The white-haired Count Maximilian von Spee slowly raised his arm and made a powerful gesture downwards, saying: "Oden is right, go home!"

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On November 1, 1914, just as the Battle of Coronel was in full swing, a classic naval battle broke out in a corner of the Crem Peninsula, a battle patrol challenged five old battleships.

In the afternoon, the Black Sea continued to be stormy in late autumn. The "Turkish" fleet commanded by Lieutenant General Wilheim Sorochin was tirelessly looking for fighter jets near the Krim Peninsula. Almost at the same time, after Lieutenant General Andrei Augustovic Eberhard, who was impatient, learned that the Romanov dynasty declared war order, his Black Sea fleet led by him went to sea to fight without hesitation.

The Krim War has been sixty years since then. The loyal and brave soldiers of Britain, France, Russia and Turkey who were buried deep under the black soil and seabed of the Crem Peninsula still failed to find their way home. The sigh that Nicholas I left to the world with the glass of poisoned wine has not yet dissipated. The war rekindled in the waters of the Crem Peninsula. The two fleets that unexpectedly encountered were close contact in the Sochi Cape in the southern part of the peninsula.

Faced with the "Turkish" fleet that had been poor and weak for decades, Lieutenant General Andre was extremely arrogant and arrogant. Under the hasty combat command of Lieutenant General Andre, five old Russian battleships were the flagship Everstami, and the second ship Ivan Zaratust as the artillery commander. The entire fleet turned to quickly seize the advantageous formation. However, Lieutenant General Andre overestimated the broken and old mobility of the Black Sea Fleet. When Andre's flagship Everstami, the second ship

When the Ivan Zarathust had completed the steering action, the famous Porskin, who was launched in 1898, began to turn. As for the old antiques of the last century, the fucked aging boilers made them unable to even have simple steering braking. The horizontal formation that Andre expected not only failed to take shape, but also because the fleet was disconnected from each other, and the Black Sea Fleet was soon divided into two parts.

Lieutenant General Sorochin, who had only one battleship, had reason to be confident. Although the Russians had five battleships, the number of 305-mm main guns was more than that of the Avos battleship, the naval battles in the era of giant ships were not a simple comparison of numbers. The Russians' warships had been in service for too long. Everstafi, Ivan Zarathust and Pojongjin were all old ironclad ships. Svetva

The launch of the turret ships of the Leah and Rostslav can even be traced back to the early 1890s. The Black Sea Fleet's military equipment was outdated and its morale was worrying. The Russo-Japanese War cut the double-headed eagle's plan in half. The Tsar's navy has been slumped since then, the morale of the army is unstable and the training is not diligent. The officials are extravagant and the rampant has intensified the turmoil within the Black Sea Fleet. Just before the outbreak of World War I, the Black Sea Fleet had just had the famous naval uprising of the Possian battleship.

In contrast, the Sorochin fleet and the Ottoman Empire tried their best to collect the miscellaneous fleets that were gathered together. Although the ships and models were different, the speed was generally fast. If Sorochin made up his mind to retreat, the Russian fleet would not catch up with him anyway and could only sigh. Even if he confronted the Black Sea Fleet head-on, Sorochin was not without a chance of winning. The Yavos battle patrol was the second Moltke class battle patrol. It used the first time that the large deep corner bow, high freeboard and long forecast ship design was designed, with good wave resistance and seaworthiness; the full load displacement exceeded 27,400 tons, the ship length was 187.6 meters, and the ship width was 29.8 meters.

The power system uses 24 boilers, 2 Parsons steam turbines, with a maximum power of 56,000 horsepower and a maximum speed of 26.1 knots; it has 5 dual-loaded 305mm main guns, 12 150mm secondary guns, its waterline armor and the front armor of the main turret are more than 250mm, and the flat armor plate that German warships have always been short of is also 170mm. The Avos battle patrol, which has strong firepower and amazing defense and far ahead, is undoubtedly a terrifying existence in front of five old Russian masters, not to mention that there is a whisper called Heidi Sileme in 1897!

"Silem, I hope your Verne science fiction novel is right!" Sorochin was not a weak Turk. His bloodline was soaked with the soul of the German power and he was determined to deal with the seemingly powerful Russian Black Sea Fleet. Lieutenant General Sorochin silently recited Heidi Silem's famous second-level international confidential paper "On Asymmetrical Warfare in the Age of Battleships" and calmly issued combat instructions.

