Chapter 641: Naval Battle (1)

"What are the rules, sail in the original direction!" Lu Feng yelled at the helmsman: "I want to see if they don't want to die, or if we don't want to die!" If you have the ability, let them bump into it. ”

The two ships are getting closer and closer, and the atmosphere is becoming more and more tense.

This imminent collision is like a bomb with a fuse burning, tormenting the nerves of the soldiers on both sides. This is really a battle of will and faith.

There was silence in the bridge, except for the voice of the radar crew.

At this time, neither side wants to show weakness, and neither side can show weakness. The distance is already 100 meters, which is almost the limit of the avoidance range, and if you don't take any measures, the result will be a collision. Huo Song subconsciously grasped what he could grasp around him, and some of the crew members subconsciously closed their eyes, waiting for the sound of high or low sounds when the metal collided.

However, dozens of seconds passed, and there was no collision. At the last moment, the frigate of country M still did not calm down, and made a rudder angle in a general direction, crossing more than ten meters from the starboard side of the Zhehang, so close that it seemed to be within reach. Then, quickly returning to the fleet queue, reversing course, and sailing away.

Immediately the fleet burst into thunderous cheers, as if it had been a great victory. You must know that the Seventh Fleet of country M has always flaunted its might in the western Pacific, from obstructing the People's Liberation Army (PLA) from crossing the sea to liberate T Bay when it was first liberated, to holding numerous joint military exercises in the East China Sea with the R and H on numerous occasions, and even regarding China as an imaginary enemy.

Lu Feng, who had not changed his face, finally took a long breath, and only then did he realize that the place where he was standing had been wet with sweat.

As a commander, no one is more nervous than he is. After all, the situation just now is very critical, and if it is not handled well, it is very likely that Congress M will use this as an excuse to cause some trouble.

But at this moment, a news came that shocked everyone: a fierce naval battle broke out in the waters of the Diaoyu Islands between the Flying Escort Fleet and the Maritime Self-Defense Force's fleet!

For a time, the situation in the East China Sea changed drastically!

At a time when the mixed fleet of the East China Sea Fleet was making every effort to intercept the ships of the Seventh Fleet of the Navy of Country M, the waters of the Diaoyu Islands were calm. The warm morning sun sprinkles the golden light on the endless sea, and it is peaceful.

After breakfast, the Maritime Self-Defense Force's fleet led by a Kongo-class destroyer continued to patrol the waters of the Diaoyu Islands Islands, while the Feiyuan Company's escort fleet was on the other hand. The two fleets were only about twenty nautical miles apart, and in good weather, they could see each other from a distance without binoculars.

The armed standoff between the two fleets in this area has been going on for more than a week. Several times the R fleet tried to approach the Diaoyu Islands, but it was always intercepted by the escort fleet of Feiyuan Company when it was still more than ten nautical miles away from the islands. Although the R army was ready to move, and it was eager to immediately attack the other side and annihilate this delusional mantis arm blocking the car in one fell swoop, but when they did not receive the final order, they still held their patience and returned home.

Over time, this also seems to have formed a tacit understanding. Both sides should keep a certain safety distance, at least when they have not received instructions for the next step, and try to remain calm and restrained as much as possible so that the other side has a handle to grasp.

Looking at the escort warship of the Feiyuan Company in the distance, Admiral Ueno Daiki frowned slightly, and always felt that there was a hint of foreboding lingering in this psychological side, but he couldn't tell where the business was wrong.

The Maritime Safety Agency once said that Riomoto is the largest naval power in Asia, and Ueno Daiki agrees with this. He believed that the well-trained force he commanded was far from being comparable to the patchwork convoy opposite. To put it bluntly, the two fleets are not opponents of the same level at all, and if they really want to fight, even Ueno Daiki doesn't even have the desire to get excited.

It stands to reason that he should be relieved. I don't know why, in his heart, he is always a little depressed and inexplicably worried. He never understood how such an unreliable fleet would dare to engage in an armed confrontation with the Great R's naval fleet? Could it be that they will be decided, and they will not dare to go to war?

