When the second wave of more than 100 torpedoes came, Japanese sailors discovered the torpedo trajectory with the help of firelight, and the only five destroyers left on the periphery quickly called the police and tried to intercept the torpedoes under the orders of the captain.

Although it has only been accumulated for a few decades, the Japanese Navy has already shown the quality of a naval power, and the destroyer intercepts the torpedo, in fact, it is to block the torpedo with its own body and protect the core of the fleet - the main fleet. The destroyers acted resolutely and quickly, their actions were effective, all five destroyers were torpedoed, although some of the torpedoes still got into the inner ring.

At this time, the capital ships in the inner ring had begun to increase their speed, and the average speed had reached eight knots, and the increase in speed made it more difficult for the torpedo to hit. Togo and other generals, who were sitting in the dinghy preparing to change to the flagship, could even see torpedoes swimming on the surface, and they could only silently pray that Amarasu would bless them not to hit their capital ship.

If prayer is useful, then human beings don't have to move their brains. The battleship Hatsuse, which had a slightly slower increase in speed, was lucky enough to be hit by three torpedoes, and the Hatsuse was like a magnet that attracted all the attacks, as the other ships managed to dodge the wave of torpedoes.

Heihachiro Togo watched in anguish as the Hatsuse was plunged into explosions and fires, and the 15,000-ton battleship was only launched in 1901 and was about to sink in the Sea of Japan. As a result, even with a victory over Russia, the Japanese Navy would suffer heavy losses. On the burning sea, Togo saw the incomplete main fleet of the Combined Fleet, which had lost three battleships in the previous naval battle, and now the flagship Mikasa was about to sink, and the battleship Hatsuse lost its ability to maneuver and suffered heavy losses, leaving only one battleship Asahi intact, such an outcome that Japan could not afford!

Fortunately, among the armored cruisers, only the Asama sank. The main fleet still has the strength to fight. From the previous battles, it was found that the armored cruiser was the absolute main force, and the battleship often did not distinguish between victory and defeat when bombarding, while the armored cruiser was the decisive force. The main fleet also has five intact armored cruisers!

The priority now is to address the threat to the fleet, which is increasing in speed and the burning and sinking battleships are left behind. Now there is no time to rescue the overboard crew, the destroyers have been sunk, the torpedo boat force has already left the fleet to pursue those Russian capital ships, and the rest are supply ships and hospital ships, they can only ask for more blessings.

The Combined Fleet began shelling all around, and the infinitely depressed and hated Japanese sailors vented their anger on the rapid-fire guns, even without knowing where the enemy submarines were, and even the 203mm guns on the armored cruiser and the 305mm guns on the battleship Asahi were rumbling and firing. In the dark of night, the sea was stirred up by shells, and the waves stirred up by rapid-fire shells like raindrops.

It's just that. The submarine group turned around and left after firing the second wave of torpedoes and dived to the bottom of the sea at a depth of several tens of meters, and even then, the submarine force could feel the rumbling explosion overhead and the slight trembling of the submarine.

No enemy was found, and Heihachiro Togo immediately ordered the fleet to sail in the direction of the Japanese mainland after boarding the battleship Asahi, but the appearance of the unknown enemy and the heavy losses of the combined fleet made Togo dare not continue to stay in this ominous sea. From a complete victory to a heavy loss, the combined fleet only took one night, and I don't know if Youpeng and others in Shanxian County in China will have a heart attack after learning the news. But Togo knew he would definitely be punished.

The remaining four capital ships of the Russian Pacific Detachment fled in the direction of Vladivostok with their mutilated bodies, but the Japanese torpedo boat force did not relax. They struggled to sail to the Russian ship and launched an attack in rough seas, the Apraksin was hit and sank, and the Sinyavin and Ushakov were heavily damaged and did not surrender and ran aground near Tsushima. The only capital ship, the Monomach, survived the order for a full retreat the next day, and finally arrived at Vladivostok, the only capital ship of the Russian army that escaped in this battle. The detachment of Russian cruisers led by Vice Admiral Enkovist successfully arrived in Guangzhou. And there after being disarmed by the Zhenguo Army, he was sheltered by the Chinese state. At this point, Russia has lost its maritime presence in the Far East, and without the rise of the Chinese navy, the Japanese navy would dominate the sea surface of the Far East and become the third largest navy in the world!

At 2:50 a.m. on the 23rd, Lu Liang, who was anxiously waiting in the General Staff Headquarters, received a telegram from the submarine brigade. The submarine group's sneak attack was a great success, sinking thirteen destroyers, two battleships and armored cruisers of the Japanese Combined Fleet, and damaging the Japanese armored cruiser Iwate. The remnants of the capital ships of the Combined Fleet fled to the northeast.

