Chapter 255 Precision Strike
Chapter 255 Precision strike
He accepted the order bravely and fearlessly. Under the leadership of the second-level destroyer of the Sakura, Major Miyasaka Yoshito, without any hesitation, drove the warship with a standard displacement of only 600 tons out of the formation, and walked down from Lingshan Island for nearly 20 kilometers, turned around, facing the gray-white breakwater that could barely be seen, and began to make a large turn at a speed of 15 knots.
It has been thirty years since the construction of the "Sakura" type destroyer. In the new era where any destroyer costs two or three thousand tons, it seems too old and basically no effort has been made in previous operations. If it weren't for the "Ball Mill", "Daji" and four second-class destroyers were sunk, it would have to return to its homeland as a backup. But now, it has taken on an important mission, which has to be said to be a great irony.
But Master Yoshito Miyasaka didn't feel wronged. Others would have to come with such glory. Is there any danger ahead? Who doesn't know what the brave soldiers need to exist without a dangerous battle?
Of course, the Grand Master was also very nervous. He stood outside the command room and held the cold railing tightly with his hands, opened his sharp eyes in the entire deportation team, staring at the underwater hundreds of meters ahead of the warship.
In addition to the soldiers who had to maintain the boiler room and course and military equipment, the other dozen people were also distributed everywhere on the ship to try to observe the underwater conditions. Although the draft was only as shallow as 2.21 meters and it was not even as good as a fishing boat with a larger tonnage, they still had to be careful. It would be bad if they encountered any sudden stone.
Speaking of which, the guys who are opponents are really hateful and awesome. What is hateful is that they actually reclaimed the sea and affected the waterway without authorization, resulting in smaller ships not daring to approach. What is feared is their working ability. It is said that the majestic breakwater was built within three months! According to Japanese hydrological records, there is a depth of twenty meters there, so they have to fill at least several million cubic meters of stone and reinforced concrete to build. This speed is simply terrible!
What’s even more strange is that in this ten-kilometer-wide sea area, God knows where they got so many stones, making them pile up in the east and west. If you are not careful, you will hit the head and hit the reefs without any difference!
"Stay! Be sure to keep it stable! Keep the warship stable, don't rush to take risks, you must find a safe channel!"
The sunset is setting, the light is not so strong, and the reflection on the water surface is not so dazzling, so you can see it more clearly. Without the disturbance of the ship, the water surface is clearer.
"Woo-----Boom!"
A whistle as the train drove through the cave at high speed suddenly came, followed by an earth-shaking explosion broke out on the left side one kilometer away, lifting a thick water column that was hundreds of meters high, which made Major Yoshito Miyasaka almost deaf in his ears!
"It's a heavy artillery! The Chinese people's shore defense heavy artillery is at least 300mm, it's abominable! They actually arranged such a big guy here!"
Miyasaka Yoshito shook his head hard and started to scream loudly. At the same time, his body trembled slightly, scared!
I don’t know how those intelligence-made people did it, but I don’t know that the other party has such a large caliber shore defense cannon! It can bring out such a roar, at least a battleship can compare with. After one shot, even if the boat like my own is in a near-lost bomb, it will fall apart even if it encounters a near-lost bomb! If it hits directly, it will completely become a part state! Even if the flagship "Panshou" is hit, it will sink!
Fortunately, the aiming of this kind of cannon is too difficult. If the artillery technique is too poor, it will be difficult to hit small targets more than ten kilometers away.
"Turn! Keep moving!" Miyasaka Yoshito gritted his teeth and ordered, and then quickly reported to the fleet.
"Do you have heavy artillery on the shore defense?" Shinjiro Imamura pondered for a moment and said, "Tell Master Miyasaka that the enemy should have at least two such cannons, but they are both old and have very poor accuracy. You don't have to take it seriously and continue to investigate!"
The cruiser responsible for surveillance behind also confirmed the launch of the opposite turret, and for the first time confirmed that the opponent's main turret was at the waist of a hill in the south of Dazhu Mountain. The muzzle storm and the thick smoke fires ejected when the fire was opened were too obvious, which was clearly visible in the high-magnitude telescope.
"Yehe! I finally found out." The lieutenant general Imamura breathed a sigh of relief. He had been waiting for too long at this moment, almost a day!
