The sun is warm and the breeze is light. At some point, William, who had been lying in the chair and looking drowsy, sat up, his gray eyes shining brightly; Qingying, who was on the side, moved his thin lips and told William what he had learned.

It turned out that after Makarov's defeat, Nikolai's heart has been ruled by unwillingness and jealousy. Although the young Russian monarch was well educated and able to converse freely with diplomats from Britain, France, and Germany without any translation, his heart was a flower that grew out of a greenhouse: the unshakable crown prince and his handsome and upright appearance made Nikolai's previous life smooth sailing, and he never knew what it was like to be frustrated. And when Alexander III kicked his legs and the 26-year-old Nikolai became the supreme monarch of all Russia, his will was enshrined as God's instructions, and no one dared to disobey him in the slightest. Nikolai, who had such a strong force in his hands, was even more ambitious and confident, and nothing could hinder his footsteps except for a few single-handed forces such as Britain and Germany; Balkans, Persia, Manchuria, Japan...... It was all within his reach, and it didn't take long for him to collect all these lands and become an eternal figure in Russian history who opened up territory and achieved more feats than Peter the Great!

However, just as the Tsar was dreaming about a better future, the roar of a cannon from the Far East instantly shattered his magnificent dream. Japan, which he had always regarded as an ant, turned around and counterattacked, defeating the main force of the Pacific Fleet, which had gathered all the elite of Russia, and completely losing the ability to challenge the Japanese Navy; The Tsar, whose will was frustrated for the first time in so many years, suddenly gave birth to a thunderous anger of blood debts and blood repayment. When a yellow personality Tu Yougao is abused by others, he usually has a strong urge to smash the computer with a keyboard and drag the slut opposite out to use a steel bar to storm the chrysanthemum 100 times, and the resentment in Nikolai's heart is at least ten times more than this situation.

"After all these years, little Nicky hasn't changed at all, he still has this irritable and impulsive temperament. As the monarch of a country, this kind of character is simply hopelessly idiotic. With a mocking smile on his face, William selectively ignored his equally casual and outspoken sore personality. He clapped his hands and said hesitantly, "It is an incomprehensible and amazing initiative to send the Baltic Fleet on an expedition to Japan halfway around the world, does he think that the situation is the same as when we went to the Philippines?" At that time, Germany attacked Spain, which had almost no navy, with absolute strength, and there was also the British Kowloon Military Port leased to us as a base for preliminary preparations; But the Russians are now facing an enemy that cannot be underestimated in naval strength, and there is not a single port for their fleet to dock and repair halfway around the world! ”

"That's true. This time, the Japanese kicked Nikolai Shu Huang in the ass hard, and the physical pain and the shame in his heart immediately made him unbearable. In addition to occupying Manchuria and Korea, what Nikolai wanted to do now was to swallow all of Japan and arbitrarily whip and enslave the 44 million dwarf monkeys that had caused him today's shame, in order to eliminate the hatred in his heart. In order to be able to land in Japan, he couldn't wait to send the Baltic Fleet to the east in order to regain control of the Far East. However, I am definitely not optimistic about this trip of the Russian Navy. Traveling to the Far East without any port to call at on the way was an extremely serious challenge to leadership, diplomacy, logistics, navigation, and so on, and with the Russian bureaucracy's always extremely low efficiency, even if it reluctantly drove the fleet to the Far East, it was categorically unable to match the Japanese navy. Speaking of this, the corners of Qingying's mouth hooked up a trace of arc, and an indescribable sense of pleasure rose in her chest, and she couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh three times.

So far, although history has been erased by Qing Ying, and there is almost a cloud of difference from the previous situation in another plane, the Russian Baltic Fleet expedition was still on the agenda by the Tsar due to the disastrous defeat of the Russian Navy in the Pacific region. For this crazy move of Tsar Nicholas, Qingying can hardly express the embarrassment and helplessness in his heart in words; Because as long as an ordinary person with a normal IQ who has a little knowledge of the army and the situation can understand that this absurd act of slapping the thigh and deciding is simply unreasonable!

