The Rise of the Empire

In July 1904, "General Makanov's fleet has arrived in Cam Ranh Bay for three days, and they will rest there for a week or so." On the battleship Rurik in Vladivostok, a staff officer will pass several times. Forward the telegram to get to know Major General Essen.

"Okay, then we are ready to set off." Major General Essen gave an order to attack the Russian Vladivostok Squadron that was ready. According to Makanov’s plan, before the Russian fleet arrived at Cam Ranh Bay, the four warships stationed at Lushunkou had already set off to attract the attention of the Japanese. When the attention of the Japanese fleet was drawn to the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea generation, Essen’s fleet will immediately depart from Vladivostok and pass through the Tsugaru Strait, then go south along the east side of the first island chain of the later generation, and enter the South China Sea through the Bashi Strait to join the Makanov fleet.

"May God bless Russia." Major General Essen prayed silently in his heart. Judging from the recent situation, he also feels that the war is approaching. According to the information received, the Japanese joint fleet has been assembled and has been in the mainland and Okinawa. Cruising between the islands. In Lushun and Vladivostok, there are often ships of unknown nationality. The Russian fleet expelled it. Today is like this again, both sides are almost routine, you come close, I will send a boat to drive away. Until today, at this sensitive time, Essen always felt something wrong...

"Never mind it!" Essen took a deep breath, then set his sights on the three huge battleships that were almost identical behind him. "I have Russia's most elite fleet in my hand! I am St. Andrew's sword! I am fearless!" Essen said.

Four 18,000-ton battleships sailed out of the harbor in one file, with long and thick naval guns pointing forward. These giant steel beasts have been synonymous with toughness and invincibility since they came to the Far East. They once allowed the entire Japanese navy to run through these ports. It trembled, and now, Essen needs to lead this fleet to open up a new territory for the Russian Empire!

Through the winding waterway, 4 warships sailed out of the harbor, and at this moment, a loud noise suddenly came from the Grom Bowie behind the fleet! A huge water column appeared on the port side of this battleship! Essen, who was alarmed by the explosion, turned his head and looked at it. Even at a certain distance, Essen could see the huge breach at the waterline of the sidestring of the warship. A large piece of armor was torn off as a whole, and the edge of the breach Bending inward, a large amount of seawater poured into the hull. The battleship began to tilt rapidly, but gradually stabilized when it reached about 7 degrees.

"The entire fleet keeps a distance, be careful not to collide, pay attention to the sea surface and the bottom, we may have installed mines!" Although the incident happened suddenly, Essen still quickly issued the correct response order, although he did not know that he had encountered it. Is it a submarine or a mine.

"The port side is 30 degrees, there seems to be something 5 chain distance away!" Soon, a watcher discovered that something sneaky was rising from the sea on the port side of the flagship Rurik!

"Damn it, that's a periscope! The Japanese actually deployed a submarine! We were under attack!" For a while, the entire Russian fleet became more panicked, and the artillery of the sidestring of the battleship Leurik began to rotate and proceeded towards the submarine that was out of the water. attack.

In the history of the Russo-Japanese War, both Japan and Russia were equipped with submarines, but they did not participate in actual combat. On this plane, Japanese submarines appeared at the first moment of the outbreak of the war! Soon, dense shells began to fall around the submarine, and a huge ton of water column enveloped the small periscope. Although it is difficult for artillery to directly hit this little guy, the high-temperature and high-pressure bubbles produced by the explosion of 12-inch and 10-inch high-explosive shells in the water are still very lethal to this small submarine that is fluttering in the front sea!

In just a few minutes, the Rurik and Russia at the front of the row poured at least 8 tons of shells at the target. After a burst of indiscriminate bombing, various wrecks were walking on the sea. If If nothing else, this poor little submarine should have been destroyed.

"Let the minesweeper come out to clean the channel immediately, and the Grom Bowie will immediately carry out the damage and report the situation." Essen's mood now is horrible, and even a momentary feeling of helplessness, he can't determine whether it is a torpedo or The mine attacked the Grom Bowie, but he knew that the war had already begun. And everything that Makanov and himself planned has been in vain!

"Damn Japanese, Japanese who did not declare war! They secretly mine!" Essen cursed and thought, hoping to come up with a method that best suits the current situation.

"After Grom Bowie, the battleship was seriously damaged. It hit a mine with a charge of about 150kg. Fortunately, the explosion point was in the most perfect place for underwater defense on the sidestring of the battleship, dense watertight compartments. The water intake of the battleship was also kept under control, but some boiler compartments were flooded, the steel plate of the engine room appeared huge bulge, and the edge part also appeared water seepage. The battleship was about 10 degrees, and the water intake was 750 tons, which is obviously no longer suitable. It's fighting." Soon ~www.NovelMTL.com~ Grom Bowie reported her situation.

A minesweeper and torpedo boats sailed out of the port and began to sweep the waters around Vladivostok. With the help of the battleship Warrior at the end of the queue, the heavily damaged Grom Bowie began to turn hard and headed towards the port. The Rurik and Russia hovered in the port. Essen tried to calm himself down, and continued to consider the unfavorable battle plan for this assignment.

"The Japanese will be able to find this soon. If their submarine has not returned, then there will be an accident, and maybe there are other submarines or camouflage reconnaissance ships nearby that will send out a signal. The war has started, and they know about us. The fleet has already set sail, what will they do? Should they send troops to intercept us or continue their previous ambush plan?

"Regardless, relying solely on the remaining three Rurik-class battleships and the four Lushunkou battleships can’t fight the Japanese at all. We can only have the chance to immediately rendezvous with General Makanov’s fleet, despite the battlefield conditions. Quite chaotic, but there is only one core. Whoever can concentrate the fleet in advance has the advantage!" Through the fog on the battlefield, Essen grasped the key to the problem.

After an hour, the remaining three warships continued this unlucky voyage, and at the same time several telegrams were sent out, and they were sent to Cam Ranh Bay, which is thousands of miles away! At the same time, a disguised reconnaissance ship with the British flag also sent all this to Japan via telegram, and after repeated retransmissions, it was finally sent to Togo Heihachiro.

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