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At 14:52, the lookout of the "Yasuen" spotted a large column of smoke on the eastern sea level, and two minutes later he began to recognize the British mast of the Japanese Navy warship, which was the battleships "Shikishima", "Asahi", "Fuji", "Hizen" and the armored cruiser Kasuga of the First Squadron of the Combined Fleet, at a distance of 16,000 meters.

The rapid whistle sounded on the deck of the Second Fleet, and when the whistle sounded, standing on the battleship Dingyuan, after giving the order to change the formation, Cheng Biguang took a cup of hot tea from the first mate, first took a sip of hot tea, and then held the teacup, all looking relaxed and complacent.

At a distance of 12,000 meters, with the "Jingyuan" as the fire command ship, the fleet concentrated its firepower on the "Shikishima" after a calibration

As the commander of the Second Fleet, Cheng Biguang knows what he will face, and he also knows the power in his hands, in terms of tonnage and firepower, the Second Fleet is at an absolute disadvantage, but this does not mean that the Second Fleet does not have the power to fight. Strode Company's latest cutting-edge optical sights and altimeters.

Compared with the combined fleet with only a few 1.5-meter vernier rangefinders, the second fleet is ten years ahead of them in terms of aiming and ranging equipment, although the capital ships of the second fleet use 10-inch main guns, the caliber and power are inferior to the Japanese ships, but the rate of fire is three times that of the Japanese ships, and the use of soft steel cap-piercing shells has made up for the lack of power to a certain extent.

Thanks to the excellent range-and-sight fire control system, the Second Fleet can shoot farther, more accurately, and in less time, more shells. To some extent, this compensated for the disadvantage in tonnage and firepower, but the most fundamental disadvantage was the gap in the quality of officers and sailors.

And what you need to do now is to maximize the power in your hands

"Order the first team to compress the distance of 350 meters and maintain a speed of 14 knots"

Whether in Germany or during the voyage, the Second Fleet vigorously practiced the tactics of long-distance artillery bombardment and coordinated attack of multiple ships on the same target, in order to concentrate firepower and attack one target in a naval battle, so as to achieve the tactical principle of cutting off the enemy's fingers. And this tactical principle is actually very simple, that is, to compress the distance between multiple warships, and use the middle one as the fire command ship, and command the shooting in a unified manner, so as to logically turn these multiple warships into one, so as to achieve the purpose of destroying the enemy with overwhelming firepower.

Now, Vice Admiral Cheng Biguang is using this tactic, and the fire command ship is the No. 4 Jiyuan.

As long as one is sunk, after handing the teacup in his hand to the sailor beside him, Cheng Biguang murmured in his heart that as long as one is sunk, the second fleet will be worth it

"Order, take the Haisui ship, the Haiyan ship, and the Haian ship as the lead ships......"

4,000 meters, about 2.6 nautical miles, 7.5 minutes, in just 7.5 minutes, as the commander of the fleet, Cheng Biguang continued to give orders and adjust the battle formation of the fleet.

"Raise the Z Flag"

After completing the formation change, Cheng Biguang gave the order to raise the Z flag, which has been a tradition in the Navy since Nelson, why use "Z"?

"Z" is the last of the 26 letters, and there is no more after that, and if this signal fails, then the fleet will cease to exist.

At the same time as the "Z" flag was raised, the flag bearers began to play the flag yes.

"40,000,000 people are looking forward to everyone's hard work"

In the armored fire control room at the top of the mast of the Jiyuan battleship, Cheng Kesong stared at the opponent in the distance with a stereo ranging proposal, and at this time he was extremely awkwardly observing through the left and right eyepieces with both eyes at the same time, and at the same time adjusting the adjustment button without turning. The image that both eyes see at this time is an image of the same target at both ends of the rangefinder, and he stares intently at the distant target while constantly manipulating the ranging wheel to move the diamond-shaped cursor in the eyepiece back and forth. …,

It's done

The moment he saw the diamond-shaped cursor coincide with the image of the target, he immediately read out the latest distance number.

