As night went by, the waves were still sounding, and the air was filled with a strange smell. It was the smell of the fishy bloody smell and the pungent smell of gunpowder burned out after the fierce battle in Lushun the day before. (eng.com_)

This strange smell gradually dissipated under the blowing of the sea breeze a day, but the fog on the sea gradually became stronger. This was the first time such a large sea fog appeared on the Lushun sea surface at the beginning of this year.

The sentry towers destroyed by artillery fire on both sides of Lushun have also restored their original functions under the emergency repair of the Marine Corps. From time to time, cluster lights of powerful searchlights flashed across the sea surface. Under the lights, you can blur the masts emerging from the sea level. They were the Russian Pacific Fleet that mysteriously appeared after the disappearance of Lushun.

On the waterway between the Pacific Fleet and Lushun Port, the waves rise and fall with the waves. At times, you can see huge mines that are bumped out of the sea by the sea. As long as any warship encounters such a giant weighing hundreds of kilograms, it will be seriously injured even if it does not sink immediately.

This mine-covered sea area can be called a graveyard for warships. In order to trap the Beiyang Fleet, the Russian army laid thousands of mines on this narrow sea area, and there was no safe channel! This means that the Russian Pacific Fleet completely laid such a mine-covered sea area without safety gaps according to the trapping of the Beiyang Fleet.

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Russian Pacific Fleet, Battleship Nicholas II

Lieutenant General of the Russian Pacific Fleet, Lovstowski, smiled and handed the used telescope to Fang Boqian on the side.

At this time, Lovstowski and Fang Boqian were standing in the open-air command post of the Nicholas II battleship. Not long ago, Lovstowski invited Fang Boqian out of the bridge command room with him to observe the movements of the Beiyang Fleet.

As the youngest lieutenant general in the Russian Pacific Fleet and also as the youngest fleet commander in the Pacific Fleet, Lovstowsky was proud and proud. Before he set out on the expedition, he swore in front of Nicholas II that he would wipe out the proud Beiyang Fleet this time.

In order to express his determination, Lovstowski specially changed the name of the flagship to the name of Tsar Nicholas II. He hoped that he could lead the battleship named after the Tsar to defeat the Beiyang Fleet in one fell swoop.

Lofstsky smiled proudly, pointed to the Port of Lushun in the distance, and said in a pure English: "Dear Fang, look, the so-called Beiyang Fleet you said was frightened by our airtight thunder array. He hid in Lushun Port and didn't dare to come out, haha!" Lofstsky's arrogant laughter came into Fang Boqian's ears along the sea breeze, and Fang Boqian couldn't help frowning.

Fang Boqian respectfully said in a pure English: "Dear Lord Lovstsky, don't forget that this fleet defeated the Japanese Combined Fleet that you cannot defeat in the Pacific. If it weren't for the emergence of the Beiyang Fleet on the Tsushima Strait, you would probably not be able to stand here now."

Lovstowski heard the implicit sound in Fang Boqian's words, his face changed, and then said, "Fang, don't forget, you are standing on our side now, and the opposite side is your enemy now! Don't forget your position."

Fang Boqian felt ache when he heard this extremely sarcastic sentence. Yes, the Beiyang Fleet is now its enemy, so why do I say such good things for them? Recalling everything in the Beiyang Fleet over the years, a trace of hideousness appeared on Fang Boqian's sinister face.

Fang Boqian was a student of the first class of Fuzhou Naval Academy and was a classmate with Yan Fu, Liu Buchan and others. Later, he studied in the Greenwich Naval School in the UK. After the end of his study period, he had been serving on the Jiyuan. He stayed for eight years!

Eight years! Liu Buchan at the same time became the general manager of the Dingyuan Iron Craft flagship, and he was also the deputy general manager of the small cruiser.

In the Battle of Toshima, I clearly led the Jiyuan and the Japanese ships Yoshino, Akizusu and Langsu to fight bravely. In the end, because I was outnumbered, I led Jiyuan to evacuate in a hurry.

However, after returning to Weihai Guard, he would not be sure of his heroic battle. Ding Ruchang even slandered me for not protecting the Caojiang troop ship, causing hundreds of Qing soldiers to die in Huanghai.

During the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, he led all the officers and soldiers of the ship to take the lead in fighting the enemy on the left wing of the formation. Finally, because the bow was shot, the cabin was infiltrated, and the hull was tilted, he could no longer fight, so he took Jiyuan back to Lushun first. After several hours of simple repair, he took Jiyuan back to the battlefield to continue fighting.

Finally, in the battle of Dadonggou, the Beiyang Fleet was sunk three ships and destroyed one ship. The rest were injured in different degrees, and the Beiyang Fleet suffered heavy losses. The only Japanese Yoshino was sunk by a torpedo by Tang Jian.

Ding Ruchang, the admiral of the navy, could not refuse the blame. Under pressure from the court, Lord Li Zhongtang was eager to ask Ding Ruchang to find the surrender goat. Ding Ruchang had long been dissatisfied with some of the accusations he made, so he pushed himself out directly.

