Song Hu was a little hesitant about Yamamoto Gonbei's opinion. As Liu Hai's confidant, he understood that Liu Hai had some grudges against Togo Heihachiro.
Now let him command the remaining fleet and give him prestige. I wonder what he will think about his main attack after he returns.
When Yamamoto Gonbei saw Song Hu, he hesitated and said hurriedly: "General, Togo Heihachiro's combat qualities are nothing to say. As long as he is given a chance, he will definitely complete the mission satisfactorily. And as a samurai, since he has pledged his allegiance to your lord, he will never
Will betray."
Song Hu nodded noncommittally after hearing this. Song Hu didn't believe in the so-called Bushido at all.
However, Song Hu then thought about it, as long as his side was strong, the other party would have any objection based on his intelligence.
"Okay, since you recommend it, let Togo Heihachiro command the remaining warships to complete the encirclement and suppression of the Russian cruise fleet."
And now Dong Xianghei and Hachiro, who were standing aside, were very excited when they heard that they could finally command the fleet to fight again.
Then Song Hu's order was announced to the entire fleet through semaphores.
Then Togo Heihachiro moved from the Qin Shihuang to the nearest battleship Fuji.
Then Song Hu's battleship Qin Shihuang left the large formation and led two armored cruisers to quickly pursue it to the north.
Togo Heihachiro was on the battleship Fuji, looking at the battleship Qin Shihuang in the distance with a telescope. He knew in his heart that this opportunity for him was very rare. If he did not grasp it well, he would never have a chance to be promoted from now on.
In fact, Togo Heihachiro knew why Liu Hai didn't like him, as he was one of the few naval officers who survived the naval battle.
Because he participated in the Sino-Japanese War and massacred the Beiyang Navy, if Liu Hai hadn't tried to appease the Japanese soldiers, his head would have been chopped off long ago.
Because of this, after re-entering the navy, Togo Heihachiro worked desperately for Liu Hai.
The warships commanded by Togo Heipalang, whether they were the original cruisers, the later armored cruisers, or the battleship Fuji at his feet, were all the most capable of combat in the Japanese navy.
It was precisely because Liu Hai saw his efforts that he suppressed the disgust in his heart and allowed him to continue to exist in the Japanese navy.
Togo Heihachiro secretly made up his mind to let his lord see his loyalty and ability this time.
Immediately after Togo Heihachiro thought about it, as if the entire fleet issued an order, all the fleets began to move, seizing the T-front with the opponent, and at the same time concentrated bombardment of the enemy's leading warships.
As the entire Japanese fleet began to move, the speed advantage of their naval warships was immediately demonstrated.
Except for the two battleships, the other warships were traveling quickly on the sea, quickly seizing the "T" position, forming superior firepower against several Rakshasa Kingdom cruisers.
Then there was a bombardment, and the leading cruiser was beaten into a sieve. Moreover, the warship had caught fire in several places, and its speed was reduced from the original 16 knots to 8 knots.
This speed is a drag on the entire Rakshasa Kingdom cruise fleet, not to mention that it is the leading warship.
Therefore, as soon as the cruiser slowed down, it immediately disrupted the forward speed of the entire cruise fleet, forcing several cruisers behind it to disrupt their formation and search for targets separately.
At this time, the two Sovereign-class battleships of Japan also began to take aim and launch bombardments.
Since the distance between the two sides is now only more than 3,000 meters, at this distance, the Sovereign level, well, the accuracy of accurate shooting is still very high.
Therefore, out of the eight shells fired in the first round of shelling, two formed close-range shells and exploded 50 meters away from the flank of a cruiser.
During the second round of shelling, two shells accurately hit the cruiser.
After being bombarded by two 305 mm caliber cannons, the cruiser immediately broke into several sections and disappeared on the ocean within a few minutes.
During this period of time, the Japanese cruiser fleet also shelled other Rakshasa cruisers one by one, causing their formations to become chaotic and several warships to catch fire.
However, these Rakshasa Kingdom cruisers fought very bravely. Regardless of whether they were injured or not, they all used full power to rush towards the two Sovereign-class battleships.
And since the Sovereign-class battleships have not been modified, their speed is much slower than these cruisers, and the distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer.
Togo Heihachiro saw what the other party meant, smiled, and then issued an order asking the cruiser pair to immediately insert between the battleship and the enemy cruiser.
Following Togo Heihachiro's order, several cruisers took advantage of their speed to turn around and then re-inserted in front of the battleship.
By this time, the two battleships Fuji and Yashima were able to bombard the enemy cruisers without any scruples.
At this time, the Rakshasa cruise fleet knew that it was impossible to get close to the battle fleet, so the bravery just now had almost disappeared.
They didn't care about anything else now, and started releasing torpedoes regardless of whether the distance was right.
