The evening sun sets westward, and the light is brilliant. A column formed by the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet has been completely reflected in Makarov's eyes. From a distance, it looks like a giant snake that chooses people and eats. The snake trusts can vent and emit a fatal blow at any time.

Lipatov's whole body was frozen, frightened and angry, full of resentment and reluctance, "After 4 days of voyage, we were about to be ready to bypass the Japanese archipelago, but we met the main force of the Japanese fleet here. Could it be that these Japanese people are super-powered humans who can predict the future? How did they know that we are in this sea area?"

Makarov sighed and said, "They must have guessed that I would choose Vladivostok as the final destination to return. They made very careful preparations in advance to find our fleet on this vast ocean. I really didn't expect that these two turn maneuvers, which were completely different from the conventional ideas, were actually discovered by the other party. I don't know whether it was a blessing or a misfortune to be able to play with such an enemy. Unfortunately, I was dragged down by the transport fleet and could only sail slowly at a speed of 10 knots. Otherwise, even if the Japanese knew that I would go to Vladivostok, I would not be able to be caught by them!"

"General, what should we do now?" Lipatov asked uneasily.

"The only thing that is thankful is that I ordered the transport fleet to retreat to the depths of the northeast ocean four hours ago, and now it has been 100 nautical miles away from us; if nothing unexpected happens, they can safely spend the days before sunset. And all we should do is to drag the Japanese fleet as much as possible to win the opportunity for the transport fleet to escape safely." Makarov held the military cap on his head, which was blown by the wind, and whispered, "Petropavlovsk and Poltava have passed the first four days of rapid march,

The boiler water pipe has accumulated a lot of scale; with the speed of only barely reaching 15.5 knots, it is impossible for the Japanese fleet to run over 18 knots. Only now can I fight with the Japanese first, and then find a way to get out of my current situation when it gets dark. Tell Borodino and all the personnel on the Emperor that they are veterans who have served for many years from other warships, with rich experience, and now it is necessary to give me the maximum power of these two battleships. The survival and safety of the entire fleet depends entirely on their next performance!”

Mechanical neighing, coal smoke rolling, gray-black steel warships crushed the waves and moved forward rapidly on the ups and downs. During this period, the Japanese fleet tried many times to use the advantage of speed to implement the T-shaped tactic proposed by Akiyama Masao to seize the horizontal head of the Russian queue, but they were easily resolved by Makarov's beautiful turn at the right time. After many speed increases and decreases and dazzling steering entanglements, the distance between the two sides has unknowingly narrowed to 10,000 yards.

Within 9140 meters, at this distance, each warship was almost clearly visible. Looking at the Russian fleet that was slowly turning and preparing to seize his T-shaped head, Dongxiang almost didn't think about it, and immediately reported the direction and speed needed to avoid the movement to the messenger. Feeling the floor under his feet being slightly off-level, Dongxiang's mouth curled up a playful smile and murmured: "Do you think there will be a chance of success when using this trick in front of me?"

The pointer sounded slightly and ticked crisply. The fleets of both sides were getting closer and closer in an almost parallel state. In a short while, they reached the critical point of 6,000 yards. Dongxiang turned slowly, and was preparing to issue a fire order with great enthusiasm. A dazzling sunlight tilted into the window of the command tower without any warning, and directly projected on his face. Dongxiang was stunned for several seconds in place, his pupils contracted violently, and then let out a scream that shocked the entire command tower:

"Fight in West Malaysia!"

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"Boom!"

Accompanied by a series of earth-shaking thunders, all the 305mm cannons in the Russian battleship rushed out of the wild purple waves as strong as mountains. From a distance, they looked like countless red and bright blood-colored chrysanthemums bloomed in the air. The 331.7kg shell weighing 305mm was like a red dragon coming out of the sea, crossing the sky, and roaring into the ocean around the Japanese warship with a thunderous force, stirring up the rolling waves of more than ten meters high. Looking at the huge white water column that collapsed not far from the window, East

The two fists were clenched, and their fingernails were deeply embedded in their palms. During the series of turning and entanglements that both sides had just carried out, Makarov was still able to see the fire in the overall situation, and without knowing it, he actually led himself to an angle directed by the sunlight. At this time, the sunset was setting on the side of the Russian fleet, allowing them to successfully use the rangefinder to observe and aim at them; but the gunners on their side were dazzled by the dazzling sunlight and could not perform any effective counterattack!

