C405 Withdrawal from the battlefield (1/2)
”Dammit, this group of French are really a bunch of trash. They actually slaughtered innocent fishing boats and merchant ships along the way … ”Hey, how do you translate this word?”
”Give me the dictionary, the military jargon book... Damn, all of the colony's ships that can travel in the ocean are gathered together, the special envoy sent by France is called Molière! ”
”Molière? Wait a minute, why do I sound so familiar … Eh? Isn't that a writer... ”The heck, what am I thinking about? Hurry up and translate, continue translating …”
In the captain's room, four young men were flipping through papers. When they came across an obscure word or a scrawl, the four of them would gather together and analyze it. Was the strength of numbers great?
”Found it …” ”This is a hand-drawn map of the Ryukyu, all of the Frenchman's plans are on it …” Xiang Ying screamed until his four heads were on top of his head.
This was a piece of white paper with a simple map of the Ryukyu drawn on it with a pen. The scribbled arrows had already revealed all of the fleet's intentions.
”Shattered Waves, Tasker...” So the battleship under our feet is a light cruiser called the Shattered Waves, and the one that was blown up is the Treader! ”
”These two battleships brought 300 Marines to take a detour from the eastern Pacific Ocean to the territorial waters, in an attempt to establish a beachhead for landing.” ”The communication between them and the Main fleet relies on the fireworks signal. Once they succeed in seizing the beach, the Main fleet will dispatch troops from the north to bring in more Marines to assist them …”
”Fuck, did we see fireworks just now?” ”Do you have any idea?”
The four young friends looked at each other before suddenly running out of the room in a frenzy. ”Sail full! All ships sail full!” The French reinforcements will be here soon... ”Dammit, these two battleships are actually the weakest battleships …”
”Don't grab the beach... We don't have time! ” The four of them rushed up to the deck in a frenzy, pouring out all of the Frenchman's plans.
If not for the fact that the four university students had discovered the French military plan in time, it was very likely that the four warships would have been taken over by the French during the battle. At that time, they would not be able to enter or retreat. The French battleship only needed to open fire from a distance to send everyone into the sea to feed the sharks.
”What should we do? You guys have a brain, do you have any ideas? ” The sailors were completely convinced. Before, they had just laughed at the useless scholars, but today, these four youngsters had taught them a lesson. This war was really scientific, and it was impossible for one to have no culture.
Xiang Ying had always been the leader of the group of four. At this critical moment, Cai Bixia, Fatty Jin and the others all cast their gaze towards him, causing him to feel even more pressured.
In the end, Xiang Ying was still just an Elementary Scholar who had walked out of the Xiang Family village in west Beijing. It was because he had been studying at the Ryukyu University for more than a year and his identity was special that he could attend the small lessons inside Xiao Letian's house.
His heart thumped in his chest. What should he do? Although I have discovered the enemy's conspiracy, but what should I choose? It was impossible to solve a problem just by discovering it. This was not a talent that the Prime Minister wanted.
What if Prime Minister was here? How would he choose?
Time passed minute by minute, the foreheads of the surrounding people were dripping with perspiration, suddenly Xiang Ying remembered something Xiao Letian said during his training session.
Sometimes, the best way to resolve a difficult situation is to jump out of the battlefield to search for you. When your enemy wants to finish you off on the battlefield, your best choice would be to leave the game.
Xiang Ying thought of this and suddenly jumped up and shouted, ”Stop firing, all the battleships are full! ”We will leave the Bulbus Glazed Island and head north …”
”Ah?” North? Do you want to take us as deserters? ” The crowd instantly exploded.
Looking at the excited crowd of sailors, Xiang Ying waved his hand, ”No, we are not deserters, we need to become lone wolf s in the sea, we need to swim outside of the battlefield to fight against the enemy, they want to besiege us all to death, we cannot!”
”Brothers, my uncle is the Prime Minister's personal guard, Xiang Shaolong. The lives of hundreds of our Xiang Family members were saved by the Prime Minister. I can spill all my blood here, but this isn't the way to fight. There are so many ways to win! I have also taken quite a few small lessons from Prime Minister … ”
At this critical moment, Xiang Ying knew how to use a big hat to pressure people, and sure enough, he used Xiao Letian's name. The sailors did not say anything, and not long after, a sentence came out from the crowd.