On September 1, the CIA of the Chinese Empire once again issued an alarm to the Admiralty Department, saying that the Russian Far East Fleet was about to enter the Alafra Sea and was expected to enter the Coral Sea through the Torres Strait on Odd-day, and then go to the Port of Moresby in Papua, Germany for supply.

On the same day, the fleet commander Lin Jianzhang held an extraordinary meeting at the Guam Naval Base and within the Pacific Fleet Command to further deploy the division of labor for the naval battle of the Russian fleet.

According to the plan...deployment, the Imperial Navy Pacific Fleet will wipe out the main force of the Russian Second Fleet in the Trust Strait.

The reason why the Trust Strait was selected was because the geographical location of this strait was favorable and it was also the only waterway from the Alafra Sea to the Coral Sea.

The Torres Strait is located between Australia and Papua Guinea Islands. It connects to the Coral Sea in the east and the Alafra Sea in the west. It is about 130 kilometers long and 59 to 170 kilometers wide. The strait is shallow in the south and deep in the north, with an average water depth of 50 meters, and the shallowest point is only 14 meters.

The Strait is an important maritime channel for Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean region to the islands of Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. The Torres Strait is located on a wide continental shelf. It was still on land two or three million years ago. Later, due to the new tectonic movement, it fell relatively and became a strait. The seawater submerged.

There are arrays of islands on the Torres Strait, called the Torres Strait Islands. Of the at least 274 islands, 17 are permanently inhabited by humans. These islands have different terrain, ecosystem and formation history. Several of the islands near the coast of New Guinea are lower in terrain and are composed of effluents of rivers. The islands in the western part of the strait are more mountainous and steeper, and are composed of granite. They are the peaks in the northernmost part of the Great Divide. When the last ice age ended, sea levels rose, these peaks became islands.

The strait is located at a low latitude, with high temperature and humid all year round, and has developed various types of coral reefs as well as a large number of pearls, sea cucumbers, crayfish, etc., resulting in a large number of coral reefs around the strait.

Although the strait is wide, there is only one strait channel suitable for warship navigation, with an average water depth of about 50 meters. Although the surrounding reefs and islands make the navigation of ships more dangerous, it is still an important international marine channel.

The Imperial Naval Fleet Command chose to ambush the Russian fleet in the Torres Strait, mainly due to ten Han-class submarines.

These ten Han-class submarines have maritime combat capabilities and can lie in shallow waters on both sides of the channel and accidentally launch torpedoes at Russian warships marching on the channel to achieve a surprise attack effect.

According to the commander's plan..., ten Han-class submarines were equipped with 120 torpedoes, which was enough to cause severe damage and panic to the Russian fleet in the event of a sudden attack. After being attacked by the submarine, the Russian fleet would be divided into two parts. At this time, the Pacific Fleet concentrated its main force to annihilate them separately, and it had reached its final strategic goal.

After the survey of the naval survey ship, the Pacific Fleet has grasped the water marks of the strait. The islands around the strait are under the jurisdiction of Queensland, Australia. The British Navy provides more detailed water marks to the Imperial Navy, so the Pacific Fleet can carry out military combat operations here with ease.

On the afternoon of the second day, ten Han-class submarines entered the Torres Strait and lurked on both sides of the channel that was more than 100 kilometers long.

On the morning of the third day, the main force of the Pacific Fleet entered the Coral Sea and blocked the Port Moresby of German Papua. The German Papua Governor General Investigated strongly and demanded that the Imperial Chinese Navy leave the Coral Sea. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Imperial Chinese immediately made solemn representations to the German government, saying that if Germany provides supplies and repair services to the Russian Far East Second Fleet, it would be regarded as a serious military push to the Imperial Chinese Empire, and all consequences would be borne by the German government.

The German government was silent. The Chinese Empire's military strength was extremely powerful at this time. The army won a great victory in the Far East, and the total naval tonnage was far greater than that of Germany. It can be said that Germany had lagged behind the Chinese Empire in military terms. In terms of strategy, if it offended the Chinese Empire, it is probably possible that the German naval base and the Far East islands of the German Ocean Fleet would fall, and the German ocean fleet would become even more vulnerable and unable to reinforce.

Based on these circumstances, the German government immediately stated that it would not provide supplies and ship repair services to the Russian Far East Second Fleet.

Germany gave up supplying the Tsarist Russian navy, which made the Tsarist Russian government very dissatisfied. The reason was that the Tsarist Russian government had clearly informed the Russian Far East Fleet that was anchored in Madagascar three months ago that they wanted them to go to Port Moresby to replenish and maintain the ships. Now the Russian navy is about to arrive at its destination. At this time, Germany suddenly changed its mind, and the Tsarist Russian government could not inform the navy that it was on its way.