As long as you open the map of the world with your little hands, and then measure it according to the scale, you can see how unreliable this order of the Tsar of the Continent is. The distance from St. Petersburg to Japan was more than 9,000 kilometers in a straight line, and the fleet was a desperate journey to the Far East. At present, although Britain declared neutrality in the Russo-Japanese War, any pig can see that they are on the side of Japan, which means that it will be difficult for the Russian fleet to use the Suez Canal through the Mediterranean Sea to shorten the voyage to the Far East; If you choose to detour to the Cape of Good Hope, the southernmost tip of Africa, the journey will exceed 16,000 nautical miles, and such a long sea journey will be an unimaginably severe test for both the officers and men on board the ship and the ship's machinery. More importantly, Russia does not have any colonies overseas, which means that the ports of Britain, France and Germany, which have declared neutrality, will not provide this fleet with the opportunity to replenish fuel and refurbish equipment, which will undoubtedly greatly drag down the already weak combat effectiveness of the Russian fleet.

Historically, the Second Pacific Fleet under the command of Rozhdestvensky faced this extremely embarrassing situation. By the time he had spent half a year and had managed to drive the fleet to the Far East, the Russian fleet was already mechanically worn, the bottom of the ships was overgrown with heavy algae creatures, the officers and men were mentally and physically devastated by extreme exhaustion, and even his deputy, Rear Admiral Falk Hill, died of illness on the way. The Japanese side, on the other hand, waited for work, and its sailors' gunnery, shell quality, and warship performance were all far superior to those of the Russian fleet. In this case, the end result was a completely one-sided slaughter: the Japanese fleet sank and captured 270,000 tons of Russian ships at a small cost of sinking 3 torpedo boats and 117 officers and men, and almost completely annihilated the entire Russian expeditionary fleet.

William slowly stood up from his seat, his eyes were full of ridicule and excitement, and said with a smile: "Once the Russian fleet goes to the Far East, the Baltic Sea will naturally become the inner lake of our Germany, and the High Seas Fleet will be able to control this vast sea area without any cost!" It is a blessing for my German Empire that Russia has little Nikki as their monarch, and his contribution to my Germany is enough for me to award him a Grand Cross! William paced back and forth excitedly, with a smile on his face that was brighter than a chrysanthemum, he paused for a moment, and then asked Qingying: "Ettel, the Russian expeditionary fleet includes those ships, who is the commander, and when will it start?" ”

"Nikolai Shu has appointed Chief of Staff of the Navy, Rozhdestvensky, as commander of the Second Pacific Fleet and raised his general flag on the 'Great Sisoy'. However, it is clear that the Russian fleet will have to wait some time before it can depart. At present, in their Baltic Fleet, in addition to the old battleship built in 1892, only the 'Navarin' built in 1889 and the two 'Nicholas I' class ironclads built in 1885 can be used; although the three Ushakov-class ships are excellent in design, they are all medium-sized coastal defense ships built for the purpose of coastal defense, and they are not at all capable of such long-distance missions. With these scum battleships alone, it is absolutely impossible to defeat Japan's main ship group. Qingying sorted out her thoughts and said slowly, "Russia still has 2 Borodino-class battleships and 2 Bayan-class large armored cruisers in our shipyard being outfitted, and they themselves have 3 Glorious-class battleships about to be commissioned; Therefore, the Russians must wait until the completion of these seven capital ships before taking them to the Far East to face the strong enemy. ”

William sighed and nodded, "It must be so." It was only after the completion of these ships that the Russian fleet had the strength to challenge the Japanese navy again, and the Russians needed time to recruit enough sailors to meet the combat needs of more than 5,000 men on the seven capital ships. After these warships arrived in the Far East, together with the existing four battleships and two cruisers of the Russian Pacific Fleet, they could start a fierce naval confrontation with Japan. Although the Russian fleet had an advantage on paper, its combat effectiveness would be severely weakened by the long journey, and the final result would certainly be difficult to achieve a miraculous victory. ”

"I have to say that Nikolai Shu Xiao did take a bad move this time. If he continued to increase his troops in the Far East in a step-by-step manner and fight with Japan for attrition, then it would be almost impossible for Japan to defeat Russia, and the final result would inevitably be Russia's occupation of Manchuria and Korea as it wished. However, his large-scale eastward transfer of the navy this time undoubtedly gave Japan a chance to turn the tables: If this expeditionary fleet was defeated by Japan, it would certainly severely demoralize Russia's military morale, and Japan would add an extremely heavy bargaining chip to the negotiating table, thus possibly forcing Russia to comply. Speaking of this, Qingying spread her hands and smiled, "But who let this be the situation we most want to see?" Since Nikolai Shu Huang wants to completely destroy Japan so much, then we will also help him, lest he retreat halfway through it! ”