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Chapter 9 Counterattack on Japan's mainland (3)

"Nighthawk airship came to report that a medical ship from the Russian Pacific Fleet and two armed merchant ships from the Japanese Joint Fleet encountered in the Tsushima Strait!" The report of the Nighthawk reconnaissance boat came from the radio.

"Continue to report the sea battle situation!" Tang Jian ordered. At the same time, Ye Zugui and other Beiyang Navy officers rushed to the sand table in the bridge command room and began to demonstrate the actual situation on the sand table based on the news from the Nighthawk Airship. As the news continued to come on the radio, the warship formations of the Russian and Japanese armies on the sand table were constantly changing their formations. Tang Jian watched slowly from the side, just like watching a live broadcast.

At about seven o'clock in the morning, a medical ship from the Russian fleet and two armed merchant ships from the Japanese fleet met fifty nautical miles northeast of the bay of Tsushima Strait Town.

Russian medical ships accelerated their speed to catch up with the Russian fleet. After Togo Hirahachiro's joint fleet discovered the Russian Pacific Fleet, the entire army immediately dispatched to pursue the Russian ** ship. The Japanese cruiser Waizumi discovered the Russian ship. At this time, thick fog spread over the Tsuma Strait, and the Japanese fleet lost traces of the Russian fleet.

At 9 a.m., a Japanese cruiser was the first to discover the Russian fleet that was gradually dissipating in the thick fog. A warship in the Russian fleet first opened fire at the Japanese cruiser.

After the Russian fleet ceased fire, the Russian fleet continued to sail. Half an hour later, two combat units separated from the Russian fleet turned 8 points (90 degrees) in sequence. However, only one of the combat units completed the steering, while the other combat units stopped turning, and sailed side by side with the combat units behind the steering.

At 10 a.m., the Japanese fleet appeared in the northeast of the Russian fleet. The Russian fleet quickly turned its direction. However, because the distance between the Russian warships was too close and the formation was not changed enough. At this time, the two armies were within visible distance. When the Russian fleet adjusted the formation sequence, the battleship of the Japanese fleet flagship Mikasa raised the "z" character battle flag.

It was 11 o'clock in the morning, and the ships of the Japanese fleet turned to 16 o'clock in the port side in turn (180-degree U-shaped turn)!

When he heard the news, Tang Jian and everyone in the command room took a breath. What was Togo Heihachiro going to do? Was he stupid?

How could Hirahachiro Togo turn in the close-range visible range of the Russian Pacific Fleet like this? The Japanese warship behind the steering will only hinder the shooting of the unsteered warship, and at the bottom of the steering point, it just enters the Russian fire range. Wouldn't the Japanese warship behind the steering become a target of Russian artillery fire?

Tang Jian thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "No, Hirahachiro Togo would not make such a low-level mistake. This kind of anti-conventional turn of the enemy must have a reason!" After saying that, General Tang Jian arranged the model of the Japanese warship into a completely turning back formation.

Ye Zugui said "Wow" in surprise, and then said, "Tongxiang Heihachiro did not make a low-level mistake! On the contrary, his land use was to win in danger." The senior officer in the command room also exclaimed when he saw the formation of the two armies that Tang Jian had brought over.

Tang Jian said solemnly: "Tonggo Heihachiro is even more deceitful than I thought. He wanted to use a certain cost to make the joint fleet occupy a favorable position for the T-shaped cross-head attack on the ship, and then use the advantages of the naval gun to carry out a side attack that is headed parallel to the Russian fleet."

"If the Russian fleet did not deal a heavy blow before the Japanese fleet completed the steering, then the Russian fleet would be in danger." Ye Zugui began to admire Hirahachiro Togo's boldness. If he were himself, he would never dare to take such a big risk.

At this time, the news from Feiying continued.

At 12 noon, most of the Japanese fleet completed the steering. A cruiser of the Japanese fleet was hit by the stern of the Russian fleet's artillery fire during the steering, losing its combat capability. Other Japanese warships were also injured to varying degrees, but did not affect their combat effectiveness.

At 12:30 pm, the Japanese fleet turned to complete and began to fight back with fierce artillery fire. The Japanese fleet's artillery fire hit the flagships of two Russian combat units in the southeast. The Russian fleet had no heads and the formation was in chaos.