What's even more tragic is that the German Papua Governor's Office notified Russia by telegram, informing the Chinese Empire that the main fleet of the naval suddenly appeared in the Coral Sea, which may be unfavorable to the Russian Navy, making the Russian Navy be careful. Although the Tsarist Russian Navy is equipped with radio systems, unfortunately they are all second-hand obsolete goods resold by the Chinese Empire, and their xing energy is unstable and the transmission distance is short. In Oceania, neighboring countries have no radio stations except for the United Kingdom in Singapore, so the Russian government cannot notify the Tsarist Russian Navy in time. After seeing the terrain of the Coral Sea, the Alaphra Sea and the Trust Strait, he had guessed that the Imperial Navy might ambush the Russian fleet in the strait, and he was so anxious that he hit the wall.

September 4, 1902, August 4, 2018, the Russian Julian calendar, Thursday, the weather was yin, the wind was level 3, and the waves were two meters high.

At 8:00 in the morning, the Russian Far East Second Fleet entered the entrance to the Torres Strait. The British Naval Observatory on Prince of Wales Island, located on the south side of the entrance, found the Russian Far East Fleet.

He immediately notified the Chinese Empire's Consulate in Australia by telegram. An hour later, the news was sent to the Navy's Pacific Fleet flagship, Dengyun.

After Lin Jianzhang learned of the information, he knew that the war was about to begin, so he immediately ordered the submarine fleet to prepare for battle, and clearly required the attack on the main battleships of the Russian fleet and the flagships of each sub-team. At the same time, he ordered a combat alarm.

"Fight Alert!"

"Yes! Battle Alert!"

Immediately, the communications officer sounded the battle alarm.

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A rapid battle alarm sounded, and all the officers and soldiers of the fleet quickly finished preparations when they heard the sound. They set out from each cabin and trotted all the way into their respective combat posts.

"All personnel please pay attention! All personnel please pay attention! Enter the combat position immediately, first-level combat preparation! Repeat, immediately enter the combat position immediately, first-level combat preparation! This is not an exercise, repetition, this is not an exercise."

The battle alarm sounded over the ships and was transmitted to the ears of every officer and soldier. Everyone immediately took action. All types of ship guns were torn off the cannon jackets, rangefinders, sights, and fire control commanders followed. In the battleship, the horizontal cabin passage was locked, and water pumps and strong ventilation equipment were arranged in the longitudinal cabin aisles. On the conveyor belt of the central ammunition depot, one round of shells was sent to the location of the artillery at all levels until the first round of guns. Outside the loaded battleship, important but fragile facilities such as masts, radio poles, and rudders were tightly protected by sandbags. At the same time, sand, soil, buckets and other fire-extinguishing equipment were piled up near the decks, aisles, and spirals.

After many naval battles, the naval officers and soldiers of the Chinese Empire were already familiar with this, and everything was going on in an orderly manner without fighting unprepared battles.

"Rise the fleet command flag!"

"Rise the team's command flag!"

"Rise the battleship flag!"

When the flags representing their respective combat attributes are raised, it means that the ships have completed combat preparations and warm-up.

"The Fleet Commander's speech, everyone is at attention."

The Dengyun Communication Indoor Communication Staff opened the Fleet Channel and handed the intercom to the fleet commander Lin Jianzhang.

At this time, every soldier in the entire fleet looked at the fleet's flagship Dengyun, while the invisible officers and soldiers listened to the sound of the indoor speakers.

"All officials, soldiers! The war is coming, I don't want to say anything more! The time to test you, and the time to be loyal to the empire has come. No matter how dangerous the next battle is, the fleet commander Lin Jianzhang will always stand on the bridge and share life and death with you! I will keep watching you, watching you defeat the enemy! Watch you create glory for the Imperial Navy again!"

Lin Jianzhang would stand on the bridge every battle and never enter the commander's tower. He was like a god of war who could never be defeated, becoming the respected commander of all the officers and soldiers of the Pacific Fleet. As the supreme commander, it was precisely because Lin Jianzhang had been standing there that when the officers and soldiers of the entire fleet encountered any danger, as long as they saw the commander standing there, they would muster up the courage to overcome danger and fear and fight hard.

The officers and soldiers of the entire fleet seemed to be accustomed to Lin Jianzhang's pre-war mobilization and lectures, and they were all waiting for him to finally shout slogans.

"Long live the Greater China Empire!"

"Long live!"

"Long live the Emperor of the Greater China Empire!"

"Long live!!"

"Long live the Royal Navy of the Greater China Empire!"

"Long live!!!"

Every time Lin Jianzhang shouted the same slogan in the end, but every time the soldiers couldn't help but boil their blood, and even shouted in unison.

"action!"

With the order of Lin Jianzhang, the horns of each ship were roaring, the boiler was added to the coal and the chimney was boiling, and black smoke came out, and he set out to move towards the designated target sea area.

