The distance from the Baltic base to Lushun is almost half the world, because the tonnage of Russia's main warships is between 10,000~15,000 tons, it is impossible to shorten the voyage through the Suis Canal, so it can only extend the African coast to the south and bypass the Cape of Good Hope into the Indian Ocean.

Along the way, due to the influence of neutrality regulations, and the fact that Russia had no overseas bases to provide supplies, everything had to rely on the fleet's own supply ships to support everything. At that time, warships still used coal as fuel, and coal was bulky and not as convenient to store as gasoline or diesel, and in order to meet the large amount of coal needed for long-distance voyages, Russia leased up to 70 coal ships from the German Hamburg-America shipping company to replenish them along the way.

Germany and France secretly helped the Russian fleet by allowing Russian ships to dock in the ports of their overseas colonies, which inevitably caused a wave of protests. On January 9, 1905, Rozdvinsky rendezvoused with the Flocker Hill fleet at Nohi North at the northern tip of the French island of Madagascar, at which point they received the bad news that Arthur had been captured by the Japanese.

Rozdvinsky wanted to set off for the Far East at once, and to fight a decisive battle as soon as possible before the Japanese fleet recovered from the Lushun blockade. Unfortunately, Rear Admiral Falk's ship was damaged when it passed through the Mediterranean, and it would take at least more than a month to repair it before it could continue the voyage, and the Russian government also ordered Rozdvensky to stay in the north of Noshi and wait for the newly established Third Pacific Fleet to reinforce the Far East.

The player ships participating in the Russian fleet were assigned to the third team by Rozdvensky, and the commander of the team was the player Arshavin. Arshavin is said to be a descendant of the financial oligarchy of Russia, and he has five cruisers and four destroyers at his disposal, so his position as commander of the player's fleet is not disputed.

On the deck of the flagship of the player's fleet, the Arshavin, gathered the captains of all parties participating in this mission, and Arshavin said with an ugly face: "Everyone, I just got bad news. Our plans at home failed. ”

"Haven't you been setting it up for a long time? Why is it still failing? One of the players was puzzled.

Arshavin shrugged his shoulders and said, "I am not 100% sure of anything, I have done my best, but Nicholas II's NPC is too stubborn. The man I arranged had gained his trust, but it could not discourage him from letting the Second Pacific Fleet wait for the Third Fleet. ”

Rear Admiral Norbotov's Third Pacific Fleet was an old-fashioned fleet of ships that, instead of increasing its overall combat power, would become a burden to the entire reinforcement fleet. This was another defeat of the Russians in the naval battle of Tsushima in history. The commander of the Second Fleet, Rozdvensky, repeatedly appealed to the tsarist government not to wait for the Third Pacific Fleet to sail to Vladivostok, but the Russian government did not agree.

Arshavin and other players were bent on changing the outcome of the Battle of Tsushima, and Arshavin began to arrange it in the country, arranging for players to make a lot of effort to get close to the Tsar. If the Tsar could change his mind and let the Second Fleet not spend more than a month waiting for the Third Fleet, and the Japanese would be in the north of Shanghai when the Japanese were seriously injured by the attack on Arthur, it might be a turning point in the Battle of Tsushima.

Alshavin was unfortunately defeated, and Tsar Nicholas II believed that the more ships there were, the stronger the fleet. Insist that the Second Fleet wait for the Third Fleet to converge. After Arshavin told the bad news, many Russian players showed a solemn look, this time they participated in the historical failure of the Tsushima naval battle mission, and if the mission failed, they would lose a lot.

Arshavin said helplessly: "Everyone, I think our chances of changing the story mission are very slim, but now we can't give up. If we abandon the mission, we will be the scapegoat for the defeat of the Tsushima Battle NPC fleet. So we don't have any way back. ”

"Anyway, our warship is finished, right? Arshavin, you lobbied us for the Tsushima Naval Battle, where the Empire was bound to lose. The reason for this is that it can change some of the story missions to make up for the mistakes made by the NPC fleet. Now the tsar does not change his mind, everything is played out as in history, and we will also lose a lot of warships for believing in you. ”

Arshavin shook his head and said: "We are not without opportunities, it is impossible to change the outcome of the Battle of Tsushima with our strength, but if we find more helpers." It was also possible to defeat the fleet of the Japanese. ”

"All the people in the country who are willing to participate in the mission are here, and even if some people change their minds, their fleet will not be able to catch up. Now where do we look for helpers? At present, where is there anyone around here who is willing to help us fight the Japanese NPC fleet, Arshavin, you haven't woken up yet, have you? ”

Arshavin smiled faintly and said: "It's not nothing, according to the history, the next step for the NPC fleet should be to Cam Ranh Bay." The Chinese player Cam Ranh Bay treats our NPC officers as puppets, and nominally our pirates control Cam Ranh Bay. Our NPC fleet will definitely anchor in Cam Ranh Bay, and when the time comes, we will contact Chen Ba first, and if he is willing to let the fleet participate in the war, we will have at least a 30% chance of changing the outcome of the Battle of Tsushima. ”

One player immediately scoffed and said, "There's only a 30% chance!" Chen Baxian worked hard to build a fleet, why would he work hard for our country? ”

Arshavin said confidently: "I have lived in China for a period of time, and the Chinese people have an unforgettable hatred for the Japanese, and the greatest benefit from changing the outcome of the Battle of Tsushima is not our country, but China." In the future, the biggest enemy of China is Japan, if the Japanese lose the Battle of Tsushima, the entire game plot will be turned upside down, and China will have the opportunity to rise. ”

The surrounding players seemed to see a life-saving straw, and they had to admit that Arshavin had a point, and it was really possible for the Huaxia to participate in naval battles. The player who had made the right post before thought for a moment and shook his head and said, "Arshavin, your idea is very good, but there is a 30% chance that the Huaxia people are still unwilling to take risks." ”

Arshavin raised two fingers and said: "So I have a second plan, the Frenchman Silva buys three of the most advanced warships, and these three capital ships are not much weaker than the Japanese fleet when there are auxiliary ships." We will first persuade Silva to participate in our mission, and then go to Chen Baxian, with the addition of these two player fleets, the probability of us changing the outcome of the Battle of Tsushima is as high as more than 80%, and Chen Baxian will definitely be tempted. ”

But how do we convince the French? There was still benefit to defeating the Japanese, but there was no benefit to the French. ”

Arshavin mused: "The chances of the French being willing to go to war are not high, after all, his three new ships cost eight million pounds, and he certainly does not want to take any chances." In order to make the French tempted, we must convince our NPCs to give the French a great benefit. (To be continued......)