Zhang Meng made two-handed preparation strategies for the Japanese's tricks.

When the two Japanese ships, Tianlong and Longtian, approached the baseline of the territorial waters of the Tang Empire, Li Haichen was ordered to lead the only six main warships of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire to intercept.

On Li Haichen's flagship, the Lyander light cruiser, today there are dozens of military officers and journalists from more than a dozen European and American countries, including Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Italy, Austria, Biography, and the West. They all came to observe the military exercises conducted by the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire at the invitation of Zhang Meng, the Minister of the Defense Department of the Tang Empire.

Of course, except for Britain, military officers from other countries were invited by Zhang Meng for money, otherwise they would ignore Zhang Meng at all, and it would be even more impossible for them to come to the Tang Empire, a place where they thought they would not shit.

They thought they were all here for vacation in the Central Pacific. Anyway, the Tang Empire reimbursed their food, drinks and entertainment in full, and sent a special plane to pick them up. This good thing led them to agree to visit the Tang Empire for their naval exercises.

But what they didn't expect was that Zhang Meng's drunkenness was not about drinking, and invited them to come purely to use them to help the Tang Empire seize the sympathy and public support of the international community during the upcoming Tang and Japanese military conflict.

Zhang Meng is confident that he will seize the commanding heights of international public opinion before the war begins, but he must rely on his strength to truly resist the enemy beyond the national gate.

Although Japan's military strength is far stronger than the Tang Empire, they really despised the Tang Empire too much and sent out a fleet that lacked air cover, so Zhang Meng was not afraid at all. He immediately made careful arrangements and must ask the Japanese to go but never return.

Whether in terms of public opinion or military combat preparations, the Tang Empire was doing quite well, which was something that the arrogant Japanese devils did not expect.

In the early morning of the 15th, as the sea fog gradually dissipated, the Tang Empire, located on the Sun Update Line, ushered in a new day.

As the first country in the world to see sunrise, the Tang Empire is also the only factor that can attract tourists from all over the world to come and travel.

It is precisely because it is the first country in the world to see the sunrise that military officers and journalists from all over the country are interested in attending the sunrise viewing banquet held by Lieutenant Colonel Li Haichen, commander of the First Cruiser Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, on the front deck of the Leander.

Miss Christina, a famous singer from the United States, personally performed a singing and performing for the banquet. She was a world celebrity who Zhang Meng spent 600,000 US dollars and sent a special plane to invite him. The purpose is very simple, to create more and greater international influence. If the Japanese dare to invade the Tang Empire at this time, what awaits them will be the unprecedentedly powerful criticism of international public opinion.

Christina's melodious singing and her hot and sexy figure that was fascinating and frightening, immediately attracted everyone's attention, making the atmosphere of the banquet extremely warm.

All of this was seen by Lieutenant Colonel Li Haichen on the bridge.

At this moment, the telecommunications consultant hurriedly sent an emergency telegram.

The two Japanese warships, the Tianlong and the Ryuta, were sent to provoke the Tang Empire and create an excuse for the Japanese Navy to conquer the Tang Te mixed fleet behind.

At this time, the two Japanese ships were more than 400 kilometers away from Yanjing, the northernmost part of the Tang Empire.

The Japanese ship commander, Scholar Kotaro Aso, thought that he would have to wait at least tomorrow before he could approach the waters near the Tang Empire to implement a provocation plan, but unexpectedly, the Liander light cruiser flying the eagle flag of the Tang Empire was found in the waters about 370 kilometers close to the Tang Empire.

It turns out that the territorial waters stipulated by the Tang Empire are the baseline of 370 kilometers. This is because the Tang Empire has a small land area and lacks a strategic depth on land, so it has to rely on expanding the territorial waters to create a strategic depth on sea.

In the 1920s and 1930s, the territorial waters of countries around the world basically used the range of coastal artillery as their territorial waters, usually around 22 kilometers. However, some countries did not specify the distance of territorial waters in this way. For example, because countries such as Central and South America rely on fisheries, their territorial waters exceeded more than 350 kilometers or even more.

Strictly speaking, the Tang Empire stipulated that the 370-kilometer territorial waters was not an exception, so it was recognized by the Commonwealth and the League of Nations also filed the record.

However, Aso Kotaro didn't take the Tang Empire seriously at all, so he didn't know where the territorial waters baseline of the Tang Empire were.

