The first place Li Xiao, Man Gui, and Ao Canghai visited was the "indestructible" central fort. In just one hour, more than two hundred bullets were hit in this fort. There were shrapnel in the soil next to the fort.

I grabbed a lot of them, but the fort didn't do much good. Li Xiao really wanted to know what kind of material this thing was made of.

"No wonder this thing is so strong, look at it. There are several layers of tiles between the two layers of concrete, and there are iron plates sandwiched between the tiles." Ao Canghai carefully looked at the faults of the fort, and the hand touching his chin almost pulled off his beard.

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The thickness of the central turret is about two meters, and its cross-section looks like pork belly. There are three layers of ceramic tiles sandwiched between the reinforced concrete, and there are iron plates in the middle of the ceramic tiles. Now it is exposed in the sun with grinning teeth, which looks a bit scary.

Damn it! Chobham Armor!

Li Xiao's chin almost dropped to the ground. Isn't this an enlarged version of Chobham's armor? It was a thing invented by the British in later generations, and they even claimed to have a patent. It turns out that this thing existed in the next year.

The so-called Chobham armor is a mixture of steel armor and ceramics. This thing has a unique defensive effect against artillery bombardment. The British claim that this is the most reassuring armor in the world.

The central turret is an enlarged version of the Chobham armor. It is sandwiched with iron plates and also uses reinforced concrete learned from Li Xiao. No wonder it was hit by so many shells in such a short period of time and still stood. In the end, it was forced

Li Xiao had to use the rockets on the arsenal ship to barely kill him.

"Who the hell designed this thing? It's so anti-human." Li Xiao rubbed the rough section with his feet and asked bitterly.

"We don't know yet, but the Japanese have captured some prisoners. But when our people rushed over, they were all beheaded. These bastards beheaded everyone they saw. They didn't even leave any one alive!"

Master Ao has always been unhappy with the Japanese people.

"We can't blame them. They attacked here during the day yesterday and many people died. Since we called them to fight, it's right to let them vent their anger.

It's probably not difficult to find out who designed this thing. If that doesn't work, let's go to Jinan to capture Chen Hailong and ask." Man Gui didn't care.

"Master Man is right, just kill the Chen family's soldiers. As long as it doesn't harm the people!" Li Xiao also has no good impression of the Chen family's soldiers. Li Hu's life was almost decided here. Now.

Li Xiao thought about how to drive out the Chen family!

"Master Man, lead your First Cavalry Division towards Jinan. Be careful not to be ambushed on the way."

"The cavalry is still afraid of ambush. Do you think I'm stupid? Why can't you run away if we can't defeat us? Besides, all the elites of the Chen family have been killed here. Even if he, Chen Hailong, has some soldiers, he still has to be busy defending Jinan. Come out.

He must have the courage to fight us." Man Gui didn't care. Everyone knew how rich the Chen family was.

Li Xiao's daily income can only support more than 20,000 people. It's true that he, Chen Hailong, can make money, but he has more people than Li Xiao. He can only fight more than 10,000 people if his close family soldiers can fight.

A few days ago at sea, Li Xiu killed a lot of people. Now in Penglai, Li Xiao killed more than 3,000 people at once. The remaining people were too few even to defend Jinan, let alone ambush.

As for the military households of the Ming Dynasty in Shandong, they did not call for troops. The two armies faced each other, so there was no need to fight. Just fire two cannons and explode them, and they would disperse immediately. The Ming Dynasty was sorry for these military households, so you can't blame them for not fighting for you.

Even though Shandong has tens of thousands of troops, only a few thousand of them can really fight Chen Hailong.

"Lao Man, be careful not to capsize the Wannian boat in the gutter. I, Lao Ao Ke, still want to drink together when we live to be eighty years old."

"At eighty years old, I want to live to be a hundred years old!"

A few guys were fighting at the central fort, but Li Xiu was so angry that he gritted his teeth.

"Liu Laoliu, Liu Laoliu! There are only two ships in total. I don't expect you to be involved in the war. But don't let me get into trouble like this. They are all old sailors. You don't know where the channel is? Get out of the boat if it hits the rocks.

The big hole is more than four feet long. If it really sinks the boat, I will throw you into the sea and feed it to the sharks."

Li Xiu looked at the half-sunk five-masted ship and felt distressed. Now that Changxing Island has no shipbuilding capacity, it can only be repaired in the dock.

There are only three five-masted ships, one of which is not equipped with weapons. Now one of them is half disabled, and the only one left who can fight is his own boat. Fortunately, Chen Hailong's navy has been almost wiped out, otherwise one of them would have been destroyed.

How can a ship protect the Bohai Bay and the Yellow Sea?

Liu Laoliu's head was almost stuffed into his crotch and he didn't say a word.

"Has the leak been plugged?"

"It's blocked!"

"Driving back to Changxing Island, if it sinks on the road, don't come up." After Li Xiu finished speaking, he turned around and left.

Liu Laoliu is really not suitable to be the captain of a battleship. With his ability, he can only command the transport ship. But there is really no one now, so Li Xiu wants to go ashore to discuss it with his brother. He also wants to see how the third brother Li Hu is doing!

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"Why did the Japanese soldiers suddenly become so powerful? They actually dared to attack Shandong, our country in the Ming Dynasty. His grandma, they have also been in trouble for more than ten years. Could it be Li Xiao's fault?" Chen Hailong was sitting in Shandong.

Sitting on the tiger leather chair in the Admiral's Mansion, I looked at the hanging charts.

