The sea, for thousands of years, people have always been full of all kinds of fantasies about the vast sea, whether it is the fairy tale of the East or the West, the sea is always full of too many bizarre stories, people dream of conquering the sea, conquering the vast sea that makes anyone and any man-made object seem extremely small. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

More than 400 years ago, pioneers began to conquer the seas in their sailboats in search of new routes, and these explorers ushered in an era in which voyagers were nicknamed "warriors", and indeed, only the brave dared to conquer the seas in that era.

Nearly 100 years ago, since Nelson, the title of "Warrior of the Seas" has been shared by another group of navigators, and any naval officer who operates a warship on the sea is a warrior of the sea, and these warriors of the sea have written the song of warriors with blood and loyalty on the vast sea for a hundred years.

And the vast ocean is unforgiving, and it is also very fair. Any country that wants to go to the sea needs to use up a large part of its wealth to build a fleet, and once such a main fleet that has been built with the wealth of the king or the nation is gone, it means that a navy is essentially gone, and sometimes even determines the rise or fall of a country.

The sea is always so vast and so unforgiving, it is ruthless and fair to any nation, and in the end, only the warriors of the sea can decide whether they can lead their country to the sea and conquer the vast ocean.

In the rough Drake Passage, the gloomy morning weather has cleared and the sun hangs in the sky. The rough waves were split by the bow of the battleship. The white sea flowers spread along the sides of the battleship. In the sun. The dragon coat of arms on the bow of the ship shimmers with a little golden light, and unlike the golden dragon on the side of the Beiyang Fleet, the Northeast Navy adopts the dragon coat of arms on the bow.

On the fast-sailing battleship, a naval flag representing the Northeast Navy on the flagpole fluttered in the wind, and there was a burst of cloth and silk wind striking. The deck of the battleship was wet, and the sea water on the deck had been drenched for a day and a night, and by this time the once dry deck had been half-soaked, and from time to time there were flammable materials on both sides of the battleship that were directly thrown into the sea. It's a moment before the fight.

At this time, the Zhenjiang Fleet battlefleet composed of 23 warships was sailing towards the Le Maire Strait at full speed, and on the mast watchtower of each warship, the naval soldiers with high-powered binoculars were intently searching for smoke traces on the sea. Compared with the old ships that burned coal, the heavy oil used by the Northeast Navy burned more efficiently, so that the smoke traces spit out by this fleet were not very obvious, and there was no scene of soot in the sky, and the inconspicuous smoke traces minimized their chance of being discovered by the enemy first.

Waiting is always a drain. On the bridge of the battleship "Jinghai", after Li Mingsong put down his binoculars. Looking at Li Weizhong, who was slightly shorter than himself, he stood there calmly at this time, only occasionally holding a telescope to observe the sea surface for a while, and then he would put down the telescope, without a trace of anxiety.

"Your Excellency, I really don't know how long it will take!"

A few hours ago, the "Jinghai" had already received a telegram from the "Zhenbo" -- they had already exchanged fire with the Russian Second Pacific Fleet. Not only did they exchange fire, but they also gained a certain advantage, as soon as the war began, they seized the "T" prefix, and now the Russian Second Pacific Fleet, which is trapped in the strait, is in a complete predicament of not being able to run and whether it can fight, but despite this, Li Mingsong, a student of the naval school, is still a little worried, worried that the Russian army will break through the current predicament by virtue of its superiority in strength.

Now for the Zhenyang Fleet, even a second is very precious, and they must reach the Le Maire Sea area in the shortest possible time, and cooperate with the cruiser fleet to deal a fatal blow to the Russian Second Pacific Fleet.

"It's okay!"

Li Weizhong stared at the sea with a serious expression, there was no trace of waves on his face at all, but behind the seemingly calm, he was thinking about how this naval battle would continue after an hour, more precisely, how to fight beautifully.

As long as this battle can be won beautifully, from then on, the Russian Second Pacific Fleet will disappear from this world as if it were history.

