Caught off guard, the Cossack army, which was already seriously overdrawn, was defeated, and the various units of the Chinese collar were in hot pursuit, and they moved away with rifles, pistols, bayonets and grenades, so that the Cossack army did not have a chance to stop and reorganize.

There was a dramatic scene on the battlefield, when the Cossack soldiers, who had just attacked like wolves, scattered like frightened sheep or threw away their rifles and knelt down to beg for mercy, and the whole battlefield immediately became chaotic.

Admiral Romanov, who had just been complacent, suddenly found himself surrounded by a rout, and he was caught in it and retreated. The desperate pursuit of the Chinese-led army, coupled with the frequent sneak attacks of the officers and men of the 6th Division scattered on the outer line, caused heavy casualties among the Cossack troops.

The Wehrmacht pursued all the way, and the Cossacks continued to retreat along the route of the march, covered with the corpses of the Cossacks, and when they retreated to the city of Kuli to gain a foothold, Admiral Romanov sadly found that he had only more than 80,000 troops left, and half of them lost their rifles.

Fortunately, the city of Kuli, as a logistics station, still had some weapons reserves, and finally replenished the rifles for the soldiers, but all the artillery was lost. The assembled army of more than 100,000 Chinese leaders surrounded the city of Kuli, dug trenches, and set up artillery emplacements, intending to trap it for a long time.

Although the Cossack army was still superior in numbers, after seeing the superior artillery and machine-gun fire of the Chinese defense army, they no longer dared to attack, and the helpless Admiral Romanov had to ask for help from home.

Dimitrov, the Minister of Finance of the Cossack Empire, came to the audience hall and asked the emperor's bodyguards who were outside the door: "Is the emperor inside now?" The guard officer whispered: "Yes, but just now the emperor lost his temper and smashed everything that could be smashed in the house, if you go in, you have to be careful." "At this time the commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the Cossack army arrived, and together they entered the royal audience hall.

The house was still in shambles, and two maids were cleaning up the broken porcelain vases on the ground. The trio walked lightly past the broken porcelain vases to the throne of Alexander III.

Alexander III saw several important ministers coming and said: "I have just received news from the cavalry relay that the Romanovs have been defeated, have lost more than 200,000 troops, and are currently trapped in the city of Kuli, what do you say?" ”

Dimitrov had always opposed the dispatch of troops because of the domestic financial constraints, and when he saw the defeat of the army, he was afraid that Alexander III would expand the scale of the war regardless of the domestic economic form, so he gave the other party a precautionary shot: "Your Majesty, our war a few years ago consumed too much national strength, and then we started such a large naval construction plan, and the treasury is already very empty, I am afraid that there is no money to mobilize a large number of troops to go on the expedition." ”

Alexander III said: "It doesn't matter, we can borrow money from the Nantes Empire, now it is not a question of whether there is money to fight, but how to win." ”

When Dimitrov heard Alexander III's words, he said in his heart that what he had just said was in vain, but Alexander III's tone was firm, and there was no room for negotiation between his words, and he couldn't stop it again.

Although Dimitrov didn't say it, he secretly complained in his heart that Alexander III borrowed money at every turn, as if he didn't have to pay it back, and in the end it wasn't he, the chancellor, who was worried.

The army and navy of the Cossack Empire had never dealt with each other, and now that the army had suffered a crushing defeat, Baghramyan, as commander-in-chief of the navy, was naturally the happiest. He stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, although Admiral Romanov is defeated, I think the enemy army will not be better, at least more than half of the losses are made, if you let the army increase its troops by 300,000, you should be able to defeat the enemy." "Marshal Baglamyan, though he said it as if he was thinking about the Army, was actually waiting to see the Army's bigger joke.

Army Commander-in-Chief Marshal Kolchak said: "Your Majesty, the transportation conditions of our country in the Eastern Continent are very poor, and it is already the limit to transport Admiral Romanov's troops over in one winter, but now the spring is in full bloom, there is mud everywhere, and the troops cannot march at all, at least until the ground dries in the autumn before we can send reinforcements." ”

Marshal Baglamiyan teased: "Your Excellency the Field Marshal is too humble to even do such a thing, is it not possible for Your Majesty to raise your two million troops to be used as a watchdog?" Marshal Kolchak sneered: "It is not certain whether our army is a watchdog or not, but your navy is really a watchdog." ”

"You ......" was said by Marshal Kolchak, Marshal Bagramyan's beard was cocked, the biggest pain of their navy is that they have not had any outstanding records since their establishment, and now they are poked in the sore spot by Kolchak and naturally get angry.

