Chapter 258 Damn mines
Chapter 258
The hell thunder
The fleet's navigation speed had to slow down again. This was a more urgent and severe situation than the daytime. Compared with the annoying high-altitude bombs like flies, the torpedo that must be killed in the dark is even more terrifying!
Zhu Bin's torpedo! Yoshida Shingo suddenly remembered that just over two years ago, the "Izumo" attack and sinking occurred in Shanghai was said to be a tragedy caused by the torpedo provided by Zhu Bin. At that time, the flagship was equipped with a lightning protection net. Generally, it was difficult to hit and detonate torpedoes, but they also sank him. Then, after two years, he was no longer alone and had a huge military industry. Will the torpedo become more perverted?!
Obviously, yes!
"Bastard! Why did you forget such an important thing?" Major General Yoshida secretly blamed himself, but he was helpless when he thought about it. There were too many things that need to be prevented by the General Staff. The article was memorized in a big article! Summarizing it into one sentence, don't take it lightly!
I was still careless! I was so worried that I was tossed by the Air Force for a day that I was no longer thinking about it. A little omission caused such a large number of casualties! The two destroyers, the entire ship and the warship were all over. Such a tragedy was simply unacceptable!
But just let go of the main fleet ahead of you like this? Never!
Yoshida Shingo made up his mind and ordered five destroyers to carefully search for the figures of the sea attackers, and to take four heavy patrols and other destroyers to chase them at full speed. The more in this case, the more we cannot give up. Only by sinking all the enemy ships can we comfort the dead warriors!
The Japanese fleet was divided!
Wang Wenda shook his head helplessly after receiving the report: "It's so troublesome now! *** refuses to be fooled and chases us to death. What should I do?"
The original plan was to hope that the two high-speed torpedo boats would attack, whether successful or not, they would scare the Japanese army to slow down, so as to avoid rushing up and beating several ships on their side into the sea, but unexpectedly, they used too much force and sank the two destroyers! This time, they finally forced the people to catch up, and with the other party's high speed almost twice that of their own, they could kill behind their butt in less than an hour. Once the target was found, piles of naval guns could be bombarded!
"There are still fifty nautical miles! This slow one is at least three hours enough. Hey, high-speed warships and high-speed warships, I miss you to death!" Wang Wenda complained helplessly. This amphibious landing ship that has been plagued will not work without the escort of a giant ship! He will run away in panic every time, which is embarrassing!
But this time, I’m afraid I can’t escape even if I run away. It’s really hard to be a bait!
The command hall of the "Tiger's Nest" base was a little tired after tossing for a day and a night. However, when they saw the latest information, Wang Heishan and Yu Shaotang's brows were also twisted, and they didn't know what to do.
"Otherwise, dispatch the air force to launch an attack? But the attack effect at night will not be very good, and the Japanese army's determination to advance will not be very useful!"
Yu Shaotang made a suggestion, but he rejected it himself. For heavy patrols with fierce firepower and strong resistance to strike, small bombs are similar to tickling, while larger ones require strong fighter jets. At such a night, you cannot aim at high altitudes and are very dangerous at low altitudes. If you exchange your lives, you can make a profit?
Serena is a tired intelligent robot. As long as the energy is sufficient, she will always maintain amazing calmness and efficiency. She said to the two: "Please focus on the defense and attack on the Japanese landing troops and leave it to me and the commander of the corps to deal with it."
"Okay." Wang Heishan had no choice but to nod.
The Japanese army's landing operation started during the day gradually accelerated as the naval air force's offense became more crazier at night. Now there are at least two thousand marines coming from the foot of Xiaozhu Mountain and the beach of Lingshan Bay. All kinds of light artillery equipment are fully equipped and are dividing into two routes and carefully touching forward.
A large circle along the way around Dazhu Mountain to attempt to attack from the north end of the large construction site, while the other route spread out to attack from the foot of the mountain along the seaside. The global defense company set up a sentry dividing line in front of them, which was the turning point of their attack.
Of course, this amount of troops will not be seen in Wang Heishan's eyes. You should know that the base's permanent defenders are now three or four thousand. In addition, the entire heavy equipment regiment and auxiliary troops are not used, so it is easy to gather tens of thousands of people. The difficulty is how to ensure the minimum casualties under the threat of dense bombing of the opponent's naval guns, and at the same time, try to give the enemy the greatest damage.
They are not allowed to be distracted and considered more.
"Chasing! Don't chase after us with any hesitation! No matter what attempt is to stop us, don't hesitate and never retreat!" Yoshida Shingo's heart seemed to be ignited, and his blood was about to boil. He climbed up the watchtower at the top of the bridge without fear, staring at the dark night in the distance with his blood scattered eyes.
Searchlights radiating pale light columns kept stragging the water surface. Although most of the trails left by the fleet ahead dissipated, the approximately traces could still be seen. According to the estimated distance, they were getting closer and closer to the target of repeatedly escaping!
