Chapter 133 The Burning Ocean (VI)

At the critical moment, the Guangzhou-level artillery room and the upper loading room added fireproof compartment based on the experience of Jutland Naval Battle in another time and space played a key role. The sailors working in the upper loading room insisted on not falling down under the violent sound wave oscillation. When they found another huge bomb was hit on it, the fire was raging, and they almost reflexively called the cannon captain above to the sound tube.

No response.

No one knows whether it is because he is deaf or because the artillery sect cannot answer.

The sailor in the lower loading room, as the raging fire burned the bullet barrel and bullet machine, called on the artillery leader to respond, and immediately opened the water injection valve at the bottom, took the elevator to the upper ammunition depot, opened the side door and left the ammunition depot.

Satsuma.

"The armor-piercing shell in the main turret of Guangzhou-class No. 1 of the enemy pilot ship... The top exploded and it seemed that it did not penetrate... Another one was hit and exploded and caught fire. The flames and bears the Chinese people on board are in danger."

Within the trumpet, the ecstatic voice of the lookout member cheered up all the members of the bridge, and even Akiyama Masashi, who was reciting Buddhist scriptures, opened his eyes wide like a demon.

"...A lot of smoke, flames...black smoke is everywhere...The main turret of Huajun No. 2 stopped firing, for unknown reasons...The water dragon seemed to be the damage team, and the main turret of No. 1...It seems that the flames were extinguished and no explosion occurred...The main turret of No. 2 resumed shooting of the Chinese people and only lost one main turret..."

A huge sigh echoed above the bridge.

"It's nothing. If we destroy the first turret of the Chinese, there will be a second and a third." Togo Heihachiro said calmly, "The enemy is not something that can be dealt with. However, the guns and cannons are well-fighted."

At this moment, the lookout came from the speaker and shouted: "The Anyi... The fire on the back deck of Anyi has been on the terrifying magic fire. The Chinese people are baiting again. The main turret of Anyi is blasted. The side must be the second American-made warship of the Chinese army... The main turret of Anyi is terrible... It seems to be flooded, thank goodness... Another swollen water line with armor, which seems to have not penetrated, and the armor collapses..."

"This ship was almost missing a bullet on the starboard side... The swollen part seemed to be hit by the front mainmast, and my feet were shaking... The observation team requested to take it down."

"Approval." Togo Hirahachiro shouted at the soundtrack, "Now turn to the mainmast observation..."

Suddenly, the lookout's voice changed its tone and resounded throughout the bridge: "The enemy's aircraft's position is two or three o, the distance is... Four thousand Hachiman's Great Bodhisattva, too many."

Akiyama Masaki rushed to the front of the porthole as if he was touched by electricity. In the sky in the southwest, like a flock of migrating birds, densely packed small aircraft rushed towards the Japanese warships.

Bad intentions

With the experience of being attacked by Chinese seaplanes the previous time, a small number of high-level dual-purpose machine guns and heavy machine guns on Japanese warships quickly began to block and shoot.

At this moment, the first Chinese Naval Aviation Division, which had lost its target for a time, had a total of 120 Sea Breeze I naval attack aircraft, took off from Weihaiwei Naval Airport and came to participate in the war under the guidance of the airship. Each of these naval medium-sized attack aircraft was equipped with four bombs with two seats in series. The two engines were located between the upper and lower wings, and reinforced pillars were installed between the wings. The maximum speed was 110 kilometers per hour, the ceiling was 3,000 meters, the maximum range was 480 kilometers, and it was equipped with a 7.7mm four-year Chinese machine gun.

Meng Qingyu, the commander of the First Division, took out a signal gun and fired out three green signal flares, and the attack began.

One hundred and twenty sea breezes were divided into two teams, concentrating on attacking the Satsuma and Anyi. Taking the fleet attacking the Satsuma as an example, sixty aircraft whizzed past the front of the Satsuma and moved to the port side on the north side, facing away from the starboard cluster, hovering and standing by.

After each of them took the battle positions, Meng Qingyu had three green signal flares. Group A, which attacked the Satsuma, began to operate. At the same time, the Group B aircraft on the other side also fired three green signal flares.

