The accounts of the Russian officers and men were then chaotic, some said that the Japanese dispatched dozens of battleships to encircle the Russian fleet and annihilate it completely, some said that the Japanese used a secret weapon and could sink a battleship with a single shell, and some said that the Japanese launched a torpedo attack, and there were thousands of torpedo tracks on the sea.

Thinking about it with their butts, they knew that this was impossible, and these Russian officers and soldiers must have been frightened, and they were terrified that they had completely demonized the Japanese Navy.

However, even from these nonsense, Jochen can find some clues, dozens of battleships to encircle and annihilate the Russian fleet is naturally impossible, but it is clear that the Japanese occupy a favorable formation and give full play to their firepower, while the Russians are in a disadvantageous position in the formation and are passively beaten.

Secondly, the Japanese did not even have qualified armor-piercing shells at this time, and the Ijiin letter tube used was extremely sensitive, and it was impossible to cause damage to the core area of the Russian battleship at all WWW.UUXS.CC, but it can be judged that the Russian battleship was in extremely miserable condition after being shot, and it should be the result of the fact that the Ijiin letter pipe cooperated with Shimose gunpowder to make fire prevention preparations, and the Russian battleship that piled up a large amount of coal on the ship burned into purgatory.

The tracks of thousands of torpedoes are also nonsense, but it can be seen that the destroyer and torpedo boat units of the Japanese Navy are quite active at night. These three pieces of information made Jochen's judgment of the outcome of the Russian fleet extremely bad, and the 2nd and 3rd Pacific Fleets were very likely to be completely destroyed.

It seems that he can't continue to waste time in the United States, and he should hurry back to cheer up Nicky, so that he can continue to persist in the war is the top priority, and the negotiations on the American side are lost to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and now the Americans are willing to sit down and grind with Billo, which shows that their attitude is not resolute, as long as they can convince Nick, they should be able to join forces with the United States to make Japan suffer a dumb loss.

Jochen immediately summoned his attaché and instructed them to inform the American side that, after ending his visit to Seattle tomorrow as scheduled, he would change his scheduled plan and return to Washington, D.C., to meet with Roosevelt again, and then depart for Germany.

As Jochen had predicted, the next day, the Seattle newspaper published information about the naval battle from Japan, and despite the exaggerated descriptions of the news media to attract attention, Jochen could still judge that the Japanese navy was not having a good time this time.

The descriptions of the Japanese warships returning from the battle, full of iron and fire, show that the Japanese fleet was not lightly damaged, and the report also mentioned that several Combined Fleet ships did not return to port, whether they were sunk in the battle or were seriously damaged and fell behind, the situation is not optimistic.

Although I don't know the specifics, it seems that the Russians have inflicted more damage on the Japanese than they have done in history, but in any case, the Japanese have won a great victory at sea, a decisive victory, and Russia's determination to continue the war may be severely attacked, and it will have to speed up.

Immediately after returning to Washington, D.C., Jochen had an urgent consultation with Roosevelt: "Your Excellency, the naval war in the Far East has come to an end, the Japanese have gained sea supremacy, and from this moment on, at least militarily, it is impossible for the Japanese to lose.

And such a big victory, a big victory for an emerging country over a traditional power, a big victory that is inferior in terms of strength, will make the country's self-confidence skyrocket, and I still think that this is not conducive to the stability of the Pacific Northwest, and I believe that a good leader like you, Your Excellency, should be able to see the potential threat. ”

Roosevelt stared at Jochen's eyes, and didn't speak for a while, what Jochen said was right, Roosevelt did sound the alarm in his heart in the face of such a table of the Japanese, the total tonnage of the Russian Navy exceeded 350,000 tons, but it was wiped out in front of the Japanese Navy, which means that the strength of the US Pacific Fleet is not enough in front of the Japanese!

It also marks the loss of the ability of the U.S. Pacific region to speak with strength here, which is not in line with Roosevelt's policy of carrots and sticks.

But in this way, contrary to the intention he had reached with Komura Shoutaro and others, is it really advantageous to turn around and cooperate with Germany, and especially when Roosevelt did not think that Russia could be more traumatized.

Seeing that Roosevelt did not speak, Jochen knew that Roosevelt was still hesitating, so he continued to add weight: "Russia is now facing a serious setback in the Far East, and I am ready to return to Europe to meet with Nicholas on the same day, and I will discuss with Nicholas about the opening of Manchuria to American capital that I mentioned earlier, and I believe that Nicholas will be quite happy and grateful to hear this news at this time." ”

Roosevelt asked, "If Your Majesty is to return to Europe at once, will it be up to His Excellency Bilow to continue the consultations, negotiations, and exchanges between our two countries?" ”

"Of course, I very much hope that I can reach an agreement with the United States in all aspects and cooperate in various fields, so the exchanges and consultations between the two countries will continue and there will be no changes because of my itinerary.

And I hope that when Majesty Nicholas and I come to an agreement, we will also hear the good news from across the ocean. Jochen said with a smile.

"I also hope to hear the good news from the other side of the ocean, so I will wish you a smooth luck first." Roosevelt finally said with the same smile.

Jochen knew that Roosevelt had acquiesced and that the purpose of his trip had been accomplished. The next day, to the warm welcome of the American community, Jochen departed from Washington aboard the Hohenzollern, and then rounded off with the heavy cruiser Frederiker Carr, which was waiting in the Chesapeake Bay, and returned to Germany under her escort.

