Volume VIII 1317 Fierce Battle

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Stefansky really wanted to turn around and leave, not because he was cowardly, but because as an admiral he knew very well how unfavorable this narrow strait was for naval warfare.

Now the eastern exit of the strait has been blocked by Xiao Letian, and the only exit has been covered by enemy artillery fire, and the casualties have soared.

After all, the battleship still relies on its mobility to improve its survivability, no matter how thick the skin of the ironclad ship is, how fierce the guns are, if it loses its mobility, then in the end it is just a floating coffin.

The Russian fleet must rush to the high seas in order to advance and retreat properly, if you want to fight, you can go as long as you want, and if you don't want to be entangled with Xiao Letian, you can go directly north to Vladivostok to join the division, anyway, the tsar's task is to rescue the Russian army in the Far East, and whether to grab gold or not is not in the plan at all.

But can the current situation be said to be a matter of leaving? Abandon the two armies on the island? Or abandon the aristocratic officers of Eksen and Vinya? Stefansky is really on the verge of collapse, and he knows that it is a mistake to continue to stay in this strait, but he does not dare to leave, and he absolutely does not dare to move.

The names of the battleships "Glacier, Deer Hunter, Volga......" were named by the commander-in-chief, and finally Stefansky named 11 battleships.

"Rush out of the west entrance of the strait, suppress the Gaoboshan fort with artillery, and protect our lifeline...... Leave me alone, I'm here for your highness, I have to take all the armies!"

"The troop carrier quickly moved closer to me, into the strait, and forcibly transported our soldiers......"

"Commander, it's too dangerous here, let's leave the palace, you rush out of the strait with the St. Peter, go and block the strait......" The other warships quickly sent flags.

Stefansky shook his head sadly and said in his heart, "Can I go?" If I abandon these armies and so many nobles at this moment, even if I finally complete the mission, I will have to be killed when I return to Moscow, and it will be a very tragic death.

If I die here, my family will still receive preferential treatment from the Empire, and if I escape first, my family will be completely finished!

"Don't talk nonsense! Obey my orders! The battleships named will rush out of the strait for me at once!" The categorical order made people dare not refute, and the ships moved one after another, and the guns were aimed at the high bowl mountain to fire frantically.

The rumbling sound of cannons cracked in the mountains and rocks, the trees were blown apart, the camouflage of the Gaoboshan Fort was blown away in the smoke and dust, and the carefully transplanted saplings, shrubs and camouflage nets were torn apart.

However, the Russian fleet underestimated the strength of the Chinese-designed shore defense batteries, and hundreds of shells poured on the batteries but failed to suppress a single artillery.

"Leave the enemy's warships alone, let them blow up! All we have to do is destroy more troop carriers! As long as the enemy's army can't leave! These warships will not dare to escape, they must stay here......" The telegraph operator shouted to the company commander amid the rumbling sound of cannons, and he was reading aloud the order he had just sent.

"What...... You louder ...... What the hell didn't you eat? What...... Okay, send a telegram back to the Wang Bureau, the order is received, and the task is resolutely completed......" The company commander yelled at the neck of the company.

"Brothers, don't worry about the battleships, blow up those troop carriers one after another! Thin skin and big stuffing, one cannon at a time, send them back to their hometown......

Boom Boom Boom ...... The Gaoboshan battery adjusted the firing angle, and the shore defense guns crossed the battleship and began to bombard the troop carrier farther away.

Now not only the Gaobo Mountain Fort is fighting fiercely, but General Luo Huo on the other side of the strait has also landed, surrounded by a group of guards, Luo Huo jumped into the sea and looked at the island and the war in the distance.

He didn't rush to the beach, his knee-high leather boots were soaked in the water, and a cigar was held in the corner of his mouth, looking crookedly ruffian.

Thorn ...... Matches flickered in the sea breeze, lit cigars sprayed with green smoke, and the cameraman, who had been prepared on the shore for a long time, pressed the shutter to record the historic moment.

"Well, the spirit of the shoot is a little bit, and the domineering and sharp spirit of the army's counteroffensive must be expressed...... This will become a historical archive in the future, and I will be engaged in military law when I am on a business trip!"

"It's the general! The propaganda team has resolutely completed its mission!" A group of more than 50 cameramen saluted Luo Huo and then set off separately for the island, recording every bit of the battle along the way.

Luo Huo jumped out of the sea water at this time, he took off his boots, shook off the sea water inside, and said depressedly: "Prime Minister, what are you doing here? What kind of propaganda team do you have to set up in the army? A group of people carry cameras and don't fight, and they know how to take pictures...... Let me fuck and pose!"

Luo Huo, who complained for a while, finally shook off the water and fine sand in his boots, "Okay, let's go, now the vanguard is estimated to have reached the intended goal, let these Rakshasa ghosts see the true skills of our marines!"

The vanguard sent by Luo Huo had now arrived at a mountain three kilometers away from the fishing village of Setouchi, where the terrain was complex and extremely hidden, with ravines and dense trees.

The Russians would never have imagined that there were fifty field guns hidden in this dense forest, one by one covered by camouflage nets and fallen leaves, and if you didn't get close, you wouldn't know that it was a cannon.

The running panting soldiers, who didn't have time to rest, rushed to the pile of fallen leaves, and lifted the camouflage net to reveal the murderous artillery below.

"Qinglong Division, the first battalion of artillery is in position...... The second battalion of artillery was in position...... The three battalions were in position......" The sound of the order came one after another, the artillery wheeled against the rocks and made a piercing grinding sound, box after box of shells was dug out of the soft mound, and shiny shells were loaded into the chambers.

"Target Setouchi! Fire! Dense ......"

Boom Boom Boom ...... The sound of artillery was rolling, and the Setouchi fishing village suddenly turned into a sea of fire, and the Russian soldiers who were waiting to board the ship were blown up, and the human body rolled like rag dolls in the smoke and dust of the fire.

Houses collapsed, troop carriers in the bay were ignited one after another, and the screams shook the entire bay.

"The Chinese are coming up! What are our warships doing? Are they all waste for nothing?"

"Fight back! Why don't you fight back! What about our team? Where is my company......

In the confusion, the soldiers could not find their own troops, the officers could not find their subordinates, and after three rounds of shelling, Hermansky on the bay took the detachment to adjust its posture and began to counterattack.

"Why didn't the army press up? The enemy was three kilometers behind the fishing village!" Hermansky turned his head and looked at it with a telescope, and his nose was crooked.

"Damn rubbish! It took so long to organize two companies of troops? Is this still our elite emperor? It's all a bunch of rubbish!"