Daiki Ueno has always felt that this is not so simple. Intuition told him that since Feiyuan Company dared to "risk the world's disapproval" to come forward to toss this matter, and even did not hesitate to confront R's capital, if there was no perfect strategy, just hoping that R's would not dare to start a war lightly, I am afraid that Feiyuan would not be able to develop from an ordinary investment company to an economic giant with a significant influence on the world.

But even with all kinds of concerns, Ueno Daiki still doesn't believe that these broken ships of Feiyuan Company can really afford to turn over any waves. He believes that in the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks will be useless.

Just when almost everyone thought that there would be no difference between today and the previous days, suddenly there was an earth-shattering explosion, and then a huge flame rose into the sky. The huge shock wave in the explosion caused the huge hulls of the surrounding ships to sway from side to side, and it was difficult for the officers and men above to maintain their balance and stand if they did not grasp the handrails in time.

Ueno Daiki also stumbled and almost fell unsteadily on his feet and fell on the deck, but the staff officer on the side helped him in time.

"What's going on?" Ueno Daiki was furious and shouted loudly.

"Report, it's the frigate 'Mutsu' that suddenly exploded violently!"

Ueno Daiki hurriedly picked up the binoculars and looked at it, only to see that the side of the frigate with a displacement of nearly 2,000 tons had been blown open a huge hole several meters wide, and the sailors on the ship were stepping up to seal the damaged position. However, with the influx of large amounts of seawater, the ship began to tilt.

The officers and men on the other ships also watched all this blankly, and they were all a little dazed and at a loss.

If it was an enemy attack, the convoy of the Feiyuan Company was still twenty nautical miles away, so how could it be possible to launch an attack in silence? What's more, the frigate "Mutsu" is not on the side close to the frigate fleet of the Feiyuan Company, but on the inside, and there are several huge ships outside.

Of course, it is not completely ruled out that the attack was carried out by submarines, but the anti-submarine aircraft have been hovering over the sky all the time and have not found anything abnormal. And if it is really a submarine, it will not attack a frigate, but should be aimed at the main battleship such as the "King Kong-class" destroyer.

Striking a mine is even more impossible. No one would lay mines in such a vast and vast ocean, not to mention that the fleet has sailed back and forth many times in this area. Besides, even if it is a mine, the place where the damage should be in the bow of the ship, not the side side.

"Baga, this is an enemy attack, immediately order all the warships to prepare for a counterattack." After ordering the frigate "Mutsu" to immediately return for repairs, Ueno Daiki suddenly gave the order to fight.

The captain of the "Kongo-class" destroyer, Jiro Okada, was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and asked with some hesitation: "General Ueno, we haven't received the order from our superiors to go to war, do you think we should ask for instructions first?" ”

Ueno Daiki glared angrily and scolded, "Stupid, don't you see that we are being attacked? We're fighting back in self-defense! ”

"Yes!" After being scolded by Ueno Daiki, Jiro Okada somewhat understood that it didn't matter whether the "Mutsu" frigate was attacked by the enemy or not, the important thing was that now that there was such a wonderful opportunity to start a war, of course, the opportunity could not be missed.

After hearing the combat instructions conveyed by Jiro Okada, all the officers and men of the R Honpo were ready for battle, and rushed towards the escort fleet of the Feiyuan Company.

Feiyuan's escort fleet has a very loud name, called the "Sun-shooting" fleet, the name was taken by Leng Binghan when the fleet was just formed, and it is unknown whether it has the meaning of mapping neighboring countries. The commander of the fleet, Qin Zhonglin, used to be a captain of the main destroyer of the East China Sea Fleet, and after retiring, he was hired by Feiyuan Company with a high salary to serve as the commander of this escort fleet. Of course, the recommendation and relationship of the head of the unit are also indispensable.

Ever since he learned that he was coming to defend the Diaoyu Islands, Qin Zhonglin had been very excited. Over the years, due to various reasons, we can only watch the little devils flaunt their might on our territory, expel our fishermen's boats, and create all kinds of incidents but are powerless to do anything about it, and I believe that every Chinese with a conscience will be on fire, especially the military personnel who shoulder the mission of defending the motherland's territory and sovereign integrity.