After returning to Berlin, Jochen didn't have time to rest when he saw Tirpitz's gloating face: "Your Majesty, you should already know the news of the crushing defeat of the Russian Second and Third Pacific Fleets in front of the Japanese Combined Fleet in the United States, right?"

The Russians this time 7 battleships, including 4 Borodino-class battleships, and 13 other ships were sunk, while 6 ships, including the battleship Nicholas I, were captured. The Russians have now become a country without a navy! ”

Tirpitz was so excited that Russia had a total of three fleets, of which the Black Sea Fleet was restricted by the Paris Peace Treaty after the Crimean War and could not sail out of the Dardanelles, so it could be ignored, while all the battleships of the Pacific Fleet and the Baltic Fleet were lost, and the Russian Navy no longer had a single active battleship at this time, and it would not be too much to say that Russia had no navy since then.

Before the total destruction of the Russian fleet, even if the Baltic Fleet was far away, Tirpitz was still a little worried, afraid that the Russians would suddenly change their minds and run back, and now, the German navy was completely no threat in the east, and it is no wonder that Tirpitz was excited.

However, the heavy losses of the Russians were not Jochen's concern, he was more concerned about the losses of the Japanese and what the Russian Navy could do: "What about the Japanese side, it is not easy to report in the American newspapers that it seems that the Japanese have won, is there any news about the Japanese side?" Jochen asked eagerly.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Japanese Navy also suffered heavy losses this time, first of all, the First and Third Fleets of the Japanese Combined Fleet, which were engaged with the Second and Third Pacific Fleets, and the four Japanese battleships Nakashiki and Mikasa who participated in the battle were seriously damaged, and the cruiser fleet lost the Izumi armored cruiser and two protective cruisers, and also lost three destroyers."

Shikishima and Mikasa seriously injured? Also sank the Izumi and 2 protective cruisers? What's going on? The Russians suddenly became powerful? However, as soon as Tirpitz said Jochen, it became clear that it was not the Russians who became stronger, but the Japanese who became weaker.

In anticipation of the possibility that the Russian armored cruisers in Vladivostok might come out to meet them, all six armored cruisers of the Second Fleet were operating at the northern end of the Tsushima Strait, so the Japanese had six fewer capital ships that could join the battle line to help share the firepower.

Therefore, when Togo Heihachiro played the Togo turn again as in history, the four battleships were subjected to more intense fire than in history, and even if the Russians' gunnery level was poor, the Japanese suffered a lot of shells in history.

Although the four Japanese battleships survived the big turn and formed a T-shaped horizontal formation with the advantage of concentrated firepower to the Russians, Shikishima and Mikasa were actually not lightly injured.

However, the results obtained by the Japanese in the previous crazy training of "Moon, Moon, Fire, Water, Wood, Jinjin" were reflected at this time, and 3 Borodino-class battleships were sunk in the first day of daytime battle.

However, the Japanese Navy, realizing that it was too damaged to deal with all the remaining Russian ships in the daytime battle the next day, launched an extremely fierce night torpedo attack, and the Hawk, which had survived the daytime engagement, was also torpedoed and sunk during the night.

By the next day, in the face of the encirclement and interception of the Japanese fleet, the commander of the Third Pacific Fleet, Nebogatov, raised the white flag on the flagship Nicholas I, and the Russian Baltic Fleet was thus completely annihilated, but the battle did not end there.

In addition, in order to meet the Second and Third Fleets, the Russian fleet in Vladivostok engaged the Second Fleet of the Japanese Combined Fleet, and the Russian fleet sank the Japanese armored cruiser Asama and severely damaged the Tokiwa at the cost of losing two armored cruisers Grombowie and Bayan and two protective cruisers.

However, the armored cruisers Admiral and Herzog Idin Bogsky of the Second Pacific Fleet broke into the battlefield of the Japanese and Russian armored cruisers in the escape to Vladivostok, and in order to rescue the two ships fleeing, the two sides engaged in a second engagement, and the previously heavily damaged Tokiwa was sunk, but the Izmail and Kimborn were seriously injured in the second round of engagement.

Had it not been for the Admiral and Herzog Idin Bogsky, who had joined the battle against the Japanese armored cruisers, the Russians would have achieved much greater success. Tirpitz complained that the German-built armored cruiser was actually being manipulated by frightened Russian officers and soldiers, which made Tirpitz feel that he was simply losing face in the field of German shipbuilding.

"Then that is, 2 battleships of the Japanese Navy were heavily damaged, 3 armored cruisers, 2 protective cruisers, 3 destroyers were sunk. And at least 2 armored cruisers of the Russian fleet fled to Vladivostok, right? Yochen asked.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Tirpitz nodded, although he didn't quite understand why His Majesty was so interested in having two armored cruisers escape to Vladivostok, but he still reminded: "But the Russians don't have the strength to go out of the port and fight the Japanese again." ”

"I didn't expect the Russian Navy to turn the tide of the war, they had already lost. But that doesn't mean they can't continue to cause minor problems for the Japanese. My cousin must now be angry, shocked, and utterly depressed by the destruction of his navy, and it seems that it is time for me to comfort and comfort him, and to cheer him up. Jochen smiled and said, "Arrange a meeting between me and Nicky." ”R1152