It was already dark at the Nishima landing site, and the sailors on duty stood a little tiredly on the side of the Hokuyuan-class destroyer, yawning and rubbing their eyes.
Above their heads, the radar was rotating in circles. The soldiers on duty in the radar room were holding warm tea and their eyelids were already twitching.
Under the dim light, the radar soldier holding a tea cup glanced at the radar screen. There was nothing abnormal on the screen. There was still a lot of clutter, which was waves and other messy things.
Suddenly, the alarm responded with a clear beep, and he suddenly woke up, put down the tea cup in his hand, and stared at the faint bright spot on the screen.
Not daring to neglect, he grabbed the intercom next to him and called his own bridge: "Bridge! Bridge! The radar has found a suspicious target!"
In the earphones, the voice of the bridge officer on duty came: "This is the bridge duty station! Please confirm the target situation! Repeat, please confirm the target situation!"
The captain was already asleep at this time, and the fleet commander needed to rest after a busy day. If the battle alarm was raised at the first sign of any disturbance, the entire fleet would not need to rest for the whole night.
Therefore, the officer on duty hopes that the radar soldier will confirm the target first, and then consider whether to wake up the captain and sound the battle alarm.
"I don't know. It's probably about the same size as an airplane, but its height is zero! The target is on the sea! It's not a low-altitude intrusion aircraft." The radar soldier looked at the data given by the equipment and reported to the officer on duty on the bridge.
However, just as he finished saying this, he saw another similar light spot appear on the radar screen!
"Bridge! Bridge! This is the radar room! The second target has appeared! It's not an accident!" He grabbed the communicator and shouted loudly.
There was silence in the earphones for two seconds, and then the red combat siren above the radar room began to rotate, and the loudspeaker emitted a piercing chirp.
"Woo..." The battle alarm was sounded, and the sentry on duty who was dozing off quickly picked up his telescope and began to search the visible sea surface.
It was too dark, with only the moon as illumination, and visibility was very low. The sea was pitch black, with occasional silvery waves. Nothing could be seen clearly.
The entire fleet is under blackout, and the darkness is of course very normal. Another huge black shadow behind them is the Beiyuan 9 destroyer, which is also cruising slowly.
"Beiyuan No. 9! Beiyuan No. 9! This is Beiyuan No. 50! This is Beiyuan No. 50! Unknown target found! I have sounded the combat alarm! Please stay alert! Please stay alert!" At 1:17 that night
, the Beiyuan 50 at the forefront of the alert fleet sent a message.
At 1:18, the Beiyuan No. 9 destroyer sounded the battle alarm. All combatants rushed to their combat posts. Sailors wearing life jackets controlled the artillery and began to turn. At the same time, the flagship Dongwan No. 2 battleship also received a warning from the fleet.
Message sent.
"Dang-dang-dang..." The officer on duty in a navy white uniform knocked on the commander-in-chief's door. Lu Qianshan opened his own door, took the message paper and looked down at it with a puzzled look.
This glance made him feel all sleepy. He raised his head and ordered: "Order the fleet to sound the battle alarm! The aircraft carrier fleet separates from the fleet and accelerates, and the frigates follow! Make sure the aircraft carrier will not be threatened in any way!"
No matter how the enemy attacks, the aircraft carrier is his biggest counterattack force. He must protect this force, and everything else is secondary.
"Notify the landing fleet! Suspend landing transportation operations! Let the two destroyers Beiyuan 20 and Beiyuan 21 support the alert fleet! Confirm what happened!" Lu Qianshan, who was commanding the fleet for the first time, was very vigilant and issued many orders in succession.
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Then he took off his hat from the wall and put it on his head: "Let's go! Go to the bridge!"
At 1:23, the main gun of the artillery destroyer Buk Yuan No. 50 that first discovered the target fired a flare. The sailors on the Buk Yuan 9 following the Buk Yuan 50 clearly saw the flare flying up.
It lit up the sky and illuminated a body of water.
"Thud, tug, tug, tug!" Then they heard the sound of machine guns in the distance. It was the Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun equipped on Beiyuan 50.
Due to the angle of view, the sailors on the Beiyuan 9 destroyer could see the light of the tracer bullets fired by the Bofors anti-aircraft guns in the distance, but they could not see what the Beiyuan 50 was firing at.
"A call from Beiyuan No. 50! There are enemy boats on the sea, and they are moving very fast... They are preparing to break the light control..." After the communications officer finished reading the message, he saw Beiyuan No. 50 turning on its searchlight, a huge beam of light.
Start sweeping across the sea.
"Order to turn on the searchlight! Load the main gun with flares! Shoot in the three o'clock direction! One shot at 50 degrees, one shot at the highest elevation angle! Ensure the starboard side of the battleship is illuminated!" the captain of the Beiyuan No. 9 destroyer immediately ordered.
After he knew what kind of target he was facing, his tactics were already fixed. The opponent did not have large battleships, so Tang Jun was not afraid of exposing himself. Since they were not afraid of exposing themselves, vision was the most important thing.
