The melodious whistle sounded across the sea, and the huge Russian Second Pacific Fleet set off from Cam Ranh Bay and headed straight for the East China Sea.

In the misty distance of the South China Sea, the Red Alert First Fleet quietly hibernated on the edge of Borneo, watching the Russian fleet go away.

The Japanese have already spread a wide net in the East China Sea and are waiting for the Russian fleet to enter the urn.

On the 101st ship, the flagship of the Red Alert First Fleet, Fan Yize stood on the observation platform on the command bridge, looked at the Russian fleet in the distance, and said to Luo Haiping beside him: "The fleet will depart in twenty minutes, just keep the speed of eleven knots, Russia will choose to enter the East China Sea from the vicinity of the treasure island, and we will enter the East China Sea from the Miyako Strait." ”

Luo Haiping, who was beside Fan Yize, nodded, turned around and gave the order for the fleet to depart.

The First Fleet of the Red Alert Navy dispatched only one battleship, two cruisers, and four destroyers, which is completely negligible in terms of the number of warships compared to the strength of the Japanese and Russian navies.

The fleet set off slowly, at least thirty kilometers away from the Russian fleet, and there was no intention of following the Russian fleet, and the distance between the two sides was also rapidly widening.

This made the commander of the Russian Second Pacific Fleet, Rozdvinsky, unable to help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The fleet under Fan Yize's command defeated the British Far East Fleet more than a year ago, and it has already become famous in the world.

Although the outside world does not know much about this fleet, its powerful image has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

No one can pinch Fan Yize's pulse, the Russian Second Pacific Fleet is already deeply uneasy, and if Fan Yize's fleet is followed behind him, I am afraid that he will not dare to go to Vladivostok.

Fortunately, the fleet under Fan Yize soon moved away from the Russian fleet, and as the commander of the fleet, Rozdvinsky breathed a sigh of relief without ambition.

A year has passed since the order of Nicholas II last year, and from the day he received the order, Rozdvensky has not slept a day peacefully.

The Russian military is a bureaucratic with a serious habit to the point of being terminally ill, and from the first day of receiving the order, Rozdvinsky was already angry.

In the 19th century, Russia was pressured by Britain to promise in the Treaty of London that the Russian Black Sea Fleet would not pass through the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus and enter the Mediterranean.

In other words, the Russian Black Sea Fleet is a completely defensive fleet, which has no other role than cruising the Black Sea in the depths of the interior, so the only naval force available to Russia is the Baltic Fleet.

After Nicholas II decided to send the European and Russian fleets to help, the original Pacific Fleet was renamed the First Pacific Fleet, and the Eastern Fleet was given the Second Pacific Fleet, and Vice Admiral Rozdvinsky was appointed commander of the Second Pacific Fleet.

However, from that moment on, Rozdvinsky was in front of a mess, the war in the Far East was in full swing, and the 1st Pacific Fleet was completely annihilated by the Japanese Combined Fleet, which did not even change the habits of the Russian bureaucracy.

Rozdvensky wrote to Nicholas II many times to no avail, but he could only be patient and prepared.

Every application, every appointment, requires multiple layers of bureaucratic approval, not to mention the speed is extremely slow, and often cannot be approved.

Moreover, at that time, the Baltic Fleet still had three main battleships that had not yet been built, and the sailors were far from enough, and it was impossible to draw skilled sailors from the other fleet.

Rozdvinsky could only simply recruit sailors on the spot, and many of them did not even go to sea, and after simple training, they set off with the fleet.

The whole preparation time was nearly five months.

And because the tonnage of Russia's main warships in this period was about 15,000 tons, it was impossible to pass through the Suez Canal and shorten the voyage, so it could only go from the west coast of Africa, around the Cape of Good Hope, and then along Madagascar, and then stick to the east coast of Africa, so that it crossed the Indian Ocean from the international shipping lane.

The journey from the North Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean took the Russian fleet more than seven months.

When it arrived at Cam Ranh Bay, it was impossible for the fleet to have time for maintenance, and the speed of the fleet had dropped to only eleven knots, and the hull draft was covered with marine microorganisms, and the hull was heavier and increased the resistance.

Moreover, after the long journey, a large number of the Russian sailors who captained the ship were suffering from diseases, and even along the way, many of them died of illness.

The fleet, both in morale and combat effectiveness, fell to freezing point.

What Rozdvensky wanted most now was to do everything possible to enter Vladivostok, and how to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese fleet without resting fleet.

The main thing is that Rozdvensky has no bottom in his mind about commanding the steel fleet to fight.

On the other hand, the Japanese Combined Fleet was already gearing up, waiting for the next final battle with Russia.

Ignoring Rozdvensky's thoughts at this moment, Fan Yize stood on the deck very leisurely, admiring the beautiful sea.

Luo Haiping, who was in the command center, brought a teacup to Fan Yize and said, "Commander, you really shouldn't have acted with the fleet. In naval operations during this period, flagships were the primary targets of attack, which was too dangerous. ”

"Then when I don't exist." Fan Yize said calmly.

A critical war is coming, and after more than a year of silence in Jakarta, Fan Yize also wants to come out for a walk.

Of course, Fan Yize also knows very well that because he is on a warship, he will bring a lot of trouble to the soldiers underground, but in Fan Yize's opinion, this is also a test for his subordinates.

What's more, in the next naval battle, the First Fleet will not be responsible for the main attack mission, and the danger is not great.

Luo Haiping did not continue to persuade his commander, because he knew very well that it was useless to say anything to him.

And in his heart, Luo Haiping actually hopes that the commander will stay in the fleet, which will further improve the already high morale.

"Just now the intelligence ship came with information that three supply ships of the Russian fleet are breaking away from the fleet, and the target should be the port of the East China Sea in their hometown." Luo Haiping said.

"Then the Japanese will also get the news soon, and it seems that the Russian fleet still can't avoid the destruction of the Tsushima Strait." Fan Yize said lightly.

"At the speed of the Russian fleet, the time of the battle should have been around noon four days later." Luo Haiping said.

"Then let the Second Fleet and the Third Fleet move silently to the Tsushima Strait at night after four days, and the goal of the First Fleet will remain unchanged." Fan Yize said.

The three fleets gathered in the East China Sea, Fan Yize did not intend to let go of any warships on both sides, and only by completely annihilating them could he completely control the sea in one go.