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Chapter 493 Attack on Vladivostok (2)

On September 6, 1905, the Vladivostok Expeditionary Force officially launched a battle to attack Vladivostok.

Of course, this time, the Vladivostok Expeditionary Force set out in two parts. The vanguard was the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Marine Corps and two self-propelled artillery. The warships dispatched were the Kunming ships as flagships, the battleships Far Ocean, the Layang, the Weiyang, the protective cruisers Haike, the Haidi, the Hainuo, the First Destroyer Squadron, and 6 landing ships, and 6 transport ships.

The other troops will be assembled and set off until three days later, with the Xiangyang ship as the flagship, including the armored cruisers Tuohai, Kaihai, protective cruisers Haipa, Haishi, the second destroyer squadron, and 20 ships for transport. The newly-entered armored trains will be dispatched with this fleet.

The fleet commander is Han Chao, the deputy captain of the Kunming ship. This is because the former captain of the Kunming ship Shang Jinfeng is now the Minister of the Navy. Of course, it is impossible to command the battle with the ship. He can only be represented by the deputy captain, while the deputy commander is the captain of the Xiangyang ship*. The original Zhenyuan-class ironclad ships of the Marine Corps did not participate in this operation because the ship was too old and the speed was too slow.

If the vanguard successfully captures Vladivostok, the rear fleet will accelerate its advance and arrive at Vladivostok to join the vanguard to prepare for subsequent battles. If the vanguard's attack is not smooth, the rear fleet will immediately return to the vanguard, stop at the Port of Lushun, and participate in the battle to attack Chenyang.

Luo Yue boarded the Kunming ship and led the fleet to leave Qingdao Port at a speed of 12 knots. He first drove southeast, turned northeast near Jeju Island, and entered the Tsushima Strait. Now Jeju Island has become the frontier base of the People's Army Navy, and various facilities are being built on the island. When the fleet passed through Jeju Island, it would greet the whistle like the garrison on the island.

Since the Russian Far East Navy was completely destroyed at this time, the Japanese joint fleet was also severely damaged, and the war continued and there was no merchant ship traveling. Therefore, after the fleet passed through Jeju Island, they only saw the cruise People's Navy warships along the way, but did not encounter other ships. Although after the Battle of Tsuma, in addition to supporting the landing in Lushun, the People's Navy did not fight in the same way, the navy's mission was not easy. As small and medium-sized ships closely blocked the Tsuma Strait and the coastline of the Korean Peninsula, cutting off the logistics supply of the Japanese army on the Korean Peninsula, the navy was also extremely busy.

After passing through the Tsushima Strait and entering the Sea of ​​Japan, the fleet then headed north until the Vladivostok sea area. The entire journey took 5 days.

After arriving at the Vladivostok waters, the fleet anchored in the waters of the Limsky Gosakov Islands about 70 kilometers southwest of Vladivostok, waiting to launch another attack in the early morning of the next day. This is also to maximize the technological advantages of the People's Army.

At this time, Russia was still anchoring two warships in the port of Vladivostok, the armored cruiser Gromobowi and the protective cruiser Warrior. During the Russo-Japanese War, these two warships and another armored cruiser Liurik formed the Vladivostok squadron to break the battle against Japan and achieved good results. However, they were later besieged by six armored cruisers from the 2nd Team of the Japanese Combined Fleet. Liurik was sunk, Gromobowi and the Warrior were injured, and fled back to the port of Vladivostok.

Due to the limited facilities in Vladivostok, these two injured warships cannot be repaired. Therefore, the Gromobowi and Warriors can only be parked in the port and cannot sail. In addition to these two large warships, Vladivostok only has a few small destroyers of 1,200 tons, and can only go out to sea for routine inspections every day. Of course, the Russian army never thought that the People's Army would sail more than 2,000 kilometers to attack Vladivostok.

At 12 a.m., the fleet set sail again and drove towards Vladivostok at a speed of 10 knots. After about 3 hours, it reached about 30 kilometers southeast of Vladivostok. At this time, the Kunming ship and the First Destroyer Squadron and the transport ships were parked on the sea surface. The battleships Ocean, Layang, Weiyang, protective cruisers Haike, Haidi, Hainuo and six landing ships continued to drive towards Vladivostok.

The Kunming ship has become busy. The carrier-based helicopter took off for the first time. First, it scanned Vladivostok. Although six months ago, Luo Yue personally led the team to conduct on-site surveys of Vladivostok and recorded the main facilities and targets, no one can guarantee that the arrangement of Vladivostok will not change in the past six months, so it is necessary to verify. In addition, the helicopters must cooperate with sea and air radar to guide in the air, determine the location to attack, and at the same time navigate the warships heading towards Vladivostok and provide shelling parameters.

