Under the cold sky, black clouds roll and the wind gusts.

A bolt of lightning pierced the night sky, and there was a rumbling thunder.

Not far off the coast of Ulsan, the main force of the Pacific Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy is quietly hidden in the night.

On the bridge of the flagship Dengyun, the commander of the Pacific Fleet, Senior Admiral Lin Jianzhang, and the chief of staff of the fleet, Vice Admiral Do Seok-gyu, were using telescopes to observe the port of Ulsan in the distance.

Lin Jianzhang looked at the sky in the distance, the last ray of moonlight was swallowed by the clouds, the north wind on the sea gradually increased, and the humidity in the air became more and more dense, and there were always signs that a thunderstorm and strong wind were coming soon.

"The weather forecast is correct, there will really be thunderstorms and strong winds tonight."

Du Xigui also raised his head and glanced at the air, and couldn't help but admire the empire's intelligence system that could already see the sky like Zhuge Liang.

"Darkness, thunder and lightning, torrential rain, strong winds, perfect times for sneak attacks."

Lin Jianzhang nodded, and at this time, a bridge staff officer stepped forward to report.

"Report, the first echelon of attack is ready."

Lin Jianzhang looked down from the high bridge, and the silhouettes of warships could be faintly seen on the dark sea.

The sneak attack mission was the Third Destroyer Group, eighteen state-of-the-art Mistral-class lightning destroyers. The commanders were Colonel Xu Zhenpeng and Lieutenant Colonel Song Wenhui, both of whom were from Xiangshan, Guangdong, a graduate of the Fuzhou Shipbuilding School, a young child studying in the United States, and the first batch of outstanding graduates of the Imperial Naval Officer School in the summer of 1901.

"This operation is the first battle of our Imperial Navy, and it must be successful."

There was a light code signal from the bridge, which was Lin Jianzhang's expectation for the third drive hunting fleet.

Colonel Xu Zhenpeng replied with a signal to "resolutely complete the task," and then the ships of the Third Hunting Ship Group rushed out, broke away from the main fleet, and headed straight for Ulsan Bay.

At midnight, under the light of the coastal lighthouse and the searchlight of the Russian ship, eighteen hunting ships of the Imperial Chinese Navy quietly sailed into Ulsan.

The howling north wind, thunder and lightning successfully masked the noise from the warship's motors, allowing the Imperial Chinese Navy's hunting ships to pass safely through the channel without being detected. Due to the shallow tonnage of the destroyers, the mines laid out by the Russian army on the waterway can basically only protect against large ships, and basically have no effect on small ships.

Soon, the sneak attack fleet successfully entered the outer harbor of Ulsan Bay, and Xu Zhenpeng quickly assigned each squad to carry out operations according to the operational deployment.

"Do it!"

The order was given, and the eighteen destroyers quickly accelerated to combat speed and quickly approached the Russian ships anchored at the berth.

The attacking ship group soon entered the searchlight scanning area and was spotted by the guards of the Russian fortress.

"Woooooo

A rapid battle siren sounded, but at that moment, the torrential rain suddenly poured down, and the thunder and lightning became more violent. A considerable part of the Russian garrison was asleep in the beds in the dormitory and could not be heard. Most of the sailors of the Russian ships were not on the warship, but were fooling around in the bars and courtyards on the shore, making noise and bouncing, and they could not hear the sirens.

Of course, the most fundamental reason is that no one thinks that war will break out, let alone believe that the Chinese [***] team dares to take the initiative to attack. This mentality causes them to have no vigilance mentality, but to devote themselves to the carnival of drunken lantern riddles.

"Ships accelerate the impact!"

Xu Zhenpeng ignored the enemy's sirens and just stared at the figure of the Russian ship not far ahead. At this moment, he had only one thought, and that was to sink the enemy ship. There is still half an hour left before the Russian army reacts. Most of this half-hour will be spent on the voyage, and the time spent attacking the Russian ship is actually less than ten minutes.

But for Xu Zhenpeng and his third group of hunting ships, those ten minutes were enough time to launch torpedoes.

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ "Enemy attack!" Enemy attack! ”

"Damn it, fuck me off!"

The officer on duty at the Russian fortress, who heard the siren, hurriedly kicked open the door of the nearest dormitory, shaking the sleeping soldier while shouting and swearing. Some of them slept like dead pigs, and they were immediately kicked awake and screamed like killing pigs.

