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Chapter 390 Tsushima Sea Battle (16)

The Western Fleet sent people to incorporate the surrendered Nicholas I and rescued hundreds of Russian soldiers who fell into the water. At this time, the 3rd Cruiser Detachment, which was pursuing the Japanese ship, also returned. In the pursuit of the 3rd Cruiser Detachment, the 3rd Cruiser Detachment sunk two smaller Shigao and Yonaba, while the Kasai and Chitose got rid of the pursuit of the 3rd Cruiser Detachment due to their fast speed.

Although the two Japanese ships escaped, the Western Fleet also achieved quite brilliant results, and the battlefield was almost cleaned up. Yu Western Fleet divided a cruiser and a destroyer, and escorted Nicholas I to the gathering point to join other captured Russian ships.

At this time, the Kunming ship sent another order. It turned out that a Russian fleet was scattered by the Japanese ships, including the Pearl and Emerald warships, fled. The battlefield was not far from the Western Fleet, and asked the Western Fleet to disperse and intercept the Russian ships that fled.

It turned out that the four battleships of the 1st Fleet of the Combined Fleet were beaten to three sanks and one stranded. The remaining two armored cruisers, Kasumi, and Hiroki, ran away and met the 4th Fleet of the Combined Fleet in the southeast of Tsuma Island. At that time, the 4th Fleet was fighting a remnant Russian fleet composed of three warships, Pearl, Emerald, Diamond, and 4 cruisers. Kasumi, Hiroki, immediately caught up to assist in the war.

After joining the battle group, the two armored cruisers immediately turned the situation around and first sank the Diamond. Seeing that the situation was not good, the other Russian ships fled one after another, and the Japanese ships did not chase after them and temporarily gathered. At this time, the remaining two warships, the 6th team and several destroyer fleets, and the * boats also found them, so they gathered more than 2,30 ships and were anchored near Tsushima Island.

Since radio could not be used, many warships do not know that the East China government has also participated in the war. Although some warships also know, they do not know the results of the People's Army's naval battle. So two armored cruisers recruited the captains of their ships to the Kasumi. Only then did everyone understand that the situation of the battle had undergone a huge reversal. The joint fleet fell from the cloud of victory and fell into hell. All four battleships were sunk. The six armored cruisers of the 2nd Team were probably in danger. Some captains were silent, and some captains stomped their feet and scolded the East China government for being too shameless, and they actually fought undeclared and attacked themselves; while some captains cried loudly.

When discussing the next plan, everyone also had different opinions. Some advocated concentrating existing warships and fighting to the death with the People's Army Navy, but immediately attracted the eyes of most people. Why do you decide to fight to the death? Only oneself died, and the 1st and 2nd teams were destroyed. What's more, the navy is not a military deer, it's always broken. Moreover, the navy is a high-tech army, and it can't be used to go to the battlefield with a rifle. In this battle, the Japanese Navy was indeed defeated enough. Almost all of the accumulation of more than 20 years has been lost. At least some seeds have to be left to prepare for future reconstruction.

After the continued fight was rejected, the remaining two roads were left. One was to return to Saseburg's home port immediately, which was the safest, but there was a high possibility of encountering overseas Chinese fleets on the way; the other was to find a place to hide in the waters of Tsushima Island, and wait until it was dark before leaving, or simply hide for 1 or 2 days. Overseas Chinese fleets could not stay here for a long time.

But before the captains could discuss a result, an alarm came and found that a squadron of enemy ships was attacking, so the captains rushed back to their warships. They definitely couldn't beat them, so they had to escape and leave them to fate.

In fact, the Japanese ships gathered near Tsushima Island, and the Kunming ship had already seen clearly through the drone. Although the Western Fleet was not far away, the Japanese Navy had gathered two armored cruisers, nine defense cruisers, eight destroyers, and 13* boats. Their strength was not underestimated. Only relying on the Western Fleet, they might not be able to win easily. However, at this time, the Northern Fleet had already moved south, so the Kunming Fleet commanded the Northern Fleet to attack these Japanese ships.

However, although these Japanese ships are definitely not opponents of the Northern Fleet, they are numerous after all, so after being defeated, a considerable number of warships will definitely flee from the battlefield. The responsibility of the Western Fleet is to intercept the fleeing Russian ships on the one hand, and on the other hand, they are also preparing to intercept the fleeing Japanese ships that were defeated by the Northern Fleet.

The East Fleet is dealing with another scattered Russian fleet, which is the only Russian fleet remaining on the battlefield, including the cruiser Admiral Nasimov, Dmitry Donskoy, Monomach and two destroyers. At the same time, the drone also discovered the other two armored cruisers of the Combined Fleet, Asama and Iwashou. At this time, their locations had already escaped to the edge of the drone monitoring range, only more than 10 kilometers away from the northwest coast of Honshu Island, Japan.

