In Jilong Bay, there were sails like clouds, and ships of all sizes extended outward from the pier one after another.

The Guard Navy and the Privateer Fleet gathered together for the first time.

Only the rocket boats arrived here in Zhuo Yiqing's privateer fleet, and the shuttle ships were still behind.

The Guard Navy now has eight sail warships, and the "Rutao" frigate is still the largest warship, and the remaining seven sail warships are all modified from clippers like the Rise Sea.

In fact, the Chinese people have seized some foreign merchant ships in the past few months, but Dong Liang did not transform all of these merchant ships into warships, but only selected merchant ships of the same type as the "Nurhai" for transformation.

This is to try to keep the fleet unified in speed so that it can fight in a formation.

There are also two steam-assisted gunboats, which were British steamboats seized in Xiamen last time.

Originally there were three ships, but one of them was dismantled and studied by the Fuso shipbuilder, Nakahama Manjiro.

During this time the shipyard was relocated, the part that Manjiro was responsible for was still on Nishimoji Island.

The two newly built Western sailboats he was responsible for have not been completed yet. After completion, they will move to Jilong Port to build a new shipyard. Dong Liang is preparing to test-made his own ironclad ship.

With Jilong Coal Mine and several iron ore on the island, Dong Liang was able to achieve steel freedom soon.

Except for these ten ships, all the rest are rocket boats.

So far, the Guard Navy has produced more than 70 rocket boats, and now more than 50 are concentrated here.

All of them looked like a sloop, from a distance, and I thought it was an international sailing competition here.

"General Guo, Zhuo leads his privateer fleet to obey your command." Zhuo Yiqing said to Guo You.

In front of this female commander, Guo You was still a little embarrassed.

"Commander Zhuo is polite. Let's discuss anything. The head of state means that we will leave one or two reconnaissance ships, and then the fleet retreats to Yanliao in the east to hide for the time being and let the American fleet enter the port."

"Is the Head of State ready to swallow this fleet in one bite?" Zhuo Yiqing instantly thought of Dong Liang's purpose. She is a smart woman, although her breasts are big.

"Commander Zhuo is indeed powerful, and the head of state means this. There are three main steam warships in Perry's fleet, which are relatively advanced warships all over the world. If they can be seized, then the navy of our guards will greatly increase."

Guo You's eyes were full of excitement when he thought of getting this American fleet.

Although the Guard Navy now has ten large ships, nearly a hundred small ships, and the number of sailors is nearly 10,000, which is much larger than the size of the army.

But Guo You is still dissatisfied with this.

Now they still have to hide when they see the foreigners' fleet and dare not confront them head-on.

Every time I encounter such a situation, Guo You feels frustrated.

His personality is still the kind of person who tends to be calm and sophisticated. If he had a more radical personality, he would have been unable to stand it.

"Zhang Ming, this time the Rocket Boat Detachment and Commander Zhuo's privateer fleet will serve as the main force of the offensive. Tell your soldiers to be prepared for sacrifice. If the sea is defeated, our navy will be different from the past. If it is defeated, our entire Chinese will be greatly affected."

Guo You is right. If the Navy is defeated, Perry's goal will be achieved, and the guards will be trapped on Dongfan Island and face a huge passiveness.

With the strength of the guard army and the militia, it may not be defeated, but it will be difficult to win at that time.

And the escorts may be besieged on Dongfan Island.

Even losing Ryukyu.

"Commander, don't worry, there is no coward in our rocket craft formation."

"We are also privateer fleets. The Chinese people help us take good care of our family. Everyone has no worries. Who is afraid of death?" Zhuo Yiqing also quickly expressed his opinion.

Whether their privateer fleet can be properly promoted in the future may depend on this war.

In Jilong City, Sun Guoyou is organizing the people in the city to move to the mountains to the south.

"Just let everyone bring the important things with you. Stay the others and we will be back in a few days." Sun Guoyou frowned and ordered the officials of the county office.

The speed is too slow, the fleet has been evacuated, and they must hurry up.

On the sea, the guard navy evacuated from the waterway on the east side of the harbor to Yanliao Bay on the east side.

Yanliao Bay is an undeveloped harbor that is enough to accommodate the entire fleet to hide there.

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The sea area north of the Tamsui River estuary.

The Perry fleet finally waited for the "Salidoga".

There are obviously several traces on the black hull of the "Salido Plus".

Even there is an extra hole in the deck.

"His Excellency Commander, these pirates have established fortresses by the river, and I was hit hard by the opponent. However, no trace of the opponent's fleet was found."

Captain Huaerjia came here in person to report on their investigation.

This mission is indeed not a good job, and the "Salido Plus" is almost broken into the Tamsui River.

"Thank you for your hard work, Lieutenant Colonel Walja, you have completed the task well," Perry praised formulaicly.

He just needs to know that this wave of pirate fleet is not hiding in this inland river.

"Let's go, hoping that Jilong Port can bring us surprises."

"Abbott, let me introduce you to Jilong Port." Taking advantage of the opportunity to gather the captains of each ship together, Perry ordered.

"Yes, sir. Jilong Port is close to the north entrance of the Taiwan Strait, the east, west and south of the port area, and facing the sea. Jilong Bay is a narrow bay with a depth of 3.6 kilometers and an entrance width of more than 280 meters. There are islands such as Sheliao and Pantong as barriers outside the bay, forming a natural good harbor surrounded by mountains and water and calm winds."

"Hundreds of years ago, the Spaniards occupied this place and were later stolen by the Dutch. This place can be used as a military port or as a commercial port. There is a high-quality coal mine in the southeast of the bay. When the British briefly controlled it ten years ago, they explored the coal mine, and its reserves are quite considerable."

"Fortresses can be built on several islands outside the harbor to protect the harbor, so a military port can be built here. At the same time, it is facing the Ryukyu Sea in the north and can also be an important transit port on our North Pacific route."

"And the depth of the channel in this harbor is generally more than ten meters, and there is no problem with anchoring large warships."

Listening to Abbott's introduction, someone couldn't help but exclaim: "This is almost the same as Novotel Military Port, it's really a natural port."

"If we can control this place, it just echoes the Pacific Ocean across the Port of San Francisco, and the entire Pacific Ocean will belong to our America in the future."

"What are you waiting for? Let's go, we are here, we conquer, let us occupy this beautiful harbor for America. I will name it the Port of East Norfolk."

Perry couldn't help but be intoxicated by this beautiful longing.

They walked along the way, and the pirates from the East stayed behind closed doors, obviously afraid of the powerful American Navy.

Then what else can I say? Go ahead, American boys.

At the same time, in Xiamen Port, teams of Qing troops were boarding foreign transport ships from the dock of Gulangyu. This was an extremely strange scene.

Since the last time Gulangyu was captured, a large number of fortifications have been built here, and Chinese people are strictly prohibited from entering the concession area.

But at this time, there were dense Qing troops on the dock.
Chapter completed!