Makanov did a good job. Through maneuver and strategic deception, he created a situation that was beneficial to him and killed a Japanese main battleship. Although there was something wrong with it, the situation of the Russian fleet was not good. It was true that the Makanov fleet was very powerful, but Togo Hirahachiro's Japanese main fleet was even stronger, and the Satsumo-class battleship was even stronger on paper than the Borodino-class! And the 8 Japanese battleships naturally had no effort to deal with two old second-class battleships.

Just as the Tsukuba began to sink, under the siege of eight Japanese battleships and at least two destroyers and torpedo boats, the great Sisos and Navalin completed the last journey of their lives! The dense barrage quickly swallowed up the counterattack of the two Russian battleships, and then ten torpedo boats went up to three-wheeled torpedo volleys, and huge explosions came from the two Russian warships. Five minutes later, Sisosos was broken into two sections, while Navalin sank into the sea.

The Japanese main fleet, which completed the tactical turn, began to chase the Russian fleet. Makanov used his last period of time to attack the Japanese cruiser formations. Makanov's layout was still very distinctive. The four Borodino-class battleships were divided into two groups, the first two ships and the last two ships. This layout is unreasonable, because generally the same class warships have similar performance and should be deployed together, but there is a reason for Makanov to do this.

"If we deploy four battleships in front, then when the Japanese main fleet catches up, their Satsuma-class battleships will directly face the weakest cruiser among us. I don't think how long the American cruiser can last against the four Satsuma-class battleships. Because of the battleship restrictions, the speed advantage of armored cruisers cannot be exerted at all. So I can only be beaten. So I decided to let the two more powerful battleships break the rear. As for the battleships and cruisers separate? It is even more impossible, they will be killed by their opponents one by one." Makanov explained after the war.

When the Togo fleet arrived, the Russian fleet fell into a passive respite again, and its advantage in the war quickly disappeared. When eight Japanese battleships gradually followed up from behind, the Asama, which was seriously damaged in the Japanese armored cruiser fleet, temporarily withdrew from the battle line. Then Hikanocho Uemura and the officers of his command, took a destroyer to transfer to the Kasuki. The Asama ship was protected by the destroyer, and the losses of a main battleship had already caused the Japanese to suffer a lot of pain. The Asama ship was hit many times in the head and tail, and it was severely infiltrated, and it was not suitable for continuing to sail and fight at high speed. Therefore, when the fleet was very good, it was naturally allowed to evacuate first.

The arrival of the Togo fleet immediately made Makanov feel tremendous pressure. The four Satsuma-class battleships are indeed the culmination of British battleships of the same period. The powerful firepower and defenses of these warships, which are no different in size, make it almost impossible for the Russians to resist. Even the Borodino-class battleships, known for their strong ships and sharp guns, are irresistible when facing the Japanese fleet that has an absolute advantage in number!

"Commander, Alexander III has been shot and caught fire, and the power compartment is damaged, so it is probably difficult to keep up with us." An officer said in a panic.

"I understand. Do what you should do. Don't give up until the last moment. God will save us." Makanov looked around his panicked comrades around him and comforted him: "Concentrate all the firepower and attack the Japanese cruiser formation."

The Russian main fleet continued to stare at the Japanese cruiser, while the gradually rising Togo fleet knocked at the tail of the Russian fleet with peace of mind behind. The two battleships, Alexander III and Eagle, were in the rear guard, faced the saturation attack of the five battleships alone. The Asama-class encounter just now repeated the encounter on them. Heavy shells flew towards the two battleships like raindrops. Huge explosions kept coming from the two battleships. The distance between the two sides quickly narrowed to within 5 kilometers. At this distance, each turret almost leveled the artillery. Heavy high-explosive bombs were raised from the armored ammunition depot and sent to the artillery position. The gunners on both sides loaded, locked the cannon chambers, and fired the cannons. When neither of them could see each other, they operated the most terrifying war machine on the planet to fight desperately.

"Let's go on the torpedo boat, we don't have that much time to consume with them." This time, Hirahachiro Togo was a little anxious. The loss of the Tsukuba just now made him realize that the enemy on the other side was not a bad fish. Although his strength was far inferior to the joint fleet, the old dog still had a few teeth. If he lost several main battleships under the Dayou situation, even if he won, he would face the blame from the senior management, and even Togo himself could not forgive himself.

More than ten torpedo boats interspersed between the fleet and killed the Russian cruisers and destroyers. The Russians tried their best to stop the opponent's lightning strike. However, when the Japanese battleships behind them aimed the muzzle at these small things less than 4,000 tons, all the efforts of the Russians became futile. After the two battleships Fuji and Yashima successfully damaged a Russian 3,000-ton light cruiser, the Russian frigate was torn a gap, and eight torpedo boats took advantage of the opportunity to kill them. The torpedo boats were divided into two groups and carried out two torpedo volleys on the Alexander at the end of the team!

The fan-shaped torpedo rushed over like a shark smelling blood. At a distance of less than 800 meters, fifteen torpedoes crisscrossed, forming an almost unavoidable lightning strike net! Although at the last moment, Alexander III destroyed three torpedo boats with its remaining artillery, the two torpedoes still hit the battleship struggling in the fire.

Two torpedoes hit the middle of the hull, and a large hole of ten meters square was torn open on the side of the warship. Under the action of seawater and high-temperature and high-pressure bubbles, the cracked steel plate tore the next door of the engine room like a shell. As the surging seawater poured in, the warship was shut down instantly. Then another torpedo was even more fatal. The fish hit the lower part of the bow ammunition depot, and the violent explosion directly ignited the ******* cabin near the bottom of the ship!

"Everyone saw a water column nearly 100 meters high rising into the air. Alexander III was as if beheaded by a giant sword, and it was broken into two sections from the main turret of the bow. In just less than 2 minutes, this Russian first self-built advanced warship disappeared from the sea. More than 1,000 officers and soldiers on the ship survived. A destroyer ready for rescue was sucked into the bottom of the sea by the vortex of the warship sinking. At that time, I felt like the sky fell. I thought I would never return to Russia in my life." After the war, an officer who witnessed the sinking of the battleship of the Alexander III said.

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