"All ready!"

With the sound of an order, all the sailors nervously rushed out of the cabin, they quickly rushed to their posts, began to ask a question, the coming battle, ready for the battle. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The cannon was loaded with shells, and on the ammunition racks on the sides of the cannon, shells and gunpowder were piled up in the open air, and all the personnel stood at their posts, nervously watching the sea.

Everyone was looking forward to the moon coming out, but he was hidden in the clouds, and darkness covered the sea. The pace of time is slow, and the sailors in this waiting room for unforeseen dangers feel extremely depressed, and equally high tension.

In anxious waiting, as midnight came, some of them were allowed to leave, but no one took advantage of the opportunity to sleep, although they were ordered to rest.

"If only this night had passed soon!"

"It's as if the sky will never dawn."

The sailors talked nervously, and in the midst of this high tension, the once imagined terrorist attack on the Chinese torpedo boat seemed to become more frightening at this time.

But no one blames the "Kamchatka" for the absurd telegram, which is just an old transport ship, now a factory ship, and only a few small-caliber guns, and the crew on board is just as ordinary as its captain.

Roger Stevensky, the commander of the fleet, was not necessarily clever either, and immediately after receiving the telegram, he believed that the following fleet was put into combat readiness. Instead of sending a cruiser to confirm the so-called alarm and, if necessary, rescue the attacked factory ships. Spread the panic to the entire fleet through combat readiness orders.

After midnight, the fleet was passing through the Doggar sandbank. This is the shallow North Sea where fishing boats often appear. There is an abundance of fish here.

At this time, not far from the fleet, some tricolor flares were issued. In the midst of high tensions, almost everyone believed that these were the signals of the enemy.

The warships immediately illuminated searchlights like those ships that were signaling their location, and in their view, these ships seemed to be Chinese torpedo boats. Almost without any hesitation, the highly nervous sailors immediately opened fire on them!

The first to fire was the flagship "Suvorov". Then the whole fleet opened fire on these fishing boats, and this was the first time that the Second Pacific Fleet had fired at the "enemy" since it was pointed out!

The "Orilo" was like a swarm, and there was a noise everywhere. The trumpets blew wildly, and the drums of war rang out! The rails rattled under the weight of the carts carrying the shells. Huge shells were fired from the port and starboard turrets.

When the 12-inch guns began to fire, the red flames tore through the night, the thunderous cannon shook the night sky, and people crowded on the bridge, and military discipline was gone.

"Torpedo boats, torpedo boats?"

"Where, how many?"

"Do you think there's at least a dozen there?"

"Destroyer! And what about our destroyers? ”

"We're finished!"

"There are so many torpedo boats, we're all finished!"

Some prepared lifebuoys, others ran to their bunks. Go get their cork mattresses, some walk on their chests with crosses drawn. Others were cursing there.

The sea was roaring, splashing onto the lower decks, and the rampage firing haphazardly, sometimes to the fires that were still visible on the horizon, sometimes to the empty surface of the searchlight. Some people loaded shells into the chambers of the cannonballs, which had already been loaded but had not yet been fired. The sound of the middle cannon and the small cannon roaring together added to the panic in the ship, and the angry commanders reprimanded loudly in this panic.

"You idiots, what are you doing, where are you going?"

"Why don't you aim at the torpedo boats while the searchlights are shining on them?"

The battle lines of the entire fleet were disrupted, some of the searchlights did shine on the ships preparing for the shelling, and some on the empty sea. The light of the searchlight caused further confusion.

At a great distance from port side, about a few miles away, a number of glowing flares could be seen, which appeared to be those emitted by the enemy. At that moment, the light of a searchlight enveloped the Orilo, and the people who could see it became more frightened, and they seemed to believe that they were surrounded by the enemy.

Everyone was in a state of extreme panic.

"That's a Chinese cruiser!"

"They're attacking us in droves!"

The battleship immediately opened fire like a searchlight, and the opponent immediately returned fire, and the whistling sound of shells swept over the battleship. But they seemed to be very lucky, because the other side seemed to aim a little high, and the 12-inch cannon roared on the sea, and the deafening sound of the cannon reverberated on the sea.

"That's a torpedo to explode!"

Someone on deck shouted in horror,

"We didn't get hit!"

"No, I think it was the "Grand Duke George" that was sunk, and now it's our turn. ”

This imaginary news, infinitely exaggerated, spread throughout the fleet one by one, so that the big guys believed that the entire fleet was about to be destroyed.

Soon the ships on the port side, which the fleet had been frantically shelling, finally gave the signal that they were the cruisers "Aurora" and "Dmikri, Stonsko", belonging to the squadron under the command of Rear Admiral Enqvist.

By this time, it was already dawn!

It was at this time that the people on the warships saw their so-called "torpedo boats", and they mistook these single-chimney, numbered fishing airboats for Chinese torpedo boats.

Even if it was impossible for torpedo boats to sail from the Far East to Europe, they still stubbornly believed that these were Chinese torpedo boats and shelled them.

The first to attack like these poor British fishermen was the flagship, which transmitted this illusion to the whole fleet, and now calm has been restored, and a pitiful scene is presented before people's eyes.

Almost more than 1000 meters away. People can see it clearly. A fishing boat with a red chimney has sunk into the sea. Nearby, several other fishing boats have also been hit, some of which are already on fire.

The crews of the fishing boats were running desperately on the board, looking in vain for a place to avoid the flames, and their only fate seemed to everyone to be silence to the bottom of the sea.

