Chapter 212: The Japanese Navy Who Wants To Slap The Face
After the two trophies were originally put back into active service, the Japanese Navy had prepared to strengthen air defense and anti-submarine firepower, as well as electronic equipment such as electrical detection and sonar, and use them as flagships of escort ships. For the Japanese Navy, which is currently somewhat short of ships, this
The two ships, which are not large in terms of tonnage among the Japanese navy, are still very useful at the moment.
However, before there was time to renovate the armament, the original three twin-mounted 140mm naval guns were hastily reinstalled, and then they were pulled out by the Japanese Navy to participate in this support army operation. For the land attack
To support operations, the 140mm naval gun is always more powerful than the 127mm high-level and flat dual-purpose gun scheduled to be modified.
The most critical thing is that the current Japanese naval vessels are mainly concentrated in the South Pacific and Southeast Asian battlefields. Although there are many large fleets such as local battleships, the number of light ships capable of escorting is not large. This time the opponent basically has no naval threat.
For the entire Japanese landing fleet, the demand for ships such as destroyers required for air defense and anti-submarine warfare is greater.
On the contrary, there is not much demand for large combat ships such as battleships and heavy cruisers. Dispatching some large ships to carry out fire suppression in depth on the enemy can fully meet the needs. The enemy is an all-army army, and there is not a single one.
Combat ships, dispatching so many large ships will only waste precious fuel.
Taking into account the large demand for ships, these two warships have just completed the modification and repair of their main engines and equipment, and installed some electronic equipment. However, they have not had time to replace the artillery, and have been downgraded to coastal defense ships by the Japanese Navy. They have been temporarily suspended by the Japanese Navy.
It has been improved and used as the flagship and main ship of the escort fleet.
Although the tonnage of the Japanese naval support fleet is not large, the six 140mm naval guns equipped with it are still quite sufficient for ground support. What's more, both warships are equipped with electric detectors.
, has a certain long-range air defense detection capability. This is still very needed for the Japanese Navy, which generally only relies on visual air defense.
Of course, maybe the Japanese Navy sent these three ships that originally belonged to the Chinese to participate in the war, except for the insufficient number of escort ships. It may not be that they did not think that these three ships that originally belonged to the Chinese were used, and two of them were even made by the Chinese themselves.
Fighting warships will relieve the Chinese people quite a lot and make them feel very comfortable.
So they even sent out the ship that they had originally converted into a training ship, which was the former Chinese Navy light cruiser Yixian, on the pretext of training new recruits and speeding up the training. This ship was all over the place due to the harsh conditions during its manufacture.
Financial situation, unable to import the armor needed to build a warship without armor.
After being dragged back to Japan, the light cruiser was not suitable for the combat needs of the Japanese navy and had not undergone major modifications. It was really not suitable for this kind of battle. The reason why it was sent out was probably because the Japanese navy was too confident. This approach,
It was rare in the history of Japanese navy in the past.
In addition to actual combat needs, there may not be any other meaning. The Japanese Navy has never been behind others in this kind of slap in the face. It's just that the Japanese Navy's thoughts are somewhat hidden. In front of them
The opponent, Du Kaishan, who had never seen the navy before this battle, and who didn't even know what the navy was, didn't feel like he was being slapped in the face when the elite of the navy of the former Nationalist government were diverted to beat him.
Not knowing the origins of these warships, he not only did not have any thoughts about Lin Xiangxiyu. On the contrary, he listed these warships as the first choice targets because they were too aggressive. But in other words, even if he knew,
No matter what, he must be dealt a harsh blow. Whoever wants to be merciful on the battlefield will be the unlucky one.
He could not and would not show mercy just because these warships originally belonged to the Chinese. As a result, this warship was modified by the Japanese army and was only equipped with a 120mm naval gun, which was too far forward.
The training ship, which had no armor protection, was paralyzed in the shallow water in front of Qikou in the first round of artillery fire.
The two former main ships of the Chinese Navy are now the best-performing coastal defense ships in the Japanese Navy because they are too arrogant. The 140-mm naval guns they are equipped with are compared to the 120-mm naval guns equipped by the Japanese Navy destroyers and coastal defense ships.
The ten-millimeter naval gun was more powerful, so it was targeted by the anti-Union artillery group. A considerable part of the first round of artillery fire fell on these two ships.
Regarding these arrogant ships, Du Kaishan, who grew up in the inland area of Sichuan since childhood, did not know their true identity. He focused his attack on the coastal defense ships now named Wubaidao and Eighty Islands.
body, just because the guns of these two ships are powerful, have a long range, and are too arrogant.
Du Kaishan's goal is very clear. He doesn't care about the small small and medium-sized landing craft that are sailing on the sea. His goal is the Japanese warships on the sea and the Japanese troops on the beach. All the artillery groups in his hands have their own
The designated target. The first choice target is the two huge Japanese Army aircraft carriers, the amphibious landing ship, as well as various types of combat ships and beach landing craft.
Of course, there are also the two light cruisers with clear goals, plus those Japanese Navy destroyers and coastal defense ships that are very arrogant and pose a great threat to their next counterattack plan. Although those destroyers and other ships are small in tonnage, their draft is also very shallow.
, the power of medium-caliber naval guns is far less powerful than the large-caliber naval guns of large ships, but when it sails very close to the coastline and fires against the alliance's artillery groups, it is also a great threat.