But in this era, the speed of torpedoes was only a dozen knots, and their range did not exceed 1 kilometer.
Such a torpedo will be difficult to hit the target unless the enemy warship has lost power.
Therefore, all the torpedoes released by the Rakshasa Navy quickly lost their targets and exposed themselves on the sea.
After releasing the torpedoes, the Rakshasa Kingdom cruise fleet began to flee.
But now they had no time to escape. The two battleships behind them began to shell continuously. After two rounds, the two cruisers were hit again, and the speed began to drop to between 7 and 5 knots.
The remaining two cruisers, which were still intact, did not care about their comrades behind them and fled north with all their lives.
Seeing this scene, Togo Heihachiro immediately issued an order, requiring his two armored cruisers to take one each, and the light cruiser to pursue the two fleeing enemy cruisers and make sure to sink them.
The remaining light cruisers, led by the two Japanese battleships, began to roll call the four Russian cruisers that had been severely damaged one by one.
Just like this, as the two Sovereign-class battleships opened fire, the four battlecruisers sank one by one.
After Togo Heihachiro finished dealing with these cruisers, he began to lead the fleet northward, because there were still several severely damaged battleships on the northern battlefield.
These battleships are now fleeing to the north at the speed of a turtle.
However, at such a speed, there was no way they could escape. Within an hour, the Dongxiang fleet surrounded the two severely damaged former Dreadnought-class battleships.
Togo Heihachiro saw these two battleships through the telescope. Although they were very slow and suffered heavy damage, they were still generally intact.
Now Togo Heihachiro has committed the same mistake that Japanese soldiers often made, that is, being stingy with warships.
After approaching the other side, Togo Heihachiro used a semaphore to demand that the two battleships surrender immediately so that he could ensure the safety of the personnel on board.
As a result, after Togo Heihachiro's flag message was conveyed, one of the two warships lit up the white flag in accordance with the rules.
Togo Heihachiro was overjoyed when he saw this scene. If he could really capture these two warships and take them to Shanghai for modification, then the number of battleships in the Japanese fleet could be doubled.
So Togo Heihachiro led the Fuji and Yashima and began to approach the two warships.
Unfortunately, his idea was too naive. When the Fuji and Yashima approached the two battleships, the two Rakshasa battleships suddenly started firing.
This immediately caught Togo Heihachiro off guard.
The Fuji was hit by two 305mm-caliber shells. The Yashima was lucky enough to be behind the Fuji, so it escaped the disaster.
By now Togo Heihachiro had understood that the opponent was pretending to surrender, and Togo's eyes were already red. He directly ordered the Fuji and Yashima to use full power, cruise in front of the opponent's warships, and conduct a final attack on these two warships.
However, because the Fuji was hit by two bombs, its speed has obviously slowed down, and it is almost the same as the two battleships of the Rakshasa Kingdom.
However, the current Japanese fleet still has several light cruisers. During the main decisive battle, these light cruisers were useless, but now, because the Rakshasa Kingdom battleships are obviously unable to speed up, and their main guns are also affected.
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Therefore, the two Rakshasa battleships pose a much smaller threat to the light cruiser.
The remaining four light cruisers immediately set their speed to the maximum and quickly approached the two severely damaged Rakshasa battleships.
Although the two Rakshasa battleships used their remaining main guns and fired wildly to prevent the Japanese light cruisers from approaching, the speed of these Japanese cruisers actually reached 28 knots while performing snake-like maneuvers on the sea.
, the various types of artillery on the Rakshasa Kingdom’s strategic ships were unable to do anything against them.
In this way, the four light cruisers quickly approached 500 meters away from the battleship, and then they launched two fish missiles respectively.
The two battleships of Rakshasa Kingdom were each assigned 4 torpedoes.
If the power system of the Rakshasa Kingdom battleship was still intact, it would be almost impossible for these four torpedoes to be hit, but now the Rakshasa Kingdom battleship's speed is only a few knots, so their results can be imagined.
The two battleships were hit by two torpedoes in the next week, one was hit, and the three torpedoes could be said to add to the damage. Soon their keels could no longer hold on.
With the sound of the keels breaking, the two battleships slowly sank into the ocean.
At this point, except for a few fleeing battleships from the Rakshasa Kingdom, all other warships can be said to have been completely wiped out.
The first mate on the Fuji saw through the telescope that there were many Russians floating on the sea waiting for rescue, so he suggested to their commander, Togo Heihachiro, to send a lifeboat to rescue these people.
Unexpectedly, Togo Heihachiro became furious after hearing this. If these people hadn't suddenly gone back on their word just now, his Fuji would not have been bombarded. Now it is impossible for him to save their lives.
So Togo Heihachiro used the flag language to issue an order to the entire fleet, requiring them not to accept sailors from the Rakshasa Kingdom.