Chapter 1192: Naval Battle

A vast and mighty fleet appeared, shocking everyone.

Is this a Longyan force?

It doesn't look like it!

A sharp glint flashed in Ushakov's eyes.

"General, the enemy ships have entered our range. Shall we use signal flags to contact them?"

The signalman asked.

Ushakov gave a cold laugh.

Contact?

What the hell is there to contact?

He is a Marshal of the Tsarist Russia navy; could he not know whether Tsarist Russia had sent reinforcements or not?

Those appearing on the sea surface now must be the enemy!

He roared, "Prepare for battle!"

"Yes!"

"General, the enemy has begun loading their cannons!"

"Shall we attack?"

"They refuse to surrender!"

"All cannons load with Cannonball. In one instant, pour all shells onto their main Warship. The enemy fleet outnumbers us; only by sinking a few of their warships first can we be certain of winning this battle."

Li Shunyi said indifferently.

"General, this is actively provoking a war. If the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs investigates, we cannot bear this responsibility," a deputy general on the side reminded him.

Although the interior of the Li Dynasty had agreed to reinforce Longyan.

In the international community, they were certainly still unwilling to start a war without a just cause...

After all, the Li Dynasty is a small country.

They were still unwilling to formally provoke this beast, Tsarist Russia.

Therefore, this matter was extremely delicate.

"Who said we were the ones to provoke the war first?"

Li Shunyi chuckled.

"Ah?"

Li Shunyi's words left the deputy general stunned.

"Remember, we only came here to mediate the war between Longyan and Tsarist Russia. However, just as our warships approached the Tsarist Russia fleet, the Tsarist Russia fleet suddenly opened fire on us. We were merely forced to return fire. Do you understand?" Li Shunyi said indifferently.

"... Yes."

Although the soldiers hesitated for a moment, since the supreme commander had said so, they could only follow orders.

If it were any other general, they would never have dared to do this, but Li Shunyi dared.

Upon hearing this news, he had already begun studying Tsarist Russia.

Tsarist Russia appears powerful, but what is powerful is only their land power; the Tsarist Russia navy is actually quite mediocre.

Although Peter the Great had been developing the Tsarist Russia navy since taking power, and even poured a lot of money into it, in reality, the results were not very good.

In terms of naval strength, they still could not compare to those powerful nations in Europe.

Let alone the Longyan of today...

Currently, Tsarist Russia only has two naval forces: one is the Baltic Fleet in Europe, and the other is this Far East Fleet.

The most critical point is that the north of Tsarist Russia is the Arctic, and the Arctic is all ice; ships simply cannot pass through.

Tsarist Russia has always wanted to occupy more Ice-free Port, which is the reason.

They live too difficultly...

This means that as long as their Li Dynasty can annihilate this Tsarist Russia Far East Fleet, Tsarist Russia will have no naval military power in the Far East. Even if they want to retaliate from land, they must pass through the Northeast of Longyan, and Longyan would never let them pass.

Therefore, as long as they are bound together with Longyan, the Russian Army will have no Method to deal with them. If Tsarist Russia really wants to get even and transfer the Baltic Fleet from Europe, it would require circling more than half of Earth.

Although the Baltic Fleet has a certain combat capability, such a long-distance Expeditionary Force would have its soldiers' energy exhausted during the long voyage. At that time, they could wait at their ease, and with a little coordination with the Longyan Navy, they could completely annihilate this Expeditionary Force.

Moreover...

The Baltic Sea is equally important to Tsarist Russia; they would not abandon the defense of the Baltic Sea, as a group of powerful European nations are still waiting like mantises stalking cicadas.

The world situation is just like this.

He had long since seen through this seemingly powerful Ushakov.

"Small Warship will flank from both sides, Turtle Ship will charge straight ahead to attract fire from the front. When the Turtle Ship has attracted the first wave of fire, the following large Warship will aim at their flagship and strike hard! As long as we take out their command, we will have the opportunity to annihilate them!"

What Li Shunyi wants is not to repel them; he wants total annihilation!

If this fleet is allowed to escape, they could rest and reorganize in the Tsarist Russia Far East region, and who knows when they might strike back. For the Li Dynasty, that would be a sword hanging over their heads.

The Li Dynasty is in an important stage of development, and the country absolutely cannot afford another war. Therefore, as a naval admiral, he must completely resolve this hidden danger!

And...

Li Shunyi is a naval general who also possesses great talent and bold vision.

He knows...

This battle will determine the future of the Li Dynasty!

It will determine the situation of the entire Asia!

It will even determine the situation of the entire world!

He could use this battle to become famous in one stroke!

The Li Dynasty could also gain a period of opportunity for development!

