On the afternoon of 11 April, several fishermen on Sibilu Island, who were weaving their nets, stood up and stared blankly at the black smoke off the coast of the south, listening to the dull thunder, and even forgetting the time. 【 I want: super fast update 】

"The sun is obscured, the sky is blackened, the blue ocean is full of the smell of gunsmoke, and even the fish don't want to stay there and drink the blood and toxins of the sea." It doesn't matter who said these words, the important thing is that the black powder used by the Russians did cause great trouble to Long Guozhang, "A total of more than 800,000 tons of steel, collided in gunsmoke and explosions, and the smoke from more than two hundred chimneys even completely obscured the sight of the observer, and even the three observation ships watching the battle had to temporarily sail out of the smoke ball to avoid accidental injury."

"Gotta get out of here."

This was the common sentiment of both Foksam and Nebogatov, who, like all Russian sailors, had lost the confidence to win and even lost the ability to continue fighting.

All that's left is the thought of escaping this damn sea.

At 10 o'clock at 3:00, at the same time as the sailors were climbing Alexander III, under the call of the high-hoisted Andrei flag and the hurried flag, the remaining capital ships of the three Russian battleship detachments and the two cruiser detachments began to desperately break through to the west.

Looking at the Russian fleet that was desperately speeding away, Long Guozhang suddenly took out a lighter, and just put it down on the cigar and asked, "How is the Duke and the Fengtian?" "The left rudder of the Duke is badly damaged, and it is no longer possible to sail on its own." ”

"The port side of the Mukden has been rebalanced by water injection on the starboard side, but the speed has dropped a lot." "This is the current loss report of the ships, I have informed the tugboat fleet behind me that they will arrive tomorrow morning. ”

Tan Xiaozeng just grabbed the loss report, "Long Guozhang quickly snatched it and looked at it twice. In this wave of attacks, except for the two ships that needed to withdraw from the battle, only Lefei reported the loss of one destroyer when intercepting the small cruisers and destroyers, "The rest of the ships, especially the capital ships, have not suffered serious losses."

The losses were unexpectedly small" Originally, he thought that he would pay the price of at least one capital ship, but the injuries of the Duke and the Mukden were not too serious, and the latter even had a certain combat effectiveness.

As for Lefei's losses, he was also well controlled, after all, he had to face the enemy's small cruisers and destroyers with a speed of nearly thirty speeds, and after the Huangtai was blown up, a large number of armored cruisers of the Russian army were rushed in which direction he was, if it were not for the destruction of the fighting spirit and command center of the Russian sailors, it is estimated that the losses would be much greater.

"Order Le Fei and Lan Jianshu to leave a few ships down to protect the Duke and Fengtian" to clean up the battlefield and rescue those who have fallen into the water. "Order the second group of aircraft to take off, provide reconnaissance and guidance. ”

"Ordered the 1st and 3rd detachments to regroup in the direction 270" speed 22 knots. ”

"Plug them!" , "ordered the second detachment to pursue." "The destroyer detachment, give up the entanglement and rush to the Badu Islands at full speed, blocking the Mingdawei Strait out.! ”

With a quick and short order, the bridge of the Jilin was busy again, and one after another orders were sent to the ships through the radio waves, when the second batch of four hummingbirds jumped up from the water, Long Guozhang looked at the sky, suddenly lit the cigar that had been extinguished for a long time, squinted at Tan Xiaozeng, and the corners of his mouth crooked: "Tonight will be very exciting." ”

Tan Xiaozeng laughed: "If I were Russian" I would rather continue the decisive battle. At 3:30, the seven capital ships that were pursuing handed over the pursuit task to the three Duke-class, and completed the marshalling again" At the same time, the speed was increased to 22 knots, and a large-scale maneuver was carried out in a roundabout way to the west, looking at the fleet that was gradually moving away, Li Mo shook his head and did not continue to let the Honolulu catch up, for him and Chen Ping, who knew the entire battle plan, the scene behind could even be sketched in his mind.

