Chapter 572: Sneak Attack on the Port
When he first learned that Japan suddenly appeared near Dachen Island, Su Jin still felt strange, thinking that the Japanese army was going to attack Zhejiang again, but he thought that the Japanese should not be so stupid, if the Japanese really landed in Taizhou on a large scale, the terrain there is not suitable, and he is not a vegetarian, the powerful air force, heavy artillery group and armored forces will teach him how to be a man in minutes, but when he calmed down, he immediately thought of a question, if such a powerful fleet did not come for landing, So who is worth their fight, only themselves and the Third Army, as soon as he thought that the fleet carrying more than 100,000 troops suddenly encountered the powerful Japanese Navy on the vast sea, Su Jin's cold sweat immediately broke out, and at that time, even if he had the ability to go to the sky, he would have to die. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"It's okay, it's okay, Lao Tzu almost died!" Thinking that if he really led the Third Army to board the ship to France, more than 100,000 brave and combative soldiers did not die on the battlefield, but sank to the bottom of the sea with the troop carrier without resistance or grievance, Su Jin couldn't help but ooze a layer of cold sweat on his forehead, what kind of hatred do these little devils have to hate him to do such an insidious thing? But this guy doesn't want to think about it, just because of the things he did to the Japanese, the Japanese even ate his heart, where would he be polite to him.
"No, you can't let the little devil come when he wants, and leave when he wants! Come and don't be rude, buddy has to return the salute! As soon as he thought of being yin by the Japanese for a while, Su Jin's heart was very uncomfortable, and he began to think about it......
Just when Su Jin was thinking about how to retaliate against the Japanese, the French fleet in the port of Taizhou had received the news, and the French warships in the port had begun to ignite one after another under a period of scramble, at this time, the mainstream view of the navies of all countries in the world was still heavy ships and giant guns, compared to whose battleship tonnage, the caliber of the guns was large, and the armor was thick, so the most advanced Richelieu-class battleship naturally became the flagship of the fleet, and the fleet commander Admiral Laborde was standing on the bridge of the Richelieu-class battleship at this time.
Looking at the staff officers who had just woken up from their sleep and hurriedly came to work on the bridge, Laborde frowned and said to the captain beside him, Colonel Carey Lannan: "Carey, you go and ask Colonel Gerally, why has it been almost twenty minutes since the Bayarn moved, why hasn't it left the port?" ”
Carey nodded, and went out without saying a word. He could feel that Laborde was already on the verge of anger, and if the Bayarn didn't leave the port again, he was afraid that Laborde would really go berserk.
Soon, Carey hurried over and replied, "Sir, Colonel Gerali said that the chamber pressure of their boiler is not enough, and I am afraid it will not be able to provide enough power for the aircraft carrier. ”
Laborde roared, "I don't care, you tell him that if he can't get that damn carrier moving in five minutes, he's not going to be the captain!" ”
"Yes!"
Carey didn't dare to tell the difference, and hurriedly conveyed the order, and two minutes later, the Bayane finally moved slowly, and headed towards the port with difficulty, and in the command tower of the Bayarn, a middle-aged officer with the rank of colonel was also yelling at the dispatch officer on the deck next to him: "Order all carrier-based aircraft to take off immediately, the Japanese planes are coming!" ”
"But sir, the speed of the aircraft carrier has not yet reached the requirements, and the wind direction has not been adjusted well, so I am afraid it is ...... to let the plane take off rashly."
Before the dispatcher could finish his sentence, the officer's voice was almost angry, "I don't care what the wind direction or speed, if I have the option of dying, I'd rather they be shot down into the sea by Japanese planes than killed by the Japanese on the deck." ”
Under his order, the plane on the aircraft carrier finally forcibly took off, only to see the propeller of a D. 376 carrier-based fighter slowly turning, and soon turned to the maximum speed, and the ground crew tore off the blocking plate with all their might, and the Dewatina fighter plane, which had lost its obstruction, immediately rushed forward, and the pilot used all his strength
The throttle valve was pushed to the maximum, but in the absence of headwinds, the fighter still taxied, and only at the end of the deck did it barely fly into the sky, after all, in the absence of headwinds, a hundred and eighty meters of deck is still a bit short for a take-off plane.
Seeing the first plane flying into the sky, Colonel Gerally's originally tense face relaxed slightly, and then the second plane also began to take off, and when it took off to the fifteenth plane, the terrible air defense siren also sounded in the harbor, and the figure of the Japanese plane finally appeared in the sky.
