The two hundred and eighteenth chapter Ise capsize
Five torpedo boats launched an attack on the battleship "Ise" with an indomitable momentum. The "Ise" including more than ten gunboats of various types that came to the rescue nearby fired shells at them crazily, in three directions in front, left and right of the "Ise" On the ocean surface, explosions were heard one after another, and huge waves rose one after another. Five swordfish shuttled among them as if they had turned into real fish. Unfortunately, 024 was shot first, and then dragged the billowing smoke toward "Iraqi". The "Shi" number pierced through,
In the 024 cockpit, only Zhang Yunxi was alive among the four bloody men. Next to the torpedo launcher at the back, some of the cadets who were sticking to their posts had a big fire on their bodies. "Leave me alone, launch quickly." The squad leader of the combat class. Wang Qiang was such a fiery man. He endured the excruciating pain and shouted to his brothers. After shouting these words, he could no longer hold on. As soon as he let go of his hand, he fell from the boat onto the undulating ocean, and was immediately swept away by the turbulent waves. Swallowed by the waves,
From a bird's-eye view, 024 at this time has turned into a fireball dragging thick smoke at high speed in the waves. "Bang, bang," two sounds of heavy objects falling into the water were heard, and two torpedoes plunged into the water. Almost running towards the approaching "Ise" together with 024,
At a distance of less than a hundred meters, the "pebble" can be completed in six or seven seconds. Amidst the exclamations of the Japanese, there were three loud "rumblings", and an earth-shattering explosion occurred in the boiler room on the port side of the "Ise" The students of the 024 combat group were very tenacious. When the 024 had almost hit the "Ise", they completed the launch of two other torpedoes. Therefore, the four torpedoes plus the 024 hit the same direction one after another, and then the two The second torpedo went directly into the big hole opened by the first two torpedoes and exploded directly in the boiler room.
Violent explosions sounded one after another. Even though it was a maritime overlord like the "Ise", it was still shaken violently by the explosions.
There were a total of five Swordfish targeting the "Ise". Long before 024 hit the "Ise", both 016 and 018 launched two torpedoes. Sentaro Omori was personally commanding the helmsman to avoid the torpedoes launched by 016. Two torpedoes were hit on the port side. The little Japanese was shocked and shouted: "No, boiler room."
Omori Sen knew the structure of the "Ise" well. He knew from the explosion that the hull where the boiler room was located was under attack. He ran out of the captain's room, grabbed the railing and looked down. At this time, the starboard side and the bow were There was a violent explosion, and in the huge waves, countless Japanese were knocked down to the ocean surface, and then the ship shook even more violently.
"Go back, hold on tight." Masafumi Arima shouted to Omori-sen,
Omori responded instinctively with "Hai", then let go and prepared to go back to the captain's room. At this moment, a dull explosion sounded, and then the entire battleship shook violently. His expression changed drastically and he said: "No, it's Boiler room." He turned back and was about to poke his head again to check the details when an unusually violent explosion sounded. He exclaimed, lost control of his body and fell from the bridge. The boiler room of the "Ise" was hit. Later, the boiler exploded. This extremely violent explosion not only tore the "Ise" into two pieces, but also destroyed the balance of the ship. Omori Sensui lost his footing and fell down without warning. Wailing, he smashed his head on the bottom deck, his brains burst and he fell to death.
Arima Masafumi was shocked by Omori Sen's encounter. He couldn't help but cling to the railing. His face was pale and his chest was heaving violently. The boiler exploded and the hull of the "Ise" was broken into two pieces. The fate was sealed. Haruyoshida and several officers rushed out from nowhere. They grabbed Arima Masabumi and ran down. Haruyoshida shouted: "Your Excellency, please leave the ship immediately. The boiler room was destroyed." "
When the boiler room of the "Ise" exploded, the Higashiyama Fleet's torpedo boat force also launched an attack on all fronts. More than thirty swordfish were formed in groups of three or two. Although the enemy ships targeted by them tried their best to resist, they were unable to do so. No one can escape the fatal kiss of "pebble",
Amidst a series of violent explosions, Masafumi Arima was carried by his men onto a small boat and rushed to another heavy cruiser "Nachi". Behind them, the "Ise" was attacked by four people one after another. A torpedo hit, and the behemoth turned into a sick lion among the wolves, while thousands of Japanese soldiers above were wailing and screaming strangely. As the ship shook violently, many people did not wear lifebuoys. He plunged headlong into the water,
The "Ise" is too huge. If 024 hadn't happened to blow up its boiler room and caused a fatal explosion, it would have been difficult to sink it with a medium-sized torpedo like the "Pebble", and even if it was broken into two pieces, " The "Ise" was also the last battleship to sink in the landing fleet.
The "Ise" was broken into two parts. The stern of the ship was engulfed by the seawater in just ten minutes. After the bow of the ship was raised, the sinking process was relatively slow. It struggled at sea for nearly five hours before it was finally buried. On the bottom of the sea far away from Fuzhou, the "Ise" was killed, which greatly damaged the morale of the landing fleet. Those frigates and gunboats were okay. After all, they still had the ability to defend themselves. They could offset the fear in their hearts with crazy counterattacks. For As far as the Japs on the troop carriers and landing ships were concerned, their experiences were too miserable. Those small troop carriers were okay. Their targets were relatively small and they did not attract enough attention from Qi Minghao and the others. The three large troop carriers The warships were at least as big as the "Kakko", so they naturally became the focus of attack by the students.