At the same time, the Russian Far East Fleet also began to re-form the huge fleet into a single row. The third team bodonosetz, Admiral Aprakhin, Admiral Seniyavin, Admiral Ushakov, Admiral Teminsk and Admiral Levi, as well as the cruiser squadron's Light, Diamond, Pearl, Emerald, and five destroyer gunboats entered the Torres Strait first. As the pioneer fleet, they were fast, so they could quickly evacuate once they encountered an ambush. If they did not encounter an ambush, the Russian main fleet would enter the strait.

Three hours later, the crew came in to report and said: "The pilot fleet had just sent a telegram saying that they had passed through the strait and that everything was safe in the Coral Sea. Please feel free to pass through the main force of the fleet."

Lieutenant General Rozedstefansky nodded and looked at Major General Gilavsky, the chief of staff next to him, who agreed, so he immediately ordered the entire fleet to enter the strait.

At around 1:00 noon, twelve battleships of the Russian main fleet entered the straits in turn, three battleships of the cruiser squadron explored the way, and other battleships broke the rear. The main ships with severely reduced speed would take more than four hours to pass through the strait that lasted more than 100 kilometers.

Several reconnaissance cruisers and gunboats had just passed. In the shallow water reef area one thousand meters away from the channel, a submarine's periscope drew a long waterline on the sea, slowly approaching the main channel, and monitoring the subsequent Russian main ships that followed the route from afar.

"Sir, when will we attack?"

The officers and soldiers who couldn't wait could not help but look at Captain Wang Zhigang, the captain of the submarine Huanghuāyu.

"Wait!" Wang Zhigang answered without raising his head.

"The chief is the flagship of the Duke of Suvorov, the commander of the Russian fleet."

The observer compared the album in his hand and saw that the first one passed was the Russian fleet flagship, and he couldn't help looking at the captain. If he could sink the Russian fleet flagship, it would be a great achievement, and all the officers and soldiers were excited.

Wang Zhigang smiled and said, "Let me quietly and count carefully. We are responsible for attacking the twelfth battleship."

"Who is responsible for the flagship?"

"Of course it's the Ruyu number and they are at the top of their heads."

"It's so unfair. Why is Luyu responsible for this great contribution?"

"You know nothing!" Wang Zhigang immediately scolded them and said, "Who knew from the beginning that the Russian flagship was the first to pass? The Luyu was just lucky."

"Then we can beat her. Is this the most important thing?" Someone immediately encouraged her.

"Fuck!" Wang Zhigang immediately cursed: "What do you know? If we do it now, it will ruin the fleet's plan. What should we do if the Russian ship runs away? Shooting you a hundred times will not be enough."

Everyone sighed immediately and watched the Russian flagship lower his eyes and secretly ask for luck in the fishing.

Soon, Russian warships passed one by one, and the Huanghuāyu did not take action but waited for the last battleship to come before taking action.

"How many?" Wang Zhigang spoke with each other.

"There are two more commanders!" the staff officer on the side replied.

"It's almost done!" Wang Zhigang immediately stood up and ordered: "Be prepared for battle!"

"Yes! Battle preparation!" All the personnel in the boat entered their respective combat positions, and they suddenly became excited.

"The battle is ready, speed ji!"

"Search for enemy ships!" The observer immediately looked for the twelfth Russian battleship to pass.

Wang Zhigang asked: "Report the results of the sea search!"

Observer report: "The target is 190, the distance is 1200 meters, and the speed is 9 knots and 2 chains, which determine the target is the Chesma."

"Damn it, it turned out to be an old ship from 1886!"

Wang Zhigang spat and asked for his bad luck, and encountered an old enemy ship. However, as the commander, he collapsed and fucked the warship. He sent it prison, so he quickly outlined and calculated the attack position with the pencil and triangle in his hand, and then ordered: "Left rudder ten, combat speed!"

"Yes! Left rudder ten, combat speed!" Seawolf 1 quickly approached the enemy ship route, while the enemy ship Chesma route was unchanged. The Russian sailors above did not have any alertness because the ships in front passed safely.

Wang Zhigang ordered: "No. 1 to 4, the depth is set for three meters!"

The lightning strike is repeated: "Fixed depth of 3 meters! Torpedo No. 1 to 4 are ready for launching!...

When the order was issued, the operator quickly opened the torpedo compartment and took out the torpedo.

The 450mm torpedo has a huge body and weighs 700 kilograms, which cannot be moved by manpower.

The operator turned the roulette hard, and amid the creaking sound of the metal track sliding, the torpedo slowly moved towards the torpedo launch tube.

The submarine torpedoes before World War II did not have torpedo loaders, so the process of loading torpedoes alone took 10 minutes.

Several torpedo soldiers quickly equipped the torpedo with fuses, calibrated the depth, and sent four torpedoes into the No. 1 to 4 torpedo launch cabins.

Knock! The torpedo compartment is locked.
To be continued...