Chapter 259: Prepare to Fight Back
The rolling black clouds in the sky made Petrov's heart sink, and he secretly screamed that it was not good, and the Suidong ship was ambushed, and at this time the sky was already bright, and the rising sun in the east of the sea radiated the golden brilliance peculiar to the rising sun, and a huge battleship appeared in this light,
And just now the two Japanese warships that were still desperately fleeing began to circle in a big circle, a posture that was about to enter the combat posture, at this time everyone in the command room also appeared this strange phenomenon, how did the Japanese ships that had just fled desperately put on a decisive battle posture, but after seeing the huge battleship rushing in the distance, their faces were all dead ashes, and it was already difficult to deal with the two battleships Suidong, not to mention adding an intact battleship,
Some of the staff officers of the headquarters were already afraid, and at this moment they had left a bitter impression on the naval battle, thinking that after the battleship sank, everyone would fall into the cold water, and the Japanese ships would drive close and mercilessly strafe them with machine guns, or shamefully become prisoners of the Japanese army, and the most wretched thing was that they of the 6th Army did not shoot a single shot.
At this time, the communication sailors received a telegram from the 2nd Division, which had already boarded the 6th Division, had assembled on the shore and asked for instructions on the next move, and Wu Xiaoliang sensed the pessimism that permeated these people, and he ordered the communication sailors to call back to the headquarters of the 2nd Division:
"The command of the Suidong Army ordered that your troops immediately go north to reinforce Malinovsky, in order to drive the Japanese army into the sea." He is still full of confidence in the second division, now the Japanese army lacks the strong artillery support of the battleships, and believes that it will soon be driven into the sea by the superior strength of the Suidong army, and Liang Yuchun is famous for fighting tough battles, and the command style is calm and steady, he is full of confidence in victory, and now the only question is how to make the Suidong ship please the unfavorable situation in front of him, but he understands that he knows nothing about naval warfare, and cannot interfere with Petrov's command, and when he saw a group of staff officers, whispering, he drove them all out,
"The staff officers of the headquarters should go back to the cabin and wait for the order, and it is strictly forbidden to go out without an order."
Hearing that Commander Wu issued an expulsion order, a few guys who were complaining just now left the bridge with everyone depressed, regretting that they were so cowardly just now, leaving an impression of cowardice in the commander's heart, and I am afraid that they will be expelled from the headquarters in the future.
This small episode did not affect Petrov's determination to fight to the death with the Japanese ships, the naval battle was the same as the narrow road to meet the brave to win, he ordered the Suidong ship to reduce, swing the rudder to the left, and once again exposed the eight 3O5 caliber main guns on the starboard side, the hideous barrel slowly rotated with the turret, aiming at the smoke billowing Setzu, the open fire on the ship has been basically extinguished, but its command bridge has obviously been affected, the coordination of the guns has been problematic, a salvo is uneven for three minutes, All eight shells missed,
The Asahi was lightly wounded, and at this moment he showed the unusually crazy and brave fighting style of the Japanese army, and drove out from the rear of the Settsu, preparing to go around to another side of the Suidong ship to carry out an encirclement attack on it, and at the same time, in order to prevent it from escaping, the other battleship reinforced by it could rush to the combat waters within fifteen minutes, and then the Japanese navy would be far stronger than the Chinese navy with only one battleship, and it was also scarred and a turret lost its combat capability.
Fang Qidao was a little dissatisfied with Petrov's command, if he hadn't pursued the defeated Japanese ships just now, they would not have fallen into the encirclement of the Japanese navy now, he felt that although this bearded man was calm and brave, but the conceit brought by this trait was precisely his fatal weakness, and blindly pursuing the highest honor without judging the situation might end up harming the sailors of the entire warship, or the entire fleet, no wonder the Russian army would be defeated in the naval battle more than ten years ago, however, he didn't know that the Russian army's conceit of defeat and underestimating the enemy had its own reasons for this, What's more important is that the Tsarist Navy has lost its will to fight, and with a tired heart, to fight with the hot-blooded Japanese Navy with bayonets, it is bound to be a loss or a win.
Although the situation was critical at this time, the biggest difference from the beginning was that the imperial Russian sailors had the same purpose, from officers to sailors, they put aside their families and relatives, boarded the battleship without hesitation, and embarked on the journey, just to defeat the Japanese navy and regain the glory that belonged to them.
Therefore, this Suidong battleship, which was mainly composed of Belarusian sailors, not only did not panic when it was about to fall into the embarrassing situation of being encircled by the Japanese navy, but put on a posture of fighting to the death.
The Japanese commander on the bridge of the Setzu muttered to himself, "The Russians who worked for the people of China have become so brave at this time. "According to the intelligence, the reason why the people of China were able to sail the warship out of the harbor in such a short time was because they hired a group of sailors who survived the naval battle between Japan and Russia that year, and when he heard the news, he laughed at it with the same disdain as most people in the Admiralty, the Russians are greedy and cowardly fellows, and it was simply a stupid decision for the people to hire them,
Although Petrov was calm on the surface, he was still very worried and entangled in the current situation, and Wu Xiaoliang, the commander of the Suidong Army, was on the ship, and if he threw his employer's life at sea, how could they talk about saving their honor.
Therefore, Petrov still maintained a consistent conservative style in battle orders, and always kept a considerable distance from the two Japanese ships, so that although the opponent's 3o5 mm main gun could get them, the accuracy rate was greatly reduced, and the secondary gun like a hedgehog was not enough at all, and he was anxiously waiting for the news that the battle damage team repaired the No. 6 turret to restore its power, and the lack of two main guns was fatal to the weakness of the combat power.
At the same time, he also had another news that he did not tell Wu Xiaoliang, as well as the staff officer of the headquarters who was very dissatisfied with him, that is, the Suidong ship's artillery reserves were running out, so it was necessary to save shells before the No. 6 turret restored its combat capability, because in the naval warfare of this era, the shelling of the target has considerable randomness and uncertainty, and the probability of a single gun hit cannot be lower, so the naval battle is to increase the probability of hitting with the maximum number of artillery salvos.
The observer's voice came from inside the microphone,
"The Asahi is about to go around the bow of our ship, and the Asahi is about to go around the bow of our ship...... The Japanese are intent on encircling us......"
Petrov had long judged the purpose of the Asahi, so brazen and arrogant, a battleship of more than 10,000 tons dared to provoke in front of the Suidong ship with a standard displacement of 20,000 tons, it was simply beyond his strength, he shouted at the microphone:
"All torpedo tubes target Asahi, ready to shoot."
The observers measured the distance and angle of the Asahi as quickly as possible, and gave the parameters to the torpedo sailors, and as the second count reached zero, five steam torpedoes of 45o mm caliber were fired into the water, pulling out five white lines and heading straight for the Asahi.
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