As long as it is not China's trouble, Li Ming will not be in trouble. The only trouble now is that the weather in Pontianak is too hot, and you will sweat when you move at night, and there is no special bathroom in this old house, so it is really inconvenient to take a bath, and it is not possible for two people to wash together. Hi - I wish I hadn't stopped Tesla from building air conditioners in the first place.

Now Li Ming is like a vacation, walking the streets and alleys, tasting local delicacies, and chatting with the townsfolk under the eaves. The local people saw that the emperor was also dressed in a short beating, not as serious as they imagined, and gradually opened up the conversation. Seeing the emperor's indifferent face, the people didn't care so much about the coming Russian Navy. They tend to point to the fleet on the shore and say, "Look, that's our Chinese fleet." Between the words, I was full of pride.

In fact, the place where Li Ming appeared the most was still the fleet, and it was impossible to say that there was no worry about the big war imminently. The whole fleet suddenly fell into a peculiar stillness, no one spoke of the Russian fleet, no one spoke of combat, but each warship was thoroughly maintained. This atmosphere was deliberately suppressed, and Li Ming didn't feel very good. So Wu Deren and other high-level fleet leaders were called to discuss, and everyone thought that this was not normal, how could there be no one who did not talk about the war before the war, but the general environment was like this, and they didn't seem to have any good solutions.

Li Ming smiled and did not speak. Early the next morning, Li Ming, dressed in a dragon robe, set up a guard of honor and boarded the flagship Baiqi for a final inspection. When inspecting the ammunition depot, Li Ming saw the sailors wiping the shells diligently and said with a smile: "Aren't you tired of wiping like this every day?" ”

The soldiers who usually see the emperor are not so scared at this time, and said with a smile: "Back to the emperor, the cleaner the shells, the better." Otherwise, the dust on the shell will fall in the barrel and affect the accuracy. Wipe every day because the fleet is always ready to fight. ”

"Well, if even the army forgets to fight, then the country is in danger. You're doing a great job. After saying that, Li Ming asked for paint and brushes, so he wrote six words on the head of the cannonball: Russians. Go back. Then he put down his pen and said, "This shell must have hit." ”

Can you write on a cannonball? Of course not, if there is too much paint, it will adhere to the barrel after burning, and affect the accuracy. Besides, who has time to watch it. Li Mingcai turned around and walked out of the hatch, and there was a fierce shouting and scolding of something written inside.

Li Ming was such a small gesture that rejuvenated the entire fleet, and it was useless to write a few words on the shells. But at least it boosts morale. For the emperor's illegal actions, Wu Deren could only watch the spread throughout the fleet, all he could do was to prohibit writing on the body of the bullet, only on the tip of the bullet. But in just half a day's work, I caught three people who painted the tips of bullets.

Li Ming doesn't care, this is the job of the captain and first mate. "I have to take care of everything, and I want you to eat white rice."

Finally, on the seventh day of Li Ming's arrival in Pontianak, the Russians could not resist the pressure from the British, and the Russian Far East Fleet stationed in Bandazia finally set sail.

Early morning of April 19. The Russian Navy, which had already been prepared, sounded its whistle, and the flagship, the Duke of Suvorov, began to slowly sail out of the rudimentary docks. Today, the Russian Far East Fleet, with a total of 55 ships and a displacement of more than 400,000 tons, began the final leg of its half-year-long maritime expedition -- a decisive battle with the Chinese Navy. If the Russian Navy can defeat the Chinese Navy in a war, it will be the Coastal Inspection Team for a long time, and the largest ship is only the Dingzhen 2 Ship as a museum.

However, even so, Roger Ste Winster had no confidence. If it weren't for the repeated orders of His Majesty the Tsar. He would not have paid attention to the threat of the British. After half a year of sailing, the ships could not be fully maintained, and even the most powerful Borodino-class battleships had a maximum speed of only 16 knots. However, some of the old ships of the Third Fleet led by Nobergatov, such as the Nicholas I, had a speed of only 15 knots, and such a slow fleet was undoubtedly a live target against the Chinese Navy, which had a high speed and a high hit rate at long distances. Although Roger Stwinst did not understand naval warfare in the era of steelclad battleships, it did not mean that he was just an idiot who knew nothing, and the fact that he could bring the Russian Navy to the East in its entirety showed his ability. It's just a pity that his abilities are not reflected in the war.

