This was the Tang Army's third salvo! How could it be so accurate? The commander on the battleship Nandao felt that there must be a traitor on his battleship, and he was using some device to send guidance signals to the enemy!
But he knew this was impossible. He had never heard of such a device, and even if it existed, it would be stupid, okay? How could anyone lead others to fire on themselves?
But why were the enemy's shelling so accurate? He really wanted to know this question.
Just when his mind was full of random thoughts, a Styx anti-ship missile was rushing towards the battleship he was on. In the gray dawn, just as the sky was about to light up, this anti-ship missile was like this.
It hit the bridge of the battleship Nandao!
That's right! It was so accurate, without any deflection at all! The anti-ship missile directly penetrated the command tower of the USS Nandao, leaving a hole in it larger than a washbasin.
The explosive jets plundered the entire interior of the bridge, and the flames roasted every charred corpse inside. It only took a tenth of a second for the senior officers on the Nandao to be cooked, and the explosion even affected several people around.
A cabin, a lot of important equipment was scrapped at once.
Standing on the bridge of the battleship Mirage, Mirage Haifeng saw with his own eyes the fireball lighting up in the dark night. He saw the bridge of the Nandao being hit, and he also saw the flames rising from the Nandao.
A few seconds later, a bright light appeared on the sea level, and the sun was about to rise, but it seemed that the battleship Nandao would not be able to see the sunrise.
The shells fired by the Tang Army's fourth bombardment had already begun to fall, falling from the sky with a whistling sound, and hit the deck of the battleship Nandao!
This time... Mirage's luck was really a little worse: two shells hit the Nandao almost at the same time. Because the impact points were too dense, it was not even possible to determine whether the two shells came from the East Bay No. 1 battleship or from the East Bay battleship No. 1.
Battleship No. 2 Dongwan.
In later records, the two battleships of the Tang Dynasty were very humble, and the final outcome was also happy: investigation showed that the two battleships each hit a shell, and jointly sank the seriously injured battleship Nandao.
The two shells hit two very important areas respectively: the front shell penetrated directly into the battleship from the base of the No. 2 turret, tore the horizontal armor of the battleship Nandao from the top, and directly detonated the main battleship in front.
Artillery ammunition depot.
A subsequent shell hit the middle of the hull of the Nandao, directly destroying the boiler room of the battleship Nandao and affecting the battleship's power generation equipment.
In short, one of the two shells caused an explosion and a large amount of water, and the other cut off the power of the battleship, causing the entire battleship to lose power.
As a result, the battleship Nandao quickly stopped and was left behind by other Mirage warships. It caught fire in the middle, and the front was still exploding. Not even a message was sent. The bow of the ship
The part sank to the bottom of the sea.
"Call from the cruiser May...Battleship Nandao...the bow submerged into the sea level." The staff officer reported the message he had just received to Mirage in a low tone.
"The battleship Great South Bay sent a message... The South Island is sinking..." Soon, another officer came to send a message.
Almost all the battleships passing by the battleship Nandao witnessed the sinking of the battleship Nandao. It burned and exploded. The thick steel plates disintegrated and shattered in the explosion. A large amount of seawater poured in, swallowing up what was left on the sea.
Ship island and chimney.
A large amount of fuel leaked out, dyeing the sea surface into colorful black and strange colors. As the sky began to light up little by little, the miserable Mirage Navy could see its own appearance more and more clearly.
There is thick smoke billowing from many battleships, and fires are still burning on many battleships. The Tang Dynasty destroyer can be vaguely seen on the distant horizon. The enemy battleship on the starboard side is still hiding in the darkness in the west, but if there is any, it seems that there is no trace.
You can see a rough outline of Mo Lake.
There were almost all Tang Army warships around. Directly in front, starboard, and rear of the Mirage Fleet... there were Tang Army warships everywhere, and there was even a Tang Army seaplane with a pontoon overhead.
At this time, Mirage Feng realized that his fleet had been circulating in other people's pockets. Only now did he realize how huge the gap between the two sides was.
"Right rudder 15 degrees!" Mirage Haifeng didn't care about anything else. He knew that what he should do most was to close the distance with the opponent's main fleet before the enemy planes arrived.
As long as he can defeat the enemy's battleship fleet, there is still a glimmer of hope! Now he no longer hopes that his fleet can be saved. He now places all his hope on rushing into the enemy's landing site.
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However, this seemingly not far distance may not be covered by him in his lifetime: just when the Mirage fleet turned again, trying to close the distance with the Tang Army's battleships, Tang's anti-ship missiles struck again
Come, hit the Great South Bay, which was just catching up at the end of the team.
