Miracle (2) War of Annihilation -- The only correct way for a weak army to defeat a strong enemy is to fight a war of annihilation

At about 8 o'clock in the morning of January 1, the first year of the C century, in the waters off the north of Treasure Island, the Self-Defense Forces Navy made a bloody mistake, creating an even more bloody naval battle. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The four Edelweiss-class high-speed cruisers, "Aya Ueto", "Akibe Yoshizawa", "Ozawa Yuan", and "Oda Kei", pounced on the enemy transport ship Oba in their minds. But these Obas are really not transport ships, they are Galileo 305mm heavy gun light cruisers, a whole 20 cruisers.

"Naval warfare is risky, and you need to be cautious when participating in war." I don't believe you can ask the fallen naval officers, most of them are still at the bottom of the sea.

The girls are bent on going to the group battle, smashing the enemy supply fleet, and they want to educate these children with spears and torpedoes, at least to teach him to "love peace", but this time it seems that he will be given a round cannon by 20 strong men. The 305mm naval cannon is hugely powerful, and you can do it with a single shot. For such a small warship, it really only takes one shot, and a direct hit can send the "popular artist beauty" to the bottom of the sea.

To the arrival of the girls, these 20 strong men seem to react quickly, and they also have the confidence of men, and the 305mm cannon cleans up these small warships, which is a piece of cake.

The strong man fleet, which had maintained the habit of the era of landing ship transports, began to adjust its formation, and the bow of the ship was facing the direction of the enemy's attack, aiming at the enemy with its 305mm naval guns, and the 305mm cannon hidden in the cabin was exposed. The Obas huddled together like pigs opened fire, and the fire was so fierce that the 20 warships were trembling violently. It's just that the accuracy is a little poor, like a herd of pigs firing cannons. The ships were still not dispersed, and they had no qualms about the enemy's impending artillery bombardment, and seemed to be quite sure that the guns of these small warships would not be able to reach them. None of the shells focused on any of the Edelweiss Girls.

The strong men reloaded, fired again, and another fierce salvo from the girl's side began to fire.

Seeing the enemy's "transport ship" erecting cannons and shining cannons, the four girls were shocked, "This Nima is a warship, not a transport ship." ”

A whole 20 warships with large-caliber guns, is it an escape?? Or to the death or to the death??

At that time, the land had to choose the latter, not because these sailors were heroic, but because they had no choice. Shore-based reconnaissance aircraft reported the presence of the enemy's main fleet, 16 battleships and battlecruisers, and 20 cruisers, in the direction of the fleet's return. If they escape, then the enemy's pure combat ships may have something to do. You can only move forward, defeat the enemy in front of you, and make a detour to the open sea to go home. If...... Then sink to the bottom of the sea and wait for the treasure team.

So, this bloody battle began. Four thin people's artists and beauties bravely rushed forward!! Looking at the navy of the local tyrants of Treasure Island, what kind of spirit is this?!

"The Royal Navy of the British Empire will fight in the face of the enemy. The Royal Navy of the British Empire resolutely adheres to this principle - no matter how strong or weak the opponent is, it will fight when the enemy is encountered!! ”

Using four small warships to tease the opponent's 20 cruisers seems to have a bit of the momentum of the Royal Navy back then. "It's 100 percent heroic, 120 percent blood." "The heroes of the Navy were fearless in the face of a strong enemy, and saved the country with their loyal and bloody sacrifices." This is what later history textbooks say.

In fact, it was a completely different situation, and the great heroes recorded in the history books may have fought the enemy just to survive to eat lunch, or to get a can of beef for luncheon.

Many historical heroes are shaped in this way, heroes are purely accidental or forced to be heroic, and later generations will be gilded and gilded, and the glorious image will come out. This author, my grandfather of the last chariot was a veteran who participated in the Battle of Jinan, he fought from 1943 to 1952, the victor of the war, when he fought the Japanese army face-to-face, it was actually more out of instinct, and when he dodged the P-51 strafing fire, he fought again for experience and luck. This is what my grandfather said personally, human instinct, tactical experience, character luck. Of course, all three elements must be strong enough to be a hero.

