well as a few tree canopies and roofs, which reminded Luo Yue that this was sailing in the Yangtze River, not in the sea.

Seeing such a scene, Luo Yue was not only deeply moved, saying, "I didn't expect the disaster to be so severe this time."

He Ping, the captain of the Yongcheng City next to Luo Yue, said: "Yes, Chief, when I sent the Luzhou resettlement camp for the first time, the river embankment in this area had not been crossed yet, but now it has been washed away by floods. The people here have suffered. This is much worse than what happened to my brother and I seven years ago!"

Luo Yue laughed and said, "You two are not bad. Your brother is now the captain of the cruiser. You have also become the captain of the destroyer. When I saved you two brothers, I didn't expect you two to achieve what you are today."

He Ping is 22 years old and his brother He Xin are two fishermen rescued by the time traveler when he first came to this era. He Xin joined the People's Army Navy very early and is now the captain of the second-class cruiser. He Ping is young, so he first studied in the Hope School and officially joined the People's Army Navy before the Far East War. Because of his outstanding performance in previous wars, he also made many military achievements and was promoted to lieutenant. After the war, the People's Army Navy expanded, so he was appointed as the captain of the Yongcheng destroyer not long ago, and participated in the disaster relief operation in the Yangtze River Basin with the formation to use materials for the fleet frigate.

The Yongcheng destroyer is the latest destroyer in the People's Army Navy sequence, but the low-end version of the previous class destroyer is 60 meters long, 7.5 meters wide, and 2.85 meters draft. The standard displacement is, excluding 720 tons of ** launch tube, including 760 tons of ** launch tube, 22 knots, and a cruising capacity of 12 knots/3000 nautical miles. The ship-based weapons are one 105mm main gun at the head and tail, two 50mm rapid-fire guns, two 50mm rapid-fire guns on the left and right sides of the hull, two Maxim machine gun frames, and four 550mm rotary ** launch tubes. Among them, the 50mm rapid-fire gun in the middle of the hull, the ** launch tube can be configured and installed according to combat needs.

There are five ships of the same class, namely Yongcheng, Zhecheng, Yucheng, Kaocheng, and Dancheng, and form a destroyer team. The commander of the team is He Ping, the captain of the flagship Yongcheng. The ship names of these five warships are all the county town names of Guide Prefecture, Henan Province. Because they all have the word "city", this destroyer team is also called the Five City Fleet.

Since this time it was a disaster relief mission, none of the five warships were equipped with ** launch tubes, but all rear artillery and machine guns were fully equipped. The general escort ships were only composed of two destroyers and two inland patrol boats.

The inland river patrol boats participating in the escort are 45 meters long, 6 meters wide, 2.3 meters draft, standard displacement of 355 tons, speed of 20 knots, and endurance of 10 knots/2800 nautical miles. The ship-based weapons are: 1 75mm main gun on the head of the ship and 2 50mm rapid-fire guns; 3 50mm rapid-fire guns at the tail of the ship, and 1 50mm rapid-fire gun stand on the left and right sides of the hull, and 2 Maxim machine gun stands. Since they are inland river patrol boats, no ** launch tubes are installed.

This type of patrol boat has four, namely the Jiangwan, Shipu, Tangqiao and Nanqiao. They are all named in Shanghai. They are also the largest inland combat boats. They also take into account the functions of offshore patrols. They are also the only warship installed with medium-caliber artillery among the inland boats. Other inland boats are only equipped with 50mm rapid-fire guns and Maxim machine guns. Therefore, this type of warship has strong combat effectiveness and is also the only large inland combat boat team in Shanghai's inland fleet. However, because the tonnage of this type of warship is relatively large and the draft is deep, it cannot go deep into the disaster area to rescue disasters, and can only be used as an escort warship.

However, this time Luo Yue traveled with the fleet and inspected the various disaster victim resettlement battalions. The escort army accompanied him had two battalions, and there were 20 ships for transporting ships. Because the 12 disaster victim resettlement battalions have been established, the number of disaster victims has exceeded one million, and the amount of supplies required is very huge. Therefore, the scale of the formation participating in the escort this time has also expanded, and a total of 3 destroyers, the Yongcheng, Zhecheng, Yucheng, and four inland river patrol boats have also been dispatched.

The first stop of the fleet was the Luzhou resettlement camp, because He Pingji had traveled three times on this waterway and was very familiar with it, saying, "Chief, in about an hour, we will sail away from the Yangtze River and enter the Xinyu River."

Luo Yue nodded and said, "Okay."

At this moment, the Jiangwan, who was leading the way, sent a signal to find an unknown ship 10 kilometers ahead. Since it was in an area controlled by the Qing court, he was afraid to ship every time he was shipping. He would inevitably send a warship forward to lead the ship 4-5 kilometers away from the fleet. Once a danger was found, he could warn him in advance.