Alexander III slapped the table and said angrily: "I called you here to discuss countermeasures, not to listen to your quarrels. ”

Kolchak stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, although the Lanfang Empire has a strong army, it seems that it is reluctant to intervene in this dispute, and the Lanfang Empire's navy does not have many ironclad ships, and its strength is not strong. The Chinese Territory only has a few cruisers, if we let our powerful Imperial Navy bring enough supply ships to attack the coastal areas of the Lanfang Empire, I believe they will surrender soon, and then we can not only get the Northern Subcontinent, but also occupy a few seaports along the coast of the Eastern Continent, so that the navy of our Cossack Empire also has a place in the Eastern Continent. ”

Listening to Kolchak's description of the bright future, Alexander III also felt full of confidence, he turned to Marshal Bagramian and said: "If this is the case, your navy should be ready to attack, bring more supply ships, and believe that we will succeed." ”

Listening to the words of Alexander III, Marshal Baghramyan was taken aback: "Your Majesty, no matter which road you take from the Western Continent to the Eastern Continent, it is too far, and this needs to be carefully studied, and you can't act rashly." ”

Kolchak fanned the flames and said: "Your Excellency the Admiral, this is a good opportunity for your navy to make meritorious contributions." Besides, with the weak navy of the Lanfang Empire, your powerful fleet will surely be able to destroy it easily. ”

Marshal Bagramyan wanted to say something, but Alexander III waved his hand impatiently and said: "Okay, it's decided, the navy will set sail as soon as it is ready, led by you personally, you must get there as quickly as possible, and get the scene back for me." After saying that, Alexander III did not give them a chance to argue, and directly announced that he had gone back to rest.

Marshal Bagramian and Finance Minister Dimitrov walked out with a bitter face, the difference was that Dimitrov was worried about money and a large amount of money for a naval attack, while Marshal Bagramian was worried because he needed to drift at sea for several months.

Kolchak had always been smiling, and he seemed a little excited because he had managed to divert his majesty's attention and avoid being held accountable, and of course there was some preparation for the Navy show.

The Cossack Imperial Navy did not have much combat experience, and due to the hasty expansion of the army, most of the crew members here were recruited from the merchant fleet, and many of them were not familiar with the operation of warships, but fortunately, they had enough time to familiarize themselves with warships after a long time at sea.

Since Alexander III gave the order, Marshal Bagramian did not dare to disobey, and in order to protect his own safety, he transferred all the ocean-going aircraft power of the Imperial Navy.

The fleet that was about to sail included his flagship, the 9,470-ton ironclad Gangut, his sister ship, the 9,310-ton Ikaterina II, and the smaller ironclad Ademiral? Twelve ironclad ships such as General Apraksin', and thirty-one cruisers including Rurik.

Naturally, the navy could not only dispatch warships on a long voyage, so he also prepared more than fifty large merchant ships for use as supply ships, loaded with coal, fresh water, food and ammunition.

In addition, there was a steamer full of engineers from the shipyard, because the distance was too long, Marshal Baglamiyan thought that if the ship broke down, it could be repaired in time, in order to ensure the safety of navigation, the marshal was very thoughtful.

The mighty Cossack expeditionary fleet set off from the military port of Fort Paladin, and due to the slow speed of merchant ships, it took the entire fleet a month to sail out of the Yad Sea and enter the North Sea region near the east coast of the Western Continent.

The transit of such a large fleet made both the Saar Empire and the Nantes Empire nervous, although they received a notice from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Cossack Empire in advance, they still sent a strong native fleet to accompany the merchant ships in the Cossack Empire's navy from afar, and it was too slow for the merchant ships in the Cossack Empire's navy to be further slow, and even because of the insistence of Marshal Baglamyan, these merchant ships were loaded with supplies, and even the warships were piled up with coal everywhere, and the serious overloading situation made the speed of this fleet even slower.

The sailors of the Saar Empire looked at this strange fleet in astonishment, most of their ships were carrying too much, and the decks were almost touching the water, I really didn't know how many of them would survive if such a fleet encountered a storm.

It took another month for such a slow fleet to finally reach the entrance to the Mediterranean, only to receive a diplomatic notification from the Saar Empire that the Sinai Canal, which was controlled by the Saar Empire, would not be open to the Cossack fleet for the sake of navigational safety.

In fact, the Saar Empire also had no choice, the Sinai Canal area was a colony of the Saar Empire, but although the Saar Empire's navy was strong, the army was not strong.

The Saar Empire has a small population, and the army is naturally very small, and there are only a few hundred troops stationed in the Sinai Canal area, although there are tens of thousands of organized indigenous mercenaries to assist, these mercenaries can bully and bully the people, if they only surrender to the regular army.