Chapter 291, Offensive Mine 2
Rì himself hit the B-29 bomber accurately, with several 20-mm shells hitting the B-29 bomber accurately.
"Night fighters! Hair shè glare bullets! Victor shouted, immediately turning off the searchlights as he gently pulled up the nose of the plane and began to climb.
“foxone! foxone! Weapon cāo hand George shouted over the radio as he pulled down the hair handle.
The so-called glare bombs are actually made after the special flares used by the Germans. The moment it bursts, it emits enough light to blind one's eyes temporarily. In order not to accidentally injure other friendly aircraft in the vicinity, Ron stipulated that before issuing such a weapon, he had to make a jǐng announcement to a nearby friendly aircraft by radio. When the staff officers asked Ron to give this jǐng a code name, Ron, who had a bad taste, gave it a code name that later Americans were very familiar with in the movie: "foxone".
Yokoji adjusted the nose pointing and turned on the searchlights to illuminate the B-29 in front. Just as he was about to continue his attack, suddenly his eyes suddenly lit up, and the whole world turned white, and then, he couldn't see anything.
Victor pulled up the plane and climbed to an altitude of about 300 meters. At this time, the machine gunner Mario shouted: "Here! In our direction at 7 o'clock, there is an enemy plane! He must have been stunned, and his searchlights were on? Let's lean over and shoot it down! ”
Victor took control of the plane as he turned his gaze to Ron. Seeing that Ron nodded, he ordered: "All machine guns are ready, let's lean over and shoot it down!" ”
When the glare bomb exploded just now, Du Qiu was also stretching his neck to watch, but as a result, he was the same as Henglu, his eyes were snow-white, and he couldn't see anything. He only felt his eyes tingle, and tears poured out uncontrollably, all over his face.
"Du Qiu, can you still see it?" The voice of the captain crossed the road was heard in my ears.
"I can't see it, I can't see anything!" Du Qiu replied in despair. From the captain's questioning, he deduced that the captain must not have seen anything. Now that the plane is flying in the dark sea, it is impossible to judge the attitude of the plane under the condition of blindness, and if this continues, the plane will easily fall headlong into the sea. So is skydiving okay? Although I can't see with my eyes, it's not completely impossible to feel open the canopy and jump out. It's just that...... It's the end of October, and it's already cold, and although the sea near Yokosuka is also affected by the Rì Warm Current, it's not on the main route of the Rì Warm Current, but the current water temperature is only thirteen or fourteen degrees, and people who are immersed in such sea water will soon lose consciousness due to excessive heat loss, and they will die after a long time. And on such a night, the possibility of search and rescue personnel finding two parachutists in the vast sea in a short period of time is almost zero. So, there is almost no difference between the results of a parachute jump and a crash.
"It's just a bright light stimulus, and it will recover after a while! As long as we can stabilize the plane. Henglu said to Du Qiu while stabilizing the plane by feeling. However, as for whether the plane can be stabilized, Yokoji is not sure at all.
Victor, who was in control of the B-29 bomber, approached the moonlight night fighter from the side. From this point of view, there can be more machine guns for firing at targets. Victor noticed that the plane began to climb, and the angle of climb was getting bigger and bigger, and Victor knew that this was mostly because the enemy pilot could not see the instruments, and out of fear of the crash, he would unconsciously pull the plane up.
"It seems that we don't have to waste shells, this plane will crash on its own." Victor said.
Just as Victor had predicted, the moonlight night fighter climbed at an angle that almost turned into a vertical climb. The power of the Moonlight Night Fighter was not enough to support the fighter to do a vertical climb, in fact, at that time, no aircraft could do a continuous vertical climb. As it climbed, the moonlight night fighter got lower and lower, and eventually the plane seemed to be hanging under the propellers. Then its nose tilted to the side, and it stalled and went straight down. Victor watched as the moonlight plunged headlong into the dark sea, and after a few moments, he saw a flash of fire on the surface of the sea, which was emitted by the crash and explosion of Rì's own night fighter jet.
"Alright, get rid of the remaining mines, we should go back." Ron said.
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The Asahi Rì Maru, a 4,000-ton transport ship belonging to the Army, had set sail from Borneo with five other ships a few days earlier, laden with crude oil and iron ore, heading for Rìmoto. This small convoy did not have escort ships, partly because Rì himself simply did not have enough warships to escort the convoy, and partly because these transports were part of the army. The army is unwilling to bow its head and beg the navy to escort them, and the navy has long been extremely dissatisfied with the army's own construction of transport ships, and of course it will not take the initiative to jump out to escort them.
It is not easy for a convoy with no escort force to survive thousands of nautical miles, traversing sea areas full of American submarines. The fleet was ambushed by a submarine as it approached Hainan Island, losing two boats. However, the Asahi Rì Maru and the other two transports were lucky enough to dodge. However, the good luck of those two boats also ran out this night, and later, after passing through the Taiwan Strait, the two boats also fed the fish under the attack of American submarines, leaving only Asahi Rìmaru to sail towards Rì alone, and now the port is in sight!
