Beat? Or not to fight?

This question once again came to Heihachiro Togo's head, and it was a little harder to make that decision now than it was an hour ago. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The Chinese Empire lost one destroyer, but this destroyer was somewhat insignificant compared to the overall strength, on the other hand, the Japanese Combined Navy, which had lost its torpedo boat formation, was rapidly weakening its strength, and the difference in strength between the two sides was gradually decreasing.

This also means that the Chinese Empire will gain an overwhelming advantage in the next battle, unless the Japanese Combined Fleet can burst out with unimaginable luck and can ensure that the hit rate is far higher than that of the Chinese Navy, otherwise, the Japanese Combined Navy will completely lose the strength to continue fighting.

The advantage of dreadnoughts on the battlefield is obvious, if there is only one dreadnought, then it can influence the fate of a naval battle, not to mention that the Chinese Navy has four dreadnoughts? And these four dreadnoughts are like a sharp sword hanging over the head of the Japanese Combined Fleet, which could fall at any time and kill them.

An hour ago, if Heihachiro Togo had given the order to withdraw from the battle in time, he might not have been able to retreat with his whole body, but at least there would have been a warship to go back. And after going back, they also have a reason to defend themselves, but now, having lost all their torpedo boats, how can they make this decision?

Fall back? Wouldn't that be tantamount to giving the torpedo boat formation to the other side for nothing? Although torpedo boats are not the main warships of the fleet, they are also indispensable ships of a fleet, and the loss of torpedo boats in Japan, where all kinds of resources are scarce, is tantamount to breaking the wings of the Japanese Combined Naval Fleet in the next year or two.

And once the Japanese Navy is unable to replenish its losses in time and continue to expand the strength of its fleet, what will be the situation on the battlefield in a year or two with the current growth rate of the Chinese Navy? At that time, the strength of the Japanese navy would not increase much, and it was not even as strong as before the war, but the strength of the Chinese navy was much stronger than it is now.

Togo Heihachiro is very helpless, but there is no way, this is the war between the country's geographical location and national resources, Japan is at a disadvantage in terms of geographical location and resources, and without resources, even if the Japanese can build ten at the same time, what can twenty dreadnoughts? Even if they were able to deliver these dreadnoughts to the Navy within a year? Without the support of resources, they could not build even a single dreadnought.

From the analysis of the future situation and their respective situations, the most important thing for the current combined navy to do is to rush forward desperately and fight to the death with the Chinese navy, just like the Sino-Japanese War of the year, gambling all their wealth to fight, as long as they can defeat the Chinese navy, or capture a few warships, then the strength of the Japanese navy will instantly suppress the Chinese navy, and at that time they are trying to destroy the Chinese shipyards and destroy their naval bases, and Japan can still protect itself.

But the current situation is not optimistic. Will the fleet be able to rush up? Speed is not superior, firepower is not superior, how to fight in this case? Is it worth it for them to rush forward?

If the Imperial Navy is all lost here, then where will the Empire go next? In the face of a possible home war, how can Japan, having lost its navy, resist the Chinese army, which is more powerful than the navy?

It only took less than a minute for Togo Heihachiro to make the final decision, even if he committed suicide by caesarean section after he returned, he would do so, because it was no longer a matter of the face of the imperial kingdom, but a matter of the fate of the imperial kingdom.

"Pass my order, the fleet immediately turned, went to Okinawa at full speed, used the cover between the islands, bypassed the north and returned home, and at the same time sent destroyers to speed up the pursuit of the troop carrier formation, so that they would immediately turn back to China." Heihachiro Togo ordered to the chief of staff beside him.

Maintaining the size of the fleet is the top priority of the Combined Fleet, and only the fleet is still there, regardless of whether its strength is damaged or not, it can directly affect the plan of the Chinese Empire to land on Japan, and the Combined Fleet will also pose a huge threat to those enemies who are about to land.

Again, the army is all landlubbers, once they start a full-scale landing, then at this time, as long as the navy rushes out and casually gives a few troop carriers a few shells, the loss of the army at that time will be counted by boats, just like the Qing Dynasty troop carriers that were sunk during the First Sino-Japanese War, none of the army ships can survive, although they are not far from the land, for a person who can't swim, you just throw him in the water area a hundred meters from the shore He can be drowned.