"Today's Pontianak has assembled the entire Chinese navy. With our current situation, it is not possible to confront the Chinese head-on. We urgently need a thorough maintenance of the ship, and Pontianak is not a good place to be. So, I had a plan...... "Before the fleet set sail, Roger Stevenster summoned the other two commanders on his flagship."

Pontianak is not a coastal city, it is located within the mouth of the Kajiang Sea. No matter how wide the Kajiang is, it can't accommodate a Russian fleet of as many as 55 warships, and even if so many warships are stopped in the occupation of Pontianak, it is easy for the Chinese navy to block it. The attack or even the capture of Pontianak demanded by His Majesty the Tsar was not a good idea for the fleet in dire need of maintenance.

"What the fleet urgently needs now is a port that is large enough and has enough maintenance capacity to restore the fleet to its best condition." Roger Winster was well aware of what the fleet needed.

"I'm afraid that the entire Far East is only Lushun, but this is not realistic." Norbergatow shook his head and pointed to the map and said: "Actually, the best place for the fleet is Guangzhou, where the sea mouth is open and there are a large number of batteries, if you can occupy this place, it is also the best support for the war in the north." But it seems unlikely that we want to hide from Chinese reconnaissance in the wide South China Sea, and we can't even go to Manila. The speed of those destroyers of the Chinese Navy is too fast, and we can't get rid of it. "It's a fact that since the departure from Nosibe, there have been four Chinese high-speed destroyers far behind them, and they are tracking in groups of two and two, and the Chinese destroyers that can accelerate to 30 knots can not be escaped anyway. Not to mention that after entering the South China Sea, there are likely to be Chinese warships everywhere.

"There's only one place, Jakarta, Java." A pale-faced Falk Hill spoke. He couldn't adapt to the hot and humid weather in the south, and he fell ill again not long after he got sick. Pointing to the map, Falk Hill said: "Jakarta is already a de facto Chinese autonomous region, and after the development of the Chinese in the past ten years, there are many wharves here, and all kinds of materials and equipment are relatively complete. It's just that it's all civilian facilities. And Jakarta Bay is too open for defense. ”

Norbergatov on the side nodded hurriedly. At sea, the fleet can still move, but once it docks in Jakarta, it becomes a dead target. The gains outweigh the losses.

"No, no, I mean here—" Roger Winst tapped his hand heavily on the map.

Falk Hill and Nobelgatow came up to see that Roger Stewins' hand was on Bangkok, and the two couldn't help but exclaim: "Siam is a neutral country." ”

"But Siam is a de facto vassal state of China. And Bangkok has a military port built by the Chinese. Siam also has another shipyard in Pattaya, both of which are well maintained. At the same time, there are forts on two small islands outside Pattaya, and the most important thing is that Bangkok Bay is just the right size, big enough for all our warships to spread, but small enough for China to take advantage of its speed, and Bangkok Bay is deep enough. We have plenty of time to complete the maintenance of all the ships. After that, that's when we show our strength. ”

Roger Stewinster's words immediately attracted the praise of the two generals, who said that His Majesty the Tsar really had a foresight and appointed Roger St. Winster as commander-in-chief, etc. Makes Roger Sterwin very proud. Regarding the question raised by Fork Hill on how to get rid of the tracking of the Chinese, Roger Sterwinster has long been confident.

"We're not in a hurry to cross the Singapore Strait, wait for lunch. At that time, four destroyers will be left behind to block the Chinese fast destroyers, and we will lead the large fleet to Pontianak, believing that the Chinese navy will intercept us halfway at this time. We continued sailing for an hour to escape the Chinese track, and then diverted to the Northeast Express. I believe there must have been a Chinese guard ship nearby, and by the time they had brought the news of our turn back to the Grand Fleet, and caught up with them, it was close to evening. By this time we had long since turned to the northwest. Under the cover of night, go straight to Bangkok. I've calculated the voyage and we'll arrive at Bangkok Bay exactly in the morning. Just the few poor warships in Siam are naturally no match for us. Even if Siam immediately sent a report to China, the Chinese navy was still at sea at this time. By the time they get to Bangkok Bay, we'll be ready to take Bangkok. After saying that, Roger St. Winster looked proud. But he should never have radioed his decision to the ships, forgetting that Popov, the inventor of the radio of the Russian Navy, had disappeared. So he did not know that the no-wire he sent was also received by the Chinese at the same time as it was received by the ships. The ships of the Russian Navy at the same time as receiving his telegram. His telegram was also placed on the desk of Feng Qi, chief of staff of the Chinese Navy's fleet.

