Australian Storm 1876

   Chapter 849 Ten thousand people are like one person.

The   Fuso united fleet pounced from south to north. The flares shot out from the sky constantly reflected half of the sky like daylight. The black ship queue was invisible at a glance, and the murderous intent was like a dark cloud covering the top, which was daunting.

The huge array of ships of the Tsarist Russian Expeditionary Fleet is a bit messy. Its first and second squadrons, which are mainly warships, have accelerated to 11 knots and have surpassed the third, fourth and fifth cruisers, and are preparing to start the battle one by one. Column line and hostile bombing.

  However, the first Russian flagship "Duke Suvorov" battleship and the last "Eagle" battleship were six nautical miles apart. Changing the array while sailing forward took 40 minutes and still not completed.

Instead,    interspersed in the queue of cruisers, as if an elephant broke into a porcelain shop, causing many cruisers and destroyers to evade, causing a short-term chaos.

  In contrast, Fuso's battle line was neat and uniform. In order to obtain a favorable attack position, Admiral Heihachiro Togo resolutely ordered a big turn in front of the enemy, the famous "U" turn, at a distance of less than ten nautical miles.

   give an order

Dozens of warships were like a single person, all steered and turned. In this night, half of the sky was reflected by the flares, the snow-white tracks painted dozens of neat "U" shapes on the dark sea. It is spectacular.

  With only this skill, the Russian fleet can't keep up with it.

  In the tower of the commander of the battleship Duke Suvorov, the flagship of Tsarist Russia

  Fleet Commander Lieutenant General Roger Stevinsky saw this scene with his own eyes, and his eyelids twitched fiercely.

After all, he is a general who has been immersed in the navy for more than 20 years. He has never eaten pork and has always seen pig running. He knows that he can train the entire fleet like an arm, tens of thousands of navies are like one person, and he has no naval background for more than decades. Totally impossible.

Navigation, ship handling and artillery are the three basic skills of the navy. A main battleship can range from more than 800 to more than a thousand people. According to the barrel theory, even if one department is dragged down, it will greatly limit the performance of the battleship. Play.

  Extend it to the entire fleet, which is even more difficult.

  The most striking example is the Tsarist Russian Expeditionary Fleet. Although it has gone through a long voyage of 30,000 kilometers and countless formation training, it still made mistakes of one kind or another when approaching the enemy, causing chaos in the large formation.

  Insufficient boost of any boiler, the navigating staff officer’s response is slow, the commander’s response error, the helmsman error, the artillery staff officer or the school firing staff officer’s low level, they can’t exert the full strength of the battleship.

  Seeing that the battleship formation of our own side is still not in place, and the main battleship of the Japanese side is making a big turn in a "U" shape, and the two sides are about six nautical miles apart. At this time, Lieutenant General Roger Stevinsky could not bear it anymore and ordered;

  "The whole army raised the battle flag, aimed at the enemy fleet, and opened fire."

   "Accepted, the target is aimed at the enemy fleet and fired."

The first team personally led by Lieutenant General Roger Stevinsky, including the flagship "Duke Suvorov", "Alexander III", "Borodino" and "Eagle" battleships, a total of 4 ships 13500 tons of cutting-edge battleships.

The second team is led by the commander Major General Fokker Hill, including the flagship of the second team "Osliavia", "The Great Sissoy", "Navarin", and the armored cruiser "Admiral Nakhimov" , A total of three old battleships and a main ironclad lineup.

  After the order was issued, the ships turned their muzzles to aim at the enemy fleet that was turning, and the 305mm main gun of the battleship "Suvorov" took the lead in roaring, kicking off the prelude to the sea battle.

The rumble of artillery was endless. The first round of shelling took three minutes. The main battleships of the 1st and 2nd squadrons bombarded fiercely. The ship seemed to be very far away and did not pose a threat.

  In this situation, Lieutenant General Roger Stevinsky's eyelids twitched fiercely again, and his face grew gloomy.

  Night battle was originally the most high-end naval subject. The Russian fleet had conducted live-fire exercises several times, but the results were not satisfactory. Now it is able to catch the ducks on the shelves, and can bite the bullet.

  In the dark night

   One after another flares rose to the sky, driving the heavy night far away, exposing the two huge fleets on the dark sea, which looked thrilling in the rumbling gunfire.

  This is a restless night, but also a night of killing...

In the more than 20 minutes of the Fuso Fleet’s U-shaped turn before the formation, the distance between the two sides was less than 5 nautical miles from 10 nautical miles. The Russian battleship fired more than 10 rounds of artillery fire and hit two Japanese armored cruisers. "Izumo" and "Asama".

  Among them, the stern of the "Asama" was hit by a 305mm high-explosive bomb, which was hit hard in an instant and completely lost power and could only float on the sea.

This shell easily broke the stern armor and exploded in the boiler compartment. The strong explosion destroyed the steam engine power and 5 nearby boilers. The hot high-temperature steam ejected from the broken high-pressure steam pipe instantly turned the power The cabin turned into a **** on earth, emitting an unpleasant smell of steamed meat, killing and wounding dozens of officers and soldiers.

