[169] The First Fleet was completely destroyed

Where is Lao Chiang's navy?

Out of the port.

But as soon as Ma Jizhuang's first fleet left the port, it was targeted.

The huge North Sea Fleet had already blockaded the entire waters of the Zhoushan Islands before the landing fleet launched the campaign.

The 037 submarine hunter and the 024 missile speedboat one plus one formed ten two-by-two formations, and two of the ten squadrons were formed as a group, forming five squadrons. According to the order, launch an attack on all enemy ships that appear in the sea area.

After Ma Jizhuang's first fleet left the port, Yujian was this group of hungry wolves.

These two 031 submarine hunting radars were turned on to search, and after discovering the First Fleet, this four-boat formation immediately boiled.

The in-boat radio on each boat was filled with the excited shouts of each captain:

"All of them are ready for battle!"

"All of them are in battle mode at once!"

"All combat positions are immediately in place!"

"Each combat position begins to self-check!"

The sailors on the two 024 missile boats were even more crazy to enter the combat preparations, the last naval battle at the mouth of the Yangtze River, the power of the 024 missile boats shocked the entire navy, and all the captains of the 024 missile boats who failed to participate in the battle were anxious, eager to call their boats to meet the enemy ships in the next moment.

Now the opportunity has finally arrived.

The sailors worked hard to complete the work at hand, and they all wanted their boats to have the best results this time.

"The missile is powered!"

"The fire control radar is powered!"

"Missileman reloaded squibble!"

"The radar is locked, and the real-time data injection is normal!"

"The motor is turned on and the automatic constant temperature state is complete!"

"The main engine is at full power! Full speed ahead! ”

"All personnel have entered the bridge cockpit, and the watertight door has been locked with air tightness"

"I order, missile launch!"

"Yes, launch!"

"Yes, launch!"

As the high-speed combat preparations of the two 024 missile speedboats were completed, four upstream missiles roared out of the huge magazine, and the force of the launch shook the entire speedboat.

In the face of anti-ship missiles, all warships of this era are pale and powerless lambs. The four stout upstream missiles swooped down on the sea towards their respective targets. The missile's hot tail flame, which was strong enough to melt steel, erupted in the rain, dragging a long white steam trail that propelled the missile furiously to near the speed of sound.

Almost defenseless, the six capital ships of Ma Jizhuang's First Fleet were attacked by missiles from a long range. After approaching the target, the upstream anti-ship missile suddenly jumped up from the sea level, like a dolphin jumping out of the sea, climbed to 300 and then plunged down, and the rocket engine almost exploded like a violent advance, and unstoppably rushed into the target ship.

With the four missiles hitting one by one, the four capital ships of the First Fleet that Ma Jizhuang left the port were all reimbursed.

The only four large ships of the First Fleet stationed in Zhoushan after the last air raid are the Taiping, Xinyang, Yingjiao, and Chang'an, and if there is an artillery battle, the two 037s are obviously not enough.

But this is a modern war brought about by missiles.

The sneak attack of the 024 missile speedboat was brilliant, the four warships were all blown up, and Ma Jizhuang and all the officer corps on the Taiping were blown up on the spot by the missiles that rushed into the bridge. The entire First Fleet suddenly lost the command of the flagship, and the sea was in flames.

The remaining three armed service boats, Qilian, Pu'an, and Zhongtiao, tried to escape, but were bitten and beaten by the two 037 hunting submarines that followed. With more than 200 shells per minute from each naval gun, the 57mm twin guns of the 037 submarine hunter were fired at high speed, and the warships equipped with naval guns immediately fell silent and surrendered under the white flag.

The Qilian is a Japanese coastal survey ship received by China after the war, with a displacement of 535 tons. The Puan was originally a Japanese Navy oil and water transport ship with several additional guns. The Nakajo was a transport ship of the former Japanese Navy, and it was also equipped with several guns. How can such a copycat modified gunboat be able to defeat the wolf-like sea knife 037 submarine hunting? If you don't surrender, I'm afraid that you will be poked into honeycomb coal by the 57mm double-barreled high-speed naval guns on 037 and sink to the bottom of the sea.

The battle ended without suspense, leaving precious rescue time for the escaped sailors on the four destroyed warships floating on the sea and shouting for help. After capturing three service boats, the two 037s began to organize the rescue of the Kuomintang naval officers and soldiers floating in the sea.