Zhu Bin knew that he had heavy artillery in his hand. He transported the five double-mounted 305mm main guns removed from the "Florida" battleship I bought two years ago. Four of them were installed in Jiangyin Fortress. This was the first to be understood. Later, I learned that two were installed on the fort at the Zhoushan base, which was not a secret. One of the targets of the Yoshida Shingo fleet's aviation bombing in the morning was that guy, but the fort was directly embedded in the mountain and could not be blown from the top. Parallel strafing fires would not hurt at all. It was a difficult bone to crack.
The construction scale of the Guzhenkou base is so large that Zhu Bin spent hundreds of millions of dollars without focusing on defense. The most likely reason is that the remaining four heavy artillery are all guarding here. Because of this, he did not dare to rashly let the fleet approach the attack. The consequences of being bombed by four 305mm naval guns at nearby sea are extremely terrible! Although the 395-kilogram armor-piercing shell of this old naval gun has a maximum range of 21,950, and is not even as good as the 152mm naval gun on his side, not to mention that the 203mm naval gun used for heavy patrols can hit as far as 2000 yards, but the armor-piercing ability can still reach a depth of 254mm in 2,000 yards!
Such power can easily penetrate any warship of the Third Fleet with just one shot. Even if the heavy cruiser arrives, it cannot withstand it. It is even more stable with the land turret. The walk on the shells is much smaller than that at sea, and the outcome will be quite miserable if you encounter it!
Otherwise, he would not let the main fleet approach the sea area within 20 kilometers, and this is the one he should defend against! Now, one turret has been exposed, so what about the other? Where?!
"Sakura" Class II destroyer turned sharply south, making a stance away from the entrance of the military port, but approached Gulouzui on the south side of the bay, and walked less than five kilometers. Another "boom" came from the distance in the south. This time it deviated further, 2 kilometers, and the water column that exploded was spectacular!
"The second fort! It is in the middle of Langya Taishan! The same caliber!" Miyazaki Yoshito was not surprised but happy, and punched the railing and shouted loudly, "The two main enemy turrets have been exposed, report to the commander!"
The news came too easily and too fast, which was unbelievable! But it was understandable to think about it. After all, the two turrets were ten kilometers apart, and their own ships were ten kilometers away from their crossing angle. It was the best distance for shooting, and they would not let it go under normal circumstances, otherwise he would see the reality and reality in the port!
Shinjiro Imamura responded lightly: "I understand. Keep going forward and be careful to detect!"
Zhu Bin bought a double-equipped turret. Although it can be used separately with his ability and financial resources, it is not necessary or worth it. Judging from the deployment methods of Jiangyin Fort and Zhoushan base, both are used in double-equipped turrets. This time it is just a single gun fire. The aiming volley of multiple cannons on the turret is not so easy to master, and this type of cannon is too expensive.
Or maybe a small ship of just 600 tons is not worth it, and they fired their guns together?
The lieutenant general Imamura became more and more careful. The opponent was too cunning and too sinister. You must not recklessly judge that this was his trump card! How could he use only two old guys to watch the door?
In the mountain command hall, Wang Heshan also asked Serena in confusion: "Why should we expose our large-caliber heavy artillery first? Will this scare the Japanese fleet away? Then our annihilation plan will not be implemented."
Serena said: "This kind of cannon was first exposed and could not be hidden. Instead of letting the Japanese army test blindly, it is better to let them feel at ease. According to the Japanese habits, we will not believe that we only have so many shore defense cannons, and then dispatching others will be in line with their judgment."
"It's a tactic of trying to get!" Deputy Chief of Staff Yu Shaotang nodded thoughtfully, but this was the core of the entire combat plan. Because the matter happened suddenly and the preparation time was short, he could only use one of the several response plans formulated before to block it and adjust the camera.
"Yes. We cannot estimate how determined the Japanese army is. We must find out their attack limit. If we destroy our entire fleet and base, we must attract them to the greatest extent and annihilate them in one fell swoop. The intelligence collected so far determines that the Japanese army has such a preset target, so we must try to attract their main force of the southern fleet here, relying on powerful shore defense artillery fire to deal a heavy blow to them."
Serena always has a cold and calm expression, and she speaks without any emotion, which sounds like a slight thought. But when she slowly says it, she has another kind of light and gentle smell, which looks particularly calm and capable.
Wang Lishan nodded and asked again: "So, how far can our shore defense force reach? Are you sure to eliminate the two invading fleets?" The base is too big and mysterious, and neither he nor others can grasp the entire situation.
