"As long as you can sink enemy ships, I will be able to supply them openly, and I will never cheat." Sun Xiaohu responded loudly on the phone. Song Wu waved his arm and said, "Captain, just look at it, I'm afraid your treasure is not enough this time." ”

Song Wu was talking in front of the microphone, and his subordinates kept talking, and another shot was fired, and this cannon Song Wu's character exploded, directly forming a cross-fire on the 'Bogachu' next to the 'Boyarin'. Straddle shooting is very terrible for a warship, which means that the opponent has completed aiming, and the difference is only a little luck, and the next shot will have an eighty percent chance of hitting.

Sure enough, in the second shelling, the shells fired by Song Wu penetrated the main gun mount of the 'Bogachu', blowing up the entire main gun and the crew members into the sky. At this time, several other turrets also had their successes, the flagship of the Cossack fleet "Rurik" was hit on the side of the side of the shell, which penetrated the ship and exploded, causing some damage, and another shell hit the command tower of the "Bogaciu", which killed its command staff.

Ten minutes later, after enduring the results of one sinking and two wounded, the three warships that continued to retreat finally returned to their speed of eight knots. Although the Cossack army continued to attack with the front main guns, it was a pity that their artillery did not have a loader, the rate of fire was too slow, almost reaching a rate of five rounds per minute, and they only had three main guns left, and the fire was very sparse.

Seeing this situation, Sun Xiaohu resolutely continued to turn, relying on the opportunity of cutting into the inner circle to continuously narrow the distance with the opponent, approaching the opponent to shoot, and when it reached two nautical miles, the ten 152-mm secondary guns on the side of the two 'Tongjiang' class cruisers also began to fire.

Although the charge of these shells was not large, and the weight of the projectile was not large enough, it was more than enough to deal with the cruisers produced by the Cossack Empire, and the "Rurik" near the side of the advance fleet was flattened by the dense rain of bullets, and the hit rate of the main guns in close fire was also greatly increased, and the "Rurik" was riddled with holes, and the hull of the ship soon began to tilt.

Although Deggalev immediately ordered the sailors to start plugging the leak, and at the same time ordered to fill the other side with water to balance, but unfortunately there were too many loopholes, and the warship, which had a small displacement, could not withstand the injection of so much seawater, and it was still sinking rapidly, and in desperation, Deggalev had to give the order to abandon the ship, and he transferred to the only intact 'Baidovi' to continue commanding.

Seeing that it was no longer possible to retreat, Degegarev gritted his teeth and ordered the warship to reverse the gear and rush forward again, Sun Xiaohu did not expect that the other party would still dare to do so after being shelled after a stagnation, and the two cruisers of the advance fleet were too fast and rushed over.

Seeing that he had lost his position, Sun Xiaohu immediately ordered to turn again and snatch the T-shaped head position at the stern of the opponent's boat. Deggalev also gave the order to turn again, and the two fleets drew circles around their respective opponents. In the end, the advance fleet of the Chinese Navy was faster, and the two cruisers took the lead in entering the battle position, and eight main guns and ten secondary guns began to fire at the same time, and dense shells continued to bombard the hulls of the two remaining cruisers of the Cossack Army.

The artillery fire of Sun Xiaohu's fleet was quite dense and the accuracy was not bad, and the already wounded 'Bogaqiu' was the first to fail, and after being hit by several shells, it began to slowly roll over, exposing the bottom of the ship.

Braving heavy artillery fire, the 'Baidovi' barely completed its turn, and the two main guns and four secondary guns also began to roar. Due to the close distance, the Cossack Navy finally achieved results, a 130-mm secondary artillery shell hit the stern of the 'Tongjiang', causing a large hole with a diameter of one meter, but fortunately, the shrapnel did not hit the steering gear, which made Wan Yong break out in a cold sweat.

However, then the 'Baidovi' could not support too much damage, and one of the shells even penetrated into the steam engine in the boiler room and exploded, and the hot steam instantly steamed all the sailors in the boiler room, and the 'Baidovi', which had lost power, completely stalled.

After receiving several rounds of baptism of the opponent's shells, the entire superstructure of the "Baidovi" was almost flattened, and after many damage to the hull, the "Baidovi" finally began to sink slowly, perhaps knowing that his survival would not end well, Deggalev did not choose to escape, and sank with the warship. After a two-hour naval battle, the advance fleet of the Chinese Navy sank four Cossack cruisers with a complete victory, and only one of its own warships was slightly damaged.

After the battle, the two supply ships received Sun Xiaohu's notice on the radio, and immediately drove over, and the supply ships brought repair technicians, who immediately used the ship's steel plates to repair the damaged 'Tongjiang', fortunately, the injuries were not serious, and after the ship's technicians riveted the loopholes with steel plates, there was no problem at all, and the two cruisers sailed to the Cossack expeditionary fleet again after replenishing the shells and coal.

