New Ming Empire mixed in America

"Captain, Maozi's battleship was stopped by an airship."

On the transport ship, the captain of the transport ship who was directing the sailors to add media to the boiler heard the observer's report.

He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. In order to allow the target ship to follow the Tsarist Russian fleet closely, their original troop transport ships were temporarily deployed to tow the target ship.

At this time, they had been chasing for more than an hour, and finally they were able to complete the task.

"Get closer first, wait until our fleet comes over, and then release the link to the target ship. This will save these idiots from giving us a false shot."

After saying that, he put on his coat again and walked towards the deck.

To be honest, the job of a boilermaker on a ship is really not done by humans. Not only does it require a lot of strength, but you also have to be able to endure high temperatures.

And during the battle, they could only stay here in the boiler and wait for the verdict.

After a gust of sea breeze, he also saw clearly the appearance of the Tsarist Russian fleet.

The number of the Tsarist Russian squadron sent over was not too large. After the defeat in Crimea, Tsarist Russia had lost its Black Sea Fleet.

The interests of the mainland and the Far East still need to be maintained by warships, so the squadron sent here only has four sailing warships equipped with more than fifty naval guns.

The only thing left is the supply ship. Because there are too few supply ports along the way, the supply ship must be brought along.

And after the failure of the Crimean War, only the Siberian fleet of Tsarist Russia was able to escape and take advantage.

If he wasn't worried about the Tsarist Russian fleet threatening immigration routes, Li Mingqi really wouldn't be worried about Tsarist Russia's paper tiger navy that had its front teeth pulled out.

But who asked the Puppet Qing Dynasty to cut off its flesh and feed Tsarist Russia, so now Tsarist Russia also has a say in the Far East. Especially on the route from the Puppet Qing Dynasty to the Japanese country, Tsarist Russia has begun to make moves.

For immigrants from the Puppet Qing Dynasty, the immigration ships had to be supplied by the Japanese country before they could set sail.

It doesn't matter if it's a merchant ship, but a fleet carrying a large number of immigrants must be replenished at a Japanese port before setting sail.

Therefore, in Li Mingqi's eyes, Tsarist Russia's navy is now a toad with a few thorns, which is doubly disturbing.

This is also the reason why Li Mingqi has never focused on the lands of neighboring countries. Not only the central region of the United States, but also Canada has no intention of getting involved for the time being.

He tried hard to establish a stable supply line in the Pacific, but he just didn't want to be controlled by Tsarist Russia.

What's more, I don't know where Tsarist Russia's face came from, and he wanted to take advantage of the war between the Xinming Empire and Dai Ying.

Can the Xinming Empire believe their lies and let them help mediate the war with Dai Ying?

After the target ship was in place, Song He and his fleet quickly arrived near the Tsarist Russian fleet.

Looking at this small fleet, Song He was confident that he would send these people into the sea to take a cold bath within an hour.

But with Li Mingqi's order, he could only suppress the thought of beating the opponent violently and began to prepare for the drill.

This exercise not only ended with the sinking of the target ship, but also included tactical exercises such as formation cruising and rapid insertion.

The Tsarist Russian fleet... to be precise, they used the target ship next to their fleet as a training object, but who said the distance between them was too close.

During the exercise, especially during rapid interludes, Song He led his fleet to swim back and forth among the gaps between Tsarist Russian warships.

Recently, the distance between the warships of both sides was less than ten meters, and even the navies of both sides could clearly see each other's faces.

Although they cannot take action, their respective navy soldiers will inevitably behave in some indecent ways.

For example, the naval soldiers of the New Ming Empire all raised their middle fingers, while the navy soldiers of Tsarist Russia peed in the direction of the Songhe fleet.

During this period, they were also accompanied by their respective national curses. For example, during the time when the two sides passed each other, sounds like 'mlgb' and 'Яебутвоюмать' filled the sea between the two sides.

The first half of this exercise ended in a friendly atmosphere between both parties, and then came the highlight.

"You can hit Dute Niang's aiming point askew, but you can't hit Mao Zi's ship. Do you remember that?"

The captain's words came from the earphones of all the gun crew leaders, making all the team leaders curl their lips.

It's okay to hit it crookedly, but isn't this just asking them to greet Tsarist Russian warships in the vicinity?

If we really aimed at the target ship, so many warships would be gone in one round, so why would we need to prepare twenty pairs of artillery shells for the drill?

Although they slandered, the order had to be carried out. So after the aiming stage, all the gunners unconsciously aimed at the area less than 200 meters between the target ship and the Russian fleet.

This resulted in the fact that after the first salvo, not even a single skin was broken on the target ship, while rows of water splashes from the shells rose on the sea in front of the Russian fleet.

"Commander, this is a provocation, this is a provocation!"

A naval officer stood beside Leonid and kept roaring.

"We should give these Easterners the most powerful counterattack. I propose to open our gun windows and let them know that our Tsarist Russian navy is not a pussy!"

Looking at this officer's performance with a dark face, how could Leonid not know what the other officer was thinking?

This was a delayed performance for the domestic war department. As long as they made their attitude clear, the insult the fleet suffered this time had nothing to do with them.

The blame falls entirely on Leonid. Anyway, they have already asked the commander for instructions, but the commander did not agree.

See, it's not that we are weak, it's because the commanders are weak and they just follow orders.

Taking a deep breath, Leonid glanced at the airship that had been hanging overhead, and could only suppress the irritability in his heart.

Not only were the officers on the flagship performing, but the officers on the other battleships were also not idle.

They kept asking the flag bearer to send signals to the flagship asking for artillery fire, so that Leonid was too lazy to listen to the constant reports from the messenger.

"We should at least do something. We can't just stay there like a clown. You are the commander. You shouldn't be so weak. This is simply an embarrassment to our Tsarist Russia!"

One officer may have had too much to drink, but despite everyone's tacit understanding, he actually targeted the commander Leonid.

Not only that, even the transport ships that followed started to signal requests for war.

Clenching his fists, Leonid looked at these people and said fiercely: "Do you really think I am a fool? Under this situation, you are still forcing me to make the first decision?"

"Okay, I am announcing now that we will open the gun windows and start firing back towards the front of those Eastern warships!"

After finishing speaking, he ignored the officers who seemed to be strangled by the neck and called the messenger to inform the flag bearer and send a signal of agreement to each ship.

When they saw that the commander was serious about coming, the officers who had been filled with indignation just now changed their expressions.

Their performance just now was just to take away their own responsibilities, if they really let the commander pass the order.

Then they might not all end well. If they are lucky, they can be captured, but if they are unlucky, they will have to feed the fish with the battleship.

"Commander, you cannot issue such an order that will cause Russia to suffer losses in vain. Our navy has not yet recovered its strength. It is unwise to fight forcefully now!"

"Yes, I think we have the right to reject your order, which is obviously wrong. We must retain the power of the Russian navy and cannot waste it in such a meaningless and unwise battle!"

But Leonid ignored them and still let the flag bearer play the flag.