The Russian Second Pacific Fleet left the Netherlands on April 8 and sailed south along the east coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Because some ships in the fleet had a speed of only 14-15 knots and had to take care of the accompanying Dutch troop ships, the entire fleet did not sail into Madagascar until late May. This is France's only colony on the east coast of Africa. The Russian fleet can only carry out maintenance and supply here.

Subsequently, the news of the Russian Far East Fleet being wiped out here, and the entire fleet was shrouded in a sense of loss. Almost all officers and sailors believed that with the current strength of the entire fleet, they could not defeat the Qinglong Flagship, which had completely wiped out the Far East Fleet. Although Tsar Nicholas II once again transferred two battleships for this fleet, the entire fleet still lacked confidence.

In another letter from the fleet commander Rozdevsky to the Tsar, he said: The morale of the troops was extremely low, and pessimism enveloped the entire fleet. The generals knew the strength of the Far East Fleet. They believed that if the Far East Fleet, which had seven latest battleships, was defeated in the battle with the Chinese, then let alone their "old grandfather" warships.

"These warships are slow in speed, their engines and turrets are old, and the main guns are fired at an astonishingly slow rate. Moreover, after a long time of navigation, thick parasites have been attached to the bottom of the ship, which further affects the speed of the warships. In order to stabilize the morale of the military, I need to know the reasons for the failure of the Far East Fleet. At the same time, this is also to prepare for the upcoming battle."

Unfortunately, he failed to wait for a reply from the country. In early June, after joining the two armored ships of the Black Sea Fleet, the Second Pacific Fleet had to set sail again and head towards South Asia.

Penang Hong Kong.

After leaving Vladivostok, the Longqi Fleet escorted the prisoners to Qingdao, and the whole team headed south, docked in Shanghai along the way, adding water and coal to the two places in the coastal defense. Finally, relying on the advantage of speed, they arrived at the Java Sea before the Russian fleet.

At this time, in the combat room on the fleet's flagship "Qi Huan Gong", more than 20 senior naval commanders gathered together to hold a pre-war meeting.

"According to the latest information, the Russian fleet has crossed Colombo in the Indian Ocean and is expected to pass through the Strait of Malacca in the next two days. It will then go south through the Java Sea to Batavia, East Java, Dutch."

Fleet Chief of Staff Sa Zhenbing is explaining the latest information to the commanders.

"The Russian Second Pacific Fleet includes 4 battleships, 8 armored cruisers, 8 first-class protective cruisers, 10 second-class and third-class cruisers, and 8 auxiliary ships. The fleet is divided into four squads, the first squad consists of four battleships and four small cruisers, and the commander is the fleet commander Rozdwinsky. The second squadron consists of four armored cruisers and three small cruisers, commander Major General Folk Hill. The third squadron is also 4 armored cruisers, 3 small cruisers, and commander Major General Nobogatov. Finally, there are eight first-class protective cruisers commanded by Major General Anko West."

Liu Buchan said: "It seems that the new intelligence data is not the same as the original one."

Sa Zhenbing said: "Yes. According to the information, the intelligence department reported that according to repeated verification, it was believed that four of the battleships only had the caliber of the main guns that met the battleship standards. Others such as displacement, speed, armor and other indicators did not meet, so they were adjusted to an "armored cruiser". By the way, the maximum speed of most ships in the Russian fleet does not exceed 18 knots, and some are only 14-15 knots. In addition, only 30% of the main guns can reach a rate of fire of two shots in three minutes, and most of the main guns are once every two minutes."

Deng Shichang smiled and said, "It's such an unequal battle."

Liu Buchan said: "I have been fighting with Westerners for sixty years since the Qing Dynasty for the Emperor Xianzong of the Qing Dynasty for five or six times. Didn't the Westerners use strong ships and powerful cannons to force us to sign a treaty? Now we finally have the upper hand. This is really a clear and retribution is unhappy."

Ye Zugui said on the side: "Our fleet has six battleships, five armored cruisers and eight first-class protective cruisers. In terms of the number of main battleships, the number of main battleships is no less than the enemy, and its performance is much higher than that of the other party. Isn't there any need to dispatch an "assassin" in this battle?"

After hearing this, Liu Buchan didn't say anything. He looked at the young people sitting in the corner, waited for a while, and saw that they had no reaction, and then said: "The emperor's will, the 'assassin' team is to assist us in fighting, but it is not affiliated with us. Moreover, the existence of the 'assassin' can greatly threaten the opponent's fleet, which is extremely beneficial to our battle. There is no need for us to give up such good advantageous conditions. You must know that our navy is the emperor's treasure. The cost of these main battleships is five to six million. If one or two ships is really sinking, how can we explain to the emperor when we go back?"