Marshal Baglamyan was a little uncertain when he found that the four cruisers he had sent had not returned for several hours, but he thought that he had sent twice as many cruisers as the other side, and that there would be no accidents unless he encountered an ambush by the Grand Fleet.

Marshal Baglamiyan's idea was good, but when he saw that the two cruisers of the Chinese Territory had sailed back, he knew that the warships he had sent were already very bad, so he no longer dared to send cruisers to intercept them. In his judgment, the main fleet of the Chinese Leader must be nearby, otherwise how could these two cruisers come back unscathed, but his four cruisers mysteriously disappeared.

Having made such a judgment, Marshal Baglamyan immediately ordered the fleet to spread out in formation, ready for battle at any moment. The Cossack expeditionary fleet did not come to pursue, which happened to fulfill Sun Xiaohu's wish, and he radioed the type and number of ships of the other party back to the headquarters.

Zhang Haiyang took the telegram sent by Sun Xiaohu and handed it to Liu Junguo: "Xiaohu fought really well, he sank four cruisers in one battle, it's just amazing." ”

"What are the results of the investigation?" Liu Junguo took the telegram and didn't look at it, but put it on the map table, and he himself still looked at the map of the Southern Ocean. Zhang Haiyang said: "Xiaohu reported that now the Cossack expeditionary fleet is near Ceylon, the southernmost point of the Western Kingdom. ”

"Oh?" Liu Junguo looked at the small island at the southernmost tip of the Zhanxi Kingdom and said in surprise: "They are much slower than I expected. Zhang Haiyang said: "According to Sun Xiaohu's report, there are as many as fifty-three supply ships in the opponent's fleet, and these are ordinary freighters used to naturally slow down. ”

"How many warships does the other side have?" Liu Junguo asked. Zhang Haiyang picked up the telegram and glanced at it and said, "There are a total of twelve ironclad ships and thirty-one cruisers, but four of them have been sunk by Sun Xiaohu." ”

"Xiaohu did a good job." Liu Junguo nodded, Sun Xiaohu was on Liu Junguo's warship when he was interning at the Naval Academy, and he was still very familiar with this young man with a lot of spirituality.

Zhang Haiyang said: "Commander, what should we do?" ”

"Wait." Liu Junguo said firmly. "Wait? When? Zhang Haiyang asked.

"Wait until the opponent's sharpness wears off, wait until they are exhausted, and have to wait until they cross the defense zone of the Imperial Navy." Liu Junguo replied unusually firmly.

Zhang Haiyang said: "For what? According to Xiaohu's report, their fastest 'Bozos' class cruiser only had a speed of fifteen knots, which shows that the parasite attachment to their bottom is very serious, and the steam engine has been on the verge of overhaul after tens of thousands of nautical miles, and they are now at the end of their crossbow and have little combat effectiveness. ”

Liu Junguo pointed to the location of Quanzhou Port on the map with the drawing pencil in his hand and said: "The young master told me that I must force the Imperial Navy to express its position, the Cossack Navy will never allow a powerful naval fleet that may be the enemy to threaten its flank before attacking us, as long as we stand still, the Imperial Navy must make a choice, even if they choose neutrality." ”

After receiving the order to continue tracking, Sun Xiaohu was a little puzzled, since the enemy had been discovered, the Chinese leading fleet did not attack for anything, and did not specify the sea area for the attack, but just said a word to continue tracking.

Although Sun Xiaohu couldn't figure it out, he knew that his superiors naturally had the intentions of his superiors, and he could only follow them, although it was tracking, but Sun Xiaohu didn't want the Cossack expeditionary fleet to sail so comfortably.

After following them for most of the day without any movement, the Cossacks got used to the two henchmen and simply ignored them.

As time passed, night began to fall, the weather was not good this night, dark clouds covered the moon, such a dark and windy night, if he didn't do something, Sun Xiaohu felt sorry for the young master's cultivation for so many years.

Taking advantage of the night, the two cruisers led by Sun Xiaohu began to approach the Cossack Empire expeditionary fleet. The lights were turned off, and in order to avoid the noise being heard by the other party, all the steam engines were depressurized, the speed of the propellers was reduced to a minimum, and the warship only moved slowly at a speed of eight knots.

The Cossack fleet had no searchlights at all, only a few torches on the warships, and no one would have noticed these two uninvited guests in such dim light, even if there were many sentinels.

The Cossack expeditionary fleet did not dare to move fast because of the lack of visibility on the surface, and their lead ships had to rely on nautical charts to crawl at a slower pace, while the ships behind watched the torches on the ships in front.

The two cruisers of the advance fleet approached the end of the Cossack expeditionary fleet, and here they were freighters, which were used to transport supplies.

After the two warships, the 'Hailin' and the 'Tongjiang,' each looked for their targets, Sun Xiaohu gave an order, and the torpedo tubes on both sides of the cruiser began to be inflated and pressurized for the first time, and the two warships fired eight torpedoes one after another and rowed towards several nearby cargo ships.