At the estuary of the Yangtze River, all the ships of the naval task force headed by the "Dikui" 072 armored landing ship were busy as fish that were leaking the net. They were very shameless and very bored and stopped several old Japanese destroyers and 300-ton gunboats. They failed to successfully enter the Huangpu River to avoid disaster. They had to go down the river and turn north after entering the sea.

After passing Chongming Island, the fleet that had already traveled at the maximum speed of 18 knots was as slow as an ant to the Air Force. Standing in the low command room, Captain Wang Wenda's face drooping chin could touch his belly button, his eyes were full of reluctance, and he beat the steel platform with "bang bang" and screamed: "He***! I have been in the industry for the first time without fighting in front of the enemy. What is this? Ah?! There are only a few broken ships, what can I do if I sink him?!"

"You can't do anything, but as a soldier, you must first obey orders and take into account the overall situation." Fu Zhenhua, a staff officer from the student army, was slow and slow, and was steady like an old man in his fifties and sixties. He had no anxiety at all. He looked calm and buried his head in the map, recording the changes and speed of the course at any time.

"The big picture is not bad! I said that Boss Zhu is so. He obviously wants to make a small Japanese ruthless move, so why don't he just let go of it! Our naval guns are not a decoration, and they have also been replaced with live ammunition, so he has no pressure to sink his Japanese broken ship!"

Wang Wenda was so angry! Although the entire combat plan has been determined, the fleet will be used as bait to attract the Japanese navy and air force to chase and attack, there is no need to do it so thoroughly? It’s okay to get two guns out of order! It’s still very sure that you can’t beat the Japanese heavy cruisers and support their light destroyers!

Since the Battle of Weihaiwei, the navy has been training for most of the time, and there is almost no chance of fighting seriously against the enemy. Although those who are navigators know one thing these days, they often have to raise troops for ten years, and the entire army may be wiped out after a battle. In Japanese, it is a "flow of flows". But now that large ships are not in service for a long time, our small boats must also be properly active, right?

After the second modification, the 072 armored landing ship, code-named "Aowo", is equipped with a dual-equipped 127mm high-level dual-purpose gun, both in terms of firing rate and strike capability, but it is not a problem with cruisers, and destroyers.

More importantly, in order to ensure the safety of its own and ship-based personnel equipment, the almost completely hollow ship has strong defense capabilities. Under normal circumstances, the armor in key areas can withstand the attack of naval guns with a caliber of less than 127mm. In other words, the 120mm-caliber naval guns of the Japanese second-class destroyers are helpless. The naval guns on their own can easily send their thin skin and big stuffed guys to the bottom of the sea. For example, the ships blocked the Yangtze River estuary this time.

However, as an amphibious landing ship, the speed is quite painful, with a maximum of only 18 knots, which is too far from others at thirty knots. In addition, the naval gun is a high-level dual-purpose type, and the shooting distance is not as good as that of others, except for the special environment of the Huangpu River Estuary. It is very likely that they will be killed by the kite flying tactics that people flew around in circles.

Therefore, Wang Wenda just complained in vain and had no other tricks.

Fu Zhenhua smiled faintly and did not take it to his heart. The guy with his companion couldn't help but complain, but the key was to hold it in. Think about a top student who returned from studying in the UK. If he went to the First and Second Fleet under the Navy, or defected to Lao Chiang, he would at least become a major and lieutenant colonel. If he had a warship in the future, he would be a serious captain. Now he was in a task force with a lack of large ships. He seemed a little embarrassed.

However, Wang Wenda does not value the present, just like many overseas returnees. They value potential and future. In another half a year, the main destroyers built by Shanghai and Germany will be launched and put into use. In another year, two large 20,000-ton ships will be put into service. They have already started training now and will be able to enter the service after taking up the warships and synthesis training for three to five months. Everyone knows the principles of a century-old navy and can afford it. By then, the landing ships of only a hundred people will be replaced by large warships of thousands, and the scenery will be different!

As for the future, the legendary larger tonnage battleship will be built soon, but it is not that attractive. It is a bit unreasonable to think about it. A big thing with a standard displacement of more than 40,000 tons and a full load of more than 50,000 tons can be built casually? Not to mention China, even the United States and Britain are in trouble! It is roughly the guise of seducing people by Boss Zhu! It is already very satisfying to have a 20,000 tons high-speed amphibious assault ship! The Chinese Navy has never expected to have such a giant ship!

Thinking of the giant ship coming, Fu Zhenhua, who had personally visited the Jiangnan Ship Station and saw that most of the completed ship was also in a hot mood. Good man, who doesn’t want to control the giant whale and go around the world!

Now, I have to endure it for the time being.

Fu Zhenhua said: "Since we are arranged as bait, we must act seriously. If we fight in the Huangpu River, one will block the waterway and cause interference and blame from the great powers, and the other will delay time. Don't forget that we have Japanese fighter jets above our heads, and behind us there is a huge group of high-speed heavy cruisers attacks. No matter which one is targeted, it will cause big trouble!"

