Chapter 548: The Rhythm of Pit Teammates
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After the Russian Navy recaptured Port Arthur, all the new warships were stationed in Arthur, and the old ships stationed in Vladivostok were all old. The simultaneous dispatch of warships in Vladivostok shows that the Russians have great confidence in the naval duel and believe that they will be able to defeat the Japanese fleet. If the Japanese fleet fails, even the old ships will not be able to intercept the Japanese at that time.
The confidence of the Russians comes from the Cam Ranh Bay Fleet, which has strong maritime strength, and the Russians are very relieved to have such allies. The Russian fleet boldly broke through diplomatic relations at sea, cutting off the Japanese supply lines and gradually losing the superiority of the Japanese army on the Korean Peninsula.
The Russians are plotting to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Japanese Navy, and if the Japanese Navy does not dare to go to sea, Korea may be occupied by Russia. If the main forces of the Japanese Navy were forced to go to sea, the Russians would have annihilated the Japanese Navy precisely with the cooperation of the Cam Ranh Bay Fleet.
Under the command of the Russian Far East Commander Kulopatkin, the Russian Army took advantage of the lack of supplies from the Japanese Army and launched a fierce assault on Seoul in March 1910. It had been more than a month since the Russians cut off the sea route, and the Japanese army, short of supplies, was at a disadvantage in the battle with the Russians, and Seoul became precarious.
Kulopatkin personally commanded the forces of both Russian armies to conquer Chuncheon, east of Seoul, and then marched south along the railway line to conquer Wonju. Wonju is located southeast of Seoul, and the Russian army cut off the road for the Japanese army to retreat southeast after conquering Wonju. At the same time, with the cooperation of the Navy. A Russian Marine Brigade landed at Daecheon in the southeast of Korea and successively conquered Reesan and Cheonan, south of Seoul, and the Japanese Seventh Army stationed in Seoul became a turtle in an urn.
Seoul had already been determined to be unfortunate, and the Japanese were cut off from sea communications, and there was no way to reinforce Seoul. The Russians had a great appetite this time, completely cutting off the way for the Japanese army to retreat from Seoul, and if the Japanese navy did not dare to go to sea to rescue, the Seventh Army stationed in Seoul would be completely annihilated.
Heihachiro Togo has been waiting for an opportunity to give the Russians the illusion that they are forced to fight, so that the Russians will be careless. After the Seventh Army was surrounded. The Japanese base camp put pressure on Heihachiro Togo. The Navy is required to restore sea lines of communication as soon as possible. Faced with various unfavorable situations, the Japanese Navy had to be "forced" to go to sea, looking for opportunities for a decisive battle with the Russians.
Heihachiro Togo was cautious, he did not directly send the main force of the navy. Instead, a detachment was first sent to escort the Fourth Army to land at Inchon in accordance with the requirements of the base camp. This detachment consisted of four cruisers and six destroyers. It doesn't look weak. But it was absolutely vulnerable in front of the main Russian fleet.
Of course, Heihachiro Togo would not let the detachment go to his death, and an hour after the detachment set sail, he ordered to keep a close eye on the movements of the Cam Ranh Bay fleet. If the Cam Ranh Bay fleet makes a move at the first time. Heihachiro Togo would order the escort fleet to return immediately, and the main fleet would never leave the port.
The Cam Ranh Bay fleet has been operating in the western part of Jeju Island without even radio silence, and it is easy for the Japanese to find out the news. Four hours after Heihachiro Togo sent out the detachment, the Japanese player who received the task of monitoring the Cam Ranh Bay fleet quickly sent him a telegram reporting the movements of the Cam Ranh Bay fleet.
The Cam Ranh Bay fleet began to move, but instead of rushing to the area where a decisive battle might take place, it sailed in the opposite direction. It has already become clear to the Chinese that they will not fully assist the Russian Pacific Fleet in the battle, as can be seen from their lack of radio silence and their departure to the west at critical moments.
Chen Hao stood on the deck of the Emperor Wu of Han and ordered the fleet to keep heading west, but he ordered his men to send a telegram to the Russians, indicating that the fleet had been moving near Jeju Island. He did this to give the Japanese confidence that if his fleet had been operating around Jeju Island, the Japanese would not dare to send their main fleet to fight the Russians.
Togo Heihachiro waited for another three hours, and after receiving the news that the Cam Ranh Bay fleet was still heading west, Togo Heihachiro immediately gave the order for the fleet to leave the port. This battle was related to the victory or defeat of the Russo-Japanese War and the national fortunes of Japan, so Heihachiro Togo sent all the warships in a desperate gamble.
Heihachiro Togo submitted a plan for a decisive battle two months ago, but due to the variable of the Cam Ranh Bay fleet, the base camp has not made up its mind. After the Russians blocked the sea lines of communication, leading to the possible rout of the army and the loss of all of Korea, the base camp finally agreed to Togo Heihachiro's battle plan.
Although the Cam Ranh Bay fleet retreated 120 nautical miles to the west, Heihachiro Togo did not take it lightly. The Inhuman fleet he recruited set off and headed west, and if the Cam Ranh Bay fleet turned around, they would stop it at all costs.
The detachment escorting the troop carriers slowed down and, after waiting for the approach of the main fleet in the Jeju Strait, entered the Yellow Sea through the Jeju Strait. The Russians did not know the exact location of the Cam Ranh Bay fleet, but they did know the news of the departure of the main Japanese fleet, and the commander of the Pacific Fleet, Wizofut, decided to fight the Japanese in the waters of the Yellow Sea, northwest of Jeju Island.