Serena said: "If the Japanese army does not know how to advance or retreat, at least most of them can be eliminated. After all our bases are built, there is no ability in the world to directly break through our defenses. Even if all the Japanese joint fleets are dispatched, they cannot."
"Hiss---! So strong!" Wang Heiyama and Yu Shaotang all exclaimed. This thing is not a joke! How many Japanese joint fleets are there? King Kong, Hiei, Hashina, Kirishima, Fusang, Yama Castle, Ise, Hinata, Nagato, Muro, and ten big guys! The maximum 410mm gun barrel can load people in. One shot can be shot from thirty or forty kilometers, and even a small hill cannot be destroyed with such terrifying force. Isn't that the world's most powerful fortress to be built here?!
Serena didn't explain, and Wang Heishan and others consciously didn't ask too much. The troops had division of labor and didn't need them to know everything. They just needed to know that it was enough to have the ability to ensure the safety of the base.
"Boom! Boom! Boom...!"
The monotonous explosion followed by a sound, and the second-level destroyer of the "Sakura" drew a messy curve pattern on the sea surface. He skillfully designed the downstream and broke forward like a fish-like rushing forward for five kilometers. He could vaguely see some overviews on the front of the military port and successfully discovered a deep water channel, but he did not dare to move forward. In addition, he had basically completed the purpose of testing.
"It's almost done, let's go back!" Major Yoshito Miyasaka waved his hand excitedly, and the warship turned around again, and the bottom almost brushed across the top of a pile of huge rocks, and the slight side of the 79.3-meter-long thin ship.
At this moment, a continuous roar suddenly sounded on both sides of the fortresses. In Miyaza's eyes, only a large area of boiling fireworks suddenly burst out on one side. A few seconds later, deafening roars and roars came in parallel. At least a dozen 150mm high-explosive bombs and 4 305mm high-explosive bombs all fell into the area less than one square kilometer. Three of them were extremely accurate into the bow of the "Sakura", the bridge and the waterline of the entire part, and the thin shell was torn into pieces like a piece of paper. The "roar" exploded. The warship, which was only 7.3 meters wide, broke into two pieces in half. Countless fragments and screaming ragged soldiers' bodies all exploded into the sky!
"Ah! The Sakura was hit by the shore defense shelling!" The cruiser observed behind him immediately discovered the tragedy and couldn't help but scream. The neat and huge explosion then came, and it directly reached the ears of the Shinji Imamura Shinji's ears, which shocked him to a cold war and a cold sweat again!
"It's so dangerous! Fortunately, it's the 'Sakura'! If it were other big ships, it would be a tragic attack now!"
It can't be said that he was in a bad mood. The "Sakura" is the smallest destroyer in the entire fleet. It has only one 120mm main gun and four 76mm single-mounted guns. The little guy with a maximum of 94 people is flexible and light, with a speed of 30 knots. It is very suitable to take on the entire job, but he also encountered such a strange and strange thing. You can imagine what kind of ghost-like enemies are hidden on the opposite side!
Another volley shot, another hit. Such a strange thing is too rare in the navy. How did the other party do it?!
If you don’t understand this problem, Imamura may not be able to sleep in the future. Not only him, but the entire Navy and the General Staff will want to study it. This is either a new technology or a blind cat hitting a dead mouse? It’s better to be the latter, otherwise it will be a big trouble!
"This is our base, and the surrounding area is our position of 100 kilometers. Here, no one can gain the upper hand." In the command center, Serena seemed to have done something insignificant.
But Wang Heishan and others were shocked again! If it was the previous attack on the Air Force, there was an advantage in distance and number of artillery, then what was going on this time! More than a dozen giant cannons were fired against the sea, and there would be such a result!
Serena flicked her fingers, and the sea surface on the holographic screen was immediately flattened, and neat square markings appeared. Each grid seemed to be one thousand meters long, and the volley just now happened to hit a square.
"This is the firepower strikes the elements set by our base defense system. The target area is predicted based on the advance route and speed of the enemy fleet, and then the artillery fire is concentrated. The two double-mounted 305mm main guns are spread around 300 yards, and it is not a problem to control within the range. The 150mm German naval gun, as the secondary gun, is more accurate. After calculation and control, you can achieve such results."
Wang Leshan and others were completely speechless. The cannon can still be controlled to this level, so how can we fight this battle!
Chapter completed!