From the very beginning, the Admiralty knew very well how difficult it would be to "eat up to sixty-five Russian fleets in one go" if it was just a head-on decisive battle, and the Russian Second Pacific Fleet in history also managed to escape part of it when it lost its superiority, but this time neither he nor Long Guozhang "had any intention of letting one go back." ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

"Salisbury has arrived, right?"

"Now, we can get to Hong Kong in ten more days." Li Mo's gaze turned to the three observation ships, there was no doubt that when Salisbury arrived, a difficult marathon negotiation would begin, so he had to establish enough capital for the negotiations before that.

The destruction of the Russian fleet was only the first step, and compared with the decisive battle at sea, the land battle was heart-wrenching.

It seems that he has seen through Li Mo's thoughts" Chen Ping walked to his side and said softly: "Your Majesty, rest assured, Yan Fu has already gone to Angarsk in person, if there is no delay, or Jing Zhaolong has already started." ”

"Let's go, go see them." Li Mo retracted his gaze and twisted his gaze to the Fengtian and the Duke, who were leaning together, and said with a smile: "One to two, Beiyang still has people left!" ”

With Li Mo's words, "The Honolulu began to sail towards the two ships", at this time, only a few burning wrecks of Russian ships remained on the sea, and the smoke of gunpowder, explosions, and twisted steel "dotted the sea into a hell of warships."

The first squadron of the Russian army was completely wiped out, the second squadron lost two, the third squadron also lost two ships, plus five cruisers, including Rurik and Navarin, Russia lost fifteen capital ships in just two hours, and the second class cruiser and destroyer squadron lost as many as ten ships" That is to say, Nicholas II's fleet, which concentrated all the country's resources, has lost more than a third.

And the battle is not over yet, when they are driven like a flock of sheep like a trap, Russia's dream of becoming a naval power will be completely shattered!

At five o'clock sharp, the reorganized main fleet of the Chinese Empire caught up with the remnants of the Russian fleet that were fleeing westward, and ten minutes later, the seven capital ships that had the advantage in speed once again grabbed the T-position.

Due to the uneven speed of the ships of the Russian fleet, warships continued to fall along the way, especially the remaining eight auxiliary ships, including the Orel hospital ship full of Russian noble women, finally hoisted the white flag under the muzzle of the Jinghai-class guns in hot pursuit, after all, they are not combatants, so it is better to surrender on their own initiative than to be killed in this sea area.

"13,000 kilometers, speed occupancy knot" Sisoi. ”

"Gather fire!" , when the gunner was red necked with a telescope in one hand and a telephone in the other, he "saw the 10,400-ton Sisoi gradually dilated in his pupils, and roared again."

As if to answer the gunner, who had not stopped since the beginning of the battle, "even the skin of his mouth began to dry and white, the 65 naval guns roared again.

Although the Sisoi was incorporated into the 3rd Battleship Formation, it was actually only an armored cruiser, and although it had two twin 305-mm naval guns, "but the large range was only 10,000 meters", it could not even return fire in the face of dense shells.

Although the captain tried hard to direct the battleship to sway and dodge the shells, "it was still a little difficult under such heavy firepower."

At 5:05 a.m., the observer of the Jilin reported that when the water column was found behind Sisoy, "the fate of this battleship has been sealed, because once there is a cross-fire in a naval battle, it means that the crosshair has been adjusted, and all that is lacking is luck."

Sure enough, in the next salvo "several observers simultaneously reported the news of the hit" a violent explosion first rose from the bow of the ship, and when the second round of shells fell thirty seconds later, the two thick chimneys almost completely disappeared, and after only two kilometers of continuous running, the Sisoy disappeared into the sea.

