To say that the Russians are still very well prepared. Outside the port, a special guard ship was arranged for the purpose of guarding. However, the Beiyang Fleet came a little late, appearing in the nearby waters at about 5 p.m. When the Beiyang Fleet appeared in the waters near Okinawa, the Russian sentinel ships did not immediately detect the other side.

As the distance approached, the figure of the Beiyang Fleet finally jumped out of the sea level in the gradually dimming sky. Faced with the terrifying Beiyang fast fleet, the Russians on board the Sentinel were taken aback. Originally, the Beiyang Fleet was going to avoid an artillery battle. Trying to intimidate the other party into submission. However, a few trumpets from the Russian sentinel ship completely failed the Beiyang plan.

"Order the Second Fast Fleet of the Beiyang (Lin Yongsheng Fleet) to go out and leave these little fish alone." Xu Jie ordered. With the order given, Lin Yongsheng led four cruisers out of the battle column and headed for the Russian fleet anchorage. At the same time, the Rurik was undergoing coaling operations.

To say that the coaling operation of that era was definitely a difficult job, especially in the port with relatively poor infrastructure, the coaling operation of a warship had to mobilize almost the entire crew. By the time the cannon was heard in the distance, the Rurik was halfway done.

"We can't wait any longer, stop all operational activities immediately, pressurize the boiler, and set sail immediately." The sound of artillery in the distance hit Toyarev's heart like a heavy hammer, he really didn't know how to know the supply point of the Russian fleet in the Beiyang, but the current situation is that people are knocking on the door, if you don't leave, it's over!

But is it that easy to walk? Although it is a water-tube boiler, although a certain pressure is maintained in the boiler, it is not something you can walk with! And now that the tide is approaching, some places that can be walked at high tide do not mean that you can go now! The shoals are a more formidable enemy than the Beiyang Naval Division!

Stimulated by danger, the Russians were still very efficient, and they quickly returned to their respective positions, and the boilermen desperately added coal to the boilers, while the rest put away the booms used to fill the coal. And the gunners fired at the gun emplacements, ready to meet the enemy. But they were still a step too late, and just as the Rurik was finally launched and was about to rush out of the harbor, the 3 Guiyuan-class ships had already aimed at this behemoth with their side chords!

Thus, the Russian fleet, which was trying to break out of the port, and the Beiyang fleet, which was blocking the port, formed a standard T-shape. After the Rurik rushed out, the 9 8-inch guns on the 3 Guiyuan-class ships first let out an earth-shattering roar! In just 1 minute. There was a ton and a half of ammunition pouring out on the Rurik! A storm of steel swept over the giant ship that was slowly sailing out of the harbor!

In a powerful battleship, its superstructure is also lacking in protection. Faced with 8-inch shells raining down. Not even as strong as the Rurik. The rain of bullets soon turned the Rurik's foredeck into a sea of fire, and billowing smoke rushed to the cockpit under the influence of the sea breeze. The helmsman of the Rurik suddenly felt as if he was in the middle of the night! And the sound of shell explosions one after another, as well as the constant vibrations coming from the hull, made people even more frightened.

In order to avoid the increasingly intensive shelling, the Rurik subconsciously chose to turn around, preparing to side over the side of the ship and suppress the opponent with artillery, but the Russians seemed to have forgotten. They're leaving the port! And sail out of an undeveloped port at low tide! Just as the helmsman had just turned three compass points, a sudden huge vibration from the hull of the ship knocked some of the sailors on the bridge to the ground! And then, under the action of inertia, the screeching sound of the hull hitting the sand and gravel on the shoal finally made all the Russians understand their situation! They can't go, the Rurik is stranded!

The stranding of the Rurik is a tragedy in itself, but what is even more tragic is that the Rurik is so horizontal that the already quite narrow channel is even narrower, and the Beiyang Fleet at this time only needs to aim at this small gap. Then the turquoise and pearl in the back will not be able to rush out at all! How big can the current Pearl be able to break out of the sky with 9 8-inch and 12-inch guns? It's a joke!

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Fortunately, the Russians in the back seemed to know this result, so they decided to retreat first. When Xu Jie led the large army to arrive, he saw a stranded Rurik lying there, motionless. The mighty sea dragon of the past has completely turned into a dead fish at this time! In the face of a stationary target, the Beiyang Fleet can completely pull the distance far away and then hit the target! As for Rurik? You can't hit a high-speed moving target at all!!

"Lord Xu, what do you think of this change?" Happiness came so suddenly! So much so that even Lang Weili didn't expect that the Beiyang Fleet was originally going to fight the last tough battle. As a result, the war has just begun, and it is already over! Is it to kill the target to death or to persuade him to surrender?

"Let the Russians not destroy the equipment. We guarantee them the treatment of prisoners of war. Xu Jie was also a little shocked, this thing came too suddenly!! Actually, it's nothing. In the historical Spanish-American War, when the Spanish fleet broke through, a battleship ran aground. And here, it is quite normal for a larger ship to run aground in a port with more tragic conditions.

