Chapter 189: The Great Retreat of the Japanese Army from Shanghai (6)
The Japanese army did not stop because of the complete failure of the first retreat, but thought of various ways to speed up the steps, and the second group of ships including cruise ships, merchant ships, and transport ships gathered from Japan again came in the direction of Shanghai. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
This time, however, the Japanese fleet was much more cautious, keeping at least 100 kilometers away from the Chinese coastline until it stayed at a distance of 100 kilometers from the mouth of the Yangtze River, and the entire fleet was also divided into five, separated by a distance of about one nautical mile. It seems that even if the coastline of China is so far away, the Japanese are still a little worried, which shows how much shadow Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi have brought to them.
The Japanese ships were too far away from the Chinese coastline, which added a lot of trouble to the fleet that had been evacuated by the state troops, and they had to row a longer distance, and think about the concept of rowing a hundred kilometers by hand.
Although the distance was long, in order to escape from Shanghai, this distance was a distance that the Japanese army had to cross. Of course, not everyone is qualified to try to cross this distance, and they must first break through the minefield laid by Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi.
The Japanese still attacked the artificial mines according to their methods, and after breaking out of the blocked channel, they quickly rushed to the predetermined meeting point. However, the Chinese Air Force has always had reconnaissance planes watching the actions of the Japanese army.
The Japanese seemed to know that Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi were likely to target their retreating fleet, so after finally breaking through the sea area blocked by the mines, the surviving ships scattered as quickly as possible.
However, Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi were not in a hurry to bomb so quickly, because the little devil fleet had just left the waters blocked by the mines, and if they used tornadoes at this moment, with the movement caused by tornadoes, it was very likely that many mines that had not been triggered would be detonated, which was not what Wei Qidong wanted to see.
However, when the Japanese fleet was a few kilometers away from the blockade waters, Wei Qidong would strike at the area with the highest concentration of Japanese fleets provided by the air force reconnaissance planes.
"Woo woo woo woo ......" Tornado rocket artillery flew frantically, rushing straight to the designated target waters, and then the high-explosive rockets directly baptized the sea area within a radius of hundreds of thousands of square meters.
The surface of the water is different from the ground, where trenches can be dug and bunkers can be set up, but the Japanese fleet on the surface of the water can only be completely exposed to the power of the explosion. The retreating ships of the Japanese army were almost all small boats, so the protection provided by this kind of ship to the Japanese army under such a huge explosion can be described as very limited.
The only way for the Japanese to escape was to be glad that they were not at the center of the explosion, otherwise they would definitely be dead.
Of course, it's not that you're okay if you're not at the center of the explosion, and the huge shock wave generated by the explosion of dozens of 300-millimeter rockets is also a lot of energy, which swept away, and generated huge winds and waves. Some ships not far from the center of the explosion capsized in an instant, and some were even blown into the sky and then fell down fiercely.
The other Japanese ships that saw this terrifying scene did not dare to stop at all, and they all rowed with all their strength, trying to escape from this area as soon as possible, and as for some comrades who fell into the water, they didn't care. Because if they want to come, it is very likely that they will be buried with them if they stay, so it is better to hurry up and escape.
Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi didn't care about these little miscellaneous fish, they just calculated through the intelligence of the air force reconnaissance planes how many Japanese ships there were in a sea area, how many personnel there were, and whether they would make money or lose money by bombing with tornadoes. If there is anything to be gained, Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi will naturally attack without hesitation, and if there is a small loss, Wei Qidong will also be willing to lose, but if the loss is a little too much, Wei Qidong will not move.
After all, rockets are not rushed by floods, and if you do too much business at a loss, you will be able to cook without rice when the time comes.
In fact, the Japanese army also wanted to disperse as much as possible, but most of the Japanese ships were small boats, and there was no communication equipment, and they almost took care of each other. Many boats feel like they're going to encounter other boats no matter which direction they row, so they simply row freely.
Because of this, there are still a lot of ships that have accidentally gathered together, and this situation will be clearly seen by the Chinese Air Force reconnaissance planes in the sky, and then feedback to Wei Qidong as soon as possible.
In this way, with the cooperation of the Chinese Air Force and Wei Qidong, a frenzied blow was carried out on the retreating Japanese fleet.
Therefore, each group of retreating ships of the Japanese army must first rush out of the mines to block the waters at a certain price, and then they will be bombed by tornadoes. Finally, when the retreating Japanese flotilla and the receiving flotilla converge, the Chinese air force will also seize the opportunity to bomb and strafe.
It can be said that the Chinese side set up several powerful obstacles for the Japanese army's retreat.
That night, the Japanese retreat was even greater, because without the guidance of the Chinese Air Force, the Japanese army thought that Wei Qidong's bombing might not be so accurate, and the Chinese Air Force could not participate in the bombing, so there were more personnel involved in the retreat operation.
However, the Japanese army did not expect that Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi regarded the night as the main attack period, and the two also assigned their work, Tang Xinyi was in charge of the ground, and Wei Qidong personally drove the Apache to attack.
"Brother Dong, you have to be more careful......" Before Wei Qidong set off, Tang Xinyi admonished.
"Don't worry, you have to pay attention to safety too." Wei Qidong hugged Tang Xinyi lightly, and then walked to the Apache not far away.
The Apache slowly rose into the air ...... then quickly disappeared into the night sky.
It didn't take long for Wei Qidong to send back the news, "Xinyi, I found the location and coordinates of the Japanese fleet, ......"
"Received, understood......" Tang Xinyi replied as soon as possible, and then walked out of the base alone and took out the Tornado rocket launcher on the open ground not far away.
According to the direction, Tang Xinyi quickly calibrated the shooting Zhuyuan, and after docking the information with Wei Qidong, Tang Xinyi quickly shot the rockets of a launch vehicle into the air. Since it was night, even the Japanese themselves could not see the distribution of the ships in their fleet, so some ships often gathered together unconsciously.
The Apache, which has a good night vision function, under the operation of Wei Qidong, can quickly find out the situation of the Japanese fleet, and then feed back information such as coordinates and directions to Tang Xinyi in the rear.
Tang Xinyi only needs to take out the tornado, and then calibrate the shooting Zhuyuan strike according to the direction, if there is a deviation, Wei Qidong will immediately feedback the shooting effect to Tang Xinyi, and let her fine-tune the shooting angle.
The two cooperated tacitly and unconsciously inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese fleet. Because the Japanese army felt that it might be advantageous to retreat at night, they invested more retreating personnel and ships at night than during the day, but they did not know that with the tacit cooperation of Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi, the losses of the Japanese army in the retreat at night were far greater than during the day.
Of course, at this time, the Japanese army did not know how big their losses were, and the state soldiers were still urging them to speed up their actions.
However, Wei Qidong drove Apache to attack, not just to give Tang Xinyi directions, he also had an important task.
"Brother Dong, discover enemy planes flying from the direction of Japan...... In addition to controlling the tornado to strike the Japanese fleet, Tang Xinyi's other important task is to monitor the planes flying from Japan or Taiwan through radar stations.
At this moment, when the trace of the enemy plane was discovered, Tang Xinyi naturally notified Wei Qidong as soon as possible.
"Roger, understood." Wei Qidong immediately drove the Apache to volley according to the direction.