Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 578
On the coast of the sea to the east of Danzhou, several huge but somewhat dilapidated ships quietly sailed from the endless sea further east...

Jiang Wan, the governor of Danzhou East Road, got the news of the maritime patrol, and hurriedly led his people to the seashore!

Because the Wei navy and smuggler ships are now often close to Danzhou, maritime patrols have been arranged around Danzhou, but there are fewer patrols on the east side.

However, no enemy ships from the Wei State were found this time, but traces of the Chu Navy Fleet were discovered!

Although it looks a bit miserable, what appears in front of you is indeed the fleet with the flag of the Chu Navy...

Even if he is far overseas, Jiang Wan can still know how important this fleet of navy is to Chu State under the current situation!
Even because he was far away overseas, Jiang Wan paid more attention to this than the situation in Hanzhong and Xichuan.

While rushing to greet him, Jiang Wan also immediately ordered the maritime inspection force of the Governor's Mansion to block the surrounding sea with all their strength, and also blocked the news...

Both the fleet size and the time of return are far from the previous "best estimates".

This made Jiang Wan feel unsure, fearing that the navy would lose troops and generals during the development!

If this is the case, then Jiang Wan needs to suppress the news as much as possible, first take care of the returning navy to recuperate in Danzhou, and send the letter back to Jinling by speedboat.

In order to prevent other princes who are interested in the sea from learning the news, the truth will be exposed.

Even if the damage to the navy is not serious, an ambush and sudden attack will still be "sweet". It is always a good idea to be careful...

When Jiang Wan came to the shore, he saw a "flowering" figure in the distance. In an instant, his heart that was originally lifted half sank back - who could be dressed up like this "flowering" if not Governor Gan?
"Jiang Wan, I would like to welcome Governor Gan back to Chu!" Jiang Wan hurriedly stepped forward and said.

Now here is one of Chu's overseas territories, and although there is no port for Gan Ning to dock directly, there is already a lot of fertile farmland and city construction... Returning here means that he has "returned to Chu" "Yes!"

"Hahaha, Xiao Jiang, you have built this Danzhou well. Before, I was worried that there was no place to rest and rectify. I went back and let people see the joke. It's not bad. I will take a good rest for two days before the governor. Go back and report to the king." Gan Ning patted Jiang Wan on the shoulder and said.

Gan Ning has always had such a temperament, with the right balance of boldness and awkwardness. Jiang Wan didn't know for a moment whether Gan Ning was hinting that the navy had suffered heavy losses and was asking her to cooperate with him in acting to avoid showing cowardice, or whether he was really relaxed...

Without knowing or making random guesses, Jiang Wan directly sent people to "blockade" the scene and at the same time led Gan Ning and some of the major naval generals who had landed to rest in a small seaside town not far away.

At the same time, Jiang Wan quietly informed Gan Ning of the current situation on the way.

After hearing this, Gan Ning was still talking and laughing calmly, which made Jiang Wan realize something was wrong - with Gan Ning's temperament, if there was nothing abnormal, shouldn't he threaten to destroy the Wei navy first?

When Jiang Wan arrived at the simple but well-equipped Governor's Mansion, he prepared a reception banquet and invited Gan Ning to the table. Jiang Wan found that Gan Ning had not only told his brothers on board and off the boat to prepare for reception, but he went directly to the table. There is no intention of arranging the navy at all.

This was obviously not an oversight. Jiang Wan also learned from various reports that the navy under Gan Ning, even without Gan Ning's direct order, still "sedatedly" supplies, rested, and had limited celebrations...

It took several years to finally return to the land near Chu State, but there was no sign of indulgence. This was very similar to Jiang Wan's impression of the "pioneering navy" that was not afraid of the sky or the earth and had great maritime characteristics. big difference!
Gan Ning is undoubtedly very arrogant in character, and the navy, especially the pioneering navy, also needs the temperament to dare to fight.

After all, with the conditions and military system of the Chu State, unlike other princes, they could only recruit strong men to form an army. If they didn't have much blood, they wouldn't be able to join the navy.

But now... instead of saying "calm", it is better to say that he has hidden his sharp side!
Jiang Wan was now convinced that some major disaster had definitely happened to the navy in the past three or four years...

From the beginning to the end, Gan Ning ate and drank as usual, and even...even his insulting mouth was as usual. After hearing that Zhang Chunhua also became a princess, he even joked, "It's a pity that you are not a woman, Xiao Jiang."

Later, when the banquet was about to break up and Jiang Wan was the only one left, the two of them talked about serious matters!

Gan Ning did not explain the reason, but only said the current situation - the navy that has returned now has a total of more than 8000 people, and the food and wine for the army that Jiang Wan had prepared before was not false.

It is said that when Gan Ning left, he took away 5000 navy personnel. It can be said that he took away half of the 5 elite members of the navy at that time. In addition, there were [-] land reclamation troops. The fleet was huge.

And now, even if the land reclamation army is stationed overseas, part of the navy remains. Normally, there should be 2 people. This is why Chu State had high hopes for the "missing" navy.

Gan Ning did not go into details with Jiang Wan, but in the secret letter to Bai Tu, he reported the key points in the encrypted part...

Gan Ning's journey to the Golden State was peaceful and smooth. He also discovered some small islands that could supply fresh water and recorded them. Later, he came into contact with the Mayan civilization as he wished in the Golden State, and the two sides formed a certain exchange, which led to Many crops and wild rubber trees needed by Baitu were returned.

Then the land reclamation army and a small part of the navy stayed in the Golden State, and Gan Ning led 2 people back.

However, on the way back, unfortunately, they encountered a strong wind at sea...

If it is a super battleship like an ironclad ship, which can easily reach [-] tons and is completely a sea city at present, the fury of the ocean will be difficult to shake!

However, when Gan Ning went to sea, a large part of the money was spent on railways for "more efficient" development. Gan Ning's fleet did not have large iron-clad ships, but only second-class iron-clad cruisers.

Even Gan Ning's flagships, the two 5000-ton cruisers, would be fine as long as they didn't encounter a natural disaster-level storm.

And just by chance, Gan Ning encountered a natural disaster-level storm at sea.

Although most of the iron battleships were fine, the other auxiliary wooden ships were completely wiped out.

After a storm, Gan Ning also deviated from the direction. Then...by coincidence, he discovered "Hawaii" that he had never encountered before, and Gan Ning named it "Wangchu".

When a violent storm came down, nearly 5000 of the [-] navy elites were lost in the sea, but they were basically Ji Zao soldiers. Even if the human warriors fell into the water, most of them had time to return to the flagship and main ship.

But as a result, almost all the wooden ships were destroyed. Even one of the flagships was temporarily stranded due to malfunction after docking, and needed to bring more materials to repair it.

Due to the loss of ships and supplies, Gan Ning had to leave half of the human generals and most of the Ji-made soldiers in "Wang Chu" - fortunately, "Wang Chu" is big enough, and after preliminary exploration, it is expected to be able to support these. human.

The sunken wooden boats and some iron boats were also left at Wangchu for them to use for fishing and patrolling the sea. However, Gan Ning only brought back 8000 people and only one flagship...

(End of this chapter)