After the time entered January 1905, Chen Hao could no longer stay in Guizhou. He had to return to Cam Ranh Bay. Tsarist Russia's Pacific Second Fleet had already set off and arrived at Madagascar, and would be resupplying at Cam Ranh Bay soon.
He must prepare accordingly.
The Battle of Tsushima was about to break out in four months. In this battle, the Russians were completely defeated. 21 battleships were sunk and 9 were captured. The total loss of ships was 270,000 tons, 4,830 people were killed, and 5,917 were captured. The Japanese army only suffered losses.
3 torpedo boats, less than 300 tons, 117 people killed and 587 injured.
Japan has achieved an unprecedented victory. This is a classic example of defeating more with less. Objectively speaking, the performance of the Japanese navy can be described as perfect. Japan's victory in this battle was the beginning of "Portsmouth" three months later.
The signing of the Peace Treaty paved the way for China to enter the ranks of world naval powers and become the leading country in the Far East.
The Russians were defeated miserably in the Battle of Tsushima. It would be extremely difficult to change the plot. Chen Hao must prepare in advance. If the war between Japan and Russia is to continue for a long time, the Battle of Tsushima is the only chance, even if it is because of
Although some warships were lost in this naval battle, Chen Hao had to do his best.
The Russo-Japanese War was a gamble for Japan's national destiny. If the outcome of the Battle of Tsushima had been rewritten, Japan's fate in the game would be completely different. Historically, the Japanese had caused the greatest harm to the Chinese nation in modern times. If the outcome of the Battle of Tsushima had been
Changes have affected development, and China's destiny will also change accordingly.
The more extensive the game's plot tasks are, the more difficult they are. A task like changing the outcome of the Battle of Tsushima, which involves the fate of several nations, is also the most difficult. In Chen Hao's memory, no such plot existed before the game time of 1940.
He could do it. Now that he had obtained Captain Gent's treasure in advance by relying on his memory, he wanted to work hard.
It is no exaggeration to say that the Russian Pacific Second Fleet was unable to support Adou and was defeated so completely. Even so, in order to continue the Japan-Russia war for a long time, Chen Hao had to work hard to see if he could defeat Adou.
Help him up.
In 1904, the war situation between Japan and Russia was stalemate, and the Tsarist Russian Army was slow to receive reinforcements from Europe due to the limited transportation capacity of the Siberian Railway. The Russian commanding generals were incompetent and failed to win a decisive victory on the battlefield. Winter was approaching, and in Northeast China
Fighting was even more miserable.
Although the Japanese army won successively, the casualty rate was very high, especially in the attack on Lushun. The Third Army commanded by Army General Nogi Nogi Nogi almost had to walk through the trenches filled with the corpses of their dead comrades before they captured Lushun. The Japanese army
The trouble is that it has been unable to intercept the Russian main fleet and give it a head-on attack. If the war situation drags on for a long time, the Japanese economy will definitely be dragged down and collapsed.
The Japanese army was eager to give the Russian army a heavy blow in order to end the Japan-Russia War as soon as possible. Historically, in June 1904, due to the poor performance of the Russian Pacific Fleet and the dilemma of being trapped in Lushun, Tsar Nicholas II decided to send
Russian ship reinforcements in the European and Russian regions. It was this reinforcement that the Japanese took the opportunity to completely defeat in the Tsushima Strait, which allowed the Japanese to win the war.
In the 19th century, due to British pressure, Russia promised in the Treaty of London that the Russian Black Sea Fleet would not enter the Mediterranean through the Dardanelles Strait and the Bosporus Strait. In other words, the Russian Black Sea Fleet was completely a defense fleet.
, apart from patrolling the Black Sea deep inland, it has no other role at all, so the only naval force available to Russia is the Baltic Fleet.
After the Tsar decided to send the European and Russian fleets to assist, he renamed the original Pacific Fleet the First Pacific Fleet, and the Baltic East Assistance Fleet as the Second Pacific Fleet, and appointed Lieutenant General Rozdvinsky as the commander of the Second Pacific Fleet. .
What lies before Lieutenant General Rozdesvensky is a mess. The tsarist government is highly bureaucratic. There are many procedures to apply for supplies, which is very disturbing. What is even more worrying is that the main force of the Second Pacific Fleet is There are still three Borodino-class battleships yet to be completed.
Seeing the Russian fleet in the Far East trapped in Lushun, the military situation was as urgent as sparks, but the Russian bureaucrats still did not change their usual attitude, and the time dragged on day by day. Since most of the elite officers and soldiers of the Russian Navy were in the Far East, Rozdesvinsky had to recruit veterans Retraining as sailors with farmers who had never seen the sea had a great impact on the overall combat effectiveness and paved the way for the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Tsushima.
Game time: In September 1904, the third and fourth ships of the five Borodino-class battleships, the Prince Suvorov and the Eagle were completed and put into service one after another. After more than four months of preparation, Rhodes Devin Sky finally assembled a decent fleet.