And through this naval battle, as well as the purpose of the Chinese navy's leakage, Togo Heihachiro has vaguely guessed what the Chinese emperor wants to do next. Is it excellent?

A qualified officer means that you can control the troops, withstand the enemy's defenses, and under the leadership of your superiors, make counterattacks and achieve certain results. A good officer can lead the troops to victory, and the other level means that the more the enemy wants to do something, the more you can't let them do it, anyway, how disgusting people will come.

So the question is, Togo Heihachiro is undoubtedly an excellent admiral, so after guessing the intentions of the Chinese, will Togo Heihachiro still fight to the death with the Chinese, and then step by step into their trap? The answer, of course, is no.

In fact, if Heihachiro Togo had been calmer, he would not have given the order to make a final charge, and the order to charge would have been an order to retreat, and as long as the fleet was still there, the Chinese would not have achieved their goals, and they would still need to take longer to redeploy.

"Hey, Your Excellency Commander, my subordinates are going to give orders." The first staff officer had no doubts about answering Togo Heihachiro's order and left the control tower to give the order.

However, the chief of staff on the side was sad and cried: "Your Excellency, Commander, we have spent such a huge price and lost all the torpedo boats, are we retreating like this?" How will we explain to His Majesty the Emperor when we go back? How do you explain to the people? ”

"You've seen the previous battles, do we have any other options?" Heihachiro Togo glanced at the chief of staff slightly, and then looked into the distance, the Chinese navy, which was getting farther and farther away, secretly said that he shouldn't have rushed up just now, and now the chance of escaping is a little smaller.

"Why is there no choice? As warriors of the Great Japanese Empire, we should defend the dignity of the Empire with our lives, instead of watching the warriors of the Empire go to death as we do now, and then run away without shame, which is a cowardly act. Chief of Staff Suzuno Osa yelled with some anger.

"The soldiers of the empire have to use their brains, not reckless men who can only shout and kill." Togo Heihachiro looked at the chief of staff Suzuno Daisa with a little mockery, the chief of staff of the fleet was not personally appointed by him, and he did not have this right, but for Suzuno Daisa, Togo Heihachiro didn't like it very much, this person was too paranoid, or stupid, a tendon, a dead brain, as long as he thought it was possible, he always had to fight.

In the First Sino-Japanese War, Japan won in this way, and the result was naturally that Japan tasted the sweetness, and the upper class gradually began to have this kind of gambling mentality.

But Togo Heihachiro doesn't see it that way, his view is just the opposite of the above, of course it's okay to take risks, but the premise is to have the certainty of winning, now it's obvious that the enemy wants to break Japan's hands, and then use his limbs to fight with you, a person who has no hands, at this time, all of them are fools, first protect themselves, and then go to fight to the death with the enemy, this is a sane person.

Therefore, Togo Heihachiro doesn't like Suzuno Osa very much, but likes the first staff officer Taro Takiki Nakasa, the first staff officer is second only to the chief of staff, similar to the deputy chief of staff, the chief of staff of the Japanese combined fleet in history is a more embarrassing position, the previous chief of staff is more like a puppet, and many plans in history are also formulated and implemented by the first staff officer.

Two minutes later, the fleet began to turn rapidly, now is the time to escape, but it is not the time to pay attention to strategy or not strategy, so there are not so many options for the direction of escape, the combined fleet directly turned to the left, and then fled at full speed in the opposite direction to the Chinese naval fleet, as for why not to the east, because escaping to the east will shorten the distance between the two sides by about one nautical mile or so, and to flee backwards, when they turn around, the distance between the two sides will increase by at least two to three nautical miles.

Don't underestimate the distance between two and three nautical miles, although the Japanese Combined Fleet is not good at speed, but if the Chinese Navy wants to catch up with the distance between two and three nautical miles, it will take at least 20 minutes to half an hour or so.

As for the fast destroyers and frigates, come on, without the capital ships, do separate destroyers and frigates dare to let go of their speed and go in pursuit? That's pure death.

Of course, there is another situation, for example, running to a position of about ten nautical miles ahead, and then releasing torpedoes in the direction of the Japanese fleet. And if the two are going in the same direction, then theoretically a torpedo with a range of fifteen nautical miles can at least ensure that it can reach the attack area when released at a distance of twenty nautical miles, but the biggest problem is accuracy.

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