More than a dozen Swordfish pounced on the three troop carriers like wolves. The Japanese soldiers on the troop carriers screamed repeatedly. Then, a jaw-dropping scene appeared. Thousands of Japanese soldiers rushed out of the cabin and picked up machine guns. , the rifle fired at the incoming swordfish, persistently but in vain, trying to resist the swordfish's attack with the help of the 38 big cover and crooked handle.
Qi Minghao was naturally unafraid of this. He commanded each boat to launch torpedoes four to five hundred meters away, bullying the troop carriers into having large hulls and slow speeds, and sank two of them with an attack method that was enough to make the Japanese vomit blood. A large troop transport and a landing ship,
Two large troop carriers and a landing ship were sunk. At that time, more than 3,000 Japanese soldiers were buried with them. They were swept into the seabed by the whirlpool or were directly suffocated to death in the cabin. In addition, 5,000 to 6,000 Japanese soldiers began to attack in the massacre. In a desperate struggle, Qi Minghao's torpedo boat attack force alone wiped out thousands of enemies, and completely ended Yamamoto Isoroku's idea of using the Marine Corps to open a front along the coast of Fujian and Guangdong.
The "Kakoko" and the "Ise" were destroyed successively. After Arima Masabumi boarded the "Nachi" for heavy patrol, he learned the lesson. He ordered all warships to assemble toward the "Nachi" for heavy patrol and troop transports and landing ships. The sea area moved closer, and then at the cost of two frigates and several small and medium-sized gunboats, all the torpedoes of the Swordfish were finally consumed. However, because before this, two large troop carriers and a landing ship had been hit. Shen, so his realization came too late.
In the first battle between the Xuebing Army and the Navy, known as the "Fuzhou Naval Battle" by later generations, Qi Minghao, deputy commander of the Dongshan Fleet, led fifty-three "Swordfish" high-speed torpedo boats to attack. At the cost of thirty-four Swordfish, the final attack was The Japanese naval combined fleet sank a battleship, a heavy cruiser, a landing ship, four frigates, three troopships, and seventeen gunboats of various types. The Japanese were killed and drowned, and the number of missing people was as high as 11,000. Yu Ren, it can be said to be a great victory comparable to the "Sink Bar" operation.
After this battle, the strength of the Japanese naval combined fleet was greatly damaged, and the strength of the Marine Corps was almost completely lost. It was no longer able to open a road front along the coast of Fujian and Guangdong. The pressure on land defense along the coast of Fujian and Guangdong was greatly reduced, and Ouyang Yun was able to continue to attack the coastal areas of Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi. Increasing troops. At this point, Yamamoto Isoroku listened to Koizumi Toshiichiro's suggestion and painstakingly organized this student army encirclement and suppression campaign. In fact, it has reached the edge of self-defense.
The landing fleet encountered a surprise attack by the Gakuin Navy and suffered heavy losses. Masafumi Arima felt ashamed to face Yamamoto Isoroku. After signing a battle report, he wiped his neck clean and prepared to commit suicide in gratitude.
At this time, a very heartwarming scene appeared for the Japanese navy officers and soldiers. Yamamoto Isoroku seemed to have the ability to predict the future. The first thing he did after receiving the telegram was to suppress his anger and sign the telegram to ask Arima Masafumi not to be stupid. incident, and earnestly taught in the telegram: "Failure is not terrible, the terrible thing is not knowing where you failed. The landing fleet suffered heavy losses, and I am also responsible. If I let Yamabekawa Sankey not go to support the 6th Division and As we are escorting you, this kind of situation should not happen..."
After receiving the old Japanese's humane telegram, Arima Masabumi was so moved that he couldn't help himself. He lay down on the carpet prepared for suicide and cried bitterly for five minutes. The young Japanese suddenly raised his head and then faced southeast. The direction bowed heavily and he raised his head and said to himself: "Your Majesty Yamamoto, thank you for your teachings. Arima swears here that he will follow you to defeat the Chinese military army in this life. If he fails to achieve his goal, he will be willing to be broken into pieces and enter the eighteenth level of hell to make up for his pain. Get reincarnation." After saying that, he picked up the command knife and cut off the little finger of his left hand to show his intention.
Masafumi Arima didn't know that when he was expressing his determination in the captain's room of the heavy cruiser "Nachi", Yamamoto was furious in the captain's room of the aircraft carrier "Hosho". I don't know if it was because of the influence of Toshiichiro Koizumi. Under the influence of the influence, the old devil's acting skills have become more and more profound. He can use electricity to dispel Arima Masabumi's will to die and make him feel deeply. It does not mean that he will give up pursuing the matter.
"Our intelligence collection capabilities are too weak. When did the Xuebing Army develop a large-scale torpedo boat force? Why has no one ever reported it to me? Tsukahara, you are responsible for the intelligence collection work, right? Shipbuilding can It's not about making guns or cannons, that requires a considerable scale of factories. What do you say about this?"
What can Tsukahara 243 say? The intelligence department of the Combined Fleet was only established two months ago at the suggestion of Koizumi Toshiichiro. He has only served as the head of the intelligence section for only a month and a half. Ouyang Yun and his gang of Chinese People are cunning and sly, let alone myself. Even if the minister himself caught this matter, he would not be able to do anything good. He thought so in his heart, but he did not dare to say so. After the attack on the Nagasaki military port, Yamamoto His personality changed drastically. When he was furious, except for a few people such as Koizumi Toshiichiro and Yoneuchi Mitsumasa, no one else dared to face him directly.
Tsukahara lowered his head heavily and said nothing. At this time, Sanada walked in and brought another good and bad news.