As night fell, under the command of Vice Admiral Stepan Osipovich Makarov, the Russian Navy moved, 6 armored ships (pocket battleships, which can also be understood as battleships that appeared before dreadnoughts), 8 cruisers, 3 destroyers and a large number of auxiliary ships, and slaughtered towards the Bosphorus.

This is almost the entire family of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russians, and after 1881, all the new ships acquired by the Black Sea Fleet are now almost pouring out!

This fleet is also the foundation of one-third of the navy of the world's third-largest naval power. In terms of tonnage alone, it did not have any advantage over the Ottoman Navy at this time.

Of course, naval battles are not simply about tonnage, and in terms of the performance of battleships, the Russians still have obvious advantages! After all, one side is a product of the sixties and seventies, and the other is a product of the eighties and nineties, and there is no comparison at all!

The Ottoman navy is too old, and this big fleet is no longer as glorious as it once was!

As the saying goes, what you know best is always your enemy!

The Russians are clear about the state of the Ottoman Navy, otherwise the Russian Navy would not be in a hurry to make a move against the Ottoman Navy!!

An opponent no matter how weak or weak he is, is undoubtedly the best choice for military merit, and at this time the Black Sea Fleet is already hungry and thirsty!

The situation in the Bosphorus, the Russians have long figured it out! Including the exact location of the Ottomans' deployed shore artillery, perhaps the Russians' maps are more accurate than the Ottomans themselves!

The Bosphorus has a Mediterranean climate, calm seas for most of the year, slow currents, few beaches and reefs, and excellent shipping conditions, which also create conditions for night passage for the Black Sea Fleet.

At the same time, Bulgaria launched a massive offensive with roaring artillery fire in an attempt to drown out the sound of sailing ships with the sound of artillery!

"Listen to the bait, is there a boat passing?"

"Impossible, now that we are fighting so fiercely with the Bulgarians, what idiot dares to pass here, isn't he afraid of being killed by stray bullets?"

"No, it's not just a ship, it's like a fleet! It's not good, it's a warship passing by, hurry up and report it! ”

The Ottoman soldiers, sensing that something was wrong, immediately reported the situation, and after several twists and turns, it reached Eder Pasha.

After receiving the news, Eder Pasha immediately forwarded it to Ahmet Pasha and ordered the defenders on both sides of the strait to open fire on the strait, not on the defenders on the side of Üsküdar!

At this moment, the few remaining shore guns in Constantinople had turned around and were busy fighting a life-and-death battle with the Bulgarians.

By this time the Russian fleet had already passed most of the distance, and a great opportunity was in front of Ahmet Pasha!

As long as the Ottoman Navy blocks the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the Sea of Marmara, coupled with the help of shore artillery, the Ottoman Empire has a great possibility of severely damaging or even completely annihilating the Russian Black Sea Fleet this time!

No, now it should be said that it is the total annihilation of the Bulgarian Navy! Once the navy is victorious, then the battle of Constantinople will also be won!

Bulgaria, without a navy, would be of little value even if it took Constantinople, and there would be no need for this war to continue!

It's a pity that Ahmet Pasha, now the commander of the Ottoman Navy, is poking his nose at this opportunity!

"Damn Edel Pasha, you idiot! Actually let the Russians go deep into the Bosphorus, and only now find out!

It was necessary to find out earlier, with shore artillery attack, the distance of 30 kilometers is enough to send all the Black Sea Fleet into the sea to feed the fish!

It's good now, at most an hour, the Russians will rush out of the Bosphorus, and now Lao Tzu will lead troops to intercept it!

What the fuck do you think the Navy is also your Army scrap? Say assemble and assemble, this time I killed Lao Tzu! ”

Scolding and scolding, what should be done still has to be done! Ahmed Pasha still gave the order, and the whole army was dispatched to intercept the Black Sea Fleet!

Now Ahmad Pasha has fully pinned his hopes on the shore artillery to inflict heavy damage on the Black Sea Fleet, otherwise his rabble navy can only send a wave of achievements!

When the Ottoman Navy was ready, the Russian Black Sea Fleet had already come to the door, and the two sides went out at the exit of the Bosphorus, and without saying a word, they started fighting directly!

At this time, the sky has not yet dawned, and the Ottoman Navy does not dare to go too deep, after all, the shells have no eyes, especially when the black light is blind, in case they are killed by their own shore artillery, there is no place to reason!

When the day dawned, I didn't dare to go, and at that time the Bulgarian artillery was able to hit it, and the power of the dense artillery array, it is estimated that no one wants to try!

In this fight, Ahmad Pasha knew that the losses of the Black Sea Fleet were not large, at least in terms of firepower!

Come to think of it, even if the shore artillery fires, it has to hit it well! The black light is blind and there is not even a target to aim, and the artillery is completely based on feeling, so it is strange that the accuracy can be high?

As for the giant searchlights deployed on both sides of the strait? As soon as it was lit up, the Bulgarian shells were immediately inoculated, and before that, they were doused again!

Even so, when the Russian Black Sea Fleet rushed out, many ships were injured and many auxiliary ships sank to the bottom of the sea!

At this moment, the Ottoman Navy has an advantage in the number of fleets, but the Russians have an advantage in tonnage, and the firepower of both sides is not on the same order!

But now, the Black Sea Fleet is not going to have an artillery battle with Ahmad Pasha here! In the mind of the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Vice Admiral Stepan Osipovich Makarov, nothing is more important than entering the Sea of Marmara!

"Rush up and fight the Ottomans in close quarters!"

With the order of Vice Admiral Stepan Osipovich Makarov, 6 battleships took the lead and rushed towards the Ottoman Navy!

Soon the two fleets were in a scuffle, and since neither side had experienced a night battle, the scene was that chaotic!

The Black Sea Fleet is a little better, after all, they are all regular troops, and they have enough psychological advantages to fight the Ottomans!

The battle has reached this point, the Ottoman Empire's shore artillery advantage no longer exists, and the two sides are fighting together, and they can't tell the difference at all, and they can't continue to fight!

Ahmad Pasha decisively stopped the fire support of the shore artillery, because in their previous support, a shell landed exactly next to his flagship, stirring up a few waves and breaking out in a cold sweat!

If you die in the hands of the enemy, it will be forgotten, there are no eyes on the battlefield, and life and death are fateful! What if you die at the hands of your own people? Isn't it too wronged?

As everyone knows, it was his decision that allowed the remaining auxiliary fleet of the Russians to escape the catastrophe! These small boats are no thicker than the skin of warships, and if they are hit by a shell, they will be injured at least and die at worst!

The battle lasted for more than three hours, and the Ottoman naval fleet was still defeated, and the gap in strength could not be made up by numbers alone, especially when there were not enough of them!

After sinking seven ironclad ships, two armored cruisers, three protective cruisers, four collision cruisers, and a variety of other miscellaneous warships, Ahmed Pasha saw that the tide was over, and he had to run away with the fleet!

Of course, the Black Sea Fleet was not having a good time, first it was bombarded by the Ottomans from the shore, and then it fought with the Ottomans, and it also suffered heavy losses!

Losses included: one battleship, one cruiser sunk to the bottom of the sea, one battleship was heavily damaged, several warships were slightly damaged, eight auxiliary ships of various types, and more than three thousand casualties!

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