The shells continued to fall, but the Russian counterattack was not a threat at all, and it seemed that the energy was exhausted by the tragic battle" The shells fired by the Russian sailors were far from the accuracy of the early days of the war, and they did not even appear close to missing bullets, but only formed a wall of water columns a few hundred meters away.

The more relaxed the Chinese naval guns were without pressure, and only a minute later the Dalian came with good news, the second ship of the Poltava class, the Sevastopol, was hit by two consecutive 254-mm armor-piercing shells, and the thin main armor of the armor-piercing shells weighing 250 kilograms, one of which swept through the command tower, "caused the second-class battleship with a displacement of 11,800 tons to lose command without even shouting, and rushed straight towards the Chinese naval battle line like a sickle like a headless fly.

But Dalian did not get this credit in the end, "because the Jilin is also eyeing this prey, generally speaking, the flagship is responsible for the safety of the headquarters", so a battle is often a small credit" because it needs to constantly maneuver to avoid falling shells, but this time the Jilin can be regarded as a big bargain, Sevastopol "has long had no strength to fight back, as for the dozen or so 152-mm naval guns above him that are still firing are not even qualified to sweep the ashes of the Jilin, When the 10 guns hit a miraculous 50 percent hit, the 400-kilogram shell directly broke the battleship and capsized on the sea.

After losing two capital ships again in just a few minutes, Faulksum, who took over as the commander of the fleet and raised the flagship flag, trembled with his hands and feet, knowing that if he ran back so straight, he would be sent to the bottom of the sea without waiting for the nearest neutral port of Banda Aceh.

So he immediately gave an order that would make him feel great regret in the future, and finally buried the entire fleet: "Continue to turn right and enter the Mudawai Strait from Siporau, which is close at hand." ”

The Bentawi Strait, located between Sumatra and the Bentawi Islands, is about 90 kilometers wide" but it is not a very good shipping lane, the Bentawi Islands are a series of broken archipelago with more than 70 islands, and there are many reefs in the Bentawi Strait, so he hopes to take advantage of the upcoming night cover, using the cover of geography to break out.

After seeing the flagship of the Russian fleet, the Victory, plunged headlong into the strait, Long Guozhang violently snuffed out the cigarette butt: "Cut off the rear!" Le Fei is undoubtedly yes, the good acceleration of the Jinghai class has been perfectly reflected, and at the same time as the order was issued, the six Jinghai-class light cruisers have rushed out.

"Seven kilometers away."

"Six thousand meters."

"Two o'clock, a Russian cruiser." , "Five thousand meters."

"Left full rudder, torpedo fire!" After entering the five thousand meters, the six Jinghai-class ships did not use the traditional naval guns to open the way, but suddenly turned right at the same time, and the port side was almost still raised high" There was a soft sound from the two quintuple torpedo tubes at the same time.

"Torpedo!" Since the start of the war, the Chinese Navy has not used torpedoes, so after seeing dozens of white water waves pulled out in vain on the surface of the sea PS, the Russian sailors knew that the other side also had torpedoes.

After several years of development, the Lance heavy thermodynamic torpedo has also made great progress, although the caliber of 550 mm has not changed, the effective firing range has reached six thousand meters, the speed has increased to 40 knots, and the charge is metamorphosed to 200 kg standard TNT Spirit**.

The fan-shaped whistling swarm of torpedoes made all the Russian sailors scream, and both the thick main guns and the small machine guns "were almost aimed at the monsters with their long white tails".

On the Nicholas I, "the large and small secondary guns were almost fully fired" everyone's eyes widened "drops of cold sweat slipped down their backs, the shells of the Makqin machine guns smashed on the deck like flowing water, and the efforts of the sailors were not in vain, only a boom was heard, and a huge cloud of water exploded hundreds of meters away, and the waves even exceeded the height of the mast.

But as soon as the sailors wiped the beads of sweat from their foreheads, the second and third torpedoes had already whizzed past the exploding water and crashed straight into the port side of the Nicholas I.

