Makarov, commander of the Russian Navy's First Pacific Fleet, watched the miserable situation of his fleet from the bridge of the flagship Duke Suvorov, and could not accept the fact that more than half of the fleet had been lost before engaging the Northeast Navy.

The captain of the Duke Suvorov, Vielevsky, looked at the already stunned fleet commander and asked: "Commander, what are we going to do next?" ”

Makarov was still stunned and looked out from the observation window of the bridge, some warships were billowing with thick smoke, some were sinking, and some warships were bursting from time to time.

"Commander! Commander! Vielevsky saw the stunned Makarov and shouted loudly twice in a row.

Only then did Makarov react and said with a wry smile: "Oh God! No one would have imagined that Lin Daxin would use an airship to load bombs to bomb a warship, and we would become the victims of this new type of equipment. ”

Vielevsky smiled helplessly, "Commander, what should we do next?" Still moving on to Ussuri Bay? ”

Makarov hesitated for a moment and said: "Now the situation of our fleet is that there are mine arrays, and there is no combat effectiveness, nearly half of the main battleships have been sunk, and most of the rest are injured. Let the torpedo boats save all the officers and men on the sea, and we will withdraw to the port of Vladivostok. ”

After a pause, Makarov continued: "The Qing Dynasty people made such a huge and fast airship, it is really unexpected, after we return to the port of Vladivostok, we must hurry up to transform the small-caliber rapid-fire guns on the warship into artillery that can fire at all angles into anti-aircraft guns, I think our fleet is back to Vladivostok, and these airships will also come." ”

Vielevsky hesitated for a moment and said: "Then what about the plan of our fleet, the French fleet, and the fleet of General Rozhdestwinsky to flank the Northeast Navy?" ”

Makarov said with a wry smile: "Since the enemy's airships will bomb us, it is impossible to let go of the French fleet and the fleet of General Rozhdestwinsky, and now we can only hope that they will be blessed." Vielevsky, convey my order to the remaining warships, withdraw to the port of Vladivostok! ”

Under the orders of Commander Makarov, the remnants of the Russian Navy's First Pacific Fleet salvaged the Russian naval officers and sailors who were floating in the sea, turned their bows and withdrew to Vladivostok.

On the sea surface of the Ussuri Bay, the First Fleet and the Second Fleet of the Northeast Navy are mainly battleships, lined up in two battle lines, and when they are 8,000 meters away from the Franco-Russian combined fleet, they have already seized the T-shaped prefix and occupied a favorable position, so that the main warships of the Northeast Navy can face the enemy warships with their side sides, and can give full play to the main gun fire of the warships.

Although the First Fleet and the Second Fleet were two battle lines, these two battle lines were almost in a straight line.

Lin Daxin has been in the bridge of the all-steel battleship Shenyang, holding a high-powered telescope from the observation window to watch the airship bomb the French Navy Expeditionary Fleet and the Russian Navy's Pacific Second Fleet, whenever a bomb hits a French or Russian warship, Lin Daxin is happy to cheer loudly, when a French warship or a Russian warship sinks, Lin Daxin is even more excited and shouts, as a result, after the five Northeast Air Force airships bombed and evacuated for half an hour, Lin Daxin's voice was hoarse.

Sun Xitao, the commander of the First Fleet, said excitedly to Lin Daxin: "Dashuai, the airship is too powerful!" Now it's time to look at our navy, our First Fleet and Second Fleet have seized the T-shape, and are now 8,000 meters away from the combined French and Russian fleets, which are within the effective range of the main guns of our battleships and the main guns of large fast armored cruisers. ”

Lin Daxin coughed, but his face was full of red light and said, "Ahem, then order the main guns of the battleship and the large fast armored cruiser to open fire!" Ahem, pass my order, give me the fleet to entangle the French and Russians, it will take at least 2 hours for the airship to load the bombs and come back, and when the airship comes back, this naval battle will be equal to victory. After finishing speaking, Lin Daxin glanced at his watch, and it was exactly 10 o'clock in the morning.

