In the afternoon, 2:29 p.m.!

After a long wait, eight destroyers in the bay that had been hiding behind the huge iceberg received orders to prepare for departure. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Attention everyone, attack!"

Without any hesitation, almost as soon as the order was given, the destroyer, which had been waiting for a long time, immediately sailed out of the berth. While the eight destroyers were accelerating in the bay, they quickly poured out of the mouth of the bay and rushed into the sea like a sharp arrow and one by one into the sea.

At this time, the wind had just blown in the strait, and the wind and waves raised by the westerly wind were too great, and the huge waves that could engulf the thousand-ton destroyer were constantly swept over, and the hull of the ship shook from front to back and from side to side. The officers standing in front of the compass platform on the boat grabbed the pillar next to them with one hand and gave orders, and if they let go, they could be swept into the sea and hit by the waves continuously.

Although it is usually possible to wear a raincoat made of rubberized thin cotton, because it may affect the movement during battle, almost all the officers are like Chinese pirates who roamed the sea hundreds of years ago, with their trouser legs rolled high and shoe covers on their feet, and they also wrap towels around their necks to prevent the sea water from penetrating their necks.

Compared with the warships of thousands of tons, the warships of 1,000 tons sail in this kind of waves, becoming like a sampan, and the destroyer group drills in and out of the waves, and sometimes a wave even wants to cover it, but the destroyers shuttling in the wind and waves do not slow down, and they all look like they are fighting for their lives.

"The whole team accelerates to 30 knots, and the goal is directly ahead!"

From the light signal sent by the first boat commanded by the captain, Tian Mingsan read out the content of the signal. Straight ahead!

More than a dozen kilometers in front of them. The Second Pacific Fleet of Russia was there in fashion. Well, it's almost a few tens of minutes, and when they get there, they can launch a lightning strike on the Russian Second Pacific Fleet! Perhaps, they will be able to fish in troubled waters!

Looking up at the dark clouds in the sky, in addition to praying that there would be no strong winds, he hoped that the wind and waves would be stronger, and perhaps it would not be night. But if the wind had been a little stronger than it is now, it would have been a good time to hunt today, and the wind and waves would have provided them with cover.

"As long as they get close to 300 meters, they will have no skills!"

Tian Mingsan thought this in his heart: In the attack exercises in the past few years, one surprise attack after another has proved a truth with facts: As long as you are bold enough, you will definitely be able to approach within 300 meters -- sometimes, warships can really be faster than artillery fire! Of course. This refers to those medium and large-caliber guns, as for those small-caliber rapid-fire guns. They could not threaten the destroyer's not too thick armor.

At 14:45, the Le Maire Strait at this time was already covered with dark clouds, the sky was completely dark, and the sea at this time was still shrouded in deafening cannons, and the naval battle was still going on.

The deafening sound of artillery, the dazzling flames, enough to ignite the flames of the sea and the battleships burning on the sea, the strait was boiling, and at this last moment, when the Russian army was retreating, the naval battle became even more white-hot.

On the surface of the sea, shells from both sides of the enemy and enemy were constantly falling, and after boiling and tumbling, a hookah was stirred up. In particular, the twelve-inch shells stirred up a hookah that could exceed the height of the bridge and fall on the deck like a waterfall. The sea was full of firing and explosions, and the sounds that tore through the atmosphere were like the sky was falling apart.

And every ship of the Second Pacific Fleet, which is trying to turn around, is like it can't hold on, everywhere is a hell on earth, the closer the distance, the greater the advantage of the cruiser, at this time the weakly armored cruisers in the Second Pacific Fleet are more like they have been ignited, and the ship is completely shrouded in flames, and the cruiser "Aurora" located in the outer layer of the middle of the fleet, this 6,370-ton armored cruiser, when turning, is even more taken care of. Thousands of shells fired by dozens of 6-inch naval guns in a short period of time shrouded the warship in a rain of bullets.

When a ball of flames rose on the deck of the cruiser Aurora, in its underwater part, it was shot out by armor-piercing shells, and the explosions of armor-piercing shells inside made the cabin a mess, although at this time this cutting-edge armored cruiser has been seriously damaged, and **** serious, but on its side, the gunners are still constantly firing shells, they try to defeat the enemy with courage, when the gunners prove their courage with shells, in the tunnel full of seawater, Everywhere there was water pouring into the hull, and the damaged sailors were desperately trying to save the battleship, and in the dim light, it could be clearly seen that the sea water was red, and even there were corpses floating in it.

It was the bodies of the sailors.

Suddenly, at this moment, another explosion was accompanied by a violent explosion, and the sailors who were rescuing the warship under the ship felt ominous in their hearts in that violent explosion, and one of the sailors even found that its turret had been blown away. There was a sea of fire all around, and the place where he stepped on it was full of blood. Everywhere there were severed hands and legs and some broken bodies, and all but a few sailors who were seriously wounded on the broadside gun emplacements were still dying there.

“……”

A junior officer in the pool of blood squeaked and shouted words that no one could understand, the turret was hit by a six-inch shell fired by the Chinese army, the Aurora was just a weakly armored cruiser, the armor on the top of his turret was not too thick, but in the vast majority of cases, it would never be destroyed by shells, of course, that was referring to the old armor-piercing shells, in the face of the new armor-piercing shells, this armor was almost worthless, and a six-inch shell was far less powerful, But it detonated more than a dozen shells in the body.

Because this warship was located in the outermost part of the warship, the cruiser Aurora was subjected to unprecedented artillery fire in the next ten minutes.

Not only was it hit by a 6-inch shell, but the more lethal shell was a 10-inch high-explosive shell. It hit the turret of the front main gun. The barrel was blown off. The shrapnel flew in all directions. Part of them flew to the bridge, interrupting the boatswain who was standing there, killing him instantly, while shrapnel from the flight to the upper, middle and lower decks killed and wounded a dozen others.

