Chapter 251: First Round of Attacks
Da Mu Xiong Er stumbled forward for more than ten meters, where a wooden lifebuoy hung on the side of the boat, and he put himself on it, and then tied the rope to himself to prevent him from slipping into the sea after falling unconscious.
With all his strength, he jumped into the sea at once, it was cold, it was bone-chilling, and in Tokyo Bay in December, the sea water was only 5 or 6 degrees, and as soon as he entered the water, he froze so that Oki Kumaji started a cold war, and he didn't have much strength to paddle at all.
But fortunately, he jumped off on his own, and he was quite prepared, which was already very lucky for those Navy soldiers who had no preparation at all, not even a lifebuoy. Didn't you look at the heads in the distance, after a few struggles, they completely sank to the bottom of the sea?
Gritting his teeth, the thought of survival rose, and Oki Kumaji began to paddle hard, he wanted to stay away from the battleship, because he knew that the enemy would not let go of the Kashima behind him, or any of the battleships here, so he had to stay away from these battleships to avoid being affected by the pond fish.
Well, Oki Kumaji was lucky, he saved himself with his perseverance, this place was not far from the port, he pounced for half an hour, avoided the missile bombardment, captured the torpedo attack, struggled out of the whirlpool rolled up by the sunken battleship, did not freeze by the icy seawater, and finally reached the other side of victory.
Lying on the beach full of silt, turning around and looking at the fleet that was constantly burning and exploding, and falling into chaos, Oki Kumaji's body, hands and feet were cold, and his heart was even colder, the fleet was finished, this was completely a copy of the destruction of the Second Fleet, and it was even more fierce than the attack on the Second Fleet, it seemed that the enemy would not give the Combined Fleet any respite.
In the face of such an enemy, the fleet has no chance of winning, Oki Kumaji made up his mind in his heart, retire, God let himself escape two catastrophes, it is already the greatest care for himself, he is still honest as a farmer, return to his hometown on Kyushu Island, find a wife who is not beautiful, and live with peace of mind.
Oki Kumaji escaped again, but the Japanese Combined Fleet was not so lucky, the attack continued, the explosion continued, and Guo Yu's order was to stand on the surface of the sea, and they were all the targets of our attack.
Guo Yu was not prepared to receive any captured warships, because these were just chicken ribs for him, and it was a pity to use them, and it was a pity to abandon them, and it was annoying to see them, so it was better not to.
In the Yokosuka military port, the explosion did not stop, and the warship was still burning.
The cruisers Yasumo and Satsuma of the First Fleet were of the same class and were the first warships of Japan's own production and design, and when they were produced, they were the largest warships in the world at that time. However, after it was built, it became obsolete because of the appearance of battleships, which is also the sadness of these two ships.
However, the displacement of 20,000 tons still makes these two battleships rank among the main warships of the First Fleet, but now these two sister ships are jointly destroyed by the common recipient, burning and exploding everywhere.
The stern part of the satsuma has been torpedoed out of a big hole, and the sea water is constantly pouring in, so that the 20,000-ton large battle ship has been tilted, the tall telegraph receiving mast and boiler chimney have been blown up, and the engine room under the chimney is constantly emitting smoke, which is directly hit by a missile in the middle of the battleship, at this time the Satsuma has no ability to act, can only sit and wait for death.
However, compared to the Anyun, the Satsuma is lucky, because not far away, the Anyun has begun to sink, the soldiers have dived, people are on their backs and make a mess, the bow of the battleship is raised high, looking up at the sky at a 60-degree angle, sinking is inevitable.
The attack of the Huafu fleet came so suddenly that the Japanese combined fleet was defenseless, and more than ten minutes after the first round of strikes, no effective counterattack was organized, and it was completely defeated.
Most of the personnel on the warships are not satisfied, and even many of the captains of the warships, the commanders of all levels are not on their own warships, and the fleet is about to set off to fight, and now is the time to organize supplies, and it is the last moment for the captains of the fleet to relax, so some people go directly to the inner clubhouse of the navy on the shore to enjoy wine and women.
Of course, not all commanders are not at their posts, the captain of the Hiei, Kanji Kato, is on his own battleship at this time, the battleship Hiei is the flagship of the First Fleet, and it is one of the largest warships in Japan now, with a displacement of more than 32,000 tons, which is now the most advanced high-speed battleship in Japan,
The Hiei was only launched in August 1914, and it has only been more than two years now, and it is a new ship, whether it is protection, speed, or combat effectiveness, it is the best among the Japanese warships, and it is an improved version of the Kongo, known as the Kongo-class No. 2 ship.
There is a fundamental difference between the old warship and the warship of later generations in terms of design concept, which is determined by the way of fighting, the protection of the old warship is definitely far more than that of later generations, and the pursuit is high combat and high defense, because the current naval battle is still in the way of fighting after the two fleets meet, so the defense capability is an important weight to determine who holds out to the end.
