The army is not a place where democracy can be stressed, the army is a place that stresses absolute authority. The superior commander uses orders to the subordinate soldiers, and the military order cannot be violated, because you don't know whether the military order is to sacrifice a small part of the battle in exchange for victory, or this is a mistake in the first place, so even if you know that the superior wants you to send you to death, you have to go, so there is a saying that the military order is like a mountain.

In the military, the authority of the superior must be maintained. Needless to say, in the army, the rank hangs on the shoulders clearly, and one more star and one less star is a world of difference. Military rank is the most direct manifestation of the command relationship in the army. But at sea, each warship is an independent entity, and the captain is the head of the whole ship, although the captain's military rank on the warship is the highest, but it is not absolute, because the fleet commander can temporarily use any ship in the entire formation as the flagship, and the fleet commander often has a higher military rank than the captain, at least not lower than the captain. However, out of the necessity of maintaining the authority of the superiors, the fleet commander can command the entire fleet, but cannot command the officers and men of the ship on which he is located. If the commander of the fleet insists on directly commanding the officers and men on the ship, he must first order the removal of the captain and order the direct takeover of the ship. This way of behaving is equivalent to directly upholding the authority of the captain's position. So at sea, it's the job that matters.

On the Haitian, the captain is Li He, the former Beiyang veteran, the pipe band of the Pingyuan, and the current rank of rear admiral, but the highest rank on the Haitian, as the flagship of the formation, is Vice Admiral Qiu Baoren, the commander of the fleet, but the highest position is Emperor Li Ming. At this moment, the bridge of the Haitian can be said to be crowded with people. However, Qiu Baoren could command the entire formation, but he could not command anyone on the ship except his two guards, and Li Ming, as the emperor, only had five guards who could be directly transferred. That is, according to naval regulations. At this moment, as the emperor, Li Ming's manpower that can be directly mobilized is not as good as that of an artillery team leader.

Of course, as an emperor if he is willful. You can directly remove Qiu Baoren's fleet commander and take over by himself, so that he can directly order the fleet to act according to his own intentions. But Li Ming didn't. Because he knows very well that armies are used for battle, and a wrong military order on the battlefield will make the army useless, and even cause the whole army to fall into a state of annihilation, so one general will be incompetent and a thousand troops will be exhausted. I have finally heard and seen the war on land, and with a bunch of staff officers giving advice, I will not make a big mistake. But naval warfare is different, even Li Ming, who has not yet figured out the theory, how dare he be so willful when he is about to enter the battlefield.

But Li Ming is really in a hurry. The report on the battle situation at the front has clearly pointed out that the enemy ships have begun to flee in all directions, and the main ships of our army are pursuing them in formation. The enemy had been crushed, and the situation on the battlefield was clear at a glance, while the huge formation with two battleships, two heavy cruisers, and as many as a dozen destroyers on his side could only cautiously search and advance, making Li Ming feel a sense of powerlessness that was empty but had nowhere to go.

The emperor jumped to his feet angrily, but Qiu Baoren was still the same, so Li Ming could only move a small stool to sit outside the communication room, pretending to be a picture of onlookers and listening to the naval battle. However, in the face of the news of the victory that followed, Li Ming also danced excitedly and shouted. But Qiu Baoren was very dissatisfied with the low cough and silenced, but everyone could see the emperor's excited expression, and gradually the entire bridge was filled with cheerful emotions, and gradually passed on to the entire fleet.

But Qiu Baoren was unmoved. The entire formation still maintained a cruising speed of ten knots, and moved slowly in the direction of the Liao Neihai battlefield. From ten o'clock in the morning to three o'clock in the afternoon for five hours, let alone seeing the smoke column of the battlefield or something. I didn't even listen to the sound of the cannons. Under the command of Qiu Baoren, the entire fleet turned left and right for a while, and Li Ming couldn't figure out the direction anyway. If it is said that the fleet is returning to Pontianak now, Li Ming will also believe it. In short, no matter how Li Ming urges. Qiu Baoren always moved forward cautiously with a vigilant look. It wasn't until 4:06 p.m. that the situation became apparent.

"It was reported from the front that two Russian cruisers Diana and Venoch were approaching at high speed." The destroyers patrolling ahead sent reports on the speed and course of the Russian ship.

