"We were discovered, the Chinese dropped a bomb..." This was the last sound Morikawa received from the submarine in trouble.
This sentence was a serious warning to the Japanese commanders of other submarines. After the raiding fleet's surface ships were completely destroyed, these commanders felt fearful of imitating the power of the Pacific Fleet and its proactive offensive spirit. Ono's submarine was sunk, and they discovered that the Chinese people's anti-submarine warfare capabilities did not seem to be as bad as they had guessed in advance. Many people had a bad feeling in their hearts, and some even thought pessimistically that this would be the last journey of their lives. , "Your Excellency, what should we do?" "Your Excellency, it seems that the Chinese people are on guard."... The captains used walkie-talkies to shout to Morikawa, with only one underlying meaning: Since the Chinese people are on guard, should they cancel this attack? If this action is not enough, it is better to give in temporarily to avoid its sharp edge.
How could Morikawa not understand their thoughts? The little devil also realized that the possibility of failure of this operation was high, but the arrow was on the string. At this time, he had no choice but to cancel the order, because as long as someone brought this matter to Koizumi Toshiichiro There, then he will definitely be held accountable. The best outcome will be that he will be held accountable for the annihilation of the surface fleet, and even become the scapegoat for Koizumi to explain to his superiors. Thinking of this, the little devil's heart skipped a beat, and he held the microphone in his hand. He yelled: "Ba Ge, a group of cowards, are you cowardly before the battle has even begun? We are the Royal Japanese Navy, and we have the most powerful fleet in East Asia. The Chinese are just a group of landlubbers who have just learned to swim..." Rush forward, carry forward the spirit of Bushido, and let the Chinese people know that in Asia, we are the overlord of the sea."
When Ouyang Yun was studying in the military academy before time travel, he was confused when he read the history books about the Japanese Navy in World War II. He didn't understand why the Japanese Navy failed to achieve brilliant results despite having the most advanced submarines and torpedoes in the world. , No, there is no need for brilliant records at all. In his opinion, as long as the Japanese submarine force could really play its role at that time, Japan would not have been defeated so miserably and so quickly in so many naval battles. The answer given by military historians The Japanese didn't understand submarine tactics at all, so they had technical advantages, but because no one knew how to apply them, they wasted such good submarines. The answers given by military historians were rough and there were no details or descriptions of combat cases. So Ouyang Yun still couldn't find an accurate answer, but if he was lucky enough to follow the actions of the Pacific Fleet at this time, he should be able to get the answer he wanted.
To put it bluntly, it is a matter of combat philosophy.
The key to the power of submarines lies in the word "submarine". In the time and space before Ouyang Yun traveled, it once happened that a certain country's aircraft carrier fleet was frightened by a submarine from another country and retreated 200 nautical miles. A certain country was at that time The only ocean overlord in the world is used to being domineering in the Pacific, but this time they were suddenly shocked and retreated two hundred nautical miles because they discovered that the submarine of another country that had been monitoring them in the nearby waters suddenly disappeared. The truth is ridiculous. , a certain country thought that other country’s submarines had new lurking technology that could avoid their tracking and detection, but the fact was that something happened to other country’s submarine suddenly and it crashed and stopped in the deep sea. It can be seen from this case that, The key to why submarines are powerful is that they can hide themselves better, thereby posing a potential threat to the enemy fleet.
The Japanese at that time obviously failed to understand this. For example, Morikawa, the tactic they should adopt at this time should be to continue to lurk, wait for the Pacific Fleet to take the initiative to approach, and then launch a sudden attack. Morikawa did not do this. Instead, he Ordered to take the initiative to move closer to the Pacific Fleet, and once the submarine moved, it was equivalent to actively greeting the anti-submarine system of the Pacific Fleet. So, when they were still thirty kilometers away from the main fleet of the Pacific Fleet, another one A submarine was discovered by the Xuebing Army. This time, it was an anti-submarine helicopter that made the contribution. The captain of the aircraft immediately called nearby friendly forces to come to help, so three anti-submarine helicopters and two Baijis launched attacks on the submarine at the same time. Attack, this time, Morikawa also only heard a message and then lost contact with the submarine. At this time, it was not too late for Morikawa to order the remaining three submarines to enter the latent state immediately. Unfortunately, he had already Losing his mind with the successive attacks, he not only failed to respond correctly, but instead ordered all three submarines to dive, first launched the carrier-based aircraft, and then moved forward at full speed to launch an attack.
There are three submarines, Min 02, Min 03, and one Yi 27. The latter belongs to the Yi 15 type and is equipped with a water reconnaissance aircraft that can carry a small amount of bombs. Min 03 has already flown a submarine before. Fifty special attack aircraft, so there is still one Fifty special attack aircraft and one Seiran special attack aircraft, so Morikawa still has six fighters on hand, including three Fifty special attack aircraft and two Seiran special attack aircraft.
The process of releasing the fighter planes went smoothly. No matter what the Japanese army's tactical philosophy was, the quality of their soldiers was still very high. With all their strength, six fighter planes took off one after another and rushed towards the Pacific Fleet. Of course, in this way, The three Japanese submarines also took the initiative to expose their targets.
