The Republic of Heroes

Almost at the same time, the lookout sailor pulled the alarm switch beside him, and the sharp siren echoed over the Suidong. Wu Xiaoliang was awakened by the siren, turned over and continued to sleep, but suddenly jumped up a second later, fully dressed Go straight to the command room.

The high-level officers of the whole ship rushed to the command room almost at the same time, Wu Xiaoliang had a bad feeling that this time it might not be a false alarm like in the daytime.Petrov raised his binoculars and looked at the still dark sea in the distance. Only the sky was gray and white, indicating that the sky was turning from dark to bright.

At this moment, they couldn't see the opponent's ship, so they should be far away, but just judging by the black clouds billowing in the sky, it can be judged that this is definitely not a civilian ship, and the tonnage is definitely above [-] tons, and there are more than one ship.

Wu Xiaoliang judged from Petrov's gloomy face that the situation should be very pessimistic, so he asked:

"How? Is it an enemy ship?"

Petrov nodded heavily: "It is most likely a Japanese warship."

Wu Xiaoliang felt dizzy for a while. He learned from Malinovsky's help telegram that there were two battleships in the Japanese fleet. Could it be that they came south to intercept the news?The situation was critical. Tens of thousands of people in the Second Division of the Suidong Army loaded three transport ships, and they had to evacuate and land immediately. Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered the transmitter.

"Give power to the three transport ships, inform them of the encounter with Japanese warships, and order them to land immediately without delay."

Then, he turned his head and said to Petrov: "Cover the landing of the second division. Once the landing is complete, retreat immediately and return to Vladivostok."

Wu Xiaoliang's order deeply hurt Petrov's self-esteem as the elite of the former imperial navy, but judging from the current situation, even if he wanted to withdraw, if he didn't fight high and low, the enemy fleet might not let him go. He ran away.

Now we can only hope that the opponent's warship is driven by an old-fashioned reciprocating steam engine and has a low speed. The Suidong can leave the battlefield with high mobility.At the same time, the transport ship began to turn around and drove towards the coastline at full speed.

Half an hour later, the chimney that was billowing black smoke finally reached the sea level, and gradually the whole picture was revealed. It was a battleship armed to the teeth, and soon followed by a battleship that was slightly smaller. Black smoke billowed from the sky, and the ferocious Japanese navy sun flag on the mainmast fluttered in the wind.

No matter how unavoidable the battle was, Petrov immediately ordered the Suidong ship to turn the rudder to the left at full power. The hull quickly deviated from the established channel, but the steering did not stop. The circle is heading south where it came from.

Wu Xiaoliang discovered this situation. He knew nothing about naval battles. He wanted to sit and watch the battle, but he saw Petrov turn the battleship and wanted to escape from the battlefield. Catch up and destroy.

Unexpectedly, before Wu Xiaoliang opened his mouth to question, the hull continued to turn around a semi-circle and sailed from west to east. He was puzzled, what kind of tactic Petrov is using?But he has at least made sure that this is by no means an escape.Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance apologetically at this Russian bearded man with piercing eyes.

At this time, two Japanese warships suddenly appeared on the coastline, and soon they found the Suidong flying the flag of the Japanese Navy, and were puzzled by its strange movements, and played the signal light for inquiry.Petrov kept observing the actions of the enemy warships with his eyes, and ignored the Japanese army's inquiries.So far, their reactions had been as expected.So now we must race against the clock to complete tactical actions when they enter the range of the 305mm main gun.

As time passed, the Japanese warship finally appeared clearly in the field of vision of the telescope. Petrov immediately judged that the lead ship was the Suidong ship, the sister ship of the Hanoi, the Settsu. Jin changed the vertical bow experimentally to a flying shear bow.Looking at the slightly smaller warship behind, Petrov's heart skipped a beat. Isn't this the Japanese Pacific Fleet flagship Mikasa?

His ship was sunk by the battleship Mikasa, so after more than ten years, he can still recognize this "enemy" at a glance.However, Petrov still mistook the "person". The ship that was exactly the same as the Mikasa was its sister ship, the Asahi battleship.

The ranging tower in the command room quickly sent back information that the other party had sailed within 305 kilometers of the Suidong ship, reaching the maximum firing range of the [-]mm main gun.

"Shift to starboard, turn...all turrets turned to starboard, ready to fire..."

Following Petrov's proficient issuing of a series of orders, the hull of the Suidong ship slanted, and a circle was drawn from east to west on the sea surface. At this point, it formed a big S shape as before, and the whole ship moved westward. drive away.

When passing the vertical line of Settsu's bow, Petrov finally ordered: "All turrets on the starboard side, listen to my order and fire!"

As soon as the words fell, Wu Xiaoliang felt that the entire ship trembled violently like never before, and then the deafening gunfire continued, and flames and smoke filled half of the sky on the starboard side.

Eight 8mm shells fell on the screen around the two Japanese warships and exploded, stirring up eight huge water columns.The battleship Setjin was the first to react, but his fighting posture was extremely unfavorable. The bow of the ship was facing the starboard side of the Suidong ship, so he could only have three turrets and six guns fired at the same time.

As a retaliatory response, Settsu's six 305mm naval guns also fired in unison after 1 minute, but they also fell through, and aroused six tall water columns.

In naval battles, it is extremely rare for the first shell to hit the target. Due to various factors, the setting of shooting parameters is not accurate. In most cases, the first shell is used to correct the impact point of the second shell.

While Petrov was anxiously waiting for the message that the turret had finished reloading, the battleship Settsu opened fire again. At this moment, the advantage of the well-trained Japanese sailors was fully revealed, so they attacked later, and the Suidong Army sailors took the ammunition first. Loaded and fired first.But once again all six 305mm shells missed.

Petrov heard the sound of the explosion, and the hull did not tremble at all. He knew that none of the opponents had hit.At this time, the sound of reports of the completion of loading came from the microphone one after another.The corner of his mouth turned up, and he snorted coldly: "All the turrets on the starboard side fire!"

After the order was issued, eight guns fired in salvo. After the flames and gunpowder smoke dispersed, Petrov clearly saw that the Settsu was intact. Our own side will fall into an extremely passive disadvantaged situation, and will face the simultaneous attack of two 305 mm caliber naval guns of the Asahi ship and eight 305 mm caliber naval guns of the Settsu ship at the same time!