Chapter 467: Luck at Night
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After Shigeru Oshima led his fighters into the air, he looked for the target, and soon saw a terrifying big guy. He had heard of the American-equipped "Flying Fortress", but had not seen it. What is a Flying Fortress? Its own protection performance is not counted, and its counterattack ability is also the highest level. The B29 bomber has 12 12 and 7 mm machine guns and a 20 mm cannon in the tail, which can form a dense rain of bullets to protect itself. In order to prevent the B29 from being shot down, the US military department demanded that it must be dispatched at night. This B29 sortie was the first strategic bombing since the Flying Fortress was put into service, so the US military department also attached great importance to it.
Shigeru Oshima did not dare to rashly approach the Flying Fortress, but looked for an opportunity. Suddenly, a fighter plane under his command bravely attacked, only to explode in the air after being hit by the tail machine gun, forming a fireball in the air. It seemed that the attack from the tail was undesirable, and the range of the machine guns of the enemy aircraft exceeded his own, so Shigeru Oshima decided to meet the enemy head-on. It is conceivable how difficult it is to meet the enemy head-on in the dark night sky, but Shigeru Oshima is very skillful, and he has faced the enemy plane head-on several times. When he entered the firing distance, he took the lead in firing, but where did he expect that the opponent's fire was even more fierce, and a dense rain of bullets rushed to his face. The feeling of being shot in the fuselage was so clear, Shigeru Oshima reflexively pulled up the nose of the plane, but the fighter lost control.
The tail of the plane smoked and caught fire quickly formed a fire, and Shigeru Oshima once again left his beloved fighter, and when he opened his parachute and landed steadily, he saw his fighter plane burning violently and falling to the ground. Shigeru Oshima closed his eyes in pain, his landline was hit twice and forced to parachute twice in one day, is this the last elegy for the Imperial Air Force? As a soldier of the Empire, he did not pray that he had escaped the catastrophe, but was deeply worried about the fate of the Empire. At this time, he really saw it from the air, Jiaqing Airport was already a sea of fire, and the entire airport was devastated.
At midnight, Chennault entered the command headquarters and said happily, "OK! The B29 bomber was successful in the air attack and is returning home. The B17 bombing squadron has already sorted, forming 2 strikes. Soon the high-altitude cameras of the B29 bombers will record the bombing effect, and it is estimated that the photos will be delivered at noon tomorrow. I have already reported the results of the B29 to the US Military Department, and the Military Department has sent a telegram agreeing to carry out strategic bombing of the entire island of Taiwan. Bai Chongxi said: "The air fortress really lives up to its name, and the Japanese army is facing the indiscriminate bombing of the B29, or it is desperate to continue to increase its air combat strength on the island of Taiwan, or give up air supremacy over Taiwan." ”
Ouyang Jian said: "The Japanese army will not give up Taiwan's air supremacy for the time being, although two important airports have been attacked, but the Japanese army has many airports and strong hangars, I estimate that their fighter losses will not be too serious." In addition, the Japanese army will also send fighters to Taiwan, and the Japanese army will not give in in the short term. I estimate that it will take at least 10 days for us to completely paralyze the Japanese aviation units in Taiwan. Next, our sea-crossing fleet had to endure a brutal test, facing both Japanese attack submarines and frequent air raids by Japanese bombers. Even if the Japanese army gives up air supremacy, it will inflict heavy losses on our sea-crossing fleet at any cost. He Long said: "Commander Ouyang's camouflage tactics are indeed clever, if our sea-crossing ships are full of soldiers, we can only be forced to withdraw in this situation!" ”
"True and false, false and real, our fleet is right under the nose of the enemy, neither launching a landing nor retreating, the purpose is to lure the Japanese fighters to dispatch. By the time Yamashita has confessed everything, we have set foot on the island of Taiwan. At present, the initiative on the battlefield is on our side, and we are trying to drive the Japanese army crazy and crazy. The 3rd and 4th submarine hunting teams were ordered to go out and advance in unison. Chennault smiled: "I'm going to sleep for a while, all the bombers will be dispatched after dawn, and the Japanese will not be given any respite." If it weren't for the high position, I would have liked to fly it myself. ”
Night covered the sea, the western sea of Taichung, about 20 nautical miles from Taichung, the landing fleet was scattered on the sea. About 25 pocket submarines of the Japanese army launched ferocious attacks from the north and south. By midnight, 12 landing boats had been sunk, 4 submarine hunters had been sunk, and the Japanese had paid the price of 5 submarines. Due to the implementation of light control, the sea area where the fleet was located was pitch black, and it was easy for Japanese submarines to find targets, and although the submarine hunters could find Japanese submarines with sonar, it was difficult to carry out accurate strikes. After midnight, the submarine hunters had to fight alone due to the increased range of their activities.