The four capital ships of the First Fleet that were sunk this time were really unjustly killed, and they were victims of the gunboat concept. Like the previously sunken Taikang, the Taiping belongs to the American-made Evarts-class escort destroyer, with a displacement of 1,150 tons and four diesel engines providing 6,000 horsepower. 3 x 76mm main guns, 4 x 40mm secondary guns. One-on-one, 037 may not be an opponent.

The 4.7-inch 120mm large-caliber naval guns equipped with the 4.7-inch 120mm large-caliber naval guns were blown in two by the missiles in a daze before they could fire a single shot. If Lao Jiang knew, he was afraid that he would faint in distress. You must know that the 4.7-inch 120mm large-caliber naval gun for 037, as long as it is hit by a shot in a key part, it is a serious injury.

However, the powerful First Fleet was destroyed in this way, and it was so disgraced that the four capital ships were sunk before they even had time to fire a single shot. It's just that I pity the angry Shi Jue, and I can't contact Ma Jizhuang.

Shi Jue scolded Ma Jizhuang in the Zhoushan Defense Command for not being righteous enough, turned off the radio and escaped, which really wronged Ma Jizhuang's spirit in the sky.

However, Li Lianfan of the Second Fleet was lucky, and the Second Fleet, stationed in the long-distance port east of Daishan Island in the north of Zhoushan Island, was not within the blockade of the North Sea Fleet, and successfully escaped into the East China Sea.

In the face of Shi Jue's request, Li Lianfan, commander of the Second Fleet, called back very simply, "When are you leaving, I will send a ship to pick you up again, and I want me to wait for you at Shenjiamen Wharf now, that is impossible." Since the heavy artillery of the PLA Army has blocked the waterway in the south, our warships used to shoot long-range artillery on land and were equivalent to sending them to death."

But how could Shi Jue leave now? He's going to have to fight for it. The 75th, 87th, and 52nd armies have not yet entered the battle, and it is not yet known who will kill the deer.

Shi Jue understood that if the troops of more than 100,000 people on the big island of Zhoushan were all confessed, then it would not make much sense even if he fled back to Taiwan. The area of Taiwan Island is more than 70 times that of Zhoushan Island, but the number of troops is currently less than 200,000.

At present, if we cannot withdraw our troops to Taiwan, then we must defend Zhoushan to the death, and as long as we hold it, it will not be a problem to withdraw after the war. Once the whole army of more than 100,000 people is annihilated in Zhoushan, he will flee back to the island of Taiwan, and he will only survive. At most, in three or five years, it will face the fate of being attacked like Zhoushan Island.

Besides, after the Great War, after losing his division and land, can Lao Jiang spare himself? I'm afraid it's hard to get out of the army. Thinking of Lao Jiang's methods, Shi Jue immediately shuddered.

Shi Jue, who was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, finally made a final decision, he was going to fight.

"Give me an order to the 52nd Army, go south at all costs, except for leaving one division to garrison, and all of them go south to reinforce the 19th Army."

"The 87th Army left one division to garrison Zhoushan and Shenjiamen, and the other two divisions all marched westward to reinforce the 67th Army, and the road to the west of Zhoujiayuan must be opened."

"The 75th Army stayed behind with one division, and the remaining two divisions attacked Zhoujiayuan in the southeast along the seashore, crossed Jianfeng Mountain, and attacked Zhoujiayuan."

After the orders were conveyed one by one, Shi Jue sat on the pine chair in the headquarters, as if the whole person was out of strength. He looked at the portrait of Lao Jiang hanging on the wall of this temporary command center, and thought:

"This time six divisions have been discharged for reinforcements, this is more than 60,000 people, we must take back the Zhou homeland, and we must not let the supply army continue to land here on the island."

Shi Jue, who did not have aerial reconnaissance and maritime reconnaissance, did not know that at half past nine, when he had just given the order, the 64th and 66th divisions had already landed in Zhoujiayuan, and at this point, the 22nd Army, the "first-class corps" under the jurisdiction of the East China Military Region, had all landed. At present, the 64th Division is moving northward with all its might, and will be the main force to attack the 52nd Army. The 66th Division went all out to the east and attacked the 67th Army in Dinghai. The landing craft force will return again, and in about three hours, a third wave will arrive.