At this time, on Rurik, there was also a dispute among the Russians about where to go. When they found out that the Beiyang Fleet did not continue the attack but chose to send a signal to persuade them to surrender, the senior officers on Rurik had a different opinion. Continued resistance was not mentioned. Let's not talk about whether it can cause damage to the opponent, but once Beiyang is fully output, as many as 8 warships of more than 5,000 tons can beat the Rurik into a pile of scrap metal in less than 20 minutes! No matter how strong the armor plate is, it can't withstand the continuous hits.

As for the rest? Some advocate surrender after destroying machinery and equipment, others advocate direct surrender. The latter is to save his life, and believes that in the current situation of Rurik, there is no difference between destruction and non-destruction. The former, on the other hand, thought that it was a crime to let such a precious battleship fall into the hands of the other side, and it has to be said that the Russians are still very patriotic. They cherish every thing in their hands. And Toyarev ended the dispute with one sentence: "Let's wait first, at least this night, we are safe." ”

What is this called? Can you live one day at a time? A group of Russians suddenly felt a little confused, in fact, Toyarev's choice was correct. The Beiyang Fleet has no intention of solving the Russian fleet tonight, and it can't solve it, even if the Rurik is sunk for scrap iron, and then what? What do you do with the two Azov-type ships hiding in the harbor? It's already dark. Could it be that the Beiyang Fleet could not be blinded? Even if the Russians admit it, the Beiyang Fleet still cherishes its shells. "Let's wait until the next day to release a hot air balloon before hitting it." Xu Jie ordered.

And Toyarev is definitely not saying that he will live one day at a time, but he is waiting, waiting for the day when the Beiyang side will reach an agreement with Russia. Before Makanov left. Toyarev already knew that the Russian government was going to negotiate peace with the Qing state. And this process is about to take place, and if they can drag it out until the peace talks come to an end, then they are not captured battleships and can be disarmed without being disarmed. What's more. They can go directly to carry out combat missions against Japan! Of course, all this is predicated. The Rurik can get out of the mud!

And just when Toyarev and the others were panicking for their fate, the Beiyang Fleet was also in chaos. It seems that happiness comes too quickly, but it can't be. When the huge body of the Rurik ran aground, the first feeling of the Beiyang pipe belt was "This ship is ours!" "Provided, of course, that the Russians don't sabotage it. Therefore, Beiyang especially emphasized when signaling that the equipment cannot be destroyed! And then that night, all the Beiyang pipe belts came to Tianjin to discuss the next step. In fact, there is nothing to say, that is, how to make the Russians admit it, and then hand over the battleship. Some people even said that they would organize a death squad to go up in a dinghy at night!

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"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the summary of the meeting between Li Zhongtang and Russian Minister Tolkien, let's take a look." Xu Jie handed over a revised summary of the meeting to the Beiyang authorities for circulation. The simple meaning is that this will be a great opportunity to blackmail the Russians!

"Although this Rurik is good, it is already an old ship, and it would be best if you could use this money to buy a new ship." Liu Buyun gritted his teeth and said after looking at Rurik outside the porthole.

"What should I do if this matter makes the court know? I'm afraid I'm afraid to talk to the Russians alone in Beiyang, isn't it? Lin Tai said with some hesitation.

"We're not talking about peace, are we? The two sides did not declare war in the first place, so where can the peace talks begin? Besides. The name of this money is too much, for example, the compensation of the Russian fleet to our Beiyang Fleet or something, after all, this naval battle is mainly fought by our Beiyang, and then it is divided among other naval divisions, and it is basically settled, and no matter how dissatisfied the imperial court is, it will not attack many forces. Yang Yonglin said nonchalantly.

"I also agree with Lord Yang, this money is what I deserve from Beiyang. The imperial court did not invest a penny in the 3 warships of our 1st Beiyang Fast Fleet. Even most of the three Guiyuan-class ships in my Beiyang were self-raised. In those years, when the long hair was struck, the commanders of the various armies were basically self-supporting. There is no need for my Beiyang Fleet to pay this money to Weng Tongyi in the center. Lin Yongsheng's dissatisfaction with the center actually arose when Xu Jie came back that year, if it weren't for the multi-party operation of Li Zhongtang and Xu Jie and others. I'm afraid the Beiyang Fleet has already gone up in ashes, right?

"In that case, let's talk about the ships we can choose from." Liu Buchan is not welcome, before the money arrives, he began to think about how to spend it!!

"Naturally, it is the PISA and Dante-class battleships designed by Lord Xu." Deng Shichang on the side said. The two warships designed by Xu Jie this time can be described as the mainstay of the Beiyang Fleet! In previous naval battles, the performance of the six warships of the Beiyang Fast Fleet was perfect! And the Dante class is the pinnacle of Xu Jie's design of battleships at this stage, and now Beiyang does lack this kind of battleship that can be decided, and there is still a lot of pressure on an opponent like Rurik to simply outfit the cruise.

"I heard that the Kingdom of Italy has started construction of 4 Dante-class warships at the same time, except for 2 for their own navy, the other two may be for sale." Zhao Yuanjie said.

"Those two takeaways may have been booked by the Spaniards. If you want to buy it, you may have to wait for a new one. And this time dragged on for a long time. The Russians don't know if they give us time to prepare. Yang Yonglin's eyes couldn't help but be a little worried.

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