On May 27, 1905, the Fuso armed merchant ship "Shino Maru" discovered a medical ship in the Russian fleet. Although the Tsarist Russian 2nd Squadron ordered the implementation of light control, the medical ship ignored the order and was discovered by Japanese ships because of its brilliant lights.

News comes

The Fuso Combined Fleet was instantly boiling, and under the order of the fleet commander General Hirahachiro Togo, the commander of the fleet, adjusted his course and quietly followed him.

The 3, 4, 5, 6 of the joint fleet were concentrated in the direction of discovering the Russian fleet under the leadership of Lieutenant General Idea Shigeo, Lieutenant General Kawaso Fuyoshi, Lieutenant General Kataoka Shirouji and Major General Togo Masajima.

On the Japanese Mikasa battleship anchored in the bay of the town, Hirahachiro Togo ordered the entire army to be dispatched, and a huge net covering the sky was surrounded in the target direction.

About 5:00 am

Taking into account the faint morning light, the "Shino" armed merchant ship sent the second telegram; only eight large cruisers of the suspected cruiser-class (6 military auxiliary ships plus two hospital ships) and three suspected small and medium-sized destroyers targets were found, and no traces of other large Tsarist Russian fleets were found on the nearby sea.

Because the light is dim, it can only be roughly judged based on the shadows on the sea surface of the ship, so it is impossible to tell whether it is a combat ship or a military auxiliary ship.

But such news was like a basin of cold water, which made Navy General Hirahachiro Togo feel cold. This fleet of 11 ships is definitely not the main force of the Tsarist Russian Second Pacific Fleet and Third Pacific Fleet with a total of more than 60 ships, but just a squadron.

So, where is the main force of the Tsarist Russian fleet?

The old Japanese Admiral Hirahachiro's face was so gloomy that water could drip out of his face, and his dry and wrinkled old face gave an order like an old melon;

"Eight squares, the Fifth Team immediately dispatched a fast ship to expand the search and patrol range. We must find the traces of the Tsarist Russian fleet. Please work together. Other teams are on standby."

"Hiyi."

A command

The cruiser to which the fifth team in the Japanese joint fleet belonged to the destroyer immediately scattered, thick smoke came out of the chimney of the warship, and the steam engine activated the steel hull to travel at a high speed, chasing towards the Tsarist Russian fleet.

Every minute and every second of the waiting time is torment, and the news coming from the front is even more frustrating. After dawn, the Japanese search fleet found that taking advantage of the night, it was a small Tsarist Russian fleet composed of three destroyers and some military auxiliary ships.

This discovery almost made the Navy General Hirahachiro Togo flash a little, and his old face changed color due to extreme anger, so he ordered, "Everything will be sunk."

At this time, on the turbulent sea, the Tsarist Russian Diamond, Pearl and Svetrana destroyers had discovered something wrong. The Japanese warship, which was overwhelmingly black, rushed towards them like a top of the top of the mountain, which scared them so much that they flew away and immediately accelerated to escape.

As for those slow-moving hospital ships and military auxiliary ships, they knew they could not escape the poison, so they raised the white flags and surrendered.

The Japanese warships who were fooled were red in their eyes. They ignored the fact that the Tsarist Russian military auxiliary ship had surrendered and quickly sank one ship after another, including the Tsarist Russian hospital ship that was having fun in time, were torn apart by the fierce artillery fire of the Japanese side and sank into the cold ocean in a howling pain.

In the northern waters of Tsuima Strait

The three Tsarist Russian destroyers, Diamond, Pearl and Svetrana, ran wildly. Behind them were a large number of Japanese destroyers chasing at high speed. They started chasing like wolves driving away rabbits, and they were comforted by the spectacular moment.

By around 11:00 am

After more than two hours of sea pursuit, the Pearl and Svetrana destroyers were torn to pieces by the pursued Japanese ship artillery. Only the Diamond escaped at high speed with the fog on the sea surface and finally saved his life.

At this time, a dilemma was set in front of the General Hirahachiro Togo; should he continue to guard Tsuma Strait or lead the main force of the fleet to head north immediately?

This small fleet may be the bait released by the main force of the Tsarist Russian fleet. In his judgment, the main force of the Tsarist Russian fleet has only two possibilities;

One is that it is still wandering somewhere south of the Tsushima Strait, and the Japanese side has sent a large number of ships to search, which is unlikely.

The Yellow Sea area south of the Tsuma Strait is large or large. It is easy to reveal traces when Japanese ships search with all their strength. Then, the Tsarist Russian fleet will face an extremely dangerous situation.

As long as the Fusang Combined Fleet firmly controls the bottleneck of the Tsuma Strait, the main fleet of Tsarist Russia is like a turtle in a jar. From common sense, no naval general dares to take such a risk.

But then again, this possibility still exists.

Another situation is that the main force of the Tsarist Russian fleet flew a shot and took the method of cutting off the tail to survive. The main force went north at full speed through the Pacific Ocean east of the Fuso Islands, and is expected to break through the Zonggu Strait by night today.

At this time, the main force of the Japanese joint fleet was still hovering near the Tsushima Strait. If the destroyer fleet headed north at high speed, it would still be possible to intercept the main force of the Tsarist Russian fleet, but the slower first and second teams composed of the main battleships would definitely not be able to catch up.