"Suvorov" has turned off its searchlights, leaving only one sentence, shooting its lights into the sky, which is a signal to "stop shelling".

On the bridge of the "Orilo". The captain shouted.

"Stop shelling!"

The commanders gave the order as they dragged the gunners out of the cannons, and on the deck the trumpeters urged the bugles to stop the shelling.

The "battle" lasted 12 minutes, during which the fleet fired thousands of shells, and the shells fired by the "Orilo" hit the cruiser "Aurora", and his side and chimney were damaged.

The captain and chaplain were wounded, and the chaplain died from his injuries. Perhaps they should rejoice that if their gunnery was very shrewd, they would have had a few warships of their own.

At the rising sun, Simonov met the chief engineer while working overtime. I couldn't help but say to him.

"Your Excellency, this will be an excellent story."

The chief engineer looked sideways at Simonov, waved her arm, and said disappointedly,

"This matter will spread all over the world, and then the whole world will laugh at us, laugh at the Russian Navy!"

After the Dogger Sandbank incident, the first few days were peaceful, and finally the fleet clashed with the fishing boats, but the situation was not serious, this time it was only entangled in their nets, which fortunately did not damage the propellers of the warships.

After the fleet passed through the Strait of Dover, the French writer appeared on the right side of the fleet on those magnificent white coast cliffs in the United States, and now the Second Pacific Fleet was ...... from London There are mysterious people who are manipulating the political situation in the world, and the foggy metropolis is only sixty or seventy nautical miles.

"I don't know what the British will do with this!"

Standing on the starboard side, Simonov looked at the white cliff and couldn't help but imagine how the big men in London would deal with the Dover incident.

"It would be nice to be able to go to England and see it!"

Of course, for Simonov, he knew that this was just a fantasy, Britain was a neutral country, it was impossible for the fleet to enter Britain, and now perhaps the most headache for Russia was how to deal with the Dover incident.

While Simonov and the officers and men of the 2nd Pacific Fleet were passing through the Strait of Dover, in Britain, in London, the news of the shelling of British fishing boats by the Russian Navy caused an uproar in London, and almost the whole of Britain was questioning...... What is the Royal Navy doing!

It seemed that the best option for Britain now was to send the Royal Navy to fight against the Second Pacific Fleet, which, of course, was just the cry of radical patriots. For their part, the British government, having just emerged from the Boer War, did not want to be caught in a war, even if it was a war they were manipulating behind the scenes.

As the British were indignantly talking about the Dover affair, the war bonds issued by the Northeast were sought after in London as the most direct response, and it seemed that for the British, buying an extra pound of bonds could help the Northeast defeat Russia.

In this atmosphere, London seems to be sliding in a pro-China direction, of course, this is only a deliberately created atmosphere by London's politicians, for whom they are only borrowing China's hand to cut off Russia's claws.

"They entrusted me with my congratulations! Congratulations on your victory in Trans-Baikal! ”

In the park, Chamberlain wanted to congratulate the forest fish in front of him, although the Chinese only surrounded the Russian army in Trans-Baikal, but in the eyes of London this is already a brilliant victory, more than 500,000, the Russian army is encircled, which is unprecedented in the history of mankind.

"Thank you! Please pass on our gratitude to them! For their support in the wake of the war! ”

Even a few months after the outbreak of the war, unofficial communication was still the main means of communication between Britain and the Northeast, and there were a few things he had to avoid with Britain. As for the Northeast, he did not want the outside world to see that he was fighting this war at the behest of the British.

"What are you going to do, what about the Dover incident?"

After a simple politeness, Lin Ziyu asked directly, the most concerned issue in China now, and now there is an atmosphere of revenge in the UK, and this is what he really cares about...... Will Britain intervene in this war.

"You have to understand that it is not a rational thing for Britain to get involved in the war now! After all, you know, Britain doesn't have too much power to use in war! ”

Chamberlain answered Lin Ziyu's question directly, in fact, the British protest! Even if it seems to be very intense, it is just a diplomatic protest.

The Boer War in South Africa bleed Britain and made Britain realize that they needed allies, especially in the Far East. Even more so.

"The casualties of our army are very large now!"

After taking a step of chess, Lin Ziyu's voice was a little low.

"So we need more support from the UK in other areas, and I hope you can convey that to His Excellency the Prime Minister......"

Lin Ziyu did not say what he hoped Britain would give support to the Northeast! But she knew that the British would understand the meaning of the phrase.

In fact, for the Northeast, British support is extremely advantageous, and only after obtaining British support can China gain a favorable diplomatic position in this war.

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister has always been very concerned about this conflict between China and Russia, and when the time is right, His Excellency the Prime Minister will personally intervene to seek a peaceful end to this war......"

After saying this, Chamberlain took out a thick file bag from the side, put it in front of Lin Ziyu, and then said.

"This is the report of the Admiralty's investigation into the incident in Dover Sha. I think this is what your country needs the most! ”

What the?

Looking at the file bag in surprise, Lin Ziyu knew the importance of the investigation materials in this file bag to the Navy, which was the first-hand information of the Navy to understand the Second Pacific Fleet.

"I heard they're doing very average?"

Lin Ziyu asked tentatively, the battle lasted for 12 minutes, but they only sank a few British fishing boats, on the surface, their performance was really very average.

"All I can say is ......"

After a moment of silence, Chamberlain said with a smile.

"If that's the strength of the Second Pacific Fleet, I don't know how the Russians put their hopes on such a fleet?" (To be continued.) )