Every grassroots officer and ordinary soldier who survived after fighting again and again is actually just the remnants of previous battles, survivors, and the rest of the "Ninth Company" in "Assembly" is only what is left after the battle, an ordinary soldier or an officer. The fathers who participated in the battle of the two mountains are also like this, ordinary soldiers, just doing their duty, there are too many ordinary people like this, I don't see anything different.

At that time, the Self-Defense Army fleet really had no choice, the lesser of two evils, and the only way to fight was to fight against these small warships carrying cannons, which was just an animal's survival instinct. Most of these first-time sailors were fearless. Some of them were indeed performing, and they were scared to death in their hearts, but it was enough for them to perform well on the surface, at least they didn't let the panic write on their faces and show it, and then spread throughout the ship. The navy is a technical branch, technology is the first, and the personnel participating in the war only need to do things according to the rules and regulations and operate according to the instructions, but courage is secondary.

The sailors on the four Edelweiss-class cruisers saw the flashing of cannons on the battleships of the Imperial Navy in Saxony and Windsor in the distance, and saw the shells flying in their direction. Someone later recalled that "the cannonballs flew with a loud noise, a piercing sound, like a heavy train rumbling within a meter, and then a loud bang fell from the sky, and a huge column of water rose from the sea." "One shell of this power is enough to blow us up in two, and then we will be finished with just one shot, even if it is a close-arrow shell." "On the warship, there is no way, you can't jump into the sea by yourself, that's feeding the sharks. can only stay on the ship, everyone fights together, and the people of this boat, both dead and alive. This may be the kind of solidarity that the Navy has been advocating since ancient times. ”

Captain De West, the captain of the "Akibe Yoshizawa", smiled when he saw the helmsman on the bridge bending down to dodge, and said to the sailor, "No need to hide, if you can hear this sound, it means that you didn't hit." The captain was also the commander of the fleet, and he ordered the ships to sail in a Z-shape to avoid bombs in the waves caused by the shells, a tactic learned from the army, and whether it was effective in naval warfare has yet to be tested.

Earlier, Colonel de West had already ordered the fleet to fire a salvo of spear-torpedoes at enemy ships, a saturation-attack salvo, and at this time the batch of torpedoes was about to arrive. The sailors on the deck were nervously reloading the spare torpedo under enemy fire, and the 127mm naval guns were nervously waiting for the order to fire. This kind of naval gun is very powerful, but it is limited compared to torpedoes, and it is necessary to continue firing torpedoes when the opportunity is right at equal distance.

A little after 8:15 a.m., the first batch of spear-torpedoes hit, and the whole fleet fired 36 torpedoes, only one hit. The effect is very good, the latest spear torpedo is equipped with 780 kilograms of explosives, and it is easy to blow up this 3,000-ton small warship. The cruiser that was hit by the mine was instantly torn in two by the sea water stirred up by the explosion, followed by an even larger explosion, and the 305mm ammunition inside the hull was detonated.

Colonel DeWest shrugged, this Nima was not enough for Lao Tzu's torpedo money. He knew very well that it was the currents and waves here that caused the torpedoes to lose their proper hit rate, and they had to wait until they were close before fighting, and the ship's guns could exert their power when they were close, so he ordered: "All ships move forward at full speed and get close to the enemy ships." ”

At this time, the salvo of the Pig Cruiser had been carried out four times, and none of them hit, which was directly related to the wind and waves at sea. The captains of these warships may also think that the distance is also the reason, and they are also actively approaching each other.

From 8:20 a.m., the Treasure Island fleet felt that the enemy cruiser's bombing was visibly confused. According to the post-war analysis, this may be due to the fact that the enemy's artillery firing angle was not adjusted in time, and the closer the distance, the more difficult it was for such long-range artillery to adjust the firing angle.