"Hurry up, hurry up! Enter the fortress now! to their own combat posts! ”

The officers kept urging, and the soldiers picked up their clothes, and as they dressed, they quickly ran to the various positions in the fortress. Some of them fell off their clothes in a panic and were about to run back to pick them up, when the officer went up and kicked them violently.

"Don't wear it, get out of here!"

In the pouring rain, one after another destroyers rapidly approached the Russian ships and fired torpedoes at the target at a distance of about 200 meters. The Mistral-class destroyer has four bow torpedo tubes, which can fire four 18-inch black torpedoes in six seconds, and the attack power is extremely powerful.

However, although the thunderstorm concealed the track of the assault and hunting fleet, it also made it impossible to aim and measure the distance of the torpedo accurately, and it was all up to the commander's intuition to judge.

A moment later, a series of violent explosions rang out, as violently as the sky had fallen. Black and red flames rose into the air one after another, reaching hundreds of meters high, soaring into the sky, illuminating the surrounding sky in an instant. But it was soon extinguished by a torrential downpour, and soon fell into darkness again.

In the first round of attacks, 18 destroyers fired 46 torpedoes, of which 8 torpedoes hit the target directly and 18 torpedoes hit other ships. Other torpedoes were either too far away to hit, or too close to pass under the enemy ship before they even surfaced. However, the eighteen-inch torpedo uses a black gold charge, and the warhead charge is as high as 200 kilograms, which is 1.7 times the explosive yield of the previous black-headed torpedo, and the power is incomparable, and it immediately hit the Russian fleet hard.

The battleships of the Russian fleet were the target of the attack. There were eleven Russian naval battleships moored in the harbor, of which five Russian ships were hit. They are Sisoya, Rytasrov, Sevastopol, Rostislav and Peresvet.

Among them, the amidship of the Sisoya was hit by four torpedoes, which were immediately blown into several pieces and quickly sank. The Rytasrov was concentrated with two torpedoes, a large amount of water entered the side of the ship, the hull was seriously tilted, and it was about to sink. The other three battleships, Sevastopol, Rostislav and Peresvet, were hit by more than one torpedo, and the Russian officers and men on board urgently damaged their control and made every effort to stop the battleship from sinking.

In addition, the armored cruisers Gozen Guard and Gangut, as well as the Manchurian, Beaver, Fur Dog and Koryo, as well as a dozen auxiliary ships, were torpedoed by torpedoes, which were so thinly or even unarmored that a high-explosive black sorkin torpedo was enough to sink them.

The Russian army's response was so slow that when the commander of the assault fleet, Xu Zhenpeng, led the ships to turn around and come back, the Russian fortress artillery was not ready.

So, Xu Zhenpeng immediately ordered to turn around and fire another round of torpedoes.

At 0:18, the assault and hunting fleet approached the dock for the second time. Unlike last time, this time most of the Russian ships have already lowered their mine protection nets, and there are already ship-based rapid-fire artillery weapons firing. At the same time, the heavy rain was pouring down, which also blocked the view of the torpedo crews.

"Launch!"

At the sound of an order, it is not known whether the direction is correct at how far away from the enemy ship is, everything is judged only by the intuition of the commander.

"Tom! Tong! Tong! ”

The bow torpedoes of each ship were quickly launched, and as the torpedoes plunged headlong into the sea, the hunting ships accelerated to turn around and sail away, regardless of whether the torpedo hit or not, and quickly retreated in the direction of the outer harbor.

Soon, there was a loud roar in the distance.

Xu Zhenpeng looked back, but he couldn't see whether he had hit the Russian ship or other ships. But he was sure that the second round of torpedoes would be enough for the Russians to drink a pot.

At 0:25, the defenders of the Russian fortress, who had hastily entered combat readiness, began to shell the Chinese Imperial Navy's assault and hunting fleet. However, it was difficult to see the target at night, and the heavy rain obscured the view, and even with the use of sighting equipment, the visibility barely exceeded 200 meters. In this way, the shelling of the Russian army is almost blind fire, and it cannot be hit at all.

At about 0:50, Xu Zhenpeng led 18 hunting ships to rush out of Ulsan Bay intact and joined the Pacific Fleet half an hour later.

Lin Jianzhang, commander of the Pacific Fleet, immediately summoned Xu Zhenpeng and asked him about the results of the battle. Xu Zhenpeng made a judgment based on the situation at that time, believing that he had successfully sunk more than three Russian capital ships and severely damaged more than a dozen other large and small warships, basically completing two-thirds of the set combat objectives.