The Cam Ranh Bay Fleet was located not far west of Jeju Island, and if the two sides fought fiercely in the Yellow Sea, the Cam Ranh Bay Fleet would be able to reach the battle site in two hours, and the Japanese Navy would not be a match for the Combined Fleet.
The Japanese and Russian navies encountered in the waters of the Yellow Sea, and both sides had new dreadnoughts and Invincible-class battlecruisers, and it was a close battle. Immediately after the battle began, the Russian side sent a telegram to the Cam Ranh Bay fleet, saying that the fish had taken the bait, and asked the Cam Ranh Bay fleet to rush to the battlefield to support immediately.
Chen Hao smiled slightly after receiving the telegram, and he ordered the fleet to stay still and not rush to the battlefield to support the Russians. It didn't take long for the battlecruiser Ma Chao to arrive at the news that a hundred small Japanese warships had appeared south of Jeju Island, and that these small warships had appeared on the route of the Cam Ranh Bay fleet to the battlefield after bypassing Jeju Island.
Chen Hao quickly figured out what was going on, in order to defeat the Russian Navy, Heihachiro Togo wanted the player to drag down the Cam Ranh Bay fleet. Originally, Chen Hao was going to come purely to make soy sauce, and after a while, he ordered to return, and then waited for the news of the naval war between Japan and Russia. After learning that a hundred small Japanese warships had been recruited by Heihachiro Togo to serve as cannon fodder, he decided to laugh at the gift and ordered the fleet to sail to the Yellow Sea in two hours.
Two hours after the Russo-Japanese naval battle, the scales of victory gradually tipped in favor of the Japanese, and the Russians fell behind. The Russian fleet was defeated by Japan, and there was a gap in the level of commanders, and Vizofort was far inferior to Heihachiro Togo in command, but the biggest reason why the Russian fleet suffered was that they did not do their best.
The Russians did not want to lose too much, and they were expecting the Cam Ranh Bay fleet to enter the battlefield as soon as possible and thus achieve victory with minimal losses. On the Japanese side, Heihachiro Togo knew that there was not much time to waste, and that this was the only chance for the Japanese Navy to defeat the Russian fleet, so he attacked at all costs at the beginning.
On one side, the Russians cowered, without desperate determination, trying to achieve victory at the minimum cost. The Japanese on the other side threw themselves into it with all their might, and it was not surprising that the Russian fleet fell behind the Russians at any cost. Two and a half hours into the battle, the Dreadnought-class battleship Peter the Great, built in Cam Ranh Bay, was sunk by the Japanese Navy, and the Russians' inferiority became even more apparent.
If it weren't for the Cam Ranh Bay Navy coming to support, Vice Admiral Wizofort would have ordered a retreat, but the Cam Ranh Bay Fleet had already sent a telegram saying that it was only thirty nautical miles away from the battlefield and that it would be more than an hour to reach the battlefield. Receiving a telegram from the Cam Ranh Bay fleet, Vice Admiral Wizofert was much more relieved, although now the Russians had lost one battleship, but the Japanese had also lost one Invincible-class battlecruiser, and the Russian fleet would not have suffered much loss if it held out for another hour.
The naval battle between the two sides continued, and the scale of this naval battle far exceeded that of the Battle of Tsushima, and the number of dreadnoughts involved in the battle reached seven. The Russians had four dreadnoughts, the Japanese had three, but the Japanese were more numerous on the new battle cruisers, and the Russians, who were not determined, could not take advantage of it in the slightest.
An hour passed, and the Russians again lost two battle cruisers, and the Japanese still lost only one. It was at this moment that the Japanese commander, Heihachiro Togo, made a bold decision, he ordered the Dreadnought Kongo with six battle cruisers to outflank from both flanks, in an attempt to cut off the retreat of the Russian Navy.
After the Japanese drew half of their warships to outflank, the Russian fleet immediately gained the upper hand and sank one of the Japanese Navy's dreadnoughts. Vice Admiral Wizofert knew that the Japanese warships must have been outflanked on both flanks, but he was not in a hurry at all, the Cam Ranh Bay fleet would soon come from the west, and the Japanese would definitely suffer a big loss if they adopted the tactics of outflanking on both flanks.
Another half an hour passed, and the Japanese Navy completed the outflanking of the Russian fleet, and the advantage returned to the Japanese side. At this time, Vice Admiral Vizofort was a little panicked, if the Cam Ranh Bay fleet did not rush to the battlefield again, what awaited the Russian Navy might be completely annihilated. In a panic, he hurriedly sent a telegram to ask if the Cam Ranh Bay fleet had arrived at the battlefield.
"Your Excellency, my fleet is in trouble twenty nautical miles away, and the Japanese fleet of a hundred warships is intercepting us. But Your Excellency the Commander need not worry, the Japanese sent small warships, which are definitely not our opponents. As long as you hold on for another two or three hours, I can completely annihilate the Japanese interceptor fleet and rush to the battlefield to help you defeat the Japanese navy. ”
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Vizofut was completely dumbfounded, the Japanese had already completed the outflanking, how could he hold out for another three hours? He angrily asked the correspondent to call back: "Commander Chen, the main force of the Japanese Navy is fighting a decisive battle with our department, how can their fleet intercept you?" ”
"Your Excellency, to be precise, the Japanese native fleet is at war with you, and I am facing the Japanese Inhuman fleet. The Inhuman fleet only has small ships, but there are a hundred of them! They perished like moths, and I couldn't defeat them for a while. (To be continued......)