Due to the great victory of the Essen fleet in the Tsushima Strait, the Third Fleet was completely crippled, and at the same time, the Combined Fleet was also reined in a lot. Therefore, although the Combined Fleet still laid mines at the mouth of the sea on the grounds that the waters of Port Arthur were the territorial waters of the Qing Dynasty rather than the high seas, and that laying mines would not cause international disputes.

But without the Third Fleet, and the battleships of the Combined Fleet could not have stayed outside Port Arthur, the Japanese patrolled here with destroyers, so the Japanese did not dare to provoke the occasional Russian cruisers. Therefore, Makarov did not come out with his flagship Petropavlovsk to receive it, so he escaped the doom of being hit by a mine and sinking.

Makarov did not hit the mine, and the captain of the Russian naval mine-laying ship Amur in the harbor did not think of using the mine to return the color. Therefore, the major accident in history that almost caused the Japanese to lose 2 of the 6 battleships of the Combined Fleet, and the protection cruiser Yoshino was killed, and the armored cruiser Kasuga collided, and almost made the Japanese lose the confidence to continue fighting.

Although the First Fleet of the Combined Fleet did not have two armored cruisers, Kasuga and Nisshin, the safety of the Idese and Yashima made the strength of the Combined Fleet slightly stronger than in history.

Although the task was to bring the fleet to Vladivostok, Makarov understood that the Japanese would not let him go so lightly, so he was ready to fight a fight, teach the Japanese a lesson, and be prepared for the sullen feeling that he had been sulking for several months.

And Togo Heihachiro naturally couldn't let go of such a great opportunity for the Pacific Fleet to leave the port, and if the Russian fleet was not annihilated for a day, Togo would not be able to sleep for a day. If Japan loses its sea supremacy, the consequences will be unimaginable. The Army, which is now fighting the mainland, is not receiving reinforcements. When the replenished army ran out of ammunition and food, there was no choice but to break jade.

So today, either the Pacific Fleet will be eliminated or the Pacific Fleet will be wiped out, and with such a belief, Heihachiro Togo led the fleet mightily to meet it.

Unlike the Battle of Tsushima, which was a sudden encounter due to the erratic nature of the Essen fleet, the German Far East Fleet was extremely concerned about the possibility of a large-scale naval battle in the Yellow Sea from the outset. The patrol destroyer Z31, a destroyer detachment of the German Far East Fleet anchored in Jiaozhou Bay, immediately followed after discovering the movement of the Russian fleet.

Around noon. The Pacific Fleet and the Combined Fleet met northwest of the Yuyan Reef in Dalian, and a fierce battle ensued.

The two fleets consisted of 13 battleships, 8 cruisers, and 32 destroyers, a spectacular scene of such a large-scale steel collision that was rare in the world, and far larger than another massive battle of steam-ironclad armies fought on the same sea area 10 years ago.

Soot rolls, waves roll, steel ships crash through the sea, and the massive hull of the ship moving at full speed looks unstoppable.

Although the Russians were willing to dispatch Togo Heihachiro was happy to do so, it was not easy to annihilate the Pacific Fleet and solve the worries of the Combined Fleet. For this reason, if Heihachiro Togo wants to completely defeat the Pacific Fleet without the overall strength being superior, he must seize the T-shaped head of the Russian fleet. In this way, all the advantages of firepower can be brought into play, and a local one can fight more and fight less.

However, Heihachiro Togo, who had misjudged the purpose of the Russian fleet's departure, did not grasp the timing of the sharp turn in front of the enemy, and did not realize that the Russian fleet sailed for Vladivostok in order to go to Vladivostok, and believed that the Russian fleet was just going to sea to harass as usual, but this time the scale of the trip was relatively large and the distance was relatively long.

Therefore, not only did the sharp turn take place a little early, giving Makarov enough room to evade, but he also kept thinking about leading the fleet between the Russian fleet and Port Arthur if the Russian fleet turned around. Cut off their retreat and force them to a decisive battle.

However, Makarov, who had no intention of returning to Port Arthur at all, turned northeast to avoid the Combined Fleet while Heihachiro Togo turned to the southwest to cut crosswise.

In order to be able to quickly turn around and continue the pursuit. Heihachiro Togo ordered the fleet to turn left, and the column became a column, and the left turned again to change the column into a column, and the U-turn was completed with the smallest turning space.

However, in this way, Togo's flagship Mikasa went directly from the head of the team to the tail of the team, if it weren't for the fact that there was a radio at this time. Togo went from the end of the team to the head of the team with a radio command at this time to the head of the Hachishima, otherwise this battle would not have been fought.

After such a course adjustment, the fleets of the two sides were already moving in the same direction, and at this time, the Russian fleet had been preparing for such a long time by Makarov, and the ships were in good condition. The speed gap between the ship and the combined fleet is not large, so Togo will not be able to catch up with Makarov for a while and a half.