Vladivostok's defense is integrated with Fuller Island (i.e., Russian Island), so the attack on Vladivostok must be carried out simultaneously on Vladivostok and Fuller Island. This time, the People's Army is preparing to use the Hawk Strike 100* on the Kunming ship, first to destroy several key forts in Vladivostok and Fuller Island, and then the three battleships, the Ocean, the Yang and Weiyang, were shelled. The attack and shelling were carried out at night before dawn, and after dawn, landing operations were carried out. The entire combat plan was actually not complicated, but in this era, only the People's Army could complete this combat plan.

About an hour later, it was almost 5 a.m. Since the dimensions here are high, it was early, and in a while, the sky would be bright. The helicopter had already completed the scanning of Vladivostok and Fuller Island, and basically did not change from half a year ago, so it also locked the target of the attack. At this time, the three battleships had reached about 12 kilometers southeast of Vladivostok and Fuller Island, and the firing units were determined according to the parameters provided by the Kunming ship, and filled shells, and could fire bombardment at any time; three protective cruisers and six landing ships were towed back 3 kilometers. However, since it was not dawn at this time, the Russian army was completely unaware of this.

In the command room of the Kunming ship, the final preparations for the * launch have been completed, and the launch can be launched just by order. So the captain Han Chao said: "Commander Luo, can you start?"

Luo Yue nodded and said, "Let's start."

Han Chao said: "Okay, Eagle Strike 100* Preparation, Target No. 1, Launch."

"Eagle strikes 100*, target No. 1, start launching!"

"The launch manhole cover opens!"

"*ignition."

"emission!"

At the rear of the Kunming ship, a large amount of flame suddenly ejected from the deck. A huge * rose from the launch silo and flew into the sky with a bright orange tail flame. At that moment, the gushing tail flames shone brightly on the sea surface of thousands of meters nearby.

The Eagle Strike 100* is a sea-air-firing ultra-long-range anti-ship to the ground* developed by China on the basis of the Longjian 10 land-based*. It has a maximum range of 800 kilometers and a warhead weighs 500 kilograms. It can attack sea-to-land targets. It is called the Chinese version of the "Tomahawk". It is said that an Eagle Strike 100* can severely damage an aircraft carrier and is also the strongest weapon equipped by the Kunming ship. The Kunming ship has a total of 8 Eagle Strike 100*, and it has never been used in previous battles.

In fact, although the Kunming ship has a high level of technical informatization in the old time and space, it is subject to the ship tonnage. After all, it is only 7,000-7,500 tons full load, which can only be regarded as a medium-sized destroyer, and there are only 64 vertical wells. Therefore, it is equipped with ultra-long-range anti-ship to the ground* similar to the Tomahawk level, which is quite like a small ship carrying cannons. Of course, this is mainly for technical accumulation and verification, and is prepared for the subsequent ship types of Kunming ships and the large destroyer 055. But in this era, these 8 Eagle Strikes 100* are still invincible, and no warship can stand the attack of Eagle Strikes 100*.

The first batch of targets to be attacked were 4, one on Fuller Island, and the other three on Vladivostok, all of which were equipped with large-caliber artillery batteries by the Russian army. As long as these batteries were knocked out, the threat of the firepower of the Vladivostok defense line to the battleships was greatly weakened, and the three battleships could calmly bombard the Vladivostok defense line.

Although the Eagle Strike 100* can only cruise ships at subsonic speed, the distance of more than 30 kilometers is only a few minutes for *. Under the guidance of a helicopter, he successfully hit the target - the No. 1 Fort built in the Russian Fortress on Fuller Island, which is equipped with 2 280mm caliber heavy artillery and 2 152mm caliber* guns.

"Boom!" The huge explosion spread over more than 10 kilometers in the air, and the rising flames made the Kunming ship see very clearly.

Fuller Island, which is in a hit position, is naturally more impacted and deterred. Although the target hit is only the No. 1 Fortress, the power formed by hundreds of kilograms is extremely huge. If it is in an open area, it is enough to cover a range of hundreds of meters. The Russian Fortress is not a large fortress, which is less than 100 meters, so the entire fortress was almost hit by the explosion. Moreover, the explosion not only completely destroyed the No. 1 Fortress, but also ignited the No. 1 stored in the Fortress, forming a secondary blow. Even several other fortresses were not spared from the impact of the explosion. As a result, this * almost destroyed the entire Russian Fortress.

About one minute later, the helicopter sent the effect of the * strike back to the Kunming ship. Luo Yue, Han Chao and others did not expect that the * would be so powerful. After all, I had never used Eagle Strike 100* before. In the old time and space, only training bombs were used during training and exercises. Although other equipment was basically the same, the charge amount was reduced by half, or there was no drug. Of course, the real power of Eagle Strike 100* could not be seen.
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