The detachment of the southern line of Group A was divided into two groups. First, twenty aircraft from the first group entered from low altitude, violently strafing the deck of the Sun ship, suffocating the anti-aircraft firepower. Twenty aircraft at high altitude entered in neat formations, bombing the Satsuma horizontally from a height of 1,500 meters from the port side. The other twenty aircraft circled in front of the Satsuma, flew vertically over the Satsuma, and dropped bombs in turn.

Group B, located on the port side of the Satsuma, also has a similar strategy, except that the height is staggered from Group A.

For a moment, the Chinese military planes crossed by the air, and the bombs fell like raindrops. The Satsuma was immediately submerged in the rising water columns.

To be fair, due to the industrial technical level of this era, the performance of the Chinese military aircraft can only be considered unsatisfactory. Canvas skins, steel wires, aluminum components, inferior gasoline, and lack of bulletproof and oil leakage measures all determine that these aircraft cannot carry a large amount of ammunition, nor dive bombing, let alone precise guidance. In terms of air strike tactics, although it originated from the impressions of World War II by Zheng Ying, Xu Fan, Mu Tie and others of the Second World War and deduced through secret exercises, it is still not mature.

But at this time, the other party was even more ignorant and unprepared. The weak air firepower, lack of air defense experience, and unexpected strikes made the two giant ships, Satsuma and Anyi, suddenly in an unfavorable situation.

This time, the large land-based aircraft group suddenly appeared, which shocked the Japanese army's spirit. Hundreds of aircraft came in intensively, machine guns were scattered, bombing intensively, and the warships had to withstand the fierce artillery fire of the Chinese warships on the other side. The Japanese Navy soldiers were finally at a loss at this time, but they fought with instinct, and the air defense operations were not even coordinated. The Japanese army did not arrange the wheel formations during World War II, and the battleships were exposed to the enemy planes in a naked manner.

After a round of bombing, the decks of the two Japanese warships were already in a mess. The officers and soldiers of the unprotected artillery positions and observation centers were killed and injured, and blood was splattered everywhere. The head of the Satsuma, the stern of the ship and the swelling part were hit by four bombs, and there were several near-lost bombs. Although the horizontal armor was not penetrated, several secondary guns were destroyed. The previous fire-fighting team members also suffered heavy casualties.

Some high-explosive incendiary bombs dropped by the Hua army caused a fire.

The situation of Anyi was not much better. A high-explosive bomb hit the base of the No. 1 main turret base. The violent explosion jammed the turret rotation mechanism. A bomb was almost thrown into the chimney by a devil. Fortunately, it was bounced at the edge of the chimney and was tilted to the side, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

The Chinese military aircraft suffered little loss. After a round of attacks, they began to take turns to baptize the Japanese warships with bullets from all directions. Then they left, leaving behind the terrifying Japanese naval soldiers in the commander's tower.

"Is the plane... it seems to be a very terrible weapon." Akiyama Masao murmured to himself, "The Chinese have made a lot of things. If we can install torpedoes, then we..."

"Well, Akiyama-kun." Chief of Staff Shimamura Soo put on his military uniform and smiled. "Looking at how they have been tossing for so long, they haven't hurt us. It's just scratching. If we install more air defense weapons, they will not be worth the effort. To deal with battleships, they still have to rely on battleships."

Five minutes later.

On the northern line, the Victory was hopeless. The Haikou, Sanya, Hanoi and Danang, which were formed by the Chinese army, rushed southward to support Sazhenbing. The Victory was sunk by the first Chinese defense patrol team with torpedo. The Second Defense Patrol Team and the Hue battleship rushed towards the Russian army's Navarrin battleship and the two remaining protective cruisers guarded by the Russian army.

In the middle, after the Russian ship Polodino withdrew from the battle line, the new flagship Baglation fought bravely and once again severely damaged the Cheetah. The entire warship was covered in scars under the attack of German armor-piercing bombs, with flames rolling and speed suddenly decreased. Even if Yisa Zhenbing was calm, he had to withdraw from the battle line and urgent repairs, and handed over the command to Ma Wuqiang, the deputy commander of the team on the Snow Leopard.