He was a general.

He was unwilling to concern himself with the complex internal Bitter Remonstrance of his country; what he wanted was victory!

The Turtle Ship, a type of low-profile warship with extremely thick armor, was pioneered by the Li Dynasty; back in the day, the famous Li Dynasty naval commander Li Shunchen relied on this equipment to defeat the Wa pirate navy.

Although the era of firearms had now arrived and the power of explosives had greatly increased compared to before, the damage-soaking ability of the Turtle Ship was still incomparable to other warships.

As long as the Turtle Ship could absorb the first wave of shelling, their ship-borne cannons could take advantage of the enemy's reloading time to shell the opposing warships and gain an advantage!

What's more...

They still had several Yinzhou warships supported by Longyan on their side!

The strength of the entire fleet still held a clear advantage in Asia.

Li Shunyi had thought it out well, but things developed a bit differently than he had imagined.

Originally, he wanted the Turtle Ship to attract fire, but who would have thought that the Russian Army would have no interest at all in this "small and exquisite" thing.

Tsarist Russia did not consider this little thing a warship at all, thinking instead that it contained a Messenger or someone of the sort who wanted to contact them.

Their eyes had been fixed on those few Yinzhou warships...

A group of people were watching the spectacle; now, the Li Dynasty soldiers on the Turtle Ship were also stunned. Originally, they were prepared to take a beating, but if the other side wouldn't hit them, what were they to do?

However, after a brief hesitation, the captain of the Turtle Ship immediately regained their senses.

Their mission was not just to take a beating; the fundamental purpose was to start this battle!

As long as they could absorb all of the enemy's first round of artillery fire onto their Turtle Ship, their mission would be considered complete.

Although the Turtle Ship was a "damage-soaking" ship, it also possessed a certain amount of offensive capability. The Turtle Ship had hundreds of firing ports and was also equipped with small cannons with a range of several hundred meters; although they could not compare to main battle warships, they could still make the opponent feel the pain.

After the captain regained their senses, everyone arrived at their battle stations, and just at this moment, the Russians stood at the bows of their ships: they were very curious about what this "little thing" actually wanted to do.

At the captain's order, hundreds of Firearm fired in unison, and a barrage of bullets caught them off guard, directly killing dozens of Russian soldiers who were watching the spectacle at the bows.

The reloading speed of Firearm was much faster than that of cannons, and when Firearm adopted three-stage firing, their rate of fire would be greatly increased.

"What the hell!"

"We've been tricked!"

"This bunch of"

"Koreans!"

"They actually dared to ambush us!"

The continuous attacks from the Turtle Ship caught the Russians off guard, and after they reacted, the Russians were greatly enraged.

Immediately, all the surrounding artillery fire was aimed at the Turtle Ship.

Cannonball after cannonball landed on the hull of the Turtle Ship; although the Turtle Ship was very sturdy, it was still riddled with holes.

But fortunately, after taking a heavy beating, the Turtle Ship did not sink, which surprised the Russians.

They had intended to sink it with the second round of shelling, but Li Shunyi would not give them that chance.

After the Russian first round of artillery fire ended, Li Shunyi's fleet aimed at the Russian flagship and opened fire.

Hundreds of Cannonball greeted the flagship all at once, and Ushakov, who was about to direct a counterattack, was directly blown away by the artillery fire!

The artillery fire of the Yinzhou warships was naturally powerful.

It caught people completely off guard.

The flagship was already listing, and with the flagship having lost its command, the entire fleet fell into chaos in an instant.

The Russian fleet counterattacked in a panic, but their accuracy was truly too poor, with a hit rate of not even one-tenth.

Looking at Li Shunyi's fleet, they were unhurried and steady, aiming before firing, and their hit rate was forty percent higher than their opponent's!

The fighting at sea was lively, but the fighting on land had stopped.

They, who were about to launch the final attack on Niu Chaofeng and his men, suddenly discovered that their rear was on fire.

If this were the mainland, it would be nothing, but the fatal part was that this was an isolated island, and those warships were their only hope of leaving this place alive.

With the warships in trouble, how could this group of people still have the heart to fight?

"General, their formation is in chaos, let's attack!" the deputy general suggested.

"Do not pursue a desperate enemy; our mission is to drag them out, not to throw eggs against rocks. You only have one life; although you are not afraid of death, do not be so reckless with it."

Li Shunyi said calmly.

Although he also wanted to annihilate the other side, war was something that came slowly.

Ushakov was not the kind of person who would let you succeed in one go.

War is an art.

It needs to be designed slowly, ground out slowly, and savored slowly. Pop-ups are severe recently, you can click to download to avoid pop-ups.