"Hey! I'll bear it anymore! Next time, Boss Zhu doesn't give it to the high-speed battleship, I'd rather hold it out at home! It's coward!" Wang Wenda punched the table again, exerting too much force, and almost dislocated his hand bone, grinning in pain.

No matter how you say it, in the entire "inviting the thief into the trap", the fleet is crucial. As long as the Japanese army has the plan to wipe out them, there will definitely be a moment of death and death. Now "escape" to the north is actually really escaping, because once you are targeted by the opponent's fighter jets or warships, you will definitely die without a burial place!

What are you afraid of and what you come? Just as you are talking, you suddenly heard the radar soldiers shouting: "Report to the captain! An enemy aircraft group was found 30 kilometers ahead. It is judged that it is more than 30 aircraft, and it is expected to contact the attack in 8 minutes!"

Immediately afterwards, Gongro's call came from the radio: "Be careful, guys at sea, the thieves chase you! They should still have half of the ammunition and airborne bombs, so it's best not to give them a chance to drop bombs! Hold on for five minutes and we'll arrive later!"

Wang Wenda gestured at the ceiling and said, "Your uncle, can you knock them down as soon as possible?! I have to make my head full of smoke, right?!"

Gongro pretended not to hear it, and he didn't know anything at all.

After Wang Wenda finished shouting, he quickly ordered the alarm to be sounded. The entire fleet entered a state of alert. All ship-based weapons were aimed at the airspace ahead. The fire control radar immediately became a whole under the integration of the intelligent units equipped by the two main battleships and four amphibious landing ships. The air defense fire control rights of the six main ships, which were only two nautical miles apart, were directly handed over, and in the blink of an eye, formed a diamond formation that spanned the sea surface and was 2 nautical miles wide and 3 nautical miles long.

The two 5,000-ton cargo ships dragged on the back of the carpet were reworked, lifting up all the masks on them, revealing double-mounted air-proof machine guns fixed to the deck.

Although the speed is slow and the attack firepower of the ship is weak, the current fleet is really unambiguous. There are two 4-piece 127mm high-level dual-purpose guns, 20 76mm high-level dual-purpose guns, 8 40mm Bofos guns, and the number of 25mm air defense machine guns is as high as 40 dual-unit! In addition to the 32 vehicles pulled by the freighter, the total number is 144! Such air defense firepower is concentrated in a narrow space, and it is very terrifying once it explodes!

But the problem is that the incoming Japanese Air Force did not know.

8 minutes passed quietly under the nervous alert. The Japanese flight team, which did not catch up with 12 enemy planes, was filled with a lot of breath. When they learned that there was a formation of fish-bottomed navy fleeing below, they were on their return route again, they were excited! A group of ragged fleets equipped with only exercises were bombs. Isn’t it a good target for them to hunt?! This is much more interesting than bombing the Zhoushan Island Base!

"Destroy them!"

The leading long-plane flight captain let out a strange cry, and nine A3n192 biplane fighters rushed out of the formation first and dived at the armored landing ship "Dikui" that was coming out from the ground!

Across five thousand meters, the Gaoping dual-purpose cannons of six battleships fired first. The slow rate of fire could only shoot a sparse barrage at the next time, and there seemed to be no accurate point. They exploded "bang" from a distance from the enemy plane. The sky was filled with colorful powder and fleeting light in an instant, but the sound of the explosion was a little louder, which made people's ears buzz at a distance of dozens of meters.

But what is this? As long as there is no lethality and no more dense firepower, such a blow will not cause any damage at all!

Nine Japanese aircraft flapped their wings lightly in the blink of an eye and broke through the sparse barrage of blocking the scene, and suddenly dived to 2,000 meters. The heavy machine gun was launching continuously, whipping towards the warship that attempted to avoid it in a zigzag shape. However, the power of the 7.7mm bullet was actually a little less powerful, and the machine gun fired too slowly, and it did not produce a surprising and spectacular scene, but this was enough to cause damage to the seemingly thin buildings on the deck?

The carrier-based machine guns began to fire! At least forty or fifty 25mm rapid-fire guns were fired at a speed of 500 rounds per minute, and suddenly they looked very spectacular. After flying to a sufficient height, the "slap" of the exercise bomb sounded like a large firecracker. Not only did it have no lethality, it seemed like welcoming the upcoming strike!

"Hahaha! What are they doing? Are they scaring people in vain?! They are simply cute prey!" The pilot who rushed to the front was so excited that he almost whistled. He was too lazy to avoid it. He let the intensive exercise bombs hit the fuselage, deliberately slowing down the speed, constantly calibrating the direction, aiming at the slender deck of the first ship "Dikui", the wings trembled slightly, and two bombs rolled and threw them down!

Wang Wenda looked down with real eyes and screamed strangely: "Fuck you!" He drove the steering wheel to dodge his life. Two bombs almost hit the forecastle and fell into a place about a hundred meters behind. "Boomed" and exploded. A shock wave caught up with him, pushing the hull suddenly shocked! (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!