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On September 6, 1905, the Vladivostok Expeditionary Force officially launched a battle to capture Vladivostok.

Of course, in this sortie, the Vladivostok Expeditionary Force set out in two parts, the vanguard was the 1st and 2nd Marine Divisions and two self-propelled guns, the warships dispatched were the Kunming as the flagship, the battleships Yuanyang, Yueyang, and Weiyang, and the protective cruisers Haike, Heidi, and Hainault, the first destroyer squadron, 6 landing ships, and 6 transportation ships.

The rest of the troops and assembly will wait until three days later before departing, with the Xiangyang as the flagship, including the armored cruisers Tuohai and Kaihai, the protective cruisers Haipa and Haishi, the second destroyer detachment, and 20 transport ships. The newly commissioned armored train was dispatched with this fleet.

The commander of the fleet was Han Chao, the deputy captain of the Kunming, because Shang Jinfeng, the former captain of the Kunming, was now the head of the Admiralty, and of course it was impossible to command the battle with the ship, so he could only be acted by the deputy captain, and the deputy commander was the captain of the Xiangyang ship*. The original Zhenyuan-class ironclad ships of the Marine Corps did not participate in this operation because they were too old and too slow.

If the vanguard succeeds in capturing Vladivostok, the rear fleet accelerates to Vladivostok to join the vanguard and prepare for the ensuing battle, and if the vanguard attack does not go well, the rear fleet immediately returns and docks at Port Arthur to participate in the attack on Shenyang.

Luo Yue boarded the Kunming ship, led the fleet out of the port of Qingdao at a speed of 12 knots, first headed southeast, turned northeast near Jeju Island, and entered the Tsushima Strait. Now that Jeju Island has become a forward base for the People's Army Navy, various facilities are being built on the island, and the fleet is greeting the island's garrison as it passes through Jeju Island.

Since the Russian Far East Navy had been completely destroyed at this time, the Japanese Combined Fleet had also suffered heavy losses, and the war was continuous, and there were no merchant ships coming and going, so after passing through Jeju Island, the fleet saw only KPA Navy warships cruising along the way, and did not encounter other ships. Although after the Battle of Tsushima, except for supporting the Lushun landing operation, the KPA Navy has not fought like this, but the task of the Navy is not easy, because it is a small and medium-sized ship, tightly blocking the coastline of the Tsushima Strait and the Korean Peninsula, cutting off the logistics supply of the Japanese army on the Korean Peninsula, so the Navy is also extremely busy.

After passing through the Tsushima Strait and entering the Sea of Japan, the fleet went all the way north to the Vladivostok Sea, a journey that took five days.

After reaching Vladivostok, the fleet anchored in the waters of the Rymsky Gorshakov Islands, about 70 kilometers southwest of Vladivostok, and waited for another attack in the early hours of the next morning. This is also to maximize the technological superiority of the KPA.

At this time, Russia also had two warships moored in the port of Vladivostok, the armored cruiser Gromobowie and the protective cruiser Warrior, and during the Russo-Japanese War, these two warships and another armored cruiser, Rurik, formed the Vladivostok detachment, which broke the engagement with Japan and achieved good results. However, it was later besieged by 6 armored cruisers of the 2nd Sentai of the Japanese Combined Fleet, and the Rurik was sunk, and the Gromo Bowie and the Warrior were injured and fled back to the port of Vladivostok.

Due to the limited facilities in Vladivostok, it is impossible to repair the two injured warships, so now the Gromo Bowie and the Warrior can only anchor in the harbor and cannot sail, and in addition to these two large warships, Vladivostok has only a few small destroyers of 1 or 200 tons, which can only go out to sea for routine and hastily patrol every day. Of course, the Russian army never thought that the People's Army would sail more than 2,000 kilometers to attack Vladivostok.

At 12 o'clock in the morning, the fleet set sail again, sailing at a speed of 10 knots in the direction of Vladivostok, and about three hours later, it reached a position about 30 kilometers southeast of Vladivostok, when the Kunming and the first destroyer detachment and transport ships were moored on the sea, and the battleships Yuanyang, Xiaoyang, and Weiyang, and the protective cruisers Haike, Heidi, Hainault, and six landing ships continued to move in the direction of Vladivostok.

