Chapter 009: The Pathos of a Motorized Torpedo Boat
"Report, telegram from Comrade Gorbachev, commander of the Pacific Fleet."
"Read." Korostyakov's majestic way,
The adjutant then read: "Dear Comrade Commander-in-Chief, I am Gorbachev, and we have discovered the ...... of China's aircraft carrier fleet."
After listening to this, Korostiakov thought about it, the bomber was indeed useless, and even if it was annihilated in the end, it would be worth it in exchange for the destruction of the Chinese aircraft carrier fleet.
Korostyakov decisively dispatched all 50 bombers, which was almost the remaining bombers in Kamchatka.
Pacific Fleet of the USSR, soon Gorbachev received a telegram from Kamchatka, in which he was told that the planes would arrive in an hour, a total of fifty,
Gorbachev clenched his fist and slammed it on the table, his eyes looked firmly at the sea through the glass, success or failure in one fell swoop,
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the Soviet bombers arrived on time, at this time the Soviet Navy was all in place, and the bombers of the Soviet Air Force did not shy away from flying towards the Chinese fleet, but they were not one-time in order to gain time, they planned to divide into multiple batches, and the radar on the ** ship quickly discovered the location of the Soviet Air Force, and the fighters on the aircraft carrier immediately took off to prepare to intercept,
By this time, the main naval forces of the Soviet Union had already moved to the east of the Chinese aircraft carrier fleet, and they would attack from that direction, and another small detachment of two destroyers and 40 motor-torpedo boats would attack from the north.
And after the first wave of the Soviet Air Force flying from north to south was discovered, they immediately divided into two batches, for them, this time in addition to sending them to death, the only task before death was to delay as much time as possible, to buy time for the fleet,
After the first wave achieved the purpose of introducing new Chinese fighters, the second wave of Soviet bombers also flew from east to west towards the Chinese naval fleet, although they did not plan to get close to the Chinese fleet, but the planes still hung Zhan Dan and torpedoes, in case the Chinese stupid by them found the opportunity if they did not bring bombs, it would really make the world laugh,
The Navy and Air Force of the USSR were fully mobilized, and the front of the submarine launched an attack on the Chinese fleet,
"Report, sonar detected a large number of submarines."
"Report, airplanes spotted in the east."
Chen Shaokuan was very clear about the submarines around him, he just didn't deliberately destroy them, he just wanted to attract the Pacific Fleet of the Soviet Army.
At this distance, according to the information that Chen Shaokuan had, the Soviet fighters could not fly back after they flew, and if the bombers were not protected by the fighters, they would just be targets.
In fact, this can only be regarded as Chen Shaokuan underestimating the Soviets, the rabbit is anxious and bites, not to mention the people in a desperate situation, in addition, Chen Shaokuan did not understand the situation of the Soviet Pacific Fleet in an immersive and situational manner, so he will not understand why the Soviets sent planes when they knew that the planes were coming and going.
If Chen Shaokuan understood the entire plan of the Soviet army, I believe that Chen Shaokuan would also admire Gorbachev.
At this time, the carrier-based aircraft of the Chinese Navy immediately took off after discovering that there were also Soviet planes in the east, and at the same time some bombers also took off.
This time, the Soviet Union not only dispatched a large number of submarines, but also dispatched so many aircraft, I believe that the Soviet Pacific Fleet should be nearby,
"Reconnaissance planes intensify their searches, and the Pacific Fleet of the USSR is probably not far away."
"Yes." The adjutant immediately sent a telegram to the reconnaissance plane, asking them to speed up the search,
However, they didn't need to expand their search, and in just half an hour, their energy was restrained by the Soviet Air Force, by Soviet submarines, and the number of reconnaissance planes was not large, so they did not discover the main force of the Soviet Pacific Fleet in time.
The reconnaissance planes were searching in the east and north at this time, and from common sense, the Soviet Pacific Fleet should have attacked from this direction, and soon the reconnaissance planes in the north really discovered the Soviet fleet.
The reconnaissance plane immediately sent a telegram to the aircraft carrier fleet and informed the Soviet fleet of the number and type of ships,
Chen Shaokuan looked at the telegram, the Soviet Navy actually only has 2 search destroyers and 30 small warships like fish motorboats, the shore theory said that in this kind of sea, torpedo boats, especially motorized torpedo boats should not appear, how can this kind of warships sail far, just a big wind and waves can lift them into the sea, I really don't know how the Soviet Navy did it, don't you know that there are three feet of waves seamlessly,
The motor-torpedo boat is a small warship, so it can be said that it is pitiful, and it is difficult to hit it with a bomber, not to mention, even if it is blown up with a bomb, it is a waste of bombs.
Chen Shaokuan immediately sent 10 fighters and 10 bombers into the air to sink the Soviet fleet.
