The 12 boats of the Russian army, carrying nearly 700 officers and sailors, fortunately, the warring waters are located on the continental shelf extending from Borneo to the South China Sea, not the depths of the South China Sea, and the general water depth is about 20 to 50 meters, but even so, after the soldiers made every effort to salvage, they only got more than 400 sets of various uniforms of the Russian army, nine national flags, and a lot of hair and beards.

In the afternoon of the same day, the fleet set sail again and sailed towards Singapore.

Six days later, on the morning of 11 November, the NLD fleet appeared in the waters off Singapore, all nine Russian flags were raised, Prince Menlev and several retinues stood on the bridge, behind them and the exposed personnel of the ships, all dressed in Russian uniforms, with the brim lowered, and on the back and sides of the hats, there was a mess of Russian hair.

There are red, brown, golden, and black, and the hair color of the Russians covers almost every race in the world.

The real development of Singapore was after the opening of the Suez Canal, and with the development of rubber plantation, it gradually formed the world's main rubber export and processing base, and at that time Singapore only had two uses, one was a military base, choking the Strait of Malacca, and the other was a transit and supply station for ships entering and leaving the Strait of Malacca.

Due to the control of the war against China, there are very few civilian ships coming and going, but there are hundreds of neat transport ships parked in the port, and from the draft, the goods are obviously moved to the shore, of course, the focus of Chen Laoda and others is still the shore artillery position, the position is one left and one right, about three kilometers apart, the firepower can fully cover the military port, the position is built on two columns of three meters high parapet wall, you can vaguely see the black gun port. There are also about 20 fortifications made of stone blocks scattered among them, and the defense is extremely considerable.

The arrival of this fleet. Although the Russian flag was hoisted, it immediately aroused the vigilance of the Singaporean side. The muzzles of the guns were fine-tuned up and down, left and right, and the whistles of those warships also sounded from time to time, the key is the large Chinese characters painted on the hull and the number numbers that European and American warships do not have, which is easy for people to guess that they are warships from the Democratic Alliance Army.

Boss Chen, who was wearing blonde hair, stabbed Prince Menlev from behind.

Although Prince Menlev was very frightened in his heart, he had no other way but to take off his hat, wave it and shout: "Don't open fire, don't open fire." I am Prince Monlev, deputy commander of the coalition forces, and our Russian army has captured the fleet of the Democratic Alliance"

It didn't matter if it could be heard from the shore, Prince Menlev roared over and over again, but everyone was sure that he could be seen from the shore.

Sure enough, a British officer looked down at the binoculars, turned his head and said, "Sure enough, it's this old guy Menlev, how can he be on a Chinese warship?" I've heard that all Chinese warships have withdrawn into the Yangtze River? And why did he come back? What about other countries? Hey? Where did his own warship go? ”

That era. Although radio communications were short-lived in the Crimean War, the signals were unstable and the distances were short, and there was still a long way to go before they could be truly used militarily. Although the NLD forces invested a lot of manpower and material resources in the study of radio, they were also in difficulty, so the fleet went to sea. It's basically the same as losing contact with the base, and no one knows what happened to Menlev.

Gavenna, the governor of the Straits, frowned. Shen said: "It is very unreasonable for Menlev to suddenly appear with a Chinese warship, and I have to guard against it. But in any case, he is always the deputy commander of the coalition forces, and if we do not let him into the port, it will cause a diplomatic dispute with Russia, so immediately send a signal to him to stand by and wait for our dinghy to come and understand the situation. ”

"Yes!" The flag-bearer next to him waved his flag.

On the General Li Guangbi, Meng Lev asked in a low voice: "Commander Chen, the British side asked you to stop the ship for the time being, and wait for him to send someone to inquire." ”

Boss Chen said without thinking: "Lower the sails and stand by in place!" ”

"Yes!" One command after another was given, and the ships lowered their sails in turn, and the engines only kept running at low speed to ensure that they were still on the sea.

The current distance is still outside the range of the Xingapo shore artillery, and the worst plan is to attack at worst, so no one is nervous.

Not long after, as if he had thought of something, Zhang Tianxi lowered his voice and said, "Commander Chen, if the British side sends someone to board the ship, it will be easy to see the flaws, isn't this a waste of effort?" ”

Boss Chen looked at Prince Menlev coldly, and said lightly: "I'll leave it to you, if you can't stop the British from getting on the ship, then you can do it yourself." ”

Prince Monlev complained in his heart, it was reasonable for the British to come on the ship to check, and if he stopped it for no reason, it would make people suspicious, but he did not dare to raise objections, so he could only nod slightly.

At this time, Chen Laosi reminded from the side: "You are the deputy commander of the coalition forces and the prince of Russia, you can use your momentum to frighten the comers." ”

"Huh?" Menlev's eyes lit up, and he was scaring people, he was the best at being a prince, and nodded his head at the moment: "I will do my best." ”

After a short time, a small steamship sailed out of the harbor, and twenty minutes later, approached General Li Guangbi, and the British personnel all looked at the hull of the ship for a moment with complicated eyes, because they could recognize at a glance that this ship was the latest type of battleship captured by the Democratic Alliance forces a few years earlier, the Duke of Wellington.

