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Chapter 386 Tsushima Sea Battle (12)

The Northern Fleet won the flag and successfully defeated the 2nd Team of the United Fleet. The Southern Fleet also entered the combat mode, but the situation faced by the Southern Fleet is much more complicated than that of the Northern Fleet.

The situation on the southern battlefield has now become fragmented, and the Russian fleet is actually divided into four parts, distributed on the southern battlefield. In addition, the joint fleet has also dispersed its troops, searching everywhere, and pursuing the Russian fleet, which has made the situation on the battlefield very chaotic.

Although the People's Army Navy relies on modern technology to know the situation on the entire battlefield, how to deal with it is still a big problem. If one is to clean up one by one, it does not have to waste time, and it is easy to let the enemy escape. And the Russian fleet that disperses the fleet and attacks each part of the Russian fleet, it is a mistake of dispersing its strength. The Russian fleet still has four battleships, divided into two parts, and its strength must not be underestimated. You must know that although the People's Army Navy now has a battleship detachment, there are only 3 battleships in total, so it is necessary to pull two armored cruisers in to make up the numbers.

After consultation with the others, Shang Jinfeng decided to divide the Southern Fleet into two eastern and western fleets to fight, and divide the battleship detachment into two parts. As the core warships of the two fleets, the Eastern Fleet was led by the Weiyang, the Ocean and the Kaihai as the core, leading the First Cruiser Squadron and the First Destroyer Squadron; the first Russian fleet to attack was led by the battleships Borodino and the Eagle, as well as the cruisers Oleg, Avleer, Svetrana, etc.

This is also the strongest in the scattered Russian fleet, with two Borodino-class battleships, so the East Fleet is more powerful. The Weiyang is the original Russian ship Prince, the most powerful in the People's Army Navy. It is also the prototype ship of the Borodino-class battleship. It is used to deal with this part of the Russian ship. It is naturally the best to have an original and copycat battleship. The Ocean is the original Tokugawa Brandenburg. This type of battleship is older, and has defects in design and more technical level.

It is already a generation behind, and the speed is relatively slow. The original design speed was 17 knots, and now the fastest speed is only 15 knots, but the firepower is good. There are 6 main guns equipped in total, which is two more than the average battleship of this era. Moreover, the speed of the Russian fleet is generally slow, and the weak point of the Ocean Ship is not obvious. The Kaihai is the original Russian ship, the Russian. It was originally an armored cruiser. Although it cannot fight against the war fleet, it wins at a fast speed. With 3 to 2, there is still a great chance of winning.

The Western Fleet takes Tuohai and Ouyang as the core, leading the third cruiser squadron and the second destroyer squadron; attacking the battleships Nicholas I, Navarlin, cruiser Admiral Aprakhin, Admiral Ushakov, Admiral Xinyawen, etc.

Although Nicholas I and Navalin are both battleships, they are older. Nicholas I was still a warship that served in 1889, with a displacement of only 9,600 tons; while Navalin was only two years later than Nicholas I, with a displacement of only 10,200 tons; these two battleships and the Dingyuan of the Beiyang Water Division, Zhenyuan were warships of the same era.

The Osaka is the Osaka, which is the same type of ship, which is a little younger than these two Russian ships; while the Takahiro is the former German ship Earl Bismarck. Although it is also an armored cruiser, this warship is quite special and is the first armored cruiser built by Germany. Due to lack of experience, the designed main gun caliber reaches 240 mm, the waterline and armor reach 200 mm. The main gun of the armored cruiser of this era is generally 200-230 mm, and the waterline and armor are 170-180 mm. Therefore, the Osaka can be regarded as a shrinking battleship. Although too much armed and armor drags down the speed, it is only 19 knots, it is enough to deal with two old battleships.

After the fleet was allocated, the two fleets lined up in two columns and headed towards the battlefield.

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"How is it, haven't been done yet?"

"Not yet, we have checked it three times. All the parts and line numbers are good, but I don't know why it can't be used."

"Bastard, you are too incompetent. If you don't fix this telegram machine quickly, you will wait to be punished by the military order after you go back."

“Yes, yes, yes.”

Seeing the telegraphers sweating and look frightened, Colonel Hideshiro Fujimoto was full of fire, but it was not easy to get out of trouble. After all, these people had to repair the telegraph machine and generate electricity for the first ship. Therefore, he had to stomp his feet hard, leave the telegraph room, go to the deck, step onto the bridge, and say to the soldiers on the bridge: "How is it? Are you lost?"

The soldier hurriedly said, "Where will it be dig? Isn't this still there?" He said, pointing to the front left.