The planes had already taken to the air, but they were flying nearby, and the airspace defending the fleet was exploited by Soviet planes, and it took less than ten minutes for the formation to fly over this small detachment of the Soviet Navy.
The Soviet Navy had just discovered the reconnaissance planes of the Chinese Air Force, and they knew that the fighters of the Chinese fleet would soon come to bomb them, so 25 torpedo motorboats headed for the Chinese fleet at full speed, and the remaining two destroyers and motor-torpedo boats were grouped together.
The 20 planes of the Chinese carrier-based aircraft formation soon discovered two groups of warships on the sea, they were so small from the sky, but the huge number seemed to have taken the wrong medicine, they desperately drove to the Chinese fleet, looking at the waves on the sea surface stirred up by the propellers, they knew how many of these warships were opened,
Soon the aircraft formation was divided into two teams, 8 fighters pursued torpedo motorboats with all their might, 10 bombers and 2 fighters bombed the enemy's large warships,
The formation of eight sorties immediately turned around, and they strafed the Soviet motorized torpedo boats in the air, but the Soviet motorized torpedo boats were smaller and faster torpedo boats than ordinary torpedo boats, for example, this motorized torpedo boat had a displacement of only 40 tons, and according to the division of later generations, it could only be a small torpedo boat, and a large torpedo boat had a displacement of 60 tons.
The fighters came down from a high altitude, and the machine guns on their planes were aimed at the Soviet motor-torpedo boats, which was to shoot, but the bullets hit the motor-torpedo boats with little effect, but only hit the crew above, and soon the pilots pulled the planes high to avoid the planes from falling headlong into the sea, but he also saw two torpedoes on the boats,
When the Chinese planes approached, the crews of the Soviet motor-torpedo boats also shot at the Chinese fighters with the two small-caliber anti-aircraft guns on the boats, but the sea was too turbulent, even if they aimed, they could not pose a threat to the Chinese planes, and their firepower could basically only be regarded as a threat, but the Chinese pilots did not know that dozens of anti-aircraft guns shot into the air, and compared them, a wall of fire was formed, which was still quite a threat to the aircraft.
The pilots of the fighter planes did it a second time, this time they aimed their bullets at the torpedo, although it was difficult to hit, but in the strafing shot, they thought that there should still be hope of hitting.
For the second time, a fighter plane pounced directly on a torpedo boat on the edge, and where the torpedo boat was leaning on the torpedo boat, there was a shuttle after a shuttle, and a dozen bullets in a row missed,
But he was still diving and then attacking, shooting, and at the same time dodging the Soviet Navy's anti-aircraft guns, bullets occasionally hit the plane, the pilots didn't know how the plane was injured, but with the thick skin of the plane, they believed that there should be no problem, because the plane was not smoking, they liked to just want to kill the Soviet motor-torpedo boats, and finally when they were about to pull up, they were not convinced, they successfully blew up the torpedo, and immediately the motor-torpedo boat exploded, and there was a sea of fire on it, At the same time, it slowly sank into the seawater, and as for whether there was anyone jumping into the water, the pilot didn't care, anyway, there was no threat.
Then other fighters imitated this method of warfare, and after a while, several motor-torpedo boats were killed, but this is nothing in terms of numbers, but for the Chinese naval aviation is so slow, I am afraid that the Soviet motor-torpedo boats have already run to the side of the aircraft carrier fleet,
The pilots began to try to dive and drop bombs, and the fifty kilogram bombs hanging on them were completely capable of destroying motorized torpedo boats, but it was more difficult to hit.
While the pilots were worried, the Soviet motor-torpedo boats began to leak, and they looked like they were going to sink,
These motor-torpedo boats were originally those who were in a hurry to fight in shallow waters, in places with little wind and waves, and they had been forcibly pulled out for two days, and they were originally ten times dragged, plus the speed was not high, so it was fine, but now it was different, they were slapped by the sea for a day in strong winds and waves, and now they suddenly did intense sports again, so these motor-torpedo boats could not stand it, and their shortcomings soon became apparent,
Soon there were three motor-torpedo boats by themselves, and it didn't take long for another one, and they ran too fast, thirty-five knots,
The pilots are inexplicable, one of them is the Soviets in their hearts, but they can't blame the pilots for being stupid, it really makes them desperate to kill these Soviet torpedo boats, so they didn't think that these laughing ships are not suitable for fighting in the ocean at all, and besides, these laughing ships are here, existence is the truth, in extreme circumstances, who can think of his unreasonableness,
"Boom......" A bomb landed accurately on a torpedo boat, and the torpedo boat was directly blown to pieces, and more than a dozen Soviet Navy personnel on it could not even find their bones, and it was not only the bomb that exploded, but also the torpedo.
Then a motor-torpedo boat sank, and he was overturned by the explosion of a moment of bombs and the wind and waves.
At the same time, the motorized torpedo boats that disintegrated on their own still existed, and the crews of these torpedo boats were the most tragic, and they scattered as they ran.