Chapter 205: The Battle of the Arabian Sea 16
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Li Guang actually had some doubts at this time.
He actually didn't understand why Zheng Xuechang sent the two air defense destroyers, you must know that the pickup-class destroyer with no armor and no main gun is difficult to resist even the weakest destroyer of the Japanese army.
Staff Officer Hu Bofeng explained the changes after Li Guang fell into a coma. The devil's shell, which was damaged by the violent concussion of the explosion, damaged the ship's radio station, is now being repaired. But from the telegram, Zheng Xuechang had already received the news that it was estimated that the four fighters of the Naval Resistance Army were far more than the squad (eight returned, but the fighters were injured, and only four could support the battle. You'll be on the battlefield in ten minutes.
The period during which Li Guang was in a coma was the fairest period for the naval resistance forces on the battlefield. The sun had completely set, and the light on the sea was dim, and only the outline of the devil battleship could be seen. After losing Kurita Keno and Arima, the devil probably discussed the battle situation, and did not immediately force it, and even evacuated from a distance, which is also an important reason why the Pacific can support these twenty or thirty minutes.
Li Guang hurriedly asked, "Is the light off?" ”
"It's off."
Li Guang was a little relieved, he was really worried that he would make a mistake in his busyness. However, the staff officers of the Naval Resistance Army have such a little benefit, and the big things cannot be planned for the time being, and the small things are remembered very clearly. In the Indian Ocean in winter, the sky changed very quickly in the evening, and in just twenty or thirty minutes, the sky was completely darkened, and the battleship Pacific had already turned off its searchlights to avoid becoming a target for the enemy.
Hu Bofeng said: "Now we are ready to fight like this." ”
It turned out that Hu Bofeng and several other staff officers had the idea of risking two pickup destroyers to approach the Japanese battleships. Ostensibly against Japanese destroyers, but in reality, it was to illuminate enemy ships and make the Pacific easier to target.
Even if the Japanese ship Hiei was damaged, it was still no worse than the Pacific Pacific. If you can quickly take out the battleship Hiei, you can not only break the confidence of the devil, but also avoid a major threat.
Now Zheng Xuechang didn't know that the shelling just now actually killed the supreme commander of the Japanese army, and he thought that the Japanese army had other intentions in this posture of encircling but not attacking. But no matter what the devils think, if the Japanese battleships must be dealt with immediately.
Zheng Xuechang turned his head to Li Guang and said: "I think the little devil is panicked now, and the cannon can't be fired." ”
What the? The opponent is panicked if he doesn't shoot a salvo?
Indeed, in naval warfare, whether or not you can hit the opponent depends on probability. The technology of the Second World War was not yet able to do what it was supposed to do. Therefore, the naval main artillery battle should be volleyed as much as possible.
Now even if the little devil is blown up with one main turret, the rest of the turrets can fire, but now the devil battleship has a single turret shooting. And the frequency of fire from other warships is also clearly fooling, which is certainly not normal.
Zheng Xuechang's estimate is similar to the truth, the devil is not only panicked, but is now arguing.
Several Japanese officers aboard the battleships Hiei and Kirishima and the Mogami heavy cruiser were arguing, and the sound of cursing came over the radio.
The commander of the mobile fleet was served by a pot. The Fleet Commander, Captain Hiei, First Mate, and several Fleet Staff Officers are all complete. As a result, the supreme commander of the battleship Hiei was only Prince Nobuhito of the Japanese Imperial Family, Takaka Miya, who had his back to the mountain.
According to the regulations of the Japanese Navy, there are still several Osashi in the fleet, and the most senior of the Osashi should be the captain of the Kirishima Kono Manjo Osa.
However, the main body of the Japanese Navy's expedition this time should be regarded as the Second Fleet according to Yamamoto Isoroku's arrangement, and to put it bluntly, the First Fleet sent out two battleships and one aircraft carrier to work for the Second Fleet on a short-term basis. In this way, several heavy cruiser captains of the Second Fleet were a little unhappy, if Kono Manjo served as the commander, then would the First Fleet work for the Second Fleet, or would the Second Fleet work for the First Fleet?
