"The avant-garde of both sides has become a pot of porridge, but the main protagonist has not yet appeared, which is really worrying. ,!” Sa Zhenbing's face was full of worry. According to another Guiyuan-class report, two Azov-type armored cruisers had joined Essen's fleet and were engaged with Lin Taizen's fleet. From a common sense point of view, Russia is the most powerful of the three war targets. If he could not find the position of the opponent's main fleet before the Russian fleet converged, then Lin Taizeng would be in trouble, and the other two battleships should be together. Yang Yonglin's main fleet should also be searching for the enemy, but so far it has not been discovered!

"Continue to search north-east." Sa Zhenbing said after rechecking the voyage. "Junmen, if you search in the northeast direction again, you will arrive at the lonely hero Sa Zhenbing in Chapter 418 near Mutsu." An officer said, looking at the charts. In fact, the officer still has the second half of the sentence that has not been said, that is, the closer to Mutsu, the closer to death, for the weak Kaiyuan, a 12-inch shell may make the Kaiyuan heavy damage.

"Go ahead, if our sacrifice can be exchanged for victory in the whole campaign, then the risk is still worth it." Sa Zhenbing thought for a moment and said.

"Military gate, an unknown ship has been found near 1 compass point on the port side of the battleship!" One sentence lifted the spirits of everyone in the conning tower. In the distance, a small boat looms over the sea, and its Victorian livery and small hull make it difficult to spot.

"Look at the tonnage should be a torpedo boat. However, it is not known whether this torpedo boat is here to patrol or to serve as a fleet avant-garde. Leave him alone and move on. Sa Zhenbing ordered. Report our location to Lord Yang and Lord Lin. ”

At the same time that the Kaiyuan spotted the Russian torpedo boat, the other side also discovered it, and the Russian ensign who commanded the torpedo boat immediately passed this information to Makanov, who was waiting on the Navarin. At this time, Makanov was also very anxious. According to his original plan, the main Russian fleet would not go to join Essen until it was determined that the lone hero Sa Zhenbing in Chapter 418 of the main force of the Beiyang Fleet would not arrive at the battlefield. And for the sake of the premise, Makanov needs to know exactly the location of the main forces of the Beiyang Fleet. Unfortunately, so far Makanov has not received any valuable information, and the two cruisers of the Sea of Azov turned around and withdrew after encountering the Guiyuan class and then joined up with the Essen fleet. At this time, he was fighting with Lin Taizeng.

So, after the torpedo boats in front found out about the arrival of the Kaiyuan, Makanov was nervous! He was worried that this battleship was the vanguard of the main force of the Beiyang Fleet, but he quickly dispelled this idea, joke, the remaining warships of the Beiyang Fleet can completely draw out 2 Garibaldi class to serve as the avant-garde, how can they use this outdated cargo?

"So why is this battleship here? And so deep into the territory controlled by the Russian Navy? "Makanov tried to find a reason for himself, a reason that would explain the situation. The main force of the Beiyang Fleet never appeared, and even after nearly two hours of fighting between Essen's fleet and Lin Taizeng's fleet, the main Beiyang fleet was still missing, why? In the face of such a piece of fat, it is impossible for Beiyang not to want to eat it in one bite, since it has not appeared for two hours, even at a speed of 15 knots, it can run a distance of nearly 60km in two hours. But Essen's telegram did not even find a shadow of the other party, so where would they be? Certainly not offshore, those intimidating battleships were either resupplied in a port or returned home for rearmament. Only this explanation can barely be justified. However, for the sake of safety, Makanov still ordered the Pearl and the Goddess to leave the formation and take four torpedo boats to intercept the Kaiyuan, and search the nearby waters to see if there is any trace of the main force of the Beiyang Fleet, if not, Makanov will immediately go to support Essen.

Just when Makanov was pondering the layout of the Beiyang Fleet, Yang Yonglin, who was cruising in the open sea southeast of the Russian main fleet, received this long-awaited telegram, if anyone can open God's perspective, the distance between Makanov's fleet and Yang Yonglin's fleet is at most 40km, but neither side has found the other. On the one hand, the weather is slightly worse, which affects the observation, and on the other hand, both sides use anthracite and maintain a low-speed cruise, and from a distance, the smoke column is almost invisible. As Makanov expected, the main force of the Beiyang Fleet did not cruise in the coastal waters of Hachinohe, Yang Yonglin ran directly to the open sea, and successfully went around Makanov's flank and rear! Of course, before Sa Zhenbing's telegram was received, Yang Yonglin and Makanov didn't know the approximate location of each other. However, after Sa Zhenbing's telegram was sent to Yang Yonglin, the situation had completely changed!

The battlefield is one-way transparent! Well, at least partially one-way transparency! After receiving the telegram, Yang Yonglin could not immediately determine whether the torpedo boat was the vanguard of the Russian fleet. But then after analysis, Yang Yonglin concluded that this torpedo boat was an outpost of the Russian fleet!

The reason is very simple, what does it mean that the Essen fleet dared to enter the Hachinohe Sea and fought with Lin Taizeng for two hours knowing that he couldn't defeat him? This means that the other side must have a backhand, and the only backhand of the Russian fleet is the main force of the Russian Navy that has not yet appeared! As for why Makanov let Essen fight hard and did not go for reinforcements? I'm afraid that Makanov is also afraid, afraid that I don't know when the main fleet of the Beiyang will rush out from a corner! Thinking of this, Yang Yonglin smiled. This is a great opportunity! An opportunity to inflict heavy damage and even total annihilation of the Russian fleet!

