Master Yuan, start!

Liu Bohong, who was at the entrance of the strait, quickly gave orders, ordering the Hailong to go south and hide in Mutsu Bay.

"Send a telegram to the Haifeng, tell them to turn around immediately and stop pursuing us!"

The ticking sound of the telegraph was heard, and electromagnetic waves were sent at an extremely fast speed across a distance of dozens of kilometers to the main formation of the Beiyang Fleet in the rear.

At this time, black smoke billowed out of the chimney of the Hailong. The second mate stopped accelerating without caring about the damage to the engine.

With a "thump", the huge reverse thrust caused by the warship's stop made everyone on the ship stagger.

Immediately afterwards, the Hailong turned at an extremely fast speed, headed south, and tried its best to get away from the strait.

At this moment, on the bridge, Liu Bohong faced the setting sun and looked directly at the tsunami.

He didn't know if he could survive the tsunami, but at this moment, his heart was filled with joy.

The huge stone that has been weighing on the Sino-Russian naval war has finally fallen to the ground!

“In ancient times, there was a divine wind that stopped the Mongols from invading the south;

Now there is a divine wave that will destroy the Russians' ten-thousand-ton warship."

"Good, wonderful!"

Liu Bohong leaned against the bridge, stretched out his arms, and felt the joy of victory.

Chapter 328: Eliminate the roots and escort them back to the country

"Hurry up and save people!"

The aftermath of the tsunami has subsided. Facing the rising sun, Liu Bohong led the nearly capsized Hailong to the sea area where the Japanese fleet sank.

Looking at the wooden boards and flags scattered all over the sea, as well as the bodies of some sailors facing down and drifting with the waves, Liu Bohong quickly ordered the lifeboat to be lowered.

"Captain, it's rotten, the lifeboat is completely rotten!" The first mate ran to the deck to observe and replied hurriedly.

"It's all rotten?" Liu Bohong shouted, "Then fix it quickly, and rescue the people as soon as possible!"

The normal number of people on board the Hailong warship is 300, and the maximum full load is 330.

There are two lifeboats on the port deck and the starboard deck that can carry 2 people each. In addition, there are more than 50 life jackets.

In other words, even if all four lifeboats were launched, they could only carry a maximum of 4 people.

Not to mention that due to the continuous artillery fire, every lifeboat on the deck was blown to pieces.

The officers and soldiers on the ship had no choice but to dismantle the severely damaged lifeboat and use it to repair the slightly damaged one.

After a lot of work, the two boats were finally repaired.

However, compared to the vast number of targets on the sea, two ships are simply a drop in the bucket.

Fortunately, the Haifeng arrived in time with the remaining troops.

After escaping the tsunami, the radio communication on the Haifeng was interrupted for a while due to excessive moisture, and was only reconnected just now.

The Haifeng was relatively lightly damaged, and three of the four lifeboats on board were intact.

Together with some other Yi0u Temple san. Liu Ci o "4 folding era: gunboats and auxiliary ships have lowered lifeboats of various sizes to start search and rescue.

More than a dozen small boats gradually moved away from the warship, and the officers and soldiers on them struggled to break through the waves and rowed to a nearby place.

Fragments, broken boards, and floating corpses.

The rising sun covered the sea with a layer of blood-red golden color.

"Help, help. Save me, save me."

A burst of urgent calls broke the silence. A dying Japanese sailor lying on the wooden board saw someone coming and shouted desperately.

The officers and soldiers on the Hailong could not understand what the other party was shouting, but they still followed the sound and found the Japanese sailor.

After approaching, setting up ropes, and dragging, the Japanese sailors were pulled onto the lifeboat and put on life jackets.

"Aligato, Aligato!"

The Japanese sailor looked pale, but still choked with sobs and repeatedly expressed his gratitude.

His hands and feet were swollen and white from being soaked. From the time he encountered the tsunami at 8 o'clock last night to 5 o'clock this morning, a full nine hours had passed.

The Japanese sailor once thought that he was going to be eaten by the fish, but he did not expect that he could be salvaged. He had a look of surviving a disaster in his eyes.

Fortunately, the average temperature of Whale Sea in summer is above 17 degrees, and it is not too cold at night, so he can persist in the sea for so long.

If he fell into the sea in the North Atlantic, he would probably suffer from hypothermia, the same fate as Jack in the Titanic.

"Brother Park, what does he mean?" Sailor Second Mate Zhang Gongniutou looked at the Korean Park Zhengyi behind him.