He knew that the Tang Empire had only more than twenty warships. The only ones that could pose a threat to the two ships of Tianlong and Longtian were the six Leander-class light cruisers loaned from Britain. The others were small gunboats and torpedo boats, which were simply vulnerable.

Aso Kotaro believes that the training of the Tang Empire's naval officers and soldiers was less than three years, and his combat effectiveness was obviously not worth mentioning compared to that of the Japanese naval officers and soldiers. He was fully confident that he would defeat the so-called Tang Empire's royal navy with two Tianlong-class light cruisers.

Not only did he think so, but everyone on the two Tianlong-class warships think so.

Aso Kotaro was eager for quick success and instant benefits. Seeing that the flagship of the Tang Empire Navy, the Leander, was right in front of him, he decided to immediately take extreme military provocation.

The Tianlong and Ryuta quickly approached Leander, and on the pretext that they were catching the escaped pirates, they asked to board Leander for inspection.

Faced with the Japanese rude behavior, Major Li Haichen naturally refused harshly and immediately reported the situation to the Ministry of National Defense.

Zhang Meng has been sitting in the military conference room of the Ministry of National Defense. In front of him is a 400-kilometer territorial sea sand table in the land of the Tang Empire and radiating outward. On the sand table are models of the troops of the army, navy and air force of the Tang Empire.

When Li Haichen sent back the telegram, the training staff immediately placed two small models of Japanese light cruisers on the sand table with corresponding scales.

Zhang Meng has been waiting for the provocation of the Japanese ships. The Leander did not appear directly in front of the two Japanese ships by chance, but Zhang Meng had deliberately placed the Leander there through the intelligence sent back by the submarines that had been monitoring the movements of the Japanese ships, just waiting for the Japanese devils.

"Call back! Act as planned!"

"yes!"

After receiving Zhang Meng's order, Li Haichen immediately acted as planned.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry to disturb everyone's banquet."

Following Zhang Meng's instructions, Li Haichen immediately issued a notice to the military officers, journalists from all countries attending the meeting, and the rich fans brought by Christina, informing them that the two Japanese warships suddenly broke into the territorial waters of the Tang Empire, and rudely accused them of taking in pirates and demanding to board the Leander for inspection.

"Where do we get the pirates here? Do the Japanese say we are pirates?"

"I actually entered the territorial waters of other countries and dared to forcibly board other countries' warships for searching? When did the Japanese become so bold?"

"Damn Japanese, they are becoming more and more presumptuous!"

The deck suddenly became lively.

Undoubtedly, when everyone was in a hurry, the Japanese suddenly came to disturb him, so they naturally couldn't help. Especially when Christina took Zhang Meng's money, she naturally wanted to speak for the Tang Empire. Her influence undoubtedly caused huge remarks to the military officers and journalists from various countries, and the Japanese's rude behavior immediately aroused everyone's strong disgust and disgust.

But that's not enough.

According to the plan formulated by Zhang Meng, Li Haichen sternly rejected Aso Kotaro's rude request and even warned the Japanese ships not to enter the territorial waters of the Tang Empire.

But Aso Kotaro was too arrogant and ignored Li Haichen's warning at all. He ordered the Tenno and Ryuta to continue to approach Leander and make extremely military provocative actions.

When the two Japanese ships took off their cannon suits and turned to the Leander, military officers from various countries frowned. The reporters quickly set up cameras and started taking photos and collecting evidence under Christina's instigation and Li Haichen's special arrangement.

Aso Kotaro was so arrogant that he quickly issued an ultimatum to Leander.

But Li Haichen was not showing any weakness. He said to everyone: "Although our Tang Empire is just a newly established small country in your hearts. Although we are weak, we also have dignity. As the commander of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, I, Li Haichen, will never succumb to the power of the Japanese Navy. For the sake of everyone's life and safety, please hide immediately. The Japanese ship is invading the territorial waters of the Tang Empire. As a warning, this ship will warn the Japanese ship to air gun shooting. If the Japanese ship does not listen to the advice, please be a witness. We are forced to fight back in self-defense."

Li Haichen's words immediately received sympathy and support from everyone, and this is the result he wanted.

"Shooting warning!"

With the order of Li Haichen, the front main gun of the Leander aimed at the Japanese ship Tianlong and quickly fired three guns. Since there was no warhead installed, it only sounded three guns.

Everyone on the ship understood that this was really just a warning to the Japanese ship, which was an international practice.
Chapter completed!