Along with the orders, the searchlight of Beiyuan No. 9 destroyer was also turned on. The huge bright light swept across the sea, and the flares made the sky as bright as day.
Then they saw an enemy boat rushing towards them. The boat was very fast and looked really small from the front.
"Free fire! Stop them from approaching!" The captain of Beiyuan 9 destroyer immediately gave the order to fire. In an instant, the small-caliber anti-aircraft gun on the side of the destroyer roared.
"Chug chug chug!" A row of tracer bullets rushed into the distance and landed around the small boat, stirring up a column of water. The small boat seemed to realize that it had been exposed, and changed its course and moved sideways for a certain distance.
"It's too fast!" A sailor complained through gritted teeth as he saw that the shell he fired did not hit the target.
"Boom!" A 127-caliber main gun on the bow of the ship opened fire, and the long flames from the muzzle looked very spectacular. On the sea in the distance, a huge water column suddenly shot up from the right side of the boat, and this shell fired again.
Didn't hit the opponent.
"Are they going to launch torpedoes on such a small ship to attack us?" the first mate put down the telescope and asked nervously.
The captain of the Beiyuan 9 destroyer shook his head and denied the speculation: "Impossible! The torpedo technology has just been sold, there is no way they can get it so quickly!"
"Then why are they driving here so hard? To board the ship and fight us hand to hand?" The first mate picked up the binoculars again and anxiously looked at the mirage's small boat that was rushing left and right in the hail of bullets.
"I don't know..." The captain of Beiyuan 9 could not guess for a moment, but he knew that no matter what, he could not let the opponent get close to his warship: "Weapon officer! Order all gun positions to continue firing! Sink it.
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"There is one more ship! There is one more ship!" The lookout pointed at the sea in the distance and loudly reminded his captain. Everyone immediately turned their attention to it. Everyone picked up their binoculars and looked at the other ship.
one direction.
Sure enough, in another direction, there was another small boat approaching quickly. The 127 main gun at the stern was turning, hoping to aim the muzzle at another target.
"Speed up! Maximum speed!" The captain of the destroyer Beiyuan 9, who felt very bad, frowned: "Give power to Beiyuan 50! Ask them to accelerate to the maximum speed and maintain the formation!"
"Yes!" The communications officer went to convey the order.
"Captain! There is a call from Beiyuan No. 20. They and No. 21 are approaching us and are expected to join our formation in 37 minutes..." The officer who has been responsible for fleet communication covered the phone and reported to his captain.
"Let them turn on their searchlights! Search the sea surface! Prepare flares! The enemy forces are all small boats, keep your distance!" An idea flashed through the mind of the captain of Beiyuan 9. He quickly walked to the intercom and spoke.
He reached out and grabbed the walkie-talkie and ordered loudly: "Public channel!"
Seeing his men adjusting the channel, he pressed the intercom and shouted: "All warships! All warships! This is Beiyuan 9! This is Beiyuan 9! I suspect that the enemy's small boat is loaded with explosives! Stop it!
They're getting closer! Stop them from getting closer!"
"Beiyuan 20 understands!" "Beiyuan 21 understands!" Soon, two warships coming for reinforcements gave a reply.
"Damn it! It has already hit us!" A second later, the captain of the Beiyuan 50 destroyer shouted desperately on the radio.
Almost at the same moment, a huge explosion occurred on the starboard side of Beiyuan 50, which was traveling on the right front of Beiyuan 9. The rolling flames illuminated the entire destroyer, and the blown railings even reached the height of the flares.
At 1:56, the Bukyuan 50 destroyer was hit by a Mirage speedboat and exploded, causing serious damage. At the moment of the explosion, 29 people were killed and 17 people were missing.
At 2:03, Beiyuan 20 and Beiyuan 21 joined the battle.
At 2:11, the first Mirage suicide speedboat was hit by a shell and exploded. The speedboats that had been sunk before were just sunk, but this one exploded directly and was torn apart and disappeared.
At 2:25, Beiyuan 90 and Beiyuan 94 of the Tang Army arrived and entered the battle. Almost at the same time, the second Mirage small boat that was killed in the explosion appeared.
At 2:30, a Mirage suicide speedboat was hit and exploded 15 meters away from the side of Bac Yuan 20. The explosion damaged the side of Bac Yuan 20, blew out the searchlight on the battleship, and killed two sailors.
10 people were injured.
At 3 o'clock, the Tang Army confirmed that no new Mirage suicide speedboats had appeared, and all incoming speedboats were destroyed.
At 3:22, the severely damaged destroyer Beiyuan 50 tilted sideways, and emergency repairs failed and was abandoned. After dawn, Beiyuan 50 sank. In the end, 35 people including the captain were killed, and 18 people are missing.
According to the report, the Mirage State invested a total of more than 50 suicide speedboats. The Tang Army lost one destroyer and another destroyer was injured...
