Of course, Salman didn't know that he was facing a Russian-Japanese joint fleet. His doubts were in his heart that when did the Russian Far East fleet add these three or four new ships?

The last time the Russians sent a fleet to the Far East coincided with the moment when the Chinese fleet replaced the supreme commander. Therefore, when Salman took over the Chinese fleet of the last commander General Hamilton from the distant Cape of Good Hope, Russia's plan to increase ships was completed. Canada was busy with the establishment and training of the Sino-British Joint Fleet, and the strength of the Russian Far East Fleet was only on paper. He knew that one ironclad ship had been added, three to five cruisers were added, and the other small ships were not planned. Therefore, when facing such a Russian-Japanese joint fleet today, Salman thought of only the Russians first pretended to be the Japanese, and their strength was slightly superior to their own side.

The aces in Salman's hand are three ironclad ships, the Bold, the Constantz and the Campton. The Bold is 7,000 tons and has strong protection. The Constantz and the Campton are 5,000 tons. The Bold gun is arranged at a double-mounted ten-inch main gun, plus six six-inch fast guns on the left and right sides, a total of fourteen.

The number and layout of the Constance and Campton gun positions are exactly the same as that of the Dark. The only drawback is that the main gun is an open-air gun with a barrel. The left and right guns are not fast guns like the Dark. However, the firepower of these three ships is strong enough. After this short moment of artillery battle, Salman has basically observed the weaknesses of the Russian-Japanese joint fleet.

Although the Peter the Great, in the opposite direction, has good protection and strong firepower, the other six ships he led are all sail warships, and their firepower and protection are extremely weak. The right wing in the north is the weakest place of the enemy. Except for the team's flagship Admiral Greg, the fast cannon, the other four are small and inconspicuous broken ships.

The firepower in the south is obviously better than the north, and there seemed to be eleven-inch guns. Salman observed for a while and made a decision that made him deeply proud afterwards. All the main ships fired at the enemy with all their might. The target was not the Peter the Great, but the other six sail warships, forcing the enemy's old ships to lose their combat effectiveness first. At the same time, the left and right wing arrangements were abolished, and all the fast ships concentrated their strength to attack the enemy's right wing. Like the previous strategy, they started from the weakest, eliminated four small boats, and then encircled and annihilated General Greg on the spot. Using the protective ability of the three iron armored ships to attract the opponent's firepower to cover the cluster of fast ships to destroy the enemy's right wing! In the Chinese words, this is called picking up the persimmon and picking up the soft pinch.

It makes sense to use three ironclad ships as bait. This period of observation allowed Salman to discover the enemy's greater weakness - the personnel quality is far less than that of his own side. His own gunner's hit rate should be more than twice the opponent's!

This exciting discovery further strengthened Salman's decision. The Skylark and Torch led the Pegasus and Swift, a total of four fast cruisers adjusted their direction and advanced to the north at full speed.

The displacement of the King Kong is 2,200 tons and the speed is only fourteen knots. The main gun is three 170mm guns, and the two sides are equipped with three 150mm guns, all of which are pitiful mortar guns. Only the newly equipped four-unit Green-turn-barrel 37mm guns on the starboard side are new fast guns. Captain Azuma Shinichi is also a newly promoted captain. At first, when he learned that he was going to become a captain, Azuma was very excited. This excitement continued until he came to his ship and found that the first ship of the King Kong-class cruiser was more than ten years old, and in the Japanese Navy, it was far from reaching his imagination.

Seeing that the Pegasus, which was leading the way, rushed towards its ship, Aima quickly ordered his main gun to open fire. Three 170mm mortars were struggling to eat the shells, waiting for the fuse to burn and then spit out the projectiles.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Three waves splashed in front of the Pegasus. The Pegasus' firepower was not very strong. The main gun was a ten-inch cannon plus a six-inch cannon, and two six-inch cannons on the side. The tonnage was not large, only more than 3,000 tons, but except for the main gun, which was a bore gun, all the other five were new fast cannons.