Although the Hiei was now attacked by two missiles, he was lucky not to be torpedoed, and although the smoke was billowing from the battleship, the damage was not enough to make the Hiei incapacitated.
"Don't run around at will, go to your posts, organize the personnel to start the boiler, and we will rush out and fight to the death with the enemy." The captain of the Hiei, Kanji Kato, was shouting loudly with a microphone at this time, preparing to organize the personnel to counterattack, because he knew that if he stayed here and was beaten, he would be sunk sooner or later, and he had to try his best to fight the enemy in order to avoid greater losses.
The Japanese navy is still relatively combat-oriented, after all, in the past ten years, it has experienced many major naval battles, and there was chaos in the early stage, but after receiving the commander's order, the heads of various departments began to quickly organize personnel, began to start the battleship, organized the ship's gunners and worked hard to find the enemy's traces, and the shape on the battleship gradually stabilized and began to organize counterattacks.
"The boiler has started to be pressurized and is expected to be ready for operation in five minutes."
"The gunners are in position and ready to go."
"The observer did not find the enemy ship, judging by the direction of the enemy's shells, it should be in the direction of 30 degrees to the left, and the distance cannot be judged."
"The No. 2 secondary gun has been attacked and has lost its combat capability."
"The position on the aft deck was attacked, the storage compartment was damaged, there was a partial leak in the stern, and it is suspected that the hull was injured, but it is not too strict, and it is now being repaired."
One message after another was reported to Kanji Kato, which made him breathe a sigh of relief, the battleship was not seriously injured and could still fight, and now this is the most important thing.
"The maintenance team seized the time to repair the damaged parts, the No. 2 secondary gun left him alone for the time being, the gunner hit the No. 1 secondary gun, if there is a loss of personnel at the No. 1 gun position, replenish it in time, the boiler should seize the time to pressurize and speed up, what we need most now is time, do you hear." Kanji Kato gave the order loudly.
Then Kato Kanji began to contact the command and contact the warships to inquire about the situation of the ships, but a very strict thing happened, the telegram could not accept any information, could it be that the enemy's fleet used methods that he could not understand, it was really terrible, this was equivalent to cutting off the ears and mouths of the fleet, so that the warships could not organize a joint defense against the enemy, and could only fight separately.
Now it's the darkest time of the day outside, and the flag can't be used at all, and the light can't be used because of the fire everywhere. The enemy could not find out, I really did not know how the enemy accurately found the location of these warships of the Combined Fleet, and Captain Kanji Kato would never believe that the enemy was shooting indiscriminately, because the chances of hitting the target were very small, and it would not meet the requirements of the battle at all, and the commander of no fleet would be stupid enough to do such a thing.
They don't know that this is also one of the biggest reliance of the Huafu fleet now, the enemy is bright and I am dark, hiding in the dark and putting guns, so that the enemy does not know how to fight back, is there anything more cool than hitting the enemy like this, radio shielding, radar locking on the target, laser or radar guidance, precise strike on the enemy, long-range strike, do not let the enemy have a chance to fight back, bully, too bullying.
However, Guo Yu feels very cool, these battleships he brought, although the strike ability is good, but the defense ability is much worse, don't look down on the battleships of World War I, 45 times the caliber of 356 mm thick shells weighing hundreds of catties, as long as a head-on hit the battleship, it is estimated that there will be no need to fight, because there are too many electronic equipment of modern warships, all of which are connected to each other, as long as part of the damage will affect the combat ability of the entire battleship, that is, the so-called thin skin and thick stuffing can't help fighting.
Finally, after a long 5 minutes, the battleship finally had the ability to move, and the Hiei began to move slowly, ready to rush out of the harbor, looking for traces of the enemy, although the enemy now showed great combat ability, but for the glory of the empire, in order to avoid greater losses, these soldiers did not lack the determination to fight to the end.
Not only the Hiei battleship has combat capability, after the first round of strikes, there are still more than a dozen warships that can participate in the battle, although they are more or less injured, but when they see the flagship Hiei starting to move and rush in the direction of the enemy, they also did not hesitate to choose to follow the footsteps of the flagship.
In the first round, the Huafu fleet fired more than 60 missiles and 36 torpedoes, which dealt a blow to the Japanese Combined Fleet, and the gains were still very huge.
Of course, the main targets of these missile torpedoes are those cruisers and battleships, and for those small patrol boats and destroyers are not within the range of attack, find the big ones to start, so that the output ratio is the highest, what is it like to sink a 10,000-ton battleship, and what is it like to sink a small guy of hundreds of tons and thousands of tons, it cannot be compared, so now the combined fleet patrol boat destroyers anchored in the harbor do not have any losses, and now they see that the main fleet has been hit, and these patrol boats have been dispatched, Salvage work began, and destroyers followed in the footsteps of the main fleet and began to move in the direction of the enemy. R1152