Mediterranean Hegemony Road

As night fell, under the command of Lieutenant Admiral Stepan Osipovich Makarov, the famous Russian Navy Admiral, the Russian Navy moved, three armored ships (pocket battleships, which can also be understood as battleships that appeared before dreadnoughts), 8 cruisers, 3 destroyers, and a large number of auxiliary ships rushed to the Bosporus Strait.

This is almost the entire property of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. After 88 years, all the new ships acquired by the Black Sea Fleet are now almost in full force!

This fleet is also the property of one-third of the navy of the third largest naval power in the world. In terms of tonnage alone, it has no advantage over the Ottoman Navy at this time.

Of course, naval battles are not simply a matter of tonnage. In terms of warship performance, the Russians still have a clear advantage! After all, one is a product of the 1960s and 1970s, and the other is a product of the 1980s, there is no comparison at all!

The Ottoman Navy is too old, and this big fleet has lost its former glory!

As the saying goes, the one who knows himself best is always his enemy!

The Russians are well aware of the situation of the Ottoman Navy, otherwise the Russian Navy would not be in a hurry to attack the Ottoman Navy! !

An opponent as weak as possible is undoubtedly the best choice to gain military merit. At this time, the Black Sea Fleet is already hungry and thirsty!

The Russians have already figured out the situation in the Bosporus Strait! Including the exact location of the shore artillery deployed by the Ottomans, perhaps the map marked by the Russians is more accurate than the Ottomans themselves! ..

The Bosphorus has a Mediterranean climate, with calm seas, slow currents, few beaches and reefs for most of the year, and excellent shipping conditions, which also created conditions for the Black Sea Fleet to pass at night.

At the same time, Bulgaria also launched a massive offensive with roaring artillery fire in an attempt to cover the sound of sailing ships with the sound of artillery!

Listen to the bait, is there a ship passing by?

Impossible. Now that we are fighting so fiercely with the Bulgarians, which idiot dares to pass at this moment, isn't he afraid of being killed by stray bullets?

It's not right, it's not just a ship, it's like a fleet! Not good, this is a warship passing by, report it quickly!

The Ottoman soldiers who noticed something was wrong immediately reported the situation to Eder Pasha after several twists and turns.

After getting the news,

Eder Pasha immediately handed it over to Ahmed Pasha, and ordered the defenders on both sides of the strait to fire at the strait. No, it should be the defenders on the Uskudar side to fire!

At this moment, the few shore guns left in Constantinople have turned around and are busy with life and death PK battles with the Bulgarians.

At this time, the Russian fleet had passed most of the distance, and a huge opportunity was in front of Ahmed Pasha!

As long as the Ottoman Navy blocked the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the Sea of ​​Marmara, and with the help of shore artillery, the Ottoman Empire had a great possibility to severely damage or even wipe out the Russian Black Sea Fleet this time!

No, now it should be said that the Bulgarian navy is wiped out! Once the navy wins, the battle of Constantinople will also turn around!

Bulgaria without a navy, even if it takes Constantinople, it is of little value, and there is no need for this war to continue!

It's a pity that the current commander of the Ottoman Empire, Ahmed Pasha, poked his nose at this opportunity!

Damn Eder Pasha, you idiot! Let the Russians go deep into the Bosphorus, and only now find out!

It should be discovered earlier that the distance of 30 kilometers to attack with shore artillery is enough to send all the Black Sea Fleet into the sea to feed the fish!

Well now, at most one hour, the Russians are about to rush out of the Bosphorus, and now I need to lead troops to intercept them!

Fuck, do you think the navy is also your army's bastard? If you talk about gathering, then gather, this time I will kill Lao Tzu!

Scolding is scolding, what should be done is still to be done! Ahmed Pasha still gave the order, and the whole army was dispatched to intercept the Black Sea Fleet!

Now Ahmed Pasha has fully hoped that the shore artillery can severely damage the Black Sea Fleet, otherwise his navy composed of ragtag people can only send a wave of records!

When the Ottoman Empire Navy was ready, the Russian Black Sea Fleet had come to the door, and the two sides went out at the exit of the Bosporus Strait, and they started fighting without saying a word!

At this time, the sky had not yet brightened, and the Ottoman navy did not dare to go too deep. After all, shells have no eyes, especially when the lights are blind, if they are killed by their own shore artillery, there is no reason to go!

When the sky was bright, I was even more afraid to go. At that time, the Bulgarian artillery could also come over. I guess no one would try the power of the dense artillery fire array!

Once the fight started, Ahmed Pasha knew what had happened. The Black Sea Fleet suffered little losses, at least in terms of firepower!

Think about it, even if the shore artillery fires, it has to be hit! The black lights didn't even have a target to aim at, and the artillerymen walked completely by feeling, so it's no wonder that the aim is high?

As for the giant searchlights deployed on both sides of the strait? As soon as the light came on, Bulgaria's shells would be inoculated immediately, and it was not doing well, and it was extinguished again!

Even so, when the Russian Black Sea Fleet rushed out, many ships were injured, and many auxiliary ships sank to the bottom of the sea!

At this moment, the Ottoman navy has an advantage in the number of fleets, but the Russians have an advantage in tonnage, and the firepower of both sides is not on the same level!

But now, the Black Sea Fleet does not plan to engage in artillery battles with Ahmed Pasha here! For Lieutenant-General Stepan Osipovich Makarov, commander of the Black Sea Fleet, nothing is more important than entering the Sea of ​​Marmara!

Rush up and fight the Ottomans in close quarters!

Following Lieutenant General Stepan Osipovich Makarov's order, a battleship took the lead and rushed towards the Ottoman Navy!

Soon the two fleets fought together. Since neither side had experienced night battles, the scene was so chaotic!

The Black Sea Fleet is better, they are all regular troops after all, they have enough psychological advantage to fight the Ottomans!

At this point in the battle, the advantage of the Ottoman Empire's shore artillery no longer exists. The two sides are fighting together, and they can't tell the difference at all, and they can't continue to fight!

Ahmed Pasha decisively stopped the fire support of the shore artillery, because in their previous support, a shell landed accurately next to his flagship, causing a few waves and frightened into a cold sweat Straight up!

It's fine if you die in the hands of the enemy. On the battlefield, swords and guns have no eyes, and life and death matter! What if he died at the hands of his own people? Isn't it too unfair?

Little did he know that it was his decision that saved the rest of the Russian auxiliary fleet! These small boats are no thicker than warships. If they are hit by shells, they will be injured at least, or die at worst!

The battle lasted for more than three hours, and the Ottoman navy fleet was still defeated. The gap in strength cannot be made up by numbers alone, especially when the number is not enough!

After sinking seven ironclad ships, two armored cruisers, three protected cruisers, four collision cruisers, and other miscellaneous warships, Ahmed Pasha saw that the situation was over and he had to run away with his fleet !

Of course, the Black Sea Fleet was not having a good time either. It was bombarded by the Ottomans first, and then fought with the Ottomans again, which also suffered heavy losses!

Losses include: one battleship and one cruiser sank to the bottom of the sea, one battleship was severely damaged, several warships were slightly injured, eight auxiliary ships of various types, and more than 3,000 casualties!