Although the speed of the 2nd Sentai of the Combined Fleet far exceeded that of the Russian Fleet, it would take quite some time to get to the front of the Russian Fleet to intercept it, so there were only sporadic battles on the battlefield at this time, and the main forces of the two sides were mainly competing with each other's speed.

At this time, the Japanese Combined Fleet had already achieved absolute superiority on the battlefield, and although the Russian Fleet had not completely collapsed, it was only a matter of time, after all, it was estimated that the Combined Fleet would catch up with the Russian Fleet in about one hour.

On the Kunming ship, Han Chao said to Shang Jinfeng: "Captain, our fleet should attack." ”

Zhang Weining said: "It's too early to attack, although the Japanese Navy has occupied an absolute advantage, but the Russian fleet has not completely collapsed after all, if we go to war at this time, it happens to help the Russian fleet, maybe we will take the opportunity to escape back to Vladivostok, that will be quite unfavorable for our next attack on Vladivostok, I think it is better to wait a little longer, and when the Japanese Navy catches up with the Russian fleet this time, it should be about the same." ”

Han Chao said: "Our fleet is now about 50 kilometers away from the battlefield, and with the speed of our fleet, it will take about 2 hours, so when our fleet arrives at the battlefield, the Japanese Navy should also pack up the Russian fleet." ”

While several people were talking, suddenly the correspondent Gao Jun reported that the Yueyang ship asked to talk to the Kunming ship, and Shang Jinfeng immediately said: "Take it in." ”

After a while, Wang Hailong, the captain of the Yueyang ship, said in a loud voice: "Lao Shang, now that the situation on the battlefield has almost been decided, I think we should divide it into two parts and give him a front and rear attack, I calculated just now, I took a part of the cruiser and went around from the Korean Strait to the back of them to join the Sanya ship, it will take about 2 hours." It should be about the same. ”

Shang Jinfeng listened, his heart couldn't help but move, immediately called up the map, calculated, if at a speed of 20 knots, it will take about 2 hours and 20 minutes, you can go around the back of the current Japanese and Russian fleets, and then carry out a flanking attack on the north and south lines, of course, it is more certain to completely annihilate the Japanese and Russian fleets, if you only attack from one side, then the Japanese and Russian fleets have a lot of room to escape, although in this way, their own forces are scattered, but there are 5 modern warships in formation, it should not be a big problem.

After figuring this out, Shang Jinfeng did not hesitate, and immediately ordered the Yueyang ship to lead the armored cruiser squadron, the second cruiser squadron, the fourth cruiser squadron, the third destroyer squadron, and the fourth destroyer squadron to the north of the current Russian-Japanese battlefield as quickly as possible to join the Sanya ship. These five detachments were all newly built warships, and the slowest speed reached 22 knots, so there was enough speed to reach the north of the battlefield in about 2 hours. A flanking attack on the Japanese and Russian fleets was formed.

After receiving the order, Wang Hailong immediately led the five detachments assigned to him to set off, and quickly increased the speed to 21 knots.

After the Yueyang ship led the fleet to set off, Shang Jinfeng ordered the remaining five sub-fleets to be led by the battleship sub-fleet and march to the battlefield, and at the same time ordered to release two more drones to replace the previous two drones that were almost running out of fuel.

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Heihachiro Togo held the barricade in his hand, looked at the sea filled with gunsmoke and fires everywhere, and let out a long breath, this naval battle has reached this point, and the combined fleet has won the battle, but it is only a matter of the size of the result. Moreover, not a single warship of the Combined Fleet itself has been sunk, not even heavily damaged, so it will be a more brilliant victory than the Battle of Dadonggou, and it will surely go down in history for this battle.

It turned out that the 2nd Sentai of the Combined Fleet had rushed to the front of the Russian Fleet about 3,000 meters at 4:20 a.m., and immediately made a right turn and cut the "T" prefix of the Russian Fleet, while the 1st Sentai also chased up from behind the Russian Fleet and inflicted a fierce blow on the warships in the tail of the Russian Fleet in the left rear of the Russian Fleet. The 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th squadrons of cruisers attacked the Russian fleet from the left and right.

At this time, the Russian fleet finally could not support it, and scattered into several fleets, each of which fled in all directions, but did not flee to the north again. The Combined Fleet took advantage of the fact that it launched a fierce attack on the Russian fleet.

By 5:10 a.m., Heihachiro Togo had received a report confirming that the Combined Fleet had sunk the battleships Duke Suvorov, Alexander III, and Oslyabia, the destroyer Ural, the transport ship Ruth, the repair ship Kamchaska, and captured two hospital ships, the Aryul and Kastrom.