However, the arrogance of the Bagladion did not last long. After repelling Borodino, the Cheetah and the Snow Leopard also hit the warship heavily. The continuous bombing caused the entire warship to tilt to the right, and the speed after the injection of water had been greatly reduced. As the battle continued, the sailors on the Russian ship were completely lost, and the damage pipes became increasingly weak. The fires inside and on the upper deck of the Bagladion became more and more terrifying. In the sea breeze, the white phosphorus and aluminum thermal agent of the Chinese incendiary bombs ignited a huge fire, sweeping the entire warship. Finally, even the most tenacious Russian sailors could not persist in fighting under such a terrifying situation, and jumped into the sea to escape.

Ten to thirty, the Russian-swept part of the USS Bagration warship suddenly exploded violently, and the rolling black and yellow smoke rose into the sky. The entire warship split into pieces in the continuous explosions and sank into the sea. Chief of Staff Major General Moras had led the headquarters personnel to protect the injured Admiral Makarov and boarded the destroyer Nightmare. Looking at the slowly sinking warship, all the Russian naval officers and soldiers had tears in their eyes.

Major General Moras was pale and his mood became heavier.

This battle seems to be...

Before the sinking of the Baglation, the Snow Leopard had transferred its firepower to the Alexander III Emperor on the back to relieve the pressure on the Dali.

At this time, the Dali Sailors suffered more than 350 casualties. Many of them had simple first aid and forced themselves to return to the battle position and fought tenaciously. Many of the sailors had blood dyed the bandages and dripped down, their faces were pale, but they gritted their teeth and stood firm in the battle position.

On and down the ship, the main gun of the No. 1 main turret had been blown up and twisted, leaving only the No. 2 main turret still fighting. The starboard secondary gun has been damaged by two-thirds, and the turret has been tilted for more than five degrees. The loss team has shown the greatest courage and determination, but it still cannot discharge many rushing sea water.

The main armor belt of the warship was already scarred, the main ammunition depot was filled with water, and the No. 2 boiler was damaged, and the maximum speed of the entire ship dropped to only 18 knots.

Opposite the Dali, the Eagle was already slowly sinking. This German-French-Blooded Russian warship had a flaming flame in the swollen armored fortress, with broken limbs and broken arms everywhere, and the death of ammunition was blown up one after another. The lifeboats of the warship had been damaged by the fierce artillery battle, and the desperate Russian sailors dived and escaped.

The Emperor Alexander III was already in despair.

To the north, the four battleships of Lin Taizeng's Haikou, Sanya, Hanoi and Danang are already in sight, and the main gun in front of the battleship has begun to be tested. Opposite itself, the Dali is still tenaciously firing against it with two twelve-inch main guns and two artillery sub-cannon guns. The little bit of the armored cruiser of the Huajun Snow Leopard has transferred its firepower and has launched a cross-fire just three rounds.

South Line.

Xu Bo formation flagship, Baoding.

The Fuji, which was left behind, has been handed over torpedoes and destroyers with torpedoes and six-inch and five-inch guns. Xu Bo's Baoding and Anyang have also turned right and entered the side gun battle with Hirahachiro Togo's ship, forming a north-south attack with Xu Fan.

Xu Bo started from Hase and Shikishima at the end, and exchanged fire all the way but did not fight. He rushed eastward at the maximum speed. Xu Bo had been careful to stay outside the effective range of the Japanese sub-gun guns, while the Japanese main guns were all concentrated on attacking the Xu Fan formation in the north, especially Xu Fan's ship Guangzhou. Xu Bo directly rushed to the front of the Japanese army with two mount patrols, preparing to seize the T head, risking his life to intercept the main Dongxiang formation, and joining with Xu Fan formation.

At this moment, with the maximum speed of 22 knots, the Xu Fan formation has gradually dropped the Dongxiang formation, which has dropped its maximum speed to 18 knots. As the distance becomes farther and farther, it becomes increasingly difficult for the Dongxiang formation to try to concentrate multiple warships to attack the Guangzhou.

Satsuma.