Nowadays, the situation in the sea area west of Penghu is similar to that in the Taichung sea area. In this direction, the Japanese concentrated 15 pocket submarines to launch an attack. From time to time, wooden boats were torpedoed on the sea, and the flames of the explosions sometimes soared into the sky and sometimes illuminated the sea. After the fierce battle of companions, Lin Shuisheng's 2nd diving hunting team has already paid the price of 6 wooden boats. With continuous operations, they became more and more experienced in combat, and successively sank 4 pocket submarines of the Japanese army. Silence temporarily returned to the sea, Lin Shuisheng stared at the sonar screen and said, "I estimate that the Japanese submarine has retreated!" The ships were ordered to rest for a while. ”
When the subordinates heard this, their nervous mood relaxed, and they immediately closed their clothes and fell asleep. Lin Shuisheng was not sleepy, he knew in his heart that the Japanese submarine retreated without torpedoes and fuel, and had to return to the home port to replenish. Under normal circumstances, there should be a transport ship to follow and replenish at sea. However, if the enemy's fighters found a target at sea, they would not let it go, so the Japanese did not dare to send out to supply the warships. In such a large-scale air raid, the Japanese surface ships would not wait to be killed, and almost all of them withdrew to Tainan, Taipei, and the eastern seas. Once air supremacy over Taiwan changes hands, the Japanese warships and ships can only retreat to the Japanese mainland or the north, and there is no doubt how important air supremacy over Taiwan is.
Lin Shuisheng monitored the sonar screen while sending a report to the headquarters. The submarine hunting brigade directly accepted the command of the headquarters, and the headquarters called, the 4th submarine hunting brigade had been dispatched, and the supplementary submarine hunting wooden boats arrived after dawn. Lin Shuisheng let out a sigh of relief after sending the report, he stretched his waist, and felt a hint of sleepiness coming. Seeing that the brothers were sleeping soundly, he could not bear to wake them up, so he stood up and moved to keep himself awake. Suddenly, the indicator light on the sonar screen flashed, and a shiny black dot on the sonar screen was seen moving from the southeast. Lin Yongsheng pulled out his pistol and fired a shot into the sky, and everyone suddenly woke up from their sleep.
"A Japanese submarine was spotted at 2 o'clock, coming towards us, and immediately prepared for battle." With Lin Shuisheng's order, his subordinates took their places and entered the battle preparations. "Report to the captain, the Japanese submarine is very fast, reaching a speed of 14 knots and sailing on the water, at a distance of about 5,000 meters." "Mortars are prepared, and Japanese submarines bombard it without diving." Lin Shuisheng did not know that this Japanese attack submarine was a submersible small second-class submarine, with the boat number Lu 101, which was a coastal defense submarine launched by Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries Shipyard at the end of 43. The submarine is a light submarine with a length of 60, 9 meters, a width of 6 meters, and a draft of 3, 51 meters.
The Lv-101 light submarine has a maximum surface speed of 14 and 2 knots, a cruising capacity of up to 3,500 nautical miles, and an underwater speed of up to 8 knots and a cruising capacity of 60 nautical miles. The boat's armament system consists of four 533 mm torpedo tubes in the bow and carries eight torpedoes. On the deck of the boat is a twin 25-mm machine gun with a crew of 38 people. By the end of 43, the Japanese army realized the importance of coastal defense and began to produce this coastal defense attack submarine, at present only 6 submarines of this type have been launched, 4 are arranged in Taiwan, and two are in Tainan and Taipei. No. 101 was supposed to be routinely overhauled at Kaohsiung Port, and Boat 103 was patrolling the waters east of Tainan.
After the battle of crossing the sea began, the 101st boat received an order to immediately rush to the waters of Penghu for the battle. When the Japanese pocket submarines retreated back to the port to replenish fuel and torpedoes, the 101 light submarine appeared in the waters west of Penghu. As the submarine hunters patrolled the sea, the Japanese submarine sonar caught the position of the convoy and came with murderous spirit. The captain of the 101st boat is called Koji Yuichi, a young young naval officer. On the way, he learned about the general situation of the enemy's sea-crossing fleet, and scoffed at the enemy's submarine hunting boats. The guy was sober-minded and decided that it was not advisable to attack a wooden ship of less than a hundred tons with a torpedo.