An officer dressed as a lieutenant asked upward: "Your Excellency Monlev, could you please tell me what is going on?" Lord Gavenner needs an explanation. ”

Menlev poked his head out of the bridge and shouted condescendingly: "You should call me Your Excellency the Deputy Commander!" ”

Not to mention, although Menlev is older, he is worthy of being the prince of Russia, this face sank, quite good-looking, the lieutenant was stunned, and quickly changed his words: "Your Excellency Deputy Commander, Your Excellency the Governor wants to find out what happened to you, you came back too suddenly, you should be able to understand His Excellency the Governor's caution." ”

"Hmm~~" Menlev nodded with satisfaction: "The Chinese have a very famous strategy, called Ming Xiu Plank Road, secretly crossing Chencang, after the coalition fleet out of Xingjiapo, worried that the Democratic Alliance forces would use this trick to sneak out of the Yangtze River, so they decided to split up, our heroic Russian Baltic Fleet was favored by God and found the Democratic Alliance fleet near a small island deep in the South China Sea.

His strength was not at all what he had predicted, he had three battleships, nine cruisers, eighteen frigates, and nearly a hundred transports, but we had no fear, and with only twelve battleships and ten transports, rushed up to engage them!

I will not say much about the course of the battle, but in short, it was very tragic, and under my wise command, although all our ships were destroyed, we also achieved the brilliant result of sinking two battleships, three cruisers, eight frigates, and fifty transports of the Democratic Alliance.

And the most important thing is that our soldiers, under my leadership, rushed to the flagship of the Democratic Alliance Army, that is, you see this General Li Guangbi, we were outnumbered, and successfully captured the commander of the Democratic Alliance Navy, Chen Guide, come and bring him out! ”

Prince Monlev waved violently, full of momentum, and his few remaining entourages poked their heads into the sea with a middle-aged man covered in blood.

This person is not Boss Chen, but Que Liubo, Boss Chen is standing behind him, Prince Menlev knows very well in his heart, if the defeat is revealed, the Democratic Alliance army can retreat calmly, but he is sure to die, and even tortured to death, at this time, he does not dare to do any tricks.

Boss Chen is not a celebrity, and several high-ranking figures in the coalition who are familiar with China may be able to recognize him, but a lieutenant who has been stationed in Singapore for a long time would be hellish if he could recognize him, and the lieutenant looked up and saw that it was indeed a Chinese.

Prince Menlev didn't give him a chance to think about it, and said very unhappily: "I have said everything that should be said, you can go back and report, and then please tell His Excellency Gavenner for me, I can understand his caution, but I am the deputy commander of the Combined Fleet, I have the right to stop at the port of Singapore, my patience is limited, and I don't like to wait endlessly." ”

"Your Excellency Deputy Commander, I will tell you the truth!" The lieutenant may not have thought to get on the ship, or perhaps Prince Menlev's aura shocked him, so he didn't mention the matter of getting on the ship, answered, turned around and ran back to the cabin.

The skiff faded away, and when it returned to shore, the lieutenant told the truth, and one of the officers said in disbelief: "How heroic are the Russians? Oh my God, with twelve old frigates, including eight paddle steamers, it is possible to destroy the huge fleet of the Democratic Alliance, which has twelve capital warships, a total of thirty warships? I don't know whether to think that the Chinese are strong and vulnerable, or that the old guy Menlev is bragging? ”

Gavinner was also puzzled, he knew what the Russian Navy was, more than 100 ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet were completely annihilated by the British and French forces not long ago, and the British and French forces only paid the price of ten ships, even though the Russians were fierce and desperate, but the huge gap in strength made this sound like a book from heaven, but he could not have imagined that Prince Menlev had said the opposite.

Under the telescope, the exposed sailors and soldiers on the ship were all dressed in Russian naval uniforms, with hair and beards.

After a long groan, Gavina said slowly: "The Qing country may be vulnerable, but the Democratic Alliance is by no means a soft persimmon, their navy not only has advanced warships, but also has obtained technical and tactical guidance from our Royal Navy through despicable means, and often goes to sea for training, I heard that in the past two years, it has been exercising with the Sardinian fleet formation for several months.

Although the size of the Sardinian fleet is very small, its technology and tactics should be on the same level as the French navy in Europe, far stronger than Russia, so the navy of the Democratic Alliance should not be worse than the navy of any European country in all aspects, except for its small scale, how can it be completely annihilated by Russia? It must be that the old fellow Menlev is hiding something.

Forget it, wait for him to go ashore and ask slowly, at least at this moment, we are allies with Russia, and we have no reason to refuse Russia to dock and send a signal for them to dock. ”

The flag bearer waved his flag to the sea. (To be continued......)