Fortunately, Ding Ruchang was later dismissed, and Deng Shichang was newly appointed as the admiral of the navy. Deng Shichang had already had a good relationship with him, so he was spared from becoming a ghost under the sword after his pleading.

However, even Deng Shichang, who was much lower than his qualifications, became the admiral of the navy, but he was still the leader of a small Jiyuan cruiser, and he was also guilty.

From that moment on, Fang Boqian was discouraged by the Beiyang Fleet that had "make trouble" him everywhere. Later, after Tang Jian became the new admiral, he did not rise but declined, becoming the captain of a small gunboat, which made Fang Boqian extremely unbalanced.

After that, Yan Fu came to the Beiyang Navy and became the chief of staff above the captains under Tang Jian. The moment he heard the news, Fang Boqian felt that he had no way to serve the country. Even a nerd could become the chief of staff of a fleet, but he, the captain of the Beiyang Navy, still served on a small gunboat.

Especially Yan Fu and Fang Boqian were always disagreeing with him when they were in Fuzhou Naval Academy. The two often argued that they always said that they were eager for quick success and instant benefits and had a restless personality. After a big fight, they became much more unfamiliar.

But now, the nerd he looked down upon in the past has become his immediate superior, which makes Fang Boqian want to retreat. Since he has no way to serve the country, go home and farm.

However, at this time, an old classmate in Greenwich brought him news, and this old classmate was Lieutenant General Lovstowsky who was standing in front of Fang Boqian, and the commander of the Pacific Fleet in the Russian Far East.

Fang Boqian thought of this Russian aristocratic playboy who actually became the commander of a fleet, and he was a lieutenant general, but he was a small colonel.

Fang Boqian, who was extremely distorted in his heart, had to lament that the world was unfair and that he had met others inappropriately.

During a secret contact, Lovstowsky asked Fang Boqian to be the Russian army's inner supporter in the Beiyang Fleet. At the beginning, Fang Boqian disagreed. After all, the Beiyang Fleet was where he had been for more than ten years. Although he did not feel grateful to the Beiyang Fleet, he had a trace of old love.

Finally, Lovstowski brought out a letter. When Fang Boqian opened the cowhide envelope and saw the content in his heart, a storm suddenly stirred up in his heart.

How is that possible? How could the adult in the court join forces with the Russians to deal with Tang Jian? But the scarlet seal on the lower right side of the letter also shows the authenticity of the letter.

The adult in the court held great power and had a good personal relationship with Tang Jian. Why did he suddenly remember to get rid of Tang Jian?

Fang Boqian didn't have time to think about it. When he saw the last condition, he immediately breathed rapidly and his heartbeat accelerated. That condition was Fang Boqian's dream of ideal, which was to serve as the commander of the Beiyang Fleet and take charge of the entire Beiyang Fleet.

As soon as he saw this condition, Fang Boqian seemed to see hope in life, and it seemed that his career would finally reach its peak when he was fifty.

After reading the complete letter, at the warning of Lofstsky, the letter was also placed under the candlelight by Fang Boqian to "destroy the body and destroy the traces". After that, Fang Boqian agreed to whatever conditions he had followed Lofstsky.

Because Fang Boqian valued the last condition for him to serve as the commander of the Beiyang Fleet. Even if he was to betray the Beiyang Fleet and kill all the captains who were loyal to Tang Jian, even if most of these captains were his classmates. But what does it matter if they sacrificed those people in order to realize their ideals? The senior officers of the Beiyang Fleet should have had a major reshuffle, Fang Boqian thought secretly in his heart.

Suddenly, Lovstowski gently pushed Fang Boqian, still with the arrogant face, and said, "Hey, I said Fang, what are you thinking? You don't agree after calling you for so long?"

Fang Boqian was reminded by Lofstsky and brought back to reality from his memory. When he heard Lofstsky's ridiculous words, Fang Boqian disregarded and reminded him: "What I just told you, you should be careful to prevent the Beiyang Fleet from breaking through tonight!"

The thick fog on the sea is gradually rising tonight, which is a good time to break through. Fang Boqian is very familiar with the situation of the Beiyang Fleet. When will the Beiyang Fleet not break through tonight?

"Okay, Fang, who told you to be my classmate at the British Naval Academy! And you are now abandoning the darkness and supporting me so much, I promise you. You will take your HaiCross cruiser now, and I will send you four more cruisers for you to dispatch! How about?" Lovstowski smiled generously.

"Then those officers and soldiers on my ship?" The officers and soldiers mentioned in Fang Boqian were officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Fleet who would rather die than surrender to the Russian army. After allowing the Russians to successfully accept the Haichou, Fang Boqian stopped Lovstowsky from killing them all.

Fang Boqian's plan was to let them see the situation first, and when they led the Russians to defeat the Beiyang Fleet, they knew that it was time to go to that side, because no matter in that era, the strong will always be respected!

With the permission of Lofstsky, Fang Boqian took the Haichou as his flagship and led four cruisers to Lushunkou.

At this time, Fang Boqian, who was standing in the bridge, had an intuition, that is, the Beiyang Fleet should have started to act now!
Chapter completed!