"Order the destroyer to bypass the Russian ship and reconnoiter the rear, sound the combat alarm, and order the Hawaiian fleet to enter a combat state." As soon as Qiu Baoren gave the order, a piercing siren sounded over the Hawaiian fleet in the distance, and at the same time, the Haitian began to accelerate and turn right to widen the distance from the fleet's main formation, and the destroyers guarding the perimeter also began to maneuver accordingly.

"No......" Li Ming pointed to the Hawaiian fleet outside the window that was speeding forward, and then pointed to the Haitian that was evading, and said angrily with an expression of disbelief: "Isn't it just two Russian cruisers, or a rout." We have such a big formation, do we still need to hide? Lao Qiu, what do you mean? ”

"It is precisely because there is such a large formation that the emperor cannot take risks." Qiu Baoren saw that the emperor seemed to be saying something, so without waiting for the emperor to speak, Qiu Baoren immediately refused: "The emperor doesn't need to say much, as long as Weichen is still the commander of the fleet, he will never let the emperor take risks." ”

"You...... Good, good, don't take risks. Let's stay out of range and watch the naval battle from afar. Don't tell me anything about the Spring and Autumn Period, Lao Tzu just wants to see a naval battle with his own eyes, and if it succeeds, he will not be able to give a quasi-"

"Then the emperor must listen to the arrangement of Weichen." Qiu Baoren breathed a sigh of relief. He can continue to do what he wants in the name of righteousness, and I believe that the emperor will not forcibly take over the command, but the reward will definitely be reduced after the war. Although the saints are holy today, they are not the lords of a big heart. Now that the emperor just wants to watch the naval battle from afar, and the Russian navy has collapsed, it is inappropriate to disobey the emperor's will at this time.

"You haven't been thrown off the ship by me." After speaking, Li Ming gave Qiu Baoren a fierce look.

A veteran in his fifties blushed once. Indeed, although the emperor has been clamoring a lot since boarding the ship, he has never interfered with the command, that is, the emperor is Shengming, and it is not unheard of in history to change the faint monarch to behead the general. After Qiu Baoren surrendered his hand, he ordered the Haitian to speed around 15,000 kilometers to the right side of the Hawaiian fleet. This order made Li Ming let out a long sigh. Although the Russian Diana and Venoch are in good condition, they must be old ships. Not to mention the effective range, the longest range of its main gun is only more than 10,000 meters. There is also a Hawaiian fleet in front of it, and the Haitian is 15,000 kilometers away from the Hawaiian fleet. Li Ming just hoped that the Hawaiian fleet would not stop him from watching the naval battle through his binoculars.

After the Battle of Tsushima and the Russian Far East Fleet were completely annihilated by China, the ships Diana and Vinock were urgently transferred from Europe. In the middle of last year. As the situation in the Far East began to deteriorate, and a Sino-Russian war was inevitable, the two ships marched south to Singapore to avoid the freeze, avoiding the fall of Vladivostok, and remained in Singapore until the arrival of the new Far Fleet before moving to Bandazia, where they were finally incorporated into the 1st Russian Cruiser Squadron. Because the two ships were well maintained in Singapore, they did not enter the target of the Chinese Navy in the naval battle because of their speed and maneuverability, and they also narrowly escaped the stray bullets of the Chinese Navy, and the Russian Navy collapsed. Rushed out from the encirclement on the southern side of the Chinese Navy before it was closed.

The name Ivan means cherished by God in ancient Judea, and Ivan, the captain of the Diana, has always felt that his name is too appropriate after hearing the news of the fall of Vladivostok in Singapore. Now that he has escaped the mad attack of the Chinese Navy and once again broken out of the encirclement, Ivan feels that he is truly cherished by God. Ivan was nervous when the Chinese destroyers appeared in front, but the Chinese destroyers bypassed them one after another, and only one accompanied and watched from a distance.

No matter how good the Chinese destroyers are, it is impossible to take out two cruisers head-on. No matter how old-fashioned it is, it won't work. But Ivan was very worried that the Chinese destroyer would bring in the main ships of the Chinese Navy, which would be troublesome, especially the fast light cruisers, and one of them would be enough for them. Just as Ivan was thinking about how to run back to Singapore as soon as possible. Lookout Post Report: A large column of smoke has appeared ahead. Ivan moved his gaze from the map to the sea antenna, startled, and the rising thick plume of smoke indicated that a large fleet was pressing towards him.

