Chapter 501 The First Battle of the East China Sea Fleet (1)
As more and more self-propelled artillery arrived on the battlefield, the sky-shattering artillery fire fell on the Japanese army's position. Both ends of the road were covered by artillery fire. How could the Japanese army's hastily constructed temporary positions be able to withstand it?
What about the attack of the 155mm large-caliber howitzer?
In the night sky that was reflected by countless illumination bombs as bright as day, Colonel Kentaro Miura was heartbroken as he watched his own fortifications and brave soldiers being hit by artillery shells and turned into clouds of fragments and rubble.
Before the war started, Kentaro Miura expected that this blocking battle would be difficult. He did not expect that the battle would become so tragic less than two hours after the war started. At the beginning of the attack, the opponent dispatched a regiment-sized tank group to attack his own fortifications.
The fierce shelling, if our side had not occupied the hills on both sides of the road and the cover of the field artillery placed on the hills, the opponent's infantry would have rushed up.
But even so, the Chinese National Defense Force had no intention of stopping the attack. Now as the opponent's heavy artillery also joined the battlefield, Miura Kentaro desperately found that he had no power to fight back.
Taking a long breath, Kentaro Miura pulled out his command sword and ordered loudly: "Pass my order, everyone mounts bayonets and charges against the Chinese."
After "Nani" heard the order, everyone in the command post was stunned. Under such fierce artillery fire, asking the soldiers to jump out of the trenches and attack the enemy was not to risk their lives.
"Baga" Miura Kentaro scolded loudly: "Do you think you can avoid the shelling of the Chinese by staying in the headquarters? It is better to fall on the road of charge than to sit back and wait for death."
"Hai" The Japanese officers who woke up took out their command knives and rushed out of the headquarters. They gave out their last shouts and launched the last charge of their lives towards the front.
"Are the Japanese crazy?" The tank soldiers and infantry who were retreating to the side to wait for the artillery bombardment to attack again saw a large group of crazy Japanese soldiers pouring out of the Japanese position under heavy artillery fire. They were all shocked by these
The Japanese were stunned by their crazy energy, and the little Japanese was going to fight for his life.
Although the soldiers were all startled by the crazy energy of the Japanese, the movements in their hands were not slow at all. They pulled the trigger in their hands like a conditioned reflex, and countless streams of metal bullets were fired towards the front.
When the gunfire stopped, there was not a single Japanese soldier standing on the battlefield. After two and a half hours of fierce fighting, the 1st Armored Division finally opened the passage from Sinuiju to Jeongju.
While China and Japan were fighting in full swing on the ground battlefield, the East China Sea Fleet departing from Dalian Port was swimming near Yamato Island. Their mission was to block the Japanese Navy's channel to support Dingzhou from the sea.
"Wow"
The green waves kept beating against the spherical bow of the Dingyuan ship, and the Dingyuan ship's solid hull split the sea water and traveled at high speed on the sea.
Rear Admiral Zheng Xin, captain of the Dingyuan ship, stood on the bridge and looked at the sea. There was a hint of fortitude in his face, which was tanned by years of dealing with the sea.
Zheng Xin caressed the railings that had been wiped shiny by the sailors, feeling a sense of pride from the bottom of her heart. This is the battleship of our Chinese people, the largest battleship in the world. Its 460
The ten-millimeter cannon can destroy any target in its path.
After the two giant ships Dingyuan and Zhenyuan were put into service, Su Tong made it clear to the navy generals that he would not build battleships in the future. For this reason, the navy generals who had a soft spot for giant ships and cannons were puzzled and wrote to the president requesting that they build more battleships.
Two battleships of the same class were rejected by Su Tong without hesitation.
Zheng Xin, who has reached her thirties this year, can become the captain of the Dingyuan ship. She has to defeat many competitors to get this position.
While Zheng Xin was immersed in her thoughts, the officer from the radar room came to report, "Sir, the radar has detected a Japanese aircraft a hundred kilometers away."
The original Dingyuan did not have a radar. After Su Tong assigned the Dingyuan ship to the East China Sea Fleet, he ordered the ordnance industry to move the heavy radar to the two battleships Dingyuan and Zhenyuan. The Dingyuan was equipped with a frequency of 19
Five MHz, XAF-type ship-borne warning radar, with a detection range of 137 kilometers for aircraft and a detection range of more than 20 kilometers for surface ships. With ship-based radar, the East China Sea Fleet undoubtedly has an extra pair of clairvoyance. Su Tong vs. Bing
The next requirement for industrial enterprises is to install gun sighting radars and torpedo attack radars so that they can become a multiplier for the battleship's combat effectiveness.
Looking at the gray sky, Zheng Xin raised her hand and looked at her watch again, "The little devil released the plane before daybreak. It seems that he came with bad intentions."
Zheng Xin turned around and ordered: "Notify Commander Shen immediately and request the aircraft carrier to immediately dispatch carrier-based aircraft to intercept the Japanese aircraft. We must not let the Japanese army discover our position."
