On the southern Yokohama to Vancouver's route from the southern Pacific Alexian Islands, a fleet is at the speed of 15 venues at 15 knots
I move forward in the direction of this islands.
Eighty -two transport vessels grew up long columns on the sea. A large number of black smoke sprayed out of Rulin's mast. The scene was spectacular ..
The i -Army Airlines Command is equipped with two light cruisers for this fleet, and eight destroyers are used as the escort fleet.
I have never discovered the signs of the Anjiajun Navy in the North Pacific Sea before, and in the winter of the central and northern regions of Ehhehkkka, the ships in the winter are not easy. It is more to prevent threats from submarines from the sea.
When the fleet crossed the Northwest Pacific Sea Basin, the Chiba Islands covered by ice and snow in the northwest were hidden.
The submarine base and the field airport at the same time. Every time I enter the Chiba Islands from the Alexian Islands, Heyuan Zhengsheng is shocked.
At this time, the crew members also took down, and the topics talked about each other gradually shifted from worrying about the submarine attack of the Anjiajun Navy to the right.
The attacks encountered by the I island and the discussion of the 12.7 earthquake have speculated what the current bustling Tokyo City has become.
On a 8,000 -ton merchant ship in front of the fleet, there were two artillery artillery with two artillery mouths at the sky.
A 100mm howitzer was installed. Due to the martial arts, the escort command of Hawaii also sent a navy to a naval major on board, responsible for training a part of the sailors on the boat as a gunner, and served as the fleet jing to quit mission at the time of sailing.
Then, then
In the afternoon, the sea surface was calm and quiet, and most of the sailors gathered on the deck, enjoying the winter in the shape of leisurely
I's sunshine, but the topic that everyone talks about is not easy at all, and the family enters
I am islands in this tillar, worrying about how big the damage it suffered this time, the family entered Australia, and worried that the fire flames spread from the southeast corner of Australia to the inland area.
Going south, the future is uncertain.
"Didi-"
At this moment, the sharp whistle sounded. Those sailors who were allocated into the artillery group had to interrupt the chat and run to their respective artillery positions.
As the situation is becoming more and more tense, every
I practiced the Cāo artillery training, which turned to each morning, afternoon and evening in the morning, in order to deal with the accident that may occur at any time.
Wearing a naval white officer's uniform, the big Eto Saito Saito Saito, who was on his head, looked at his wrist and looked at the table, supervised the sailor into the cannon, and then began to report a series of SHè hit data.
At the millimeter position, the four gunners were adjusting the position and angle of the cannon mouth through the handle. Behind the gun position, several sailors responsible for transporting the shells were watching the cannon Cāo as the posture of holding their hands on their chests.
In the direction of the cannon mouth, there is no shadow of moving at the direction of the artillery mouth direction.
"Yo Xi, the action is standard, but the speed has to be accelerated!"
Saito Saito praised a sentence, put forward new requirements, and quickly reported the position of the next goal. Cainiao gunners rotated the cannon again very reluctantly, and several sailors responsible for transporting cannonballs lazily gaze their eyes lazily
Turn to a new direction with the cannon mouth.
This time, in addition to blue and white clouds, there was a small black dot. It looked like a seabird, but it flew very high and very fast. The gunner was stunned for a moment, and quickly passed through the sight on the gun mount.
Confirming the emergency situation, he reported to Saito Morihi: "Commander, there seems to be a plane over there!"
Saito Shouyoshi quickly picked up the telescope hanging around his neck, put it in front of his eyes and zoomed in to see it carefully. His expression suddenly changed: "It looks like a seaplane! I have never seen a seaplane of this shape. Could it be the Imperial Army and Navy?"
A newly developed model?”
At this moment, on the leading light cruiser "Hachimantai", the lookout also discovered the UFO appearing in the sky to the north of the fleet almost at the same time. However, because between the mainland and the route in the east, there are still Sakhalin Island and Chiba.
Islands, and the fighter planes belonging to the Anjiajun Field Airport on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the north have lost their combat radius. It is unlikely that Chinese aircraft will fly here, so no air raid warning was issued immediately.
But not long after, when the uninvited passenger was getting closer and closer to the fleet, its outline gradually became clearer, and the Flying Fox logo under the wing was clearly visible.
The i army was in chaos, and the sound of air defense sirens echoed shrilly on the sea.
On the light cruiser "Miyagi", the flagship of the escort fleet, located on the north side of the middle part of the fleet, fleet commander Masakatsu Kawahara received news that Anjiajun's water reconnaissance aircraft appeared over the fleet, and the atmosphere in the command headquarters quickly became solemn.
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Prior to this, Colonel Masakatsu Heyuan already knew that a transport fleet with a strong escort force was completely annihilated by the Anjia Army Navy in the southern waters of Ryukyu. Judging from the time and location, the seaplane that appeared now should belong to another
Fleet. Judging from this seaplane, at least the opponent has a seaplane carrier or a light and heavy cruiser and destroyer that can retract and deploy seaplanes, and is quite powerful.
Heyuan Masakatsu understood that now was the time to make a decision as soon as possible. Once the strength of this sudden opponent was similar to that of the Anjiajun fleet that had taken the initiative in the Ryukyu waters, he would not be able to escape the misery of being annihilated without the cover of an escort aircraft carrier.
destiny.
Especially those merchant ships that are fully loaded with cargo, even if they try their best, it is difficult to reach a speed of more than 18 knots. If they cannot be evacuated in time before the opponent arrives, their final fate will inevitably be annihilation.