"Surprise and attack unprepared. This is the best strategy in the art of war, and we are negligent. Feng Qi put down the telegram with a depressed face, and countless pre-war deductions had not considered this possibility. For staff officers, it is a dereliction of duty.

"Their surprise is based on breaking the rules of war. So it's not like we're overlooked. Li Ming, who participated in the combat meeting, patted Feng Qi on the back and comforted him: "Fortunately, we still have a strong intelligence system and leading technology as a supplement. Now it's time for the decisive battle. ”

Today is a beautiful day, with the sun shining and the breeze caressing. At ten o'clock in the morning, the Kajiang estuary was crowded with people, and everyone quietly looked at the sea. On the sea, eight battleships, ten heavy cruisers, six light cruisers, and ten destroyers lined up in a parade formation, gently undulating with the waves. This is the main warship of the Chinese Navy, which brings together the Pacific Fleet, the Nanyang Fleet, and the Lanfang Fleet, and the sides of the ship are full of sailors wearing navy blue uniforms, and they will soon go to sea to fight to the death with the Russian Navy.

Opposite them, the protective cruiser Haitian of the Nanyang Fleet slowly sailed in front of them with the remnant dragon flag, and standing in the bow of the ship was none other than Li Ming, the emperor of the Chinese Dynasty.

Amid the call of "China is mighty, long live China," the Haitian turned around and reopened to the middle after completing its patrol, facing the fleet under review with the bow of the ship. Li Ming patted the microphone lightly and said, "According to common sense, when the big war is coming, I should say something to boost morale. But I'm sure your captain has told you so many times, so I won't repeat it. So I will tell you two things. The first sentence: We are soldiers, so we should stand in the way of the national border and not let the enemy's shells fall on our land. Sentence 2: If all of you are annihilated, I will lead the last of the patrol formations to launch a final charge until one side is sunk. ”

The whole sea is just the gentle rippling of the waves. Everyone on the shore of the ship was quietly listening to the emperor's lecture.

"There are 10,000 possibilities for war. I sent my decision back to the imperial court, hoping that if that time really came, the imperial court could welcome the crown prince to succeed to the throne and continue to resist. But I didn't expect our prime minister, Lord Li Hongzhang, to say that I was worrying blindly. It was our side that won countless deductions from the General Staff Headquarters, so there was no need for me to stay in Pontianak to boost morale, and as the emperor, I should think more about major events at the national level than a war. I didn't figure it out. This is a battle for the survival of the country, why is it not a major event at the national level? Unexpectedly, Li Xiang issued an article to rebuke me, saying that now that Siberian Russia has surrendered to our country, the army forward has also won successive battles, and now it has reached the door of the Russian army headquarters. Now that the area of China's territory has more than doubled, the most important thing for the emperor to do now is to find a way to emigrate and defend the territory, rather than watch a war that is sure to be won. Well, in terms of commanding operations, I am not as good as Wu Deren, these generals. In terms of strategic assessment, I am not as good as Wang Shizhen and these staff officers. Since they were all sure that this battle would be won, there was no reason for me not to trust my generals. However, I still plan to stay in Pontianak, because I want to see for myself how you win. And because I believe in my generals, I have also set up a celebratory banquet in Pontianak to wait for you, Triumph-Xuan-"

"Remember my words, and we must not allow the enemy's shells to fall on our land. Now go kill them and come back, us. One sin is retired. ”

"Whoa." All the soldiers saluted the army, and the people watching the salute on the shore also shouted goodbye.

The white horn sounded a loud whistle. Raising the battle flag, it slowly turned, and then faster and faster, leading the entire fleet towards the battlefield. After leaving the coastline, they went around in a big circle and hid behind the island of Riau and waited for the arrival of the Russian army.