"The third brother sent back some prisoners of Japanese soldiers and asked the gossips. They are indeed Japanese soldiers. There is no doubt that they are Japanese soldiers!" Chen Hailong's second brother Chen Haihu shook his head.

"Weird things happen every year, and today there are so many damn things. That little bastard Li Xiao is definitely not a fuel-efficient lamp. I can smell his smell in this! And that old bastard Chen Fu was sent to the capital

How are the people doing?"

"Chen Fu has several children around him, and his skills are scary. The people we sent out were dead and injured, and only two came back. The rest...!"

"Trash! They are all fucking trash! There are only five or six people who blow the whistle on weekdays, but none of them can point out at critical moments." Chen Hailong slammed the tea cup to the ground, and none of the generals and officers below dared to act proudly.

out.

"Brother, don't be angry. The third one is guarding Penglai. It's absolutely impossible for the Japanese pirates to attack Penglai. Just drag the Japanese pirates in Penglai and wait for the imperial army to arrive. We can kill them. This will drive them away.

The credit for the Japanese pirates cannot be firmly placed on your head, eldest brother.

When the time comes, there's no telling if your title will be even higher. It doesn't matter if our Chen family has a marquis. If we really have a prince, it will be called a glorious ancestor." Chen Haihu is very sloppy in fighting, but his ability to flatter is first-rate.

After listening to Chen Haihu's words, Chen Hailong felt a little more comfortable.

Penglai Port is the most important port of the Chen family, and Chen Hailong spent a lot of money there. Most of the arms bought from Li Xiao were also sent there. Moreover, Penglai also has Chen Hailong's most capable younger brother, Chen Seal, who is in charge.

It's not an exaggeration to describe it. With the Japanese soldiers' little fighting power, it would take 100,000 people to die if they wanted to capture Penglai Port.

"The second master is right. As soon as the reinforcements from the imperial court arrive, we will definitely defeat the Japanese army. The imperial court will reward you based on your merits. The admiral will definitely be promoted, and all the subordinates will congratulate the admiral."

There are naturally no shortage of experts in the officialdom when it comes to flattery. With Chen Haihu taking the lead, there were naturally others following him. For a while, congratulations burst out in the admiral's meeting hall.

"Report!" A flag official ran in panting, and saw the proud Chen Hailong being humbled with one leg.

"What's going on?" Chen Haihu asked.

"Reporting to the Admiral, the imperial decree! The Liaodong Commander-in-Chief Li Xiao's troops will be mobilized to work with the Admiral to suppress the Japanese pirates. The Ministry of War said in a written statement that it hopes the Admiral and Commander-in-Chief Li will cooperate sincerely for the sake of the Ming Dynasty...!"

"Bang!" The tea cup that had just been replaced was once again smashed to pieces.

"Stop talking!" Chen Haihu yelled, and the flag officer immediately stopped talking. Chen Haihu waved to the flag officer, and the flag officer retreated as if he had been granted amnesty.

"His grandma, this little bastard Li Xiao. The imperial court actually sent him to Shandong. Isn't this a joke on me? Those bastards in the capital are all bastards who eat people without spitting out their bones. Bastards!" Chen Hailong was so angry that he stood up from his chair.

He jumped up, pacing and cursing loudly.

At this time, even Chen Haihu did not dare to speak out. Everyone knew that the eldest brother Li Xiao would get angry when he mentioned it.

The big shots in the imperial court also felt that it was not good to send anyone to Shandong, but they sent Li Xiao to Shandong. Isn't this causing trouble? I'm afraid that if Li Xiao didn't fight the Japanese pirates when he came to Shandong, he might fight with the Chen family first.

"Brother, why don't you go to the capital and tell the court to prevent Li Xiao from coming to Shandong?"

"Who's going? You're going? The imperial court has issued a clear decree, can it be taken back? Your head has grown but your butt has grown. Why haven't you seen any progress in so many years?" Chen Hailong glared at his younger brother fiercely.

"Brother, as the saying goes, money can make the world go round. As long as you have money, what can't be solved? Since you said so, I will leave this time. If you allocate 20,000 taels of silver to me, I will definitely give it to you.

Everything will be handled smoothly for you." Chen Haihu patted his chest, looking confident.

"Twenty thousand taels, do you think the money came from the strong wind?" Chen Hailong looked at Chen Haihu, as if he was looking at an idiot.

"My eldest brother, Li Xiao really wants to come to Shandong. It's easy to ask the gods, but hard to send them away. What if the Japanese pirates are beaten away and he refuses to leave? Besides, what if you instruct the ruffians in those places to do what they do?

If he finds out, I'm afraid he will come to Jinan! At that time..., it won't be something that can be done with 20,000 taels of silver."

When Chen Hailong heard what Chen Haihu said, his eyes immediately rolled up. He didn't listen to the other words. It was easy to ask the gods to send the gods but it was difficult to send the gods, but he listened. What if Li Xiao refused to leave? Shandong is his territory.

, it can definitely be tolerated.

"Okay, I'll give you 20,000 taels of silver. We must get the matter done as soon as possible!" Gritting his teeth, Chen Hailong decided to pay. Although it was painful, there was nothing he could do about it.

"No! I will go home and prepare now. We will set off overnight tonight. Don't worry, brother, I will go home and pack some valuables. If there is not enough money, I will fill it in."

When Chen Haihu returned home, he immediately gathered his sons and concubines.
Chapter completed!