Chapter 1223: Kaga sinks
The original design of the Kaga aircraft carrier was not actually an aircraft carrier, but a battleship. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
In July 1920, it was built by the Kawasaki Shipyard in Kobe, and it was closed and launched in November 1921, but the following year, the United States, Britain, Japan, France and Italy signed the "Washington Naval Treaty", according to the agreement, the total naval tonnage ratio of the United States, Britain, Japan, France and Italy was 10:10:6:3.5:3.5, according to this treaty, the total tonnage of the Japanese Navy has been exceeded.
As a result, the unfinished aircraft carrier Kaga was stopped and was ready to be disassembled.
However, in 1923, the Great Kanto Earthquake occurred in Japan, and the aircraft carrier Amagi, which was being refurbished in the shipyard, was scrapped because the keel was twisted, and the Japanese Admiralty converted the battleship Kaga, which was originally going to be disassembled, into an aircraft carrier, and replaced the vacancy formed after the scrapping of the Amagi, which led to the Kaga aircraft carrier.
The aircraft carrier Kaga has a full load displacement of 43,000 tons, carries 60 aircraft, and is organized into four squadrons!
Since it was wartime, the aircraft carrier Kaga was supporting the operation of the Ninth Division, so all 60 fighters were displayed on the deck, and all of them were filled with fuel and ammunition, but except for the pilots of the two reconnaissance planes who stayed in the cockpit to sleep, the rest of the pilots rested in the cabins.
After the piercing sirens sounded, the two reconnaissance planes took off as soon as possible.
These two devil reconnaissance planes were also the only two planes that escaped from the aircraft carrier Kaga.
Because, just after the two devil reconnaissance planes took off, a shell fired from the 203mm caliber main gun of the cruiser Izumo landed on the deck of the aircraft carrier Kaga, and the shell exploded violently in an instant, not only blowing up a huge crater on the flat deck, but also blowing off a nearby bomber by the air wave generated by the explosion.
The bomber's violent collision with the deck caused one side of the fuel tank to crack, and then, the aviation fuel leaking from the fuel tank was ignited by the sparks caused by the friction between the wings and the deck, and almost instantly, the bomber turned into a huge fireball, and the fire eventually caused the fuel tank to explode, which in turn led to the detonation of the bombs mounted under the belly, and then spread to more fighters and bombers moored on the deck.
Then, the deck of the Kaga was in flames!
When Sadazo Mitsui rushed onto the deck panting, he was presented with a monstrous sea of fire.
Looking at the fire that almost engulfed the entire deck, Mitsui Sadazo fell to his knees with a pop.
"Yaga, Yaga, Yalu!" Mitsui Sadazo looked at the plane that was burning in the fire with some blankness, and the whole person was stunned for a moment, and even a bomber exploded at a close distance, and a fragment rotated at high speed, almost sliding against his cheek, and Mitsui Sadazo was also unresponsive.
Because, having lost so many combat aircraft, Mitsui Sadazo, as the commander of the air force on the aircraft carrier Kaga, will definitely be punished extremely severely, and if he does not want to be sent to a military court, then there is only one way to go, and that is to redeem his honor in the way of a samurai, that is, to commit suicide by seppuku!
Therefore, Mitsui Sadazo doesn't care about life or death at all.
"Boom!" Another bomber was killed less than twenty meters away from Sadazo Mitsui.
"Your Excellency, Commander, Danger!" One of the guards pounced and threw Mitsui to the ground.
"Yaga, get out of here!" Mitsui Sadazo overturned the guards, and then got up and rushed to attack a nearby 96 ship that was burning in the fire, however, before Mitsui Sadazo rushed closer, the Type 96 carrier-based attack plane exploded with a bang, and the air wave generated by the explosion tore Mitsui Sadazo into two at once.
Compared with Mitsui Sadazo, who lost his soul and chose to commit suicide, Seiichiro Fujimori is quite calm.
Because Seiichiro Fujimori is the commander of the aircraft carrier Kaga, he is not responsible for the loss of aircraft on the carrier, he is only responsible for the aircraft carrier itself.
For Seiichiro Fujimori, as long as he can break through with the Kaga aircraft carrier, it doesn't matter if the flight deck is completely destroyed, because as long as the main body of the Kaga aircraft carrier is still there, it is not difficult to repair the deck, compared to the main body of the aircraft carrier that costs up to 5 million yen, the deck is really nothing.
So until now, Seiichiro Fujimori has been quite calm.
However, Seiichiro Fujimori's composure did not save the Kaga's fate.
"Your Excellency Commander, torpedoes, there are torpedoes!" One of the observers suddenly cried out in horror, "Ten o'clock! A thousand yards away, a thousand yards away! At the current speed and course, it will definitely hit! ”
"Ten o'clock? A thousand yards away?! Fujimori Seiichiro suddenly felt a pang in his heart when he heard this, compared with naval guns, torpedoes are more deadly threats to warships, if it is a naval gun, even if it is a large caliber of more than 300mm, as long as it is not directly hit the ammunition depot, at most it will blow up a few big holes in the hull.
