At about 9 o'clock in the morning on November 3, 1898, the huge French Navy expeditionary fleet and the Russian Navy's Pacific Second Fleet appeared on the sea surface of Ussuri Bay. Although Lin Daxin had long known that the combined fleet was huge, but when he saw dozens of all-steel battleships suddenly appear in front of him, Lin Daxin couldn't help but swallow his saliva, if there was no killer feature of airships, the three fleets of the Northeast Navy today would have to be explained here!

But now with the airship, it's different, Lin Daxin said to the soldier in charge of the radio station in the bridge of the Shenyang: "Order the airship to take off and attack their respective targets!" ”

Then Lin Daxin said to Sun Xitao, the commander of the First Fleet beside him: "Contact the Second Fleet, and together with the First Fleet, let the main warships line up in a battle line, approach the French and Russian combined fleet, and prepare to seize the T-shaped prefix after the airship bombardment, and launch an attack on the French and Russian combined fleet!" ”

Although the current strength of the Franco-Russian joint fleet is much stronger than that of the two fleets of the Northeast Navy, Lin Daxin is full of confidence in his airship, and after the airship drops a base number of bombs, with the strength of the two fleets of the Northeast Navy, it should be able to beat the French-Russian combined fleet that has been bombed.

Immediately, the First Fleet formed a battle line with seven all-steel battleships Shenyang, = Changchun, Harbin, Pyongyang, Xishi, Diao Chan and Zhaojun in a battleship formation, and faced the Franco-Russian combined fleet in a vertical formation. The other four large fast armored cruisers of the First Fleet are Lichun, Yushui, Shocking and Equinox, and eight fast protection cruisers are Fang 1 to Fang 8. 4 destroyers drove from 1 to 4, 8 torpedo boats. All followed by seven all-steel battleships, and also faced the huge combined French and Russian fleet.

The Second Fleet consisted of three all-steel battleships in battleship formation, the Guifei, Feiyan, and Zhen Mi. and the five ironclad battleships Flying Bear, Flying Tiger, Celestial Bear, Celestial Tiger, and Aquila formed a battle line in a parallel formation with the all-steel battleships of the First Fleet, and the other four large fast armored cruisers of the Second Fleet, Xinglong, Xingye, Xingzhong, and Xingning, six fast protection cruisers Fang No. 9 to Fang No. 14, four destroyers Qi No. 5 to Qi No. 8, and six torpedo boats, all followed the battleship formation of the Second Fleet, and also met the huge combined French and Russian fleets without fear.

Soon the Northeast Navy and the combined French and Russian fleets were only about 20,000 meters apart, far away from the battle between the two fleets. Several cruisers with the flags of Great Britain, Germany, the United States, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Chile, Argentina and Japan appeared, which were the observation ships sent by various countries to visit the largest naval battle in human history.

Prior to this, the largest naval battle in human history was the naval battle between the Northeast Navy and the United States-Italy Combined Fleet in the Gulf of Manila.

In the bridge above a protective cruiser with a displacement of about 2,500 tons and flying the British flag, observers sent by the above-mentioned countries were invited to the cruiser by the captain of the British cruiser, Admiral Nash. Nash once took this cruiser as an observation ship during the Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Beiyang Naval Division and the Japanese Combined Fleet, and witnessed the rise of the navy under Lin Daxin, but he was still a lieutenant commander at that time.

Holding a glass of red wine, Nash said to the observers of other countries: "I didn't expect to see such a large-scale naval battle before I was about to return to England!" ”

An observer from the United States, also holding a glass of red wine, asked, "Colonel Nash." Are you going to return home for a promotion? ”

Nash said with a smile on his face, "I will be the captain of an all-steel battleship, but I don't know which one it will be!" ”

Observers from other countries congratulated Nash, and at the same time secretly speculated that Nash would become the captain of an all-steel battleship in the British Navy.

Nash sighed and said: "I didn't expect that the Northeast Navy under Lin Daxin could develop to such a scale, and it would require the French Navy and the Russian Navy to unite. to be able to fight against it! ”

A Japanese Navy Commander who was excited next to him couldn't suppress his excitement and said: "But after today, the Northeast Navy is destined to sink, and the three fleets of the Northeast Navy here are their most essence." But the enemy they faced was too strong to count the Russian army in Vladivostok. Look at it, it's the huge combined fleet of the French Navy and the Russian Navy. It will be enough to destroy these 3 fleets of the Northeast Navy! It's amazing! ”

The observers of all countries nodded in agreement, and they already knew the outcome of the naval battle when they saw the combined fleet of the French Navy and the Russian Navy combined with 32 all-steel battleships.

Not only the observer from Japan was excited, but also the observers of the United States and Italy, who had just suffered at the hands of Lin Daxin, were also happy to hear that the Northeast Navy was defeated and even annihilated.

