Chapter Two Hundred and Three: The Battle of the Arabian Sea 14
On the battlefield, there is no room for mercy, and you must be ruthless to the enemy and to yourself. At present, floating over the battlefield are the three water reconnaissance planes of the Maritime Resistance Army, which are the only air force that the Maritime Resistance Army can rely on; although the strength is very weak, in this situation that the ship may sink at any time, Li Guang has no choice but to give an order.
You must know that this is the main team of the Japanese army with four main warships, and the anti-aircraft firepower is only stronger than that of the two pickup destroyers, and Li Guang is not at all sure whether the three water reconnaissance planes with backward performance can break through the anti-aircraft firepower of the Japanese army.
Three water reconnaissance planes, following Li Guang's order, quickly dived down from a high altitude. Wang Zhong, the leader of the water reconnaissance plane, had seen the anti-aircraft fire of the Japanese warships, and the tactic he adopted was to dive the three fighters together.
Three fighters dived towards the battleship Hiei from different directions, distracting the Japanese anti-aircraft fire.
A few hours ago, it was difficult for Tu Yuanchao to lead P40 fighters to attack in formation, but Wang Zhong was able to lead a water reconnaissance plane. It's not that Wang Zhong's level is high, but because the water reconnaissance aircraft is a P40 fighter, and the difference between speed and running and walking is average. Walking is naturally easy to form a team. Wang Zhong's tactics were very successful, and two fighters broke through the devil's anti-aircraft fire network at the same time. Immediately two warplanes dropped aerial bombs at the same time, one of which hit the front deck of the Hiei.
The sixty-pound bomb was seriously insufficient in power and could not cause any substantial damage to the Hiei, and Li Guang only expected these three water reconnaissance planes to interfere with the Japanese fleet, but it was a big shock for the captain Arima Shin Daisa, who personally steered the Hiei, and his face turned white at that time, and he almost lay down and hid.
The old guy turned his head to find Rear Admiral Keno Kurita glaring at him on the same bridge. Shame and then courage????
The little shame in his heart actually exploded in the small universe at this time.
At this moment, the voice of the gunnery chief Takamatsunomiya Nobuhito Shaozo came from the brass microphone: "Captain Arima, come closer." ”
What is the intention of Takamatsunomiya Xuanren's request, Arima Xin is very clear. Just now, the Hiei has already hit the Pacific with a shot, and now the Pacific has become a turtle in the urn, if you get closer, the probability of hitting will increase, and this battle will fall on your head.
He is already in his fifties, he is a big boss, if he can sink the battleship Pacific in front of him, it is not impossible to be promoted to rear admiral and retire.
Arima Xin is a relatively stable old navy, and he can not listen to the words of other people on the ship, even Kurita Keno, but he has to listen to the words of the gunner on the Hiei.
The reason is simple - Takamatsunomiya Nobuhito is a member of the imperial family. In the book, it is implied that on July 3, 1940, Prince Nobuhito Takamatsunomiya, the younger brother of Emperor Showa, went to the Hiei to serve as the chief gunner.
Prince Takamatsunomiya Nobuhito, the younger brother of the Japanese emperor, is a back-to-back mountain. Hiei was able to go on the expedition, not because of the good training of the Hiei, but because of the back of the mountain, as for how to fight, whether Yamamoto Fifty-six also carried a handful, then I don't know.
With a sentence from the back mountain, Arima Xin, who was in the state of the small universe explosion, did not report to Kurita Keno, who was close at hand, and changed the formation, and the Hiei took the lead in the inner circle, and it was only twenty kilometers away from the Pacific in less than five minutes.
Takamatsunomiya Nobuhito Shaozo thought he was very good, and he was the first to hit the Pacific, which made him a little proud. But he didn't see the sky outside - the sun was setting, and night had fallen.
Kurita Keno has a lot of experience at sea, and he was already aware of the fact that the battleship was just beginning to turn around. Unfortunately, this Hiei was neither his base ship, nor was it officially established as a Second Fleet, nor was it his heavy cruiser fleet. For Arima Shin Daisa's unauthorized order to approach his opponent, he behaved strangely, neither supporting nor opposing.
Perhaps in his heart, Kurita Keno thinks that it is not a big problem to get closer.
Zheng Xuechang keenly observed this change and was overjoyed. In a sense, winning or losing a war is less than who makes mistakes.
Closing the distance is something Zheng Xuechang has always wanted to do but couldn't do. Zheng Xuechang knew the performance of the battleship Pacific. Previously constrained by the backlight, the aging naval guns, and the slow speed of the ship, the Pacific has been difficult to form a fatal blow to the opponent at a distance of 234 kilometers, but at 20 kilometers, Zheng Xuechang has full confidence.
This distance has been verified many times. In addition, now that the sun has set, although the field of vision is still quite clear, there is no halo interference on the optical rangefinder.
The devil actually took the initiative to approach under the complete victory. It is a great benefit for the Naval Resistance Army. Previously, the battleship Pacific did not even have a desperate chance. In this situation, although the Naval Resistance Army still has no hope of victory, it has a desperate opportunity.
There is no time to lose.
With Zheng Xuechang's order, except for a turret at the tail that was responsible for interfering with the other Japanese warships, the four turrets began to turn and pointed to the battleship Hiei in unison.
At this moment, for the first time, the Naval Resistance Army was no longer bothered by backlighting.
In the first round of fire, both sides fired almost simultaneously. The same four turrets, the same eight 356Mm naval guns, the same eight giant shells of more than 700 kilograms.
What's even more amazing is that the first round of shells on both sides was far missed.
In the second round, it was slightly faster than the Rui's cannon, but neither side missed. But there is a difference, the Pacific has two near-misses. The mist from the violent explosion filled the Hiei, and the devil's aiming was affected.
In the third round of shooting, the Pacific was the first to shoot. This time, one of the shells had already hit, but it was only the Hiei seaplane catapult. Tens of tons of catapults were blown directly into the sea by this powerful shell.
In the telescope, Li Guang saw the effect of this round of shelling. Several near-misses of the Hiei battleship were surrounded by mist. In the telescope, Li Guang even felt that the huge body of the Japanese battleship even jumped on the surface of the sea at the moment of the explosion.
The fact that the enemy ship did not explode or smoke did not hit the vital point, but even if it did not hit the vital point, it was enough for the little devil to suffer.
It is clear that the rhythm of the shelling of the devils is out of order. When the fourth salvo of the Naval Resistance Army was in full swing again, the main gun of the little devil was still in a state of dumb fire.
This is not normal, the main guns of the Japanese devils were made recently, and the rate of fire is higher than that of old ships like the battleship Pacific.
Zheng Xuechang's face relaxed a little at this moment, and he was no longer tense.
The Naval Resistance Army finally gained the upper hand in the rate of fire, and the fourth salvo of the Japanese army roared almost simultaneously with the fifth salvo of the Naval Resistance Army.
In the evening light, the huge cannon fired, and with the discharge of the shell, the flame of the propellant at the front of the barrel burst out for more than ten meters, even if it was twenty kilometers away, it could be seen clearly.
The gunners of the Naval Resistance Army hit more and more accurately, and the fifth round of artillery hit one more. The little devil was not so lucky, and the enemy ship shook violently in the telescope, and the fire and black smoke immediately burst out.
On the bridge, on the battleship, the fighters let out a cheer.
The fourth round of Japanese artillery bombardment, not only did not make progress, but actually regressed significantly, and the shells landed a full kilometer away from the Pacific.
In the artillery competition, the Naval Resistance Army defeated Little Japan.
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