At 1:45 pm, a Russian combat unit's flagship sank, and other battleships suffered heavy losses. A cruiser in the Japanese fleet sank, and other ships suffered varying degrees of damage.

At about 2:00 p.m., the Russian fleet flew northeast, and the Japanese fleet pursued them relentlessly!

"Order the entire army to prepare live ammunition and advance 60 nautical miles northeast!" Seeing that the Russian army was defeated, Tang Jian decisively ordered an ambush on the way to pursue the Japanese army.

The two airships continued to reconnaise in front, and strong smoke columns began to rise from the chimneys of each ship of the Beiyang Fleet. On the whistle of the Longwei where Tang Jian was located, the ships of the Beiyang Fleet were divided into three combat teams according to the squads scheduled by Tang Jian:

The battleship Dragon Wei is the flagship of the first team and the flagship of the fleet, leading the Haiqi and Hairong cruisers, with six torpedo boats under it; the battleship Dragon Xiao is the flagship of the second team, with six torpedo boats under it, and the Haichen cruiser, with six torpedo boats under it, and the Hailong destroyer is the flagship of the third team, forming a destroyer, leading the Haixi, Haiqing and Haihua destroyers, with more than 20 ships of all sizes and sizes under it.

With the black smoke pillars rising above the Beiyang Fleet and the strong fighting spirit of the officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Fleet, the Beiyang Fleet rushed towards the ambush sea.

An hour later, the Nighthawk reconnaissance airship came to report that the Russian warship fleeing northeast was less than 20 nautical miles away from the Beiyang Fleet's original formation.

Soon, Tang Jian raised his telescope and looked southwest. The Russian Pacific Fleet was sailing towards this side. Tang Jian could also see the black smoke rising from many warships, which was caused by a fire that was hit by shells on the deck and could not be extinguished.

Tang Jian ordered the flag-spoken soldiers to convey their order to the Russian fleet: "The Beiyang fleet is ordered to come to support the Russian fleet!"

The flag-speaking soldiers waved the flag-speaking to convey Tang Jian's meaning. Soon, the Russian fleet's temporary flagship (the original flagship had just been sunk by the Japanese fleet!) was sent back to the answer.

The flag-speaking soldier converted the flag-speaking into ordinary language and said: "Sir, the Russian commander said that the Russian fleet suffered heavy losses and needed to rush back to Vladivostok to rest!"

"Damn, Russian Russians are really afraid of death. The two fleets are still afraid that they can't defeat the Japanese joint fleet!" Tang Jian cursed, and then asked the flag-speaking soldiers to pass on their orders again, saying: "China and Russia are friendly, the two countries are allied countries, and they should fight against the enemy together!"

"The fleet suffered heavy losses and needs to rush back to Vladivostok to rest!" The same answer came from the Russian fleet again.

"Damn Russian Russian!" Tang Jian cursed again, and was about to advise the Russian fleet to act as the cannon fodder vanguard of the Beiyang fleet, but suddenly there were dense sounds of shelling sounds from the sea level in the distance. It was the sound of a 304mm main gun, and the Japanese fleet caught up!

The Russian fleet had to go into the war again, because the Japanese fleet had now firmly bit the tail of the Russian Pacific Fleet.

"Damn it, I asked you to fight against the Japanese together, you are so afraid of death!" Tang Jian cursed angrily, "Okay, let Hirahachiro Togo give you some loose bones first!" Tang Jian ordered the entire fleet to detour southwest and to the left of the Japanese joint fleet.

At this time, news came from the flag-speaking soldier, saying: "Sir, the commander of the Russian fleet said that he is willing to work with the Beiyang fleet to resist the Japanese!"

"It's too late." Tang Jian ignored the commander of the Russian fleet's fleet's request for help and ordered the flag-speaking soldiers to pass his order again, "Dare you ancestor!" to the Russian fleet. However, the flag-speaking soldiers replied for a long time. Tang Jian picked up the phone and asked, "What's wrong, don't you understand translation with flag-speaking?"

The flag-speaking soldier replied: "I'm sorry, sir, I'm afraid they don't understand our flag-speaking. I'll send them now!" The flag-speaking soldier put down the phone and sent a series of strange flag-speakings representing "Your ancestor" to the Russian ship on the sea level.
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