In the naval battle against Malaysia, the loss of Russian troops was more than 900 times that of Japanese troops. What caused the defeat of the Russian army?

If there are any jokes in the history of modern naval warfare, then the naval battle against Malaysia in 1905 can rank in the top three, even at the top. In this battle, the Russian navy was sunk by six warships, of which two were captured, 5,000 were killed and 6,000 were captured. Only 1 cruisers and two torpedo boats fled to Vladivostok.

Speaking of this naval battle, it is really embarrassing. At the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War, the Russian fleet deployed in the Pacific Ocean was defeated, and Nicholas II was unwilling to fail. He also recruited the navy from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean and decided to fight the Japanese navy again.

But from the Baltic Sea to Northeast Asia, even a straight line distance is enough to be called an ultra-long-range attack, not to mention that the fleet needs to make a detour and wander around the sea for a long time. According to the deployment, the Russian fleet set off from the Baltic Sea on June 1904 for Lushun Port.

As a result, the whole voyage took seven months, almost halfway around the world, and the warships and soldiers were already exhausted. More importantly, when the navy was reorganized in Madagascar seaport, it was learned that Lushun port was occupied by Japan. As a result, the Russian fleet was in a dilemma and finally decided to change its center of gravity and stop at Vladivostok port first.

What the Russian fleet didn't expect was that when they were preparing to cross Ma Haixia, the Japanese side had noticed it and randomly mobilized the fleet to follow the attack. 1905 On the afternoon of May 27th, Japanese cruisers launched an attack on the Russian fleet. At first, they concentrated their artillery fire on the vanguard warships of the Russian navy. Under heavy artillery fire, the Russian navy fell into decline after an hour of war.

In the battle, the commander of the Russian fleet, Zinovi? Petrovich? Rozhestvenski was also seriously injured. However, when the commander was seriously injured, the temporary commander could not be selected at the first time, which caused the Russian fleet to panic and began to retreat to Vladivostok port.

When the Japanese navy saw the Russian defeat, it immediately sent a torpedo boat to follow the attack and arranged warships to support it in the rear. As a result, the Russian fleet was chased by the Japanese navy all night. In Vladivostok, there are only 1 cruisers and two moon mines left. * * * Five thousand sailors were killed and six thousand captured, resulting in heavy losses.

As far as this battle is concerned, the Russian fleet, which has been drifting at sea for seven months, has almost circled half the world. When crossing Ma Haixia, it was like a living target, slaughtered by the Japanese at sea and became a joke in the history of modern naval warfare.

The main reason is the wrong decision of the top management. In the case of losing the first battle, the fleet was also called to carry out long-range attacks, which led to a fiasco. In addition, in the naval battle against Malaysia, the Russian fleet was also very mechanical and did not respond to the attack of the Japanese navy. After the commander was seriously injured, the whole fleet became more flustered and helpless. From this point of view, the combat quality gap between the Russian navy and the Japanese navy is also very large.