"Compatriots, we have been Bulgarians for generations. We plow, harvest, and multiply on this land. Bulgaria is our homeland, we pay taxes to our homeland and serve as soldiers. But where do our taxes go. A large part of it is to be handed over to foreigners, or forcibly taken by foreigners. If we want to keep our money, we must first use Bulgaria's own stamps and Bulgaria's own currency. Instead of a foreigner's stamp, a foreigner's currency ......"

Bulgaria is not large and has a small population. Milosevic is shouting in every city, township in Bulgaria. Of course, he did not have the courage to run to the Pleven fortress to promote this Bulgarian idea. Stationed in this powerful fortress, known in Europe, was the Pleven Fortress Defenses, which were considered the most elite in Turkey. Although most of these people are no longer the old troops of the Ottoman 61 Nuri year, these old troops have been promoted one after another, becoming non-commissioned officers and even officer class. But for this defense force, no country in Europe dares to underestimate it.

With the voice of the Grand Duke of Bulgaria Slobodan Milosevic, the local parliaments and the people of Bulgaria also knew that Bulgaria had such a number, and these targeted propaganda aimed at daily life did strengthen the national feelings of Bulgaria.

At the Russian embassy in Bulgaria, the Russians discussed Milosevic, whom they had helped up, "Is this a republican?" ”

Milosevic's style is less like a monarchy and more like a republican politician. In a short period of time, Milosevic traveled almost all over Bulgaria. In addition to meeting with local lords, clergy, and parliamentarians, the new Bulgarian Grand Duke met more with the Bulgarian people. This was indeed a very unpleasant move on the Russian side.

"At least he agreed to the anchorage of Russian warships in Bulgarian ports." The Russian ambassador finally reluctantly agreed with Milosevic's actions. Bulgaria is close to the mouth of the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. Having a fleet stationed here can be very effective in posing a greater threat to the Bosphorus. This alone is enough to satisfy the Russians.

The Russian ambassador also found a reason for Milosevic to work so hard, "I think that the money from the stamps can also support the military salaries of the Bulgarian militia." ”

At this time, it was already September 1885, and the year was about to pass. By the time winter comes, the war will cease a lot. And according to intelligence, Russia has purged Azerbaijan of a large number of Ottoman-backed armed forces. If we do this for another year and a half, probably the war will be over. Russia hoped that in the final period of the war it would be possible to establish greater independence of Bulgaria and to determine its great influence in Bulgaria. Seven years ago, Russia failed to achieve this goal, and now Russia hopes to make it a dream come true.

On September 17, the autumn rain fell on the Black Sea coast without hurry. The whole of Bulgaria was almost in the same weather, whether it was land or seaport, the sky was gray, the ground was dark, and the air was hazy because of the fine rain.

By noon, several gray shadows appeared on the gray sea. It wasn't until they drove about 10 kilometers that the Russian patrol ships patrolling the sea off Bulgaria realized that it was a large warship with gray paint all over. With all their eyesight and full use of the telescope, the Russians were able to determine that the British naval flag was flying on the mast of the warship.

Should the British's ship be in that striking Victorian livery? When did it all change to a light blue-gray livery? On a musical day like this, these warships are as hard to spot as ghosts in the dark.

But these doubts can only remain questions forever. The 4-inch rapid-fire guns, mounted on the broadside of the massive British battleships, began to fire heavily at the Russian patrol ships. The Russians had no idea that both China and Britain had already used tube-retreating artillery, so they could not imagine that the navy could fire such a dense series of shells. The level of shelling of the British Navy was beyond doubt, and the tube-back guns did not need to make much adjustment to the shelling. In less than two minutes, the entire crew of the Russian patrol ship, which had been hit by more than a dozen bursts of explosive shells, sank into the sea along with the torn hull.

Hearing the distant sound of artillery, the commander of the Russian Navy immediately shouted: "Quick! Rush out of the harbor and head north along the coast. ”

Russia was not negligent and relaxed its vigilance. The warship had already lit a fire at this time, and after receiving the order, it quickly pulled out anchor and set sail out of the harbor, and began to move north along the channel that Russia already had a lot of experience in.

In the telegraph room of the four British battleships, the experts who had been temporarily requisitioned from the cable telegraph office soon got the news from the wireless telegraph. The British fleet laid a wide net, and the high-speed warships used as surveillance aimed at the Russian warships.

Holding the telegram, the commander on the flagship smiled: "The Russians actually divided into three and tried to disperse and break through." That's a good idea. ”

Such a relaxed attitude is entirely due to radio equipment imported from China. The British bureaucracy has played a high speed not seen in centuries, and they have gone from minister to clerk and from clerk to minister in a single day. Finish all the dozens of stamps.

It is not surprising that there is such a high speed of action, and the UK has worked in several offices next door, from ministers to clerks. Clerks walk through the offices like a marquee. When China's radio patent has completed the paperwork in the UK, and the patent protection has been formally applied. China sold twelve wireless telegraphs directly to the British.

The Brits could use radio, and of course they could study it. However, according to British law, if the British side wants to imitate, it must pay patent fees to China in accordance with the British patent law. It must be noted that the implementation of the patent law of the British is still relatively reliable. Not only in the UK, but also in Europe as a whole, patents are taken seriously. At this time, the big counterfeiters were Germany and the United States, and the British were suffering from the massive theft of British ideas from these two countries.

The Royal Navy doesn't care about these issues, and their reasons for excitement are realistic. If it had been a previous war, Russia had made the right choice. Don't look at just three boats, in this situation of poor vision, it is really possible to let them run.

But with radio, the situation is completely different. It doesn't matter whether there is a field of vision or not, with the accumulation of hundreds of years of the British Royal Navy, according to the compass and speed, it is not difficult to determine a relatively accurate position within a range of tens of nautical miles. Once the Russians are targeted, there is no chance of escape.

The Russian Navy also noticed the presence of British naval warships in the distance, but they did not care. If you want to inform the location of other warships, the Russian Navy, these warships will have to look for their own fleet. But the commanders of the three Russian warships never expected that they would think they were about to get rid of the British warships that were following their butts. What appeared in the rain and fog ahead was the huge figure of the British battleship. At some point, the British battleship had circled in front of the slow-moving Russian warship, waiting for the Russian warship to come to the door by itself.