Chapter 92: A full-scale invasion begins
The battle between the Japanese and Russian fleets broke out in earnest at the estimated time.
Fan Yize's First Fleet was hanging tens of thousands of meters away from the fleets of the two sides, and when a battle broke out between the two sides, a large number of battle reports in front of them also began to be transmitted back to the 101 ship one after another.
"The Japanese fleet took sixteen minutes, after completing the superiority of the formation over the Russian fleet, and launched a heavy artillery bombardment of the leading warships of the Russian fleet. In the process of turning the Japanese fleet, two Japanese armored cruisers were damaged, but after completing the attack formation to seize the advantage, the Japanese combined fleet fully exerted its advantages in three aspects: high speed, firepower, and explosives, and was gradually seizing the initiative in naval warfare. ”
"The Japanese Combined Fleet concentrated its firepower to give priority to attacking the Duke Suvorov, the flagship of the Russian Second Pacific Fleet, and nine minutes after the start of the engagement, the rudder of the Duke Suvorov was damaged, the Russian flagship lost control, and the flagship superstructure withstood several shells, a large number of Russian officers on the flagship were injured, and the command system of the Russian fleet was affected as a result, and the possibility that the commander of the fleet, Rozdvinsky, was also injured."
"It has been confirmed that the command system of the Russian Second Pacific Fleet has been damaged, the combat situation of the Russian ships is chaotic, the flagship of the Second Fleet, the Oslyabia, has also been sunk by the concentrated fire of the Japanese fleet, and after the Russian Second Fleet has lost the command of the flagship, the rest of the warships have also been severely damaged, and the Second Fleet has lost its combat capability."
"In addition to the capital ship battle between Japan and Russia, the cruisers of both sides also engaged in the capital ship engagement area, and in the battle, the six Russian cruiser fleets were severely damaged, and only four of the Japanese Navy cruisers were injured and caught fire, but they were not seriously damaged."
"During the engagement, the Japanese Combined Fleet used the formation to completely block the road of the Russian fleet to Vladivostok, and after the Russian warships were heavily damaged one after another, the area of engagement was filled with thick smoke, and the Japanese Navy had to abandon the formation and start a melee with the Russian warships."
"Several Russian cruisers and destroyers, wounded, began to flee the battlefield to the south, and the Japanese Navy completely had the advantage in naval warfare."
"The main battleships of the Japanese and Russian fleets encountered again, due to the general injuries of the Russian battleships, at the time of this encounter, three main Russian battleships were sunk, including the flagship Duke Suvorov, there were Russian warships to the rescue, and the life and death of the fleet commander on the flagship is unknown."
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In the more than two hours since the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, battle reports have been transmitted one after another, and these are all information transmitted by the Red Alert intelligence ship on the edge of the naval battle, according to the situation on the battlefield.
A large amount of information was gathered into Fan Yize's hands, and near evening, all the capital ships of the Russian fleet had been sunk.
On the other hand, Japan's main fleet was only slightly wounded, and there was no suspense about victory or defeat at sea.
"Now, Heihachiro Togo should have ordered the fleet to start wrapping up." Luo Haiping said beside Fan Yize.
The Japanese Combined Fleet completely annihilated the main forces of the Russian fleet, and in the next battle, the capital ships should not be allowed to play, especially when the time is approaching night, and it is enough to hand over the remaining Russian small warships to those torpedo boats and destroyers.
It makes no sense to use capital ships to strike at those small warships of 1,000 tons, but it will be dangerous.
"In the end, it was the Japanese who won, and under the surface of Russia's strength, it has completely decayed." Fan Yize said with emotion.
"The commander is foggy at sea, and the remaining warships of the Russian fleet, if a Russian general who sees the situation clearly takes over the command, there may be a glimmer of life." Luo Haiping said.
"Now no matter who takes over the command of the Russian fleet, it is of little significance, the Japanese combined fleet has forty torpedo boats and more than two dozen destroyers, plus the main fleet has small losses, and the Russian fleet is only struggling for a while. It will be difficult for Russia to escape from Heihachiro Togo. ”
Fan Yize shook his head, if the Russian fleet could give the Japanese fleet a certain trauma in the previous engagement, maybe there would be a chance, but now there is no chance.
Not to mention the command ability of Heihachiro Togo, his cunning and intelligence, will not give the Russian fleet any chance.
"If the officers and sailors in the Russian fleet have our qualities, then this naval battle, even if Japan wins, it will be a tragic victory, Japan seems to be small and big, gambling on national fortunes to fight a war that cannot afford defeat, but at the right time, find the right opponent." Luo Haiping said with some contempt.
"Those bureaucrats and nobles and imperial relatives in Russia are burying the Russian Empire, the surface of the strong and cannot change the decay of the system, from the beginning I expected that Japan would win, but fortunately it will not be easy for Japan to win."
Although there are fundamental differences between this Russo-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War in history, a large number of similarities have exposed all kinds of problems in Russia.
Russia in this period, both in science and technology and armaments, was stronger than Russia.
The navy and the army were all defeated, and it is not accurate to find the reason just from the equipment, and Russia is definitely not backward in armament at the human level.
It is also based on this that Fan Yize concluded that Japan still won the war, and if it were not for his own interference, Japan would win a little easier, so that Japan could really rise.
However, none of this will exist.
Fan Yize could imagine that the current combined fleet of the Japanese Navy was permeating with the joy of imminent victory, and Heihachiro Togo must have a smile and pride on his face, and he was even more handy in command.
Unfortunately, for Japan, after defeating Russia, Japan is not destined to rise, and even Japan does not have the opportunity to enjoy this victory.
"Commander, is it time to act?" Luo Haiping put down the last battle report and asked Fan Yize.
At this moment, the sky in the Tsushima Strait is already dark, and the sea surface is covered with dense fog, and visibility is extremely low.
A large number of torpedo boats and destroyers of the Japanese Combined Fleet, which are preparing to destroy the remaining Russian warships.
"Heihachiro Togo, it's a pity that you don't have time to appreciate what it's like to win. At the same time, it's time for the world to take a good look at the strength of the Red Guard. ”
Fan Yize nodded lightly to Luo Haiping, opened the base command system on his wrist, and ordered the base: "According to the plan, unfold the space-time portal, notify Ling Liang, and the Red Police Corps will go on the expedition." ”