Chapter 381 The Battle of Tsushima (7)
"The Yueyang ship reported that it had reached its combat position and had joined the Sanya ship."
Shang Jinfeng nodded. Now the People's Army Navy is divided into two fleets, north and south, but the position of the Yueyang ship and the Northern Fleet has always been under the surveillance of drones. Now the fleet has reached about 10 kilometers northeast of Chongdao, about 15 kilometers away from the 1st and 2nd fleets of the Japanese Combined Fleet. The Yueyang ship and Sanya ship must be about 30 kilometers behind the fleet. First, it is the principle of protecting modern warships, so maintaining a 50-kilometer distance from enemy ships is the combat principle of modern warships; second, the attack distance of modern warships is far greater than that of warships of this era, and can be commanded by radio stations, so there is no need to get too close. The position of the southern fleet also advances to a 20 kilometers northwest of Iki Island.
However, seeing the current locations of various parties, Shang Jinfeng frowned slightly, not satisfied with the current location of the three-way warships. Because Togo Hirahachiro didn't know the direction and location of the Russian fleet that had been disrupted, Shang Jinfeng knew the entire battlefield well.
The Japanese and Russian fleet is now within a range of about 30 kilometers north and south and about 20 kilometers east and west. The northernmost end is the 1st and 2nd teams of the Japanese Combined Fleet and several *boat teams, which are located about 10 kilometers south to the east. The four parts of the Russian fleet are scattered are:
The battleship Nicholas I, Navarin, the cruiser Admiral Aprakhin, Admiral Ushakov, and Admiral Singyvan are located about 8 kilometers west of Iki Island and are the southernmost end of the battlefield;
The battleships Borodino, Eagle, cruisers Oleg, Avlear, Svetrana, etc. are fighting the 3rd and 5th teams of the United Fleet, 10 kilometers east of the lower island;
The cruiser Admiral Nasimov, Dmitry Donskoy, Diamond, and Monomach were located 12 kilometers north of Iki Island, and fought with the 6th team of the United Fleet;
The Pearl, Emerald, and five destroyers are located in the southeast of Tsushima Island. They are being pursued by the 4th Team of the Joint Fleet and fleeing to the eastward direction. In addition, there are a few Russian ships and two destroyers of the Joint Fleet who are cruising blindly at the sea, and there are several sporadic small battles.
Overall, after the Northern Fleet launches an attack, it will first face the four battleships of the 1 and 2 Combined Fleet, 6 large armored cruisers, and 2 medium armored cruisers. Although the Northern Fleet is a newly built warship, its combat effectiveness is still inferior to the Southern Fleet. After all, there are 3 battleships and 2 large armored cruisers in the Southern Fleet, while the Southern Fleet has only 2 large armored cruisers and 2 medium armored cruisers. In contrast, after the Southern Fleet participates in the battlefield, the opponents faced are much weaker. The four existing battleships in the Russian Fleet are divided into two batches, and they all suffered major losses. Therefore, it would be ideal if the North and South Fleet changed their positions.
However, Shang Jinfeng also knew that there was such a good thing in war, and it was impossible for all situations to be beneficial to him. The current situation was very good. The Russian fleet had suffered heavy damage and had basically no combat effectiveness. Although the Japanese joint fleet suffered little loss, after more than three hours of fierce fighting, people were exhausted, ammunition consumption, and combat effectiveness was at least 60% off. Moreover, the People's Army Navy also formed a force of attacking the north and south on the battlefield. Therefore, the current situation is quite beneficial to the People's Army Navy, not to mention that there are 5 modern warships escorting formations.
Shang Jinfeng had nothing to complain about in this situation, and immediately ordered the North and South fleets to attack together to eliminate all warships they encountered. At the same time, he ordered the takeoff of the carrier-based helicopters, because the Kunming ship exceeded the radar scanning range from the battlefield and needed to guide the * shooting from the air, and in this regard, the helicopter's effect was better than that of the drone.
At this time, the carrier-based helicopter had already been pushed out of the hangar and parked on the flight platform. After receiving Shang Jinfeng's order, he took off immediately. Then Shang Jinfeng ordered: Eagle Strike 18* to be launched, the first target Mikasa and the second target Riju.
The Mikasa is the flagship of the Joint Fleet, while the Hirigen is the flagship of the 1st Team and the two most combat-capable warships in the Joint Fleet. Therefore, when the war begins, first sinking these two warships can not only weaken the strength of the Joint Fleet, but also severely impact the morale and confidence of the Joint Fleet.
The People's Army Navy prepared the Eagle Strike 18 Heavy Anti-ship* for these two warships. This type of * was the most advanced heavy anti-ship* equipped by the Chinese Navy before crossing. It was developed based on the Russian 3m-54 Club* and adopted a ballistic combination of subsonic-superonic speed. It has the advantages of long subsonic range and small take-off quality, and has the performance of supersonic speed and easy to penetrate, with a high penetration probability and hit rate. The battle base weighs 250 kilograms and can reach Mach 3 at the end. It is said that an Eagle Strike 18* can cause a 10,000-ton warship to lose its combat effectiveness when retreating.