Although he failed to achieve such a huge result as the Inchon sneak attack six years ago, and failed to sink all the warships of the Russian Far East Fleet, Lin Jianzhang also understood that he could be proud of this kind of victory under such bad weather conditions. At the same time, the Port of Ulsan is different from the previous Port of Incheon. The former was a military base with a strong fortress defense system, while the latter was a civilian port with no defense facilities at the time, and strictly speaking, there is no comparable surname between the two.

"Excellent! You have fought for the face of our officers and men from the Nanyang Navy, and the people of Beiyang will look down on us in the future. This official will ask His Majesty the Emperor for the victory of the first battle. ”

Xu Zhenpeng was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked: "All the officers and men of the Third Brigade of the Hunting Fleet on behalf of the lowly post thank you, Your Excellency the Commander!" ”

Lin Jianzhang smiled and said, "Don't thank me, this is what you won, go down and rest, and have a day off tomorrow." ”

Xu Zhenpeng immediately said: "Report to Your Excellency Commander, the Third Drive Hunting Ship Group is full of energy, don't need to take a holiday to rest, please allow us to continue to participate in the war." ”

Lin Jianzhang nodded, very satisfied, so he said: "Okay, the fighting spirit is high, the model of the emperor [***] people, it's accurate!" ”

"Your Excellency Commander Xie! Retire from your duties! Xu Zhenpeng immediately gave a military salute and left happily.

After Xu Zhenpeng left, Lin Jianzhang and Du Xigui glanced at each other, and immediately laughed. The victory in the first battle and the heavy damage to the Russian fleet will greatly boost the morale of the officers and men of the three armed forces for the future military operations of the Chinese Empire, and they will suddenly breathe a sigh of relief in their hearts, which can be regarded as a trembling first step.

"The next step is to blockade the port of Ulsan and prevent the Russian Far East Fleet from coming out, and at the same time cover the Imperial Army to carry out ground landing operations," Do. ”

Lin Jianzhang nodded and said, "The blockade of Ulsan Port should not be a problem, it is estimated that the remnants of the Russian Far East Fleet may come out to fight us in response during the day tomorrow." ”

Du Xigui said disdainfully: "If what Xu Zhenpeng said is true, tomorrow the Russian Far East Fleet will have at most five or six capital ships that are still capable of fighting, and with the strength of our Pacific Fleet, it is really bullying them to fight them." ”

Lin Jianzhang said with a smile: "Yes, although Russia is known as the third largest naval power in the world, being humiliated by us like this is estimated to make the European and American powers lose their big teeth." ”

As they spoke, the two laughed.

That night, Lin Jianzhang immediately sent a telegram to the Imperial General Staff, reporting the sneak attack on the Ulsan naval base. At the same time, Lin Jianzhang said that the Russian Far East Fleet had been blockaded in the port of Ulsan, and the Imperial Army could start its operation as planned.

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Wang Chenhao didn't go to any of the concubines' bedrooms tonight, and stayed in the imperial study to review the folds.

He knew that tonight would be the beginning of the Sino-Russian war. In the war against Russia, although Wang Chenhao is full of confidence, he is always a little worried. After all, the victory or defeat of a war is related to many factors, and once a fight starts, it is easy to become a wild horse that is uncontrollable. How many powerful countries have been destroyed in a small Waterloo in the past, Wang Chenhao did not dare to pack a ticket for the victory of the Chinese Empire, so he could only pray in his heart.

Although the two daughters of Linglin and Linglang have entered Concubine Gong and Concubine Chen, the two of them are still in pairs and stay by Wang Chenhao's side at all times. In addition to Queen Li Youyi, Wang Chenhao's favorite is their two daughters.

Of course, in addition to Wang Chenhao's personal preference for twin Lori control, he handles national affairs every day, which makes Wang Chenhao intoxicated by Linglin and Linglang's incomparable kung fu in serving men, and even can't do without it.

"Your Majesty seems to have no intention of reviewing the folds, presumably you have been upset by the affairs of Russia recently, so it is better to let the two concubines serve Your Majesty to relieve their fatigue."

Linglin and Linglang's two daughters often accompany Wang Chenhao, and they know a lot about Wang Chenhao's joys, sorrows, sorrows, etc., at this time, seeing that Wang Chenhao has no intention of reviewing the folds, they know that he has been under a lot of pressure recently.

Wang Chenhao looked up at the second daughter, after several years of hard work, the charm of the second daughter is now better than before, and her gestures are haunting people's dreams.

