The Russian fleet in Arthur was extremely formidable.

This Russian fleet, that is, the Pacific Fleet, was completely wiped out by the Japanese Navy in Port Arthur in the Russo-Japanese War in Lin Fei's era, and in this era, history was rewritten, and the Japanese Navy was greatly damaged after being defeated by Lin Fei, and it was not the opponent of the Pacific Fleet at all.

The Russian Pacific Fleet stationed in Arthur consisted of five battleships and six cruisers, and the combat effectiveness of the cruisers, by and large, was on the same level as the Great-class cruisers, and there was nothing to say, and each of those five battleships was not ordinary.

The five battleships consisted of three Petropaplovsk-class battleships and two Alexander II-class battleships.

The Alexander II-class battleship is a type of battleship equipped by Russia in the early nineties of the nineteenth century, with combat effectiveness one grade lower than that of the British Sovereign-class battleships, with a displacement of 10,000 tons, a speed of 15 knots, and two 305 mm caliber heavy guns, which are installed on a twin open-air gun emplacement, equipped with four nine-inch caliber secondary guns and eight six-inch caliber secondary guns, and the firepower is quite strong.

The Petropaplovsk-class battleship is the latest type of battleship equipped by Russia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and its combat effectiveness is roughly the same as that of the British Sovereign-class battleships, with a displacement of 11,000 tons (in fact, the Petropaplovsk-class battleships can be built larger, and the reason why the displacement is only 11,000 tons is to accommodate the dock in Vladivostok), with a speed of 16 knots.

The Petropaplovsk-class battleships were even more powerful than the Alexander II-class battleships, armed with four 305 mm main guns, placed in twin turrets in the bow and stern, twelve 152 mm secondary guns, and eight on one side of the gunwale.

It can be said that the firepower of the Petropaplovsk-class battleships and the Alexander II-class battleships far exceeds Lin Fei's Dynasty-class battleships, of course, the Dynasty-class battleships have the killer weapon of rockets, and against the Petropaplovsk-class battleships and Alexander II-class battleships, not only will they not lose, but they also have a great chance of winning, because neither the Petropaplovsk-class battleships nor the Alexander II-class battleships have advanced fire control systems, It can only accurately hit targets of about four or five thousand meters.

The commander-in-chief of the Russian Pacific Fleet is named Makarov, who is the commander who died in the Russo-Japanese War during the Lin Fei era.

At this time, the Pacific Fleet had been cowering in Port Arthur, and there was no intention of attacking the Chinese army, which was that Commander Makarov was faithfully fulfilling the orders of Tsar Nicholas II, who had issued a secret order not to let the warships of the Russian Empire be damaged and try not to clash with the Chinese Navy.

The Petropavlovsk-class battleships and Alexander II-class battleships have strong firepower, so Lin Fei doesn't want to fight with them, Lin Fei has a submarine in his hand, and Lin Fei wants to use a submarine to annihilate the Russian Pacific Fleet in one fell swoop.

The reason why Lin Fei wanted to wipe out the Pacific Fleet was mainly for the future, because the Pacific Fleet's station was Vladivostok, that is, Vladivostok in the Russian population, which was originally Chinese territory and was forcibly taken away by Russia, and Lin Fei would one day take back Vladivostok, as long as the Pacific Fleet was in Vladivostok, it would be a huge obstacle to Lin Fei.

In that case, it is better to take out the Pacific Fleet now.

At this time, there were six Emperor-class cruisers stationed in Tianjin and Shanghai, and these six Emperor-class cruisers were organized into the Fourth Fleet of the Qing Dynasty, with Hua Hai as the commander-in-chief, and it was this fleet that sank the American transport ships that refused to obey Huaxia's orders, which shocked the merchant ships of all countries in the world, and no one dared to disobey Huaxia's orders and forcibly entered the Qing ports.

Lin Fei ordered six Emperor-class cruisers to assemble in Lushun, and at the same time ordered six Monster-class submarines to rush to Lushun to attack the Russian fleet.

Now the monster-class submarine is no longer enough to fight against the British battleship, because the British battleship is equipped with radio detectors, which can detect the communication signal between the monster-class submarine and the outside world, while the monster-class submarine has insufficient autonomous observation ability, and relies heavily on the intelligence reports of friendly and neighboring forces, and must often cast towed antennas.

However, there were no radio detectors on board the Russian warship, and the monster-class submarine was in no danger of being discovered.

Lin Fei didn't plan to use the Dynasty-class battleships, because the Dynasty-class had to be kept to deal with dreadnoughts.

The movement of the six Emperor-class cruisers assembling in Arthur was detected by the Pacific Fleet, and the commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet, Makarov, was in a dilemma, and he had the intention of fighting with the Emperor-class cruisers, but he was worried about losses, so he couldn't stay in Arthur and not go out, and the Allies couldn't say it.

