Tsarist Russia at the end of the 19th century exuded a corruption atmosphere from top to bottom. Due to the constraints of the remnants of serfdom, the senior Russian military officers almost all came from the nobles. The upgrade of officers was not based on military merit or ability, but on their bloodline and power. Their more opportunities for promotion came from luxury hotels, Petersburg offices and court servant rooms, rather than on battlefields.

The entire Russian army's top leaders were filled with ignorant and stubborn bastards. But no matter how ridiculous they made, they could still hold important positions. The biggest ability of countless people is flattery, embezzlement and theft, but they are not very interested in military affairs, and some even know nothing!

Russian military officers rarely want to work in combat troops, but like administrative agencies such as military supplies, consumption tax bureaus, police stations, border guards, military police teams. In short, there is no place where there is enough oil, little work, and loose management, and there is only Xu. Even some army officers openly take women and champagne to the front line.

The navy is a very expensive and well-treated military service. As a captain and a main officer, people usually get more benefits. Therefore, no surprise, a large number of nobles with a decadent atmosphere of decay and decadent all over the body were mingled among monks.

To this day, the military power of the Tsarist Russian navy is almost comparable to that of Germany. It is okay to say that it is the second in the world. The quality of the warship is not bad, but the combat effectiveness and fighting will are really not good. The reason why it can intimidate European countries is nothing more than a huge body support.

Before this expedition, the Russian upper class was very dissatisfied with the information reported by the Far East in the past. He felt that Kassini and others were exaggerating the statement and deliberately making the situation in China too bad to shirk their responsibility for not having much results in diplomatic work. More people were more likely to have the opportunity to take advantage of the situation and obtain the huge colonies and unfreezing ports in the Far East without any effort, and then obtain the completion of the Far East Railway, which is an important goal that is related to the empire's great future.

So, on the personnel of the Pacific Navy Commander, there was a fierce competition. In the end, Yevgeny Ivanovic Alekseyev, the illegitimate son of Alexander II, stood out and obtained the glorious mission of leading a fleet to sail 30,000 kilometers to expedition to Asia.

It is really not that simple to run through this circle. The performance of warships these days is there. If you are not careful, you may overturn under the sudden storm and will never come back.

No matter how luxurious the decoration is on the warship, the environmental improvement measures such as ventilation, moisture prevention and cooling are not effective. Even the special cabin of the fleet commander must be cold in winter and hot in summer and stuffy in summer. The smoke from the takeaway is smoky.

So it is a chore. However, compared to the merits and reputation that will be established, it is worth suffering. Besides, the Tianjin Mei Concession, the most shining pearl in the Far East, is said to be the most luxurious and gorgeous place to enjoy the world. After arriving, I moved in and commanded remotely. How wonderful.

The idea was really good. The Russian Russians followed the coalition forces confidently. Even though they knew that the British did not like them, they would have to take advantage of the situation and robbed them. But everything they saw in front of them almost scared them!

Alikseyev was in charge of command on the "Chesma". He saw with his own eyes that the British's huge warships were bombarded into pieces one by one, and the whole process was not even half an hour! From beginning to end, the "Dingyuan" neither changed direction nor slowed down, and rushed over, firing fire from a distance and rushing wildly, destroying wherever he passed, and no one could stop him!

After killing along the way, all the warships encountered along the way were unlucky, and they didn't even have the chance to deal with them. They were killed and injured, especially the four British battleships, which could not be stopped in a single round!

What a terrible combat power!

The Russian Russians, who seemed to be inadequate, were completely frightened! Alikseyev was spitting wildly and hurriedly ordered the fleet to avoid it, but he did not expect that the French were not as honest as them! He simply dodged left and right and gave up the front, exposing his butt to the double-team of the two warships in Dingzhen!

Seeing that the Dingyuan was not interested in chasing the French and did not clean up the remaining British warships, but rushed towards him. Alikseyev was so angry that he cursed: "Damn French bastards, they all want to go to hell! God will definitely not forgive their shameless betrayal, cowards, they lost all Napoleon's face...!"

But cursing cannot solve the problem. Even if the French hear it, they will never turn back to help, but they are afraid they will run faster. These European countries originally broke the chaotic relationship between bones and tendons, and they are hostile and colluded with each other. The key is who they are going to deal with. However, when it comes to a critical moment, they will definitely fly away when the disaster is coming!

The deputy, who was frightened, asked in panic: "General! What should we do? The combat power of Chinese warships is too strong, and even the British cannot resist it. We..."

Before he could say it, Alikseyev angrily said, "Bastard, are you trying to make me surrender, are you? The great Tsarist Russian navy surrendered to the inferior Chinese? How could you come up with such a ridiculous idea?!"

A young staff officer next to him was deeply inspired and echoed: "That's right! We can't just admit defeat like this! War has never been a better weapon, so it will definitely win! No matter how powerful Chinese warships look, they always have weaknesses. If they are warships, they can definitely be sunk by cannons. As long as we rush forward bravely and hurt him with an advantageous number of cannons, it is not impossible!"