But if it's a fish in the air, one shot is enough to blow the Kaga in two!
Taking a deep breath, Seiichiro Fujimori suddenly roared hoarsely: "Right full rudder, power shutdown, shutdown of all boilers, turn off the boilers quickly!" ”
Fujimori Seiichiro's order was quickly issued, and in the next moment, the huge and bulky hull of the Kaga aircraft carrier tilted sharply to the left, and the tilt was really worrying that it would capsize! But fortunately, at this time, the power of the aircraft carrier was turned off, and just when the Kaga was about to tilt to a critical point, it began to return to normal.
By just a fraction of a second, the torpedo whizzed past the bow of the Kaga aircraft carrier.
However, before Seiichiro Fujimori and the devil soldiers in the command room could breathe a sigh of relief, the observer who had just given the warning shouted in horror again: "Another torpedo has been found, two salvos, ten o'clock azimuth, two salvos!" Eight hundred yards away, eight hundred yards away, oh no, no, it's three salvos, and one torpedo at eleven o'clock......"
"Yaga Yaru!" Seiichiro Fujimori wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and asked sharply, "What's the distance?" ”
"Distance?" The observer hesitated, because he was too close to be observed with an observation instrument, and could only estimate it empirically, and then shouted loudly, "The distance is less than a hundred yards......
"Nani?" Seiichiro Fujimori's eyes widened in a flash, less than a hundred yards?
Your mother, at such a close distance, you still avoid a yarn, this time it's a dead ball.
After a while, the Kaga aircraft carrier, which had just returned to the right, trembled violently, and then, a faint explosion was transmitted from the bottom of the aircraft carrier, just feeling the intensity of the explosion, Fujimori Seiichiro's face instantly turned pale, because according to his experience, it should be the power flight that was hit, and once the power cabin was hit, the explosion alone was enough to tear the Kaga aircraft carrier into two, it's over, this time it's really over!
Fujimori's fears soon turned into cruel facts, and after a series of explosions, a piercing sound of metal cracking was heard from the inside of the Kaga's cabin, and a moment later, the huge hull of the Kaga was disconnected from the middle, and the small half of the stern quickly sank to the bottom, while the bow of the most part of the ship floated high.
With the floating of most of the bow, the entire bridge was almost tilted at a 90-degree angle, Fujimori Seiichiro and more than a dozen naval staff officers in the command room immediately rolled to the ground, sliding along the floor to the lower partition wall of the command room, Fujimori Kiyoichiro reacted quickly, grabbed the instrument panel as soon as he stretched out his hand, and then looked down, but found that his feet were completely suspended in the air.
With a sigh, Seiichiro Fujimori let go of his hand.
However, the next moment, the original almost vertical hull suddenly returned to the center, and Fujimori Seiichiro's suicide attempt was not realized, and it landed firmly on the floor, but the return of most of the remaining half of the Kaga's bow was just the last struggle before sinking, and soon, the Kaga began to sink slowly.
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Less than a kilometer away, Xu Rui was standing on the bridge of the Izumo, watching as the Kazuga sank under the waves.
Du Wanlin stood on Xu Rui's left side, and also witnessed the sinking of the aircraft carrier Kaga.
It wasn't until the Kaga aircraft carrier sank completely that Du Wanlin sighed lightly and said: "To be able to see the sinking of a devil's 10,000-ton warship in my lifetime can be regarded as a life in vain, let alone a navy!" ”
In the Battle of Jiangyin, a veteran of the Navy like Du Wanlin dreamed of sinking a 10,000-ton warship to prove the reputation of the Chinese Navy, but the Japanese Navy did not give them such an opportunity.
Therefore, being able to see the sinking of the 40,000-ton Kaga aircraft carrier, Du Wanlin's excitement in his heart can be imagined.
Xu Rui patted Du Wanlin's shoulder, smiled and said, "Old Du, where is this?" It's just one of the little devil's aircraft carriers, the little devil has ten aircraft carriers, and when the day he kills all ten aircraft carriers of the little devil, it's really fucking enjoyable. ”
Du Wanlin just smiled when he heard this, kill ten aircraft carriers of devils? How dare you think about it?
However, Du Wanlin quickly remembered what he wanted to say just now, and said to Xu Bu: "Commander, can these three cruisers stay?" And then form a detachment for our military division? ”
"What, fleet?" Xu Rui shook his head and said, "Don't even think about it, after dismantling the guns on the ship, immediately blow up and sink these three cruisers in Wusongkou, and not one of them will be left!" ”
It's not that Xu Rui doesn't want a navy, but he really doesn't have the ability.
Because as soon as the morning dawns, the bomber group of devils will smell the wind, and unless these three cruisers find a fortress to hide, they will definitely be blown and sunk, but the question is, where did the coastal defense fortress come from?
Therefore, before dawn, the three cruisers could only be driven to Wusongkou and sunk.
Otherwise, when it is dawn, it will be impossible for you to drive to Wusongkou.