Then another six-inch shell landed on the turret of the main gun in the front, which had been incapacitated, and the fragments from its explosion flew into the command tower, wounding the captain and chief navigator of the cruiser Aurora, and a dozen officers and sailors were beaten into blood. The warship, with its destroyed front and rear main guns, looked like a magnet in its turning. Constantly sucking up the shells fired by the Chinese fleet.

The current cruiser Aurora has become a warship that could be sunk at any time under constant artillery fire.

"Aim until the last shell is fired!"

The fragments of the previous shell broke the captain's left abdomen from the back of the abdomen, and blood fell on the ship like rain from his large wound, but he was still standing there, observing the Chinese warship from a distance.

"Sir, water is coming into the boiler room...... Lose momentum! ”

"Immediately telegraph to the commander, our ship will fight to the last breath! God bless the Russian Empire! God bless the Tsar! ”

The captain, with his feet propped up and completely red with blood from the left waist down, walked out of the conning tower, and at this time the cruiser Aurora was completely aflamed. And its secondary guns on both sides of the board were still firing, and the sailors on the deck were still trying to extinguish the flames on the ship. But it didn't make any sense, and in that dense rain of bullets, several fifteen or sixteen-year-old military musicians on the bridge played the national anthem there.

God bless my Tsar's music echoed in the sound of the explosions, which had been echoing on the warships from the beginning of the war until now, and beside the young military musicians, several corpses lying in pools of blood, reminded the people of what price they had paid.

Listening to the tune of the national anthem, many seriously wounded sailors hummed the national anthem softly in their throats, which was the national anthem of the Russian Empire.

The captain in the pool of blood, at some point, had stopped breathing, and beside him, Captain Nicholas, stood up, first patted off his military uniform, then even straightened his military cap, and then gently trimmed his Prussian beard with his fingers.

Looking at the subordinates who were covered in blood beside them, looking at the desperate and unwilling faces, their eyes were resolute, but more unwilling, unwilling and full of anger, everyone understood that the last moment was coming, and after a while, the Chinese fleet that pounced on them would use cannons and torpedoes to plunge Pingyuan into the sea.

"Well, the final moment has arrived, and now, we are facing a choice!"

As he spoke, he leaned forward slightly, as a sign of his respect for his comrades in front of him.

"Navigator, the white flag cannot be raised from the cruiser Aurora!"

An officer shouted loudly as he met the Navigator's gaze.

"There are only sunken Russian warships, no ...... surrender"

Are there really no surrendered Russian warships?

Just then, suddenly, someone on deck shouted.

"Look, it's the Chinese destroyers, oh my God, they sank the Ushakov......"

In that exclamation, people looked in the direction of the sailor's finger, only to see that in the stormy seas, one after another sea gray destroyers at a speed of at least thirty knots, launched an attack on the left side of the fleet, at this time the Second Pacific Fleet, the battle line was unkempt, like a group of fish caught in a fishing net, all warships were shooting blindly, but they could not stop the attack of those gray elves.

"The stern of the Emerald was hit......"

The news that another warship had been torpedoed and that the Emerald had been hit, like the last straw, crushed Nicholas's courage, he said, looking at the people around him.

"Well, inform the brothers and let the Chinese see the courage of the Russian Navy!"

At the last word, he almost screamed, and then a shout echoed from the bridge.

"Now, I command—sink yourself!"

Yes!

Now, the best option for the cruiser Aurora is to sink itself. Self-sinking warships will not be captured by the Chinese, and the results of the Chinese will not be increased, which is related to the dignity of the Russian Navy!

"Fulfill their dignity!"

When approaching the cruiser Aurora, he found that the front and rear main guns were dumbed, and many of the side guns were destroyed, and the burning cruiser Aurora had begun to sink slowly, and the sailors on the ship were constantly jumping into the sea, and the corners of Tian Mingsan's mouth showed a wry smile.

He only had one torpedo left, and he had set his sights on the warship, but at this time, he didn't want to fight for the flaming, rapidly sinking warship.

This opponent is worthy of respect!

A sea breeze wrapped in smoke blew from the direction of the cruiser Aurora, confused and choking, looking at the Russian sailors who kept jumping into the sea, Tian Mingzo did not continue to attack, but looked at the destroyers that were constantly launching lightning strikes in the distance, one after another Russian cruisers and destroyers were torpedoed into the bottom of the sea, on the sea, more and more sailors fell into the water, although many were Russian sailors, but there were also Chinese. Just like the destroyer "Uiju" was sunk by the Russian army, and the sailors were floating at sea.

"Sir, we still have a torpedo! We were close to the Navarin......"

In the expectation of the navigator and others, Tian Mingsan on the bridge wiped the sea water off his face, looked at the smoke rolling up the strait, and after hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said.

"All of you pay attention, wear a life jacket...... Rescue the drowning sailors! ”

For the sailors who fell into the water, the war was over, but if no one came to rescue them, it would probably only take another half an hour, or even ten minutes, for their bodies to freeze in the icy water, and by that time, these poor people would have frozen to death. And now, the waves at sea make it impossible for them to release lifeboats at all.

"Sir, we still have a torpedo, and you can ......"

"We're going to save them!"

Facing the objection of the navigator, Tian Mingsan said calmly. He looked at the sailors, looked at the puzzlement in people's eyes, and said stubbornly.

"Remember, we're Navy soldiers, and we're navigators!"

Yes, no navigator will turn a blind eye to those who fall overboard, even the enemy!

"And, now, we have won this war, you see......"

Tian Mingsan's finger pointed to the distance, that was the direction they had killed, at this time, there, a more powerful fleet had been put into the battlefield! (To be continued.) )