On the battleship Anna I, Vice Admiral Vovidsky, commander of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Imperial Navy, and Rear Admiral Plovsky, chief of staff, had relatively calm expressions and less fiery.
Although a large number of warships on both sides are catching each other. But in general, the Pacific Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy was not at a disadvantage. Even, as time goes by, their advantages become more and more obvious.
This naturally made them full of confidence in the next naval battle.
The firepower of the battleship Anna I was very ferocious, and three triple 50 caliber 410 mm guns were fired at the battleship Nagato at a frequency of one volley per minute.
Every 410mm shell, once hit, would inflict considerable damage on the battleship Nagato.
Although the battleship “680” Anna I was also hit by the battleship Nagato. But relying on its own strong defense, the vital compartments of the battleship Anna I were not severely damaged. After all, the armor thickness of the main parts of the battleship Anna I reached 410 mm. The 45-caliber 410mm naval gun of the battleship Nagato made it difficult to penetrate this thick armor at a long distance.
Naturally, the battleship Nagato was at a complete disadvantage in the duel with the battleship Anna I.
“Your Excellency Commander, our two York-class battlecruisers pose a great threat to the battleship Mutsu of the Toyo. By now, the battleship Mutsu has been hit with at least 6 380-mm shells. If this continues, it may not be long before we can severely damage the battleship Mutsu of the Toyo and even sink it. The scales of victory will soon tip towards us. Major General Plovsky said with a smile.
Lieutenant General Vovidsky put down the telescope in his hand and nodded.
“Order the ships to seize the opportunity, fight steadily, and as soon as possible to severely damage or sink the battleships of the Orientals. We need to win this naval battle as soon as possible!” ordered Vice Admiral Vovidsky.
Now, the army of the Oriental people has landed on the island of Hokkaido and the Korean Peninsula, respectively.
The Imperial Russian Army was under great pressure during this battle.
Once the Navy is victorious, it can undoubtedly provide strong support for the Army’s battles.
“Yes, Your Excellency Commander!” replied Major General Provsky.
The Pacific Fleet of the Russian Imperial Navy has gradually gained an advantage in this naval battle. If you continue to fight steadily, the advantages will continue to expand. Well, this does not seem to be far from the victory of the Pacific Fleet of the Tsarist Imperial Navy in this naval battle.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
The battle became more intense, and the sailors on both sides seemed to realize that if they did not work hard, this naval battle would soon be won and lost. So, everyone did their best.
This is especially true of the Orientals, who have even begun to try to close the battle distance in order to increase their hit rate. In order to be able to further increase the hit rate and destroy the warships of the Tsarist Imperial Navy.
However, the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Imperial Navy will not let them succeed. The Orientals turned to shorten the distance, and they followed suit, keeping the fighting distance between the two sides.
What’s more, even if the combat distance is shortened, the hit rate of the Oriental will increase. But the hit rate of the Pacific Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy will also increase!
However, if you do this, the losses on both sides will be greatly increased. This is not what the Pacific Fleet of the Tsarist Imperial Navy wants to see.
The Pacific Fleet of the Russian Imperial Navy hoped to win this naval battle with minimal losses. Instead of getting a crushing victory.
The battleships Saxony and Württemberg of the Imperial Russian Navy, with 380-mm shells, suppressed the battleships Ise and Hinata of the Toyo
battleship. Even if these two battleships had as many as 12 main guns, they were a third more than the Bavaria-class battleships of the Tsarist Russian Navy.
However, in naval battles, they were still suppressed.
The biggest reason was that the armor defense of the Ise-class battleships was somewhat weak. With only 305 mm thick armor, it can’t withstand 380 mm shells at all!
In contrast, the armor of the two Bavarian class battleships of the Russians reached a thickness of 350 mm. (Read violent novels, go on Feilu Fiction Network!)
The 45-caliber 356 mm main guns of the Ise-class battleships simply could not penetrate the armor of later generations at a long distance.0 so that they were almost in a passive state of beating!
Instead, the battle between the two Fuso-class battleships of the Oriental and the two Izmail-class battlecruisers of the Russians was evenly matched. The defenses of both sides are almost the same. However, the Fuso-class battleships had six twin 45-caliber 356-mm guns, so that they were superior in firepower and thus had some advantages.
However, the next four King-class battleships of the Tsarist Imperial Navy had a great advantage in the duel with the four Kongo-class battlecruisers of the Orientals.
The King-class battleships were armed with five twin 50-caliber 305-mm guns. The Kongo-class battle cruisers of the Toyo had only four twin 45-caliber 356-mm guns. Although they are stronger, they are also limited. However, in terms of defense, Kongo-class battle cruisers were completely at a disadvantage. The maximum thickness of the side armor of the King-class battleships reached 350 mm, the thickness of the frontal armor of the turret was 300 mm, and the thickness of the armor of the commander’s tower was 350 mm. In comparison, the Kongo-class battlecruisers had only 203 mm of armor on the side waterline, and only 254 meters of armor thickness on the front of the turret and the commander tower. This made the Kongo-class battle cruisers very much at a loss in battle.
These King-class battleships of the Imperial Russian Navy were able to easily penetrate the armor of Kongo-class battlecruisers with a light 4.2. However, it was not so easy for the Kongo-class battlecruisers to penetrate the armor of the King-class battleships.
So much so that the four Kongo-class battle cruisers of the Toyo were almost completely suppressed during the battle.
After being hit by shells repeatedly, the situation became more and more unfavorable for these Kongo-class battle cruisers.
Just after 11 a.m., the first ship sunk in this naval battle appeared.
The battlecruiser Hiei of the Imperial Navy of the Oriental Sea, after receiving more than a dozen 305mm shells, sank into the sea because the hull was seriously damaged and flooded too much.
The balance and stalemate of the war situation was broken at this moment.
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