Park Zhengyi once sailed on the route between Incheon and Hiroshima and knew a few words of Japanese. Later, after Yuan Shikai put down the Korean rebellion, he was admitted to the Incheon Naval Academy and joined the Beiyang Fleet.

"Brother Zhang, he said thank you, very grateful to us."

"Hey, we're all comrades who fought side by side and fought the Russian devils together. Why should we be so formal?"

Zhang Gong patted the sailor's shoulder and spoke to him in comfort. The crew members around him also gathered around him, which made him feel a little relieved.

"Let's go and continue saving people!"

Holding oars, the group continued to row forward, rescuing one soldier after another who fell into the water.

...

"Captain, all the people who fell into the water have been rescued and placed on board the ships.

The Japanese ships Matsushima, Hashidate, Takachiho, and Akitsuzumi capsized, flooded their cabins, and are slowly sinking.

Besides this, the Yoshino is missing and is suspected to have sunk to the bottom of the sea."

A few hours later, the first mate of the Hailong came forward and bowed to report the latest situation.

"What about Russia? What about Russian warships?"

Liu Bohong looked at the calm sea and suddenly thought of the two huge warships.

"They capsized, Alexander II and Nicholas I both capsized!" The first mate clenched his fists excitedly.

Even the most invincible steel behemoths will bow down to the might of nature.

"It just capsized, but hasn't sunk yet?" Liu Bohong asked indifferently.

"No, judging by the current rate of water inflow, it will take at least another day for it to completely sink."

Listening to the first mate's answer, Liu Bohong fell into a brief thought.

One day?

Is one day too long?

Thinking of this, Liu Bohong made up his mind.

"Send the Sea Dragon over there, fire torpedoes, and sink them!"

He wanted to eradicate all evil and was unwilling to leave any instability.

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, the first mate quickly ordered the helmsman to turn and approach the Russian warship.

Ten minutes later, the Sea Dragon arrived close to the once invincible Alexander II.

"boom!"

Several 360mm torpedoes accurately hit two Russian Alexander II-class 9500-ton battleships that were overturned on the sea and had no resistance.

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Looking at the Russian ship that broke into two pieces and then sank quickly, Liu Bohong finally showed a relieved smile on his face.

There is no chivalry, no fair fight.

Take advantage of your illness to kill you and eradicate the root of the problem!

With his back to the flames of the Russian warships, Liu Bohong looked at the lifeboats gradually returning to the ships and asked:

"How many people were rescued?"

"More than 3300 people, including the Japanese commander Ito Toru and the captain of the Yoshino, Togo Heihachiro."

"There were five Japanese warships with a total crew of more than 5 people, but less than one-fifth of them are left." Liu Bohong sighed as he looked at the devastated scene at sea.

He still felt a lingering fear when he recalled last night when the Hailong was swaying from side to side and almost capsized in the aftermath of the tsunami.

It is hard to imagine the horror that the Japanese fleet experienced when facing the tsunami.

"Take them with you and set off back to port!"

"Captain, there's one more thing!"

"what's up?"

"It's my fault. I didn't tell my brothers in advance to fish out more than 100 Russian devils." The first mate scratched his head, looking embarrassed.

The first mate did not expect that Captain Liu Bohong would have such an attitude towards the Russian Navy. If he had known earlier, he would have given orders from the beginning to kill any Russians who were not dead immediately and would not provide any rescue at all.

"No problem, just fish them out. Tie them all up and escort them back to their country!"

Liu Bohong turned around and looked at the Alexander II, which had half of its body sunk into the sea, with only a small piece of metal deck floating on the sea. He felt indescribably happy.

As a result, there was less hatred towards the surviving Russians.

The Russian Vladivostok fleet was almost completely destroyed here, with only a few coastal gunboats left in the port.

In a short period of time, at least within half a year, the Whale Sea will be the Chinese Navy's world!

Chapter 329: The Beginning of the African Strategy

When the Sino-Japanese joint fleet and Russian warships encountered a tsunami in the Tsugaru Strait, Yuan Shikai was staying in the temporary command post in Weihai.

While waiting for the final news of the naval battle, he flipped through several lists in his hands.

After a while, Yuan Xiangcheng closed the roster and looked at the still young Henan Revolutionary Army soldier in front of him with interest.

This man had obviously just shaved his head, and there was still some stubble on his hair.

When he saw Yuan Xiangcheng looking at him, he did not avoid him, but instead held his head high and chest out and faced him.

This is not disrespectful, but military regulations.

Among the "Five Articles of the Republic" promulgated after the founding of the Republic, one of them requires that citizens should not kowtow or bow when meeting each other, but only shake hands or bow.