Now is not the time to celebrate, the big fireworks prepared by Lu Liang for the Japanese Combined Fleet have not yet been released, and a larger-scale naval battle is about to take place.

At 2 o'clock in the morning of the 23rd, when the submarine group began its sneak attack, the Chinese fleet led by Lu Hai arrived at the sea 50 kilometers south of Ulleungdo. According to the battle plan, Lu Hai led the fleet to continue sailing in a northeasterly direction and arrived at 2:30 a.m. at the sea, 30 kilometers east of Ulleungdo.

At this time, Lu Hai ordered the destroyer squadron to reconnoiter to the northeast, northwest, and southwest respectively, looking for traces of the escape of the Japanese combined fleet. Both Guangzhou-class destroyers and Taishan-class battleships are equipped with SG-type microwave sea-to-sea search radars, and the maximum detection range of SG-type radars for large warships is 41 kilometers, and the detection range for small ships is 30 kilometers. However, due to the uncertainty of radar detection and concerns about radar performance, Lu Hai decided to send destroyers to reconnoiter closer.

At three o'clock in the morning, the destroyer Nanning, which was reconnoitring in the northeast direction, discovered the traces of the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet, which was about 140 kilometers away from the main force of the Chinese Fleet and was traveling at a speed of 16 knots. Lu Hai immediately ordered the fleet to speed up and pursue in the direction of the Japanese Combined Fleet.

The Taishan-class battleship Taishan had a steady speed of 30 knots, the Nanhai-class cruisers and the Canton-class destroyers both had a maximum speed of more than 30 knots, and the fleet galloped at an average speed of 27 knots, catching up with the Japanese Combined Fleet at 5:40 a.m. on June 23, 1905.

Strange things happen every year, especially today, the observer Uchiha Sazu and the Uzumaki celebrity standing on the Asahi watchtower are communicating about the previous attack, and the two are in shock, and Uchiha Sazu discovers a pillar of smoke rising from the rear of the fleet. The two observed for a moment and concluded that it was not a national ship, nor a civilian ship, but an unknown warship, so they immediately passed on the information.

The unidentified warship aroused a high level of vigilance in the Combined Fleet, which was like a frightened bird that could no longer withstand the slightest blow. The Uzumaki celebrity found that this battleship was particularly strange, it looked like a destroyer or a light cruiser, but he had never seen it before, and it was too far away to see the flag flying on it, but it was definitely not good.

Togo ordered the armored cruiser Tokiwa to go to reconnoitre, but he didn't expect the battleship to turn around and leave at a very fast speed, and when the Tokiwa returned to the queue, the battleship turned around and came back. The most amazing thing was that the battleship was extremely fast, much faster than the fastest destroyer the Japanese Navy had. Although he wanted to know the purpose of the battleship, Togo ordered the fleet to sail as originally planned and leave the annoying battleship alone.

Accurate information was quickly transmitted to Lu Hai, who ordered the Nanning destroyer, which was tracking the Combined Fleet, to continue to monitor, and Lu Hai ordered the Huaguo Fleet to bypass the right side of the Combined Fleet and occupy the T-shaped position.

At 7:15 a.m. on the 23rd, the Chinese fleet arrived at its designated position and prepared to ambush the combined fleet. The fleet's high speed and reconnaissance capabilities allow them to implement tactics that are most advantageous to them.

"Nani!" Uchiha Sasu had huge doubts about his outlook on life and values, and what caught his eye was a huge pillar of smoke. After the news of the alert came out, he and the Vortex celebrity continued to observe, and ten minutes later, an incredible battleship appeared!

It was indeed incredible, larger than the largest battleship he had ever seen, and several times larger than the Asahi battleship under his feet! Heihachiro Togo also saw the battleship, and there was only one thought in his mind, and that was impossible! All the Japanese sailors and generals were in a state of stupor and confusion, they did not believe that it was a warship that could be made by humans, and it must have been sent by Amaterasu to punish Japan!

Togo Heihachiro didn't react for ten minutes, and the combined fleet continued to move forward, getting closer and closer to the monster, and finally, Togo Heihachiro issued the first order: "The fleet turns to the left and gets out of the sight of that monster as soon as possible!" "Yes, Togo chose to run away, and anyone would choose to run away at this time.

Lu Hai looked at the Japanese Combined Fleet that was about to escape, and showed an evil smile: "Open fire!" At this time, it had already entered the range of the main guns of the battleship Taishan, and the gunners skillfully loaded the 380 mm caliber main guns, and after the calibration was over, the main guns opened fire, and the armor-piercing shells flew out of the muzzles, and the shock wave pushed the sea surface on the side of the battleship out of a huge deep pit. (To be continued.) )