【99】First ...... Near-missed

According to the direction provided by 608, the 610 boat went straight down from the west to the coast after the radar was turned on, ready to attack with the 608 in front and rear, but he didn't think about it, and only a few minutes before moving at full speed, a report came from the radar room, and he only heard the radar room shouting from the loudspeaker: "Azimuth 184 has found an enemy ship formation, a distance of 35 kilometers, 3 ...... No, it's 5, wait, it's 8...... So far, 9 have been discovered...... Speed: 6 knots......"

610 Captain Chen Wudu clenched his fists, his eyebrows were almost twisted together, and he said in his heart that he was in big trouble now.

He grabbed the intercom in front of the bridge dashboard, and the green tendons almost burst out on his knuckles:

"Radio room! Immediately notify 608 and 802, report that our boat has discovered the enemy fleet, report the radar position, and order the No. 802 minesweeper to return directly to the base on Qingdao, and not to retreat and stand by.

The telegraph operator immediately sent me a telegram informing the Cheongdo base that we had encountered a large enemy fleet and requesting the base to contact the Puhai Air Force for support. ”

With his left hand, he quickly pressed the button and switched to the all-ship channel:

"I am the captain Chen Wudu, the enemy fleet was found in front, I ordered again, the whole ship entered the combat state, all personnel entered the combat position, now start a pre-war self-inspection, the enemy fleet ships are large, all personnel must ...... Fight with a heart of death! ”

Waiting for Chen Wudu to finish the order in one breath, Deputy Captain Yang Zongdao said anxiously while marking the location of the enemy fleet on the chart table in the middle of the command room: "When there is none, there is really none, but this time there is one, it is 9, plus two on the 608 side, this is 11, this pot is too big, we are afraid we will not be able to eat it all." ”

Captain Chen Wudu's two thick eyebrows were raised: "I haven't eaten it yet, who knows the result!" Lao Tzu's new gunboat is not a dry meal, the organization trusts us, and gave me such haode037, if I escape from the battle, I will not dare to say that I am the Chinese Navy in front of people in the future! ”

Deputy Captain Yang Zongdao nodded solemnly and said: "Soldiers must repay the country with death, be pragmatic, all the officers and soldiers of my 610 will fight with you to Zuihou alone!" ”

After the 608 boat received the 610 report, the captain Han Tingfeng couldn't help but gasp, and immediately picked up the intercom: "Radio room, give me the radio of the 608 captain." ”

So after a brief discussion between the captains of 608 and 610, Han Tingfeng and Chen Wu decided on the most feasible tactics at present, regardless of the enemy's large formation, the two submarine hunters directly outflanked the two military ships left by the other party, and the speed of the large formation of the nine ships was only six knots, and it was very likely that it was an old-fashioned patrol gunboat. If 608 and 610 are lucky and eat quickly, the other party can only collect the corpse when they hear the sound of cannons.

After Han Tingfeng and Chen Wudu ended the call, they gave an order almost at the same time to launch a surprise attack on the enemy's two warships sailing alone!

Han Tingfeng quickly ordered the 608 boat, no longer maneuvering around the rear, but turned around and went straight to the side of the Xianning and killed it straight.

According to the distance estimate, the 608 will definitely be the first boat to start this battle.

608 is getting closer and closer to the Xianning and the 74-ton displacement of the Xianning "Gun 6" boat, that is, the former Japanese Navy "Moriyama" Maru, this small miscellaneous gunboat is also equipped with a 25mm machine gun or fast gun, anyway, 1000 meters away is nothing to reach, all spell character.

To say that the speed of the 037 hunting submarine is too fast, 608 and 610 are approaching at a speed of nearly one kilometer per minute in the assault on the Xianning at full speed. The 608 boat first discovered the true face of the Xianning from the observers of the former Kuomintang naval uprising.

"It seems to be the Xianning! The captain of the report, it seems to be the Xianning, is the Italian minelayer. ”

Han Tingfeng immediately confirmed the observer's judgment with a telescope in the bridge:

"It's Xianning, yes, it's Xianning. The artillery positions are ready, and in half a minute, they will enter the 8000-meter shelling position, listen to my orders, and be ready to fire at any time. ”

Time ticked over, seeing that the cannon distance was 8000 meters, but the 037 hunting submarine did not fire, Han Tingfeng looked at the Xianning in the binoculars, and he did not give the shelling order:

"Continuing to get closer, the enemy has not changed course, and it seems that our boat has not yet been discovered. Keep leaning on me! ”

Han Tingfeng knew that the Xianning only had a displacement of 615 tons, not to mention the small tail behind the Xianning, and the displacement of that small gunboat was 80 tons. If Han Tingfeng was still afraid of the two 80mm naval guns on the Xianning when he commanded the Anton gunboat in the past, he didn't pay attention to that kind of firepower at all now. Han Tingfeng knows very well that the 80mm caliber single-barrel naval gun is an old-fashioned product, a product of 1900, the Japanese themselves did not have this kind of gun installed in the later warships, and they were all dismantled and installed on various shallow water gunboats, and the rate of fire of 6 to 10 rounds per minute is simply laughing off compared with the 57mm rapid-fire gun of 037...... Let's talk about how stocks .......