Don't look at Rear Admiral Keno Kurita who is killed, but the opponent's battleships have also been injured a lot, any commander can see that as long as it is the Imperial Japanese Navy that wins steadily, which Osa does not want to fight for a piece of credit. The battle exploits are definitely in the hands of a major general, and several Dazuo are now red-eyed.
The education of the Japanese Navy is very problematic, the officers have been studying in military schools since elementary school, and they don't understand anything except military affairs, and none of them have read a certain proverb that is widely circulated:
When the two hunters saw a wild goose flying in the air, they first quarreled over whether to steam or braised it, and the result of the argument came out, and the wild goose had no shadow.
Now the Pacific is the wild goose.
The Japanese army argued for a long time, and finally Kono Wancheng Osa got the command. Without him, the gunnery chief of the battleship Hiei, Gao Yuan Gong Xuanren Shaozuo, supported (maybe the two of them have carried the mountain on their backs?) Don't look at it as Shaozuo, but the imperial family's right to speak is powerful, compared to a big Zuo, Kono Ten Thousand Castles finally got the right to command.
When Kono Manjo was given command, it was only when he realized that something didn't seem right on the sea.
The battleship Pacific seemed to be getting closer to the already wounded battleship Hiei again, and the two sides were already less than twenty kilometers away. That's not all, two destroyers of the Maritime Resistance Army were inserted less than ten kilometers from the Hiei.
It should be said that this position was not only not unfavorable to the Japanese army, but too favorable. At least two destroyers at this distance were simply delivering food to the Japanese. Although the sky was dark, it was not a dark night where you could not see your fingers, and aiming was not a problem at all for the Japanese navy, which had a cat's eye observation post.
Although Kono Manjo felt a little puzzled in his heart, he soon decided that this was the opponent's dying struggle, and he made a faint move. This is a tribute to Kono's thousands of cities, and it is also a great credit to be able to sink two more destroyers. So he immediately began to give orders to his own fleet happily.
But the pleasure of Kono Castle didn't last long.
At this moment, a white light suddenly lit up on the sea.
Pickup 1 destroyer, all three sets of searchlights turned on, aimed at the Japanese battleship Hiei.
The destroyer Pickup II began to search for Japanese destroyers on the sea with three sets of searchlights.
Such a risky move certainly pointed out the goal of the Pacific, but it was also dangerous.
Pickup One not only had to leak under the fire of the battleship, but also had to risk being hit by the devil's destroyer. With such a bright light, it is a live target on the surface of the sea.
And even more dangerous - distance.
The Pickup 1 was less than ten kilometers away from the Japanese battleship Hiei, and was still heading towards the Japanese battleship Hiei.
Pickup No. 2 turned on the lights only to find that there was a Japanese destroyer only six or seven kilometers away.
As soon as the lights came on, the Pickup 2 opened fire on the Japanese destroyer.
Six or seven kilometers, for Pickup 2, a three-inch anti-aircraft gun can easily hit, and a forty-seven-millimeter anti-aircraft gun range can also cover.
At this moment, the two sides are faster than each other, and after the lights of Pickup 2 are turned on, the Japanese destroyers have begun to aim at Pickup 2. However, when the Pickup 2 searched for Japanese destroyers on the sea, the strong searchlight and flickering light confused the Japanese cat-eye observers and gunners in the dark night.
Anti-aircraft guns are supposed to be the fastest aimed guns, and it takes only a few seconds between detection and firing. As the anti-aircraft guns of the Naval Resistance Army opened fire, I saw that the sky was like a meteor shower, and the shells rushed towards the Japanese destroyers.