This may have been an astonishing recording of this naval battle, and the cameraman on the Shikai shook the handle and faithfully recorded the scene on film.

Two spears in a row "pierced into the middle of the hull like javelins, only to see two masses of water bulging almost at the same time continue to expand, and then explode violently" 400 kilograms of TNT and the cavity effect it formed was completely released, and the huge explosion lifted the nearly 10,000-ton battleship out of the water, and then broke into three pieces along the front and rear bridges, and when the stern fell, the huge water splashed Huā even drowned a 300-ton Russian destroyer directly and pulled it into the bottom of the sea.

"Boom, boom."

This picture stunned everyone who saw it, "so much so that the picture of hitting several other warships in succession in those few minutes was no longer visible, and everyone watched in a daze as Nicholas I's huge hull smashed into the water," and then sank into the abyss little by little in the whirlpool created by the explosion.

When four more slow cruisers and destroyers were torpedoed and blown into a ball of scrap metal and sank to the bottom of the sea, "the six Jinghai-class ships and the three Dalian-class ships that arrived later had successfully inserted into the empty space opened up by the torpedoes," cutting the Russian fleet into two parts.

With the exception of the remaining ten capital ships with superior speed and three fast Warrior-class cruisers that crossed the strait into the Mintawe Islands, all the other ships were blocked.

At 5:30 a.m., Long Guozhang ordered Ji Weishan and Le Fei to launch a cleanup of these unlucky guys, and he continued to pursue with four Jilin-class ships and three Duke-class ships that were the first to enter the Mingdawei Strait from the east side of Xipola Island.

The first unlucky one was the remaining sister ship of the Nicholas I with a large displacement, the Alexander II", "after one of his shells hit the Ninghai, it was caught in the middle by the Dandong and the Dalian.

The eighteen main guns were almost devastating, and it took only three minutes for the ship to become old, and at the latter moment it was sunk by the warship chosen by Nicholas II to send him to his death.

After eliminating the big threat, the three Dalian-class heavy cruisers and the six Jinghai-class and the six defending ships launched a massacre, and in the face of the remaining opponents with a large displacement of only 5,000 tons and naval guns no more than yards and millimeters, these guys of speed almost became hungry wolves with grabbing and smashing.

The Korean, like its remaining companions, was the last two of the four large Pauling-class gunboats, a small warship with a displacement of only 1,330 tons, full of French style, but carrying two L33mm guns, which made the freeboard height only 1.5 meters, and from a distance it looked almost crushed in the water.

But it was precisely because of this inconspicuousness that a Defender-class destroyer was heavily damaged, "becoming the second battleship of the Chinese Empire to die."

When the four 203-mm shells suddenly burst out of the barrel, the huge recoil caused the decks of the Korea and the partner Beaver to sink into the water at the same time, but their shelling was not without effect, and the defense class that was targeted three thousand meters away was directly penetrated and exploded, and only 31 of the 107 people on the ship were rescued.

The sudden explosion startled everyone, and they remembered that they had forgotten that these two small gunboats carrying them could fight against the cruiser "The Zhenhai, which was close, immediately rushed over, and the twelve 1-mm secondary guns roared continuously" from 6,000 meters to 1,000 meters, until the two ships were completely blown up and then turned around.

After the Ushakov was overturned and sunk, the remaining seven cruisers, including Bayan, Parada, Diana, Novak, Pearl, Diamond and Emerald, all raised the white flag and surrendered.

So far, except for the eleven capital ships and three cruisers that fled into the islands, the rest of the Russian warships have been emptied.

When the night gradually opened in the smoke of the explosion, a large bubble suddenly appeared on the surface of the sea at the northwest exit of the Mingtawei Strait, and six monsters covered in pitch black like cigars suddenly rose from the bottom of the sea, turned their shells a few times to go up, and after "one eye", they quickly sailed towards Batu Island in the southeast.

There is only one step left for the triumph that the empire's 400 million people have been waiting for