"It's the Hawaiian fleet. Tell them we're just passing through. Ivan, who had always been wary, finally relieved himself after seeing the flag flying on the opposing fleet. In the face of such a huge Russian attack array, even the British Navy had to fight with all its might. How could China hide such a powerful fleet and not use it? There is no need to worry about yourself. Ivan laughed a little self-deprecatingly.

"But General, China has a very close relationship with Hawaii. In case ......" the first mate cautioned Ivan.

"No case, no matter how close they are, Russia has not declared war on Hawaii-" Before the sound fell, Ivan shuddered. Because he clearly saw that the Hawaiian fleet had been outflanked from both sides, and the flagship, the Hawaii, had raised the flag: Why innocently shelled our fleet, explain in a minute, otherwise it will enter a state of war.

There were only calm waves on the sea between the two fleets, not even the splash of small fish, let alone the kind of water column that was shelled. Ivan asked his subordinates inexplicably: "What happened?" ”

No one knew what was going on, and the Venoch next to it somehow sent a telegram to inquire. A minute passed, and no matter how the Russians explained, the Hawaiian fleet did not reply, but in addition to getting closer, an attack array was set. Is there going to be a war? Or just surrender? Ivan knew he couldn't be an adversary to Hawaii, but should the Russian Navy hold on to its last glory? Ivan hesitated.

The Hawaiian fleet was approaching the distance of eight thousand meters from the Russian ships, and there was finally a new change on the Hawaii, and all the guns of the ships turned in the direction of the Russian ships. Ivan still hasn't made a decision.

Boom -- At a distance of 6,000 meters, the Hawaii's main guns opened fire on the Diana, and four columns of water exploded in front of the Diana. At the same time, a new flag was raised: surrender or destruction.

"Surrender or destruction?" Sakov muttered to himself as he looked at the flag on the White Rise. The flagship Duke Suvorov sank, and the commander Roger Stewinster should no longer be alive. The commander of the Second Combat Force, the Osriyabia, had surrendered after being besieged by the four ships of Haichen, and the radio station, which had just suddenly restored communications, received the sad news that General Faulkshan, the commander of the Third Combat Squadron, had just died of illness. Borodino is sinking, the crown prince is sinking, Admiral Nakhimov is sinking, Peresvet is capsizing, Osriojabia is capitulating, Navarin is surrendering, Nicholas I is surrendering...... With a displacement of more than 400,000 tons, the largest in the history of the world, and the entire Russian navy, the Russian expeditionary fleet, which was still mighty in the morning, fell apart after only three hours of the war, after facing the Chinese navy, which had only half its own displacement. What's going on? Why did the war turn out like this? Sakov, who was in a hurry to escape, finally had time to think about it after being intercepted. But he couldn't think of innocence.

"Still thinking about holding on to the last glory?" Wu Deren squinted his eyes and pouted, and gave the order to shell Alexander III.

Boom Boom Boom Boom ...... Dense artillery fire rang out on the Baiqi four ships, and countless shells flew out. Then it exploded on the Alexander III.

Knock knock - a huge explosion rose up with fire, and it shook Alexander III. Alexander III also did not passively attack. There are also artillery emplacements that are attacking force, and all the guns are firing back. The bridge began to shake violently, Sakov clutched the handrail and looked firmly at the Chinese warship in the distance, the Chinese attack was still so fierce and violent as always, it made people feel suffocated, but as a soldier, someone must hold on. Sakov thought so.

"Your Excellency, the commander of the Second Combat Force, General Norbergatow, has sent a telegram." The correspondent rushed into the bridge and said loudly: "He asks the ships to stop resisting and the whole fleet to surrender to the Chinese Navy." ”

"Impossible!" Sakov angrily knocked the telegram to the ground, and when he was about to say something, he saw everyone around him looking at him with anger in their eyes. It's more of a pleading. In the face of the attack of the four cutting-edge battleships, they still bravely fought back, the defeat was not their fault, they had done their best, and now it was the commander who ordered the surrender, as the captain he had no right to lead the entire ship to death. Sakov looked around and nodded heavily.

