602 War of Aggression against Japan! Jiudongsha night battle

"Boom ......"

Just when the Myoko and Nachi were busy turning and adjusting their formations, an earth-shattering noise suddenly came from the front, and Nagumo Tadashi was stunned, crying out in his heart, this must have been the Yura light cruiser blown up

Thinking of this, he hurriedly raised the telescope in his hand to look at the place where the explosion sound came from, only to see that in the distance, the light cruiser Yura, who had been cornered by one enemy and three people, had already risen from thick smoke, and the violent explosion spread from the bow to the stern, almost instantly submerging the 5,000-ton light cruiser

Nagumo Tadaichi's eyes were almost full of fire, the Imperial Japanese Navy, known as invincible in night battles, was actually knocked out of a light cruiser in a few minutes, and what made him even more angry was that these despicable sneak attack Shina battleships began to release smoke and retreat immediately after blowing up the Yura, as if they didn't want to give their opponents a chance to take revenge at all.

"Eight grids are chasing at full speed," Nan Yunzhong ordered a fierce chase without thinking too much. Not only because he was eager for revenge, but also because of the military orders issued from above, the task of the advance detachment was to entangle the Shina fleet at all costs, as long as it waited until the battlecruiser Zhenming arrived, no matter what tricks the Shina navy played, there would be no suspense about the outcome of this battle.

It doesn't take just two Miao-grade heavy cruisers to be enough Nagumo pulled his collar fiercely, looking at the three cruisers that were retreating at full speed, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. In the face of such a powerful weapon as the Myo Advanced Heavy Cruiser, a little intrigue is of no use at all

"Guns, prepare to bombard enemy ships with bow guns"

"Navigation, notify all lookouts, turn on all searchlights, watch out for torpedoes, all rapid-fire guns ready to intercept torpedoes"

After a series of orders were issued, the two heavy cruisers Myoko and Nachi instantly turned into two enraged cheetahs, the hull of more than 11,000 tons suddenly shook, and the four steam turbines in the power compartment let out a roar, and in just a few minutes, the horsepower was raised to the maximum, and under the huge thrust of 130,000 horsepower, the two behemoths rushed forward at a speed close to 66 kilometers per hour

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"Sir, two heavy cruisers, at least 35 knots, are approaching me quickly," shouted the navigator as he wiped his cold sweat, and it looked as if these little Japan were going to fight hard.

Chen Si turned his head suddenly, looking at the Japanese heavy patrol who was speeding on the sea behind him, and a cold sweat was pinched in his palms. Fortunately, the other side only has two Myo-class heavy cruisers, and if there are really four, tonight's battle will be really dangerous. However, even the two Miao-Gao are not capable of dealing with their three light cruisers with only 150 mm guns, and the only hope now is that the destroyers and torpedo boats in ambush in advance have made some achievements, as long as they can be injured, the rest of the battle will be much easier.

"Speed 32 knots, retreat to the west, lead them to the destroyers"

"Order the 2nd Combat Ready to Carry Out a Torpedo Attack, Order the 3rd Combat Squadron to chase the enemy fleet at full speed and attack their backs with torpedoes"

"Ask all submarines to report where they are and see if we can lure the Japanese over"

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The eight 200 mm main guns in the bow of the two ships of the Miaogao and that one ship continued to fire at high speed, and this time it was Chen Si's turn to experience the taste of the Yura just now, he did not expect that the commander of the other side would actually ignore the submarine activity in this water, and actually chase after him in a straight line at full speed, and the opponent's speed is 3.6 knots faster than himself, that is, the distance between the two sides will be 3.6 nautical miles, almost 6.66 kilometers, and he will not be able to escape at that time.

Now we can only hope that the five destroyers lying in ambush in front can damage one Japanese ship with their torpedoes, and if this is not possible, we can only try our luck by luring the Japanese ship to the nearest submarine.

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"Destroyer"

Originally, seeing that the distance between him and the enemy's three cruisers was getting closer and closer, Nagumo Tadaichi's mood improved a little, but then a terrible shout made his heart flutter.

