Although the speed of the 2nd Team of the Joint Fleet is far beyond that of the Russian fleet, it will take considerable time to rush to the front of the Russian fleet to intercept. Therefore, there are only sporadic battles on the battlefield at this time, and the main forces of both sides are mainly competing with each other's speed.

At this time, the Japanese combined fleet had already gained an absolute advantage on the battlefield. Although the Russian fleet had not completely collapsed, it was only a matter of time. After all, it was estimated that it would take about an hour for the joint fleet to catch up with the Russian fleet.

And on the Kunming ship, Han Chao said to Shang Jinfeng: "Captain, our fleet should have attacked."

Zhang Weining said: "It's too early to attack now. Although the Japanese Navy has an absolute advantage, the Russian fleet has not completely collapsed. If we go to fight at this time, we will just help the Russian fleet and maybe we will take the opportunity to escape back to Vladivostok. That will be quite unfavorable for our next attack on Vladivostok. I think we'd better wait for a while, and after the Japanese Navy catches up with the Russian fleet this time, it should be almost done."

Han Chao said: "Our fleet is now about 50 kilometers away from the battlefield. At the speed of our fleet, it takes about 2 hours. Therefore, when our fleet arrives at the battlefield, the Japanese Navy should have almost finished packing the Russian fleet."

While several people were talking, suddenly the correspondent Gao Jun reported that the Yueyang ship asked to talk to the Kunming ship, and Shang Jinfeng immediately said: "Check in."

After a while, the unique loud voice of the captain of Yueyang ship Wang Hailong: "Lao Shang, the situation on the battlefield is almost certain now. I think we should divide it into two parts and give him a front and back attack. I just calculated it. I took part of the cruiser to go around them from the Korean Strait to meet with the Sanya ship. It will take about 2 hours. It should be almost the same."

When Shang Jinfeng heard this, he couldn't help but feel moved. He immediately called out the map and calculated that if he had a ship speed of 20 knots, it would take about 2 hours and 20 minutes to go around the current Japanese and Russian fleet, and then attacked the north and south lines. Of course, he would be more confident that he would have wiped out the Japanese and Russian fleet. If he only attacked from one side, then the Japanese and Russian fleet would have a lot of room for escape. Although in this way, his own troops were dispersed, but it would be no problem to have 5 modern warships escort formations.

After understanding this, Shang Jinfeng did not hesitate and immediately ordered the Yueyang ship to lead the armored cruiser squadron, the second cruiser squadron, the fourth cruiser squadron, the third destroyer squadron, and the fourth destroyer squadron at the fastest speed to reach the north of the current Russian-Japanese battlefield and merge with the Sanya ship. These five squadrons were all newly built warships, with the slowest speed reaching 22 knots, so they had enough speed to reach the north of the battlefield in about 2 hours. This formed a pincer attack on the Japanese and Russian fleet.

After receiving the order, Wang Hailong immediately led the five squadrons assigned to him and quickly increased the speed to 21 knots.

After the Yueyang ship led the fleet, Shang Jinfeng ordered the remaining five squadrons to be ordered to head the battleship squadron to head to the battlefield. At the same time, he ordered the release of two drones to replace the two drones that had almost exhausted fuel.

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Hirahachiro Togo held the lever with his hand, watching the smoke filled the sea with fire everywhere, breathing a long breath. When this naval battle came to this point, the United Fleet was sure to win, but it was just a matter of the size of the battle. Moreover, no warship itself was sunk, and there was not even a severe blow. Therefore, this would be a more powerful and brilliant victory than the Dadonggou naval battle, and he would be famous for this battle forever.

It turned out that the second team of the Joint Fleet arrived at about 3,000 meters in the front of the Russian fleet at 4:20, and immediately turned right and cut across the "t" head of the Russian fleet. The first team also chased after the Russian fleet and attacked the warships at the tail of the Russian fleet on the left and right back of the Russian fleet. The cruiser teams such as the 3rd, 4, 5, and 6th teams attacked the Russian fleet in turn from left to right.

At this time, the Russian fleet finally couldn't support it and scattered into several fleets, fleeing in various places, but none of them fled to the north anymore. The joint fleet took advantage of the fierce attack on the Russian fleet.

At 5:10, Hirahachiro Togo received a report confirming that the joint fleet had sunk the battleship Duke Suvorov, Alexander III, Osliyabia, destroyer Ural, transport ship Ruth, repair ship Kamchaska, and captured two hospital ships Aruel and Castrom.

