Chapter 255: Rolling Black Clouds
After the repair, the No. 1 turret spewed out a flame nearly twenty meters long, and the bridge command room was illuminated, and then the No. 2 turret on the port side and the four 3o5 caliber main guns of the No. 3 turret fired at the same time, and the hull shook more violently, Wu Xiaoliang involuntarily grabbed the handrail in the command room, and saw that the sky outside the port side was full of flames, and the powerful air flow turned the waves of the sea water surged.
Wu Xiaoliang was deeply shocked by the power of the cannon giant ship, he never imagined that the scene of the main cannon Qi would be so spectacular and shocking, Petrov looked at Wu Xiaoliang's stunned expression with satisfaction, put the cigar in his hand in his mouth and took two puffs hard,
"Your Excellency, the sailors can't wait to give the Japanese dwarves a taste of cannonballs."
Wu Xiaoliang nodded with satisfaction, and secretly moved his feet that were already numb, Petrov's expression this time made Wu Xiaoliang completely make up his mind to march to Temple Street by sea, the Japanese must not have imagined that the threat came from the sea and came so quickly,
If Wu Xiaoliang had come to the inside of the No. 1 turret at this moment, he would have been stunned by the scene, and the turret was in disarray, and one of the Russian gunners was lying on the ground, covered in blood and moaning......
Although Fang Qidao agreed to send troops, he did not approve of a head-to-head confrontation with the Japanese warships, because that would be tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.
"In Weizhong, the mission of the Suidong ship is best limited to escort and avoid encounters with Japanese warships, after all, those sailors have not been in battle for more than ten years, and it is ......inevitable that their skills are rusty and their coordination is unfavorable."
Wu Xiaoliang thought that although Petrov led his sailors to skillfully drive the battleship out of the harbor and conduct live fire, he could not bear to think that such a hastily patched sailor team could defeat the well-trained Japanese fleet, which was far superior to the Suidong ship in terms of number and morale.
Ten days later, as soon as Qi Qi was ready, Wu Xiaoliang and Fang Qidao boarded the Suidong ship, the battleship was flanked by three transport ships and a supply ship, the whistle sounded, the huge hull of the Suidong ship began to vibrate slightly, and the boiler was on fire and ready to go to sea.
From Vladivostok to Temple Street, it only takes one day to reach by train, but when Malinovsky coerced a large number of bandits to the south, the railway was completely destroyed, although nearly two months have passed, but due to financial problems The repair is still far away, if only two legs, the entire second division will not be able to reach Temple Street in at least ten days, but by then, Malinovsky may have been unable to hold on and rout,
The weather in September was very cooperative with the operation of the Suidong Army, there was no cloud in the sky, the sea breeze was blowing slowly, unknown seabirds occasionally circled and chirped around the high mast of the battleship, if this was not a battleship armed to the teeth, if they were not going to fight, the pleasant moment in front of him made Wu Xiaoliang feel a little tired, and he even had an unreal feeling, at this moment he was on a luxury cruise ship, and the purpose of this trip was not to fight, but to travel around the world,
However, the sharp and rapid siren sounded Wu Xiaoliang back to reality, the loudspeaker on the mast kept screeching sirens, and the sailors and the guards of the headquarters looked nervous, all looking at the faint black shadow gradually sailing in the sea in the distance.
Wu Xiaoliang immediately returned to the command room, Fang Qidao took a step ahead of him, and at the same time handed him the telescope in his hand,
"There is a steamer in front, not a battleship, if it is a Japanese ship, consider sinking it on the spot."
Petrov took his first mate and hurried back to the command room, a straight naval dress had not yet had time to be changed, who would have thought that the enemy situation would be encountered just before dusk, at this time the whereabouts of the fleet must be kept absolutely secret, and according to his opinion, all suspicious ships must be sunk on the spot, otherwise it will be bad if there are Japanese intelligence officers on board, or the ship itself is Japanese,
This sea area is already within the communication range of the portable radio station from Temple Street, once they use the radio to reveal the whereabouts of the Suidong fleet, the suddenness of this dispatch may be lost, and it will even be intercepted by the Japanese fleet, although he is confident in front of Wu Xiaoliang, but he still does not want to face the Japanese fleet head-on without sufficient training and preparation, and the result is likely to be an egg to a stone,
Petrov was prepared, and immediately gave the order through the microphone in the command room: "The main mast raises the Japanese naval flag." He decided to fly the Japanese naval flag first to confuse the judgment of the other side, and Petrov did not want to give the order to sink the passing ships as a last resort, causing a large number of innocent casualties,
Half an hour later, the black shadow in the distance finally sailed in, it was actually two steamships flying the red, white and blue flags of the imperial Russian period, the other party obviously observed the sun flag of the Japanese Navy hanging on the main mast of the Suidong ship, one of them was so frightened that he turned the rudder in a panic, and the other ship obviously did not expect the companion to turn suddenly, because the two ships were very close, so they couldn't avoid rubbing together, and the amidships of the steamer that suddenly turned were torn open by the bow of their companions, and the sea water could be seen frantically surging into the crack from a distance,
The first mate put down the binoculars, his face full of worry,
"Captain, did you order a rescue?" He and Petrov were both old officers in the imperial Russian era, and they had deep feelings for imperial Russia, and the other party's hanging of the red, white and blue tricolor reminded them of the glory of the former empire, and inevitably had a trace of sympathy for those who were about to fall into the water.
Petrov quickly regained his former composure, and vetoed the first mate's mention with an expressionless face, they are now the Japanese fleet flying the Japanese naval flag, and they must not be willing to risk exposure because of a little compassion, in his eyes, only to complete the task of the first battle at sea is the most important,
"Ignore them and move on."
The first mate proposed that the construction was in Russian, but Petrov replied in Chinese, Wu Xiaoliang naturally guessed the meaning of the conversation between the two, yes, the Suidong army really can't afford any risk that may be exposed.
After a night of slow sailing, the sky has been slightly bright, the fleet is about to arrive at the set target, the mouth of the Mulita River, before the departure, he and the staff of the staff headquarters after repeated discussions finally set this place as the place to board the 6, according to the plan, after boarding the 6, the transport ship immediately returned the same way, and the Suidong ship waited for the opportunity to join the battle, or retreated first when the opportunity was not good,
The White Russian sailors on the watchtower were already exhausted, and the sea breeze at night would blow their whole bodies cold, and at this moment he just wanted to return to the warm sailor cabin and drink a spicy and flavorful vodka, but he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and a rolling black cloud rose on the edge of the gray-blue night sky in front of him, which had gradually brightened.
In the naval battle between Russia and Japan that year, he was an excellent lookout sailor, and experience told him that this was by no means a black cloud, but a black smoke that could only be emitted by warships of more than 10,000 tons.
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