Such a strange phenomenon naturally aroused a lot of discussions, and political commissar Zhang Weining said: "What kind of Mingtang are the Russians doing, and is it difficult to make a new battle formation?"

Shang Jinfeng said with a smile: "The battle formation of the fart, I estimate that the new speed of these 4 battleships is fast, so it is a little ahead, and then the Russians want to use these 4 battleships to fight their way out and break through the interception of the Japanese fleet." To be honest, don't look at the size of the Russian fleet, but it is really combative, and there are only these 4 warships. ”

Zhang Weining said: "Oh! Is there anything special about these four warships?"

Shang Jinfeng obviously did a lot of homework, and said: "These 4 battleships belong to the 'Borodino class', which is the first type of world-class dreadnought battleship built by Russia, and the prototype is the battleship Crown Prince purchased by Russia from France, which is now our Weiyang battleship, with a total length of 114. 6 meters, 23.2 meters wide broad, 8 meters draft, standard displacement of 13,500 tons, maximum speed of 18 knots, can load 2,000 tons of coal, and when sailing at a speed of 10 knots, the range can reach 8,500 nautical miles. The main gun is two twin 305 mm 4 0 radial distance guns in the front and rear, which is stronger than the Weiyang on paper alone. ”

Zhang Weining is now mainly engaged in military education work, not on the front line, but he also knows that the battleship Weiyang is currently the strongest combat effectiveness in the ranks of the People's Navy, and when the Russian Pacific ships broke through from Port Arthur, it was the crown prince who served as the flagship, and in the fierce battle, he damaged the flagship of the combined fleet, Mikasa, and in the end, only this battleship broke through the interception of the Japanese fleet. However, he was finally captured by the KPA Navy and now has become the battleship Weiyang in the KPA Navy sequence. If these 4 Borodino-class battleships really have the combat effectiveness of the Weiyang, they really cannot be underestimated.

In the midst of everyone's discussion, the fleets of Japan and Russia are gradually approaching, but although the two sides are traveling in opposite directions, because the routes of the two sides are not completely parallel, but slightly bifurcated, so when the flagships of the two sides meet on the horizon, the distance is still 8,000 kilometers, of course, in this era, this distance is already the effective range of the main guns.

At this moment, the flagship of the Combined Fleet, Mikasa, suddenly turned sharply to the left, and in the central command room of the Kunming ship, there was immediately another sound of discussion, Shang Jinfeng said: "This is the famous great turn in front of the enemy. ”

The "Battle of Tsushima" in the old time and space, the most talked about are two things, and both of them are related to Japan, one is that before the war, Togo Heihachiro played the "Z" flag, before that, only in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, the British general Nelson played the "Z" flag, but after the Battle of Tsushima, before the decisive battle, the "Z" flag was played, showing determination became the practice of the Japanese Navy; the other is the famous turn in front of the enemy.

Since the Combined Fleet and the Russian Fleet were moving in opposite directions at an angle of about 60 degrees, if the conventional method of play was followed, the two sides would stagger after a round of firefight, and the Russian Fleet could successfully throw off the Combined Fleet and sail through the Tsushima Strait. Although the speed of the combined fleet is higher than that of the Russian fleet, it can only carry out pursuit operations, and it is not easy to intercept the Russian fleet again, and the Russian fleet can sacrifice some old and slow warships to ensure that some of the new warships successfully break through, or break into pieces and disperse the fleet, which also causes great difficulties for the pursuit of the combined fleet.

However, when the two fleets were handed over, the Combined Fleet suddenly made a 180-degree turn, which could take advantage of its own speed advantage to intercept the front of the Russian fleet and seize the "T" cross, and it could also shorten the distance between the two sides, which would also help Japan give full play to its advantage of the fast rate of fire of its main guns.

However, the large turn in front of the enemy is also extremely adventurous, because at this time the combined fleet has already entered the range of the Russian fleet, and when turning, not only the warships behind cannot open fire, but also will relatively form a "fixed point", the Russian fleet can concentrate all the side guns, with all its strength to attack the Japanese warships that are turning, and can attack the Japanese warships one by one according to this rhythm, it can be said that this is a golden time for the Russian fleet to win.

And how long this golden time is, the old time and space have different accounts, from 10 minutes to 16 minutes, but in any case, this 10-16 minutes is the only chance for the Russian fleet to win.

At this time, the distance between the flagships of the two sides had been reduced to within 8,000 meters, and even with a panoramic view, the arrays of both sides could be seen very clearly, but I don't know why, when the Mikasa turned, the Russian fleet did nothing and did not open an artillery attack. On the Kunming ship, some people were already in a hurry and shouted: "Fight, why don't you fight." ”

After more than three minutes, Mikasa's turn was almost halfway completed, and the follow-up Shikishima had also entered the turning corner, and the Russian fleet seemed to wake up, with the flagship Duke Suvorov firing first, followed by Alexander III, Borodino, and Eagle all firing one after another, although the sound of cannons could not be heard on the screen, but around Mikasa, countless splashes had been stirred.

