The Rise of the Empire

In Uemura's field of vision, the entire Russian fleet suddenly split into two parts, one of which was composed of two old-fashioned battleships. The huge steel spearheads composed of battleships turned slightly westward for half a compass point. In this case, it became the Russian fleet to cut the Japanese fleet in reverse!

It doesn't matter if the Russians start using this tactic. Even if they get entangled with Uemura Hikoyuki's fast fleet, the battleship formation behind can still find an opportunity to cross-cut the opponent from the counterpoint, and then attack from both sides. But now, because before the smoke screen appears, the main force The judgment direction of the fleet was that the Russian fleet turned to the northeast, so the main fleet turned in advance to intercept the opponent on the predetermined channel.

And this turn doesn't matter, it gave the Russians more time to adjust their formation, and two old warships and several destroyers were placed between the main fleets of the two sides, while the smoke tanks on the opponent's warships emitted thick smoke. The smoke also hindered the firing range of the Japanese main fleet! The course of the Japanese main fleet is actually the opposite of that of the Russian main fleet. They need to turn around and kill the two Russian cannon fodder ships that are in the way before they can catch up with Makanov's main fleet again, and this will take time!

A drop of cold sweat fell from Hikoyuki Uemura's head. If Togo Heihachiro's fleet could only lose a chance to intercept the opponent, then his fleet has reached a critical moment of life and death! The Russians in front of them seem to have no intention of escaping from the temporarily weakened encirclement net. The steel spearhead headed by the Borodino-class battleship has already aimed at the Japanese cruiser fleet! More than a dozen 12-inch guns and dozens of 10-inch guns were aimed at Uemura Hiko. Although Asama is good, but the opponent is stronger!

"Only by destroying the Japanese cruiser fleet can we have a chance of escape! For Russia, for going home!" The infectious voices of the officers echoed in the fleet. There is a saying in Europe that says don't block a fleet that is going home. China There is a saying that a dog jumps over the wall in a hurry. And these two sentences are just right for the Russians!

The speed of the Japanese cruiser fleet is too high. As long as they are there, the Russian fleet is impossible to escape. Therefore, Makanov's plan was not blindly dodging from the beginning. He was like a lone wolf cornered. Although in danger, but always ready to bite each other!

boom! The Russian fleet has shown its terrifying power for the first time since the Crimean War! The 4 battleships and 4 armored cruisers commanded by Makanov fired a dense rain of bullets at the 6 Japanese cruisers. The muzzle flames from the artillery almost became one piece. Seen from a distance, the entire Russian fleet looks like an erupting mobile volcano. The armored cruiser Asama at the head of the fleet will be the first to take care of it, and the two Borodino-class battleships will concentrate their firepower to attack the flagship of the fast fleet!

The concentrated shooting of more than a dozen large-caliber artillery pieces at a distance of 5 kilometers will definitely make any warship in this era unstoppable! The 12-inch and 10-inch shells hit the Asama like a heavy hammer, and the shells hitting the armor belt may be bounced off or leave a crater. But a shell hitting the superstructure would spell disaster for the ship. A storm composed of steel and flames swept across the superstructure of the entire battleship. Except for the armored conning tower, the superstructure on the Asama was riddled with holes in a short period of time, especially the Several shells fell amidships, not only blew a funnel to pieces, cut off signal flags and other means of communication, but also started a fire.

As for Asama's counterattack, just ignore it.

When the caliber of the opponent's artillery is one circle larger and the number is doubled, the Asama's can't make any waves at all, and the other three ships of the same level of the Asama are also being watched by the Russian fleet, which temporarily has a numerical advantage. To die, as a high imitation version of the Rurik-type fast battleship, it is definitely not something that Asama can deal with, and the six 10-inch guns of the remaining 4 American-made cruisers are at least as good as the Asama-class.

However, it was not the Asama that had the problem first. The quality of the warship produced by the Bromforth Shipyard is still excellent. Three 8-inch guns and one 10-inch gun were used, but the structure of the entire armor box is still intact. Depending on the thickness and height of the conscience, as well as the strength of the back plate, the cracks caused by the impact of the heavy guns are not very large. In other words, although it was cut badly, it will not sink for a while....

The first thing that went wrong was the original Spanish battleship Tsukuba, which was captured by the Japanese and renamed. It is not equipped with torpedoes. Even if it is, the torpedo compartment is below the waterline and has relatively thick armor for protection. However, it is not known whether the Japanese fleet is lightly loaded this time, the torpedo compartment is above the waterline, or for other reasons. A 12-inch shell from the battleship Eagle, which was caught with the Tsukuba, successfully penetrated the torpedo compartment at the bow of the Tsukuba, and detonated dozens of bottles of compressed air in it....

Accompanied by a loud noise that resounded through the entire fleet, the bow of the Tsukuba seemed to jump up suddenly, and then hit the hydraulic power heavily, followed by a series of explosions inside, the violent explosion of the compressed air bottle caused a fire and Detonate the torpedo placed in front! Although the Tsukuba only carried 4 torpedoes, such a violent explosion was also quite deadly for a warship in the early 10,000 tons! The detonation of the torpedo caused the entire hull to twist and break, and half of the bow seemed to be distorted by a huge force, forming a strange angle with the hull behind. And thousands of tons of seawater poured into it along the countless breaches. To anyone's surprise, after the battle started, the first battleship sunk was actually a Japanese battleship!

"Damn it! Let Dongxiang hurry up, if he doesn't want to collect the body for me for the Japanese navy!" Uemura Hikoyuki shouted loudly as he watched the battleship Tsukuba, which had suffered a severe head tilt and was gradually falling out of formation. In the beginning, 6 vs. 8 was already a huge disadvantage, but now it is 5 vs. 8, no, it is 4.5 vs. 8. His Asama number has been beaten to a half, and now there is only one radio left to contact Dongxiang. A lucky thing!

"Makanov really deserves to be called a veteran of the Russian navy. Even though he was at an extreme disadvantage, he could still perform so well." Just where the battle broke out between the Japanese and Russian fleets, the flagship of the German Far East Fleet, the U.S. Army The armored cruiser Inz was watching the battle not too far away. And as the commander of the fleet, Hipper just saw this wonderful scene.

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