"In terms of time, we should have arrived at the Le Maire Strait in an hour, that is, to this position, and at this time, the cruiser fleet should be ...... here"

Pointing to the chart, Mayuki Akiyama, who was in the staff room, placed several coin-sized models of warships on the chart, and lined up a "T-shape" at the strait, looking at the situation on the battlefield, everyone could see the advantage of the cruiser now.

"Zanhou, this time you did a really good job!"

With such admiration in his mouth, Han Che really admired this colleague from Beiyang for the first time, he skillfully used the terrain as a cover to cover himself, and then at the beginning of the war, he occupied all the advantages.

The T-shaped tactic is the key to determining the course of the fleet's course. Naval warfare is not like land warfare, under normal circumstances, there is no stubborn to the end, so in naval warfare, it is generally fought if you win, and you can run if you can't win, so a flexible position is very important, and there is no doubt who occupies the T-word prefix and controls the fate of your side. If you can't win at the T-prefix, you can evacuate at any time, and if you don't occupy the T-prefix and want to retreat, the price you pay will be quite heavy. Of course, there is no point in going very fast in the opposite side's boat, but in reality, this is impossible.

According to the original battle plan, the fleet should intercept the Second Pacific Fleet in the area of the Le Maire Strait, but whether it can hold the Russians in the strait is all a matter of luck, as for whether it can occupy the T-position in advance, it is also a matter of chance and even luck, but now, the cruiser fleet is undoubtedly a lucky star, and it has seized all the advantages from the beginning.

"Yes, but well done!"

Compared with Han Che's admiration, Su Yueyang said in a pitiful tone.

"What worries me now is not whether the cruiser fleet will survive until we arrive, but when we do. What kind of reaction will Roger Stevensky make. He won't change course? Choosing to retreat? ”

Keep your head up. Looking at Han Che and Qiu Shan, Su Yueyang's brows suddenly locked,

"If Rogerst Winsky chooses to retreat, maybe he will pay some price, but what if they sail into the Atlantic? Shall we pursue them all the way, or will we let them flee in all directions? It's all a problem! ”

Yes, for the Northeast Navy. What they need is a complete victory, through a beautiful victory, to completely crush Russia's desire to win or lose at sea, and to crush Russia's desire to win, but what if Rozherstvinsky chooses to retreat? At that time, the losses of the Russians will not be greatly damaged, it can even be said that they will not be injured, what will be done then?

"Hmmm......"

After a moment of silence, Akiyama seemed to think of something, and he suddenly lay on the chart, drawing something with a pencil. Looking at the position of the painting, Han Che's eyes also lit up. Then he raised his head again and said to Han Che.

"Didn't Chief Huang leave the destroyer here? I'm thinking......"

Without waiting for Akiyama Shinyuki to finish speaking, Han Che picked up the pen, drew a stroke on the chart, and then said in a firm tone.

"Then let's put them in the Strait of Lemaire today!"

The deafening sound of artillery echoed over the strait, when the two fleets were separated by nearly ten kilometers, and there were "beating" each other with naval guns of more than 10 inches like ancient samurai, behind the iceberg at the cape of the Le Maire Strait, in the calm bay covered by the icebergs, eight large destroyers were quietly moored on the sea, these are ten "county-level" destroyers, whose displacement is only 1,000 tons to 1,150 tons, and they are the most suitable large destroyers for ocean-going operations in the Northeast Navy. Because of the distance, the Northeast Navy did not send its own torpedo boat force, and these destroyers were undoubtedly the lightning strike force of the Zhenyang fleet.

However, what is surprising is that, in addition to the two destroyers who protected their fleet from lightning strikes in the naval battle, these eight destroyers unexpectedly anchored in this bay, under the cover of icebergs, quietly waiting for the right time to attack.

"Really!"

Qian Fakui slammed his palm hard, the deafening sound of cannon always stirred in his heart, as the commander of the destroyer fleet, he naturally longed to command the destroyer fleet himself, like a sharp arrow from the string, rushing to the enemy position, and launching a lightning strike on the Russian fleet, even if it was broken bones, but the commander ordered them to stay here.