"Honor and life will depend on the upcoming sea battle"

At the moment when he loudly reported the distance of the enemy ship, Cheng Kesong said such a sentence from the bottom of his heart.

"Captain, the Chinese warship has been spotted"

14:59.

A powerful deep cry came from the voice of the lookout of the battleship "Shikishima".

The hectic footsteps on the bridge of the battleship "Shikishima" lasted about ten seconds, and now that everything was quiet, the officers began to adjust their sights and telescopes.

After picking up the eight-fold Zeiss telescope that could go down in history, and magnifying it eightfold, Dongxiang could see that the second fleet of the Zhenyang Fleet had already set up a battle formation at this time.

The second fleet, which is faintly visible in the telescope, is divided into three parts, in front of which are three cruisers to provide alert for the main force, and the five battleships and two armored cruisers in the center are lined up in a column to follow, although the vision is very blurry, but according to the information available, Dongxiang still guessed that they are the flagship Dingyuan, Fuyuan, Jiyuan, Jingyuan and Laiyuan, as well as Weiyuan and Pingyuan, among them, the first five are Dingyuan-class battleships, that is, the Wichelsbach-class battleships with a displacement of 11,770 tons, Equipped with four 10-inch mm guns and 18 150-mm secondary guns, the maximum speed can reach 18 knots, as for Weiyuan and Pingyuan, they are incompetent armored cruisers.

And in the rear of the fleet was an inverted triangular queue of three cruiser ships.

"Moderate ......"

Before Dongxiang finished speaking, he stopped talking, at this time the distance was closer, the sea level was as smooth as a mirror, the Second Fleet had completely exposed their shadows, Dongxiang could clearly see that although the 7 capital ships of the Second Fleet were lined up in a single battleline, the distance between them was very close, so close that it would almost give people an illusion that they were ......

At this time, on each battleship in the Second Fleet's battleships, the gunners who had already been prepared were already gearing up, and one after another thick armor-piercing shells were filled into the barrels, the turrets began to rotate, and the barrels rose to the maximum elevation angle, pointing maliciously at the other side. The damage management team was already in place, and the medical officers, most of whom had come from the country's church hospitals, had begun to hold the cross around their necks and prayed silently.

Suddenly, the praying medic officer of the Jiyuan battleship only felt a burst under his feet, and in the next moment, a deafening sound of cannon came over, and the long-awaited battle finally began

"Raise the Z Flag"

The same order as the Second Fleet came from the mouth of Togo, and the flag content was the same as the Battle of Tsushima 7 months earlier.

"The rise and fall of the imperial kingdom is here to fight, and everyone works hard"

At the same time as the flag was raised, the intercom system of all ships of the United Fleet broadcast the flag together. This flag language is in the literary language, and ordinary sailors can't understand it at all, and it doesn't matter if they don't understand it anyway, the meaning must be that they have to play with their lives, otherwise everyone will tear and tear up.

At this point, gambling is at its last minute.

At 15:02, Togo's right hand was raised high and slashed down. Chief of Staff Suo Shimamura shouted to the captain of the ship, Jiro Ijihiko, Osa.

"Left full rudder".

Just like the Battle of Tsushima, this time the Combined Fleet still adopted the tactic of rushing to fight in front of the T-shaped formation, and indeed this "T-shaped tactic" is an extremely dangerous tactic, and the danger is dangerous at the moment when the enemy is making a big turn, because the battleships are doing relative movements, the difference between time and back is one minute, and the distance is 1,000 meters.

However, it took up to six minutes for Shikishima to complete this formation, and during the Battle of Tsushima, Rogerstwinsky did not grasp this opportunity well, and it was not until Mikasa completed the turning motion that he came to his senses and gave the order to open fire. …,

Fate is sometimes so ingenious, in the last naval battle, among the four battleships and eight armored cruisers of the Combined Fleet, There were only two 1.5-meter rangefinders, and this time, seven months after the end of the Battle of Tsushima, every capital ship of the Combined Fleet was equipped with rangefinders, and at the same time, drawing on the experience of naval warfare in the South China Sea, the engagement distance of the Combined Fleet jumped from 6,000 meters to 8,000 meters, and generally began to shoot at about 12,000 meters.

