Chapter 185: The Great Retreat of the Japanese Army from Shanghai (2)
The reconnaissance planes of the Chinese Air Force kept hovering over the Japanese fleet, and even searched all the way forward until they found a Japanese convoy about 30 nautical miles away from the Chinese coastline. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
This Japanese convoy consisted of about 50 ships with a displacement of more than 1,000 tons, merchant ships, cruise ships, transport ships, cargo ships, barges, tugboats, and so on, and there were no Japanese warships. After all, these Japanese ships were not here to fight, but to load people, and these ships carried more people than warships of the same type.
The pilot of the reconnaissance plane kept reporting the movements of the Japanese fleet to the rear, and the news was quickly fed back to Wei Qidong.
At this time, Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi had already set up a communication station and an electronic reconnaissance station in a certain place in Nantong to continuously collect and crack intelligence from all sides.
"Brother Dong, do you want to wait for the little devil's fleet to converge before fighting?" According to the intelligence, Tang Xinyi knew that the Japanese receiving fleet was completely within the range of the tornado, so he asked.
"I'm going to wait until they're on board, and at that point, they can't run if they want to." Wei Qidong said with a smile.
Tang Xinyi's eyes lit up when she heard it, when she boarded the ship, it was the most chaotic, and the ships were all anchored and stationary, and under the sudden and violent blow, the effect must be very significant.
"Xinyi, send a report to Nanjing and ask you to send a bomber group to bomb ......," Wei Qidong said to Tang Xinyi.
"When the little devils converge, wouldn't it be easier for us to bombard directly with Tornado rocket artillery? Isn't it a waste to use the Air Force to bomb now? Tang Xinyi thought about it and couldn't help asking.
"Our air force has obviously discovered the enemy fleet, and if they don't express it, I'm afraid they will think more. As soon as they were blown up, the stone in the little devil's heart fell to the ground. Wei Qidong said with a smile.
Tang Xinyi suddenly understood, secretly thinking that Wei Qidong was cunning and understood people's minds thoroughly.
Just as Wei Qidong thought, the Japanese army that knew that Wei Qidong had long-range artillery was also calculating the distance at all times, and they had to calculate that they had to ensure that they were at least 70 kilometers away from the coastline of Shanghai. Because the Japanese troops who have been raided by tornadoes again and again have probably analyzed that the range of the tornado is probably 70 kilometers, so it is necessary to ensure that it is at a safe distance, at least more than 70 kilometers.
However, how could the little devil have thought that Wei Qidong had never maximized the range of the tornado, the longest range he used was only about 60 kilometers, and the maximum range of the tornado was as high as 90 kilometers.
However, it doesn't matter, the little devil fleet calculates the safe distance based on the coastline of Shanghai, but they probably never dreamed that he Wei Qidong had already come to Nantong, and the straight-line distance was shortened a lot.
At this moment, the sound of the "buzzing ......" resounded over the Japanese fleet with a buzzing sound.
"Enemy aircraft, pay attention to defense, fire blockade ......" The entire Japanese fleet was quickly mobilized, because these were not warships, so they were almost equipped with anti-aircraft fire such as anti-aircraft machine guns.
......The Japanese began to shoot high into the air with anti-aircraft machine guns, trying to prevent the bombers of the Chinese Air Force from diving and dropping bombs.
......However, these slightly weak anti-aircraft firepower naturally could not stop the bombing operations of the Chinese Air Force, and one plane after another chose their own targets and began to dive and drop bombs.
The explosions of the "boom boom boom ......" bombs came and went, some fell on the water surface and exploded, blowing up a column of water that soared into the sky, some fell on the deck, directly blasting the deck out of a big hole, and some bombs smashed accurately on the side of the ship in a parabola, and this position was blown up, it was more dangerous, the hull was easily tilted, and the serious ones were poured into a large amount of seawater, and they sank directly.
In addition to dropping bombs, the airborne machine guns of the Chinese Air Force planes were also firing frantically, mainly targeting the shooters of the enemy's anti-aircraft fire.......
"Baga, even the backward Chinese Air Force can be so arrogant, it's really hateful." The commander of the Third Fleet of the Japanese Combined Fleet, Hasegawa Kiyoshi, was the commander of the Third Fleet of the Japanese Combined Fleet, and this person was the vanguard of the invasion of China.
It's just that when Wei Qidong attacked the Japanese Combined Fleet, Hasegawa Kiyoshi's Third Fleet was returning to Japan for supply and rest, so it escaped.
Subsequently, the Japanese Combined Fleet did not dare to appear near Chinese waters because it could not withstand the huge losses of Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi's attack, which made the radical Hasegawa Kiyoshi very dissatisfied. And this time, Hasegawa Kiyoshi reappeared near the Chinese waters, not to fight, but to help the army fools escape for their lives, which made him feel that he really laughed off his teeth.
But there was no way, as a fanatical militarist, Hasegawa Kiyoshi could not see hundreds of thousands of army elites trapped in Shanghai, and reluctantly accepted this retreat mission. At this moment, seeing more than a dozen planes of the backward Chinese Air Force bombing indiscriminately on his head made Hasegawa Kiyoshi feel that it was a great irony.
It is a fact that the Chinese Air Force is weak, and even if it gains air supremacy around Shanghai at the moment, it is still weak, so even if it is pieced together, it only sends a group of more than ten aircraft. A fleet of aircraft of this size would not do much damage to the huge Japanese fleet, not to mention that they still had a lot of anti-aircraft firepower.
Compared to the actual damage to ships and personnel, Hasegawa Kiyoshi felt that the humiliation of dignity was much heavier. The bombing of the Chinese Air Force lasted less than half an hour before stopping, losing one plane and wounding several others, while the Japanese had eleven ships sunk and dozens more suffered varying losses.
After all, this was not a warship, and most of the sunken ships were barges and tugboats, and only one cruise ship, merchant ship, and freighter were sunk, and the losses were nothing to the Japanese army.
Hasegawa Qing did not let the fleet stop because of the bombing of the Chinese Air Force, and continued to move forward, just as Wei Qidong thought, seeing the bombing of the Chinese Air Force, Hasegawa Qing was indeed relieved, which at least showed that Wei Qidong could not threaten the safety of his fleet now, so in order to stop the actions of their Japanese, the Chinese Air Force had to be dispatched.
It can also be seen from here that although Hasegawa Qing is radical and belligerent, he is not brainless, in fact, he is still very wary of Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi in his heart.
Finally, after traveling about six nautical miles, Hasegawa Kiyoshi ordered, "All ships are at anchor and waiting, and the reconnaissance ships are dispatched to meet the retreating fleet and guide them in the direction." ”
The huge fleet immediately anchored and anchored, and then dispatched dozens of motorboats and hovercraft to the direction of Shanghai to meet the first retreat of the Japanese troops who were rushing in this direction.