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86_86661 Chen Zhong said: In the current battle of the Sea of Japan, we can basically judge the strength of the Japanese and Russian fleets and the morale of the officers and men of the fleet, and they each have the conditions for victory, and it depends on what magic weapons the fleet tactics of the two sides will have. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Looking back at the Battle of the Yellow Sea 10 years ago, the Japanese fleet fought against our Beiyang Naval Division, and it can be basically seen that Japan's tactics were mostly T-shaped.

At that time, our Beiyang Naval Division was a geese-shaped horizontal formation, and the combined fleet of the Japanese army was a one-line column. In this era of the supremacy of naval artillery, the T-formation is the magic weapon to win.

The reason why the Beiyang sailors abandoned the T-type and became a goose-shaped horizontal formation has the following points in the eyes of this king.

First, the overall speed of the Beiyang Naval Division was slow, so it was impossible to organize a fast detachment to block the beam of the combined fleet.

Second, the main firepower of the warships of the Beiyang Fleet is in the bow, and there are no rapid-fire guns on the flanks, even if they are made into a T formation, the effect is not great. Rather than this, it is better to hold a group, to calm the distance and highlight the attraction of firepower, and the rest of the ships to fight slowly.

Moreover, the flanks of the Goose are farther and farther afield, and the Combined Fleet needs to make a large circle to complete the T-shape.

However, at this time, the tactics of the Japanese army's first guerrilla four ships interspersed with encirclement were manifested, and they were not entangled with Zhenyuan Dingyuan at all, and the combined fleet was divided into two parts, outflanked by the left and right, circled the Beiyang Fleet twice, and almost ran away and sank the left and right flanks of the Beiyang.

In the end, only four ships in the North Ocean were still in the center of the war. During this period, Zhiyuan hit the first guerrilla, which was a typical T-type of self-throwing net, which was sunk, which is reasonable.

It was clear that the speed of the Japanese Combined Fleet and the firepower of the flanks were evident in this battle. In this king's view, there is only hope for Beiyang if the group cuts off the route between the first guerrilla and the main force, and entangles with the main body of the combined fleet at close range.

It is a pity that the command of Beiyang did not see the order to accelerate, and kept sailing at a speed of eight to ten nautical miles.

The Beiyang Navy's goose marching array can easily be pulled into a sprint breakthrough type of triangular formation because the town is far away and fast.

In fact, it was true that there was a ship-raiding battle, in which everyone attacked each other's weak ships. However, the biggest disadvantage of this formation is that it is rigid and does not steer well.

Back then, the British fleet, which was watching the battle from the sidelines, once ridiculed our Beiyang Naval Division as an unprofessional fleet and did not know naval warfare at all.

This king thinks that all the generals here are all highly talented students majoring in naval academies, and you should better understand the essence of this T-ship formation of the Japanese army. Generally speaking, when the strength of one's own fleet is weaker than that of the opponent's fleet, it is the most effective way to play.

When the two fleets of the enemy and ours meet, our fleet quickly stops in front of the enemy column, and the two fleets are in a "T" shape. What is a T-shaped tactic? To put it simply, the T-prefix tactic is to turn the side of the ship of your fleet to the war zone, maintain a 90° right angle to the opposite side, and occupy the horizontal position above the T-prefix.

When all the ships on our side are facing the enemy ship horizontally, they can use the bow guns, side guns, and stern guns to attack and give full play to their firepower, and the enemy ships can only return fire with the bow guns, and they are blocked by the friendly ships in front, and only the vanguard ships can give full play to the power of the bow guns.

The T-shaped tactics are determined by the firepower configuration of the ship itself. As early as the era of sail battleships, the guns of the battleship itself were arranged in the side compartments of the ship, and one side of the enemy could exert one-half of the firepower at the same time.

Now that it has entered the era of dreadnoughts and battleships, the knapsack main gun turret is arranged along the longitudinal axis of the ship, and the T-shaped head can even exert 10% of the firepower of the main gun. The design of the battleship itself determined that the T-shaped tactic was the most important tactic in battleship naval warfare.

T-prefix tactics are dictated by the current chain of command. In this era of battleship hegemony, the command of the fleet mainly relied on the orders of the flagship commander, and the command method was mainly through flags and lights, and mainly relied on lights at night, so it was easier for the fleet to command in a T-shaped horizontal formation in battle, while the fleet of the column could only rely on the observation of the lead ship to indirectly understand the battlefield information.

In addition, naval warfare relies on the presence of the captain of each warship, so a good position is very important for the naval commander to observe on the spot.

The towering bridge is good for battlefield observation, and watch out for black smoke, which will seriously affect rear observation if it does not occupy the T-shape.

The T-shaped tactic is the key to determining the course of the fleet's course. Naval warfare is not like land warfare, under normal circumstances, there is no stubborn fight, so in naval warfare, you can fight if you win, and run if you can't win, so a flexible position is very important.

There is no doubt who occupies the T-prefix and holds the fate of the side. If you can't win at the T-prefix, you can evacuate at any time, and if you don't occupy the T-prefix and want to retreat, the price will be quite heavy, unless your ship is going backwards and very fast.

We can imagine that if the Russian Pacific Fleet wanted to pass through the narrow Tsushima Strait, it would definitely line up in a column and head north.

The Japanese Combined Fleet had already set up an ambush on the inner side of the Tsushima Strait, from north to south, in a column. According to the convention, the north and the south are against each other, and the final situation is that the flank to flank, parallel and reversed, which is what the Russians want to see.

Let's boldly imagine that at this time, if Heihachiro Togo had the entire fleet make a U-shaped turn in front of the Russian fleet, and it would have turned inward.

The purpose was simple, Togo did not want to flank to flank, but wanted to occupy the T-shaped beam and hit the flagship of the Russian fleet like the first guerrilla attack on the right wing of the Beiyang in the Battle of the Yellow Sea.

This also has the advantage of blocking the escape route of the Russian fleet to the north. However, the idea would be risky.

Because the inside steering makes the two teams closer, it is impossible to aim and fire during the turn, which means that the process is a stationary target.

However, once the turn is successful, the two teams form the same direction, and the Japanese combined fleet, taking advantage of its superior speed, can constantly create a T-shaped situation. It's a gamble.

Of course, this must completely depend on the speed advantage of the combined fleet, otherwise, it will not be able to catch up with the leader of the enemy fleet, and it will not be able to form a t.

If the Japanese ships really turned back in front of the enemy. At the beginning, it will not turn back and will not form a T-shape, because the Russian army is not a fool in ignorance, and when it sees you turning, it must know that you are going to grab the T-shaped crosshead and will definitely follow the same direction.

The purpose of this turn back is to shorten the distance at once and form a parallel air battle, and after entering this kind of battle line hand-to-hand combat, it is possible to take advantage of the advantage of being fast 3 knots, surpass the enemy line column little by little in the parallel air battle, and then turn around and seize the T-shaped prefix.

This is the assumption that the king made about the Japanese fleet based on the formation of the Japanese fleet in previous naval battles and the fast speed of the Japanese fleet.

This bold prediction raises a question for us: How will our army respond if we encounter the T-shaped ship formation of the Japanese Combined Fleet?

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