Chapter 171: Crossing The Sea And The Sky (First Update, Please Subscribe!)
Chapter 171: Crossing The Sea And The Sky (First Update, Please Subscribe!)
The Tsarist Russian Empire and the Eastern Empire are engaged in a bloody battle on the Koryo Peninsula and the Liaodong Peninsula, with heavy losses.
However, the key combat forces of both sides in this great war, that is, the navies of both sides, are still waiting for the decisive battle.
The four 'Ekaterina II-class' battleships and the 'Navarin' battleship of the Pacific Fleet of the Tsarist Russian Empire Navy, as well as the armored cruiser 'Tsarist Empire', the armored cruiser 'Rurik', and the 'Pamitzo' The armored cruiser "Va" and the armored cruiser "Admiral Nasimov" successfully escaped from the Lushun military port, avoiding being blocked by the combined fleet of the Eastern Navy.
After the fleet arrived at Cam Ranh Bay, it began maintenance and maintenance in preparation for the next decisive battle with the combined fleet of the Eastern Empire Navy.
At the same time, the local fleet composed of the Northern Fleet and the Black Sea Fleet of the Tsarist Russian Empire Navy was still slowly heading towards the Far East.
In order to ensure that the machinery of the battleship will not be worn out due to the long-term voyage, which will damage the mechanical performance of the battleship. Therefore, the fleet's 03 speed is maintained at around 10 knots.
This also caused the local fleet of the Tsarist Russian Empire Navy to need to be on the road and take longer.
On April 2, 1804, the local fleet of the Tsarist Russian Navy entered the Mozambique Strait and arrived in Madagascar.
According to the scheduled plan, they will go to the Mahajanga Naval Base of the Tsarist Russian Empire in Madagascar for rest and reorganization. The battleship will also be maintained and maintained, and fuel and other supplies will be replenished.
On the battleship 'Mikhail I', the flagship of the local fleet, the fleet commander, Lieutenant General Rozhestvinsky, and the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Ma Carlov, were looking at a hanging ship in the distance with binoculars. St. George's fleet.
That fleet is composed of an armored cruiser and a protected cruiser. This is the fleet sent by the Imperial Navy on which the sun never sets. It is specially responsible for monitoring the Tsarist Russian Navy's local fleet, so that it can inform the Eastern Navy of the Tsarist Russian Navy's situation as soon as possible. , To ensure that the Eastern Navy can win this battle.
"The sun never sets and people are like flies, you can't get rid of them!" Lieutenant General Rozhestwinski scolded.
"Your Excellency, Commander, there is no way to do this. The sun never sets and we dare not do anything to them. Otherwise, we can directly send two heavy cruisers" to send them all to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish Already." Lieutenant General Carlos Ma said.
"The navy on which the sun never sets is too strong, and the imperial navy can't compete with them for the time being. Even, in a short period of time, the imperial navy is not the opponent of the royal navy
Lieutenant General Rozhestwinski was a little helpless.
There is no way to do this. Who made the Tsarist Russian Empire a land power, and there are a large number of powers around it, so most of the power must develop the army?
"No matter how the sun never sets to help the Dongyang people. This time, we will be able to defeat the Dongyang people." Lieutenant General Ma Carlofu was full of confidence.
Lieutenant General Rozhestwinski nodded again and again.
Even if the Tsarist Russian Navy is not the opponent of the Imperial Navy on which the sun never sets. However, there is no problem at all with dealing with the Japanese navy.
"Notify the Mahajanga Naval Base to get ready, we are about to enter the port!" Lieutenant General Rozhestwinski ordered.
"Yes, Your Excellency!" Lieutenant General Carlos Ma replied.
The local fleet of the Tsarist Russian Navy headed straight for the Maga Naval Base.
More than ten kilometers away from the home fleet of the Tsarist Russian Navy, there are the armored cruiser 'B Laike' of the Royal Navy on which the sun never sets, as well as the protected cruiser 'Leto' and the
Defensive cruiser 'Mellampus'.
On the armored cruiser 'B Laike', Commodore Weems, the deputy chief of staff of the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet, and Lieutenant Colonel Howard, the captain, were using binoculars to observe the movement of the Tsarist Russian Navy's home fleet.
"Your Excellency, the Russians don't seem to be in a hurry at all! Don't they know that a war is breaking out in the Far East?" Lieutenant Colonel Howard was a little puzzled.
"Of course the Russians don't need to worry. Judging from the information obtained so far, the Russian army is fighting quite well on the battlefield. The Orientals paid a huge price on the battlefield, but they didn't make much progress. The Orientals are really It's too useless. I really don't know why those gentlemen in Downing Street chose to support the Orientals. Can they really defeat the Russians?" Brigadier General Weems looked dissatisfied.
However, such a major national event is obviously not something he can decide, he can only do what he should do well.
"The speed of the Russian fleet is slow, which is also to minimize mechanical wear and maintain the combat effectiveness of the battleship. It is conceivable that the Orientals want to defeat the Russian fleet under such circumstances." Wilms The Brigadier General continued.
Lieutenant Colonel Howard nodded again and again: "Your Excellency, are the Russians going to Madagascar? It is a colony of the Gauls. The Gauls remained neutral in this war. Although they are allies of the Russians , but they will not provide supplies to the Russian fleet and maintain the battleships. If that is the case, it will destroy neutrality."
"The Gauls dare not do this, otherwise, the empire will not be satisfied for 250 years!" Brigadier General Weems looked very determined.
But the next scene completely slapped him in the face.
I saw that the local fleet of the Tsarist Russian Navy directly entered the port of Mahajanga in Madagascar.
"God! The Russian fleet really went to Madagascar, and the Gauls didn't stop them! Could it be that the Gauls are also participating in this war?" Lieutenant Colonel Howard exclaimed.
"No, the Gauls don't want to get involved in the war. The flag flying above the military port is the flag of the Russians! This military port belongs to the Russians! Damn it, when did the Russians have a military port here?" Wei Wei Brigadier General James cursed.
You know, the empire on which the sun never sets has been closely monitoring the Russian Empire. But I didn't expect that the Tsarist Russian Empire actually had a naval base on the island of Madagascar.
Then, this will undoubtedly have a very big impact on the plan of the empire on which the sun never sets.
Once the local fleet of the Tsarist Russian Navy was maintained here, the fleet also took a break. Then, when the fleet goes to the Far East to fight, the Eastern Navy will have no advantage at all.
In this crucial naval battle, the Orientals are very likely to lose. .
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