The "Izumo" armored cruiser had better luck. A 305mm shell fired a straddle and tore a 76mm rapid-fire gun on the side of the gun to pieces. The shell immediately fell into the sea and exploded, except for 6 to 7 guns who were killed or injured. Apart from the team members, there were no other major losses, and luckily escaped the disaster.

  "Good fight, man, let them work harder." Lieutenant General Roger Stevinsky was quite satisfied with such a result. He put down the telescope in his hand and smacked his mouth regretfully.

"As you wish, Commander Commander." Major General Mendeleevsky, Chief of Staff of the Fleet, looked very excited. A piece of translucent.

   Against the backdrop of the uncertain fire, Major General Mendeleevsky’s bushy bearded face lit up, obviously inspired by the current results, revealing a ferocious and bloodthirsty true color.

   "May God bless, the lads are very motivated, and the Fusang Navy is not as good as expected. We will use cannons to severely teach these Japanese people and let them know how to awe."

  "It’s not that simple. They haven’t made a shot so far. They just want to seize the "T" by virtue of their speed advantage. The real test has not yet come. "

  "It’s okay, honorable Commander, our artillery is finding a sense. We have already fired two rounds of straddle shots. The rest is just a little bit of luck."

"I hope so."

After the sound of the artillery, the Russian fleet poured out artillery fire on the Fuso United Fleet, which was making a big U-turn in front of the battle. It fired more than a dozen rounds in 20 minutes, seriously injuring one ship and lightly wounding the armor of the Japanese army. cruiser.

The distance between the two sides has approached from 10 nautical miles to five nautical miles, and the main ship’s gun is aimed at the direction of the enemy fleet by flattening the gun barrel and blasting fiercely. One or two.

  What do you say about such a battle result, just so-so!

But the good luck of the Tsarist Russian fleet ended here. The Japanese combined fleet was not disturbed by the two lost armored cruisers. It still completed the U-shaped big turn in front of the formation neatly and flattened it. The side muzzle exudes a terrifying murderous aura against the flames of the sea.

   "Fire..."

   give an order

  Fuso State Naval Fleet's guns roared, like a rolling thunder on the horizon, bursting out endlessly, with shocking momentum.

  Take a closer look, you can find that the Fusang National Fleet’s bombardment "rumbling" resounded across the sky, densely integrated into the film, and the impact points were dense. Basically, it could be completed within a dozen seconds, showing an extremely high level of bombardment.

  The shelling of the Russian fleet was sparse, and a round of shelling had not been completed for more than a minute. The impact points were scattered and a resultant force could not be formed. Naturally, the hit rate was not satisfactory.

"Oh, God!"

Before the screams were over, the densely packed large-caliber artillery shells had roared, slamming into the vicinity of the battleship "Duke Suvorov", setting off an overwhelming wave, and the nearest distance was only more than 700 meters away. .

   almost missed a bullet.

   And a piece of sea area nearby is shrouded in it, as if a bowl of cold water was sprayed in a pot of hot oil, and the sea area of ​​one square kilometer was all boiling.

  Such precise artillery technique directly made the Russian fleet commander Lieutenant General Roger Stevinsky's face pale. At this moment, he smelled the smell of death.

  The navy has a tradition of advocating sacrifice and bravery. As the flagship of the entire Russian fleet, the battleship "Duke Suvorov" ranks first in the battle line according to the tradition of the Russian navy. What does this mean?

The Fuso United Fleet, which successfully completed the "U"-shaped turn in front of the formation, is currently in a clear "T" shape with the Russian fleet. The Japanese fleet is the upper horizontal line, and the Czarist Russian fleet is the lower vertical. The distance between the two sides is about 4.5 nautical miles. .

  At such a short distance, the main ship’s guns basically bombarded at a height of 5-10 degrees from the horizontal line, and the shooting accuracy is quite high in a well-trained navy.

  The battleship "Duke Suvorov" at the forefront, rushing to the forefront like a death squad, will bear all the firepower of the Fuso United Fleet, and if it is less courageous, it will be frightened by two battles.

   Before Lieutenant General Roger Stevinsky was relieved, the second round of Japanese shelling fell completely...

  The battleship "Duke Suvorov" seemed to have been hit with two hard blows. The main gun of the bow was directly blown up. The huge hull was instantly crushed by a strong explosion for several meters, and the waves kept surging.

Then another 305mm shell hit the chimney at the rear, and directly exploded the chimney. The shrapnel shot past, swept the deck like an iron broom, and set off a **** wind. Smoke billowed, and the speed of the battleship "Duke Suvorov" slowed down visibly.

  This caused heavy damage to the engine room on the right side and lost power for a little while.

  In just two volleys, it severely damaged the battleship "Duke Suvorov", the flagship of the Russian Navy. This shows that the Japanese artillery is accurate and fierce.

  (End of this chapter)