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readx; In the combat command room of the Zhennan ship, Chen Zhong, Chen Fangzheng and others were discussing the plan for the decisive battle in the Tsushima Strait with the Japanese fleet. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info.com

The Military Intelligence Department reported that the combined fleet of the Japanese forces in the Sea of Japan had begun to sail towards the Tsushima Strait.

Chen Zhong looked at the map of the Sea of Japan, and he calculated that the combined fleet of the Japanese army should arrive at the ambush position of the Hainan fleet in two hours.

Chen Zhong said: "This ambush by our Hainan fleet cannot be regarded as an ambush in the true sense of the word. Because, from the information he received, Togo Heihachiro must have seen that we were shelling Tokyo in order to force him into the Sea of Japan and then fight a decisive battle with it. He would also have thought that our Hainan fleet had already set up an ambush pocket waiting for him. ”

"Lord Wang, as you said, we don't really have much advantage. If we want to use the Japanese fleet to attack the Russian army in the same way that it is used, in fact, we are not absolutely sure. Captain Xu Chunsheng said thoughtfully.

Chen Fangzheng nodded and said: "Yes, Lord Wang, we have to take this into account, the Japanese Combined Fleet is no better than the Russian fleet, their morale is high now, and they have just defeated the world-class Russian Pacific Fleet, we should think about it more carefully." ”

"Yes, you are right, our Hainan Fleet now has a special status, and our number is still a relatively vague concept both domestically and internationally. If this campaign fails, then we may be squeezed by many forces at home and abroad, and at that time, the situation of the Hainan fleet will be very dangerous!

Therefore, this decisive battle in the Tsushima Strait with the Japanese fleet must be won in one battle, and this will inevitably deter those forces who still have some ideas about us. Let them know that our Hainan Fleet is a powerful navy in the world, and within the waters of Asia, it is not the Japanese or the Russians who have the final say, but we have the final say.

However, in the face of the powerful Japanese Combined Fleet, how we should fight against it is a question that must be solved.

After learning the news that the Russian army was almost completely annihilated, the king thought that the Japanese Combined Fleet would destroy the Russian flagship by seizing the horizontal head of the T-shaped ship formation, so that the whole fleet would lose its unified command and become chaotic, so that the Japanese army would use the method of division and siege to destroy the Russian army's living forces one by one.

This king thinks that when the Japanese army meets us this time, it will also adopt the method of quick warfare, directly attack our flagship, first disrupt our command system, and then divide and encircle and annihilate.

In addition, the Japanese Mikasa ships are fast and hard, and there are several giant warships like this in the Japanese Combined Fleet, and if our Hainan Fleet uses the traditional T-shaped ship formation to attack it, it is possible that our T-formation will be disrupted by this kind of fast-moving giant battleship, and they can also seize the T-shaped crosshead, so that the chances of our Hainan Fleet winning are very small, and it is even possible to be severely damaged by the Japanese Combined Fleet. After Chen Zhong finished speaking, he set up a model of the ship formation on the command platform.

There was silence in the war room, in their opinion, these are indeed a problem, judging from the current strength of the Hainan Fleet, although the number of ships is more than that of the Japanese Combined Fleet, it is weaker than them in terms of speed, and the number of giant warships of the Hainan Fleet is also less than theirs, so if you use the T-shaped ship formation, it will hardly take advantage of it.

Captain Xu Chunsheng said: "Lord Wang, do you think you can consider not using the T-type ship formation, but adopting the formation method of parallel to the Japanese army, and engaging in an artillery battle with him?" ”

Chen Fangzheng said: "The Japanese artillery fire is relatively speaking, and our army does not have too much disparity, but in this Russo-Japanese naval battle, they used a new type of gunpowder, which is very powerful, and he is different from ordinary artillery shells, after this kind of artillery shells hit the ship, it will burn quickly, so at present, this kind of artillery shells pose a great threat to us, and if we directly fight in a flat formation, we will not be able to take any advantage, and this method of operation is not too feasible." ”

Chen Zhong pointed to the model that had been placed on the command platform and said: "What you said is very reasonable, and this king also thinks so, we must not forget our strategic thinking, we always attack the enemy with superior forces, and the way of fighting in equal formations of the fleet is extremely undesirable, this is the most primitive way of fighting a decisive battle, this king thinks, any tactics we design, should not be divorced from our strategic thinking." ”

"Then, my lord, how can we concentrate our superior forces and defeat the enemy's living forces?" Several senior generals of the Hainan Fleet in the war room looked at Chen Zhong together.

Chen Zhong placed the models of the two battle formations of the Hainan Fleet on the command platform in a double row, then pointed to the command platform and said: "This king, in view of the strength of our Hainan Fleet and the Japanese Combined Fleet, I have designed such a formation for this naval battle, and this formation was developed on the basis of the original T-shaped ship formation, and I named this ship formation the Double T ship formation. ”

"Twin T ship formations? What kind of formation is this? Several captains asked in confusion.

Chen Zhong smiled and said: "This is a formation that this king has been thinking about for a long time, and it is also a formation that I have created, this time, I will apply this formation to this naval battle, use it to deal with the Japanese Combined Fleet, try to see if this formation can beat the Japanese army to the ground."

Specifically, it was operated in this way: our first battle formation was lined up in the front row, my second station was in the second row, and the mobile battle formation was lined up on the right side of the first and second rows.

When the Japanese fleet attacked our first battle group in a straight line, if the attack could not be successful, then our mobile formation could approach our first battle group from the right side and besiege it.

If they break through the first battle group, then our second battle group can once again occupy the advantageous position of the T-shaped horizontal head and attack the Japanese flagship in the same way, and when the Japanese flagship is severely damaged, our fleet can besiege the Japanese fleet on its own until the Japanese ships are no longer capable of counterattacking. ”

Chen Fangzheng said: "The prince's idea is extremely clever, this is a unique formation in the world today, I think, how could Togo Heihachiro never think that after his flagship broke through the T-shaped horizontal formation, he would encounter a second T-shaped horizontal head, I can imagine that the Japanese army must be chaotic in such a formation, and in the end, it will be completely destroyed in the siege of our Hainan fleet." ”

When several captains heard this formation, they all had to admire the subtlety of Chen Zhong's design.

Chen Zhong continued: "There is one of the most critical points in this formation, that is, these two T-shaped horizontal heads must have two flagships. ”

"Two flagships? What does that mean? Xu Chunsheng asked puzzled.

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