Even if the general Hirahachiro of Togo was arrogant, he would not dare to send the destroyer team under the joint fleet to the main Tsarist Russian fleet. Both sides were not of the same level of warships. If they were sent, they would be like meat buns to beat dogs. There would be no return.

Now that time has come, then only the last alternative can be adopted;

That is, all the fleet members head north and set up blockades in the seas outside Vladivostok Port, which is closer to Tsushima Strait, to prevent the main force of the Tsarist Russian fleet from escaping into the port fortress to escape.

May 27, 1905 at 11:47 am

The General Hirahachiro Togo, who was thinking repeatedly, was so angry that he could only stomp his feet and led the joint fleet to quickly head north, laying a blockade line in the seas outside Vladivostok Port, and waiting for the main Tsarist Russian fleet to break in.

On the night of May 28

Lieutenant General Rogerstevensky led the main Tsarist Russian fleet to break through the Zonggu Strait. Although traces were found by Japanese cruisers, facing this huge Tsarist Russian fleet, the Japanese cruiser could only follow from a distance and dared not get close. He watched the other party sway through the Zonggu Strait with great swagger, and was so angry that his eyes were about to break.

After breaking through the blockade of the Zonggu Strait, after the Tsarist Russian fleet entered the Tatar Sea, it was like birds returning to the forest and fish entering the sea. It would be difficult to find the traces of the fleet.

At this time, the situation became extremely unfavorable to the Japanese joint fleet.

Of course, some people are happy and some are worried, and anyone with discerning eyes can see it;

In the vast Tatar Sea surrounded by the Far East and the Fuso Islands (the Japanese-Moto Sea is blocked, and this is temporarily used instead), there are many options for the Tsarist Russian fleet. The mainland coast from Sakhalin Island to Vladivostok is more than 2,000 kilometers, all belong to Tsarist Russia's territory and have more than 10 small and medium-sized ports.

The disadvantages are also obvious; these ports are mainly civil ports and fishing ports, and stand in remote and cold areas, with sparse population and extremely shortage of supplies, do not have the capacity to replenish large fleets, and it is even more impossible to provide a safe shelter port for the Tsarist Russian fleet.

But now the situation is reversed and the initiative is on the side of the Tsarist Russian fleet, which is undoubtedly the case.

If the Fusang Combined Fleet blockade line is taken advantage of the night, the Tsarist Russian fleet has a high chance of escaping into Vladivostok port, being protected by the shore artillery fortress group, and successfully escape from danger.

Butterflies in the Amazon rainforest flapped their wings and formed a hurricane in the middle of the Pacific one month later...

In the original history

On May 27, the Fuso Combined Fleet discovered and successfully intercepted the Tsarist Russian Expeditionary Fleet in the Tsuma Strait and launched a one-sided advantageous naval battle. 21 of 38 Russian warships were sunk, 7 were captured, 6 were detained by neutral countries, and 3 were returned to the port. A total of 270,000 tons of ships were lost, 4,830 people were killed, and 6,106 were captured.

The Japanese army lost only three torpedo boats, with a displacement of less than 300 tons, 117 people were killed and 583 injured, and the Fusang Kingdom achieved an unprecedented victory.

It is worth mentioning that the Fusans consumed more than half of the ammunition during pre-war training, and brought a catastrophe to the Tsarist Russian fleet with precise artillery. Although they did not achieve the effect of "every shot must be won", they did indeed become one of the world's naval leading ranks with accurate artillery techniques, which amazed the British.

No one knows that because of the three orange pennants flying by the "Huayue" that were originally turned a little bit, but now everything is different.

At around 1:00 am on June 1st

Four days after the Tsarist Russian fleet broke through the Songgu Strait, the offshore area 27 nautical miles away from Vladivostok Port, the Fuso "Rijinmaru" armed merchant ship, responsible for searching, collided head-on with the Tsarist Russian fleet that had been secretly touched. When the two sides discovered that the distance was only 4 chains, they almost collided head-on.

The armed merchant ship of Fusang, the Rijinmaru, immediately fired more than 10 signal flares, and the signal flares that rose into the sky exposed a large number of black ship formations. The Rijinmaru sent out a critical radio telegram at the first time. Just 4 minutes later, it was torn to pieces in the Russian ship's artillery fire.

An unexpected night battle broke out suddenly

Faced with the Fuso Combined Fleet that was rushing up fiercely, the commander of the Russian fleet, Roger Stevensky, was confused at the critical moment, staring with his blood-red eyes, and ordered the fleet to prepare for the battle. He ordered the formation to change to facilitate the battle, and ordered the main battleship first and second teams to accelerate to 11 knots and sail to another column to cover other warships to break into Vladivostok Port in the dark.

Since the other ship column was not ordered to slow down at the same time, and the soldiers were not at a high level of control, the formation of the entire Russian fleet fell into chaos.

After 40 minutes

Japan, Russia and Russia approached 10 nautical miles, while the Russian fleet has not yet restored the chaotic formation and is still adjusting its formation in the chaos.

At 1:55 a.m., Hirahachiro Togo imitated Nelson during the Battle of Trafalgar and sent a signal that "the resurgence and destruction of the imperial kingdom is here, and each member strives to work hard", encouraging all members to fight bloody battles and strive to win the final victory.

At this moment, no one could retreat. One step back was the abyss. He could only fight with his blood-red eyes, using artillery fire and blood to verify the quality of the navy.
Chapter completed!