"Don't be confused! The Russian fleet is still 6,000 yards away from us, and the hit rate at this distance is impossible! I passed the order, and the fleet turned right and increased its speed directly to 18 knots, quickly avoiding the direct sunlight; at the same time, the lightning strike fleet immediately attacked and went to cast torpedoes on the Russian fleet." Dongxiang's brain turned sharply, calmed down from his panic, and issued a series of orders to the adjutant, "As long as we can hold on for the next 30 minutes, we can quickly narrow the distance with the Luguo fleet and complete the direct sunlight avoidance; at that time, the final winner must be my Great Japanese Empire!"

Thunder and lightning danced wildly. Amid the sound of artillery fire of the Russian fleet, as many as 16 Japanese torpedo boats suddenly emerged from the gaps of the battleship fleet, like a large group of wolves and pigs running wild dogs; 4 large sea dragon-class lightning strike ships with a displacement of more than 31 knots led the lightning strike fleet to take the lead at a speed of more than 31 knots, launching a resolute charge against the Russian fleet. After releasing these sharp blades hidden in the cuffs, the Japanese main battleship team began to accelerate rapidly one by one, and braved the dense shells that rushed towards the face quickly. Looking at the huge water columns rising from time to time and the dazzling and dazzling bright light, Donggo's face looked as fierce as a ghost, and gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Even if my life is burned out today, I will wipe out the Russian fleet and get rid of Makarov!"

On the ocean surface that stretched for several nautical miles, artillery fire roared and smoke covered the air. Japan's 16 torpedo boats and Russia's 8 lightning strike ships were mixed together within a few minutes; both sides had a tacit understanding and did not shoot precious torpedo boats at the opponent's torpedo boats, but used several small cannons on the ship to make rapid attacks. As the artillery platform and targets were maneuvering quickly, the battle between the torpedo boats did not make much hits. Instead, the secondary guns in the Russian main fleet, which were far away, gave their number of lightning strike teams with insufficient support. The 152mm and 76mm secondary guns on the side of the 10 battleships were spitting out fiery red shells at the highest rate of fire. Since the Russian team was a stable firepower platform and the projection density was sufficient, they quickly achieved the first-blooded result in this battle.

"Boom!" Accompanied by the long roar of the double-mounted secondary gun on the side of the Prince's side, a 41.4kg 152mm shell weighing spiraled out of the barrel and rushed out, dripping through the air with a dazzling fiery red arc, suddenly hitting a Japanese torpedo boat numbered 444, and exploded. Although the charge in the Russian shell was a small-powered cotton gunpowder rather than a picy sour, the power of the 2.7kg dynamite burst was obviously not like this.

What a 9-ton torpedo boat could withstand; the entire bow turned into thousands of pieces under this thunder strike, and disappeared into the sea after only 2 minutes. At the same time, another Japanese torpedo boat was also caught in the near-lose bomb. The sea water poured in with the gap cut by shrapnel, and the speed of the warship suddenly decreased sharply; the surrounding Russian warships naturally did not miss the opportunity to hit the dog in pain, and several shells flew over and turned it into a floating fire ball.

"Transfer, our battleship only needs to use secondary guns and rapid-fire guns to deal with Japanese torpedo boats. The 305mm and 254mm main guns will continue to aim at the Japanese main warships, and then fight hard! You must deal enough damage in this time period that is beneficial to our army!" In the thunderous roar of four 305mm heavy artillery, Makarov of the commander Tari was making a loud order to the officers under his command. Seeing that his tactics were successful, Makarov still had no expression of excitement on his face, but instead his anxiety and expectation flashed repeatedly in his eyes. Since he knew that his fleet was a paper tiger that could not last, in order to survive this disaster, he had to beat the strength of the Japanese fleet to a level that was enough to allow him to deal with it calmly!

"Damn Borodino and the Emperor, why haven't they hit it yet with so many artillery? Did the four German Zeiss rangefinders on them be inserted into Pi's eyes as massage sticks?" Looking at the unscathed Hatsuse and Mikasa in the opposite fleet, Makarov threw the telescope on the table in anger and roared in a loud voice, "Masimov and Leviko, two idiots, have trained such a group of pig gunners in the past three months. It's a big deal for me. I should have killed them and fed them to bear!"

Seeing that the fleet commander who had always been calm and majestic usually left wildly, the people in the commander tower looked at each other and saw a look of surprise from each other's eyes. Seeing that everyone was looking at him with a ghost expression, Makarov took a deep breath and forced himself to return to normal instantly. In order to ensure the morale of the military, the truth of some things could only be kept in his heart and never explained it to others. The three Perry West second-class battleships themselves were greatly overweight when they were designed, and now the main armor was only exposed to the water surface 0.25 meters due to the large load of coal, which was simply a battle cock in garbage. Once the Japanese fleet recovered, they would be a life-threatening situation to welcome them and the entire fleet!

"General, they hit!" Lipatov turned his eyes out the window and suddenly said loudly with joy.
Chapter completed!