Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 298 Russian Airship
Due to the suddenness of the attack and the complete blockade of the port, the Russian fleet, which relies on the defense line in Manila Bay, is not fully prepared to be on duty, so it is impossible to avoid projected artillery fire and torpedoes, even at this point, Rost Raff still stubbornly thinks so.Dozens of torpedoes hit three Russian warships, and the result can be imagined.The Navarin was completely sunk, and the Batoyev completely lost its power plant. Apart from serving as a target in situ, it could only play the role of a fixed fort. If this continues, it will be sunk sooner or later.

"Order the flagship and the Batoyev to give up resistance and raise the white flag!" Rostrav's face was as ugly as a pig's liver, and he shuffled towards his command room.However, the commander's decision made the officers and soldiers breathe a sigh of relief. After all, they are a group of people driven by political interests, and they came all the way to this strange sea area. Even if they can't fight for the honor of the empire, they can't put their own Lose your life in a foreign country.

"General, shall we accept the Russians' request for surrender?" The young and shrewd Wu Peifu walked to Lin Yongsheng's side in a timely manner, looked at Lin Yongsheng meaningfully and said, "If the navy can also raise the white flag, they are not the real navy. I trust the Russians, they may have failed so badly."

After his reminder, Lin Yongsheng suddenly realized that this might be a trap, and quickly ordered all ships to raise their alert and be ready to fight at any time.At the same time, he signaled to Wu Peifu that he asked Chengfeng and Breaking Wave to sail over and accept the enemy's arming.

Everything went smoothly, and Rostrav handed over his command knife to Lin Yongsheng on behalf of the Baltic Fleet.After the Battle of Vladivostok, the Russian fleet, which considered itself the number one in the Far East, was once again defeated by the Chinese. So far, the two most powerful Russian fleets have all been wiped out, leaving only the Black Sea Fleet to maintain its face in Europe.

"My lord, how do you plan to deal with the city of Manila? They ignored our country's warning and insisted on allowing the Russian warships to dock. I think at least we should show them some color and completely destroy their coastal defense batteries. I don't know my lord. What do you think?" Wu Peifu's eyes flashed with vengeance.

Lin Yongsheng smiled: "Ziyu, you are right, but it is not enough to give them a little color, we want Manila to be included in the territory of the empire."

"Oh?" Wu Peifu gasped. He just wanted to teach the Filipinos a lesson. He didn't expect Master Lin to occupy the entire city of Manila. "My lord, this matter is of great importance. Do you want to consult the emperor first before making a decision?"

Lin Yongsheng chuckled: "Ziyu, a smart person like you should be able to think that if there is no emperor's will, would a small fleet commander like me dare to make such a decision?"

"So, the emperor has already given secret instructions beforehand?"

Lin Yongsheng smiled and remained silent.Suddenly, a sentry pointed to the coast of Manila and said, "Look, my lord, they raised the white flag!"

The artillery fire has already made the city of Manila enter a new day ahead of schedule, just when the sea is full of artillery fire.The white flag of Manila City also fluttered. The Manila authorities were very worried that the powerful Chinese fleet would raze the city of Manila to the ground after hunting down the Russian fleet. Moreover, their masters, the British, had always ignored their distress messages. Let them completely lose confidence in the British.As the saying goes: those who know current affairs are heroes.The ruler expressed the hope that the fleet would send representatives to negotiate.

Of course, the location of the negotiation would not be in the city. At four o'clock in the morning, the negotiation finally started on the Hurricane.China's request is very simple, as long as the city of Manila is temporarily leased by China, most of the Chinese fleet will withdraw from the Philippine waters.Originally, the Governor of the Philippines wanted to use the power of the British to suppress their opponents and to retain more benefits from the negotiations, but a word from the shrewd Wu Peifu made them completely dispel this idea: If the British Union Jack flag is flying here If so, does their fleet have the strength to guard here?
After nearly two hours of negotiations, the Philippine governor finally agreed to the conditions of the Chinese representative. As a result, China obtained a one-year lease of Manila Bay, the best and most important seaport in the Philippines. In addition to retaining a fleet of ships here, The rest of the warships slowly left Manila Bay.The Nanyang Fleet, which was supposed to come to support, received the news that the Singapore Fleet had won a complete victory on the way, and the coach Lin Taizeng had to return to his station with regret.

