Chapter 772 Burning the Ship

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Dong Ku didn't know that Ying and the United States had already moved, but his goal must be completed, although he was unwilling to turn against the foreign powers at this time, but preventing him from chasing and killing the Japanese army was his mortal enemy.

However, it does not matter whether he takes the entire territory of Korea or not, as long as he stands in Korea, the remaining land routes can be taken at any time. His naval strength has not yet grown, and it doesn't matter whether he takes all of the Korean Peninsula or not.

With the gathering of the army, the helicopters concentrated on Junko first, and at eight o'clock in the evening, in the cold night, they converged with Junzi's group of planes, and then pounced on Ren Chuan.

At this time, Seoul has become a pot of porridge, the evacuation of the army, the evacuation of expatriates, the evacuation of traitors, and the evacuation of materials, all of which make Seoul panic and crowded, and the defending Japanese soldiers can not dredge the scene of the riot, resulting in many trucks being unable to pass due to the full road of ten people.

At Renchuan Wharf, the shipment of materials has stopped, and all the cargo ships are desperately loaded under the care of more than a dozen destroyers and cruisers led by the aircraft carriers Canglong and Akagi. On the sea, cargo ships that were already full of people headed for the deep sea. At this time, the boarding and loading people are no longer entering the cabin or something, but the deck is full, as long as there is open space, there are people standing, and the military and civilians are even mixed.

There was a loud cry everywhere, and the docks were more crowded than the bazaar, and there were even people who were squeezed into the sea. This forced the Japanese to line up in front of several boarding gangplanks with loaded guns and ammunition to enforce order.

In this chaotic stall, an eerie rumbling sound suddenly sounded in the sky. The sudden sound made all the panicked Japanese soldiers and expatriates stunned, and they looked in the direction where the sound came from.

"Air strikes by enemy aircraft !!"

"Lights Out !!"

With a shout louder than a bomb, the dock, which had just been brightly lit, was immediately plunged into darkness, and an uncontrollable riot ensued, and the freighter did not even have time to withdraw from the springboard, so the lights were extinguished in the order. Left the dock and tried to escape from the port.

In the distance, the Soryu and Akagi planes took off urgently at this time, and they retreated to the deep sea and retreated to the position prepared in advance to prevent the enemy planes from blowing up the aircraft carrier.

The roar in the sky was only a few seconds before the sound approached over Seoul. Then, a searchlight lit up, and the pillar of light tore through the night and photographed the sky.

The chaotic and shaking pillar of light did not find the enemy plane, but the roar was deafening, and then a flame flashed twenty or thirty meters above the ground, and fell to the ground like fireworks.

With the light of the patterned flames, the helicopter revealed its figure at an altitude of forty or fifty meters, followed by a soft sound and a black shadow falling.

Japanese machine guns. Anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns also saw the figure of the enemy plane at the moment when the fire appeared, and at the same time as seeing the figure, tongues of fire spat out.

The low-flying helicopter was not easy to hit at all, and the muzzle of the aiming gun instantly lost the trace of the target, and their firepower was exposed, but it was devastated.

Bullets rained down. One by one, oil drums fell in the air, in just a moment. With a thud of explosions, clumps of flames fell towards the anti-aircraft artillery position.

The flames fell to the ground, immediately igniting all items, and the Japanese soldiers ran in the sea of fire with a wail of fire. But the adhesion of this flame was so strong that even if they whipped and rolled, it burned fiercely. And on the contrary, because of the slapping, other positions were ignited, and in a short period of time, they became burning people.

A miserable howl descended like a ghost, causing the already panicked crowd to spiral out of control. The soldiers were better. However, the expatriates could no longer be controlled, and in the panic, the tide rushed in all directions.

The helicopter was attached to the roof, and the crowd was clearly seen, and then it was strafed, and it pounced on the Renchuan pier in just a few minutes.

"Goshawk One! Discover the Marina !! ”

"Goshawk 2 found cargo ship target !!"

A report passed tonight's goal to the handheld plane that led the team, and then, the group of planes roared towards the dock.

The Japanese army's defenses were already messy, and at the moment the sea of fire fell, the air defense facilities were swallowed up by the sea of fire one by one before the aircraft group could wreak havoc on the dock, completely losing the strength of the air defense.

The group flew over the pier without the slightest hesitation, and the searchlights shone and the bullets rained down but no bombs were dropped.

It's full of supplies, it's full of looted wealth from the Japanese army, and it's a pity that the fire burned down, so the Japanese troops on the dock ground are included in the strafing range, not homemade incendiary bombs or bombs.

More planes flew to the surface of the sea, and then the freighter was spotted, and then one after another oil drums fell in the air, and in the roaring explosion, a sea of fire appeared in the harbor and quickly linked together.