On the 5 modern warships, only Kunming ships are equipped with 18* Eagle Strikes, and only 8. They have never been used in previous battles, and now they can finally come in handy. Of course, if you don’t use them now, after 2 or 3 years, you will have a life span and you won’t be able to use them even if you want to.
At this moment, the helicopter sent a signal, locked the Mikasa and sent the relevant data back to the Kunming ship through the data link. Zhang Chengbing, the squad leader of the * squad of the Water Guidance Group, immediately started the * launch procedure:
"Silo 41, Eagle Strike 18* Charge."
“Input signal data.”
"Open the manhole cover of the silo 41."
"Eagle strikes 18*, launches."
With Zhang Chengbing's order, a large stream of thick smoke spurted out from the rear of the Kunming ship. A thick and long * shot into the sky from the launch, and a long orange-yellow fireworks spewed out from the tail, flying straight into the sky.
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"Report to the Chief, Shikishima reported that the transmitter had a malfunction and could not send and receive signals. It is now being inspected."
"Reporting to the Chief, Fuji, the transmitter has failed and cannot send and receive signals. It is now being inspected."
After hearing this, Hirahachiro Tomosaru Kato, Matsuyuki Akiyama and others not only changed their faces. It turned out that Tomosaru Kato Tomosaru suggested to Hirahachiro Tomosaru that the current results would be sent back to China, which would at least make the country feel at ease. Hirahachiro Tomosaru did not refuse, after all, he should have a good time with the country at this time, but the radio antenna of the Mikasa was broken in the battle just now, so Hirahachiro Tomosaru ordered Hiraki to use the flag language to generate power back to China.
But soon, Hiraki replied that the telegraph on the ship had a malfunction and could not send a signal. Hirakiro Togo had not thought much yet. After all, the radio technology of this era was still very immature, and the warships had large waves on the sea, and it was common for failures. So Hirakiro Togo sent a signal to the Shikishima and Fuji, asking these two warships to generate electricity for the country.
The telegraph machines on the Shikishima and Fuji were also malfunctioning. At this time, not only Hirahachiro Togo, but also Tosaburo Kato and Maino Akiyama also found that the situation was wrong. The telegraph machines on the three battleships actually had malfunctioning at the same time. It is probably unreasonable to describe it as a coincidence, but everyone did not know where the problem was. After all, there was no concept of radio interference in this era, and Hirahachiro Togo and others did not have much knowledge of radio, so they were also a little confused and at a loss at this time.
At this moment, an alarm was issued on the lookout platform, and the mast of the warship was found in the northeast direction. Everyone turned to the northeast direction to look, and suddenly a staff officer pointed at the sky and shouted, "Look, what is that?"
So everyone could not look at the warships in the northeast direction and looked in the direction of the staff's finger. It turned out that a small black dot appeared in the sky in the southeast direction, bringing out a long trajectory, moving quickly towards themselves.
"This?...what is this?"
"Can it be an airplane?"
"It seems that it's not an airplane. I read the pictures in the newspaper. The airplane has wings."
"Maybe it's a new type of aircraft, the kind without wings?"
As the crowd was talking, the black dots continued to expand, and the coniferous band gradually became clearer. It turned out to be a slender shape, with a vertebrae shape at the front, which was a bit like a cannon, but the tail was squirting flames, and the height was constantly decreasing, becoming clearer and clearer. But I didn't know what it was, but the direction was very clear, just for the Mikasa.
Several staff officers have already shouted, "It has fallen towards us, it has fallen towards us!"
The soldiers on several other warships also discovered this vision. The Hirigen and Shikishima both sent warning signals to the Mikasa. Of course, they didn't know what to warn, and they could not say they were careful*, so they could only send a signal of "be careful in everything".
In fact, Hirahachiro Togo's eyes were always staring at this unknown object. Although he didn't know what it was, the intuition of the soldier told him that it must be some kind of weapon and would definitely pose a huge threat to himself. But Hirahachiro Togo didn't know how to deal with it.
Seeing this "fire-breathing shell at the tail" clearly landing towards him, Togo Hirahachiro also knew that he had to do something, even if it was useless, it was better than doing nothing.
So Togo Heihachiro immediately ordered: "Turn left 30 degrees and speed up the avoidance!"
It was possible to see that the Eagle Strike 18* was only a few people on the deck, and most of the officers and soldiers were in the cabin and could not be seen at all. Therefore, after receiving the order from Hirahachiro Togo, he thought he was attacked by Yu Lei, which was a common thing on the battlefield, so they immediately executed the order. The power chamber desperately added coal to the boiler, and the helmsman quickly turned the steer.
Chapter completed!