I only saw a few small boats suddenly coming out of the darkness from a distance in the direction of my starboard side, Nagumo himself was the commander of the destroyer detachment, and knew what would happen to these little guys who were bitten by small guys, so he hurriedly immediately ordered the only remaining light cruiser and two destroyers to intercept it, and the secondary guns on the two heavy cruisers also fired fiercely at each other.

"Leave the enemy's destroyers alone, leave them to the light patrol to deal with, the main force is moving at full speed, we will soon be able to catch up with them" Seeing the destroyers rushing out of the darkness blocked by their own fire, there was no chance to fire torpedoes. Nanyun sighed lightly and ordered to continue the pursuit, he had already lost a light patrol in this battle tonight, if he let the opponent go like this, he would not be reconciled

However, Nagumo Tadaichi soon regretted this decision, and just as his two heavy cruisers were chasing the three Chinese light cruisers, six torpedo boats of the Third Squadron of the Second Fleet of the Kuomintang Navy had rushed behind the light cruiser Onifu, a 5,000-ton light cruiser leading two destroyers and five Chinese destroyers in a fierce battle

The battle here was originally dominated by the Japanese, who had the firepower of light cruisers to offset the numerical superiority of the Chinese destroyers, but when six torpedo boats, the equivalent of light destroyers, joined in, the ratio of the two sides on the battlefield was 11 Chinese ships besieging three Japanese ships

"Boom ......"

Two dazzling fireballs, lit up in the distance behind Nagumo, it turned out that one of his destroyers was hit by a torpedo fired by six torpedo boats of the Chinese Navy, which made Nagumo Tadaichi's heart and liver tremble, less than an hour after the war, he lost a light cruiser and a destroyer, and the opponent had no losses, this Great Japanese Imperial Navy was really in decline?

"Sir, the Devil's Fury has asked us for help, they are now under siege by eleven Shina ships, and I am afraid they can't support it......" The communications officer's voice suddenly rang out, bringing another piece of bad news to Nagumo.

Nanyun looked at the smoky sea not far away, there should be three cruisers there, all of them were seven or eight thousand tons of big guys, and now they were less than five thousand meters away from him, and this distance was the best distance for his two heavy cruisers to exert their firepower.

"Order the Devil's Fury to be sure to entangle the destroyers of the China." Nagumo Zhongyi gritted his teeth and announced the "death sentence" of his two ships, two to eleven, and the other party may also have a lurking submarine to help in the war, which is to exchange a light cruiser and a destroyer for three light cruisers.

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"Your Excellency." The communications staff officer of the Japanese Combined Fleet once again confirmed the battle report he had just received, and said in a heavy tone:

According to the Second Fleet's battle report, the Nagumo detachment encountered three light cruisers and 11 destroyers of the China Navy about 30 nautical miles north of the Dongsha Islands at about 2:30 a.m. A Königsberg-class light cruiser of the China Army was hit by a bullet and withdrew from the battle, and a Guangzhou-class light cruiser was hit by a bullet and caught fire. ”

There were several gasps in the officer's room, and the top brass of the Combined Fleet all "revealed" solemn expressions.

"How did Nagumo Zhongyi do it? There are two Miao-high heavy cruisers that can't beat the light cruisers of the China? The face of the Imperial Navy was disgraced to him" Kanji Kato's face was pale, and he couldn't help but complain.

The Japanese Navy claimed to be unparalleled in night battles, but now it is good, two heavy cruisers and two light cruisers were actually beaten by three light cruisers and eleven destroyers, and it seems that it is a tie at best, if it can't even fight at night, this navy really looks like there is no hope.

"Your Excellency, the other side has three light cruisers and eleven destroyers," Shigetaro Shimada, the chief of staff, reminded, "such a large fleet should have capital ships. ”

"Roar." Shimada's reminder calmed down Kanji Kato, and according to intelligence, the Navy had sent a fleet including the battlecruiser Selim Sultan to bombard Kaohsiung and Tainan. Could it be this fleet that is currently at war with Nagumo?