The first to appear was more than 20 Zero fighters, the commander of the Japanese army was still Yasui Hisano, but now his military rank has been promoted to Nakasa, seeing the warships in the harbor and the carrier-based aircraft that were struggling to take off, he laughed contemptuously, and shouted into the microphone: "The idea of the first squad, target those French fighters who have just taken off, kill them!" ”
"Hay!"
As Yasui Hisaka's voice fell, six Zero fighters immediately broke away from the formation and dived towards the Devatina planes that were trying to climb below.
"These bastards!" Gerari on the aircraft carrier was so angry that he smashed his fist on the handrail next to him, and he ignored the faint pain coming from his fist, and immediately ordered: "Immediately order to shoot at the air, and all the firepower will be fired at the air!" ”
In fact, it was not only him, but the anti-aircraft guns of all the warships in the harbor began to shoot into the air, especially the sixteen M2 90mm anti-aircraft guns deployed in the harbor took the lead in pouring out deadly flames into the air, and the radar-guided artillery was at least three or four times more accurate than the traditional anti-aircraft guns. A series of 90 mm bombs equipped with radio proximity fuses formed a barrage in the sky of the port, and not only that, but its hit rate was also very high, and only three rounds of firing were fired, and two Zero fighters that were not in a hurry to evade were blown into parts.
"Everybody climbs high...... Climb high, the anti-aircraft artillery of the Chi Na people is very fierce, everyone leave their range first, Lieutenant Sakai, you have to get entangled with the French fighters, so that you don't have to be afraid of the anti-aircraft guns of the Chi Na people! ”
I have to say that Yasui Hisanoshi is indeed a very good commander, and his orders are issued in a timely manner. When Yasui Kuneshi led most of the Zero fighters out of the range of the anti-aircraft guns, there were only six Zeros left in the sky that were entangled with the French fighters, and the gunners of the warships and ports slowly stopped firing, and none of them could afford to take down their own planes.
However, the results of the battle in the sky are very disappointing, the D-Watina D.376 carrier-based fighter is an aircraft developed by the French in 1930, and it is not even equipped with a radio, and the performance is okay at the time, but ten years have passed, and the performance of this fighter has fallen behind, not to mention the Zero, which can be said to be the first-class fighter at present.
Although there are only six Zeros in the sky, this fighter is like a dexterous and ferocious bird, constantly pouring out tongues of fire, in the firelight, one by one Devatina D.376 fighters were plummeting into the sea with black smoke, less than ten minutes, the thirty Dwartina D.376 fighters that took off were shot down by six Zeros 21, and the remaining nine planes began to scatter after seeing that the situation was not good.
And the Zero fighters did not chase after them, and without the troubles of the opposing fighters, the Zeros began to disperse and wander around the airport. Admiral Laborde, a very experienced admiral, ordered the fleet to leave the harbor as soon as possible, and at the same time informed the warships to ignore these troublesome fighters, because he knew very well that the machine guns on these Japanese planes were not even tickles for the thick-skinned warships, and the real big head was in the back.
Laborde's prediction was right, when the French fleet had just sailed out of the harbor, a series of Type 97 carrier-based attack planes began to appear in the harbor, their altitude was not high, and you could even see the torpedoes shining under their bellies with telescopes.
Looking at the murderous Japanese fighters, Laborde didn't have time to say more, and immediately shouted loudly: "All ships immediately defend their aircraft, hurry up and evade!" ”
It's just that although Laborde's order is very timely, most of the French fleet is in the port at this time, and they are lining up to sail outside in turn, such a formation is simply the best target in the eyes of the Japanese pilots, only to see Yasui Hisoneng sneered and gave the order: "The second squadron immediately opened a bombing channel for the attack planes and attacked the personnel on the deck with all its might, I want to see how long these Frenchmen can last!" ”
With Yasui Hisano's order, nearly thirty Zeros immediately began to shuttle around the French fleet, and a rain of bullets shot towards the warship, although these 7.7mm bullets could only make a few sparks at best on the warship wrapped in steel, but there were many gunners and deck crews on the deck who were operating the anti-aircraft guns, and they were not invulnerable. In the flash of fire, the sailors were shot and fell, and the deck was filled with groans of pain.
And at this time, the gunners of the M290 anti-aircraft guns on the shore were also dumbfounded, and now if they open fire, they will probably have to hit the French warship first.
"Oh no, the Japanese are attacking!"
A lookout pointed to the sky and shouted, only to see a Type 97 carrier-based attack plane dived at an altitude of 300 meters towards the cruiser Foch, which was constantly pouring tongues of fire into the sky...... (To be continued.) )