Moscow sank on the same day as the flagship “Petropavlovsk” in the Russo-Japanese War
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Russian troops broke through the Ukrainian line of defense and launched a large-scale attack in the eastern Donbas region on the night of April 18.
At the same time, there were continuous attacks in the south. “The war has entered the second phase,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
We will consider and anticipate how the second stage attack will develop by multiplying the Russian army’s force wear and the Ukrainian army’s force increase.
1. 1.History repeats: sinking on April 13
On April 13, the Black Sea Fleet flagship “Moscow” was sunk. April 13th can be called “Devil’s Day” for the Russian Navy.
This is because, on the morning of April 13, 1904, the year before the Battle of Tsushima in the Russo-Japanese War, outside the port of Lushun, “Commander-in-Chief (Makarov) Commander-in-Chief General No Flagship (Petropavlovsk) Ha, the moment I was struck by a mechanical torpedo. This is because it is in the history of the war, saying, “Explosion, sinking, and leaving traces.”
The flagship of the Russian Far East Pacific Fleet “Petropavlovsk” (23,000 tons) came into contact with an underwater mine set up by the Imperial Japanese Navy and sank.
It was the same day of the same month 118 years ago.
In May of the following year, the Russian Navy was completely defeated by Japan in the Battle of Tsushima.
At that time, the flagship “Knyaz Subuorov”, which was a symbol of the Baltic Fleet, was also destroyed and sank.
The sinking of the flagship “Moscow”, the sinking of the flagship “Petropavlovsk” on the same day, and the great defeat in the Battle of Tsushima the following year overlapped, and it seemed to represent the fate of the Russian army invading Ukraine. It doesn’t become.