After careful analysis, Koji Yuichi decided to target the enemy's submarine hunting boats and destroy them with the guns on the deck. It should be said that there was nothing wrong with his idea, there were twin 25-mm guns on the deck, which could fire both anti-aircraft and flat, and the rate of fire was extremely fast, and he was afraid that he would be shot before the wooden ship could get close to him. Therefore, Koji Yuichi decided to destroy the enemy's submarine hunting boats to create conditions for pocket submarines to attack troop carriers. Therefore, Koji Yuichi ordered the anti-aircraft gunners to stand by on deck, but he ignored a detail, there were mortars on the submarine hunter wooden boat, and this detail was overlooked when he mentioned it during the briefing, that is, he ignored the mortar on the submarine hunting fishing boat.
A brief explanation of the mortars on the submarine hunting and fishing boats, the mortars mounted on the wooden boats are the 60 mortars specially made by the Jiujiang Arsenal, and the shells are also specially made and loaded ********. The mortar of the submarine hunter was only used against two Japanese pocket submarines, and there was no chance to use it after that, so the Japanese naturally ignored its threat. The distance between the two sides was two kilometers, and as soon as Koji Yui found the shadow of the wooden boat in the high-powered periscope, he ordered the machine gun to open fire. A dense rain of bullets rushed towards him, the mast was blown off, and then the bow of the ship was shot, and the exploding wood chips flew in all directions, Lin Shuisheng's arm was hit by a piece of shrapnel, and a piercing pain made him almost fall.
The light of the exposed fire of the Japanese submarine was clearly seen in the telescope, "The Japanese submarine was located in the direction of 11 o'clock, sailing on the surface of the water at a distance of 1900 meters, and the mortars fired!" At this time, the bow of the ship was shot one after another, and a large hole had appeared. The mortar gunner desperately reloaded, and the shell exploded near the Japanese submarine, and the fire of the explosion allowed the sighter to see the Japanese submarine's position more clearly. The other party suddenly launched a mortar, which surprised Koji Yuichi, and if the deck was hit, the slightest damage would affect the submarine's diving. He decisively ordered to stop shooting and immediately dive.
The two Japanese gunners stopped firing and immediately ran towards the hatch of the ship. But at this moment, a mortar shell drilled directly into the interior of the submarine through the open entrance. It can be said that this shell got into the hold of the ship and was completely lucky. With the violent explosion, Koji Yuichi and several subordinates were instantly blown up and returned to heaven. "Stop!" Lin Shuisheng saw the Japanese submarine on fire and knew that the mortar had hit the Japanese submarine. The sonar soldier said excitedly: "Captain, we met a big guy? At this time, the gunner was still firing, and there seemed to be no intention of stopping.
Suddenly, the fire of the Japanese submarine began to increase, and it was like a chimney. "Stop shooting!" After Lin Shuisheng gave the order, he held a telescope to observe carefully, and the firelight was more real. "Haha! Lao Tzu's luck was too good, and lo and behold, the flames erupted from the entrance and exit of the submarine, which means that a cannonball drilled directly into it. This is a Japanese light submarine, and we hit it with great luck. As soon as his words fell, a violent explosion suddenly sounded, and the flames that soared into the sky stained half of the sky red??????。 Lin Shuisheng felt dizzy and fainted.
At the Fuzhou Joint Command, after listening to the report of the operational staff officer, several people recovered from their confusion. Apparently several of the officers were awakened in their sleep. Chief of Staff Bai Chongxi: "It's incredible, 4 mortars actually killed a submarine, I'm not dreaming!" Ouyang Jian wiped his face with a wet towel and said, "This is luck, but luck favors those who are prepared." Immediately send a telegram in my name to commend Lin Shuisheng and all the officers and men of the 2nd Diving Hunting Brigade! Immediately sent a report to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, suggesting that Lin Shuisheng be promoted from Naval Lieutenant Commander to Lieutenant Colonel. ”
Ouyang Jian pondered for a moment and continued: "Immediately send a report in clear code to notify all the participating troops. "Brother Ouyang, you want the Japanese army to know that one of our submarine hunting wooden ships has successfully killed a Japanese light submarine." "Why don't you tell the Japanese! Tell them plainly that it works better. If you report it clearly, you will anger the Japanese! I estimate that during the day today, the Japanese army will dispatch bombers to deal with the submarine hunting wooden boats! "Brother Ouyang, it's really interlocking, admire! Admire! Bai Chongxi stretched out his thumb.
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