"Your Excellency, it is very likely that these light cruisers and destroyers were used to escort the aircraft carriers in China" A hint of surprise slipped on Shigetaro's face: "According to Chachina, the South Sea Fleet has a total of three sub-fleets, the First Air Fleet, the Second Fleet and the Third Fleet. Among them, the Third Fleet is the submarine fleet; The main force of the Second Fleet was the leased Selim Sultan...... If Tong Namun's encounter was the Second Fleet of China, it would be impossible for the Selim Sultan not to appear, and if this battle cruiser with ten 280-mm naval guns joined the night battle tonight, the Nagumo detachment was afraid that it would have been shattered. So they must be the 1st Air Fleet in China, and the aircraft carriers in China are nearby"

Because he didn't encounter the Selim Sultan, Nagumo encountered the First Air Fleet of China, and this explanation seems quite reasonable.

Guessing the opponent's hole cards, Kanji Kato nodded slightly, and his mood was a little lighter, but he still didn't dare to take it lightly, after all, these ships were desperately blocking the aircraft carrier to escape? At a speed of more than 30 knots per hour on an aircraft carrier, I am afraid that it will run away without a shadow at this time. No, you can't let them go like this, you still have to find a way to lure them out. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Where is the First Air Fleet (Japan)?" And where is the name? ”

"The First Air Fleet has reached a place about 60 nautical miles south of the Dongsha Islands, and about 65 nautical miles from the sea area where the Nagumo detachment and the China Fleet are fighting, is it not an order for the other two Myo-senior aircraft carriers to go north to reinforce and search for the China aircraft carrier?"

Looking at the position of Shimada's finger, Kanji Kato breathed a sigh of relief, whether it is the two Myogao ships attached to the First Air Fleet or the Zhenmei battle cruiser that is quickly rushing to the battle area, it is not something that the First Air Fleet can compete with, the most critical thing in this battle is not how to fight, but how to find the opponent, as long as it can be discovered, with the fragility of the aircraft carrier, I am afraid that a shell can solve the problem.

"How far can we go north?" Kato's finger slowly slid north along the map, silently calculating the range and speed of his opponent's aircraft, as well as the speed of his own fleet, in order to calculate the maximum distance the fleet could go north.

Kanji Kato has not yet calculated, but the chief of staff, Shigetaro Shimada, has already given the answer: "Before six o'clock, you can reach the sea area 250 kilometers away from the coast of Guangdong in China, and the Shina-based plane will not start taking off until about six o'clock." At a speed of about 300 kilometers per hour, the voyage of about 700 kilometers is at most 300 kilometers from the coastline at 7 o'clock. We will make a U-turn at six o'clock and return to the deep sea, and we should not be attacked by shore-based aircraft from China. ”

"The order is that the First Air Fleet will move north at full speed and rush to the warring sea area to help the Nagumo detachment." Kanji Kato thought about it for a moment and gave the order.

"The entire First Air Fleet is heading north......," Shimada hesitated.

"Well, all go north." Kanji Kato smiled deeply: "The Akagi and Kaga are the bait of the Yin*Shina aircraft carrier going south, if you can't find the Shina aircraft carrier in the north, rely on them to Yin*." ”

Kanji Kato had just laid out the plan for the decisive battle, and before he had time to imagine the scene of sinking the Chinese aircraft carrier, he saw the communications staff officer walking over with a pale face, holding an official folder in his hand: "Your Excellency, the Second Fleet is in an emergency, the flagship heavy cruiser Myoko of the Nagumo Detachment was heavily damaged by a torpedo fired by the Shina submarine, and the stern was hit by a torpedo, the stern sank, and the rudder was damaged......"

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At this moment, in the northwestern part of the South China Sea.

The First Air Fleet of the Kuomintang Navy. A fleet of more than a dozen ships of all kinds was plowing white waves on the star-sprinkled sea, and none of the ships had a single light shining through.

