Qingquan Mingfeng's scream alerted Captain Sentaro Omori, the captain of the battleship "Ise" who happened to pass by the door of the radar control room. Omori Sen walked in and asked: "Qingquan, what happened?"
"Your Excellency, something bad has happened. An enemy ship is approaching!" Qingquan bowed hastily and said anxiously. After speaking, he pointed at the radar monitor screen. Fei Dasen and Min Min took a closer look, and their expressions became serious. He walked out of the control room and ran to the stern of the cabin.
, picked up the binoculars and looked over - in the lens, several small ships were galloping towards the wind and waves, with the military flags flying on the boats, and it was vaguely distinguishable to be the flag of the Xuebing Army. He shouted loudly: "Quick, sound the alarm!
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The whistle sounded, and in the captain's room of the "Ise", Arima raised his head from the chart and said to the adjutant next to him, Major Haruyoshida: "Go and see what's going on?"
"Hai!" Haru Yoshida shouted and ran out. A few minutes later, he and Omori Sen ran in anxiously. The latter shouted: "Sir Arima, an enemy fleet is rushing towards me.
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Arima frowned, with a suspicious look on his face, and said: "The enemy fleet? Did you read that correctly? The Chinese fleet?" As he spoke, he walked out of the captain's room, walked up to the observation deck on the left and picked up the
The telescope looked in the direction pointed by Omori Sen. The Japanese regarded the South China Sea as their own back garden, and Arima Masaru was no exception. When he said that just now, there was a subtext that he did not say - "China people
Is there a fleet?"
At this time, Qi Minghao's most advanced torpedo boat was less than 25 kilometers away from the enemy fleet. Arima was raising his binoculars to look over. The second lieutenant changed his perspective and lassoed a torpedo boat that was advancing rapidly in the waves. Little devil
He was shocked and shouted: "Ba Ge, it's a torpedo boat!"
The first country in the world to build torpedo boats was the United Kingdom, and the first country to put torpedo boats into actual combat was Russia. In 1878, Russia used a torpedo boat to sink a 2,000-ton Turkish gunboat "Intiba".
", created a miracle of small boats defeating large ships. Influenced by this, European countries began to vigorously develop torpedo boat forces. Although Japan did not follow suit, it seems that experienced naval generals such as Ma Zheng knew the capabilities of this kind of ship.
exist.
He couldn't figure out when the Gakuin Army developed such a large-scale torpedo boat force, and judging from its performance, it was relatively advanced. This surprised Arima Masa - now was not the time to explore these things. He quickly calmed down and shouted in a deep voice.
: "Notify the escort fleet to turn around and attack immediately to protect the landing ships and troop transports!" After seriously thinking about the combat characteristics of torpedo boats, he then ordered: "Spread out the formation, and each ship should pay attention to avoid torpedoes!"
Just five minutes later, a Japanese ship completed the U-turn. At this time, the frontmost torpedo boat was less than 15 kilometers away from the Japanese ship. "Bang bang--" A Japanese ship began to fire. The sound of cannons rumbled.
, the Japanese soldiers felt a lot more at ease.
The Japanese soldiers were frightened by the sudden appearance of the torpedo boat troops of the Xuexing Army. Almost out of instinct, after receiving the order, the first reaction of many captains was to look to the southwest sky, fearing that a group of them would appear there.
The Black Shadow was so frightened by the "sink" that many Japanese ship captains became dissatisfied. Once they heard the word "attack", they would think that the Cadet Army Air Force was coming again——
The Xuebing Army Air Force has now become a nightmare for the Japs in the Combined Fleet.
No black shadow was found in the southwest sky, and the enemy ships that entered the field of view were so small. The Japanese who did not understand the characteristics of torpedo boats calmed down. When they started firing, the fear in the Japanese's hearts completely dissipated.
The Japanese fleet began to disperse under the command of Arima Masaru. Almost at the same time, Qi Minghao also issued the same order: "Disperse, all advance! Attack freely as a team unit!"
Qi Minghao seemed very excited. Not only him, but also the cadets who went out to the torpedo boat unit were inexplicably excited - this was the first battle since the formation of the cadet navy! Regardless of the outcome of this battle, they will definitely be admitted to the school
The history of the army and navy. And if you can make a difference in this battle, then your name will be immortalized forever, right? Thinking of this, the students couldn't help but straighten their waists and straighten their eyes.
Becoming more determined.
The closer you are to the enemy ship, the greater the density of shelling you will receive. With the sky-shattering explosion, the waves on the sea surface where the torpedo boat troops are located suddenly become much higher, and in this man-made huge wave, one after another "Swordfish" really
Like a swordfish, they were rushing along the waves, gradually making those Japanese who were optimistic at the beginning become taciturn and look serious.
"Boom!" A "Swordfish" was directly hit by the shell, and the explosion and huge waves turned into pieces. Qi Minghao's 001 was following the "Swordfish", and he hit hard to the left
He turned the steering wheel and shouted into the fixed microphone at the same time: "Brothers, now is the most critical time, rush over and the devils will have nothing to do with us. Speed, speed!"
The Japanese ship's cannon has a minimum firing range limit, and there is also a blind spot for shooting. As long as it gets close, it can be turned into a display. There are two advantages for small torpedo boats to attack large ships. One is that the target is small and difficult to aim;
It is fast, but the calculation of the bombardment advance is very demanding. As for the disadvantage, it is due to the limitation of the range of the torpedo, and it must be close to a certain distance to be a threat.
The maximum speed of the "Swordfish" can reach about forty-five knots. Looking at this time and space, it has been far behind similar ships of the European countries. When the Japanese ship artillery fired, they clearly set the target in the center of the crosshairs.
The cannonball was fired, but ended up flying over the target.
The journey from fifteen kilometers to three kilometers was the most difficult time for Qi Minghao's troops. Japanese ships and large naval guns fired wildly. More than twenty "Swordfish" were hit by flying shells or overturned by huge waves caused by explosions.
More than four hundred young cadet navy officers and soldiers were buried in the cold waters of the South China Sea before they could complete their first combat experience. Our side had not even fired a single shot, and had lost nearly half of the torpedo boats that went into battle. This pair of attacks
The morale of the officers and soldiers of the Dongshan Fleet was a heavy blow. Some cadets lost their temper and shouted on the public channel: "Commander Qi, the Japanese artillery fire is too dense, we can't get close!"
Qi Minghao was furious when he heard this and yelled: "What? Are you scared?!"
"No, I-"
"Stop saying anything! Brothers! This is our first battle! Do you understand the significance of the first battle? Are our navy really just freeloaders?"
"No!"
"This is the day to make great achievements! Brothers, there are a lot of enemy ships right in front of you, what are you waiting for?!"