"Transfer!" A shiny flare hit the sky and slowly fell like a small sun. The observers seized the opportunity to search hard with a high-power telescope, for fear of missing the other party's traces.
Just as the flare was exhausted and slowly fell into the sea, a buzzing roar suddenly came from the sky. Dozens of searchlights were lifted up and fired into the air without asking for instructions. Suddenly, a single-wing fighter jet was nimble and swept past at an extremely fast speed!
Then, a "woof" whistle from the bombs broke through the air and cut through the night sky. Soon, the "rumbling" explosions continued to explode and spears of water. The night bombing and harassment came as expected!
Yoshida Shingo sneered contemptuously and said confidently: "Don't leave them, just drive them away with artillery fire! On such a night, it is impossible for them to launch a large-scale bombing attack, which means that the escaped enemy ship is not far ahead. If you work harder, you will definitely find them!"
At the same time, he regretted it a little. If he had known this was the case, he would have come out with a submarine.
Given that the three submarines disappeared for unknown reasons and were later confirmed to have sunk, what weapon did they not even have time to send out the telegram, which was very strange, so the navy suspended the submarine's plan to attack separately. This time, the fleet pursued the submarine at high speed. The fastest submarine was only 20 knots, which was a thing that was dragging the feet, so it was not brought. But now, if there were submarines, they might search a little further and they would not be able to see things at night!
The monotonous anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns were intermittent, and the searchlights captured the swaying figures of fighter planes from time to time. But those guys were too flexible and refused to lower the height. They just avoided flexibly, and it was really difficult to kill them.
Scattered explosions came one after another, and it sounded like a small bomb of dozens of pounds. This amount was not enough to cause too much damage to the heavy patrol. But the problem is that the danger is definitely not just this!
Just as a few bombs were blew and the water column fell, the destroyer soaked in front of him suddenly found a suspicious big guy on the water surface slowly floating with the waves. The round body, like a hedgehog, was full of protrusions, and even with closed eyes, you would know what it was!
"Mine! There are mines on the sea!"
The discovery was too timely. The entire fleet responded accurately at the first time. Under the strafing of the searchlight, the heavy machine gun fired over without hesitation. After a few long shots, the mine "boomed" suddenly exploded, and at least hundreds of kilograms or even more high-energy gunpowder suddenly burst out. The loud sound made the people on the destroyer five or six hundred meters away deaf in an instant! The glass shattered all over the ground even more "rattled"!
The huge water column and waves crashed into the destroyer. Although it did not cause any damage, the shock wave and Pang Pei's powerful force swayed the warship tilted left and right, making it unstable to stand!
"It's so dangerous! These desperate guys actually put mines on public waterways! Aren't they afraid of being condemned by the international community or injuring their ships?!"
Yoshida Shingo was scared and sweated again! At the end of the day, he didn't know how many times he had been so scared. If he continued to struggle like this, he would sooner or later have a heart attack! Helplessly, facing such an unpredictable enemy, the cunning guy who would never fight head-on will not be at all worried!
Although mines cannot run away, the danger is no less than torpedoes! These things floating up and down on the water are painted in the same color as sea water, and are not easy to detect in broad daylight, let alone at night. Especially on this busy waterway on weekdays, there are many kinds of floating objects and discards, and you may get caught up if you are not careful.
What's even more hateful is that the bombs thrown down from several fighter jets in the sky every now and then, the splashes of water from the water will greatly damage the clarity of the field of vision, and there is something mixed on the water surface that is even more difficult to see clearly - are they planning to let us encounter mines by ourselves?!
A large mine explodes next to the battleship, and even heavy patrols can't stand it! Fortunately, there is a lightning protection net, which will be safer, but it is only possible! What if the other party has other methods? If the mine explodes next to the lightning protection net, the battleship will still have big problems!
"Damn it!" Yoshida Shingo punched the table again, and ordered helplessly, "The whole fleet slowed down, pay attention to searching for suspicious water targets, and move forward with minesweeping."
You can't take the risk of letting the warship move forward with the mines. God knows how much this thing the other party throws out, and the losses of any warship are unacceptable.
Less than 30 kilometers ahead, the 203mm main gun of the Japanese "Kaohsiung-class" heavy patrol could reach the sea surface. Wang Wenda looked back at the flash of lights in the distance with lingering fear, wiped a cold sweat and said, "My goodness! What's this thing that exploded?! It's not our torpedo boat, those kids have already rushed. It's probably the backhand of Boss Zhu's ambush again. It's so dangerous! This distance is enough for the Japanese torpedo bombardment!"
Looking down at the navigation chart, I was excited again, grabbed the radio and shouted: "Brothers, work harder! You can run to our shore defense cannon defense zone in another hour. Let the Japanese bets go out of here, hahaha!"
Six battleships and two cargo ships fled to the death with the fastest speed of 18 knots.
Twenty kilometers behind, the "pike" ghost, which was as slender as a jackpot, also emerged from the water. The cabin door slid open from above, and two mines were gently placed into the sea water on both sides under the robotic arm, swaying and slowly floating.
Chapter completed!