The tail turret of the battleship Great South Bay, which was hit first, caught fire again, and the damage control troops were desperately trying to save their battleship.
But the problem is that the temperature in the turret of the battleship Great South Bay, which has been loaded and ready to fire, keeps rising and has exceeded the safe range.
The turret could not be entered, the temperature could not be lowered, and the gunners inside had been evaporated by the jet. Therefore, the hit turret was finally overwhelmed and was blown up into the sky by a shot of propellant from its own gun barrel.
Following the sinking of the battleship HMS South Island, the battleship HMS Great South Bay also emitted billowing smoke and was completely unable to move forward: Somehow, it seemed that the battleships related to South Island were not having very good luck today.
Behind the Tang Empire landing site, on the quiet sea, the Tang Army's aircraft carriers were turning. They needed to go against the wind so that their carrier-based aircraft could take off smoothly.
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The ground crew helped start the engine. Because it was not completely bright yet, the deck was full of lights, illuminating the aircraft and the deck as if it were daytime.
Bernard, who was a little worried about the battleship squadron, did not leave everything to his men. He ordered the troops to seize time and take off the carrier-based aircraft in advance.
Amidst the noise of the motors, the carrier-based aircraft of the Tang Empire rushed out of the deck one after another, carrying heavy torpedoes and flying unsteadily toward the already lit sky in the distance.
The South Island was not peaceful last night. After Feng Kezhi's troops counterattacked, they received a warning from the Air Force. Xiao Yun took off a total of 290 Flying Fortress bombers and carried out carpet bombing on the central and northern parts of the South Island.
There is no so-called accuracy in this kind of bombing, and it is impossible to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy. Therefore, in order to avoid accidental damage, the Air Force can only assign the dangerous range of bombing to the Army and ask the Army not to get close.
Although Feng Kezhi's 9th Army did not get close to the area drawn by the Air Force, because the high-altitude bombs were scattered so widely, he could only ask his troops to stop attacking and watch the defeated Mirage troops retreat.
But soon the troops of the Mirage Kingdom knew why the Tang Army did not pursue them: nearly 1,000 tons of bombs fell from the sky, covering almost the entire South Island like raindrops.
Countless bombs hit the heads of the Mirage troops and wiped out all the other cities in the South Island except Great South Bay.
The entire South Island was in flames, and the air defense siren sounded all night without stopping. The Mirage Army suffered countless losses. Even the 3rd Corps, which had just landed on the island, was implicated and a lot of weapons and equipment were damaged.
The 2nd and 3rd Armored Divisions, which had already suffered heavy losses, fought hard all night. When they were defeated, they were bombed by the Tang Air Force. Less than 30% of the troops were left.
No matter from which angle you look at it, these two elite armored forces of Mirage have no way to continue fighting. Their situation also reflects the situation of many troops deployed by Mirage on the South Island: these troops have fought hard all day and night.
, suffered heavy losses and were unable to fight anymore...
Although the airport in the northern part of the South Island is still intact, and although the airport continues to take off planes according to the plan, preparing to support the main fleet of the Mirage Army heading south, with the arrival of dawn, the Mirage Army still falls into an irreversible passive state.
middle.
Feng Kezhi was busy in the middle of the night. He designated an area for the Air Force that could be bombed: Feng Kezhi did not plan to capture these areas immediately. He planned to turn around first and surround the Great South Bay!
Just as Mirage Wuzhong thought, Feng Kezhi was also preparing to seize the port first to ensure that the troops' subsequent supplies would arrive ashore!
However, he was not as anxious as Mirage Wuzhong thought, because there were actually several floating docks under construction behind him. Theoretically, in a few days, the 9th Army's subsequent heavy equipment would be successfully ashore.
He was very patient, but this did not mean that Feng Kezhi believed that the Great South Bay was unimportant. He planned to let the troops ashore take a rest, and then cross the Great South River from the flank and rush to the most important and largest port in the southern part of the Mirage Kingdom.
Great South Bay!
At this moment, all of Mirage Wuzhong's attention was focused on the sea: he prayed that the plane he took off could protect his naval fleet and cut into the battlefield, cutting off the Tang Army's retreat behind them.
He had no other choice! Because his troops had been defeated, it was obviously impossible to stop the Tang army's attack by relying on his 2nd Corps and Mirage Takejiro's 3rd Corps.
"Report! Just got the news! The flagship of General Mirage Haifeng is less than 30 kilometers away from the Tang Army's landing site on the southern beach!" The staff officer excitedly sent the telegram to Mirage Wuzhong, whose eyes were as red as a ghost.
shouted.
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Sorry, I fell asleep on the table in the middle of writing... I'm sorry for posting this late.
