In the Ussuri Bay, outside the Russian port of Vladivostok, the largest naval battle in history ended in a resounding victory for the Northeast Navy.

The French Navy's expeditionary fleet and the Russian Navy's Second Pacific Fleet, together with the Russian Navy's Second Pacific Fleet, which was bombed by airships in a mine array, made the navies of the two countries not only suffer heavy losses, but also almost set back the two naval powers in the world in terms of naval strength.

On the day of November 3, the French expeditionary fleet, which gathered almost the essence of the entire French Navy, sank 13 of the 22 all-steel battleships, 6 were captured by the Northeast Navy, 8 of the 12 large fast armored cruisers were sunk, 3 were captured by the Northeast Navy, 5 of all 8 ironclad battleships were sunk, and 3 were captured by the Northeast Navy.

In addition, the French Navy expeditionary fleet had a total of 20 protective cruisers, 16 of which were sunk and 2 were captured, 16 of the 20 destroyers were sunk and 3 were captured, 50 torpedo boats were even more tragic, 41 were sunk, and the remaining 9 torpedo boats all raised the white flag to the Northeast Navy.

Only 3 all-steel battleships, 1 large fast armored cruiser, 2 protective cruisers and 1 destroyer of the French naval expeditionary fleet escaped the battlefield and ran towards Vietnam, the French colony in Asia, preparing to flee to Da Nang, Vietnam.

Combined, the 2 Pacific Fleets of the Russian Navy suffered losses not inferior to those of the French Navy.

On November 3, the Russian Navy sank a total of 11 all-steel battleships, 5 large fast armored cruisers, 7 ironclad battleships, 11 protective cruisers, 14 destroyers and 19 torpedo boats.

The Second Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy was captured by the Northeast Navy with 2 all-steel battleships, 1 large fast armored cruiser, 2 protective cruisers, 2 destroyers and 2 torpedo boats.

The remnants of the Russian Navy's First Pacific Fleet retreated to the port of Vladivostok because of the blockage of mine arrays, while the Russian Navy's Pacific Second Fleet, with only 2 all-steel battleships, 2 large fast armored cruisers, 1 protective cruiser, and 2 destroyers, escaped the pursuit of the Northeast Navy and Air Force. Also preparing to flee to Da Nang in Vietnam.

Although the remnants of the Franco-Russian combined fleet escaped the pursuit of the three fleets of the Northeast Navy and the airship units of the Northeast Air Force, it did not mean that they were safe. The Fourth Fleet of the Northeast Navy, which had received Lin Daxin's order, had almost poured out of the Lushun Naval Base. Go straight to the Korean Strait. The Fifth Fleet of the Northeast Navy also sent its main force from the Manila Navy Fleet and went straight to the waters of the Paracel Islands. The main fleet of these 2 Northeast Navy. Prepare to intercept the remnants of the combined Franco-Russian fleet on their way to Vietnam.

The effort was not in vain, and sure enough, the main fleet of the 2 Northeast Navy blocked some of the remaining warships of the Franco-Russian combined fleet that escaped. Because these escaped warships were scattered and fled, and they did not get together, otherwise the remnants of the fleets of the two countries that gathered together still have some strength.

Soon after the Fourth Fleet of the Northeast Navy arrived in the Korean Strait, it blocked the escaped French Navy's Charlemart-class all-steel battleship Carnot, the three all-steel battleships of the Second Fleet, the Yamami, Yumi, and Yimei, and the ironclad battleships Flying Eagle and Flying Wolf went forward, and the French captain of the Carnot wisely chose to surrender. There was no needless resistance, you must know that it was not only facing the five battleships of the Northeast Navy, but also the four general-class large fast armored cruisers of the Fourth Fleet, the six anti-aircraft fast protection cruisers, and the four destroyers of the several destroyers, and all the warships of the Fourth Fleet except for the torpedo boats came to the Korean Strait.

Later, the French Navy's Charlemart-class all-steel battleship Cherrill was also blocked by the Fourth Fleet, and the French all-steel battleship saw that there was no hope of escape, so it also chose to raise the white flag and surrender to the Fourth Fleet of the Northeast Navy.

The all-steel battleship Astrakhan, the flagship of the Second Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy, and the large fast-armored armored cruiser Katerina. It was also unfortunate to be surrounded by a large number of warships of the Fourth Fleet.

Seeing this situation, the captain of the Astrakhan, Avdey, was already dispossessed, and shouted to the commander Rozhdestwinsky, who had a very ugly face: "It's over! Commander, we are surrounded! Can't escape! Now what? ”

After Avdjey finished speaking, he looked nervously at Rozhdestwinsky. He was very afraid that the commander would choose to fight to the end, but fortunately the commander of the Russian Navy's Second Pacific Fleet did not have the toughness he expected.

Rozhdestwinsky sighed as he watched a large number of warships of the Fourth Fleet surround him. Helplessly ordered: "Our war is over!" Let the power compartment turn off the boiler while the white flag is raised. We've done our best! ”

Rozhdestwinsky, who had always been very tough, saw that there was no hope of escaping, and happily chose to surrender.