"Seven thousand five hundred meters...... 7,400 meters...... The No. 1 gun position is ready, comrades are ready for me! …… 7,200 meters...... 7,100 meters...... Fire~~~! ”

The 57MM double-barreled naval gun has been under the operation of the gunner, adjusting according to the coordinate parameters given by the "round ball", and with the loudspeaker on the ground on the deck next to the gun, Han Tingfeng roared! The bow gun position, which received the order to open fire, roared and fired the first round of shelling. Tom, tom, tom, three shells, six shells whizzed towards the Xianning.

The 57mm double-barreled rapid-fire gun can fire up to 240 shells per minute, with an average of two rounds per second per tube.

The 57mm gun with a maximum range of 12,000 meters leaned slightly down at the end of the trajectory at a distance of 7,000 meters, which was extremely easy to aim...... It turned out to be ...... Near-miss ......

The Xianning heard the sound of cannons at this moment, and there was chaos!

Captain Lin Baoke was staring at the chief engineer in the engine room at this time, the steam engine was busy with the chief engineer, this old goods before World War II had a broken accident before, and today made a strange noise when turning, after listening to the chief engineer's report, he personally came down to take a look, and was chatting with the chief engineer in the engine room, but he didn't expect to hear the explosion of shells in the background of such a high noise in the engine room.

"It's broken!" Lin Baoke's heart was stunned, his face turned blue in an instant, and he rushed towards the bridge with his legs drawn.

The whole Xianning suddenly became a pot of porridge, and the movement of the shell explosion stunned everyone, and as soon as they reacted, all the officers and soldiers immediately rushed desperately to the combat position.

Han Tingfeng in the bridge of the 608 ship saw from the telescope that he had a near-miss bullet in the first consecutive shot, and his happy mouth was about to grin to the root of his ears, and his face was full of joy, which could not be concealed.

The observers on the loudspeaker were also desperately cheering and shouting: "Straddle shooting!" Straddle Shot! I hit a straddle shot! ”

Han Tingfeng quickly picked up the intercom: "Good job!" The No. 1 gun position hit me hard, three shots, three shots, three shots every 5 seconds according to the radar data;

Gun emplacement No. 2 is ready to aim! ”

After giving the order, Han Tingfeng immediately raised his telescope to observe the enemy's situation. As the 608 boat rushed straight to the rear of the stern of the Xianning, according to this situation, half a minute later, the Xianning will completely appear in the firing range of the No. 2 gun position of the 57mm double-barreled rapid-fire gun at the stern of the 608 boat.

Political Commissar Huang Miaozi saw Han Tingfeng's excitement and knew that this straddle shot was a good thing, so he asked Deputy Captain You Guanghua and said, "Old You, did this straddle shoot hit or not?" ”

You Guanghua said with a smile: "In fact, the 57 cannon flat fire coverage cannot be said to be a straddle attack, but the effect is about the same, this close miss and hit are almost the same, this means that our shell landing point covers the opponent's warship, just like sprinkling salt, it has been sprinkled around him, it is a matter of time before it falls on top of his head, and if it gets closer, it will not be a salt sprinkle, let's just burst it, haha." ”

Huang Miaozi was happy all of a sudden, and was about to rush out of the bridge to the No. 1 gun position to cheer up the artillery soldiers, but You Guanghua quickly stopped him and told him that it was too dangerous, so to put it mildly, Lao Huang finally agreed not to go to the deck, and ran down the bridge to the cabin to cheer up all the officers and soldiers:

"It's a close miss! Close miss! Well played at the No. 1 gun position! It's a good fight! Comrades, don't be left behind! Come on! Sink Lao Chiang's warship completely! ……”

The Xianning was still struggling in a panic, the captain was not on the bridge, and the deputy captain Zhou Taifu desperately used a telescope to observe the position of the 608 boat, commanded the battleship to turn, and desperately gave orders to the officers on the bridge:

"Turn! Veer! Give me the left full rudder! Fast! Fast!

You go and tell the engine room to give me full horsepower, full horsepower!

You go and tell the gun positions to aim at the target and fire with all my might! All the firepower to me all fire!

What about the flag bearer! Hurry up and inform the flag bearer! Give me a flag and inform "Cannon Six" to rush up for me!

You go to the telegraph room for me to tell the telegraph operator to send a telegram to the headquarters! Our Yujian supply warships for a sneak attack, ask the headquarters to send warships to receive support, and ask the Air Force to send aircraft to support! Just go! ”