At 16:44, the sunset in the northern hemisphere was setting and the sea breeze was desolate. The Battle of Sochi was opened with a 305-shot loss of bullets. The naval battle started at a distance of 9,000 yards. The number of cruisers and destroyers of the two fleets were useless at this distance. The protagonists could only be the battleship of the Avos and the Black Sea Fleet five battleships.

The battle fell into a state of anxiety since the beginning. Turning to the completed Black Sea Fleet flagship, the Everstafi, the artillery commander, the old battleship of the artillery commander, and the new Avos battle patrol began several rounds of artillery battles. Unlike the Battle of Sochi Cape in the history books of previous life, without the interference of heavy fog weather, the Avos battle patrol officers and soldiers of the Avos battle patrol brought the firing rate and hit rate of the Krupp artillery to the extreme. Andre's flagship Everstafi was instantly hit with a lot of holes and terrible sight.

Ten minutes later, the famous battleship of the Possian King finally joined the battle group. The Black Sea Fleet could barely regain some psychological advantage with 12 305 heavy artillery of three ironclad ships. As time went on, the distance between the two fleets was getting closer. At a battle distance of 7,000 yards, 12 203 heavy artillery of the three Russian masters finally came in handy. Ivan Zaratust fired a 203 gun even hit the stern of the Avos battle patrol, bombing the Avos 150mm secondary gun into the sky, and the fire spread at the stern of the Avos.

Sorochin quickly commanded his Avos to distance himself from the Russian fleet. Lieutenant General Andre was determined to get entangled, but the old ship's aging steam engine was unwilling to cooperate. Andre could only watch the fighter plane disappear and take the initiative to return to the Avos battle patrol.

At 17:25, the artillery battle between the Yavos and three old battleships continued, while the Terry Svetphalia and Rostslav, who were behind, finally caught up. Obviously, these two old ships helped Lieutenant General Unandre, and their main guns were not enough to reach the Yavos. On the contrary, if Sorochin was interested in soft persimmons, the Yavos battle patrol could easily sink these two turret ships of the last century.

At 17:44, the turning point of the war appeared. The Avos hit Andre's flagship Everstami, one after another, and scored three 305mm heavy artillery. The Everstami finally couldn't hold on and capsized and sank in less than ten minutes.

The overturn and sinking of the flagship caused panic among the Black Sea Fleet. Even though Lieutenant General Andre's flagship flag quickly rose on the mast of the battleship Ivan Zaratust, which served as the firepower commander, there was almost no battle left in the Black Sea Fleet.

At 17:59, only one shot was shot, and the "famous ship" Possiblyn, whose chimney was damaged, was the first to fire the flag saying "The warship was damaged and withdraw from the battle" and retreated regardless of the situation. Possiblyn, who was responsible for the cover mission, retreated without permission. The Terry Svetphalia and Rostslav, who were rushing to the battlefield, were unable to provide any support to the Ivan Zaratust battleship in the front, and Andre and his artillery command ship were instantly isolated.

At 16:23, the battleship Ivan Zaratust, which was solitary, finally could not stand it. With the splendid smoke and firelight in the hull, the ship of more than 10,000 tons broke, and oil and iron splashed, and the rising smoke column was hundreds of meters high, which was clearly visible even to the Sevastopol Fortress.

At 16:24, the battleship Ivan Zaratust sank and the Battle of Sochi ended. The Battle of Avos challenged five old battleships with his own strength, and as a result, he sank two of the most "elite" battleships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Lieutenant General Andre, the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, was killed.

This short and exciting naval battle seemed to have broken the only backbone of the Russian navy. Before Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak took office as commander of the Black Sea Fleet in late 1916, the Russian fleet disappeared on the Black Sea Ocean, and the Turks' fierce offensive in the Caucasus region, the heart of Russia, even received the support of their navy.

"The Russian fleet is over. There is no rival to the Ottoman Empire on the black ocean!" In November, the dark night in the northern hemisphere always comes very early. The armored cruiser of Hamideye, who was returning to the sea, slashing waves on the hazy ocean surface. Gunther Lütjens held a cigarette and turned his head to look at the majestic Avos battle patrol, and said, "Raoff, the day of revenge you are looking forward to is not far..."

Late at night, Rauff tightened his coat, facing the direction where Alexandria was, and his dark face was filled with excitement.

[The branch battlefield will not be described in detail to avoid everyone's aesthetic fatigue...]

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Chapter completed!