Hu Zhen sat on a chair and watched an officer on duty in the command tower faithfully write down a stroke in the battleship logbook: On the second day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar in 4591 Huali and October 10 and Wednesday in the solar calendar in 1894, at 7:13 in the morning, the traces of enemy ships due north were found, and our fleet attacked the enemy......

Seeing that the main fleet of the Huaxia Army was in the Tsushima Strait, there was a little problem on the side of the Pacific Fleet of the Hubei Army, because of the frenzied pursuit of the Huaxia Warships for a day and a night, the flagship battleship of the Hubei Army, the Retvizhan, had a mechanical failure, and the maximum speed was reduced from 18 knots to 15 knots.

At this time, it was too late for the fleet commander Stark to replace the flagship, and Stark was worried that the main fleet of the Huaxia Army would flee to Weihai or Lushun, and relying on the port base to maneuver with the Pacific Fleet, it would be difficult to completely annihilate the main fleet of the Huaxia Army with the current strength of the Pacific Fleet.

So Stark quickly made a decision that the Retvizan could reduce its speed to less than 10 knots, so that the damage management personnel could troubleshoot as quickly as possible, and at the same time let the battleship Dawn, which was ridden by the chief of staff, Witheft, temporarily serve as the flagship and command the rest of the battlefleet to launch an attack on the main fleet of the Chinese Army.

The Hubei army did not lose morale because of the slightest failure of the flagship, but on the contrary, they followed the battleship Dawn with high morale and continued to rush south at a fleet speed of 17 knots.

Hu Zhen coldly watched all this of the Hubei army, and ordered the four battleships of the Long Word to move forward with the Pacific Fleet, and the ten cruisers and twelve destroyers commanded by Geng Huoyan also turned their bows and moved forward.

"What are these yellow-skinned monkeys going to do? How is it that only four battleships dare to collide with us head-on? "Rear Admiral Witheft of the Pacific Fleet is an indecisive man, and by coincidence he has temporarily become a commander, but there is an unreal feeling that makes him suffer from gains and losses. He saw that the four battleships of the Huaxia Army were less than his own, but the other battleships mentioned in the intelligence were nowhere to be seen, and these four battleships seemed to be fearless and rushed directly towards the Pacific Fleet.

A young officer reminded: "General, let's give the order to prepare for battle!" ”

Several officers urged together: "The general gives the order!" ”

Withoeft was a little annoyed after hearing this, he thought that although he was temporarily in the role of flagship commander, he was still the chief of staff of the fleet, and these guys in front of him were too rude! There is a proverb in Oros that says that whoever is superior is smart, and whoever is subordinate is stupid, but these stupid people have to ride on top of their heads to, how can this swallow this breath?

Thinking of this, Withoeft put on a commander's posture and shouted: "What are you calling nonsense? I'm a commander, so naturally I have my judgment! ”

"General......

An officer wanted to say something, but was stopped by Witheft's shouting: "Hurry back to your places and prepare for battle!" ”

Hearing that the opportunity to receive awards for meritorious service was coming, the officers and men of the entire Pacific Fleet became excited and shouted jubilantly: "Ula! ”

The deafening cheers of the Hubei army reached Hu Zhen's ears along the sea breeze, and he suddenly sneered: "After today, I wonder if they can still cheer?" ”

At this time, the Huaxia Army fleet was already silent, and an officer reported: "Report, Your Majesty, due to the strong wind in the Tsushima Sea today, the airship cannot rush to the sky to support!" ”

"It's okay, without airship support, we can also defeat the Pacific Fleet of the Hubei army!" Hu Zhen didn't care about this, anyway, the unmanned aerial vehicle of the nuclear submarine was not affected in this strong wind, but the power consumption increased, and it was enough to use a spare aerial vehicle to replace it in advance.

"The enemy ship has entered the range of 12,000 meters!" The lookout reported the distance between the two sides.

In order to ensure a high hit rate, most of the warships in this era had to enter a distance of 5,000 meters before firing, but because the Huaxia Army was equipped with a rangefinder, this fire control system made 12,000 meters already an effective range for the main guns of a Huaxia battleship to start shelling, but Hu Zhen shook his head and ignored it, but ordered to continue to advance.

At this time, the speed of the Hubei fleet was 17 knots, and the Huaxia fleet was 21 knots, and the speeds of the two sides were superimposed and approached at a speed of 1,172 meters per minute.

"The enemy ship is 10,000 meters away!"

Hu Zhen still ignored the distance.

"The enemy ship is nine thousand meters away!"

When Hu Zhen heard this number, he suddenly ordered: "The fleet turns left, and after seizing the T-shape, prepare to shell the enemy's flagship!" ”

After receiving the order, the four battleships of the Long Word turned to the left at a large angle in turn.

"What's going on? The yellow-skinned monkeys are about to grab the T-prefix at such a distance? ”

Nearly fifty years old, Witherft has been in the navy for almost a lifetime, and he is very familiar with the various strategies and tactics of the navy, and his estimate is that the two sides will at least get close to a distance of about 6,000 meters before they can seize the T-shape, and an artillery battle will only occur within a distance of 5,000 meters, and even the two sides will enter a hand-to-hand artillery battle within a distance of two or three thousand meters, but they can't imagine that the other side will carry out this tactical action three minutes in advance, and how far will they have to conduct an artillery battle?

As everyone knows, the Huaxia Army was already very patient, and could have turned at a distance of 13,000 kilometers and started an effective shelling at a distance of 12,000 meters, but in order to improve the accuracy, Hu Zhen wanted to put the artillery bombardment closer distance.

"Let's ......take advantage of the enemy's sharp turn and open fire," an officer suggested to Witheft, but he was embarrassed to finish the advice when he saw the strange looks from the officers around him.

Although the scale firing range of the main guns can reach more than 15,000 meters, the effective firing range can only be within 5,000 meters on rough seas, so artillery battles in naval battles are generally carried out within a distance of 5,000 meters, otherwise it is a waste of shells.

The officer had just been on a whim, but as soon as he said it, he felt that he was too naïve.

The surrounding officers were all cold-eyed and contemptuous of this, and Witheft was even more disdainful, but after a full thirty seconds, Withoft still ordered: "Order, the whole fleet turns to the right, and starts firing the main gun salvo within a distance of five thousand meters!" ”

By the time the Pacific Fleet had completed its turn, the distance between the two fleets had reached a distance of nearly 7,500 meters, and the main guns of the four battleships of the Huaxia Army had been aimed at the Pacific Fleet.

In front of the eyes of the Hubei army, I saw the main gun barrels of the four warships of the Huaxia Army shrink back sharply, and then sprayed out an orange-red fire, and then the rumbling sound of a train was heard in the air.

Anyone who has seen the main gun bombardment on a battleship knows that this is the main gun of the battleship of the Huaxia Army bombarding their own battleship! (To be continued.) )