A series of shells were fired out, and the Japanese soldiers on the front deck of the King Kong who were loading the medicine were blown away. The violent explosion of the shells exploded through the wooden hull of the King Kong, and the broken deck struggled to support the heavy cannon. The Japanese were too greedy. The three main guns were placed on the fore deck, making the entire hull look a little head-heavy. After being hit by a round of artillery fire, this tendency became even more obvious.

The Swift, which was on the flank of the King Kong, fired and attacked the weakest link of the enemy, Xijing Maru, while shooting three white-headed torpedoes on the King Kong exposed its side.

"Go forward at full speed! Full speed! Torpedo!" As Ma Xin shouted at the sound tube at the top of his lungs, the gun position on the side tried to hit the torpedo in vain, except for splashing a few waves on the sea surface, it had no effect on the course of the torpedo.

"Two hundred yards - speed up! The right rudder is full!" Arima Shinichi judged the distance and tried to shake his tail to get rid of the torpedo attack. This move was indeed effective. With the fierce and sharp turn of the Kalachak, the hull drew a wonderful arc on the sea surface. The torpedo rubbed the stern and continued its course. Everyone couldn't help but close their eyes and waited for the judgment of fate... It was only a line! The helmman Sato shook his sweat and secretly thanked Captain Arima's wise command. All the 308 crew members on the Kalachak were like him, thank Captain Arima, thank the Emperor, and thank God Amatera for his blessing.

Arima Shin wiped his sweat, but he didn't have time to be glad. He suddenly discovered the path of the second and third torpedo, which was not far away... At the same time, he also found that although the right rudder of the rescue ship escaped the torpedo, he exposed his weak flank to the oncoming Pegasus.

The Pegasus was only less than six hundred yards away from the King Kong at this distance. Exposing the sidewalk to the well-trained British gunner at such a distance is no different from suicide.

"Be loyal to the Emperor!" Arima Shin issued the last order to the sound tube. Two torpedoes and Pegasus' main gun hit the Karma almost at the same time. With the explosion of the ammunition depot, the Karma ship was completely scrapped, but the iron-wood mixed structure of the Karma ship played a role. A considerable number of crew members floated on the sea with the remaining woods, accompanied by the smoke of gunpowder, and waves of wail.

At this time, the battle situation in the north was still going on. The next burial object was the turn of the Xijing Maru. The Xijing Maru, with a displacement of 4,100 tons, was originally a merchant ship. In this special operation, it was requisitioned by the Japanese Navy for disguise. It temporarily installed four 120mm rapid-fire cannons as the main firepower. In such a close-range sea duel, it was just a floating coffin. The all-wood hull began to catch fire after a round of artillery fire of the Torch. The 350 crew members on the ship faced two lifeboats without fighting spirit. Soon the fire engulfed the entire Xijing Maru. Captain Yuyujin Kano ordered the abandonment of the ship and completely withdraw from the battle sequence.

At this time, the northern wing of the Japanese-Russian Combined Fleet was the Russian Admiral Greg, the same type of Admiral Hiei and the small cannon ship Akagi, with displacements of 5217 tons, 2284 tons and 622 tons respectively. The Russian ship's Plum Blade had injured two ships of the Sino-British Combined Fleet, Pegasus and Torch, which were rushing in front in this period of battle. After seeing that there was no hope of rescue of Admiral Greg decisively gave up the attack on Pegasus and attacked the nearest Torch with all its strength. With its excellent protective performance, Admiral Greg finally hit the 16th shell against the Torch after carrying more than 20 rounds, which happened to be the 100th shell fired by Admiral Greg, with a hit rate of 23%.

The sixteenth shell accurately hit the boiler area of ​​the Torch. After a burst of black smoke was emitted, the Torch lost its motivation. After tenaciously executing General Salman's attack boat, he gave up the order to attack the big ship, and fired three shells at Akagi in a row, he was finally hit by Admiral Greg's 305mm main gun, and he withdrew from the battle sequence at the bottom of the side. The combat members all brought rifles and boarded four lifeboats. The other two hundred crew members moved closer to the friendly ship. After being accurately aimed and fired by Admiral Greg, the Torch was finally sunk on the sea surface of Peter the Great Bay.