Colonel de West came to this conclusion at the time, and he believed that if they were closer, the heavy guns installed on these enemy cruisers would seem to be useless, and these heavy guns were usually hidden in the hull, installed at an oblique angle, and could only fire in a curved way, not flat.

The colonel repeatedly ordered, "Approach the enemy ship, open fire, and fire torpedoes when the opportunity is right." ”

At 8:30, the two fleets were getting closer and closer, and four beautiful artists opened fire while creating opportunities to fire torpedoes, and two more enemy cruisers exploded and sank in mines.

With absolute superiority in numbers and firepower, the Imperial Cruiser Fleet of Saxony and Windsor was already in disarray, and some captains overstepped the level to report and ask for support.

Captain of a Galileo 305 heavy artillery light cruiser: "Our fleet was attacked by an enemy fleet in the standby sea area and suffered heavy losses. Request support. ”

Staff officer on duty at the Expeditionary Fleet Command: "Inform the enemy of the situation of the participating fleet, the number of types of ships. ”

The Galileo 305 heavy gun light cruiser captain: "It should be 4 light and small cruisers, longer than my ship." There are 127mm naval guns. ”

Staff Officer on duty at the Expeditionary Fleet Command: "How boring you have to be to make such a garbage joke!" Then the thread was cut.

The captain of the ship was desperate to get over the plane for help, and a beautiful woman was chasing him, and the ship was torpedoed and sunk about two minutes later. The staff officer of the headquarters felt that something was wrong, and contacted him again but to no avail, and the officer on duty decided that it was a joke after deliberation.

At 8:45, the melee began, the 305mm guns of the Galileo cruiser were completely ineffective, and the Edelweiss-class high-speed cruiser gave full play to its firepower advantage, firing torpedoes and 127mm naval guns firing directly at them, constantly sinking and damaging the enemy ships. They were amazed to find that these cruisers could be destroyed with 127mm guns, which used semi-armor-piercing blasters to fire at the front of enemy ships, usually causing gunpowder explosions there, or 305mm shells. This is a cheap warship built in times of economic crisis, and in order to reduce the cost, there is not enough lateral or horizontal armor in the key positions of the ship, such as the powder magazine and ammunition depot, and there is no fireproof airtight hatch. It's like those hapless battlecruisers in the Battle of Jutland, one shot, one shot, that's enough. All that remains is for the enemy to blow themselves up.

At this point, the battle has become a one-sided massacre carried out by one side taking advantage of the tactical weaknesses of the other. Due to the defective guns and the slow speed, the Galileo-class cruisers could neither fight nor escape, and as the side that was unilaterally slaughtered, they could only pray for help to come. More and more captains of this cruiser fleet began to contact the command...... The officer on duty at the fleet command finally realized that the first distress call was not a joke, and the relevant staff officers wanted to report the sudden emergency, but they could not find the superior officer. After questioning the captain, he found the superior who had the final say in the senior officers' cafeteria.

It was close to 8:55 a.m., and the Commander of the Fleet, Admiral John Jericho, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force were having breakfast. The staff officer informed the two superiors of this emergency, and Admiral John Jericho only looked slightly surprised, but the Duke of Herman Norton looked panicked. The group immediately returned to the bridge command room. The fleet command immediately sent reinforcements nearby, but it was too late.

At 9:10 a.m., the Treasure Island Navy land-based reconnaissance plane informed the attacking fleet that enemy reinforcements were rushing to the area of battle at high speed, and the four Snow Melting Flowers gave up the attack. Of the 20 Galilean 305 heavy artillery light cruisers, 12 of the 20 Galilean 305 heavy artillery light cruisers have been sunk or are sinking, 5 are seriously damaged and stopped at sea, and two are on a senseless escape in pursuit of enemy ships, and only one has actually escaped at that time.

