The sunken Emperor Alexander III, the flagship of the Hubei army, had a total crew of 869 people, but due to the extremely fast sinking speed, only 402 people were rescued, and the rest of the people sank to the bottom of the sea with them. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Both the Hubei and Japanese armies felt that this was a strange mine attack, and Makarov was rescued from the new flagship, the Duke of Suvorov, and as a well-informed scholar-type admiral, he was even more puzzled by this:

"Where did the enemy's mines come from? How could a wide entrance to the strait concentrate six mines against one of the flagships of our army? Do mines have the power to sail themselves? No, it's all unreasonable......"

The more Makarov thought about it, the more strange he felt, and slowly thought of the various experiences and performances of the Chinese Emperor Hu Zhen, and felt even more incredible:

"How could such a person come out of the East of the world, this is not a good thing for the whole of the European civilized world! I'm afraid that no one will be able to control it in the future! No, we must defeat his fleet, let him first lose the ability to act on the ocean, and then let the army recover Siberia and slowly compress the living space of the Chinese Empire! ”

The more Makarov thought about it, the more he finally made up his mind that he must unite the fleets of European countries and destroy the fleet of the Chinese Empire.

While he was thinking wildly, a loud explosion sounded behind the Oro fleet.

The Hubei army and the Japanese army, who did not have the task of operating the battleship, all ran to the stern of the ship to observe.

I saw that a transport ship was bombarded by a mine and was sinking rapidly, and the crew and sailors were jumping into the water in panic to escape.

A 3,000-ton Hubei cruiser was about to approach the rescue, but it also hit a mine, which happened to hit the ammunition depot and sank into the sea at once, encountering the same fate as a transport ship.

Makarov finally had an excuse to stop the advance of the whole fleet, and without consulting with the deputy commander of the combined fleet, Gonbei Yamamoto, he directly ordered: "The whole fleet stops advancing and retreats fifty nautical miles!" ”

After the Evibe-Japanese combined fleet retreated 50 nautical miles, Makarov, who was apprehensive, ordered the lookouts to intensify their surveillance and observation of the sea surface, paying special attention to the enemy's mine attacks.

The nuclear submarines under the control of the supercomputing system did not continue to attack the Otto-Japanese fleet, but lurked under the seabed not far from the Eve-Japanese fleet, opened the radio monitoring and control machine, and carefully intercepted the radio signals of the Eber-Japanese fleet.

The radio of the Oro-Japanese fleet is the most primitive product, and it does not have any anti-detection function at all, and it is simply easy for a nuclear submarine to intercept its messages.

The confidence of the ordinary officers and men of the Otto-Japanese fleet was greatly affected by the sinking of this flagship.

Makarov did not seem to be affected by this, and he ordered the radio station to call the Eight-Nation Coalition fleet, asking them to march east of the Strait of Malacca after joining forces.

However, he had no contact with the Eight-Nation Alliance Fleet, but Hu Zhen knew the details of the Eight-Nation Fleet.

Hu Zhen immediately proposed to Zheng Dingbang: "Now that we know that the Otto-Japanese fleet is on the Indian side of the Strait of Malacca, and the main fleet we are waiting for in the Natuna Islands, can we pass through the Strait of Malacca now and attack the E-Japanese fleet?" ”

"Where is the Eight-Nation Coalition fleet?" Zheng Dingbang had some doubts.

"Judging by the radio signals, there is at least a two-day voyage with the Oro fleet! This is our chance. ”

The information is in Hu Zhen's hands, no one dares to question the accuracy of the information, let alone the source of the information.

Zheng Dingbang glanced at the chart and agreed: "Your Majesty, this is a bit risky, but it can also achieve good results, the opportunity must not be lost, without further ado, our fleet should set off immediately!" But do you still want to bring an aircraft carrier? ”

"No, this is to be used in the decisive battle in the South China Sea, we only use cutting-edge warships in this operation, quickly maneuver through the Strait of Malacca, take advantage of it and leave!"

"Your Majesty, since this is the case, then we will only take eight battleships with a speed of more than 19 knots, including the New York, the Brooklyn, the Changzhi, the Chang'an, the Changhe, the Changshan, the Great Wall, and the Yangtze River, as well as twelve cruisers with a speed of 23 knots."

Hu Zhen said: "Except for the Brooklyn, the other seven battleships have reached a speed of more than 21 knots, so simply don't want the Brooklyn to facilitate the combat command!" ”

What Hu Zhen said was the holy decree, and it was 100 percent immediately executed.

Nineteen warships rushed swiftly towards the Strait of Malacca, which of course could not escape the eyes of the observation posts along the coast of the English Channel Settlements.

The English colonial authorities immediately used wireless telegraphy to alert the Otto-Japanese fleet.

However, the wireless telegraph operator found that the telegraph was rustling and could not send the signal at all.

It turned out that Hu Zhen had already ordered the nuclear submarine to start high-power radio jamming, and the radio jammer on the battleship of the Huaxia Army was also activated, and the primary product radio station could not send a signal at all, nor could it receive a signal.

The Straits Settlements authorities had no choice but to send a fast ship out to report the information, but the Otto-Japanese fleet was at that specific location, and the fast ship could not be found for a while.

The Ori fleet became a blind man.

In desperation, the Straits Settlements authorities sent a fleet stationed in Singapore to intercept the Chinese fleet.

However, the Chinese fleet was extremely fast, and it swept past at once, and the Straits Settlements fleet did not dare to open artillery bombardment on the Chinese fleet because the British Empire had not yet declared war on the Chinese Empire.

The Strait of Malacca is more than 1,000 kilometers long, and the fast fleet of the Huaxia Army sails at the highest fleet speed of 21 knots, and every two hours after another hour at an economic speed of 15 knots, and it takes more than a day to pass through the long Strait of Malacca.

After passing through the Strait of Malacca, the fast fleet of the Huaxia Army went straight to the specific position of the Ori fleet indicated by the nuclear submarine.

At this time, the Swift Fleet of the Straits Settlements finally found the Fleet, but the Fast Fleet of the Huaxia Army had also appeared in the sight of the Fleet.

"What? Has the Chinese fleet appeared on the surface of the Indian Ocean? "When Makarov received the report, he was taken aback, rushed out and personally climbed onto the mast and looked at the sea with a telescope in his hand.

I saw that the shadows of the nineteen warships of the Huaxia Army were coming rapidly, and they were already less than 20 nautical miles away from their own fleet, and after 30 minutes at most, they could open fire on their own warships.

Makarov decisively ordered: "Array, ready for battle!" ”

At this time, Gonbei Yamamoto on the Japanese battleship Fuji also gave an order to his subordinates: "Prepare for battle!" ”

When the Oro fleet was hurriedly arrayed and ready to meet the battle, Hu Zhen stood on the flagship Great Wall, ordered the nuclear submarine to release a miniature unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to measure the shooting between the enemy and our fleet, and ordered the fleet to start loading ammunition and be ready to fire at any time.

A naval battle is about to begin. (To be continued.) )