The anti-aircraft artillery of the Naval Resistance Army is equipped with only anti-aircraft shells and grenades, but both grenades and anti-aircraft shells have tracer shells, which are extremely beneficial to the gunner's aiming.
The anti-aircraft guns were extremely fast, and several shells had already hit the Japanese destroyers before the devils counterattacked. The entire destroyer was blown up beyond recognition, shrapnel flew.
Captain Pickup No. 2 is not a rookie captain in the Naval Resistance Army, from the Baxia to the Jairus and then to the Pickup, he knows one thing very well, if the Japanese are relieved, the Pickup is definitely not an opponent.
Liezhong personally steered the steer and rushed straight to the devil's destroyer.
Fighting bayonets on the sea, this is a real fighting bayonet on the sea.
The distance between the two sides was only six or seven kilometers, and it would take only three or four minutes for the destroyer to really collide in the high-speed voyage.
Column did not dodge or dodge in the rain of bullets, and desperately rushed towards the devil's destroyer.
At the same time, Pickup No. 1 turned on its searchlight and rushed straight towards the Japanese battleship Hiei. And the battleship Pacific, which had just dodged the torpedo, was also desperately trying to get closer to the battleship Hiei.
A spectacle appeared on the surface of the sea, and two destroyers brandished their lights like samurai with swords rushing towards their opponents. The massive battleship Pacific approached the Japanese battleship like an assassin.
These are the most dangerous five minutes.
It is also the most critical five minutes.
The devil destroyer also discovered the danger, immediately adjusted its course, and did not care about interfering with the battleship Pacific, and desperately fired at the pickup one.
Pickup No. 1 was facing the powerful firepower of the two heavy cruisers alone at this time, and what was even more dangerous was that the distance was too close enough, and the two Japanese heavy cruisers were less than thirteen kilometers away from Pickup No. 1.
In the first minute the lights were on, the Pickup One was not attacked.
From the second minute, they began to be shot one after another.
The rate of casualties among the fighters on the lampstand skyrocketed, and the searchlight platform was replaced by more than twenty people in the next three or four minutes. Three groups of 24 searchlights, one by one, were destroyed, one by one was bombed, and the number was rapidly decreasing.
The blood of the fighters on the Pickup One was not shed in vain, and the battleship Pacific fired three salvos in five minutes, one of which turned out to be a good result of three.
The Japanese battleship Hiei was on fire, and even from a dozen kilometers away, you could hear the crackling sound of the battleship, the sound of explosions, and the noise of burning.
Although the injury of the battleship Hiei will not sink, it is completely extravagant to have combat effectiveness.
Pickup One, after a few minutes of glory, is like a moth burning in flames, and the brilliance of the moment returns to darkness.
The Pickup No. 1 is riddled with holes, but it has not yet sunk, and it is stubbornly floating on the surface of the sea. Captain Huang Qingyi said to the remaining brothers: "We have completed the mission and abandoned the ship. ”
"Captain, let's go together."
"I won't leave, you guys will kill a few more devils for me." The captain of the ship is Huang Qingyi, the former captain of the Fujian Navy, his legs have been blown off, his face is pale, and he gasped.
"Let's go." Huang Qing muttered, and the fragment of his self-sinking battleship flashed in front of him. Although his battleship sank this time, it sank in battle, not by himself, and he regained the dignity of a Chinese navy.
There are too many breaches in the pickup No. 1, and it is not enough to block it at all, and in the blink of an eye, the stern of the ship has been completely like water.
The warriors wiped away their tears and turned away from the ship.
"By the way, bring me a message to Chief Li and ask him to keep the number of the pickup No. 1." This is Huang Qingyi's last message. In a smile, it passed away suddenly.
Everyone knows that there are three ships in the pickup class, and the third is still in Uruguay and has not yet been launched. The history of this pickup truck No. 1 is very short, it was only launched in April, less than eight months, through the Atlantic, the Pacific Ocean, and today it is sunk in the Indian Ocean.
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