Ye Zugui also knew that he had lost his words and hurriedly said, "I have no other intentions..."

Liu Buchan said: "I know, I know, I believe that several up-and-coming celebrities will not take their hearts. The 'Assassin' team is a project that the emperor is personally concerned about. If he makes military achievements in the battle, the emperor will be happy, and there will be light on our faces, right?"

Sa Zhenbing opened the topic in time: "The Russian fleet is not far from the strait. How should our fleet be arranged? Commander-in-chief, please explain it?"

Liu Buchan followed the river and said, "Xi Tong, you have been here for a long time. Do you understand the situation here? Tell me about it?"

Since the war with the Netherlands last year, the Qing government has sent a cruiser detachment into the Java Sea as a maritime support force, and its flagship is Jiang Chaoying's "Huo Qubing". The main task of this fleet is not only to provide support and cover for combat against the Netherlands, but also to investigate the hydrological conditions in the waters around the East Indies.

Jiang Chaoying stood up and said, "The Strait of Malacca is currently under the management of the British, and all countries need to communicate through this Strait to Asia and Europe. Therefore, our army cannot block the Strait of Malacca, and at the same time, it is impossible for us to fight near the Strait. Therefore, our best combat area is here..." Jiang Chaoying pointed to the map: "The Strait of Karimata!"

"The Karimata Strait is a strait between Borneo and Bangka Island, Belitung Island, connecting to the Java Sea in the south and the South China Sea in the north. It is an important channel from the South China Sea to the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean. It is also a common channel from French Indochina to British Australia. It is currently controlled by us. The waters of the strait are about 120-150 kilometers wide and the water depth is 18-37 meters, which is very suitable for combat."

Liu Buchan slammed his high fives: "Okay! Then let's set up a net of heaven and earth here and wait for the rabbit!"

At 4:45 am on June 27, the Qing naval destroyer "Tiandan" discovered the Russian fleet.

At this time, the Russian Second Pacific Fleet was even worse than in another time and space. Since most of the refined officers and soldiers of the Russian Navy were in the Far East (it was destroyed at this time) and the Baltic Fleet, and the sailors of the Baltic Fleet could not have followed him across the ocean. So Rozdeswinsky had to recruit veterans and farmers who had never seen the sea to act as sailors and retrain, which itself had a great impact on the overall combat power. Coupled with the long sailing and the news of the demise of the Far East Fleet, the morale of the entire fleet was extremely low.

What made the injury worse was his warship.

The three latest class "Peterpapulovsk" class battleships of the Russian Navy have failed in the Tsushima Strait. The five latest class "Borodino" battleships have just been placed on the ship, so that the so-called Second Pacific Fleet is almost all composed of old ships. Even the two armored ships of the Black Sea Fleet that have temporarily joined have been in service for three years.

In this way, Nicholas II's great face was abolished - Russia once promised in the London Treaty due to Britain's pressure that the Russian Black Sea Fleet was not allowed to enter the Mediterranean Sea through the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus.

Rozdevinsky led such a group of old, weak, and new recruits, driving a bunch of outdated warships, and crossed thousands of miles of ocean to fight the rising Qing Empire navy.

After receiving the radio telegram from the "Tian Dan", Liu Buchan immediately ordered the entire fleet to attack. Three hours later, the Longqi Fleet encountered the ocean and the Russian fleet at 108 degrees south latitude and 108 degrees east longitude. Then the Qing Fleet turned the bow and drove northwest, while the Russian fleet immediately drove southeast. Both armies adopted a effective column formation to maximize the side firepower.

At 9:25 a.m., the two sides conducted a tentative exchange of fire at a distance of about 10,000 meters, but neither the Russian fleet nor the Qing fleet would have good results in shooting at this distance.

At 11 o'clock, at this time, the three main battleships of the Qing fleet, "Duke Wen of Jin", "King Zhuang of Chu" and "Duke Huan of Qi" had already passed the Russian first squadron. At 11:25, the distance between the two fleets had shrunk to 8,000 meters. Liu Buchan ordered the fleet to change its formation. The three Qing army battleships suddenly accelerated to the sixteenth knot and quickly penetrated into the gap in the connection between the Russian fleet, intending to cut off the first and second squadrons of the Russian army. At the same time, the Pan Chao and Dou Xian armored cruisers led the fast cruisers "Bai Qi" and "Wang Jian" accompanying the three battleships around the three battleships to increase the speed to 20 knots and penetrate into the back of the Russian fleet.