Alikseyev nodded at the young officer with appreciation, and recalled it as if his name was coming from? Oh, the top student who graduated from the St. Petersburg Maritime Youth League seems to be only twenty-one years old this year.

What a wonderful age!

Looking at this young man with a bright edge and firm eyes, Alikseyev seemed to see himself thirty years ago. He was as full of fighting spirit at that time, wishing to lead hundreds of warships to battle the seven seas and expand his territory. The great Tsarist Russian Navy has someone to succeed!

He glanced at the pale noble officers with disdain. The commander raised his chin with a big beard and shouted firmly: "The glorious Russian Empire Navy will not flee without fighting! Passing my order, the entire fleet turned right at full speed and rudder thirty degrees, clustered into an arc array with the flagship as the center, and used starboard cannons to receive the enemy's attack! Take action immediately!"

He definitely didn't say that this was actually still moving in the direction of fleeing north, and it sounded like a heroic move to the enemy. At least the little staff officer Kolchak sounded so excited that he wanted to go up to the front to operate instead of the gunner.

The battleship headed by the "Chezma" and the two "Alexander II-class" warships turned one after another. The amplitude looked a bit large, but for the clumsy warships like them, this action was actually quite dangerous. But there was no way, it would be impossible not to take risks now! The pursuit behind us came too quickly!

At this time, the overall speed of the Russian fleet was barely 14 knots. Except for the three main battleships, the other frigates were almost at full capacity. In this case, it was too violently maneuvered, and the tilt of the ship was very worried that it would fall down and its belly would collapse to the sky!

But it seemed that the luck was good. Under the slightest effect of the whole ship running to the port side to press the warehouse to balance the situation, they turned around and listened to the squeaking sound of the warship in a hurry, and there was no trouble on it.

But just as the maneuver was completed, the Dingyuan had already completed its turn, and the bow of the ship was heading towards the center of the arc formation of the Russian fleet, and opened fire with a bang!

Two 305mm shells roared and crossed the third-ranked "Nicol I" and landed a few hundred meters away from its left. The exploded colorful water columns clearly reflected the clumsy figure. The captain of the sea combat was so scared that he shook his whole body. With such accuracy, it was only a matter of time to hit them!

Run, you can't escape! The speed difference is too much! They have used their strength to feed themselves, but they can barely do this. They seem to have no pressure at all, and they will accelerate if they say they are - when did the Chinese warships advance to such an extent?

But it was not just him who complained in one ship. The Dingyuan was not just the front main gun fired, and the secondary guns on both wings were not idle, rushing to bloom on both sides!

The Russian warships formed a semicircular formation, and the Dingyuan, which embedded itself in the middle, did not care about the possibility of being beaten up in groups. The main gun moved forward, and three 152mm secondary guns on both sides each locked in a target and fired one after another.

The three guns on the starboard side were aimed at the most conspicuous "Cheesma". The three test shots of the bang bang bang fell into the water one after another. After exploding not far from the ship, the more accurate coordinate data were marked, the pitch angle of the artillery was quickly adjusted. The second time the main gun fired was to fire one after another, and each fired six shells in one breath!

This rapid-fire mode is something that the navies of various countries have always dreamed of but are difficult to achieve. Even with rapid-fire cannons, the theoretical speed does not take into account the accuracy. It is impossible to ensure both the rate of fire and the landing point range. But today, they all opened their eyes!

Hulala, a large group of artillery shells seemed to fall one after another. A continuous column of water suddenly rose around the battleship "Chesma". Suddenly, a shell hit the bow of the ship. The huge iron anchor hanging in the air was actually blown up in the air. Under the horror of everyone, rolling and shaking the starboard side!

Aleksayev even heard the squeaking sound of the outer armor being scratched!

The general could not act as righteous. The bearded man shook and urged repeatedly: "Fire the fire! Fire with all your strength quickly and stop that guy from rushing over!"

Without him yelling, the cannons on the ship can't wait to yell!

The artillery deployment of the "Ekaterina II-class" warship is very strange. The two dual main guns in the front are on both sides of the main mast, and the third one is on the middle line of the rear deck, showing in a font shape. This ensures that no matter where the fire is fired, there are at least two four-door 305mm guns.

There are seven 152mm secondary guns, three on the left and right, and one of them extends out at the stern. In the ideal state, four can open fire at the same time.

Now, four main guns and three secondary guns are fired together, rushing toward the vague "Dingyuan" in the distance, which looks like they are going to bombard the opponents strongly, and in fact... they are purely brave for themselves.

Yes, even the British with the highest naval combat level these days, if they want to hit their targets seven or eight thousand meters away, they have to see whether the God of Luck takes care of them. It also depends on whether the cannons they built are powerful. It is obvious that the Russians have never been good at making weapons. They are not as good as the British or even more so than the Germans.

