From the perspective of the Japanese who are deeply influenced by militarism, it is a supreme honor to sacrifice oneself for His Majesty the Emperor and the Empire of Japan. Therefore, they are too concerned about the term "special attack".
Familiar. In this era, anti-submarine torpedoes were still in the research and development stage. Even the Germans, who were relatively advanced in torpedo research and development, only proposed this concept at this time. So when the sonar troops of the Yi-153 detected
When some high-speed object collided with our ship, we naturally thought it was an enemy submarine launching a special attack.
The consequences of this misjudgment were very serious. If the Yi-153 did not dive quickly, it might have been able to avoid this anti-submarine torpedo. However, it happened to hit the anti-submarine torpedo during its dive, and a sudden sound came from the bow of the boat.
There was a muffled sound, and then a huge wave about ten meters high rose up. The next moment, I-153 fell down on its head and feet. As for Kawamoto Masao and his gang of little devils, many people directly
They were killed by the bombing, and more people were stunned. Then they drank a lot of food and went to see the Dragon King of the South China Sea.
"It's time, it's time!" About 2,500 meters away from the Yi-15, a cadet's cheers suddenly rang out in the war room of a Ming-class submarine that was deep-diving. Then he was immediately pushed by a major officer.
The officer put on the receiver and listened, with a smile on his face and said: "Okay, hit! Hit!"
"Can this thing really attack the enemy underwater?" said a captain behind the major.
"Of course. When has the R&D institute ever done anything wrong?"
When this kind of anti-submarine torpedo, which overturned the rule that conventional torpedoes can only travel on water, was delivered from the cadet R&D institute, the cadet submariners did not believe that this thing could attack targets underwater. That's why the major and captain behaved like this
response, and due to the limited number, only six of the more than thirty submarines sent out for battle this time were equipped.
On the island of the Soryu aircraft carrier, next to Yanagimoto, a second lieutenant saw this scene and immediately exclaimed: "No, the I-153 has also been sunk!"
Yanagimoto turned his head and looked around, just in time to see the propeller at the stern of the I-153 boat spinning and sinking into the whirlpool. The little devil turned pale with anger and angrily shouted: "Baggaru! A bunch of trash."
Yanagimoto has reason to be angry. As a veteran naval power, Japan's submarine force has existed for 20 or 30 years, and even if the Xuebing Army developed submarines as soon as they arrived in Guangzhou, it was only four years ago.
It should be the difference between teachers and students, but the teacher was actually defeated by the students. You must know that so far, the Xuebing Army has not lost a single submarine.
Yanagimoto's anger at the incompetence of the submarine officers and soldiers did not last for two seconds before he was diverted by the grim reality. Two violent explosions suddenly came from his left hand side, and then, the "Tama" that had been guarding the left hand side of the Soryu aircraft carrier
"The light cruiser broke into two pieces and slowly submerged into the sea with a wailing sound.
"Ba Ge! What's going on?" Yanagimoto shouted.
Soon, a major came over and reported: "The port side of the 'Tama' was hit by two torpedoes at the same time - the last telegram sent by Colonel Kawahata Masaharu."
"Another torpedo, but no enemy submarine appeared in that direction!" Yanagimoto seemed to be fooled, waving his command knife and shouting.
"Your Excellency, please ask Your Excellency Jiang Cao to give up chasing enemy aircraft and launch attacks on the sea. More and more torpedo boats have broken through the fire blockade-" Another major suggested.
When the Japanese planes from Taipei were still about ten kilometers away from the battlefield, Xue Changkong, who had already flown away from the battlefield, gave the order to the two fighter divisions to leave the combat sea area and wait for opportunities to annihilate the enemy. The Xuebing Army did not take long to rise, but due to the equipment
It is the most advanced white-tailed dolphin in the world, so in the air battle with Japan, except for the defeat during the sneak attack on Ningbo, it has rarely suffered defeat so far. In this way, for the commander of the Japanese Air Force, the honor of defeating the Xuebing Army Air Force
It was just too tempting. Just as reinforcements arrived, Jiang Caolongfan thought they were going to escape, so he ordered the pursuit without hesitation.
Xue Changkong's mission was to contain the Japanese aircraft carrier flying force so that they would not have time to attack the Swordfish force. Seeing the Japs chasing after them, under Xue Changkong's remote control command, the two fighter pilot division's student airmen fled and fought.
, and soon led Jiang Caobu away from the combat sea area.
The commander of the Japanese aircraft group coming to Taipei for reinforcements also thought that the Xuebing Army aviation unit was trying to escape, and pursued them. Only then did they start the pursuit, and Yanagimoto's return order also arrived.
After receiving the order, Jiang Cao Takaban was startled when he turned the plane and looked towards the sea. At this time, most of Huang Tianxun's Swordfish troops had broken through the Japanese army's long-range artillery blockade and entered within the range. At this time, they were looking for fighter planes.
At a glance, the little devil saw hundreds of water lines surrounding the mixed fleet. From time to time, ships were torpedoed with flames and huge waves, and he quickly ordered everyone to return. However, they turned around and prepared
Returning, the Xuebing Army also turned its nose around, and the offensive and defensive positions of both sides were immediately reversed. Not to mention, what made Jiang Cao frightened was that the bomber cluster of the Xuebing Army, which had been far away from the battlefield, actually showed signs of turning around -
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In a close-range fight between fighter planes, turning the tail of the aircraft towards each other means giving up the fight for the initiative, which is extremely dangerous. The Baiji Dolphin has higher performance and maximum altitude than the Zero Fighter, which means learning
It was easier for the airmen to turn this initiative into battle results. So Jiang Cao's order to return as a whole not only cost them the initiative they had finally obtained, but also cost them the battle damage of five fighter planes.
Five fighter planes were shot down one after another. Jiang Cao came to his senses and shouted on the walkie-talkie: "Attack! Delay the return!" Then he explained to Yanagimoto: "Your Excellency, the Chinese are clinging to us. Please let us drive them away completely first.
Let’s talk later!”
Because the Japanese aircraft cluster coming from Taipei has already joined the battle, the Japanese aircraft have steadily surpassed the Xuebing Army in terms of numbers. If they devote all their strength to the attack, they will definitely be able to expand their numerical advantage into a strategic advantage, and gradually win this battle.
Even a single battle might not be possible.
Yanagimoto saw the loss of five fighter planes one after another, and he also realized the intentions of the Gakuin Air Force. He knew that he could not count on Egusa and the others for the time being, so he could only shout to Goto to let them move the merchant ships closer to the aircraft carrier.
, so as to help the mixed fleet survive this most difficult moment.
The protected object in turn has to provide protection to the protector. Even Goto continued to express his affection and justice to the merchant ship captains. However, as the battleships of our own side competed with the submarine force of the Xuebing Army, things were completely different.
At a disadvantage, the captains of the merchant ships who had been counting on surviving the disaster gave up. When another light cruiser was sunk by a torpedo that came from unknown sources, a five-ton cruiser loaded with rubber was
The cargo ship of about a thousand tons began to turn and sailed directly between the aircraft carriers Soryu and Ryujo. And with this ship as an example, when Nabeshima Shunsaku's squadron lost another destroyer, many merchant ships had
They all also turned around and headed between the three aircraft carriers. As a result, the two merchant ships collided with each other, completely disrupting the orderly order of the mixed fleet.