Captain Hirota Yang stood in front of the steering wheel, looking at the land that had faintly revealed a little trace, and showed a slight smile. Hirota was originally not a soldier, but the first mate of a whaling ship, but after the start of the China Incident, the army felt that the navy's transport fleet was too difficult to use, and began to build its own transport fleet. It's easy to build a ship, but it's a difficult thing to have a crew, because you can't expect the navy to hand over the people trained by Etajima to the army. Therefore, the army recruited a lot of sailors from the civilian population. It was at that time that Hirota became the captain of an army transport ship.
Today's visibility is very good, and there is no hint of majesty on the sea, which makes the waves extra gentle. The gentle waves gently rocked the surviving transport ship, like a mother gently rocking the cradle of her child. Hirota liked the weather, not only because it was comfortable, but also because in such sea conditions, it was easier for the lookout post to see the torpedoes fired by enemy submarines.
"Koizumi, you didn't fall asleep? What did you find out about it! Hirota picked up the microphone and headed towards Koizumi, who should have been basking in the sun on the lookout at this time.
"Captain, everything is normal!" Koizumi's voice came from the earpiece.
"Keep an eye on it, there's only so much left to do, don't let people ...... at the door of your house"
Before Hirota could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by a violent explosion. Hirota only felt a shock under his feet, and then a pain in his head, and he fainted.
The cool sea water poured on Hirota's face, causing Hirota to slowly wake up.
"What's going on?" Hirota asked.
"Our ship was hit by a mine just now." It was Taro Hashimoto, the first mate, who spoke, "You were hit by a board that fell off during the explosion and fainted. ”
"How's the ship? What about others? Hirota looked around and saw that the lifeboat was inside and only asked.
"Captain, the ship is sinking very fast, and there are only a few of us who have time to escape." The other replied.
"Hey, the nine deaths have arrived at the doorstep, and they still went to Kudanzaka. But how come there are also mines laid by the enemy? Hirota sighed. The enemy was able to lay mines in such a position, which made him more and more worried about the future of the war.
"Look, there's a ship coming!" First mate Hashimoto's eyes were sharp, and at a glance he saw a boat heading towards them. The ship was coming out of the harbor. The people on the boat seemed to have spotted them and were turning in a direction towards them.
"Quick! Stop them! Keep them from coming closer! We can't have just one mine in our area. Hirota said anxiously.
The others also reacted, indeed, this place is not far from the port, they don't need rescue, they can row the lifeboat back themselves. That boat coming over was just a pointless adventure.
"What signals can be used?" The crew, who was holding the captain to pour him some water, suddenly remembered this troublesome question. They don't have a radio now, so how can they communicate with that ship?
"Who has a mirror? Hurry! The first mate shouted.
At this time, the sunlight is good, if there is a mirror, you can reflect the sunlight to the opposite boat, and then shake the mirror in the Morse code way, you can send the relevant signal.
All of them touched their pockets, then shook their heads.
The first mate suddenly remembered something, and took off his shirt: "Give me one more piece of clothing!" ”
A person next to him hurriedly took off a shirt and handed it to the first mate. The first mate took the two jackets, stood up, and waved towards the boat.
The Heisei Maru had just been loaded with ammunition and had come out of the harbor, and it had only been less than an hour since it found a lifeboat on the sea, and it was clear from the binoculars that it was full of sailors. At first, the captain of the Heisei Maru was very worried that there were enemy submarines lurking nearby. So he ordered lookouts to be set up in all directions of the ship, and then turned around and headed for the lifeboat. Well, although the lifeboat is not far from the shore, although I know how long it has been floating at sea, the people above still have the strength to row the boat over.
Captain Takeo Takeshita raised his binoculars and looked over at the lifeboat. He saw a man standing on a lifeboat waving two pieces of clothing at him.
"Well, I can still stand up, it seems to be fine. It's still very powerful, huh...... Wait, it's like you're waving a flag at us...... 'mine zone...... Dangerous...... Don't go near ......'fast! Reversing! Fast! Takeo Takeshita shouted.
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Hashimoto saw that the boat was slowing down sharply, which was obviously the result of the propeller reversing at high speed, and it seemed that the other side understood his flag. The boat was getting slower and slower, and the boat was turning rapidly. Finally the boat turned in the other direction and began to move away from them. At this time, the lights on the ship flashed and sent a signal to them: "Thank you for the reminder, I wish you a great cut!" ”
Hashimoto also sent them a greeting in the flag language: "Have a safe journey!" ”
At this moment, the ship exploded violently. And then, apparently, the explosion of the mine caused another series of explosions, and in just a dozen seconds, there were more than two large explosions on that ship. After the smoke of the explosion cleared, Hashimoto's eyes widened - there was nothing on the surface of the sea.
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