However, Makarov did not intend to keep such a pursuit, delayed until dark, and then escaped along the way, leaving without firing a shot, which Makarov saw as no different from escaping, so he also made up his mind to attack the Japanese fiercely.

Therefore, the Russian fleet did not increase its horsepower and fled at full speed, but waited for an opportunity. When the two sides were about 10,000 yards apart, Makarov suddenly ordered the entire fleet to turn to the right and cut across the T-shaped head of the combined fleet.

Makarov understood that it was easy to become a live target if he was too close to make a sharp turn in front of the enemy, so he chose a relatively distant position to make a sharp turn, but he did not expect the Japanese to rush straight up so stupidly to form a T-shaped advantage.

Instead, they forced the Japanese fleet to make the same sharp turn to evade, so that they did not have to let their stern battleships exchange fire with the Japanese ships first, and then wait for the Japanese ships to catch up before the battleships in front could exert their firepower.

Seeing the Russians grabbing the T-shaped crosshead in front of his eyes, Togo Heihachiro laughed secretly in his heart, originally he was worried that the Russians would keep running like this, and it would be really difficult for him to catch up, but now he turned to grab his T-shaped crosshead and had space to avoid it, and it could also shorten the distance between the two sides.

Heihachiro Togo calmly ordered the fleet to turn to the right to avoid it, and the angle of turn was smaller than that of the Russian fleet, in order to close the distance.

By the time Heihachiro Togo had turned with six battleships, the two fleets were only 6,000 yards apart. The almost parallel course made it impossible for either side to count on the advantage of formation, and the one-on-one catch and fight was a competition of skill, courage and luck.

At this time, the 305-mm cannon on the Russian battleship, which had already lined up, let out an earth-shattering roar, and the smoke from the muzzle of the gun formed a black cloud. The air waves created by the muzzle storm of the guns that were discharged shook the surrounding space, and even the sea surface was blown out of the waves, which were incompatible with the waves carried out by the ship's hull.

The 331.7-kilogram shell crossed a short distance of 6,000 yards with an initial velocity of 792 m/s, splashing a huge column of water tens of meters high around the United Fleet, such a spectacular scene made Togo Heihachiro nervous, although his face still maintained his usual calm look, but his fists were clenched, his nails were embedded in his palms, and his body trembled slightly, showing that his heart was not calm.

Togo knew that he was afraid, and he was as nervous as he is today in the naval battle 10 years ago, but he has never been so afraid as he is today, and he has never imagined what the scene of 20 305mm naval guns roaring at him is. What would be the consequences of being hit by such powerful firepower, Togo Heihachiro didn't want to think about it, and he didn't dare to think about it.

Fear is not a bad thing, because fear makes caution, and caution is necessary for victory, and a good commander knows how to hide his fear and pass on his disguised confidence to his subordinates. Heihachiro Togo forced his composure and ordered loudly: "Don't panic! The artillery skills of the Lu people are very poor! Poor low hit rate at a distance of 6000 yards!

The fleet turns left 2 compass points to get closer to the fleet of the open country! We, the officers and men of the Great Japanese Empire, have put in countless sweats in training! Play our training level and the final victory will definitely be ours! ”

Although the Russians had a slight advantage of 7:6 in the number of capital ships, the number of 305 mm guns was indeed 20:24, and after the Japanese fleet began to return fire, the Russians also began to feel the shock and fear that the Japanese had just felt.

The 6,000-yard engagement distance was indeed a bit far for the Russians, and several rounds of shelling did not hit a single shot, and seeing the Japanese shells falling closer and closer around him, Makarov was also anxious: "What are our gunners doing?" Two hits and one have not been hit until now, and the gunner's eyes are blind?! ”

With an extra number of capital ships, Makarov was bold enough to give up on the inferior performance, and at the back of the line, the Peresvet and the Glory engaged in an artillery battle with the Combined Fleet's Mikasa and Shikishima, while the flagships, the Crown Prince and the Letvizan, attacked the Yashima together. Makarov wanted to use the newest and strongest battleships in the fleet to first concentrate firepower to knock out the Yashima, and then go to help the Petropavlovsk in the back against the Tose, so as to expand the advantage little by little.

But now two new battleships are attacking an old ship, but they have not been able to get hits, much to Makarov's annoyance. If you can't solve it quickly on your side, then the Peresvet and the Glory in the back can hold out in the strongest battleships of the Japanese Makarov himself has no bottom in his heart.

Just when Makarov was furious at the gunner's incompetence, the Retvizan in the back finally hit the Yashima, and a 305-mm shell smashed into the Yashima's broadside swollen part, exploding a huge fireball.

"Hit!" There was cheering in the command tower of the Crown Prince, but before everyone could be happy, there was a loud explosion in the rear of the Russian fleet. (To be continued......) R527