Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

Therefore, Lieutenant General Rozhdestvinsky has been avoiding war since he led the Baltic Combined Fleet to the Vladisvotok military port.

Occasionally, he would take the combined fleet to wander around the mainland of Sakura Country, declare his existence, and try to figure out the mentality of the senior officials of Sakura Country.

In this way, the Baltic Fleet held back more than half of the Sakura Kingdom fleet without firing a single shot.

This time Rozhdestvensky led the combined fleet back to Vladislavok, only for supplies, and then went to sea again.

But what Rozhdestvensky didn't expect was that as soon as his joint force entered the Vladisvotok military port, the Sakura Kingdom received the news.

So Togo Heihachiro urgently gathered together with the Sakura Kingdom fleet and headed towards the Vladisvotok military port.

Now, they are only 300 nautical miles away from Vladislavok, but they have still not been discovered by the warships of the Rakshasa Kingdom.

Judging from the current situation, Togo Heihachiro is very confident that he can block the Baltic Combined Fleet in the port.

"Mr. Heyuan, order all ships to speed up to 15 knots and target the Vladisvotok military port!" Heyuan Yaoyi ordered in a deep voice.

"Hi!" Heyuan Yao bowed immediately after hearing the order.

After 18 hours of sailing, the Sakura Kingdom Fleet was only thirty nautical miles away from Vladislavok Military Port.

At this time, Togo Heihachiro could already see the lights of the Vladisvotok military port.

As the largest military port in the northern part of the Sakura Sea, electric lights are so popular here that even dozens of sea miles away, one can still clearly see its outline.

At this time, the sun has not risen yet, and it is darkness before dawn.

In order to maximize the sneak attack, Togo Heihachiro put the entire Sakura Kingdom fleet under blackout.

However, when Togo Heihachiro approached Vladisvotok and was only thirty nautical miles away, he was still discovered by the Baltic Combined Fleet.

In order to buy time for the main force in the military port, the Rakshasa Kingdom's Trout destroyer took the initiative to launch an early warning attack on the Sakura Kingdom fleet.

For a small destroyer like the Trout, which only had a few hundred tons, he did not dare to stay long when facing the dark Sakura Kingdom fleet. He just used the 75mm rapid-fire cannon on the deck to fire two shots in a hurry, and then retreated quickly.

There is no way. This is not because the Trout is timid, but because the Trout only weighs over 500 tons, which is not even comparable to the smallest warship in the Sakura Kingdom.

The only thing stronger than the Sakura Fleet is its ultra-high speed of 28.5 knots.

Although several of the Trout's cannonballs fell into the sea, the sound of the cannons was still heard by the nearby Alexander III battleship, the main battleship of the Rakshasa Kingdom, which was on guard.

Therefore, while the battleship Alexander III sent an alert to Vladisvotok, it took the initiative to meet it with two armored cruisers and four destroyers, preparing to buy Vladisvotok time.

An hour later, the Alexander III battleship discovered the Sakura Kingdom fleet and began to occupy the T-head.

Togo Heihachiro also discovered the battleships of the Rakshasa Kingdom. After he discovered that what was blocking him was the Alexander III battleship, the main battleship of the Rakshasa Kingdom, he immediately ordered the fleet to surround it.

For this kind of thing, hitting an opponent's main battleship with absolute advantage is a sure thing.

It's so cheap, why not?

Don't talk about delaying time, as you will worry about the escape of the main force of the Baltic Combined Fleet of the Rakshasa Kingdom.

As long as the battleship is shut down, whether it is half shut down or fully shut down, it will take less than ten hours. Don't even think that the battleship can be started.

Especially when it comes to a complete shutdown, if you want to have enough power to drive the warship, you won't be able to do it for less than twenty or thirty hours.

Semi-stop is better, but it also doesn’t last for seven or eight hours, so don’t even think about moving.

With this time, Sakura Country would have sent Alexander to the bottom of the sea.

If Alexander III is ignored, then this battleship will pose a huge threat behind them.

Moreover, Togo Heihachiro did not want to miss such a good opportunity to take the lead in weakening the strength of a wave of Baltic fleets.

As a result, the Sakura Kingdom fleet divided into three groups and surrounded the Alexander III battleship.

At this time, Alexander III saw that he had just stung a hornet's nest. The entire Sakura Kingdom fleet was rushing towards him. He immediately turned the entire squadron to the right and headed towards the north.

The captain of Alexander III knew very well that with this small force, he could not go head-to-head with the entire Sakura Kingdom fleet, and could only lead the Sakura Kingdom fleet in circles at sea.

Do you have to fire two shots from the main gun at the stern to declare your existence?

But Togo Heihachiro is also the commander of the Sakura Kingdom fleet, and he is not an easy person.

After following Alexander III and wandering around on the sea for an hour and a half, Togo Heihachiro finally commanded the fleet to surround Alexander III.

At 4:30 in the morning, Sakura Country's flagship Yoshizawa entered the range and took the initiative to attack Alexander III. Immediately, Alexander III also launched a counterattack.

But neither side caused actual damage to the other, and even near-misses were of no use.

At 4:50 in the morning, the Sakura Empire's Takachie and Naniwa entered the range at the same time and launched an attack on Alexander III of the Rakshasa Kingdom. At this time, the Alexander III battleship was one against three.

The Alexander III battleship relied on its 12-inch 40-magnitude naval gun to fight back without losing any ground.

At 4:55 in the morning, Yoshino achieved the first straddle attack on the battleship Alexander III.

At 5 a.m., the cruiser Takachie hit the deck of Alexander, causing casualties to the sailors on the deck of Alexander III.

At 5:3 a.m., Alexander III caused a near miss on the Naniwa. The explosion was located near the waterline of the Naniwa, causing water to enter the left side of the Naniwa.

The Naniwa had no choice but to balance the hull by filling the right cabin with water. However, in this way, the speed of the Naniwa dropped from the original 18 knots to only about 13 knots.

At 5:15 in the morning, the Yoshino hit the port side of the Alexander III with four consecutive rounds, two of which were near the waterline, opening a three-meter-wide hole in the port side of the Alexander III. A large amount of seawater poured into the cabin of the Alexander III.

The captain of Alexander III ordered the starboard compartment to be filled with water.

At this time, the Alexander III battleship was filled with at least two hundred tons of seawater, and its speed dropped from the original 18 knots to 14 knots.

At this time, the key figure who changed the situation of the war appeared. The destroyer Dongyun appeared out of nowhere and fired a round of torpedoes at Alexander III, whose speed was greatly reduced.

Three minutes later, Alexander III was hit by two 3mm torpedoes on the port side. At the same time, the Yoshino's main gun fired, as if it was fired, penetrated the ammunition magazine of the Alexander III's forward main gun, and triggered a fatal explosion.

Amidst a series of explosions, the captain of the battleship Alexander III had no choice but to order the abandonment of the ship.

Twenty minutes later, the 1.3-ton battleship sank to the bottom of the sea.