The roaring movement of the seven cannons was extremely spectacular. The two warships behind were not willing to fall behind, and compared to the former, their firepower looked even stronger! The double-mounted 305mm cannon on the front deck, two 228mm on the side, and four 152mm on the four cannons opened fire together, and eight were spewing shells at the same time. If such fierce firepower was placed within a thousand meters, it would definitely be an unprecedentedly violent attack method.

But what is the effect when it is too far away?

On the Dingyuan, which was steadily moving forward, Liu Buchan calmly faced the water columns rising around him and smiled contemptuously: "The Russians' level is much worse than that of the Japanese! There are so many strong ships and powerful guns, but they cannot play a lot of roles. The fighting will is far from the same!"

Jiao Hai was speechless at his contempt, and his mouth twitched slightly, and he was still embarrassed to spit out. He murmured in his heart: "When you were guarding a pile of broken copper and iron, I'm afraid you didn't dare to think about this? In the naval battle at that time, when you encountered such three giant ships, the Beiyang Navy probably had to cry. You can still hit people if you fire seven or eight thousand meters away. How dare you think of such a good thing before?"

Of course, he must leave face for the old senior. He just pretended that he didn't hear it and continued to observe the movements of the enemy ship in silence.

It was still scary for all Russian warships to fire together, but their cannons were too slow to catch up with the Japanese, but also the British before. In this way, seven or eight warships joined forces to fire, and the shells shot at only a few dozen rounds per minute, and they were all messy and unconventional.

The command seemed a mess in panic. The warships fought on their own, and the coordination between the main guns and the secondary guns was not good enough. As a result, when the main guns fired, either the smoke rising up would block the sight of the secondary guns, or the volley of the guns would cause the hull to roll over the horizontal aim, resulting in the shooting of the shells that were not accurate at all, and I didn't know where to fly.

However, they didn't expect to hit it, and it would be a profit if they were covered. Everyone's attention was staring at the movements of the flagship in front, and the speed of running north was unwilling to fall at all.

In this way, hundreds of shells were bombed out in succession, and almost no hair was injured in the Dingyuan.

On the contrary, the "Dingyuan" was in a steady continuous shooting. In just a few minutes, three warships aimed at a distance suddenly burst into noticeable fireheads and exploded gorgeously!

The "Chezma" was washed by seven 152mm shells in a row. The chimney was blown up, the main mast was broken, and two outriggers were scrapped. The main gun was destroyed. The main turret in the right front was broken and several people were killed by grenades, which was temporarily paralyzed. The worst thing was that it caused a fire, forcing them to send people out to risk extinguishing. Then they were killed continuously by increasingly accurate grenades. For a moment, flesh and blood flew across the deck, which was so miserable!

The "Nicholas I" behind was even worse! She was hit with two 305mm armor-piercing bombs, and one shot was blasted from the waterline, destroying the 228mm sub-cannon in the right front, causing the ammunition to explode and then blowing half of the bow into pieces. The whole ship was half fainted at that time!

Another shell hit the deck, almost crossing the entire upper layer, but eventually the explosion ripped open a huge crack from the port side thorn, and the fragments swept across the rear mast and the lower cabin, not only killing a mainframe, but also killing dozens of lives with the takeaway.

In short, this boat is over.

The three secondary guns on the port side of the Dingyuan were also captured, but an old cruiser pierced several holes one after another, tearing open the waterline armor and causing the hull to skew violently. Then the tilted shells almost washed away the upper deck!

At this time, the distance between the two sides was narrowed to about 5,000 meters, and the accuracy of the "Dingyuan" was greatly improved. In the next volley, the second-hand "Alexander II" exploded on the spot! An armor-piercing bomb crossed the stern, smashing a spindle, and exploded a huge explosion in the outer cabin. The scene of the steel parts spewing together was spectacular!

Commander Aliksayev's backbone instantly evaporated without a trace! He shouted repeatedly regardless of his dignity: "Accelerate! Accelerate with all his strength to withdraw directly in front... Damn Chinese warships, they are simply possessed by Satan!"

The young Kolchak's eyes almost spitted out of fire, and his chest was almost filled with humiliation and anger. But he had no choice but to do anything. First of all, his identity was not at all and he was not qualified to give advice to the general. Besides, he knew that even if he said it, what would happen? This war was definitely lost, and the strength between the two sides was too different!

"We must figure out how the Chinese are so powerful, and then completely defeat them and eliminate the shame!"

Kolchak clenched his fists and swore to himself.

However, at this moment, the "Zhenyuan" that was rushing from the other side had successfully reached a close distance! Along the way, the guy fired four main guns one after another, knocking down a Russian cruiser that was dragged to the end, then crossed the tail of the battle formation nearby, and swept over another warship to break it. Then, he maneuvered to the left with all his might and intercepted fiercely towards the front of the Russian army!

The Dingyuan also slowed down and ran northward with the Chasma. After an hour, two warships surrounded the French.

Under the threat of unrivaled cannons, the two arrogant robbers finally had to lower their heads and hang up the white flag to surrender. (To be continued...)r1292

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