Shimamura Suo trembled uncontrollably as he looked at the telegram, his body trembling uncontrollably, his face as if dead: "Has Suvorov sunk? The Eagle is in danger. The Victory is over... Now the main battleships of the Russian army, and it seems that only the Emperor Alexander III and Navalin are still retaining their combat effectiveness. This is simply incredible... How is it possible? The Chinese seem to have not suffered much loss? At most, there are only four warships that have lost their combat effectiveness..."

"We lost." Akiyama Masao's tone was sad, lost, and her eyes were full of confusion. "We have done our best. We have made our own warships, British warships, the latest armor-piercing bombs, submarines, and airships. We have trained day and night, repeated tactics, and concentrated their superior forces, all the naval essences of the two countries, the wisest and most warlike generals, and the cooperation between the two armies has no selfish intentions, but they still failed... What is the problem?"

"The gap between us and the Chinese is much greater than originally imagined." Hirahachiro Togo was silent for a moment and smiled bitterly, "The application of new aerial and underwater weapons, and even the cooperation of various weapons, the collection and transmission of battlefield intelligence, the grasp of the entire battlefield situation, the idea of ​​shipbuilding, metallurgy technology, observation technology, artillery command... We are not a little bit behind. The Chinese not only surpassed us, but also surpassed our common teachers in many places... From now on, don't call them China again. They are Chinese and the heirs of Chinese civilization. This honor seems to belong to them. The Japanese may be an excellent student, but they will not become the legitimate son in the end."

"Your Excellency, we have not failed yet." Navy Colonel Gentaro Yamashita who had been silent all the time said firmly, "Now, even if the Russians lose all their losses, they can afford it... the Chinese people's losses will not be small, and our team has six battleships, and even the Fuji are still fighting hard."

"On the other side of us is the soul of the Chinese navy." An unhealthy blush appeared on the face of the squad leader of the first squad of the Joint Fleet Staff, and his tone became more and more intense. "Xu Fan is right opposite us, it is him, not the child who is commanding the entire war, embracing the Chinese people. No matter how much we lose, as long as we eliminate him, the Chinese navy will have no soul, and the Chinese empire will face disintegration."

Akiyama Matsuno looked at this colleague who suddenly became unfamiliar and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Everyone, now, please take out the last Yamato soul for Japan and the navy." At this moment, Yamashita Gentaro no longer had the low profile and peace of the past, and his expression was extremely firm. "We must believe that Amaterasu will not abandon his electorate. The country where the eight million gods live, the Sunrise Kingdom will always stand behind us. The enemy is right in front of us."

Yamashita Gentaro's words aroused a fanatical response among many young officers in the bridge. The officers were filled with tears and looked at Hirahachiro Togo with anticipation.

Togo Heihachiro was silent for a moment and nodded quietly.

"This battle has come to this last moment. The country has raised us for decades. Whether it is victory or defeat, we must let the Chinese know the courage of Yamato men. As a warrior, the so-called seven lives to serve the country is about the present."

Togo Hirahachiro's eyes turned from Gentaro at the Yamashita to Akiyama Matsuno, then to Shimamura Soo, and swept over the faces with different expressions, with their faces becoming more and more serious.

"At this moment, please abandon all fantasies and concentrate on pursuing victory." After saying this, the veteran turned around and roared at the sound tube at the top of his lungs, "Everyone works hard for Japan."

"Onboard"

At this moment, a cigar-shaped blue-gray submarine was splitting the waves and quickly heading towards the southwest. As she was ready to dive at any time, there was no one on the upper deck of the battleship and the hatch door was closed to death.

The commander of the first Japanese diving team, Navy Kenji Iide, observed the rolling smoke from the distance in the observation tower, and black and gray coal smoke belts, gritted his teeth, unconsciously pulled out the ribs in his hand, and pressed them back to the scabbard.

"The enemy destroyer is in sight to maintain its original course..."

Captain Yukishiro Otani roared, and Kenji Iiden immediately roared like a conditioned reflex: "Dive down and cross the enemy's cordon in secret."

"The main water cabinet is filled with a fixed depth of 15 meters, and all non-season personnel will take the ship's head"

Chapter 133 The Burning Ocean (VI)
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