In July 1904, "General Makanov's fleet had arrived at Cam Ranh Bay for three days, and they would rest there for about a week." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info"On the battleship Rurik in Vladivostok, a staff officer was to receive a telegram from Rear Admiral Essen through several relays.

"Alright, let's get ready to go." Rear Admiral Essen gave the order to the prepared Russian Vladivostok detachment to attack. According to Makanov's plan, before the Russian fleet reached Cam Ranh Bay, the four warships stationed at the Port of Arthur had already set out to attract the attention of the Japanese, and when the attention of the Japanese fleet was drawn to the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, Essen's fleet would immediately depart from Vladivostok, pass through the Tsugaru Strait, and then go south along the east side of the first island chain in the future, and enter the South China Sea through the Bass Strait to join the Makanov fleet.

"May God bless Russia." Rear Admiral Essen prayed silently in his heart, judging from the recent situation, he also sensed the approach of war, and according to the information received, the Japanese Combined Fleet had completed its assembly and had been cruising between the mainland and the island of Okinawa. And around Lushun and Vladivostok, there are also some ships of unknown nationality that often appear. The Russian fleet drove it away. Today is the case again, the two sides are almost routine, you come closer, I will send a boat to drive away. At this sensitive time today, Essen always felt that something was wrong.......

"Whatever!" Ethan took a deep breath and set his eyes on the three almost identical ships behind him. "I have the most elite fleet in Russia! I am the sword of St. Andrew! I'm fearless! Essen said.

Four 18,000-ton warships sailed out of the harbor, their long guns pointed forward, these steel behemoths have been synonymous with strength and invincibility since they came to the Far East, they once made the entire Japanese Navy tremble under these runs, and now Essen needs to lead this fleet to open up a new territory for the Russian Empire!

Through the winding waterway, 4 battleships sailed out of the harbor, and at this moment, a loud bang suddenly came from the Grombowie, which was at the rear of the fleet! A huge column of water appeared on the port side of this battleship! Alarmed by the sound of the explosion, Essen turned his head to look, even from a certain distance, Essen could see the huge breach at the waterline on the side chord of the battleship, a large piece of armor was torn off as a whole, the edge of the entire breach was curved inward, and a large amount of seawater poured into the hull. The battleship began to tilt rapidly, but gradually stabilized as it reached about 7 degrees.

"The whole fleet distance, be careful not to collide, pay attention to the sea surface and the bottom of the water, we may have installed mines!" Although the incident happened suddenly, Essen still quickly gave the right order to respond, although he did not know whether he had encountered a submarine or a mine.

"30 degrees on the port side, there seems to be something 5 chains away!" Soon, a lookout spotted a sneaky thing rising from the sea on the port side of the flagship, Rurik!

"Damn, that's a periscope! The Japanese actually deployed submarines! We are under attack! For a moment, the officers and men of the entire Russian fleet were even more panicked, and the guns on the side of the battleship Rurik began to turn and attack the submarine that was out of the water.

In the Russo-Japanese War in history, both Japan and Russia were equipped with submarines, but they did not participate in actual combat, and in this plane, Japanese submarines actually appeared at the first moment of the outbreak of the war! Soon, a dense stream of shells began to fall around the submarine, and a huge column of water enveloped that tiny periscope. Although it is difficult for the artillery to hit this little guy directly, the high-temperature and high-pressure bubbles produced by the explosion of 12-inch and 10-inch high-explosive shells in the water are still very fatal to this small submarine that is fluttering in the front sea!

In just a few minutes, the Rurik and the Russian, at the front of the row, poured at least 8 tons of shells at the target, and after a burst of indiscriminate bombardment, all kinds of wreckage walked on the surface of the sea, if nothing else, the poor little submarine should have been destroyed.

"Let the minesweepers immediately come out and clear the channel, and the Grombowie immediately carry out damage management and report the situation." Essen was in a terrible mood now, and even felt helpless for a moment, he could not be sure whether it was a torpedo or a mine that had attacked the Grombowie, but he knew that the war had begun. And everything that Makanov and himself planned has come to naught!

"Damn the Japanese, the Japanese who did not declare war! They actually secretly laid mines! Essen cursed and thought, hoping to come up with a way to do it best for the situation.

"After Grombowie, the battleship was seriously damaged, it hit a mine with a charge of about 150kg, but fortunately, the explosion point was in the most perfect underwater defense on the side of the battleship, and the dense watertight compartment also made the battleship's water intake controllable, but part of the boiler room was flooded, and the steel plate of the engine room appeared a huge bulge, and the edge part also had water seepage. The battleship **** is about 10 degrees, and the water intake is 750 tons, which is obviously no longer suitable for combat. Soon, the Grombowie reported on its situation.

Minesweepers and torpedo boats sailed out of the harbor and began to sweep the waters around Vladivostok, and with the help of the battleship Warrior, which was at the end of the queue, the battered Grombowie began to make a difficult turn and headed for the harbor, while the Rurik and the Russia lingered in the harbor. Essen struggled to calm himself down, and continued to consider the unfavorable battle plan for this outing.

"The Japanese will soon find out about this, their submarine has not returned, then there must be an accident, and maybe there are other submarines or camouflaged reconnaissance ships nearby that will send a signal, the war has begun, and they know that our fleet has sailed, what will they do? Will they split their forces to stop us or continue with their previous ambush plan? ”

"No matter what, relying solely on the remaining 3 Rurik-class battleships and the 4 battleships in Arthur Mouth will not be able to confront the Japanese at all, we can only immediately join General Makanov's fleet to have a chance, although the battlefield situation is quite chaotic, but there is only one core, whoever can concentrate the fleet in advance will have an advantage!" Through the fog of the battlefield, Essen grasped the crux of the matter.

An hour later, the remaining three warships continued their ill-fated voyage, while several telegrams were sent and sent to Cam Ranh Bay, thousands of miles away! At the same time, a disguised reconnaissance ship flying the British flag also sent all this to Japan by telegram, and after several forwards, it was finally delivered to Heihachiro Togo.

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