In the Combined Fleet, the main warships suffered more serious damage, including the Mikasa with 28 bullets, the Fuji with 10 shots, the Nisshin with 10 shots, the Azuma with 15 shots, the Iwate with 14 shots, and the Asama with 11 shots. In addition, the 3rd Sentai flagship, the Kasaki, withdrew from the battle due to heavy damage, and the flag has been moved to the Chitose.

The Russian fleet was now divided into about four scattered fleets, the battleships Borodino and Eagle, the cruisers Oleg, Aurora, and Svetlana in one group, the battleships Nikolai I, Navarin, Admiral Apraksin, Admiral Ushakov, and Admiral Sinyavin in one group, Admiral Nasimov, Dmitry Donskoy, Diamond, and Monomakh in one group, Pearl and Emerald, nine destroyers, and four spy ships and transports. Scattered around the battlefield.

However, by this time, the area of the battlefield had expanded to a distance of 20 kilometers, and the smoke and sea fog made it impossible for Heihachiro Togo to determine the location of the Russian fleet now. By this time, the Combined Fleet had won a great victory, but Heihachiro Togo's goal was to completely annihilate the Russian fleet. So the 1st and 2nd squadrons were ordered to stay where they were for the time being, and to make repairs, and at the same time to prevent the Russian fleet from escaping north, while the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th squadrons, as well as the destroyer detachments, went separately to search for the movement of the Russian fleet.

Now the battlefield has become fragmented, so Heihachiro Togo is also considering whether to divide the 1st and 2nd Sentai into 4 squads and go to the battlefield separately to attack the Russian fleet.

In the battle just now, the Combined Fleet has sunk three battleships, and now there are still 4 of them, and there are also 2 new battleships Borodino and Eagle, that is, these 4 battleships can pose a threat to the Combined Fleet, and if these 4 battleships get together, even the 2nd Fleet is not sure of victory, because now the Combined Fleet only has a total of 4 battleships, Mikasa, Shikishima, Nisshin, The Fuji, a battleship a generation behind, had to revert the turrets of the main guns to parallel to the hull in order to be reloaded.

Togo Heihachiro is also urgently calculating the strength comparison between the two sides, if the battleships of the two sides are 4 against 4, of course the combined fleet can win steadily, and it will not be too damaged; The Nisshin won 3 to 4, and the victory was also more than 6 percent, but it would definitely have some damage on its own, and it was impossible to say how big the damage was; and if it was to change to a Fuji, although it could also win, Togo Heihachiro did not dare to guarantee that he was not damaged, and even lost a battleship; if only two battleships were in battle, then at most it would be a lose-lose situation.

After all, after annihilating the Russian fleet, the Combined Fleet still had enough strength to contain the People's Army Navy of the East China Government, and although Japan had already ordered two more powerful battleships from Britain, they could only be delivered in 1906, and with the time for training and sea trials, it would not be able to form combat effectiveness until at least mid-1906. Therefore, none of these 4 battleships is indispensable at the moment. Since the battle has progressed to this point, not a single warship of the Combined Fleet has been sunk, and if it loses one or two main warships when it has already won the battle, then it is really more than worth the loss.

Now we can only wait for the discovery of the Russian fleet to determine if the fleet is assigned, after all, after the fierce battle just now, the chances of the four Russian battleships gathering together are not great. When Heihachiro Togo was thinking about it, he only heard the sound of footsteps, and turned his head to see that Yuzaburo Kato and Shinyuki Akiyama had boarded the bridge.

Heihachiro Togo frowned slightly, but he didn't say anything, after all, it was the time for the war to be suspended, and it was no big deal for them to come to the bridge, in fact, even if it was a resumption of war, there was no need to worry too much, because the Russian fleet had no resistance left. As long as the combined fleet itself does not make mistakes.

Before boarding the bridge, Kato Yuzaburo said: "Your Excellency, Commander, we have won this battle, this is the Battle of Fatgara in Japan. ”

Heihachiro Togo's face was still normal, and he said: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, it's too early to talk about victory, we only have a slight upper hand, and we need to work hard to win this battle." ”

Yuzaburo Kato came to Heihachiro Togo's side and said, "Your Excellency Commander, I think victory is in our pocket. ”

Akiyama Shinyuki behind him took a rare serious look and said, "Although the battle is not over yet, I think victory is already firmly in our hands." ”

Heihachiro Togo was noncommittal and said, "Although we have already inflicted heavy losses on the Russian fleet, we cannot relax yet, because the Russian fleet still has a large number of warships, and we must not let them escape." You've come just in time, and I'm just going to talk to you about how to set up the battle that follows. ”

Kato Yuzaburo said: "Commander, I think it is better to send a telegram to the Military Command Department first, so that they know the current results, I think the Military Command Department must be in a hurry now." ”