The massacre on the sea was not over yet, and the Chinese and British crew members on the lifeboat shot and killed the Japanese crew members floating on the sea with rifles. In such a close combat, the Sino-British Joint Fleet finally found that they were not facing a Russian fleet, but a Japanese-Russian joint fleet. The Japanese were too brave and risked to commit crimes against China and Britain to marry this muddy water. The sailors of both China and Britain felt that it was a bit incredible.

As a small boat with a displacement of only 622 tons, there were only two cannons on the ship, all concentrated at the bow, one with a caliber of 303.4 mm and one with a caliber of 173.9 mm. The hull of the iron-wood mixed structure was unable to withstand the joint strikes from the Cardinal and the Torch. After tenaciously firing several guns but failed to hit the target, the entire ship was hit by more than fifty bullets and fell into a sea of ​​fire. The crew of the ship had 126 people, except for the more than 30 people who had already died in battle, jumped into the sea and swam to Admiral Greg under the leadership of Captain Hachirota. The hull gradually sank after burning for half an hour.

The current situation in the north wing is: Admiral Greg + Hiei VS Cardinal + Pegasus + Swift. Admiral Greg is a big guy and is at a disadvantage. Heii is at a disadvantage. It was his turn for King Kong's fate soon. Captain Sakurai's rule (the name of Good March 8). After releasing a torpedo but failed to hit the target, he ordered to move closer to Admiral Greg and try to use joint firepower to deal with the rapid ship assault of the Sino-British Joint Fleet.

Within a distance of less than a thousand yards, the two sides formed a converged pattern with Admiral Greg and Hiei as the centers.

The three ships of the Sino-British Combined Fleet are of the same type, all of which are the main guns of ten-inch guns. They cooperate with the launch of torpedoes to avoid the attacks of enemy fire at an advantageous speed. In this situation, the three 170mm main guns at the head of the Hiei ship lost their correct heads, and the 150 guns on the side played some roles, hitting several shells of the Skylark.

The main gun of Admiral Greg was originally slow, and the combat quality of the Russian Navy was relatively low. After dozens of consecutive shells fell, the side lost its fighting spirit, changed its course, and moved closer to the main ship Peter the Great. He left behind. The fate of Hiei was similar to that of the King Kong. A torpedo was hit by the stern. Fortunately, the torpedo did not explode. In order not to form the same route with Admiral Greg, Captain Sakurai resolutely ordered the torpedo of the Sino-British Joint Fleet to rear-end. He resolutely ordered the rudder to turn north, exposing his flank to the Skylark. The Skylark fired violently, but he never hit Hiei. He had to watch the Hiei, which was emitting black smoke, heading northward, and the increasingly strong black smoke drove into Vladivostok Port.

The Cardinals had the fastest ship, leading the Pegasus and Swift to form a font-shaped pattern and chased them relentlessly in the direction of Admiral Greg. At the same time, the artillery at the head of the ship continued to fire shells, and in an instant, Admiral Greg hit several rounds in a row.

But this ship is really hard to fight. Although the ship's speed is getting slower and slower, it still moves forward tenaciously and gets closer and closer to the Peter the Great.

Pegasus and Swift released several torpedoes at the same time, but they were still not hitting General Greg. The battle situation at this time was becoming more and more chaotic. The Daring and three ironclad ships had sunk six wooden sail battleships, and only one Peter the Great was tenaciously shooting against the three ships. The five ships on the southern wing of the Japanese-Russian Combined Fleet also joined the battle group from the southern wing. After sinking Leander and the Rambler, they siege the Daring and three ironclad ships. At the same time, they sunk the Cropatra cruiser, which had lost its power and was far away from the three main ironclad ships.