General Du Kaishan made a clear division of labor for his artillery group. The rocket launcher group had already landed and was busy expanding into the depth of the Japanese landing force. The 150 howitzer group strengthened the 76mm cannon group to block the beachhead and attack the Japanese army.
Landing ship on the beach.
As for the two cannon regiments, the targets are very clear, which are the large transport fleet that the Japanese army is transporting behind, as well as those medium-sized ships such as destroyers that are arrogant and brazenly approaching the beachhead and firing desperately, and of course the two
A light cruiser.
As early as the preparation stage, in order to achieve the greatest suddenness of firepower, Du Kaishan required the artillerymen participating in the battle to be able to hit the artillery shells to their respective targets according to the notification of the artillery observers without any test firing. The first round hit.
The rate can be slightly reduced, but subsequent shots must be precise.
At the same time, in order to ensure that the artillery's shooting accuracy is maximized, Du Kaishan also made complete preparations. Not only did he take the chief officers of the artillery units participating in the battle, he also personally surveyed the beachhead many times. He also dispatched the best artillery staff, as well as various artillery pieces.
The chief of staff of the regiment personally conducted measurements on the beachhead and the sea surface within 10,000 meters.
Even just the day before, Du Kaishan took various artillery regiments and all the cadres above the army regiment who were about to enter the Qikou battlefield to conduct an actual battlefield survey on the Qikou front line. Du Kaishan, who seemed to be flamboyant and overjoyed with his achievements, was actually
He is as meticulous as his hair.
According to the locations where the various ships were stationed when the Japanese fleet bombarded Qikou, the entire battlefield was calibrated from the entire beachhead to the sea five kilometers away from the beach for the last inspection. At the same time, we tried our best to
Artillery observers were secretly set up to ensure the hit rate of the artillery's first round of fire without a test firing.
The artillery positions that were painstakingly constructed and carefully camouflaged, as well as a large number of false positions set up before the battle, attracted the Japanese naval and air firepower. Du Kaishan's firepower strike seemed to have achieved a perfect tactical surprise. His first
One round of artillery fire achieved good results.
The Japanese navy escort ship group, which suffered a sap from Du Kaishan, immediately spread out, regardless of the transport ships being unloaded, trying to avoid the continuous long-range anti-union artillery fire. But they dodged, but those transport ships and the two ships were
The Army's Shenzhou Maru and Akitsu Maru were busy sending down the landing infantry, but they had no time to avoid the second round of the Anti-Japanese Alliance and more artillery fire that followed.
Although the navy escorting ships fired desperately in an attempt to suppress the anti-Union shore artillery. Even a few crazy destroyers, despite the overwhelming artillery fire, sailed very close to the coastline and fired desperately at the anti-Union shore artillery positions.
Cannonballs poured down.
At the same time, after several air battles in the sky, the few remaining Japanese naval combat aircraft were also desperately attacking the exposed anti-Union shore artillery positions. However, no matter how hard the Japanese warships worked, the anti-Union artillery fire that hit them was just over the top.
Coming more and more densely.
Although these cannons made by the Germans are indeed a bit too bulky for the Chinese battlefield, their performance is really impressive. They are powerful, have a long range, and are quite accurate. When fired from a fixed position, they are enough to suppress weapons five miles away from the coastline.
A cluster of Japanese warships within a kilometer.
Dozens of long-range cannons from two cannon regiments, plus rocket launcher groups, howitzer groups, and the Soviet-style 76mm cannon group made by the Anti-Japanese Alliance. It will be centered at Qikou, starting from Mapengkou in the north.
The entire Japanese landing area from Zhangjuhe in the south was covered in dense artillery fire.
In addition to the beachhead controlled by the Japanese army, rocket shells continued to fall, and a group of 150mm howitzers fired with the tactic of three high-explosive shells sandwiching a white phosphorus bomb, causing heavy casualties to the Japanese troops who had landed.
Japanese warships on the sea were also continuously hit by bullets, and several light ships were paralyzed on their berths before they were out of the range of the gunfire.
There were also a lot of Daihatsu who were busy carrying out so-called ant transportation on the sea. The Zhongfa landing craft was affected, and the Japanese infantry and heavy weapons they were transporting were bombed and sunk on the sea. Although there were engineers on the sea who were busy,
The landing craft used to transport Japanese infantry to the beach were not Du Kaishan's key targets.
It is impossible for such dense artillery fire not to be affected at all. In addition, although these landing craft are light and flexible, their sinking resistance is also very poor. A near-miss is enough to knock out a mid-range landing craft.
Big turnaround. Although not the main target, these worker ant-like landing craft did not sink many.
The Akitsu Maru, which was also regarded as the first choice target by Du Kaishan and regarded as a national treasure by the Japanese Army, was blown up and smoke was everywhere, and the entire hull had tilted. It could only fly at full speed with thick smoke all over its body.
Retreat to the open sea. If we stay here for a while longer and receive dozens of shells, I am afraid that the world's first amphibious landing ship will be sunk in the Bohai Bay.
There is no way anyone can make it as huge as a light aircraft carrier, more conspicuous than the two Japanese navy light cruisers. In addition, it is the transport ship with the largest load among the entire Japanese landing ship group in the Bohai Bay.
How many other landing ships and transport ships are on top of a ship? If we don't give priority to him, who else will we hit first?
The Akitsu Maru was warmly entertained. Although the Japanese Army spared no expense when building it, it was not sunk in the end. However, it was also bombed with holes all over the body and everywhere on the ship.
They were the bodies of Japanese army sailors and army soldiers who had not yet had time to disembark.