In the joint fleet, the main warships suffered heavy damage were Mikasa who was hit 28 rounds; Fuji was hit 10 rounds; Hiroshi was hit 10 rounds; Imasa was hit 15 rounds; Imasa was hit 14 rounds; Asama was hit 11 rounds; but they were still able to continue fighting. In addition, the flagship of the third team, Kasai, was hit harder and withdrew from the battle head, and moved the flag to Chitose.

The Russian fleet is now divided into about 4 scattered fleets, with the battleships Borodino, Eagle, cruiser Oleg, Avlear and Svetrana as a team; the battleships Nicholas I, Navarlin, Admiral Aprakhin, Admiral Ushakov, and Admiral Sinyavin as a team; Admiral Nasimov, Dmitry Donskoy, Diamond, and Monomach as a team; the Pearl, Emerald, 9 destroyers, spies, and 4 transport ships, etc., scattered around the battlefield.

However, at this time the scope of the battlefield had been expanded to 20 kilometers away, and with gunpowder and sea fog, Hirahachiro Togo could not determine the position of the Russian fleet now. Although the joint fleet had won a great victory by this time, Hirahachiro Togo was in vain to wipe out the Russian fleet. So he ordered the 1st and 2nd teams to remain in place for the time being and to be repaired, which could also prevent the Russian fleet from fleeing north, while the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th teams, and the destroyer teams, went separately to find the movements of the Russian fleet.

The battlefield is now in a trend of fragmentation, so Hirahachiro Togo is also considering whether to divide the 1st and 2nd teams into 4 teams and go to the battlefield to attack the Russian fleet.

In the battle just now, the Combined Fleet had sunk three battleships, and there were four more, and there were two new battleships Borodino and Eagle, that is, these four battleships could pose a threat to the Combined Fleet. Because if these four battleships gathered together, even the 2nd Team would not have the confidence to win, because the Combined Fleet now has only four battleships, Mikasa, Shikishima, Hiroshima, and Fuji. Among them, Fuji is a battleship that is a generation behind, and the turret of the main gun must be returned to a position parallel to the hull to fill the shells.

Hirahachiro Togo was also urgently calculating the strength comparison between the two sides. If the battleships of both sides were 4-to-4, the combined fleet could certainly win, and they would not have too much damage. Even Mikasa, Shikishima, and Hirakiri were 3-to-4, and the winning side was more than 60%, but they would definitely have certain damage, and it would be impossible to say how much damage was. If they changed to another Fuji, they could win, but Hirahachiro Togo could not guarantee that they would not have any damage, which would cause losses to a battleship; if only two battleships went to fight, they would be at most both sides.

But now Japan cannot withstand the losses of battleships. After all, after annihilation of the Russian fleet, the joint fleet must have enough strength to restrain the People's Army Navy of the East China government. Although Japan has ordered two more powerful battleships from Britain, it can only be delivered until 1906. With the training and trial sailing time, it will not be able to form combat effectiveness until at least mid-1906, and the distant water will not quench the nearest thirst. Therefore, none of these four battleships are missing at present. From this point of combat, none of the warships in the joint fleet has been sunk. If 1 or 2 main warships are lost when they are sure to win, it will be really not worth the loss.

Now I can only wait until I find the Russian fleet and then decide if I can allocate the fleet. After all, after the fierce battle just now, the chances of the four Russian battleships gathered together are not high. When Hirahachiro Togo was thinking, he heard footsteps and turned to see that Kato Tosaburo and Akiyama Maino climbed the bridge.

Hirahachiro Togo frowned slightly, but said nothing. After all, it was time for the war to be suspended, so it was not a big deal for them to come to the bridge. In fact, it was a resumption of war, so there was no need to worry too much, because the Russian fleet no longer had any resistance. As long as the joint fleet did not make mistakes.

Before boarding the bridge, Kato Tomosabuki said, "Mr. Commander, we won and won the battle. This is the Battle of Fatgara in Japan."

Togo Hirahachiro's face was still normal, and he said, "Chief of Staff, it's too early to say victory now. We just have a little upper hand. To win this battle, we need more efforts."

Tomosaburo Kato came to Hirahachiro Togo and said, "Commander, I think victory is already in our pocket."

Akiyama Mano behind him was also very serious and said, "Although the battle is not over yet, I think victory is already tightly in our hands."

Hirahachiro Togo said without comment: "Although we have severely damaged the Russian fleet, we cannot relax now, because the Russian fleet still has a large number of warships, and we must not let them escape. You are here just in time, and I am just about to discuss with you how to arrange the battle behind."
Chapter completed!