The total record at this time was: the Japanese-Russian Combined Fleet lost six Russian sailing ships, one Japanese King Kong-class, one small gunboat, and one merchant ship changed, and another King Kong-class Hiei ship fled to Vladivostok port. The losses of the Sino-British Combined Fleet were the Cropatra cruiser, the Torch cruiser, the Leander communication ship, and the Stroller supply ship. The losses of the two sides were basically equal, and the remaining combat power was basically equal. However, the number of advantages of the Japanese-Russian Combined Fleet were completely lost, and the quality differences of the combat personnel of the two sides were also exposed in this more than an hour of melee. The hit rate of the Japanese-Russian Combined Fleet was less than half of the other side. In this case, the morale of the two sides was very different.

The killing on the sea has ended. The Chinese and British soldiers on several lifeboats killed the unarmed Japanese soldiers floating on the sea and couldn't bear to take action. There was not much ammunition left. Considering that the main ship regiment was surrounded by five enemy ships on the southern wing and did not dare to move closer to the center, they rowed to the west, and the Bay of Pochet there might be good luck.

The Cardinals were getting closer and closer to Admiral Greg, and the Cardinals' artillery and torpedo were ready. With the order of Captain Colonel Bowerman, the Cardinals launched the last strike against Admiral Greg. Going forward, it was too close to Peter the Great.

"Let it go!" Colonel Bowerman issued an order to the sound tube. The torpedo player couldn't wait to launch the torpedo, and the main gunner also shot the revenge shells at the enemy ship.

Two fireballs suddenly appeared on the stern of Admiral Greg's ship, and the Cardinal's artillery hit. The torpedo advanced along the trajectory of Admiral Greg. One hundred yards, fifty yards, thirty yards...

Everyone on the Cardinal looked at the crucial torpedo, and did not notice that the huge main gun on the Peter the Great had aimed at them...

"Boom!", Peter the Great roared, and two fireballs hit the Cardinal, followed by two more. At this time, General Greg had noticed the torpedo and was desperately turning the rudder. At the same time, the gun position on the sidewalk also aimed at the Cardinal and opened fire!

The Russians were surprisingly accurate. The commander of Colonel Bowerman was immediately overturned. A shell accurately hit the boiler compartment, penetrated the bulkhead and exploded. The second round of artillery of Peter the Great hit the side of the Cardinal again. The ammunition depot exploded. The Cardinal exploded before Admiral Greg. Fortunately, the Cardinal crew, Pegasus and Swift, who survived the explosion, witnessed the torpedo hit the side of Admiral Greg, who could not avoid it. After a violent explosion, Admiral Greg was broken into two pieces and slowly sank with the Cardinal.

Pegasus and Swift did not dare to stop anymore, and turned around toward the main fleet. The power balance was 6 to 5. When Pegasus and Swift fought with Langsu and Takachiho, a melee between the Central Three Iron Crafts and Two Crafts and the enemy's one Iron Crafts and Four Crafts was formed. The biggest overlord on this sea surface was Peter the Great.

At this time, two hours have passed since the naval battle broke out. With the unfavorable power comparison of ten to seventeen, the Sino-British Combined Fleet relied on the correct tactic of pinching soft persimmons first, and stubbornly turned the power comparison into five to six. As morale grew, the situation became more and more beneficial to the Sino-British Combined Fleet. The main gun of the Dark USS Da completely ignored the five ships around and only used side firepower to assist friendly ships in combat, and the main firepower was all used to shoot against Peter the Great!

The poor training quality of the Russians has not been improved by accurately hitting the Cardinal just now. On the contrary, it seems that their good luck has been used up just now. All the artillery attacks in recent rounds have not hit the target, and one shot even hit the Japanese warship Takachiho, which made Salman's face even more smiling.

In the melee between the two sides competing with will, the Southern Wing Legion of the Japanese-Russian Combined Fleet seemed to have lost its fighting spirit early, especially the Russians, the Pervenetz lost patience with the boring battle, and carefully withdrew from the battle group, and quickly moved closer to the Peter the Great from the rear of the Japanese.

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