However, the Russian fleet carried out a continuous artillery bombardment for almost 3 minutes, and none of them hit the Mikasa, so some people on the Kunming ship complained that the Russians' shooting level was too poor, and they had to fight with Chinese football in the old time and space.

It took about 6 or 7 minutes before the Russian fleet found nothing, and at this time, although Mikasa had not yet completed its turn, the main guns were able to fire, so they immediately launched a counterattack. Of course, at this time, Mikasa was still turning, so it could not be effectively aimed, and the shooting at this time was also symbolic, and the actual significance was not great.

And the Russian fleet finally gained something after wasting countless opportunities, only to see a spark of explosion on the left side of the Mikasa, and the Kunming fleet also resounded with a burst of cheers, and someone took the opportunity to be funny, learning the sharp voice of a certain sports celebrity, shouting: "The ball is in, the ball is in, and now the Russian team is leading the Japanese team 1:0." It caused another burst of laughter from the others.

The close-up of the drone was also immediately aimed at the Mikasa, and it can be seen very clearly that the scope of the explosion is not large, and it is estimated that it is at most a 150 mm caliber shell, for a battleship like Mikasa, there is not much difference between being hit by such a shell and tickling.

But if the first shot hit, there was a second hit, and soon Mikasa received another shot, and this one shot was more successful, destroying Mikasa's pseudo-radio antenna, but Mikasa could still command the battle with flags, so it had little impact, but immediately Mikasa received a third, fourth, and fifth shot......

In less than two minutes, the Mikasa had been hit by more than 10 shots, of which the one that hit the front bridge caused a large loss, and seemed to have dealt a certain blow to the command room, but Togo Heihachiro and others, who were directing the battle on the ship, were unharmed.

This is not because the archery skills of the Russian fleet have improved, but because Mikasa has completed the turn, and the distance between the two sides has been shortened to about 6,000 meters, and after many rounds of shooting corrections, if there are no more shots at this time, the Russians will be too shameless.

But by this time Mikasa had already completed its turn, and stopped in front of the Russian fleet, and fired at the Duke of Suvorov, and the Shikishima in the back could also fire, targeting the flagship of the second squadron of the Russian fleet, Oslyabya, and soon the third Fuji also fired, also aimed at the Oslyabia, because the Oslyabia had three chimneys, the most conspicuous, and the combined fleet's counterattack was gradually strengthening.

The Oslyabya, which was soon under the care of the Combined Fleet, was the first to be shot and hit continuously, while the Duke of Suvorov was also hit near the central turret and caught fire.

At this time, the six warships of the First Squadron of the Combined Fleet had all completed the turn and were all engaged in the battle, with the Mikasa and Shikishima successfully seizing the cross head of the Russian fleet, while the third squadron behind took advantage of its speed advantage to enter and turn from the outer circle to attack the rear warships of the Russian fleet. Although the 2nd Squadron of the Combined Fleet had not yet completed its turn, the Combined Fleet had completely reversed its disadvantage and suppressed the Russian fleet. And the golden time of the Russian fleet has completely ended, and the opportunity to win has been completely lost.

And with the 2nd Squadron of the Combined Fleet joining the battle, the Russian fleet was completely powerless, and the ships were shot one after another, the mast of the Duke Suvorov was broken, the chimney was shattered, and a fire broke out; the chimney of the Oslyabia was pierced, the front turret was destroyed, the large column was broken, the bullet holes in the waterline were flooded, the ship was full of fire, the dead and wounded, the hull was tilted 12 degrees to the left, and the Alexander III, Borodino, and Eagle were also wrapped in fireworks.

The Tsushima Strait had also been plunged into a great battle, and the shells of both sides either set off huge columns of water on the surface of the water, or hit the hull of the ship and raised thick black smoke, the fire flashed, the cannon rumbled, and the angry waves showed a bleak scene.

However, in contrast, the Russian fleet not only received more bullets, but after being shot, most of them ignited a fire and did not extinguish it for a long time. This was due to the fact that the shells used by the Combined Fleet were filled with the famous "Shimose *". This is a pure **, commonly known as yellow*, developed by Japanese naval engineer Masayoshi Shimose. The sensitivity of this kind of * is very high, and it can explode even if it encounters a very small collision with an object, and cause a fire with a core temperature of up to 1,000 degrees, which is said to ignite steel. Moreover, the flames formed by this explosion* will spread out and flow like gasoline on fire, and will continue to burn for a period of time, even in water. In addition, when the Shimose* shell with * as the ingredient explodes, a toxic yellow smoke will appear, so it is extremely lethal.

In the First Sino-Japanese War, the Beiyang Naval Division suffered a lot of this kind of *, but in the First Sino-Japanese War, Japan only used Shimose* in small quantities, and at this time it had become the standard of the Japanese Navy. Therefore, now it is even more important for the Russian fleet to suffer.