On October 15, 1904, the Second Pacific Fleet set out from the Liborg base. The commander of the first fleet of the fleet was concurrently served by Rozdvinsky. It was under the command of the battleships Prince Kensuvorov and Alexander III. New Borodino-class battleships such as Borodino and Eagle, among which Prince Suvorov and Eagle were officially commissioned on September 10, becoming the flagship of the Second Pacific Fleet.
The second battle group was led by Rear Admiral Fox Hill and included the battleships Oslyabiya and Navarin, and the armored cruiser Admiral Nakhimov. The third battle group was led by Rear Admiral Ankvist and included the cruiser Austria There are eight ships including the Erji and the Aurora, and there are a number of armed merchant ships, supply ships and other logistics vessels.
The Second Pacific Fleet had a total of forty-two warships, which completely defeated the Japanese in terms of tonnage. In addition to the NPC fleet, some Russian player forces with warships received the task of participating in the Battle of Tsushima and dispatched a total of forty-eight warships of various sizes.
The number of warships in the Second Pacific Fleet has reached ninety. Although most of the player warships are cruisers and destroyers, they have also greatly enhanced the strength of the Russian fleet. Although Russia historically suffered a disastrous defeat in the Battle of Tsushima, these players still participated in the mission. They hope that the participation of player warships in the war will change the story mission.
In the game, it is easier for Russian players to purchase warships than Japanese players, so the quality and quantity of Russian players' warships exceed those of the Japanese. If all Russian forces participate in the plot mission, the Second Pacific Fleet can be added to more than a hundred player warships, but Since many Russian players did not see their country's NPC fleet participating in the mission, there was not much difference in the number of warships participating in the mission between Russian players and Japanese players.
Japan's top player forces, the Yamamoto family, Matsushita family, and Ishihara Kaori, suffered heavy losses when fighting for the treasure, so the fleets of these three families did not participate in the mission. A total of thirty-five Japanese warships participated in the mission, but twenty-eight of them were destroyers and There are only eight torpedo boats and cruisers.
Among the forty-eight warships that Russian players participated in the mission, there were as many as 22 cruisers, so the Russians had an advantage in the player's fleet. The Russian players who participated in the mission imagined that so many player warships would join, plus the Chinese player Chen Baxian took away Japan. A main battleship and cruiser, try to change the plot mission of Tsushima Naval War.
Chen Hao sneered at the fantasies of Russian players. The Russians were completely defeated in the battle between NPCs. The Russian players did not have a main battleship to participate in the mission. How could it be so easy to change the plot mission? Even if the Russian players have some advantages over the Japanese players, wait until they win.
When looking at the Japanese player's fleet, it is estimated that the Russian Second Pacific Fleet is finished.
Chen Hao has the largest fleet among players, including the main battleship Qin Shihuang and many advanced armored cruisers. He does not dare to participate. If he wants to change the outcome of the Tsushima naval battle, he must use a more powerful fleet, Silva
When ordering warships, he requested that they be completed before February 1905, for which he did not hesitate to spend an additional £500,000.
The Dreadnought-class battleship and Invincible-class battlecruiser have been launched, and the shipyard will soon be sent to Indochina to be handed over to Silva. This incident has caused a sensation. Forums in various countries have been discussing, and they all agree that Silva purchased the warships to deal with
The threat of the Chinese fleet in Cam Ranh Bay has led to discussions among the players of the two countries about who has the advantage.
"French player Silva was lucky enough to complete the mission of the dreadnought and the invincible-class battlecruiser, and purchased the most advanced battleship in the early stage of the game at a not-so-high price. Although his fleet only has three warships, it has already exceeded
Chen Baxian, a Chinese player in Cam Ranh Bay, has become the most powerful player fleet."
"Chinese player Chen Baxian has a fleet that is not weak. The French who were developing in Indochina felt the pressure, so they built a fleet first. The French fleet is better in quality, and the Chinese still have a quantitative advantage, but as long as the French
If you spend some money to buy various destroyers to cooperate, the Chinese will definitely not be their opponents."
"The Dreadnought-class battleship is an epoch-making battleship. It has now appeared in the game, and the first one to own it is the player. This giant-class battleship has a combat power that is absolutely equivalent to more than two mainstream battleships. The Invincible-class battlecruiser is
The cost is also higher than the current battleships, and the combat effectiveness is not weaker than the battleships. I personally think that the fleet of our country player Silva will definitely defeat the Chinese fleet."
The French media were the most excited, and they were also the most optimistic about these three warships, believing that these three warships could completely defeat Chen Hao's fleet. Chen Hao agreed very much with their views. According to Mahan's sea power theory, the battleships of this era were more important in naval battles.
It has an irreplaceable dominance. The most important things in naval warfare are firepower and speed. As the most advanced battleship currently, the Dreadnought-class battleship can definitely play an extremely huge role.
Chen Hao agreed with the French media reports, so he was looking forward to how the French would feel when Silva handed over the three battleships to him. After learning the news that the Dreadnought-class battleship and the Invincible-class battlecruiser were launched at the same time, he
Immediately rush from Guizhou to Beihai, Guangxi, and take a merchant ship back to Camlan Bay. (To be continued.