"Timing, timing!"

With these two words in his mouth, he walked back and forth on the deck, the destroyer played a slight undulating role in the waves, compared to the torpedo boat, the destroyer has a larger tonnage and stronger armament, just like the "county" destroyer, in addition to three 105-mm guns, it also has two quadruple 533 torpedo tubes, and its speed is up to 37 knots.

"I don't know when!"

Suddenly, Zhou Peili, who was beside Qian Fakui, asked,

"Do you think the Russians will send their torpedo boats to attack the fleet?"

torpedo boat

Torpedo boats are never big, but small torpedo boats are a kind of enemy, the vast majority of torpedo boats are steel ribbed wooden hulls, even in this era of armored warships, torpedo boats still adhere to wooden hulls, why use wooden hulls, because the wooden hull is light enough, so that it can reach a faster speed. Torpedo boats, which are commonly used in various countries, are like a small sampan with a burning steam engine and carrying a chimney, carrying several torpedoes. Rushing to the side of the enemy's large ship with the determination to doom to the end, and then fleeing quickly after firing a torpedo, it will take considerable courage and luck to succeed.

Once upon a time, for the Northeast Navy, the establishment and expansion of the torpedo boat force was actually a decision made in the face of weak coastal defense, for the Northeast, building a large fleet in a short period of time required too many risks, even if the Governor's Office came up with money, there were not enough naval officers and soldiers,

Because of this, in the early days of the Navy, it would buy old merchant ships to transform training ships for training sailors, and at the same time, it also designed the most advanced torpedo boat of this era, a torpedo boat with a new power, and the steam turbine became a magic weapon of the Navy, compared to the steam engine, the steam turbine can make the torpedo boat smaller and faster.

Smaller and faster, to some extent, means that torpedo boats can have more roles in naval warfare, but this kind of torpedo boats can only be used for coastal defense, in fact, the task of torpedo boats is also coastal defense, for the navy, torpedo boats are a navy short sword, for self-defense short sword.

Not only that, but its living conditions are also very bad, when sailing, they can only find a place full of sea water for a while, torpedo boats are not suitable for long-distance voyages, and because of this, the navy at that time tried to make torpedo boats larger, from less than 100 tons at the beginning, to later develop to hundreds of tons, and then later, with the development of naval construction, in the exercises, torpedo boats repeatedly "sank" the reality of warships, so that the navy realized the threat of torpedo boats to capital ships, and decided to develop warships used to attack torpedo boats, that is, a destroyer, with greater tonnage and more firepower, and, of course, he also has the speed of a torpedo boat and a torpedo for attacking capital ships.

This kind of destroyer, which can be used to destroy torpedo boats and carry out torpedo attacks, immediately became the darling of the navy as soon as it entered service - because he can accompany the naval fleet to sail and carry out ocean-going operations without the need for an additional mother ship, although he can fight in the ocean, the space on the destroyer is not large, and the so-called environment is only slightly improved, and compared with ordinary warships, destroyers do not have thick armor, and the protection is only slightly stronger than torpedo boats, because their tonnage is larger, and they are more vulnerable to attack in naval battles.

However, for the sailors of the destroyer unit, all this has no effect, these sailors from the torpedo boat unit, still have the courage to dare to rush to the enemy ship with a dagger in their hands, the courage of Jing Ke to assassinate the king of Qin still permeates their hearts, they are all looking forward to playing their part in this naval battle, but now, they have become spectators of the war.

At least for now, they're just spectators!

"The right time is to insert it from the rear of the Russian fleet, here at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the sky will be dark, we are painted with sea ash, if ......"

Listening to the increasingly fierce cannon sound in the distance, Zhou Peili's words sank.

"If we seize the opportunity, maybe we can get a big result!"

"I know, I know, but ...... Hey......"

The fierce sound of artillery and the smell of gunpowder smoke in the air, Qian Fakui muttered to himself.

"Let's wait like this, it's really urgent!" (To be continued.) )