Another World: Naval Storm

"General! Do we really want to help the Drakes?" Colonel Anatoly, chief of staff of the Vladivostok Squadron, asked in a low voice.

"Remember, we are not helping the Drakes, we are helping ourselves!" Fleet commander Major General Boris said calmly. At this time, three Rakshasa warships had arrived at the coast of Japan.

"But we have done our best, and the war is almost over! If we anger the Japanese again, Vladivostok will be in danger!"

"As long as the Empire has not conducted formal negotiations with the Japanese, the war is not over!" Boris said solemnly.

Three 3-ton armored cruisers certainly cannot fight against the Japanese Combined Fleet, but it is a piece of cake to deal with Japanese transport ships. Attacking Japan's maritime transport lines can contain part of the strength of the Japanese Combined Fleet, which is a disguised support for the main fleet of the Rakshasa Kingdom in Mashijin Port. In just over a month, the Vladivostok Squadron caused considerable trouble to Japan's maritime transportation, and sank more than a dozen Japanese transport ships one after another. There was no warning, as long as the Japanese flag was hoisted, they would be fired and sunk directly. As for other foreign ships heading to Japan, all of them were kept but not the cargo.

The biggest achievement was the sinking of the Japanese transport ship Changliu Maru near the Tsushima Strait on November 1904, 11. At that time, the ship was carrying a Japanese infantry regiment and 25 of Japan's most sophisticated 280mm siege guns at the time. The three salvos of the Vladivostok squadron easily sank the transport ship Changliu Maru, and the Japanese army and expensive siege guns on board all sank to the bottom of the sea with the ship! The Japanese army of this regiment was not ordinary soldiers, but the first infantry regiment of the Imperial Guards Division. The Imperial Guards Division was an elite division in the Japanese army sequence, and all officers and soldiers were composed of samurai.

At first, the Russians fired blank bullets to warn the Japanese on the ship to surrender, but the Changliu Maru turned around at full speed and tried to escape by taking advantage of the heavy fog at sea. This behavior was quite like not crying until you see the coffin. As the elite of Japan, they were very reluctant to surrender, and it was also possible that they thought the Russians would not let them go.

The result was obvious. The Rakshasa ships directly replaced the blanks with live ammunition, and one shell destroyed the engine room of the Changliu Maru. Then the three armored cruisers fired salvos. The Changliu Maru was covered in blood and flesh, and was soon sunk. On the same day, the Vladivostok squadron also intercepted another 6000-ton Japanese troop transport ship, the Sadomaru, but the Sadomaru was more honest and did not dare to escape. The Vladivostok squadron gave the non-military personnel on the ship time to evacuate, and then began to bombard. More than 230 Japanese soldiers who refused to surrender were killed, and the ship was also sunk.

When the Japanese Combined Fleet arrived to help, only wreckage and corpses were left on the sea, and the Vladivostok Squadron had returned safely. When the Japanese Combined Fleet explained that it was due to thick fog that they failed to intercept the Vladivostok Squadron, the whole country of Japan was furious. A member of the parliament said: "Thick fog, thick fog, read backwards, it means incompetence." The house of the commander of the Second Squadron of the Japanese Combined Fleet, Uemura Hikonosho, was destroyed by the people, and he was also called a spy of the Rakshasa Kingdom.

The naval attack by the Vladivostok Squadron of the Russian Empire had a huge impact on the Japanese, and also disrupted the maritime deployment of the Japanese Combined Fleet. Under domestic pressure, the Combined Fleet had to dispatch a fleet to encircle and annihilate the Russian Fleet. This indirectly supported the Russian Empire's main fleet, otherwise the main fleet of Mashijin Port would be under greater pressure.

Colonel Anatoly believed that the Vladivostok Squadron had done enough. "Since the destruction of the Pacific Fleet, we have been hiding in Vladivostok for a long time, and the Japanese have forgotten us. Now we should not provoke the Japanese again. Our achievements are enough to ensure that His Majesty the Tsar will not settle accounts with us!"

"You are afraid of Anatoly. We are soldiers of the empire and we should fight to the last moment! Besides, the Drakes are not asking us to die. They just want to attract the attention of the Japanese!" Boris explained.

"I'm afraid of death! I want them to go home!" Anatoly shouted in a hoarse voice, pointing at the officers and soldiers on the ship.

"Anatole, I promise! This is our last battle. As long as we harass the Japanese coast and attract the attention of the Combined Fleet, we will run to the Drake colonies in the Pacific! Come on, old partner!" Boris stretched out a hand, and Anatoly's hand soon followed. After all, they would not give up on each other.

After a moment, an officer interrupted the two people's warm conversation, "General, the 2nd Pacific Fleet was ambushed by the Japanese in the Tsushima Strait. The two sides fought fiercely and we were defeated!"

Although he had expected it, Boris still clenched his fists unconsciously.

"Should we turn into Vladivostok?"

"Trapped beast! Trapped beast! We are not trapped beasts that hide in their dens and are slaughtered at will! Keep heading to the predetermined target, and then head to the Pacific Ocean at full speed!" Boris said firmly.

Iwanai Town, Tomari Village, and Yoichi Town were all reduced to ashes under the artillery fire from Boris's fleet heading eastward.

Sapporo, a city located in the central region of Hokkaido, Japan, is the administrative, economic and cultural center of Hokkaido. At this moment, it is also crumbling under Boris's anger.

The accuracy is not enough, it's all about random beating. Boris doesn't care what target he hits, the purpose is to create panic.

"Fire one third of the ship's 203mm shells here! Hit the rest at the Japanese coastal towns along the fleet's route, even a few shells at a small fishing village!" Boris' eyes flashed with cruelty.

"Don't we keep some for self-defense?" Anatoly was very worried about the rapid decrease in the fleet's ammunition inventory.

"No need for that. This is the final battle! We can go even faster after we finish it!"

The Japanese dwellings were all made of wood and caught fire easily. The fires caused by the shells dotted the city, lighting up the night. Some residents of Sapporo screamed in the flames, while others tried to save their precious homes. Boris watched the fireworks through a telescope. This was a belated revenge for the war.

"Let's go. I believe the Japanese will tear us into pieces!" Boris smiled self-deprecatingly.

Atsuta, Kawashita, Rumoi City, and Tobetsu were the victims of Boris's fleet's subsequent artillery fire. After rounding Cape Soya, the fleet felt relieved.

"Tell them! Let's go and enjoy the feast prepared by the Drak people!"

"Oh, finally leaving that damn place!" For the officers and soldiers of the fleet, Vladivostok is a place where they may face death at any time.

Boris looked back at the way they had come. They would only be able to return to Vladivostok after the negotiations were over.