"The Qi family rules the country and the world, it seems that I have to conquer you first."

Wang Chenhao's teasing words immediately caused a burst of white eyes from Linglin and Linglang's two daughters, but in Wang Chenhao's opinion, these amorous white eyes were a signal to declare war on him.

Wang Chenhao naturally would not refuse the second daughter's understanding, so he said hello and entered the bedroom next door to the imperial study with the second daughter.

After some passion, in the coquettish voices of Linglin and Linglang's two daughters, Wang Chenhao was able to release the pressure, and his whole body suddenly became much more relaxed.

Wang Chenhao hugged left and right, sniffed the fragrant body fragrance of the second daughter, and suddenly asked: "You two sisters have been in love with me for the most time, why don't you see you pregnant?" ”

Ling Lin said in a coquettish voice: "If you have a dragon seed, you can't serve Your Majesty." ”

On the other side, Linglang said: "I heard that after giving birth, a woman's body becomes fat, like a bucket waist, so Your Majesty will not like us." ”

Wang Chenhao was stunned for a moment, what the second daughter said was not unreasonable, and Wang Chenhao had to admit that when it comes to body shaping, even if not every man likes bird legs, absolutely no one will like bucket waist.

"Who said I don't like you anymore? Besides, you see that the queen, concubine, concubine Ning, and concubine Xian have all given birth, and I haven't seen them become bucket waists. ”

Ling Lin smiled: "That's not time yet!" ”

Linglang said: "The queens have long complained that their waists have become thicker. ”

Wang Chenhao said curiously: "Why don't I know? ”

Linglang replied, "Your Majesty, you don't know? Isn't that what you said? ”

Wang Chenhao's face was suddenly full of doubts, and asked, "Is there one?" When did I say that? ”

Linglang replied: "Didn't Your Majesty praise the queen every day that their bodies have become plump? The queens said, "Your Majesty, you are comforting them." ”

Sweat! Waterfall Khan!

Wang Chenhao rolled his eyes, the emotional queen understood the word "plump" in this way.

Innocent, Wang Chenhao felt innocent for the first time.

"That's not what I meant!"

Wang Chenhao immediately denied that this problem must be corrected immediately.

Suddenly, Wang Chenhao thought of a question, how Linglin and Linglang's two daughters used contraception.

Wang Chenhao asked, and the second daughter said.

It turned out that when Yun Tong collected the two sisters from all over the country, he invited the professional bustards of Wenxiang Pavilion to train them. After the two daughters learned to serve the man's kung fu, Yun Tong, who was still Ning Xiang Gege at the time, used the second daughter as a future hoop husband, but Linglin and Linglang were born in the Han family, although Yun Tong gave them the flag into the Zhenghuang flag, but they could not have children, the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty at that time was that after Gege got married, only Gege could give birth to a horse, so from the beginning Linglin and Linglang two daughters developed a habit and have been drinking the so-called contraceptive soup.

"Don't drink that stuff in the future, it's harmful to your body, I really don't want to lose you two hearts."

Wang Chenhao's true feelings were revealed, which moved Linglin and Linglang very much, and they took the initiative to send fragrant kisses. Wang Chenhao also took pity on the two daughters and caressed them more gently.

This night, the three of them had a very crazy time.

Early the next morning, Wang Chenhao, who was sleeping, was pulled up by Linglin and Linglang. The reason for the success of the sneak attack on Ulsan Port was that the Admiralty and the Navy's Pacific Fleet Command sent a telegram of success, as well as a telegram asking for merit for the 3rd Group of the Hunting Fleet that participated in the sneak attack.

Linglin and Linglang's second daughter knew that what Wang Chenhao wanted to hear the most was the news, so they forced Wang Chenhao to get up.

Sure enough, Wang Chenhao was in high spirits when he learned the news, even if he fought three hundred rounds with Linglin and Linglang.

"Your Majesty, all the civil and military officials are waiting for you."

Wang Chenhao gently stroked the second daughter's lower abdomen, and said with a smile: "I worked hard for a long time last night, and I must have a harvest." ”

Linglin and Linglang's two daughters suddenly looked around, and saw that several female officials and palace maids were having fun, and suddenly said coquettishly: "Got it, Your Majesty." ”

Wang Chenhao then pecked at each of the two of them, and took the opportunity to bargain on the second daughter's tall chest, until the second daughter was panting again and again, and then left with a big sigh.

(To be continued)