Chapter 98: The Destruction of the Japanese Combined Fleet (Part II)
Yamakawa Yuzawa saw the fire that exploded on the enemy ship, and just got excited, and a basin of cold water was poured down from the top of his head, which was called a heart-piercing coolness.
The 305 mm main gun, the most powerful main gun of the navies of various countries during this period, could not even penetrate the opponent's defenses.
The two sides were less than four kilometers apart, and with the help of the fire of the explosion, they could clearly see the turrets that had been hit, and launched an artillery attack without any impact.
The piercing muzzle of the cannon spewed out scorching flames, and there was no thick black smoke shrouded in it, only white light and a faint black mist.
However, Yamakawa Yuzawa did not give up, and the combined fleet has fought until now, and there are less than three warships left that can move.
Even if he saw the Hatsuse not far away being sunk quickly, Yamakawa Arisawa, who had walked two laps in the Ghost Gate, still persisted.
In terms of his thoughts at the moment, that is, he has already died twice, and there is nothing to be afraid of.
"Turn the rudder fifteen degrees to the left and go at full speed." Yamakawa Arisawa gave this order almost with a roar.
Inside the bridge, no one questioned the order, even though they all knew that it was a ramming course.
The main ship group of the Combined Fleet can be said to have been completely wiped out so far, and the enemy has not even seen any injuries from the six battleships at the beginning.
Moreover, from the speed of the enemy's warships, it is far beyond all the warships of the Combined Fleet, and it is only a luxury to escape, and the only thing that can be done is to fight the enemy to the end.
Without the main gun at the stern, the main gun in the bow of the Shikishima is left, and there is no need to adjust the position, just rush towards the enemy.
As long as the opponent does not sink himself, his main gun will always be able to break through the opponent's armor at a closer and closer distance.
On the battleship No. 105, as the commander of the Third Fleet, Rear Admiral Xu Xuebin only had the Shikishima that had been hit by two shells and was still able to fight.
The main ship group of the Japanese Combined Fleet is still active on the battlefield until now, and this is the Shikishima.
The 105 ships, which are closest to Shikishima, are only about 3,000 meters apart.
The Shikishima, which adjusted its course, rushed directly towards the 105 ship, Xu Xuebin saw this, just shook his head lightly, and said: "Very good plan, but I can't see the gap between the two sides clearly." ”
The Shikishima that rushed over, although it had an indomitable momentum, did not look at it, in the Third Fleet, there were two other battleships that had already eliminated the last opponent, and the entire Third Fleet was facing only one Shikishima.
What's more, even without the other two battleships of the Third Fleet, with the speed of the battleship No. 105 alone, a large U-shaped turn directly behind, the Shikishima would not be able to catch up at all, and the result would not change at all.
"Send the last battleship of the Combined Fleet to Amaterasu." Xu Xuebin ordered lightly.
The three battleships of the Third Fleet, all the main guns were locked onto the Shikishima, and the dense shells flew out of the barrels, and the intense fire flashed on the sea.
The cannonballs dragging the tracer flashed in the sky like a meteor, and the mountains and rivers looked at the tracer in the sky, and his heart was instantly unprecedentedly calm, and the time seemed to have become very long at this moment, and the swaying light seemed to have a bit of beauty in his eyes.
At this moment, Yamakawa Arisawa seemed to have seen the entire battlefield clearly, seeing the Shikishima that held out until the last moment, and also saw the picture of the cannonball swallowing the Shikishima.
However, in the bottom of his heart, Yamakawa Yuzawa really thinks of his family in Tokyo, his wife, and his two sons.
The picture in my mind instantly froze, and half of the dozen or so shells that fell on the Shikishima hit the battleship, which was already riddled with holes, and the dense explosions and fires exploded on the surface of the sea.
In the Japanese Combined Fleet, the last battleship, the Shikishima, was blown up, and the other three Japanese cruisers that were injured all sank by themselves, and the main force of the Combined Fleet was completely destroyed.
On the periphery of the main battlefield, the ten cruisers of the Japanese Combined Fleet were also completely annihilated by the cruiser formation of the Red Alert Navy.
Japanese torpedo boats and destroyers, which were chasing the remnants of the Russian station, were also surrounded and destroyed by the destroyer formation.
Of course, there are also the remnants of the Russian Second Pacific Fleet, which are also destroyed in the hands of the Red Alert Navy.
The Japanese Combined Fleet, which had just seen the joy of victory, was finished.
From yesterday at noon when the Japanese Combined Fleet and the Russian Fleet began to fight, at dawn the next day, both the Russian Second Pacific Fleet and the Japanese Combined Fleet were completely a thing of the past.
Russia lost two powerful fleets in the Far East, and the Japanese Combined Fleet, which was also destroyed, lost not only two fleets, but the 66th Fleet, which was built up over a period of ten years with the strength of the whole country.
When the morning sun rose at the end of the sea level, the Tsushima Strait had fallen silent, there was no roar of artillery, and no warships were seen cruising on the sea.
No one knows that the navy under Fan Yize participated in this naval battle, and no one knows the result of this battle between the Japanese and Russian navies.
Although the Japanese warships were equipped with radio stations, the communication distance was very short, and there was no way to contact Japan.
Naturally, there will be no chance of success, and there will be no follow-up attack.
Even within Japan, there is no news of the war between the Combined Fleet and the Russian fleet, but it is almost known that there will be news in the next two days.
The Tsushima Strait, after the naval battle, was completely quiet, and a large number of battleship wreckage and floating debris after the battleship was silent floating on the sea.
Shattered wood chips from burning and overboard, items from the lives of the ship's personnel, blood-stained clothing, and even flags.
Only in the Tsushima Strait, I didn't see a living person or a lifeboat.
The three fleets of the Red Alert Navy, which had completed the attack mission, disappeared from the battlefield as abruptly as when they appeared.
But if you go south, to the east, you can see the traces of this powerful navy.
At dawn, the three major fleets of the Red Alert Navy, which had completely destroyed the Japanese Combined Fleet, separated their forces and left the Tsushima Strait.
Fan Yize transferred from the First Fleet to the Third Fleet, and led the fleet to turn down, along the center of the East China Sea, into the Pacific Ocean, and target Tokyo Bay in Japan.
Luo Haiping went to the Second Fleet and commanded the fleet to enter the Sea of Japan, targeting the Sasebo Naval Base in Japan.
Originally, the First Fleet was heading towards Vladivostok, Russia.
The three separate fleets will escort the next invasion of the Red Guard Army.