With the changes in the flagship, the three battleships, "Wu King", "Song Xianggong" and "Lu Xigong", led the three armored cruisers, "Wei Qing", "Huo Qubing", and "Zhao Chongguo", launched fierce attacks like four Russian main battleships.

On the periphery of these three attacking main forces, the "Meng Tian" and the "Zhang Han" took more than a dozen destroyers to cruise around in search of fighter planes.

At this time, the third hidden danger buried in the Russian fleet appeared. Rozdevinsky, who had only commanded the naval battleship of the sailing battleship, was completely unacceptable to the rapid expiration of the Dragon Flag Fleet. His command could not keep up with the rhythm of the Qing fleet at all, and most ships could only maintain a speed of about 12 knots. Therefore, under the interweaving and pulling of the Qing fleet, the Russian fleet was completely in chaos.

At 12:30, the main battleships of both sides began artillery battles within 6,000 meters. After the Qinglong Flagship completed the turn in 15 minutes, the Daqing Dragon Flagship followed the armored ships and cruisers gradually used the tactic of seizing the T-shaped horizontal head to attack the Russian vanguard warships. Soon, the Qing Fleet used its high speed and fire rate, as well as the advantages of artillery and ammunition, to gradually seize the initiative in the battlefield. The flagship of the Russian Second Detachment, the USS Oslijabia, was concentratedly bombarded by three Qing army battleships, and was covered in scars.

At 2:20 pm, a roar suddenly came from the direction of the Russian fleet, and huge splashes of water rose on the sea. The "Assassin" who had been hiding finally found a suitable fighter to fire a torpedo. The rudder of the Russian flagship "Great Sissoi" was broken and the warship lost control. Then a second torpedo attacked and hit the middle of the ship. The huge impact and water pressure of the explosion broke the "Great Sissoi" in half, and then quickly sank within a few minutes, and the Russian fleet fell into a chaos without command.

After the flagship of the Russian First Squadron was sunk, the "Oslyabiya" hit by a torpedo fired by another "assassin" was sunk at around 2:30. Several other Russian capital ships, the "Orell", "Navarlin", "Admiral Nashimov" and "Nicholas I", were also scarred.

While the battleships were fighting, the cruisers of both sides were also in fierce confrontation.

At 3:15 pm, the Russian cruiser "Svetrana" was sunk, and then another old cruiser "Donskoy" sank on its own after being severely damaged. At 4 pm, the auxiliary ships of the "Oleg", "Avleer", "Pearl" and several other destroyers began to break north. During this round of battle, two armored cruisers and two fast cruisers of the Qing army were severely injured and withdrawn from the battle.

By 4:30 pm, the Russian fleet was defeated and it was impossible to go to East Java. As the smoke generated by the continuous artillery bombardment of the fleets of both sides shrouded the ocean, the two sides began a melee.

This is the perfect time for the ‘assassin’ to come into play!

Half an hour later, the Russian fleet Admiral Aprakhin, Admiral Nashimov and Orel were successively sunk by torpedoes. Ten minutes later, the ammunition depot of the Navarlin was hit by the King of Wu. The ammunition depot was destroyed and the boiler exploded. It immediately sank. Only one officer and soldier in the ship were rescued.

Then, the 'Nicholas I' and 'Admiral Zeniahvin' raised the white flag and announced their surrender.

At 5:45 pm, the severely damaged Admiral Ushakov sank on his own. At 7:30 pm, the Qing fleet responsible for pursuing the Russian cruiser detachment that broke northward sent a message, saying that the cruiser Oleg, Avle, and Pearl were successively sunk on the way to break through. The Emerald was stranded on the way to the Tamilan Islands and was sunk by the crew. The pursuit fleet successfully completed the mission.

It was later learned that the Russian cruiser "Diamond" and two other destroyers successfully fled to the neutral country port of Singapore.

During the entire naval war, the Dutch fleet was completely out of the matter. They did not participate in the Russian fleet attacks, so the Qing fleet did not take the initiative to attack them. Until the end of the naval war, the Dutch fleet, including 30,000 army soldiers carrying sailed thousands of miles to South Asia, and they were all captured without a single shot.

There is no way, the Dutch warships and armed merchant ships are just scumbags, so there is no need to think about fighting. Maybe it is still time to run away from those warships, but the merchant ships carrying soldiers are still finished. So Lord Ilyat, the commander-in-chief of the Dutch fleet, thought, let's get it together.
Chapter completed!