This time, the Chinese navy won a beautiful victory in the Manila naval battle, which also calmed Guan Xuqing's long-standing worry. He had always worried that China's coastal defense strength in Malacca and even Southeast Asia was somewhat weak. This naval battle made him completely get rid of this problem. This kind of worry can be completely devoted to the polar bear in the north of China.The powerful strength of the Chinese navy in a series of battles is certainly surprising, but in a battle of conquering and being conquered, it is the army that plays a decisive role.Unlike the invincibility of the navy, the situation of land warfare is more complicated.Especially after receiving the news of the Russian airship, Guan Xuqing was shocked. He thought that China had always been in a monopoly position with Germany in this field. Now the appearance of the Russian airship gave Guan Xuqing the urgency to step up the research and development of new weapons!
Lin Yizheng's airship formation accidentally encountered a Russian airship during its investigation to the west. The Russian army was obviously prepared. Two small airships stuck to our large airship and kept firing Shooting at the hull, because the speed of the big airship was slower than the opponent, so after a fierce battle, it was very difficult to return to the front line of Novosibirsk.

What annoyed the Russians was that the structure of the Chinese large airship was not as unsafe as they imagined. Due to its large size and double-skin structure, the occasional holes caused by rifle bullets were not as fatal as they imagined. Today It was their luck that they encountered this one by accident, and according to reliable scouting reports, there are at least 30 Chinese airships staying at the secret military base in the Northwest.After receiving the news, Zhang Yu led a group of technicians to the scene of the crash of the airship. After the inspection, it was found that there were [-] holes in the outer skin of the whole ship, and [-] holes in the inner skin.This design was originally used to ensure that the airbag would not inflate indefinitely, but it did not expect to save the airship and its occupants this time.Except for a radio operator who was hit by a bullet in the arm and suffered minor injuries, the other five were unharmed.Based on Lin Yizheng's description, the engineers and technicians preliminarily judged that the Russian small airship should be made in a certain European country. If Germany is excluded, only Britain and France are left.

This is the first time I have encountered a Russian airship. The army did not know that the Russians also had such advanced gadgets before, so after the inspection, they also equipped the rest of the airships with heavy guns in case of accidents. The Russians This trick can only be used once, and it won't be a disadvantage if you encounter it again in the future.Compared with their small airships, the big airships can withstand the gunshots, but the small airships are difficult to carry, and the Russian airship is almost a piece of equipment except for the fixed frame and a design similar to Zeppelin. The power unit is the balloon itself.In the end, the engineering mechanics concluded that this was an airship built by the French. Because the technology was very immature, it could only be regarded as a balloon that could be controlled by humans.

Having suffered losses from the Russians twice in one day, and being criticized by Feng Xianghua without any trace, Zhang Yu was very annoyed and unconvinced. The war went very badly.I have almost the same official rank as Zhang Zuolin and Liu Jintang, and even more prominent in the court, but I have encountered such an embarrassing battle situation.It seems that in this special situation, special means must be used to surprise the Russians.

So, that afternoon, he urgently held a military affairs meeting, reprimanded the generals below, and then he came up with a plan for everyone to discuss.The main reason is that the Russian army’s artillery mobilization scale is very large, and the consumption of shells is also very large. So where is the supply line and how is it maintained? The front line of the enemy was interspersed, and their supply line was destroyed, and their artillery was completely misfired.Another thing is where is the main storehouse of Russian artillery shells. Judging from the map and the situation before the war, it is in Irkutsk. Irkutsk is more than [-] miles away from Kyakhta. It would take a long time for the airship to fly over, so Zhang Yu asked them to come up with an idea immediately, whether to use the airship or the cavalry, both have their own shortcomings, the airship is easy to get lost at night, and the cavalry is not familiar with the situation on the other side , The sneak attack is okay, but the long-distance interspersed attack is basically a situation where there is no return.Moreover, the Russian army still doesn't know whether they will fight the next day or how to fight. They must fight back the next day, otherwise there will be no confrontation at all, and they will be passively beaten.Therefore, the counterattack strategy should also be presented at today's military affairs meeting.

The leader of Mongolian Tumote Youzuo Banner is a young man, the second son of their old Tumote Khan. The young man from Gunbuzabu had just claimed his father's title of Beizi, and it was considered to be during his father's funeral. He stood up and blurted out: "General Zhang, don't worry, defending our prairie is of course our Mongols' business. If the eagle cannot fly, let our steeds go to the heart of the enemy! Bogda Khan has given us the supreme grace, and this is the time for us to repay the favor!"

(End of this chapter)