Although half a year ago, Luo Yue personally led the team to conduct an on-the-spot survey of Vladivostok and recorded the main facilities and targets, but no one dared to guarantee that the arrangement of Vladivostok would not change in the course of half a year, so it was necessary to verify, in addition, the helicopter should also cooperate with the sea and air radar to guide in the air to determine the position to be attacked, and at the same time to navigate the warships heading in the direction of Vladivostok and provide artillery parameters。

The defense of Vladivostok is integrated with the southern tip of Fuller Island (i.e., Russky Island), so the attack on Vladivostok must be carried out simultaneously on Vladivostok and Fuller Island, and this time the People's Army is ready to use the Eagle Strike 100* on the Kunming ship, first knocking out several key batteries on Vladivostok and Fuller Island, and then the three battleships Yuanyang, Yuyang, and Weiyang will carry out artillery bombardment, * The attack and shelling are carried out at night before dawn, and after dawn, the landing operation will be carried out. The whole battle plan is actually not complicated, but in this era, only the People's Army can complete this battle plan.

After about an hour, it was almost 5 o'clock in the morning, and due to the high dimension here, it dawned early, and after a while, it was about to dawn. The helicopters had already completed their scanning of Vladivostok and Fuller Island, and there was basically no change from half a year ago, so they also locked on the targets of attack; at this time, the three battleships had already reached a place about 12 kilometers southeast of Vladivostok and Fuller Island, and had already determined their firing units according to the parameters provided by the Kunming ship, loaded them with shells, and could open fire at any time; and the three protective cruisers and six landing ships were delayed and anchored 3 kilometers behind. However, since it was not yet dawn at this time, the Russian army was completely unaware of this.

In the command room of the Kunming, the final preparations for the launch have been completed, and the launch can be carried out only after the order is given. So the captain Han Chao said: "Commander Luo, can you start?"

Luo Yue nodded and said, "Let's start." ”

Han Chao said: "Okay, Eagle Strike 100* ready, No. 1 target, launch." ”

"Eagle Strike 100*, Target No. 1, Start Launching!"

"Silo cover open!"

"* Ignition. ”

"Launch!"

At the back of the Kunming ship, a large number of flames suddenly erupted from the deck, and a huge * rose from the silo with a bright orange tail flame, and flew into the sky, and at that moment, the erupting tail flame illuminated the sea surface of thousands of meters nearby.

The YJ-100* is a sea-to-air-launched ultra-long-range anti-ship-to-ground * developed by China on the basis of the Changjian 10 land-based * in the old time and space, with a maximum range of 800 kilometers and a warhead weighing 500 kg, which can attack sea-to-land targets. The Kunming ship is equipped with a total of 8 YJ-100*, which have never been used in previous battles.

In fact, although the level of technical informatization of the Kunming ship in the old time and space is high, it is subject to the tonnage of the ship, after all, the full load is only 7000-7500 tons, which can only be regarded as a medium-sized destroyer, and there are only 64 vertical hair shafts, so the assembly is similar to the ultra-long-range anti-ship to the ground * of the Tomahawk level, which is quite a bit of a small ship carrying a cannon. But in this era, these 8 YJ-100* are still invincible, and no warship can block the YJ-100*'s blow.

There are four targets to be hit in the first batch, one is on Fuller Island, and the other three are on Vladivostok, all of which are batteries with large-caliber artillery installed by the Russian army, as long as these batteries are knocked out, the threat of the battery fire of the Vladivostok defense line to the battleships has just been greatly weakened, and the three battleships can calmly bombard the Vladivostok defense line.

Although the YJ-100* could only fly at subsonic speeds, the distance of more than 30 kilometers was a matter of minutes, and *under the guidance of a helicopter, it successfully hit the target - the No. 1 battery built in the Russian fortress on Fuller Island, where two 280 mm heavy guns and two 152 mm guns* were installed.

"Boom!" The huge explosion sound spread through the air for more than 10 kilometers, and the rising flames made the Kunming ship see it very clearly.

Fuller Island, which is in the position of being hit, is naturally more affected and deterred, although the target hit is only the No. 1 battery, but the power of hundreds of kilograms is extremely huge, if it is in an open area, it is enough to cover a range of several hundred meters. And the Russian fortress is not a big fortress, the aspect is less than 100 meters, so the entire fortress was almost affected by the explosion, and the explosion of * not only completely destroyed the No. 1 battery, but also ignited the * stored in the battery, forming a second blow, and even several other batteries were not spared under the impact of the explosion, and the result was this one*, almost the entire Russian fortress was destroyed.

About 1 minute later, the helicopter transmitted the effect of the strike back to the Kunming ship, Luo Yue, Han Chao and others did not expect that the power of the * would be so great, after all, the Eagle Strike 100 * had never been used before, and in the old time and space, only training ammunition was used during training and exercises, although the other equipment was basically the same, but the charge was reduced by half, or there was no charge, of course, the real power of the Eagle Strike 100 * could not be seen.

However, Han Chao reacted immediately, and hurriedly ordered the Ocean Ocean, the Yangyang, and the Weiyang to immediately shell Fule Island and hit scattered targets, while the Kunming ship immediately attacked the second target.