By the time the sun began to pass overhead and begin to slide westward, the Duke Suvorov, the flagship of the Russian Navy, had just sailed out of the Singa Strait. Then wait outside the strait for all ships to pass. The four destroyers left behind were dead in the way at the entrance to Malacca in the Singapore Strait, and this time they blocked the four Chinese reconnaissance destroyers that had been following the Russian Navy, namely Listening to the Wind, Watching the Sea, Looking at the Mountain, and Smelling the Fragrance, all of them outside the Singapore Strait. At the beginning, in order to increase the speed of the reconnaissance ship, only one 105-mm naval gun could not compete with the Russian destroyer equipped with two twin 105-mm naval guns, so the four ships could only watch the Russian ship blocking the front from a distance, and there was nothing to be done. But he didn't want the four Russian destroyers to take advantage of the opportunity. He turned his head to meet him, intending to knock out one or two Chinese destroyers and make a contribution first. In such a situation, the four Chinese reconnaissance ships could only slowly retreat and distance themselves, forcing them to avoid engagement.

Roger Stewinst was pleased with the effect, and when the fleet was assembled, he rounded Tambin Island and continued to sail slowly southwest at cruising speed. An hour later, with only the vast sea in sight of the Russian fleet, Roger Stwinst ordered to turn to the northeast as planned, and began to accelerate to 12 knots. The Russian fleet was accompanied by two British and French cruisers, who drove their own warships to observe the naval battle for hegemony in the Far East. The Germans were no exception, they also followed behind in their own cruisers, and the German Admiral Alfred? Feng? Tirpitz again came to the Far East in person, accompanied by a large number of officers and staff officers. And the United States, Spain, Italy, Austria-Hungary and other countries also stuffed their own military observers into these three cruisers.

War is like this, no matter how thoughtful you think before the war and how carefully you plan, there will always be countless changes and unexpected circumstances that will ruin your plan.

At 2:37 p.m., the Russian fleet under sail collided head-on with the Hawaiian fleet, and Roger St. Winster was completely blinded, didn't the Hawaiian fleet always be with the Chinese navy, how could it meet here, could it be that the Chinese navy guessed his plan and ambushed him here? Roger Stevenster immediately gave the order to fight, ordering the fleet to prepare for engagement.

The Hawaiian fleet was even more dizzy. They were originally going to follow the Chinese Navy to watch the battle at close range, but the emperor suddenly came to watch the battle on the Haitian, and had to transfer the Hawaiian fleet and let them guard the emperor in case of emergency, but they didn't expect them to meet halfway. Seeing that the Russian fleet was in an attack position, the Hawaiian fleet turned around in fright and ran, they did not have the strength to engage the Russian navy.

"Turn northwest. We went ahead of schedule. Roger Sterwin gave the turn-ahead order.

The fact that the Russian fleet again turned to the northwest was strange to the native cruisers that followed. This is best understood if they go straight to Pontianak, and turning to the northeast can also explain that they will not fight a decisive battle with the main forces of the Chinese navy, and will go around and attack other areas. But turning to the northwest could not be understood, so they waved flags and asked the Russian fleet one after another, but of course there was no response.

Wu Deren was also very annoyed, and asked the Hawaiian fleet to return to defense, and honestly planned the route to advance, why take a shortcut, so that the Russian fleet turned ahead of time and the original ambush plan would be frustrated. Wu Deren slapped the table angrily: "Since the ambush war can't be fought, let's fight the interception war." Inform the fleet that it is at war, and that we are going to intercept the Russians. ”

At 3:23 a.m., the commander of the 2nd Combat Squadron of the Russian Navy, Nobergatov, suddenly sent a telegram to Roger Steven: it was recommended to turn to the southwest. His explanation for this is: there seems to be a situation on the sea ahead, and according to the words of the Chinese, there is a murderous aura there.

Of course, nothing can be seen on the sea at this time. Roger Stevenster took Nobergatov's telegram and said to the people around him: "Nobergatov is stupid to study the Chinese, he actually believes in the metaphysical doctrine of the Chinese. Roger Stewin, of course, ignored it and continued to sail northwest. Thirteen minutes later, however, he had to consider the correctness of Nobergatow's words, when several black dots suddenly appeared on the sea level in the distance and swooped down on them at high speed. (To be continued.) )