"Distance 12,000 meters"

The moment the ranging officer took the distance reading, Togo saw that in the telescope ship, the No. 4 ship of the Second Fleet, two clusters of flames were freed up.

"Enemy ships open fire"

The danger of the change before the battle, during the Battle of Tsushima, Togo had already had a deep understanding, even if Rogerst Winsky wasted 6 minutes, and then until the team completed the transformation, the then flagship Mikasa did not fight back, because it could not fight back, the turning movement of the successor ship was not over, and during this time Mikasa withstood all the artillery fire of the Russian fleet. More than 300 shells flew from the Russian fleet in the first three or four minutes, and in a one-day naval battle, Mikasa was hit 40 rounds on the starboard side and 8 rounds on the port side, most of which were hit in those 15 minutes. The command tower was hit, staff officer Hisunao Iijima, torpedo chief Isamu Sugno, and deputy captain Matsumura Ryuo Nakasa were wounded, and shrapnel even flew by only a dozen centimeters from Togo's side.

But this time, fate seemed to play a joke on Heihachiro Togo, and almost at the moment when Togo gave the order to take the left rudder, the Jiyuan, which was 12,000 meters away, opened fire first.

"Fantastic"

From the 15-fold magnification with the help of a 3.5-meter rangefinder, Cheng Kesong saw that the battleship "Shikishima" actually turned around at the same time as Jiyuan opened fire, and he couldn't help shouting loudly, just for this moment, he seemed to see the scene of the sinking of the "Shikishima".

"Good"

The turn of the "Shikishima" in the distant space only made Cheng Biguang grasp the telescope with both hands, and his heart rose to his throat in an instant, and in the next 6 minutes, the "Shikishima" was almost equal to the target that was originally spinning, a target that could not fight back at all, and by the time the combined fleet completed the turn, it would take at least 18 minutes, what does this mean?

It takes 23.8 seconds for a 254-mm shell to fly 12,000 meters, and in the command tower of the Jiyuan battleship, Lin Baoyi holds a telescope in his hand, and beside him, the young first mate holds a stopwatch to count. Finally, in the telescope, two columns of water exploded from the water about 100 meters away from the "Shikishima".

"One more chance"

At this time, Lin Baoyi's heart twisted into a small group, he knew that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, once the combined fleet completed the turn, next, it would definitely be the Second Fleet that would be beaten, and the quality of the officers and men of the Second Fleet was far inferior to that of the Combined Fleet, after all, there were too many novices here.

"They don't use the same shells as we do"

Quietly watching the two white water columns rise, Heihachiro Togo thought in his heart, at this time he realized that he had made a mistake, or this was not a mistake at all, just like 7 months ago, when he was mentally prepared for the sinking of the Mikasa, this time is not ready for the sinking of the "Shikishima"?

It's just that, just like last time, the reason why I dared to make such a decision was based on a full understanding of the shelling hit rate of the navies of various countries, especially the shelling hit rate of the Lu country's navy...... Anyway, your artillery skills can't exceed the average, and even if you reach the average, you won't be able to sink me, which is called having no fear.

Only a staff officer who is extremely clear about the development of business and technology would dare to draw up such a battle plan, and only a commander-in-chief who has extreme trust in his staff would dare to approve such a big gamble.

And why did such a big gamble be approved this time? …,

Togo glanced at Mayuki Akiyama, who was also standing on the bridge, and remembered the reasons he said.