Therefore, although this mission was full of dangers, Qin Zhonglin still did not pay attention to it at all. For him, being able to lead the fleet to fight against the little devils and force the little devils not to dare to take a step forward is a matter of raising eyebrows and making people happy.

Although both sides were extremely restrained, Qin Zhonglin still didn't dare to take it lightly, especially when the time for Xiao R's ultimatum was approaching, seeing that the big war was about to break out, Qin Zhonglin, who was burdened with heavy responsibilities, even slept with one eye open.

The explosion of the warship on the side of the Maritime Self-Defense Force just now also alarmed Qin Zhonglin, who had been observing the other party's movements. Although it was not clear what was going on at all due to the distance, the huge explosion and the skyrocketing fire still let Qin Zhonglin know that something had happened to the little devil's warship.

"All warships are in emergency combat readiness!" While gloating, the cautious Qin Zhonglin also immediately issued an order for combat readiness.

During the armed confrontation, each warship had been in a state of combat readiness, but after receiving the order, the fleet immediately formed a battle formation, and all preparations such as loading ammunition at each gun position were completed, and they could launch an attack at any time.

Seeing that the convoy had already set up a battle formation, Ueno Daiki couldn't help but sigh softly. Don't look at the opponent's battleship, but this commander is extremely experienced, and he didn't give himself a chance at all.

"What's the distance?" Hearing another warning from the Feiyuan Company's escort fleet, Ueno asked.

"4000 meters, General!" The bridge staff officer quickly replied after looking at the data.

"Listen to my orders, and the whole team will open fire immediately!" Ueno Daiki waved his hand and immediately ordered.

In his opinion, even if the other party is prepared, it will not help, at best, it will only add a little trouble to his own fleet. Victory must belong to oneself and glory to the Great R's Empire.

After the order was given, the gun commanders of the various gun emplacements of the battleships gave orders to prepare for firing.

"Ready!"

"Fire!"

With a few bangs, the eight twin 356 mm 45 times caliber main guns and dozens of secondary guns of the "King Kong-class" destroyer, which is the flagship, let out an angry roar at the same time. The thunderous sound of artillery resounded in the waters of the Diaoyu Islands in an instant, announcing that the naval battle between Feiyuan Company and R Ben had officially broken out.

This was followed by the opening of guns from other ships. The "19th" fleet had more than 200 main guns and broadside guns, and in an instant, dozens of tons of shells smashed into the fleets that were flying away like rain.

I saw dozens of huge water columns stirring up around the warships of the Sun-shooting fleet, causing the originally calm sea to become turbulent and rolling in an instant.

Even though the distance was very far away, and it was the first round of attacks, there was a lot of error, and the hit rate was not high, but many shells still hit the battleships of the Japanese fleet, and from a distance, I saw that the battleships of the Japanese fleet had risen one after another, and the explosions were surrounded by sparks and flames.

Seeing this situation, almost all the R navies cheered, it seemed that under such a fierce attack, the opponent's inaccessible fleet was believed to have been blinded, right? Perhaps with just one attack, you can sink a few warships, completely break the opponent's fighting spirit, and then raise the white flag and surrender.

But before the smoke cleared, everyone couldn't help but be stunned. Although almost all the warships of the Japanese Shooting Fleet in front of him were shot, none of them were spared, but most of the buildings that seemed to have been damaged were fragile buildings and facilities, which looked shocking, but the damage was not serious, let alone sunk, and it was not damaged at all.

"This ...... How can it be? Everyone seemed to be in disbelief in their eyes. Could it be that the shells fired just now are all substandard products? No matter how you hit the opponent's warship, it won't have any power!

At the same time, on the bridge of the destroyer "Feitian", the flagship of the Japanese Shooting Fleet, Commander Qin Zhonglin stood majestically, picked up a telescope and observed the battle situation, not caring about the splash caused by the shells falling on his sleek escort fleet uniform.