Upon learning of the arrival of enemy reinforcements, Colonel de West immediately ordered the pursuit of the enemy ships to be stopped, and the ships concentrated their fire on sinking 5 enemy ships. At 9:30 a.m., the battle ended, and only three of the 20 Galilean 305 heavy gun light cruisers that participated in the battle escaped, but none of these three ships survived the war.

At 10:15 a.m., the monkey rescue finally arrived, but it was too late. Four Pluto-star battlecruisers, which had interrupted the shelling of targets on the island, rushed to this area. Faced with the floating corpses of their own officers and soldiers and the floating debris of warships such as oil stains scattered on the sea, it seems that all they can do is search for possible survivors.

The Duke of Herman Norton on the King Charles was already angry and irritable, and there seemed to be a deep sadness behind it. He ordered that the four enemy ships must be killed, and for this purpose he sent four Wise-class high-speed battlecruisers to pursue the four beauties. The Duke's move seemed to be a bit too high-exalted to these small warships.

Admiral John Jericho found it strange that this did not seem to be the usual style of the duke. The outcome of this naval battle was indeed unacceptable to the Imperial Navy - 17 half-fat heavy artillery cruisers were all sent to the bottom of the sea by four thin warships named after the beautiful people's artists, and none of the enemy ships were lost. It seems to be the reason?!

After the war, the admiral learned that the duke's youngest son was an officer on one of the Galilean 305 heavy gun light cruisers, the exact position is unknown......

I thought that the sea area was a safe position away from the enemy's shore artillery, and I originally planned to wait for the battlefleet to solve the enemy's shore artillery before letting these heavy artillery cruisers go into battle......

The beginning of this naval battle was only because of a bloody miscalculation. The beauties took these 20 cruisers as transport ships Oba. In the face of the unarmed transport ship Oba, how could the four beauties equipped with spears and torpedo blades not meet him and strip him naked. But later I learned that the other party was an armed muscular Oba, and his retreat was also cut off by the Oba boss, so he had to fight to the death with fewer enemies and more. It's 100% bravery, 120% blood, 200% death, 500% shabi, and maybe 1000% despair. This is undoubtedly going to be in the rhythm of newspapers, and even going into history textbooks, and perhaps more than one history book will mention it.

This naval battle has indeed been published in the world's big hooligan newspapers, and has become a reference object for the study of actual combat tactics of naval warfare in various countries, and has been recorded in the world's history books, and has been deeply engraved in the heart of Duke Herman Norton. The duke's youngest son is gone, and he has a blood feud with the Treasure Island Republic.

In the world of small countries, many historical events are determined by family ties, as was the case with the war. After that, until the end of this war, the entire expeditionary fleet was nailed here. This may be the strategic significance of this naval battle in the eyes of the Republic of Treasure Island. Of course, there is a higher-end strategic dimension in the eyes of the great powers, and this battle must have a different meaning.

For the navies of various countries in the world, this battle is of great value for tactical research, and the lessons and lessons are worth summing up in detail.

The Galileo 305 heavy artillery light cruiser that was mistaken for the transport ship Oba is like this: the American-made LST type landing ship is improved, with a length of 100 meters, a width of 15.3 meters, a draft of 4.2 meters, a standard displacement of 2053 tons, a maximum displacement of 3380 tons, the main engine is 2 GM12-567A48 diesel engines, a total power of 3500 horsepower, a maximum speed of 23 knots, a crew of 220 people, and a 305 mm fleet decisive naval gun. The auxiliary armament is: a 40 mm caliber short-barreled machine gun in the bow of the ship (it seems that it is only equipped with high-explosive shells, and the firing range is also very limited), and four 20 mm caliber machine guns evenly distributed on both sides of the middle deck (only self-defense firepower, the range is extremely limited, one kilometer up to the sky).

