Chapter 381: The Battle of Tsushima (7)

"The Yueyang ship reported that it had reached the combat position and joined the Sanya ship. ”

Shang Jinfeng nodded, now the People's Army Navy is divided into two fleets, north and south, but the location of the Yueyang ship and the northern fleet has always been under the monitoring of drones, and now the fleet has traveled to about 10 kilometers northeast of Okishima, about 15 kilometers away from the 1st and 2nd warframes of the Japanese Combined Fleet, and the Yueyang ship, The position of the Sanya warship should be about 30 kilometers behind the fleet, first, it is the principle of protecting modern warships, so maintaining a distance of 50 kilometers from enemy ships is the operational principle of modern warships; second, the attack distance of modern warships is far greater than that of warships of this era, and they can be commanded by radio stations, and there is no need to get too close. The position of the Southern Fleet also advanced to 20 kilometers north-west of Iki Island.

However, seeing the current position of all parties, Shang Jinfeng frowned slightly, and was not satisfied with the current position of the three warships. Because Togo Heihachiro did not know the movements and positions of the Russian fleet that had been disrupted, Shang Jinfeng knew the entire battlefield well.

At present, the range of the Japanese and Russian fleets is 30 kilometers from north to south and about 20 kilometers from east to west, and the northernmost part is the 1st and 2nd warships of the Japanese Combined Fleet and several * fleets, which are located about 10 kilometers south-east of Takeshima, and the current positions of the four parts of the Russian fleet are as follows:

The battleships Nicholas I, Navarin, and the cruisers Admiral Apraksin, Admiral Ushakov, and Admiral Sinyavin were located about 8 kilometers west of Iki Island, the southernmost point of the battlefield;

The battleships Borodino and Eagle, and the cruisers Oleg, Aurora, and Svetlana were engaged with the 3rd and 5th squadrons of the Combined Fleet 10 kilometers east of Shimojima;

The cruisers Admiral Nasimov, Dmitry Donskoy, Diamond, and Monomakh were located 12 kilometers north of Iki Island and engaged the 6th Squadron of the Combined Fleet;

The Pearl, the Emerald, and five destroyers were located southeast of Tsushima and were being pursued by the 4th Squadron of the Combined Fleet, fleeing east-south, in addition to a small number of Russian ships and the 2 destroyers of the Combined Fleet cruising blindly at sea, and a few sporadic skirmishes.

On the whole, after the Northern Fleet launches an attack, it will first face 4 battleships, 6 large armored cruisers, and 2 medium armored cruisers of the 1st and 2nd Fleets of the Combined Fleet. Although the Northern Fleet is a newly built warship, it is still inferior to the Southern Fleet in terms of combat effectiveness, after all, the Southern Fleet has 3 battleships and 2 large armored cruisers, while the Southern Fleet has only 2 large armored cruisers and 2 medium armored cruisers. In contrast, after the Yugoslav Fleet participated in the battlefield, it faced much weaker opponents, and the four existing battleships of the Russian fleet were divided into two groups, and all suffered heavy losses. Therefore, it would be ideal if the North and South fleets were to change positions.

However, Shang Jinfeng also knew that there were such good things in the war, and it was impossible for everything to be beneficial to him? The current situation was already very good, the Russian fleet had already suffered heavy losses and basically had no combat effectiveness, while although the Japanese combined fleet had suffered little losses, after more than three hours of fierce fighting, the personnel were fatigued, and the personnel were tired. Ammunition consumption, combat effectiveness is at least 6 percent off, and the People's Army Navy has also formed a north-south flank attack on the battlefield, so the current situation is quite favorable to the People's Army Navy, not to mention that there are five modern warships in formation.

Shang Jinfeng had nothing to complain about in such a situation, and immediately ordered the northern and southern fleets to attack together and destroy all the warships he encountered. At the same time, it was ordered to take off carrier-based helicopters, since the Kunming ship was far from the battlefield beyond the scanning range of the radar and needed to direct * shooting from the air, and in this respect the helicopter was more effective than the UAV.

At this time, the carrier-based helicopter had already been pushed out of the hangar, parked on the flying platform, and after receiving Shang Jinfeng's order, it took off immediately, and then Shang Jinfeng ordered: Eagle Strike 18* ready to launch, the first target Mikasa, and the second target Nisshin.

The Mikasa is the flagship of the Combined Fleet, and the Nisshin is the flagship of the 1st Sentai and the two most powerful warships in the Combined Fleet, so sinking these two warships first at the beginning of the war can not only weaken the strength of the Combined Fleet, but also deal a heavy blow to the morale and confidence of the Combined Fleet.

And the KPA Navy has prepared for these two warships the YJ-18 heavy anti-ship *. This type * is the most advanced heavy anti-ship * assembled by the Chinese Navy before the crossing, which is developed on the basis of the Russian 3M-54 Club *, using a subsonic-supersonic combined trajectory, which not only has the advantages of long subsonic range and small take-off mass, but also has the performance of supersonic * high-speed easy penetration, with a high penetration probability and hit rate, the warhead weighs 250 kg, and the terminal breakthrough can reach Mach 3. It is said that an Eagle Strike 18* can make a 10,000-ton warship withdraw from the bottom and lose its combat effectiveness.

