Chapter 1012 The Battle Situation Changes Again
Chapter 1012 The battle situation changes again
"We seem to have won?!" Kato Nobuyoshi said seemingly calmly, but everyone nearby noticed that the Japanese lieutenant general was lighting a cigarette for himself with trembling hands. Of course, now it is definitely not fear, but excitement! Everyone here was extremely excited when they thought that the first Allied battleship to be sunk since the war started was caused by the Japanese Navy! This is so fearless. At first, he had a slight advantage in fighting the Queen in the Indian Ocean. But now, although the Fuso must have paid a huge price, he finally won the battle! This achievement is enough for himself and the Fuso to leave a mark in the history of world naval warfare! At the same time, it broke the myth that German battleships were unsinkable... Um.
The Japanese are so excited right now, but what they didn't expect is that the Austrians opposite are equally excited! From their slightly excited faces, there is no trace of the fear and helplessness before the arrival of death. Yes, the United Forces is indeed dead now, and its condition is very bad. If the Japanese fleet works hard, they can fight for a while and then let the destroyers If they come up to deal with it, there is really nothing they can do, but unfortunately, from the current point of view, the Japanese seem to be mainly licking their own wounds. Within ten minutes, it seems that they have no intention of continuing to fight for their lives, and after ten minutes , the Japanese have no chance at all!
At this time, a fleet was approaching quickly downwind of the battlefield between the two sides. It must be said that the commander of this fleet chose a very good position. Their backs were facing the fighting side of the Fuso. At the same time, due to the wind direction, Problem, a large amount of gunpowder and smoke drifted directly to the downwind direction, which directly affected the Fuso's observation. In addition, the Fuso had been inextricably fighting with the United Forces, and the Fuso also temporarily ignored this direction. What's even more terrible is that However, the Hyuga had already turned its attention to the rear and was happily beating the "little friend". Therefore, the Hinata also did not notice the intruder covered by the smoke screen!
"If we hold on for another fifteen minutes, we can bring the Japanese fleet within the attack range of the naval guns. The final winner of this battle will be us!" Count Spee wrote in a telegram to Major General Niegovan. . Yes, you read that right. At this time, the Spey fleet finally arrived on the battlefield. The battle direction between the Austro-Hungarian fleet and the Japanese fleet was originally towards the northeast, and the Spey fleet was in the east, so the two sides were traveling relative to each other. In this way, the time required for rendezvous is greatly reduced.
The fundamental reason why Negovan directly chose to fight the Japanese fleet from the beginning, in addition to his confidence in the German warships, another important factor was that there was someone behind him! No matter what the situation of the battle is, as long as we can delay the earl to the battlefield, we will definitely win! And now, the Earl's fleet is about to attack, and the battlefield will turn around in just a few minutes! Like the Japanese, when he thought that he could kill a battleship of more than 30,000 tons, the strongest battleship in the Allied Powers, for the first time, Negovan felt that the battle he just fought was not in vain!
"19,000 meters away from the target!" When an officer reported the distance between the two sides to the Earl, Earl Spee nodded slightly.
"Prepare to fight! The flagship and the Resardier deal with the Japanese flagship,
Tegelhof and Prinz Eugen deal with another Japanese warship! The fleet disperses, be sure to catch your opponent! The remaining warships are preparing to meet friendly forces, and each ship has released seaplanes. Today's smoke screen is a bit big, we need aircraft to correct it, and arrange some seaplanes and destroyers for reconnaissance. I feel that the French fleet should also be on the way! ” Count Spee ordered.
Although he was caught off guard this time, the count analyzed all possible situations with his staff within an hour, and then made a plan. Now, winning or losing on the battlefield is far from a question. Once in place, the Allied fleet has used all its cards! All the navies are pressed here. It is no problem to repel or even kill the Japanese fleet, but the biggest suspense is, when will the French fleet arrive? The Mediterranean is not big to begin with, and the Eastern Mediterranean is much smaller. The count does not know when the British and Japanese fleets sent the first telegram to the French fleet, nor does he know the specific speed of the French fleet, so naturally he does not know the French fleet. When will the fleet come over?
If the French fleet had suddenly arrived before the Japanese fleet was defeated, then I would really have nothing to lose this time. The situation now is obvious. Two United Forces-class battleships cannot defeat two Fuso-class battleships. Although they cannot be called lying dead, they are at least severely damaged. The situation of the two Fuso-class battleships is not bad. Well, although it is also scarred, at least the firepower can be maintained fairly well, and the speed is relatively high. With his remaining 4 battleships fighting against the French's 3 Super Dreadnoughts and 3 Dreadnoughts, as well as the Fuso and Hyuga who didn't know when they would be free, the count felt a little tight in his heart!
Fortunately, he was already on the scene before the French fleet arrived. In a few minutes, he was able to bring the two Fuso-class battleships within the artillery range. Now, two of them will hit you! You won't be able to beat me this time, right? !
In this way, when the Japanese fleet was unprepared, the Spey fleet gave the opponent a hard blow on the back of the head!
With the issuance of a series of orders, the Spey fleet approaching at a high speed of 24 knots began to turn, and gradually adjusted its speed and direction to keep sailing opposite the Japanese fleet. According to the prior agreement, the four warships began to allocate firepower to the two Japanese ships. On the battleship, the huge gun muzzle was aimed at the sea monster from Japan in the distance under the command of the rangefinder.
18,000 meters, 17,000 meters. In order to ensure the accuracy of the attack, the Spey fleet launched the first round of bombardment only after it approached 16,000 meters! boom! Accompanied by a series of roars of artillery, balls of orange fireballs spurted out again. In the first salvo, more than 10 tons of ammunition flew towards the target in the distance! Dark red fireballs pierced the sky and crashed into the unsuspecting Japanese fleet!
Water columns suddenly appeared around the battleship Fuso. If viewed from the air, the nearest water column was only about 150 meters away from the Fuso! This distance is already quite close. As long as the opponent makes a slight adjustment, it is very likely that the opponent will be caught in the next round of shelling. And just ten seconds later, when the water column of the first round of shelling has not completely fallen, Reshadier The second round of shelling by the USS Fuso had already landed. This time the impact point of the shelling was closer to the target. One shell was even less than 100 meters away from the Fuso!
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