Eight airships have already delivered more than a dozen base bombs to Russky Island, but these bombs are very troublesome to load on the airship, especially 800 kg bombs, each one takes a lot of time, 2 hours can only make a large airship full of bombs, and it must be 300 kg of bombs, while the supership can only load less than 20 tons of 800 kg bombs.

Immediately, 10 all-steel battleships and 5 ironclad battleships that had been prepared on the two battle lines of the Northeast Navy fired the first salvo of their main guns at the remaining warships of the French Expeditionary Fleet and the Russian Second Pacific Fleet, which were still in chaos. The four large fast armored cruisers of the Temperance class, the Lichun, the Rain, the Shocking and the Equinox, which were also within effective range of the main guns, plus the Xinglong, Xingye, Xingzhong and Xingning of the Second Fleet's armored cruisers, also lined up behind the battleships and began firing their main guns at the French and Russian warships.

At this time, the remaining main warships of the French Expeditionary Fleet and the Russian Pacific Second Fleet all accelerated to the position parallel to the Northeast Naval Battle Line, ready to line up in battle, and then turned 90 degrees to the side to face the Northeast Navy's battle line, so that when the warships of the two countries and the Northeast Navy were 8,000 meters apart, they were facing the two battle lines of the Northeast Navy with their bows.

When the first salvo of the battleships of the Northeast Navy fell in the Franco-Russian combined fleet, the main warships of the two navies were turning, preparing to face the battle line of the Northeast Navy with sidefire, which made the speed of the main warships of the two countries much slower, making the first round of main gun salvo of the Northeast Navy easier to hit.

And maybe Lin Daxin went out today to look at the Yellow Calendar, worshiped the gods, and the first round of salvo firing of the battleship formation of the two fleets of the Northeast Navy was also super lucky, and he achieved unexpectedly brilliant results.

The 1 305 mm main gun shell of the all-steel battleship Shenyang, the flagship of the First Fleet of the Northeast Navy, hit the French Navy's Charlemart-class all-steel battleship Christine, and this shell pierced its 450 mm old waterline armor. However, because of the cost of construction, the new armor is very thin, and it may not be as good as the thicker old armor to resist attacks.

After the 305-mm shell penetrated the waterline armor, it exploded near a main gun shell magazine in the ship's hull, detonating hundreds of 305-mm shells in the ammunition compartment at once, and after a deafening explosion, the Christine broke in two and sank to the bottom of the sea with 600 French naval officers and sailors on board.

The Pyongyang all-steel battleship of the First Fleet of the Northeast Navy was also very lucky, firing two 305-mm main gun shells at the same time to hit the French Navy's Charle-Matt-class all-steel battleship Elvera, and both hit the vital point of the Elvira, and one shell pierced the waterline armor in the bow of the ship, exploding near the torpedo launch bay, detonating dozens of 450-mm torpedoes inside. Another shell landed on the deck, piercing the deck and exploding inside the ship, detonating the ammunition compartment of a nearby secondary shell.

After a series of explosions, the all-steel battleship with a displacement of 11,693 tons disappeared into the sea not long after, and only 12 of the 600 French naval officers and sailors on the ship finally escaped, and most of the French naval officers and sailors who jumped into the sea to escape were sucked into the bottom of the sea by the whirlpool generated by the sinking of the warship.

The battleship formation of the First Fleet of the Northeast Navy Xi Shi all-steel battleship 1 305 mm main gun shell hit the airship has been seriously injured by the airship, the speed has been reduced from 18 knots to 15 knots, with nearly 2,000 tons of seawater of the French Navy Cecilia-class all-steel battleship Athena, this shell penetrated the new armor of the Athena's 190 mm waterline, and exploded in the hull to blow open the hatch and the surrounding steel walls that were originally closed into the water, allowing the turbulent sea water to continue to pour into the Athena.

As soon as the captain of the Athena saw the situation, he knew that it was no longer possible to close the cabin in the water, and the sinking of the Athena had become inevitable, so he immediately ordered all the surviving officers and men of the ship to abandon the ship, and when the captain of the Athena took the 460 French naval officers and men on the warship and floated on the sea in a lifeboat, the Athena had only a watchtower on the sea.