It turned out that after escaping from the battlefield, the Asama and the Iwasher did not dare to stay on the battlefield, but instead took the closest distance to head straight to Japan's coastline. First, they were familiar with the water and hydrology of the Japanese coast and even hid; second, they could also get support from shore defense artillery along the coast. So the two warships drove their horsepower and used strong pressure ventilation to allow the warship to run at a speed of more than 21 knots and run more than 30 kilometers in one breath.

At this time, it is obviously too late to send warships to pursue them. To sink these two ships, they can only rely on * attacks. If you want to sink one blow, you can only use Eagle Strike 18*. However, now the People's Army has only 6 Eagle Strike 18*. It is not cost-effective to use other *s, but at least 2-3*s are needed. After considering it, Shang Jinfeng decided to give up these two warships. After all, only two armored cruisers have escaped, which has little impact on the overall situation. The focus is still on the Japanese fleet near Tsushima Island.

After allocating the combat missions of each fleet, Shang Jinfeng was relieved. At this time, he could basically ensure victory in this battle. Although he ran away two armored cruisers, he sank or captured all battleships from both Japan and Russia, and also captured many warships. Therefore, after this battle, the People's Army Navy could basically control the sea control rights in the Far East waters. Together, Jinfeng also asked each fleet to end the battle before dark.

The People's Army Navy participated in the war at around 5:30 pm, and now it is 6:50 pm, almost 7 pm. Although the night at sea is coming later, the sun has approached the sea level at this time, and the light has become much dimmer, which is only about an hour before darkness. Once it gets dark, except for five modern warships, other warships have basically lost their combat effectiveness.

At this moment, radar soldier Wang Yanling said, "Captain, I found a team of warships coming to us, 17.5 kilometers away from our ship." He paused and said, "It has been confirmed that it is the fifth destroyer of the joint fleet, including four warships, Fuzhihuo, Congyun, Xiwu, and Yangyan... Ah, there is also a team of warships behind, 21.4 kilometers away from our ship. This is the Ninth Boat Team, with four warships, Gangsha, Yan, and Pigeon."

It turned out that the two warships were following the 1st and 2nd teams. After the 1st and 2nd teams were defeated by the People's Army Navy, the accompanying destroyer fleet and the *boat team also went their separate ways. The two fleets took a circle on the battlefield and finally hit the gathering point of the surrendered Russian ships.

In fact, this is not a surprise, because the surrendered Russian ships gathered about 7 kilometers northwest of Iki Island, and were guarded by two cruisers and two destroyers. The Kunming ships, Xiangyang ships and Huaihua ships are about 2 or 3 kilometers outside. This is exactly the center of the entire battlefield, so it is normal to encounter other warships. Moreover, since they are fighting at their doorstep, the joint fleet dispatched a large number of small warships, a total of 27 destroyers and 36 boats, and fought with other fleets. After the other fleets were disbanded, these fleets wandered on the battlefield, and naturally they could not avoid hitting the berth of the People's Army Navy.

Shang Jinfeng said: "We will deal with these warships. Notify Xiangyang ships, Huaihua ships, and enemy ships to enter within 10 kilometers of us. You can use naval guns or Haihongqi 7* to strike."

The Haihongqi 7* is an air defense* equipped by the Xiangyang ship and the Huaihua ship. In the old time and space, it was an all-weather, low-altitude and ultra-low-altitude air defense* imitated by China on the basis of the French Diamondback*. It is also the first effective air defense* equipped by the Chinese navy. In the 1990s, it was the main air defense* of the Chinese navy. However, the bullet body of the Haihongqi 7* has a small range and a short range. It can only provide point air defense but cannot achieve regional air defense capabilities. Therefore, after the Haihongqi 16* and Haihongqi 9* appeared, the main air defense* position was given up, and it was the point air defense capability, which was not as good as the Haihongqi 10* equipped on the Kunming ship. Before the fleet crossed, the Haihongqi 7* was a weapon that was eliminated in the Chinese naval sequence.

However, in this era, small warships such as destroyers and boats are still very useful. The Xiangyang ship and Huaihua ship are equipped with a Haihongqi 7* system, with a total of 8 and 4 spare ammunitions. The number is still quite large. Anyway, the range of this type of * is relatively close, only 12 kilometers, and cannot be used to attack large warships. Therefore, it is not a pity to use them all, and of course they cannot be completely wiped out. The principle of the navy is that all * must be retained as a basis for research when the technical level is reached in the future.

After receiving the order from the Kunming ship, the officers and soldiers on the Xiangyang ship and Huaihua ship were also very happy. In the battle just now, the Kunming ship, Yueyang ship and Sanya ship all launched * strike Japanese ships, but the Xiangyang ship and Huaihua ship can only use 8 eagle strikes 83*, so they can only watch on the side. Now there is finally a chance to take action. Although they can't kill big fish, it's not in vain to catch a shrimp.

It didn't take long for the time, and the fifth destroyer of the joint fleet entered the range first. Moreover, because the distance was too close, the carrier-based helicopters were not required to guide him. The fire control radar on the Kunming ship was enough.
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