As a British observer, Nash frowned, after Lin Daxin and Russia started the war, what the British always hoped was that the Russians and Lin Daxin would lose both, but they did not expect that the French and the Russians formed an alliance and sent a huge combined fleet to the Ussuri Bay outside the port of Vladivostok. It is the British Royal Navy, which has a very high probability of defeat against the combination of two naval powers.

Although the British did not like the sudden rise of Lin Daxin, because the British had many interests in the Qing Dynasty, the British did not want Lin Daxin's territory to be occupied by the Russians.

The British have always played a policy of balancing, and if the Russians occupy the Northeast and Mongolia, the balance in the Far East will be broken, and the interests of the British will definitely be affected, which the British do not want to see.

Nash glanced at the Japanese observer, and he got the news that if Lin Daxin was defeated and Northeast China and Mongolia were occupied by Russia, Britain would fully support Japan in dealing with Russia, and some people even suggested that if Russia really occupied Northeast China and Mongolia, Britain could abandon its usual policy of isolation if necessary in order to restrain the expanding Russia, and choose Japan, a small country with not weak military strength, to form an alliance.

The observers of Germany and Austria-Hungary looked more solemn, and the two countries were the countries that did not want France and Russia to win, and the Russian-French alliance was aimed at the German-Austrian alliance.

At this moment, the Argentine observer shouted in horror from the window of the bridge: "Oh my God! What is that? Am I dreaming? ”

Observers from other countries quickly looked out the window, oh my! They saw several behemoths flying rapidly in the sky in the distance!

Observers from Britain, Germany, and the United States all shouted: "Airship-"

Airships have appeared in these countries, but I have never heard of airships that can be built so huge, what can these airships do here? The three observers from Britain, Germany, and the United States all had a look of horror in their eyes, and the three of them had already guessed what these behemoths were going to do here.

After the French expeditionary fleet and the Russian Pacific Second Fleet arrived at Ussuri Bay outside Vladivostok, and after seeing the Northeast Navy in the distance, the commanders of the fleets of the two countries contacted each other with flags, and formed a charging formation on the left and right, and rushed violently towards the First Fleet and the Second Fleet of the Northeast Navy, which were coming to meet the Northeast Navy.

The 22 all-steel battleships of the French Navy's expeditionary fleet formed 3 columns and formed 3 battle lines, and 8 ironclad battleships formed 1 battle line to face the Northeast Navy on the opposite side, and the other French warships followed the 4 battle lines and rushed towards the fleet of the Northeast Navy with the same momentum.

The 10 all-steel battleships of the Second Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy formed 2 battle lines, and the 6 ironclad battleships formed 1 battle line, also facing the 2 fleets of the Northeast Navy, and the other Russian warships followed the left and right of the 3 battle lines and viciously pounced on the Northeast Navy on the opposite side.

If the two battle lines of the Northeast Navy are relatively open, if the current formation and position are followed, the fleets of France and Russia will fight against one battle line of the Northeast Navy respectively, that is, the two countries of France and Russia will fight against the one fleet of the Northeast Navy respectively.

In the bridge of the all-steel battleship Cecilia, the flagship of the French expeditionary fleet, the commander of the fleet, Admiral François, saw the strength of the Northeast Navy on the opposite side through a telescope, and said with a smile to Vice Admiral Ruth, the captain of the Cecilia beside him: "It seems that the victory in this naval battle is beyond doubt, what we have to do now is to reduce the losses of our French Navy, after all, we are only here to help the Russians, and the key battle should still be handed over to the Russians!" Let our protective cruisers and destroyers drop depth charges around the main warship to prevent a sneak attack by the Dingbei Army submarines! ”

Ruth smiled and said: "Admiral, I will immediately convey your order to all protective cruisers and destroyers. According to the current formation, we will only face half of the warships of the Northeast Navy, oh! There are only 3 all-steel battleships opposite us, and the other 5 should be ironclad battleships, which our French expeditionary fleet can easily win! ”

At this time, a French naval lieutenant ran into the bridge in a panic and shouted: "Commander, captain, look at the sky at 10 o'clock!" ”

François and Ruth immediately turned their heads to look out of the observation window on the bridge at 10 o'clock, oh my! What they saw! None of them believed their eyes, and five behemoths in the sky were rapidly flying in the direction of their fleet.

Ruth looked at the five behemoths in disbelief and shouted, "Could it be that this is an airship?" ”

European countries have produced airships, but they are all relatively small airships, France once built a 50-meter-long, more than 8-meter-diameter airship in 1884, named France, the French are no strangers to airships.

François frowned and looked at the airship in the sky and said, "It should be an airship, but what are they doing here?" ”

Ruth said uncertainly: "Such a big airship, it won't be a bomb to blow us up, right?" ”

François's face suddenly turned horrified when he heard this. (To be continued......) R1292