"Raise the white flag." The first mate shouted and urged.

The white flag was raised, the muzzle of the gun was returned to zero, and the shelling of the Chinese Navy soon stopped. They saw a signal from the Chinese Navy to turn around and tow the eagle, which could only spin, so Alexander III slowly began to turn around and move towards the eagle. Only then did they see that the battlefield they had just left had calmed down. Countless Russian warships raised the white flag and began to rescue each other. The Chinese Navy has also begun to lower its lifeboats and gas boats to begin humanitarian rescue.

But on the bridge of the Osilijabia, where the white flag had been raised, Nobergatov trembled and grabbed roughly, and the exact same telegram that Sakov had received roared: "Who sent this telegram?" I have not sent such a telegram. It's fake! But Nobergatov had to admit it. The words and sentences on the telegram and the encrypted identification are real. Although his last order before hoisting the white flag was: dismiss the command, and the ships broke through on their own. But such a telegram, which had no problem with its format and content, would completely break the last resistance of the Russian Navy. Then the ultimate responsibility for the defeat of the Russian Navy will be placed on him. Skipgatov jumped to his feet and asked the signal corps to resend the telegram, refuting the forged telegram and reiterating his previous orders.

Fingers are taken off the transmitter. Popov slumped into his chair. Radio, an invention he was once proud of, was shattered in reality. China not only has newer, better and stronger radios. And they have long formed a well-developed telegraph system. Transmission equipment, communication jamming equipment, power supply systems, etc., have been well integrated with the communication center where he is located today, and there is a communication command ship specially built for this center. It was this communication command ship called the Yellow Sparrow that interfered with them in Madagascar, and it was this ship, together with another Yellow Sparrow II, that interfered with Russian radio communications on this naval battlefield, leaving Russia to the point where it could not be effectively commanded, while the Chinese used updated telegraph equipment for communication and command. Now he was forced to send a telegram in the name of Nobergatov to surrender to the Chinese navy.

The Chinese are too shrewd, they can also send such telegrams, but they don't, because they are afraid of being detected by the Russians in their wording, and only themselves, and only themselves, who invented the radio for Russia and laid down all the rules for its use, can send a seamless telegram! And he also knew very well that once such a telegram was sent, he would never be able to clear his name, and he could only live by betraying his motherland more completely. But he can't help but send it, in addition to the threat of death, it is more his love for scientific research.

At this time, a big hand patted Popov on the shoulder: "Mr. Popov, don't be upset. Your credit to the Chinese Empire will not be forgotten by the Empire. In addition, you prepare, the emperor wants to see you. The emperor hopes that you will be in charge of the radio ranging project, and as for the research funds, you don't have to worry, all the expenses you need will be fully provided by the Chinese royal family, and there is also a complete processing plant that can process anything you need. The captain of the Yellow Sparrow patted Popov on the shoulder again, and again gave the order to re-shield. The interfering radio waves scattered from the two Yellow Sparrows, just blocking Nobergatow's telegram, and Russia lost its last chance to save the remnants of its navy.

"I just fired two shots, but I didn't hit ......" Li Ming put up two fingers and looked at Qiu Baoren with a sad face. I ran to Pontianak "privately" against the impeachment of the ministers, didn't I want to see the naval battle of the big ships and huge cannons that the BB Party infinitely admired in later generations, but Mao didn't see it.

"Congratulations to the emperor, Commander Wu has called, the Russian Navy has fully surrendered. In this battle, our army won a great victory. Qiu Baoren looked at the emperor's two fingers and did not see them, bowed down with both hands, and said loudly: "Congratulations for the emperor and congratulations for China." ”

"Congratulations to the emperor and congratulations to China." "The emperor is mighty, and China is mighty." The news of the victory spread throughout the Haitian, and there was jubilation on the ship.

Li Ming cleaned up his expression and said with a straight face: "This battle will lay the foundation of our China in the South Seas for a hundred years, and it is all the merit of all the officers and men of my brave navy who fought bravely to kill the enemy. Inform the ships that I will give them a feast in Pontianak and wait for their triumph. (To be continued.) )