Next to the flagship is the large fast-armored armored cruiser Katerina. When he saw the white flag raised by the flagship, he immediately raised the white flag.

As a result, 2 main warships of the Second Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy, including the flagship, were captured by the Fourth Fleet of the Northeast Navy. In addition, the Fourth Fleet captured 1 protective cruiser and 1 destroyer of the French Navy's expeditionary fleet, and 2 destroyers of the Russian Navy's Second Pacific Fleet.

The remnants of the navies of the other two countries escaped the Korean Strait at night and evaded the interception of the Fourth Fleet of the Northeast Navy.

However, their doom is not over, on the road to Da Nang, Vietnam, there is still the Fifth Fleet of the Northeast Navy waiting for them in the waters of the Paracel Islands!

The remaining 13,500-ton Borodino-class all-steel battleship Biske, the large fast armored armored cruiser Galina, and a 3,500-ton protective cruiser of the Russian Navy's Pacific Second Fleet escaped the interception of the Fourth Fleet of the Northeast Navy, but unfortunately did not escape in the end, and were all surrounded by the Fifth Fleet of the Northeast Navy in the channel of the Paracel Islands.

The last surviving warships of the Russian Navy's Pacific Second Fleet did not choose to fight to the end, and successively raised the white flag and surrendered to the Fifth Fleet of the Northeast Navy, so that the powerful Pacific Second Fleet of the Russian Navy, which had 10 all-steel battleships, 6 large fast armored cruisers, 6 ironclad battleships, 12 protective cruisers, 18 destroyers, 20 torpedo boats and 20 supply transport ships, was completely destroyed.

In addition, 1 French Navy protective cruiser with a displacement of 2400 tons was also captured by the Fifth Fleet of the Northeast Navy on the shipping lanes of the Paracel Islands.

Of the 204 large and small warships of the entire Franco-Russian combined fleet, only the all-steel battleship Cecilia, the flagship of the French Navy's expeditionary fleet, and the Joan of Arc-class large fast armored armored cruiser Madeleine, which had been following it, did not choose to pass Guò from the Paracel Islands, but made a detour from the Zhongsha Islands, which was farther away, to avoid the interception of the Fifth Fleet of the Northeast Navy and return to Da Nang in Vietnam.

On November 10, the all-steel battleship Cecilia and the large fast armored armored cruiser Madeleine fled back to Da Nang, Vietnam, and Alfrea, the commander of the French Asian colonial fleet, who received the news, hurried to the port just in time to see the depressed François almost supported by Ruth, before leaving the Cecilia.

Alfrea chuckled in his heart, and asked François with trepidation: "Your Excellency, why are you back?" What about the other warships of the expeditionary fleet? ”

François smiled bitterly and said in a hoarse voice: "Alfrea, haven't you received the news yet?" Since there are no other warships to return here first, our expeditionary fleet may only have these 2 warships left now! ”

The two warships still returned to Da Nang in a long way, and at this time, none of the warships of the other expeditionary fleets returned to Da Nang, and their fate is self-evident.

Alfreya's face changed dramatically, and he immediately exclaimed, "Oh God! How is this possible? ”

François coughed and said, "Let's find a quiet place to talk!" ”

In Alfreya's office in Da Nang, François had just told Alfrea what had happened to the Franco-Russian fleet, and a French naval lieutenant handed Alfrea a telegram.

After reading the telegram, Alfrea said with a wry smile: "Admiral, the country has received the news of the defeat of the expeditionary fleet, let us colonize the fleet, prepare for war, guard against the attack of the Northeast Navy, and at the same time collect the warships that the expeditionary fleet has escaped." ”

At that time, the observation ships of various countries watching the battle in the Ussuri Bay had already sent the news of Lin Daxin's Northeast Navy's complete victory over the Franco-Russian combined fleet back to Europe by telegram, and France also received this astonishing bad news.

Francois said with a lonely expression: "I will personally send a telegram to the country asking for sin, no matter what kind of punishment I am given, I will accept it!" ”

Alfrea said comfortingly: "Admiral, no one expected Lin Daxin to have such an advanced airship, you ...... You're just out of luck! ”

Regardless of whether François is unlucky or not, anyway, he has almost thrown the essence of the entire French Navy in this expedition, he can't run away from this responsibility, and the entire French cabinet and parliament also need scapegoats, and François, the commander of the expeditionary fleet, is the best candidate, and François is already mentally prepared for this.

Francois shook his head, "The essence of the entire French Navy has almost been lost in this expedition, my responsibility is not to run, the most important thing for us now is to guard against the sneak attack of the Northeast Navy, and we must immediately transform a batch of rapid-fire guns that can be used for air defense to prevent Lin Daxin's airships from bombing us in the air." ”

Alfrea nodded and said, "Okay, Admiral, I will arrange the modification of the anti-aircraft rapid-fire gun immediately!" (To be continued......) R1292