In desperation, Commander Makarov asked Tsar Nicholas II for instructions, and Tsar Nicholas II sent a message to Commander Makarov - it was time for us to be in the glory of the Russian Empire.

When Commander Makarov heard Nicholas II say this, he understood what he meant, and Nicholas II wanted Commander Makarov to sink the warships of the Chinese Navy in order to prestige the world.

Commander Makarov immediately led the Pacific Fleet out of the port, looking for the Great-class cruiser for the main decisive battle, when leaving the port, Commander Makarov was worried that the Chinese Navy would lay mines in the port waterways, so he arranged for minesweepers to open the way in front, in fact, Commander Makarov did not need to do this at all, because Huahai did not order people to lay mines in the port waterways at all.

Although Commander Makarov knew the power of the submarines of the Chinese Navy, he was not overly worried, he believed that the monster-class submarine could only use ambush warfare to fight the battleship, and the monster-class submarine's autonomous reconnaissance ability was very weak, and it could not find the target independently, as long as the Russian Petropaplovsk-class battleships and Alexander II-class battleships did not pursue the warships of the Huaxia Navy, they would not be ambushed by the monster-class submarines.

Commander Makarov led the Pacific Fleet, consisting of Petropapulovsk-class battleships and Alexander II-class battleships, sailing on the vast sea, and couldn't help but be at a loss, where to find the Huaxia battleships.

At this time, the chief of staff beside Commander Makarov made an idea for him, or we should go to the port of Tianjin in China, we will wantonly intercept and kill the Chinese merchant ships outside the port, and the Chinese Navy will definitely not sit idly by, as long as the Chinese Navy returns to the port of Tianjin, we can encounter them.

Commander Makarov gladly agreed, and then sailed to the port of Tianjin, which was very busy at this time, and the materials transported from the mainland of China to the north of the Qing Dynasty had to be transshipped in the port of Tianjin, so there was an endless stream of merchant ships every day.

The Chinese merchant ships are all lined up in a fleet, because the Chinese merchant ships are all of the same type, the economic speed is close, and the formation of a fleet is also convenient for the Chinese Navy to arrange escorts.

The Pacific Fleet soon reached the vicinity of the port of Tientsin, where it was met by a merchant fleet of eighteen transports and two Emperor-class cruisers escorting the ship.

Commander Makarov trembled with excitement, eighteen transport ships, how many good things are there, if we sink them all, we will definitely give Lin Fei the heaviest blow, the transport fleet is only escorted by two Emperor-class cruisers, there are no Dynasty-class battleships, and on our side, there are three Petropavlovsk-class battleships and two Alexander II-class battleships, and there is no problem in sinking them.

Commander Makarov immediately ordered the fleet to launch an attack formation, close to the Huaxia transport fleet, and the two Emperor-class cruisers actually escaped far away, without the intention of fighting hard with the Pacific Fleet, Commander Makarov was even more happy when he saw this situation, and ordered the fleet to attack immediately.

However, as soon as Commander Makarov's flag was hoisted out, the Petropaplovsk-class battleship Poltava suddenly shook its whole body, and then a huge wave dozens of meters high rose on the starboard side, and then Poltava sank rapidly, and a signal flag of abandonment appeared on the mast!

Less than five minutes after the signal flag was hoisted, the Poltava disappeared into the sea, leaving only a sea of Russian sailors, fluttering up and down in the water.

There is only one possible explanation for such a violent explosion, such a strange explosion - the Poltava was sunk by the monster-class submarine, and the monster-class submarine actually followed the transport fleet.

It turned out that this was exactly the "trick" that Hua Hai came up with, and Lin Fei had instructed him to think more from the perspective of the Pacific Fleet, and Hua Hai realized that once the Pacific Fleet left Lushun, the most likely thing to do was to go to Tianjin Port and attack the merchant ships coming and going from Tianjin Port.

So Hua Hai had a plan, and ordered the monster-class submarine to follow the merchant fleet, if the Pacific Fleet did not attack the merchant ship, it would be fine, if the Pacific Fleet attacked the Huaxia merchant ship, then they would be miserable, the torpedoes equipped with the monster-class submarine are all the latest tiger shark torpedoes, which are much stronger than the original swordfish torpedoes.

Sure enough, before the Pacific Fleet could attack, the Poltava sank, and Commander Makarov had no means to deal with submarines, and due to the conservatism and corruption of the Russian Navy's top brass, the Pacific Fleet was not equipped with a large number of depth charges like the British Navy, so the Pacific Fleet did not even have a chance to drop depth charges.

Commander Makarov immediately made a decision and ordered a retreat, and just as the Pacific Fleet was retreating, a cruiser was hit by a Tiger Shark torpedo from a monster-class submarine and sank into the sea.

Commander Makarov immediately ordered the fleet to increase its horsepower and retreat at full speed, but what he could not have imagined was that an even more tragic fate awaited him.