The all-steel battleship Zhen Mi of the battleship formation of the Second Fleet of the Northeast Navy, 1 305 mm main gun shell hit the Russian Navy's Borodino-class all-steel battleship Balakilevo which had been loaded with nearly 2,000 tons of seawater and its speed dropped from 18 knots to 14 knots. The Balakilevo was broken in two and sank into the sea, and none of the Russian naval officers and sailors on the warship could escape, and they were all carried to the bottom of the sea by the sunken Balakilevo.

Huang Hong, the captain of the all-steel battleship Zhen Mi, turned out to be the captain of the German-built all-steel battleship Xiande, which sank in the last battle with the US-Italian combined fleet in Manila Bay. Later, he became the captain of the old ironclad ship Yunhai, but the Yunhai was sunk in the Battle of Jinzhou Bay, and the Xiande was already the third warship that Huang Hong's warship sank.

So before going to sea this time, Huang Hong deliberately went to a temple to worship, and went to a Taoist temple to worship, and asked the master to make him a gossip plate to ward off evil spirits, at this time, Huang Hong in the bridge of Zhen Mi hung a piece of 2 palm-sized gossip plates on his chest, because Zhen Mi was sailing at high speed with other battleships on the battle line, and this gossip plate has been wandering around Huang Hong's chest.

Huang Hong saw that the Balakilevo that he ordered to aim was sunk by his own 305-mm main gun in the first round of shelling, and immediately jumped up excitedly, patted the gossip plate on his chest and laughed and shouted: "Great! One all-steel battleship was sunk with one shot! It seems that I didn't go to worship Buddha and pray to God in vain, and this big card was not worn in vain, so good luck must be here for me today! Hahaha, tell the gunners of the main gun, aim and fight, and strive to sink 2 more big guys! ”

Only the first round of shelling sank 4 all-steel battleships, and there was also 1 French Navy's already wounded Joan of Arc-class large fast armored cruiser Joan of Arc, which was damaged by the Northeast Navy's First Fleet armored cruiser formation, and the Trotto-class large fast armored cruiser Shock's 152 mm shell penetrated the 152 mm waterline armor, detonating an ammunition compartment for the main gun shells, causing hundreds of 193 mm shells to be killed, blowing the Joan of Arc in two, and disappearing into the sea in less than 5 minutesOnly more than 20 French naval officers and sailors on the warship escaped and drifted on the sea.

The Second Fleet battleship battleship Tenbear's ironclad battleship fired a 305-millimeter main gun shell that fell into the sea more than 2 meters next to the Russian Navy's Catherine II-class ironclad battleship Chesma, forming a near-miss bullet, tearing open a large hole of more than 5 meters in the underwater armor of the Chesma, and the sea water rushed close to the hull on the side of the Chesma, and the Russian naval officers and men on the warship tried to rescue to no avail, and after a while, the Chesma tilted to more than 30 degrees, and then one of them rolled over and sank into the sea.

In the bridge of the all-steel battleship Cecilia, the flagship of the French Expeditionary Fleet, the fleet commander François saw that after the first round of main gun shells of the main warships of the Northeast Navy fell, many of the main warships of his own fleet and the Russian fleet were sunk or seriously injured, and he couldn't help but cover his head with his hands and exclaimed: "God! That's 8,000 meters! Our warships are turning, the speed is a little slower, and the hit rate of the Qing Dynasty is too high! Aren't we fighting against the Qing Dynasty, but with the main fleet of the British Royal Navy? ”

The other French naval officers and sailors on the bridge of the Cecilia, including the captain of the Cecilia, Ruth, heard the exclamation of the commander François, and their faces couldn't help but become even more frightened, and everyone had a premonition that victory in this naval battle in the Gulf of Ussuri no longer belonged to France.

On the bridge of the Astrakhan Navy, the flagship of the Russian Navy's Second Pacific Fleet, Commander Rozhdestvinsky couldn't help but close his eyes in pain when he saw the results of the first round of salvo fire from the Northeast Navy's main guns, hoping that his main warship would quickly complete the turn and start a confrontation with the Northeast Navy. R1152