In July 1904, "General Makanov's fleet has arrived in Cam Ranh Bay for three days, and they will rest for about a week." On the battleship Rurik in Vladivostok, a staff officer would obtain a telegram report to Major General Essen through several forwardings.

"Okay, then let's go." Major General Essen issued an order to attack the Russian Vladivostok squadron that had been prepared. According to Makanov's plan, before the Russian fleet arrived in Cam Ranh Bay, four warships stationed in Lushunkou had set out to attract the attention of the Japanese. When the attention of the Japanese fleet was attracted to the Yellow Sea and East China Sea generation, Essen's fleet would immediately set off from Vladivostok, pass through the Jinqing Strait, and then head south along the east side of the first island chain in later generations, and enter the South China Sea through the Bashi Channel and join the Makanov fleet.

"May God bless Russia." Major General Essen prayed silently in his heart. Judging from the recent situation, he also felt that the war was approaching. According to the information he received, the Japanese joint fleet had completed assembly and had been cruising between the local land and Okinawa. And around Lushun and Vladivostok, some ships of unknown nationality often appeared. The Russian fleet drove them away. Today, it was like this again. Both sides were almost routine. You came to approach and I sent a ship to drive them away. At this sensitive time today, Essen always felt something was wrong.

"Don't matter!" Essen took a deep breath and then looked at the three huge warships behind him, almost identical. "I hold the most elite fleet in Russia! I am St Andre's sword! I am fearless!" Essen said.

Four 18,000-ton warships sailed out of the port in sequence, and their thick and long naval guns pointed forward. These steel giant beasts have been synonymous with strength and invincibility since they arrived in the Far East. They once made the entire Japanese navy tremble at these running ports. Now, Essen needs to lead this fleet to open up a new territory for the Russian Empire!

Through the winding waterway, four warships sailed out of the port, and at this moment, a loud bang suddenly came from the Grombowi, who was behind the fleet! A huge water column appeared on the port side of the warship! A huge column of water appeared on the port side of the warship! A shocked by the explosion, Essen turned his head and looked. Even if it was a certain distance away, Essen could see the huge break at the side string waterline of the warship. A large piece of armor was torn off as a whole, and the edge of the entire break was bent to the inside, and a large amount of sea water poured into the hull. The warship began to tilt rapidly, but began to stabilize when it reached about 7 degrees.

"The entire fleet will be able to distance themselves, be careful not to collide, pay attention to the good bottom of the sea, we may have installed mines!" Although the incident happened suddenly, Essen still quickly issued the correct response order, although he did not know whether he was hit by a submarine or a mine.

"The port side is 30 degrees, and there seems to be something outside the 5-chain distance!" Soon, a lookout saw a sneaky thing rising from the sea on the port side of the flagship Liurik!

"Damn it, that's a periscope! The Japanese actually deployed submarines! We were attacked!" For a moment, the officers and soldiers of the Russian fleet became even more panicked. The guns on the side strings of the battleship Liurik began to rotate and attacked the submarine that was exposed to the water.

In history, both sides of the Russo-Japanese War were equipped with submarines, but did not participate in actual combat. In this plane, Japanese submarines actually appeared at the first moment of the war breaking out! Soon, dense shells began to fall around the submarine, and huge tons of water columns enveloped the small periscope. Although it was difficult for the artillery to hit this little guy directly, the high-temperature and high-pressure bubbles generated by the explosion of the 12-inch and 10-inch high-explosion bombs in the water are still very deadly for this small submarine that is flapping in the foreground!

In just a few minutes, the Liurik and the Russian at the front of the platoon poured at least 8 tons of shells towards the target. After a burst of bombing, various wreckage were stalked on the sea. If nothing unexpected happened, the poor submarine should have been destroyed.

"Let the minesweeper come out to clear the waterway immediately, and the Grombowi immediately damage the pipe and report the situation." Essen was in a bad mood now, and even felt helpless for a moment. He could not determine whether it was a torpedo or a mine that attacked the Grombowi, but he knew that the war had begun. And everything Makanov and himself planned had become a terrible!

"Damn Japanese, Japanese who fought undeclared! They actually brillied secretly!" Essen cursed and thought, hoping to come up with a method that would suit the current situation best.

"The warship behind Grom Bowie was seriously damaged. It hit a mine with a charge of about 150kg. Fortunately, the explosion point was in the most perfect underwater defense of the warship side strings. The dense watertight compartment also allowed the warship to enter the water in a controllable state. However, some boiler cabins entered water, and the steel plates in the engine compartment also showed water seepage. The warship had about 10 degrees and had 750 tons of water inlet, which was obviously no longer suitable for combat." Soon, Grom Bowie reported its situation.

Minesweepers and torpedo boats sailed out of the port and began to sweep the waters around Vladivostok. With the help of the warship Warriors at the end of the queue, the severely damaged Grombowi began to turn hard and head towards the port, while the Rurik and Russia were wandering around the port. Essen tried to calm himself down and continued to consider the unfavorable battle plan of this battle.

"The Japanese will find this soon. If their submarines don't go back, then something will definitely happen. And maybe there are other submarines or camouflaged reconnaissance ships nearby will send signals. The war has begun, and they also know that our fleet has set sail. What will they do? Should we distribute troops to intercept us or continue their previous ambush plan?"

"No matter what, relying solely on the remaining three Liurik-class battleships and the four battleships in Lushunkou cannot fight against the Japanese. We can only meet with General Makanov's fleet immediately to have a chance. Although the battlefield situation is quite chaotic, there is only one core. Whoever can concentrate the fleet in advance will have an advantage!" Through the fog on the battlefield, Essen grasped the key to the problem.

One hour later, the remaining three warships continued this unlucky voyage, and several telegrams were sent out, and after many twists and turns to the Cam Ran Bay, thousands of miles away! At the same time, a camouflaged reconnaissance ship with the British flag also sent all this to Japan through the telegram, and after many forwardings, it was finally sent to Hirahachiro Togo.

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