The commanders of both sides were very happy, but Sa Zhenbing, who had sent this vital telegram, was in a difficult situation, because he found two detachments rushing from his left and right flanks, one of which was a fleet of two Azov-type armored cruisers, the Pearl and the Goddess, and the other was four mine-strike ships. Two small fleets were outflanked from the left and right. Judging from this situation, Sa Zhenbing could already determine that the Russian main fleet was in front of him, and then the telegraph operator sent this telegram out of the city, and it was determined that the Kaiyuan was indeed the Russian main fleet.

"Get out of the way, try to determine the exact location of the other party." Speaking of this, Yang Yonglin paused. Conducting reconnaissance under the overwhelming superiority of the opponent's forces is already somewhat beyond the limits of the Guiyuan. "If you can."

"Send a report, resolutely complete the task!" After receiving Yang Yonglin's telegram, Sa Zhenbing did not hesitate. Commanding the Kaiyuan to continue to sail on the original route. The speed of the battleship has reached 22 knots, which is the highest speed that the Kaiyuan ship can achieve after several years of service, but this speed is not fast enough for a torpedo boat with a speed of up to 25 knots, and the four torpedo boats are the first to turn and rush towards the fast-moving Kaiyuan. At the same time, after the torpedo boat entangled the Kaiyuan, the Goddess and the Pearl also rushed towards the uninvited guest.

The firepower advantage of two armored cruisers of more than 7,000 tons against a light cruiser of 5,000 tons is overwhelming, and the weak Kaiyuan cannot compete with it at all, and if you want to get rid of it at high speed, the torpedo boats next to it are interfering with the navigation of the Kaiyuan, and the torpedoes fired from time to time make the Kaiyuan have to turn to avoid. Raindrops of 6-inch guns and 8-inch shells completely covered the battleship. In the face of absolute firepower superiority, any skill seems to be so weak.

"Concentrate your fire and clear the torpedo boat on the left first." With Sa Zhenbing's order, Kaiyuan's three 8-inch guns and four 6-inch guns were aimed at a torpedo boat that was approaching and trying to release the torpedo. The torpedo boat was also aware of the crisis, and after hastily firing a 14-inch torpedo, it quickly turned its rudder and prepared to escape. But at this time, the Kaiyuan, which concentrated the strongest firepower, did not give the poor creature the slightest chance at all, and after 2 minutes of fire, an 8-inch shell caught up with the fleeing torpedo boat, and the rear of the chimney came, and after a few tenths of a second, the high-explosive shell detonated the boiler, and then with a loud bang, the assassin who had just been assassinated was blown in two by the huge explosive force.

But at the same time, two 8-inch shells of the Goddess hit the Kaiyuan, which was avoiding torpedoes at high speed, one shell directly cut off the rear mast of the Kaiyuan, and the other shell bit the stern of the Kaiyuan, and the whole battleship shook violently. Immediately, the Pearl, which took the opportunity to approach, gave the Kaiyuan a flame bath with 6-inch guns and 12-pounder guns covered with siding.

"Because of the need to avoid torpedoes, Kaiyuan and Pearl approached quickly. At that time, the distance between the two sides was only less than 2,000 meters, and soon, I heard the whistling sound of the wind blowing, and I was surprised to find that it was the sound of cannonballs crossing the air after being connected together, and for a moment I didn't know how many shells this battleship had hit, and looking out from my position, the entire deck was shrouded in flames after the shells exploded. God, even the end of the world is not as terrifying as this moment. A British observer who accompanied the ship wrote in his diary.

In just a few minutes, the entire starboard side of the Kaiyuan was covered in flames, and according to common sense, the British chose to immediately turn to the left rudder and try to get as far as possible. But at this moment, Sa Zhenbing continued to turn right and killed the rudder. The Kaiyuan rushed towards the Pearl like an angry fire dragon.

"Damn, are they going to fight hard?" With the curses of the Russian crew, the Pearl in the inner circle had no choice but to turn at the maximum angle. However, due to the huge hull and low rudder effect, even in the inner circle, the Pearl still rotated a little slower than the Kaiyuan, and in this way, the Pearl blocked the firing of the Goddess behind it. However, the hit rate is too low due to the high-speed steering.

In this way, the seemingly desperate move won the Kaiyuan a chance to live. If you want to turn left, not to mention that the speed of the two sides is not much different, it is difficult to pull out the distance in a short time, even if Kaiyuan throws off the Pearl, it will be caught up by the Goddess behind it, and at least one of the two battleships can keep an eye on Kaiyuan! Either hit or you get out of the way, at this moment, the behavior of the Kaiyuan fully explains what it means to meet on a narrow road, and the brave wins! This is not only a confrontation of tactics and techniques, but also a contest of courage, and at this moment, the Russians are intimidated. The Pearl's evasion made the Russians' containment plan fall short. The scarred Kaiyuan rushed out of a bloody path at the last moment, and ran out of the opponent's encirclement with flames and smoke.

At this moment, clusters of smoke rose from the sea level in the distance. "The main Russian fleet is finally out!" Sa Zhenbing, who has experienced a catastrophe, discovered the other party sharply!

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