After receiving the warning from the Jiangwan, Luo Yue and He Ping both picked up the telescope and looked forward. Sure enough, they saw the sails of more than 10 ships, lined up horizontally on the river surface. This was obviously not a normal navigation, but an intention to intercept. So He Ping immediately issued an order, ordering the Jiangwan to return to the fleet, and all warships were on guard and ready for battle, and ordered all transport ships to stop sailing and berth on the spot.

After about 20 minutes, the Jiangwan had already returned to the team, and the distance from the unknown fleet ahead was closer to within 10 kilometers. Luo Yue and He Ping also saw clearly that the Qing court and Anhui governors were on the ship, and it can be seen that the soldiers on the ship were indeed all the Qing army's costumes.

This also surprised Luo Yue somewhat. Unexpectedly, the Qing court actually planned to intercept the fleet of East China's ** on the river. It seemed that he had some courage. However, the number of ships on the other side was quite large, with 15 or 6 ships, at least more than half of the People's Army fleet escorted. Most of them were sails and wooden sailboats powered by oars, and there were 3 or 4 ships, although they could be seen as steam powered and had chimneys because there were no sails, but they did not look like warships, but were transformed with civilian ships. Therefore, although such a fleet, despite its large number, was really limited in combat power and could never be an opponent of the People's Army fleet.

At this time, the lookout table sent a report, and it turned out that the other party sent a flag verb, requiring the ships in East China to stop sailing, undergo inspection, or return.

He Ping said: "Chief, how should we reply to them."

Luo Yue sneered and said, "Tell them to leave the waters immediately, otherwise we will regard it as hostile and will start a war immediately. After getting closer at an equal distance, conduct a warning shot. How to fight, you can command."

He Ping said: "Yes." He immediately ordered the flag bearer to reply, and then ordered the fleet to arrange horizontally to enter the combat mode. The People's Army's fleet quickly adjusted their respective positions, from Yongcheng in the center, Zhecheng and Yucheng in the left and right of Yongcheng in the shape of "Pin", while Jiangwan, Shipu in the left, Tangqiao and Nanqiao in the right, spreading horizontally.

Luo Yue said: "Captain He, be careful not to let them cross our front line and attack the transport ship behind us."

He Ping said: "Don't worry, I won't give them this opportunity."

At this time, the distance between the two sides had been narrowed to about 6,000 meters. The main gun position sent a signal, and the setting of the shooting unit had been completed, and warning shooting could be carried out. So He Ping ordered: "Fire, warning shooting."

It turned out that the fleet that intercepted the East China ** fleet was sent by Anhui Governor Enming. Originally, Enming ordered local officials from all over Anhui Province to expel the East China ** disaster relief personnel, but local officials in various places were not stupid and drove away the East China ** disaster relief personnel. What should I do if the disaster victims exploded? What's more, they couldn't drive them away? Each disaster resettlement camp was guarded by the People's Army, so they all told Enming about his suffering and said that he was powerless. Luzhou Prefecture even sent an official document to Enming, saying that the disaster in Luzhou was serious, the treasury was empty, and the military was insufficient, so he could not drive it away at all. If the provincial government had enough wealth and sufficient military armor, then he would also ask the provincial government to send troops to drive it away. Luzhou waited for a good voice, and there was a lot of sarcasm in his words.

Enming was also so angry that he was furious that he immediately sent a power to Beijing. Lu Chengxiang, the governor of Luzhou, but the governor of Tanhai could be sent by telegram. However, if the Qing court wanted to dismiss Lu Chengxiang or punish him, he had to send the official documents to the Anhui Governor's Office first, and then from the governor's office to Luzhou Prefecture. Under normal circumstances, this process usually takes about one month, but now there is a flood in Anhui and Henan Province is also occupied by East China. Although East China did not cut off the Qing court's north-south connection, the Qing court dared not take such official documents from Henan again, so it would take at least 3 or 4 months. Therefore, when Luzhou Governor Lu Chengxiang was demoted, the flood would probably be over.

However, the court asked to expel the disaster relief personnel from East China, not the disobedient officials of Tan Hai. Therefore, after sending the telegram from Tan Hai, Enming put this matter aside and immediately ordered the gathering of troops, really planning to go to Luzhou Prefecture to expel the disaster relief personnel from East China.

Fortunately, Enming's aides were quite sensible and knew that this was absolutely impossible. Therefore, because Anhui was seriously affected by the disaster and lacked money and food, the army had not been through the battle for a long time. It was probably difficult to achieve the full results when sending troops rashly, so it was better to make a long-term plan. In fact, Enming was also a momentary impulse. Of course, he also knew that sending troops to fight requires money. Not to mention anything else, even if the army set off, the soldiers' An family must be broken first, otherwise no one would move. Even if the army was forced to set off, they would not work hard on the battlefield, and this battle could not be fought at all.
Chapter completed!