The first Japanese aircraft took off and was immediately detected by the captain of a nearby anti-submarine helicopter. He immediately reported it to the Anti-Submarine Warfare Room of the Fleet Headquarters. The Anti-Submarine Warfare Room immediately reported it to the Fleet Headquarters. Only two minutes had passed. , under the orders of Chen Shichang and Xu Sidong, the three aircraft carriers and several heavy cruisers of the Pacific Fleet began to launch fighter jets. At the same time, the escort ships in front of the fleet began to shrink back, firmly protecting the three aircraft carriers. in the middle,
Morikawa had already boarded Cambridge at this time, which allowed him to clearly see the scene in the sky and sea directly in front of Min 02. He was shocked to see that at a distance of 20 kilometers, he could already see through the telescope Seeing the huge fleet of the Pacific Fleet, through the telescope lens, the thick barrels of the main guns on the bows of several heavy cruisers and two battleships shone with metallic light in the sun. Beside these gun mounts, there were people wearing sailor uniforms. The Chinese sailors were running, "at least 200mm or more." He instantly judged the caliber of these naval guns, and his heart involuntarily twitched twice, "China's fighter planes." He suddenly heard such an exclamation in his ears, and he He put down the telescope and looked up. This time, his heart was not cramping, but his whole heart was lifted. More than ten fighter planes roared and surrounded them from all directions. He couldn't help but smack his mouth twice, and what he saw was, He saw more than ten fighter planes roaring around him from all directions. The one closest to him was already chasing a Fifty Special Attack Plane and firing fiercely. He immediately realized that he had underestimated the enemy. The Pacific Fleet had three heavy fleet aircraft carriers, and every day There are more than fifty aircraft on board each ship. Regardless of other escort warships, even these three aircraft carriers cannot be shaken by them. "Now we can only see whether the fifty special attack aircraft can make a difference." He thought like this and forced himself to calm down. , and then calmly ordered all ships to prepare for air defense.
"Your Excellency, No. 27 I requested to dive." Such a cry came from the speaker installed on the inner wall of the bridge. Morikawa fiercely took off the microphone and shouted loudly: "Yamada-kun, where is your samurai spirit? Yes, victory must belong to the Imperial Japanese Army, you must keep this in mind."
Yamada Kazuyoshi was the most opposed to launching an attack at this time. He was perhaps the Japanese officer in the raiding fleet who understood submarine tactics best. However, Morikawa was the supreme commander, so although he raised questions again and again, he could not To prevent Morikawa from issuing such an order,
"Your Excellency, there are so many Chinese fighter planes. They will sink them before we can get the range. Your Excellency, we still have a chance to dive at this time." Yamada argued with reason.
"Ba Ge, Yamada, if you are afraid of death, you can hand over the command to Yamashita. The Chinese fighter planes are going to intercept Akikawa and the others. Now is our opportunity."
Seeing Morikawa's stubbornness, Yamada hung up the phone bitterly, then glared at his deputy Yamashita and said, "Yamashita-kun, will you ask for command authority?"
Yamashita Mochi put his feet together and lowered his head and said: "Sir, I think you are right, and I support your decision."
Yamada nodded with satisfaction, and then shouted: "Fushan, dive immediately, quickly, quickly."
The I-27 immediately began to dive, and because the naval aviation cadets in the nearby airspace were trying their best to intercept the six Japanese planes at this time, no one noticed that a Japanese submarine was suddenly missing nearby until it completely dived into the seabed.
The naval aviation cadets' operation to intercept the Japanese planes did not go smoothly. The water reconnaissance plane and the two Seilan special attack aircraft did not cause them any trouble. Among them, the water reconnaissance plane was actually shot down by a helicopter's self-defense machine gun. This made the captain and attendants of the plane very excited. The captain of the plane even shouted in the microphone: "We shot down a Japanese plane, we shot down a Japanese plane." But three of them were fifty. The special attack aircraft made the naval aviation cadets feel that they were powerful and had nowhere to use them.
Compared to the anti-submarine helicopters, the Fifty Special Attack Aircraft were too fast. They had just adjusted their positions. They thought they were blocking the Fifty Special Attack Aircraft's path, but the Fifty Special Attack Aircraft was already whizzing past them.
The performance of the Baiji Dolphins was better, but it was still difficult. They originally flew towards the Fifty Special Attack Aircraft, but in just a blink of an eye, the Fifty Special Attack Aircraft passed them, and they were waiting for the naval cadets flying the Baiji Dolphins to adjust. , the fifty special attack aircraft are already far away from the range,
The three aircraft carriers and several heavy cruiser fighter jets were released in time. They took off in time to join the battle. Finally, relying on their numerical advantage, they blocked the attack route of the Fifty Special Attack Aircraft. However, due to the strange shape and machine characteristics of the Fifty Special Attack Aircraft, Their heads are thickly armored, but their interception is difficult and dangerous.
Because it is very difficult for the Fifty Special Attack Aircraft to perform large-angle turning maneuvers, and they are not equipped with air combat weapons at all, so even if the Japanese Air Force piloting them is unwilling, they can only use a rampage method to break through the interception net formed by the white-tip dolphins.