Under this situation, Heyuan Zhengsheng finally made up his mind and quickly issued an order: "Disband the fleet immediately, the merchant ships disperse at full speed to the west and south to avoid the attack, and the escort ships also separate and return to their homeland."
Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Inose Yasuo looked at his commander in disbelief:
"Heyuan Jun, how can we give up on our mission just because of a reconnaissance plane? You know, we are carrying a large number of mechanical products and production lines shipped back from the United States on this trip. It is an archipelago that has been hit by devastation.
How can the most needed production materials be..."
"Baga, obey the order!"
Heyuan Zhengsheng roared angrily: "Do you think I am willing to give up the glory of a naval admiral? We are dispersing now just to save our transport ships as much as possible. If it proves to be a false alarm, then we are now not even close to home."
It won’t be too far, everyone can just gather outside Yokohama Port by then, but if it is true, this can at least save some ships..."
"But--"
Inose Yasuo still wanted to argue, but Masakatsu Kawahara gave him no chance and came to the radio station in person to issue an order to the communications staff to disband the fleet.
Soon, two light cruisers and eight destroyers separated from the transport convoy at high speed after sending out the "Have a safe journey" signal.
In fact, Heyuan Zhengsheng's judgment was timely and correct. The Anjiajun Navy's Whale Sea Fleet specially sent nine ships to harass the fleet.
i Departed from Vladivostok Port in the morning and arrived on October 1
i Crossed the La Perouse Strait where ice floes floated at night and entered the Sea of Okhotsk, 11
i entered the Pacific Ocean from the strait south of Horenji Island at noon. As a result, the water reconnaissance aircraft sent out met head-on.
The i army's transport fleet collided.
if
If the i-force fleet does not spread out, it will soon face the siege of one heavy cruiser, two light cruisers, four missile ships and twelve destroyers. Not to mention the attack by the missile ships, it is just a competition of firepower, all equipment
backward ship
It is only a matter of time that the entire i-army fleet is destroyed.
After the escort ships of the i army evacuated, those
Japanese transport ships immediately lost their protection. The Whale Sea Fleet had already sneaked into the North Pacific in early November with more than 40 submarines. More than 20 of them had gathered like bloodthirsty sharks at the transport fleet.
around.
Soon, the distance between the two ships
The nearest submarine of the i army's transport fleet surfaced first and launched an attack. They fired four torpedoes one after another and soon sank the two freighters with a displacement of five to six thousand tons at the end of the fleet.
The blow caused other ships to scatter in panic and speed up their flight.
The two Type III submarines with a submersible displacement of 1,890 tons, as if they were in an impenetrable territory, chased merchant ships and cargo ships loaded with mechanical equipment and production lines dismantled from the North American continent. Two Oerlikon 20mm anti-aircraft guns poured out ammunition.
At the same time, the torpedo launcher continuously fired 533mm torpedoes at the target, sinking four or five weakly armored transport ships to the bottom of the sea or paralyzing them on the sea.
An hour later, more than 20 submarines gathered together like a group of sharks smelling blood, and continued to hunt down those desperately fleeing on the sea.
Japanese transport ships, merchant ships and cargo ships continued to explode and sink on the sea, and the entire sea area was in a mess.
By the time the Whale Sea Fleet's special harassment fleet arrived, there were no groups of ships in sight, and it was too wasteful to kill those lone merchant ships and cargo ships, so the fleet did not stop and handed over the task of continuing the strangulation to those submarines, while itself
Sail towards the eastern sea to meet the arrival of the next wave of transport fleets.
night falls,
Forty or fifty ships in the i army's transport fleet have been sunk.
In the dusk, another cargo ship with a displacement of 9,000 tons was hit with thick smoke and flames. Under the flickering firelight, the cargo ship tilted to the starboard side, and a large number of sailors jumped into the cold water. If they could not get
If treated in time, he would soon freeze to death in the water of several degrees Celsius in the North Pacific Ocean and then die miserably.
Second Lieutenant Shouyoshi Saito, with red eyes and cracked eyes, shouted loudly: "Captain, we have to move in quickly and rescue him!"
The white-haired captain Eijiro Teramoto, who is in his early sixties, flatly refused: "I have to be responsible for the safety of the supplies on our ship and the lives of the crew. We must leave this sea area as soon as possible!"
Second Lieutenant Shouyoshi Saito asked angrily: "Baga, this is a cowardly act... There are many of our friends in the fleet, are you just going to watch them drown in the sea?"
Temple Benjiro's eyes are full of sorrow: "Do you think I don't want to? The cargo ship that was sinking was the ship where my son was ..." Speaking of which, the tears contained in the eyes of the old temple couldn't help it anymore.
The cheeks rolled down: "Do you understand? At the moment of the command of the commander of Heyuan's commander to disband, they have been abandoned by the empire!"
Hearing this, Saito Shouyi stunned, and lowered his head in pain and frustration.
As the distance between the transport vessels gradually widen, the submarine of the Anjiajun Whale Fleet has caught up with a transport ship and launched an attack on it, and then it takes more and more time to chase the goal.
There are more than 20 merchant ships and freighters who escape the pursuit of the submarine in the fleet.
In this islands, they brought back the imperial navy inaction and the terror legends of the Anjiajun attack fleet to block the maritime transportation line.
The transportation fleet of the Ryukyu Islands, which was tightly blocked before, was attacked by the entire army. The news of the fall of the northern islands was also promoted by the intention of being promoted, and it was scattered to every corner of the islands.
i on this islands
The people of the book are frightened and lived in the endless fear of the military.