"If it is against the First Fleet, in any case, we cannot choose this tactic, the First Fleet's gunnery is far superior to that of the Combined Fleet, almost not inferior to the Royal Navy, although it is now full of a large number of supplementary training troops, and it should not be underestimated, but the Second Fleet is different, the vast majority of its supplementary training troops, and even for the merchant ships to draw sailors, the gunnery is far inferior to our army, according to its possible hit rate, it is difficult to sink our ship during the turn"

Now this has been proven by the fact that the first school firing, which did not even constitute a close miss, was more than 300 meters away, and according to this value, their hit rate was about 30 to 35 of the combined fleet

The same calculation was made from Akiyama Shinyuki's heart, he

"The water column is so big, it is definitely not an armor-piercing projectile, it should be a blasting projectile"

This discovery made Akiyama Zhen's heart loosen, as long as it is not an armor-piercing bullet, the armor-piercing bullet used by the Chinese is extremely powerful, but at this distance, distance should play a certain role.

"12,000 meters"

Cheng Biguang also muttered about this value in the command tower of the Dingyuan, this distance is very microsecond, and even some are just right, compared to the navies of other countries, the Chinese Navy pays more attention to some changes, the last time the change led to the failure of Beiyang, and this time, the Chinese Navy will not ignore any changes, even if it is only in the details.

For the Second Fleet, 12,000 meters, just in the medium-range immunity zone, the 12-inch fleet of the Combined Fleet cannot form a straddle fire, and the shells it shoots cannot penetrate the armor deck, and the old armor-piercing shells it uses cannot penetrate the broadside armor, and the fixed-range class of the ten-inch naval gun, although it also cannot form a straddle fire, but the trajectory of the ten-inch naval gun is straighter, and the cap-piercing projectile can penetrate the 10-inch thick Harvey nickel steel armor at a distance of 12,000 meters. The Japanese battleship, on the other hand, was only nine inches.

"With the development of technology, everything in naval warfare has become extremely cold and mechanical, it will not be as bloody as land battles, there will be no bayonets, there will be no more hand-to-hand combat, there will be only precise calculations and calibration"

Thinking of the advantage he was in at this time, Cheng Biguang secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, at least until now, he was still in an advantage.

Cheng Biguang, who looked a little relaxed, once again explained every aspect of firing and shooting, and finally emphasized a sentence.

"Any mistake at this point will cause an irreparable error"

Staring at the battleship "Shikishima", the flagship of the Combined Fleet in the distance, if something goes wrong now, it will not only be irreparable, Jian Zhen will hold a grudge for life, and whether the Second Fleet will live or die, it will depend on this time

"Armor-piercing projectile shooting"

Relying on Jiyuan's two rounds of artillery calibration, when the guns of the battleship Dingyuan shouted angrily, the shells of the main and auxiliary guns of Dingyuan went out like thunder, and at the same time, the 24 10-inch main guns and 55 150 auxiliary guns of the seven capital ships of the Second Fleet rang out almost at the same time, which was the first salvo of the Second Fleet.

More than 10 seconds later, the Japanese sailors on the deck of the battleship "Shikishima" and Togo and others in the command tower all saw flashes in the air tearing through the sky, and the shells accurately fell around the "Shikishima", and nearly one-third of them formed a near-miss, and at the moment when the white water column took off, a ringing like a giant bell was heard from the port side armor belt of the "Shikishima", and the loud but very piercing sound of the bell instantly overshadowed the explosion.

At the moment when the sound reached his ears, Togo's expression changed, and the battleship was hit......

"Boom ......"

Before he could have the next thought, there was a violent shaking from the No. 1 gun position on the port side of the "Shikishima", directly below the command tower, and the moment the explosion sound reached his ears, the smoke of the explosion spewed out violently from the breach and the ventilation pipe.

The violent shaking of the explosion made Togo almost fall to the ground, he grabbed the handrail, and when he turned his head, he saw Akiyama Mayuki's pale face, the second fleet's hit rate can be seen at least from this round of salvo, more accurate than they calculated, at the same time, more violent explosions continued to explode near the port side and port deck of the "Shikishima", and suddenly a column of water rushed into the command tower, which was the seawater thrown out when a lifeboat filled with water was blown into the air......,