Hideshiro Fujimoto immediately took out his monocular lens, put it on his left eye, looked in the direction of the soldier's finger, then nodded, and said, "Fortunately, they are still there, and they are not lost. Those damn bastards have not repaired the telegram yet, and they have no way to send this message back."

Colonel Hideshiro Fujimoto was the commander of the first destroyer of the Joint Fleet, commanding a total of 5 destroyers: the flagships Chunyu, Kuroyuki, Akira, Akira, and Akatsuki. After the second time of the joint fleet intercepting the Russian fleet, he was ordered to track the Russian warships. About 20 minutes later, Hideshiro Fujimoto's fleet discovered a Russian fleet, and the battleships Borodino and Eagle were also found. Hideshiro Fujimoto also knew that this was a major discovery and he made a great contribution, so he immediately generated power to the flagship Mikasa to inform the news.

I knew that at this time the radio generator on Chunyu was broken, and I could not send the telephone or receive the newspaper. The telegraph staff looked at it for a long time and could not find out where the fault was. The entire fleet only had the radio generator installed on Chunyu, but I didn't expect it to break at this time.

Hideshiro Fujimoto was so anxious that he was like an ant on a hot pan! Not only was his own credit impossible, but his own safety was also difficult to stumble. Although the First Destroyer also had 5 warships, they all had a small ship with a displacement of only more than 2,300 tons. If the Russian fleet discovered them, they only needed to send 1 or 2 warships back and kill them, and they could not withstand it. Not to mention fighting, even if the Russian fleet passed by them, the waves raised could overturn these warships.

Hideshiro Fujimoto had to send the Sleet back to find the first team, and led the other four warships to continue tracking the Russian fleet. Of course, Hideshiro Fujimoto didn't know that it was not just his warship, but the radio transmissions equipped on all warships of the Joint Fleet were no longer used, and he didn't know that the flagship had been buried at the bottom of the sea, and the 1st team had been crippled. Although the 2nd team escaped, they could not escape much.

Fortunately, the Russian fleet was only concerned about fleeing, and the first destroyer did not dare to pursue it too closely, so it was not discovered by the Russian warship. However, Hideshiro Fujimoto was always worried, fearing that he would be too close, and was discovered by the Russian warship, and fearing that he would be too far away and chased and lost.

At this moment, I suddenly heard someone shouting on the mast: "On there, a fleet is coming over there."

Fujimoto Hideshiro's heart moved, and he quickly raised his telescope to look. Sure enough, there were several masts vaguely appearing in the southwest direction, and it gradually became clear. It was indeed the masts of warships. Tengmoto Hideshiro also breathed a sigh of relief. Perhaps it was Leaf who found the main force of the joint fleet and brought them over. It seemed that he was lucky. Leaf who had found his own people in just over ten minutes after leaving, but he didn't know whether it was the 1st or 2nd team.

However, after the fleet approached, Hideshiro Fujimoto found something wrong, because although he could not see it very clearly at this time, the one hanging on the mast was definitely not the rising sun flag of the Japanese Navy, but a red flag with red on the top and blue on the bottom, at least the color was very obvious. The overseas Chinese navy seemed to be a red and blue flag.

Although the People's Army Navy has been established for more than four years, it has not designed its own military flag. It is still the same as the old time and space military flags, with red and blue and white strips on the top, but the two words 81 were removed. Of course, Hideshiro Fujimoto knew the style of the People's Army Navy. Thinking of this, he felt a sense of depression. The overseas Chinese navy actually appeared here. Needless to ask, they must have come to take advantage of the situation.

At this time, the other soldiers also discovered that something was wrong. The first mate Ishida Seizaburo said: "Commander, this is a fleet of overseas Chinese, so let's retreat first."

Hideshiro Fujimoto shook his head and said, "If you are not busy, overseas Chinese will definitely attack the Russian fleet first. There are two battleships there, and you will not be interested in our small warships anymore, so we don't have to rush to retreat, see how they fight. However, this news is really important. We must be notified to the commander of Togo as soon as possible, so that the commander can prepare early. Has the telegraph machine been repaired?"

Of course, the reply he received was that it had not been repaired yet. At this time, Hideshiro Fujimoto was unable to complain, so he had to shake his head and said, "Order Akatsuki to find the first team immediately and report the news that we found overseas Chinese warships to the commander of Togo." He paused and said, "It is possible that there may be two battleships."

After the Akira left, Fujimoto Hideshiro had only three warships under his command. At this time, news came from the watchtower that the overseas Chinese warships turned and were indeed heading towards the Russian fleet.
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