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86_86661In the intensive care ward of the Naval Hospital, neat sheets, white cherry blossoms, and the faint fragrance of Michiko that has not yet drifted away. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Chen Fangzheng was standing in front of Michiko's hospital bed, Yiren's smile was still bright in front of him, and in the fading cherry blossoms, it seemed that Michiko's touching laughter from many years ago could still be heard.

"Report, General! The prince is waiting for you in the war room of the navy. The guard's voice interrupted Chen Fangzheng's memories, he sorted out a few withered cherry blossoms, picked them up, sniffed them deeply, and then, put them in his pocket, turned around and left the ward.

In the navy's war room, the captains of the 38 warships of the Hainan Fleet sat at the conference table.

"I don't know if the prince came to the naval headquarters, Fang Zheng was rude." Chen Fangzheng immediately came to Chen Zhong's face.

Chen Zhong motioned for him to sit down and said, "It was this king who temporarily decided to come to your naval headquarters, it doesn't matter. Because this king is going to Guangdong tomorrow, therefore, our expedition meeting will be held in advance.

This expedition to the northeast will face a severe test for our Hainan fleet. The recent expansion of the Hainan Fleet has reached a certain scale, and the incorporation of several giant battleships, as well as the improvement of the speed of the ships and the artillery, have enabled the Hainan Fleet to have considerable combat effectiveness.

This battle in the Sea of Japan will be the first long-distance naval operation of our Hainan Fleet, and the outcome of this battle will directly determine the actions of our army units in the northeastern ground battlefield.

It also determines the fate of Japan, Russia, and us, and this war is extremely important. These importance will not be reaffirmed by this king.

The purpose of this king's gathering of you is to have a deep discussion on this naval battle and to draw up a battle plan.

Although it is nominally a cooperative operation, we must be clear that we must seize the initiative in the final stage of this naval battle. We want to be the best beneficiary of this naval battle.

This interest is not for a certain person or group, but for the benefit of our country and nation, for the benefit of human justice. General Chen, tell me your views and thoughts on this naval battle. ”

Chen Fangzheng said: "Recently, I have made some analyses of the combined fleets of Russia and Japan. The Russian * ships are strong on the surface, but the rate of fire of their guns is far behind that of Japan, and the quality of their shells is also poor.

The artillery of the Russian fleet, the average charge of shells was 15 pounds, while the Japanese were 105 pounds, and in several naval battles in the early periods, the shells often did not explode.

In terms of the comparison of the firepower of the two sides, the Japanese army has 126 artillery pieces, which exceeds the 92 guns of the Russian army, but due to the small caliber, the salvo of all artillery is 12.9 tons, which is inferior to the 14.6 tons of the Russian army.

However, because of the speed of launch, the Russian ship can only fire 138 shells in one minute, with a total weight of about 9.1 tons.

The Japanese ship, on the other hand, could fire 360 rounds with a total weight of about 24.1 tons.

Each shell of the Russian ship is fried with nitrocellulose? 6.8 kilograms of ammunition, and each shell of the Japanese army is equipped with a new type of Shimose explosion with stronger explosive power? medicine 47.2 kg. In this way, the ratio of lethality to the Japanese army in essence was 15 times that of the Russian army.

So, on the surface, the Russian fleet was strong, but in fact, their firepower was far inferior to that of the Japanese fleet.

However, judging from the comparison of the strength of the two sides, the Japanese actually only have four battleships, plus eight armored cruisers, while the Russians have seven battleships, not counting the old coastal defense ships that are also equipped with 12-inch guns, the Russians do not have armored cruisers, but the eight-inch guns of armored cruisers cannot play a decisive role, and there are still seven battleships in Port Arthur, if the two fleets meet, the Japanese are afraid that they will basically suffer in this naval battle.

I gave a detailed statistic of the strength data of both sides:

Japanese Combined Fleet:

Fuji-class battleships: 12320t; 18 knots; 305mm2*2

Fuji, Yashima (sunk by mine in Arthur before the naval battle)

Shikishima-class battleship: 14850t; 18 knots; 305mm2*2

Shikishima, Hatsuse (sunk by mine in Arthur before the naval battle)

Asahi-class battleships: 15200t; 18 knots; 305mm2*2

Asahi

Mikasa-class battleships: 15140t; 18 knots; 305mm2*2

Mikasa

Asama-class armored cruisers: 9700t; Section 21.5; 203mm2*2

Asama, Tokiwa

Izumo-class armored cruisers: 9750t; Section 20.75; 203mm2*2

Izumo, Iwate

Yakumo-class armored cruisers: 9646t; Section 20.5; 203mm2*2

Yakumo

Azuma-class armored cruisers: 9307t; 20 knots; 203mm2*2

Azuma

Kasuga-class armored cruisers: 7628t; 20 knots; 254mm1*1203mm1*4

Kasuga, Nisshin

Tsarist Russia:

Borodino-class battleships: 13516t; 18 knots; 305mm2*2

Borodino, Alexander III, Eagle, Suvorov

Retvizan: 12700t; 18 knots; 305mm2*2

Crown Prince, Oslyabya, Sisoy-Veliki, Navarin, Admiral Nassimo, Nicholas I, Admiral Ushakov, Admiral Xeniavin, Admiral Apraksin

Armored cruisers:

Oleg, Aurora, Monomakh, Dmitry. Donskoy 6730t; 20 knots; 152mm2*2152mm1*4

Judging from the comparison of the strengths of the two sides alone, this is definitely a huge disparity, and in the face of such a difference in strength, I really admire the courage of the commander of Japan's Combined Fleet, Admiral Heihachiro Togo. ”

General Xu Chunsheng said: "Lord Wang, Commander Chen, generals, I think that although there is a considerable disparity in the strength of Japan and Russia, from the perspective of the Russo-Japanese War for more than a year, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army is far beyond everyone's imagination.

As for the upcoming Battle of the Sea of Japan, Japan's Combined Fleet also has a certain advantage.

The Russian fleet traveled thousands of miles, exhausted, and did not get the opportunity to repair the ships on the way, and the ships were very slow.

Japan, on the other hand, waits for work at leisure and often conducts artillery training.

Japan adopted the newly invented Shimose gunpowder, whose shells did not penetrate the deck but burned the deck at high temperatures, and once this shell hit the ship, it would cause confusion among the crew, so that the opponent would have a short-term command failure.

If the first hit hits the flagship, then the opponent's command system will be chaotic and will not be able to command the fleet.

In addition, the Japanese fleet uses wireless communications, is well-informed, and gets the overall mobilization speed.

And the ships of the Russian fleet, although they are equipped with the latest German manufacturing of very powerful radio transmission equipment. Sadly, the commander of the Russian army, Rozhstvensky, knows nothing about electronic warfare.

The Japanese used improved gunpowder, which greatly increased the lethality and increased the hit rate. In addition, another factor is that in this Russo-Japanese War, the Russian * team generally showed its determination not to fight, while the Japanese army had incomparable fighting spirit and high morale.

I think that in the end, who will win and who will lose in this naval battle with a huge disparity in strength is still unknown. ”。

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