Note that "the LST type landing ship is improved", students who know a little about engineering structure or mechanics can probably guess that the large naval guns of this small warship can only be fixed and can be adjusted by using high and low machines, and the movement in the left and right directions can only depend on the hull. This kind of warship is very suitable for attacking large fixed targets on the shore, such as coastal cities, but attacking warships traveling at high speed at sea depends on luck. To be precise, this kind of warship is not suitable for naval warfare, especially in the open sea area where there is a bit of wind and waves, and the artillery is not accurate, and "no one in a hundred shots will be hit." The 20 warships carried 20 305mm naval guns, and miraculously missed a single shot of the enemy throughout the battle, which was completely scummy.

Galileo's telescope-style main guns seem to have a hard time hitting enemy ships, so what happens if those auxiliary guns hit enemy ships? I'm afraid that before it came into range, this cheap warship was sunk. Besides, what is the point of such small-caliber artillery even if it hits.

This type of ship also has an Achilles' heel, which is very deadly. There is not enough armor protection for the key parts of this type of ship, and there are factors such as siege cost and basic ship design. A type of ship, designed from the very beginning as a landing ship, was given the name of a cruiser to perform routine combat missions of the cruiser fleet at sea, which was not suitable and could not be done, and could only be a kind of 250 cruiser. In battles with the enemy's multi-purpose high-speed cruiser in the true sense of the word, he was repeatedly hit by the enemy, and then the ammunition exploded, which can be described as a shot into the soul. It was such an unqualified warship that sank a 305mm heavy gun to the bottom of the sea, and killed a shipload of naval officers and men. For the Navy, the value of this ship's people is definitely far greater than this ship, and it is this kind of 250 cruiser that actually annihilates this ship's people.

The Empire's massive construction of this equipment seems to have been intended to be used for the purpose of shelling coastal targets. It seems that a simple destructive artillery attack on a large area of ground targets with such a warship would be effective, and the ship would be able to do the job, provided that the enemy does not have long-range shore guns and that other types of cruisers can provide appropriate protection depending on the situation. However, battleships such as battleships and battlecruisers, which are equipped with heavy guns, are also capable of performing such tasks, and they are more cost-effective. To shell coastal fortified cities, these capital ships only need to go by themselves, regardless of whether the other side has shore artillery or not, and they do not need other ships to cover at all. Sometimes, one capital ship is enough to do all the work of a cruiser. Look at the price-performance ratio.

In an era when naval warfare relied heavily on naval artillery bombardment, this type of cruiser had neither attack accuracy nor battlefield survivability. This is undoubtedly a weapon with low efficiency or even no benefit and negative benefit, and the inferior actual combat performance completely cancels out the tonnage price and cost advantage brought about by the low cost. However, it is this cost advantage that the Saxony-Windsor Empire is looking for. "Build the most warships with the least amount of money", "maintain a sufficient number of warships", and "so that the navy can obtain sufficient deterrence", the only role that this type of cruiser can really play at that time is to fill the number.

"There is no good thing when it is cheap, and there is no good thing when it is good." "There is a specialization in the art industry, and you need to be cautious across industries." Compared with the Treasure Island Navy's professional Seiko fast cruisers, the Imperial Naval Equipment Department of Saxony and Windsor has nothing to do to save money, and the chicken ribs and tofu scum warships built are really clumsy, and they are simply half-hung target ships. This battle fully proved the correctness of these folk proverbs. The people have always been wise.

When a full number of warships go to the battlefield, and they are used inappropriately or negligently, and the enemy grasps the fighter planes and exploits loopholes, the result will inevitably be -- one misstep will become a thousand hatreds and hatreds, and the target ship will sink and the target ship will sink over the 10,000-meter seabed. After becoming an easy battle for the enemy, these warships no longer have any deterrent power, and they cannot even play the role of replenishment.

These tofu scum cruisers, which are still sunk in the sea, can only leave jokes for future generations, and that's it.