I don’t know when it started, but the atmosphere on the Daku Lake became a little subtle, and the freshness of the United Fleet just entered the lake area gradually faded. The merchant ships watching the fun also had their own things to be busy with, so it was impossible for them to stare at the Zhiyuan all day long.

The merchant ships waiting in line were nervously replenishing the nautical supplies and repairing the cargo on their ships. Some merchant ships that were queuing for too long would also give sailors a turn to take a holiday and allow them to go ashore to relax.

The attractiveness of fine wine and prostitutes is always much greater than that of warships, and no one has watched the joint fleet after a while.

Without the audience, there was no need to let the soldiers stand on the deck anymore. The soldiers from both the Chinese and British sides were relieved and disbanded and returned to the cabin.

But no one knew that Xiao Letian had already begun to order all the fleet, and all officers and soldiers secretly entered the third-level combat readiness.

On the surface, the Chinese army did not make any major moves, but the units in the cabin have already begun to assemble members, and based on the company squad as the basis, they began to count the number of people under the gathering of their respective commanders and understand the physical condition of each person.

The rifle has been sent to everyone's hands, but the bullets have not been issued in full. According to the rules of the Chinese army, each soldier can only get a minimum of five bullets, and the commander can load according to the quota during the war.

The wooden door was opened in the arms cabin, and the logistics ministers began to allocate weapons and ammunition according to the list. The ammunition and equipment under the third-level combat readiness were sent to the units of the company.

The second-level combat readiness allocates ammunition to the first-level troops, and the first-level combat readiness is directly assigned to individual soldiers. This is a very systematic and scientific management system.

It not only ensures that it can cope with sudden wars, but also reduces the waste of equipment and ammunition, and also increases the safety level.

Touching the cold and heavy bullets, the soldiers in the cabin were all excited, "Platform leader! Are you going to fight?"

"What are you asking randomly? Have you forgotten the military discipline? You can do whatever the order is told to do. You can't guess the military order at will!"

"Maybe it's a war, maybe it's an exercise... Anyway, you all remember it for me. The closer we are to Europe, the more dangerous we are! Now everyone is starting to count individual equipment..."

The platoon leader and soldiers sat on the ground, and each squad called and counted the materials. "Rifle status..." The squad leader roared, and there was a sound of pulling the bolt below. Each soldier began to check the Mauser in his hands.

"No abnormality...no abnormality...no abnormality..." Every soldier had to report the situation of the rifle to the squad leader.

"Five bullets...check..."

"Full...full...all full..."

"Disposable first aid package...Engineering shovel...kettle...smoke bomb type 2...melon grenade type 3..."

"Full...no abnormality...no abnormality..."

Almost all the cabins were carrying out various work on level three combat readiness, and a tense atmosphere of war began to spread in the silent roar.

This is the strong army of the Chinese people, without laziness and disorder. The military spirit of the Eight Banners Green Camp of the Qing Dynasty does not exist here at all. The entire army relies on various strict disciplines to connect it. An army is a precision machine.

This is what the Iron Army looks like. No matter at any time, soldiers and officers will not be in trouble, because harsh training has long given them a solution to various emergencies, and repeated drills have become a habit for them.

Xiao Letian once acted. When the Chinese army was promoted from peace to level one combat readiness, a thousand soldiers could be pulled out in just five minutes.

It takes twenty minutes for the five thousand troops to assemble and enter the battle, while the corps of tens of thousands of troops take about forty minutes.

The Navy should be a little slower, after all, it requires the cooperation of various machinery, but within an hour and a half, it can also deploy 10,000 Marines and provide effective fire support.

This efficiency is purely achieved through continuous acting, continuous training, continuous adjustment of officers and soldiers, and improvement is improved little by little.

Even the Prussian Army could not do this terrifying efficiency. This is the elite soldier Xiao Letian wanted, completely beyond the entire world and the entire era.

The veterans and experienced officers on the British warships faintly smelled this dangerous smell. Veterans who fought in the sea of ​​corpses and blood all their lives had a very delicate intuition.

They could feel the murderous aura without looking at the naked eye. The Chinese were secretly preparing for war in the cabin, but the British warships around them became very unnatural.

The veterans directly noticed that the Chinese army was a little different. They whispered to each other, "What's wrong with the Chinese! The soldiers on the deck looked a little strange... and I smelled a smell from the cabin!"

"You feel it too? I also noticed it a little, and I also feel that the French on the sea are abnormal. It seems that this trip to Suez should not be peaceful!"

Until the end, even the British commander Major General Jason received a report from his subordinates. The nervous Jason asked the flag bearer to send inquiries to the Zhiyuan, and in the end he received only the feedback from the daily training of the Chinese army.

"Training? Don't train early or late, train now?" I looked at the pocket watch. It was already 5:30 in the afternoon. The sun had already set in the west. You could see the northern entrance and exit of the Great Ku Lake, which is the fifth stop town and the entrance to the canal.

"Don't have any problems! My mission is almost over. As long as you send the Chinese through the last section of the canal and enter the Mediterranean, their safety will be taken care of by the Atlantic Fleet..."

"Don't make a mistake at the end of my mission, God bless you!"

"Come, continue to coordinate the order in which the warships pass through the canal..."

This time when Xiao Letian visited Europe, in addition to the Zhiyuan, he also brought seven sail warships. In addition to transporting two thousand Marines, the remaining cabins were all filled with supplies as supply ships.

There are a total of eight warships. According to Jason's arrangement, the British fleet will be divided into two parts in the Great Kuhu Lake. Because the northern section of the canal is the Mediterranean Sea, and there is already a British fleet waiting there, so there is no need for all British warships to enter the river.

Send nine warships to protect the Chinese fleet, one of which is accompanied by another. The remaining warships can go back to India.

But now the sudden tense atmosphere made Jason unsure of the attention. "Does the French really dare to do it? Should we add three or four more warships? It's so troublesome..."

At this moment, the voice of a commander suddenly came from outside the cabin, "Report to General, a small boat suddenly appeared on the Daku Lake, heading towards our fleet, and now it has entered our formation... The small boat is heading for the Zhiyuan!"
Chapter completed!