In the center of the formation is the flagship of the fleet, the 20,000-ton aircraft carrier Zhongshan, and on the island, Zhao Zheng is standing next to him with his arms crossed, watching the staff officers point to the nautical chart and discuss technology, and his eyebrows are gradually twisted.

The Second Fleet, which was engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese fleet near the Dongsha Islands, reported battle one after another, and the news was not very good. Although it also sank two Japanese ships, it also paid the price of the sinking of the light cruiser Changsha (abandoned after withdrawing from the battle), and the heavy damage of the Fuzhou and Hangzhou. And what is even more troublesome is that there is also a Japanese heavy cruiser that is chasing two damaged cruisers at the speed of Fuzhou and Hangzhou, and even if it is not damaged, it will not be able to escape the pursuit of a Miao-class heavy cruiser, let alone after serious damage? The only consolation to him was that a Miao-5 heavy cruiser had been hit stern by a submarine and was now heading southwest, apparently with damaged rudders...... This is probably the only result that Zhang Yiming's submarine achieved tonight, right? I hope this crazy man can learn a lesson in the future, the submarine can be used to break diplomatic relations, reconnaissance, sneak attacks or something, but it is really unreliable to use it for fleet decisive battles. In the face of a cruiser traveling at a high speed of 35 knots, the speed of the submarine is too slow, and it seems that it will only be aircraft carriers that will dominate the ocean in the future.

"Commander, we are now about 160 nautical miles away from Commander Chen Si's two cruisers, and they are sailing west at about 25 knots per hour, and we are approaching them at full speed of 31 knots, and by 5 o'clock the distance between the two sides will be about 100 nautical miles, and then we can let the planes take off to support Commander Chen."

The calculations of the staff officers were over, and the chief of staff of the fleet, Meng Hailong, loudly reported the results to Zhao Zheng.

A2, who had sent a squadron to each of the two aircraft carriers, smiled bitterly and gave the battle order, although he didn't want to reveal the approximate location of the aircraft carrier too early, but he couldn't watch the two light cruisers being sunk, right? Not to mention that by that time, the Japanese heavy cruiser with great firepower was also a little too close to its own carrier.

"It is recommended to send all the bombers and torpedo planes." Meng Hailong put forward another suggestion: "The main force of the Japanese fleet should also be advancing to the waters west of the Dongsha Islands, we have more than a dozen submarines in that area, and we can easily find the main force of the Japanese fleet after dawn." When the time comes, just use the radio to notify the planes to rush over and bomb. ”

"Very well, go tell the air team to prepare." Zhao Zheng thought for a moment and said: "Send a telegram to the Third Fleet, let their submarines spread around the Dongsha Islands, and pay attention to reconnoitring the movements of the Japanese fleet." Let the destroyers and torpedo boats of the Second Fleet also disperse and search south. ”

"Commander, we're still in radio silence......"

Zhao Zheng waved his hand: "No matter, when the battle comes to this point, there is no sudden 'sex' at all, now it depends on who discovers the other party first." ”

In fact, what if the Japanese discovered that there was still a main Chinese fleet in the northern part of the South China Sea? Turn the bow and roll back to Japan? If the Japanese had done this, they would have no place in the western Pacific in the future. Zhao Zheng can also figure out one or two things in the minds of the Japanese, and when the war is fought, Japan has no possibility of getting it back, even if it sinks its two aircraft carriers, the outcome of this war will not change. And the current struggle of the Japanese Combined Fleet is not so much to turn the tide of the war as to work for the position of Japan after the war.

With Japan's resources and financial resources, it is absolutely impossible to recover from this defeat on its own, and the only hope is the support of Britain and the United States, and the role of Britain and the United States in supporting Japan is naturally to contain China...... China is big and Japan is small, and China's rise will definitely be jealous of Britain and the United States, so they need a chain to contain China. However, Japan, which wants to act as a chain, must also show that they have the determination and courage to go to war with the "powerful" China, and Britain and the United States will not support a Japan that only knows and fears China, so this time the Japanese Combined Fleet only needs to defeat vigorously in the South China Sea.

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