On the Zheng He, Shen Honglie received the message from Zheng Xin and immediately ordered the thirty-six new fighters and twenty-four fearless dive bombers newly on board to take off to meet the enemy.
Shen Honglie gave the order, and the sailors on the deck immediately became busy. Soon the sailors pulled out dozens of fighter planes from the hangar. These fighters were the type of fighters that Su Tong had just sent to the ship to compete for air supremacy.
Its appearance is almost exactly the same as the original carrier-based Wildcat fighter, except that it is larger than the Wildcat fighter, so it is also nicknamed the Big Wildcat by pilots. In fact, this fighter is the famous Hellcat fighter in later generations. The cockpit of the Big Wildcat
It is protected by a thick armor plate at the rear and a thick bulletproof windshield at the front, making it very safe. Therefore, the pilots of the aircraft carrier love this new fighter very much. One pilot even said: "I really love this aircraft."
Plant an airplane. If it can cook, I will definitely marry it."
Soon, the roar of the engines of the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier deck suddenly became loud. At 6:45, thirty-six Big Wildcats took off, followed closely by twenty-four SBD Dauntless dive bombers.
Afterwards, they flew rapidly toward the southeast in the morning light.
On the sea more than 150 kilometers away from the East China Sea Fleet, the Second Task Force of the Japanese Combined Fleet is heading towards Yamato Island. This is a force that includes two aircraft carriers, Akagi and Hiryu, and two aircraft carriers, Aoba and Myoko.
The heavy destroyers and a fleet of more than 20 destroyers have the same purpose as the East China Sea Fleet, which is to remove threats from the waterway and provide support for the Japanese army in Dingzhou City.
Now the Japanese army's southward advance plan is under intense preparation, and the Japanese combined fleet cannot spare too many warships to support the Korean battlefield. But what makes the Japanese navy confident is that now all their aircraft carriers have been replaced
The new Zero fighter also gave Fleet Commander Lieutenant General Shiozawa Koichi full of confidence in this operation.
"Your Excellency, Commander, two Type 97 attack aircraft reported that the Chinese navy has not been detected so far. They are currently conducting reconnaissance in the direction of Yamato Island." A communications officer walked into the command room and reported.
"Yoshi" Lieutenant General Shiozawa Koichi nodded with satisfaction: "The Chinese people are too naive. Do they think they can become a naval power overnight by buying a few aircraft carriers and battleships? Since their Beiyang Navy was defeated by us,
, they lost their enterprising spirit, and would only hide in the port and rely on the protection of shore artillery to survive. Little did they know that the soul of the navy is to continuously attack. A navy without an offensive spirit can only become nothing more than a navy even if it is equipped with more advanced warships.
A sheep in armor."
"Your Excellency, Commander, what you said is very good." Rear Admiral Matoi Ugaki and several officers in the war room nodded frequently. They still agreed with Lieutenant General Koichi Shiozawa's instructions. The spirit of the Navy is to attack, and this will never change.
The sun gradually climbed above the sea level, the sky became brighter and brighter, and waves of roaring sounds came from the southwest.
"Course 123, altitude 1,200 meters, distance 15 kilometers, prepare to meet the enemy."
At an altitude of three thousand meters, Huang Haoran piloted the Big Wildcat and flew at the front of the formation against the cold wind. He flew in the direction of the Japanese reconnaissance aircraft according to the commander's guidance from the radar that was constantly coming from the earphones.
"Attention, fighter formation, prepare to make contact with enemy aircraft. The first team descends to an altitude of 1,200 meters, and must cleanly kill the two enemy aircraft in front."
"Team One understands"
As soon as he finished speaking, the wings of the four fighter planes trembled and they quickly plunged downwards.
At an altitude of 800 meters, two Type 97 carrier-based attack aircraft with a bloody red circle on their wings were carefully searching and moving forward. Their mission was to scout the enemy ahead for their own fleet to prevent emergencies.
On a plane, the telegraph operator who had been searching the sea for more than three hours rubbed his sore eyes and yawned. He turned his head and was about to say something to the bombardier behind him. Suddenly he saw someone rushing down from behind.
Four dark shadows.
"No, enemy planes are attacking," the frightened telegraph operator screamed miserably.
The telegraph operator's words were shouted in time. After hearing the exclamation, the pilot in front immediately subconsciously pulled the joystick, and the plane made a sharp turn to the right. In an instant, a series of bright incendiary bombs passed overhead.
The pilot's rich experience saved the lives of the three people on board.
But its companions were not so lucky. Most of one of its wings was cut off on the spot, and it immediately circled and plummeted toward the sea.
The 97 attack plane that escaped the disaster turned around and ran back immediately. The telegraph operator immediately connected to the fleet's channel: "Moxi Moxi, this is 563, we were attacked by China fighter jets."
, the situation is urgent, the situation is tight”
"boom"
This was the last sound heard by the communications officer on the Japanese aircraft carrier