Of the 5 modern warships, only the Kunming ship is equipped with the YJ-18 *, and there are only 8 of them, which have never been used in previous battles, and now they can finally come in handy, of course, if they are not used now, in another 2 or 3 years, they will have passed their life span, and they will not be able to use it if they want to.

At this moment, the helicopter sent a signal that it had locked on the Mikasa and transmitted the relevant data information back to the Kunming ship through the data link. Zhang Chengbing, the squad leader of the * squad of the water guidance group, immediately started the * launch procedure:

"Silo 41, Eagle Strike 18* charged. ”

"Enter the signal data. ”

"Open the manhole cover of silo No. 41. ”

"Eagle Strike 18*, launched. ”

With Zhang Chengbing's command, at the rear of the Kunming ship, a large puff of smoke erupted, and a thick * shot up from the inside, and a long orange fireworks erupted from the tail, flying straight into the sky.

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"Report to the sir, the Shikishima reported that the transmitter is malfunctioning and cannot send or receive signals, and it is now being checked. ”

"Report to the sir, the Fuji reported that the transmitter was malfunctioning and could not send or receive signals, and it is now being checked. ”

When Togo Heihachiro, Kato Yuzaburo, Akiyama Mayuki and others heard this, not only did their faces change greatly, it turned out that Kato Yuzaburo suggested to Togo Heihachiro that he send the current results back to China, at least so that the country could rest assured. Togo Heihachiro didn't refuse, after all, he should have a conversation with the country at this time, but Mikasa's radio antenna was damaged in the battle just now, so Togo Heihachiro ordered the Nisshin to send a message back to the country with a flag.

However, the Nisshin soon replied that the telegraph on the ship had malfunctioned and could not send a signal; Togo Heihachiro did not think much about it, after all, the radio technology of this era was still very immature, and it was common for warships to break down due to the turbulence of warships at sea, so Togo Heihachiro sent a signal to Shikishima and Fuji to send electricity to the country.

And the telegraph on the Shikishima and Fuji actually failed, and at this time, not only Togo Heihachiro, but even Kato Yuzaburo, Akiyama Shinyuki also found out that the situation was wrong, the telegraph machines of the three battleships actually failed at the same time, just a coincidence to describe it, I'm afraid it can't be said, but everyone doesn't know where the problem is, after all, there is no concept of radio interference in this era, and Togo Heihachiro and others don't have much knowledge of radio, so they are also a little at a loss at this time.

At this moment, an alarm sounded on the lookout, and the mast of the warship was spotted in the northeast direction, and everyone turned to look in the northeast direction, and suddenly a staff officer pointed to the sky and shouted: "Look, what is that?"

So everyone didn't have time to look at the warship in the northeast direction, and they all looked in the direction of the staff officer's finger, and it turned out that a small black dot appeared in the southeast sky, bringing out a long trajectory, and it was moving quickly towards their side.

"It's ?... What is this thing?"

"Could it be an airplane?"

"It doesn't seem to be an airplane, I read the pictures in the newspaper, and the plane has wings. ”

"Maybe a new plane, the one without wings?"

In the midst of everyone's discussions, the black dots are constantly expanding, and the wheel corridor is gradually becoming clearer, it turns out to be a slender shape, the front end is cone-shaped, some like a cannon, but the tail is spewing flames, and the height is constantly decreasing, and it is getting clearer and clearer, but I don't know what it is, but the direction is very clear, it is coming towards Mikasa.

Already a couple of staff officers shouted: "It's falling on us, it's falling on us!"

And the soldiers on several other warships also noticed this vision, and both the Nisshin and Shikishima sent warning signals to the Mikasa, of course, they did not know what to warn about, and they could not be said to be careful*, but only to send a signal of "all caution".

In fact, Togo Heihachiro's eyes have been staring at this unknown object, although he doesn't know what it is, but the soldier's intuition tells him that it must be some kind of weapon, and it will definitely pose a great threat to himself. It's just that Heihachiro Togo doesn't know how to deal with it.

And seeing this "fire-breathing cannonball with its tail" clearly falling towards him, Heihachiro Togo also knew that he had to do something, even if it was useless, but it was better than doing nothing.

So Heihachiro Togo immediately ordered: "Turn left 30 degrees and speed up to avoid!"

Only a few people on the deck could see the Eagle Strike 18*, and most of the officers and men were in the cabin, so they couldn't see it at all, so after receiving the order from Togo Heihachiro, they thought that they had been attacked by residual mines, which was also a common thing on the battlefield, so they all immediately carried out the order, and the power room desperately coaled the boiler, and the helmsman hurriedly turned the steering gear.

Although the 1st and 2nd Sentai were waiting in place at this time, they did not stop, because once the warships stopped, it would take a lot of time to restart, so each ship was circling in place at a speed of 5-6 knots, and it was not wasted to carry out Togo Heihachiro's orders, so the huge hull of Mikasa immediately stopped turning in circles and slowly moved and turned around at sea.