The Japanese soldiers and expatriates standing on the freighters shouted in terror, and the moment the flames fell, they jumped into the sea without choice. Leaving a freighter that has caught fire does not mean they are safe. The burning figures on the freighter jumped into the sea one by one, extinguishing the flames on their bodies, but the icy sea water made them lose the ability to swim quickly in a short period of time.

What awaits them is either to freeze alive or to be burned to death in a sea of fire that quickly converges into pieces. Survival, almost hopeless.

As it is true, when the firelight illuminates the sky like day, there is no longer a place for the ships in the harbor to hide. Whether it is moving or fleeing, it is all included in the scope of helicopter attacks.

Sheets of oil drums fell, and a sea of fire formed in just a few seconds. Those freighters are even more focused on care, and there is no one who does not fall directly on the oil drums.

In the midst of the fire, the freighter sped desperately and fled out of the harbor with fierce flames. But although they have not yet started a fire from the inside, they are surrounded by flames, and suffocation alone will make these ships dead.

At the same time as the sea of fire formed, the Japanese attack planes flew in, and under the light of the fire, the engines howled and pounced on the helicopter group above the flames.

"More than twenty flamingos appeared at twelve o'clock! A team to attack!! ”

"At eleven o'clock, more than fifteen strong attack planes appeared, and the second team attacked!!"

"The rest of the transport planes searched the fleeing freighter on the surface of the sea and chased them out of the port! Watch out for enemy warships!! ”

At the moment when the handheld plane spotted the enemy plane, one order after another was issued.

In the face of the incoming enemy planes, the attack planes hovering over the transport planes roared to meet them, and before they could enter the firing range of the Japanese planes, tongues of fire erupted.

Red lines swooped down on the Japanese planes like meteors. Those Zeros, that is, the flamingos that Dong Ku sold to Germany, turned to evade the moment they saw the planes in front of them firing.

But this is what the Japanese army has not understood all along, the helicopter steering can be hovered 360 degrees, the reason why it launched the attack first. It was to force the muzzles of the Japanese planes to leave, but they could use hovering, turning heads, and bullets to block the path of the Japanese planes to evade.

"Not good! I'm locked!! ”

"Enemy aircraft can turn freely! I couldn't avoid the ballistic blockade!! ”

With shouts of panic, the Japanese planes rolled and crashed straight into the bullet chains that were fired in advance of the flight trajectory.

In the sound of thump, one after another Japanese troops exploded in the air. They didn't even have a chance to fire, they were blown up in the air while dodging.

The firing density of the Vulcan cannon is not three or two bullets as long as it hits. Often, it's just a few dozen. How could the thin-skinned Zero withstand such a dense fire?

In the midst of the fireworks, the formation of the Japanese army was chaotic. They did not understand how helicopters worked, and everything they saw was already dead, resulting in these characteristics of helicopters not being known to the Japanese army.

Helicopters are not the king of air combat, and in later generations, if helicopters do not have sophisticated guided missiles, they will only be able to take a beating and flee for their lives against attack aircraft that are twice as fast as them or even more. But this will, the Japanese planes are no faster than helicopters. Moreover, there is no fire control system, no over-the-horizon strike capability, which leads to the fact that the helicopter is facing them, which is the advantage of crushing, too flexible, and the firepower is still fierce.

The scattered Japanese planes dodged the chains of bullets in the air. Those who survived had already lost their first move, their nose was difficult to aim at the helicopter, and they had to get rid of the helicopter's lock first before they had a chance to fight back.

But there are clearly not many such opportunities, and they flip in the air. At the moment when the group exploded one after another, the helicopters of the advance force also dispersed one after another, and in groups of twos and twos, they flew to catch up with the Japanese planes that had adjusted their angles, not even giving them a chance to turn back, and they chased after the strafing shots and shot down one Japanese plane after another that demonstrated their skillful aerial flying skills.

In just three or four minutes of air combat, the Japanese fighters lost their ability to fight, and only one of them crashed into a helicopter that had no time to dodge in a panic, and both crashed, and in addition to shooting down a helicopter, only three of the 40 attack planes that arrived escaped from the sea of fire and fled in a hurry in the direction of the aircraft carrier.

The attack planes did not chase after them, their fuel tanks had a limited range, and the pursuit would result in not falling into the sea, so after the Japanese planes escaped, they returned to the sky over the sea of fire and continued to hold on to escort the attack transport planes.

The helicopter chasing out of the harbor found the waves left by the steamer after it was walking in the dark, and then stared at the freighters like sharks, and within a minute or two, they found the freighters fleeing in terror, and at the same time, saw the Japanese warships.

After receiving the news of the discovery of the Japanese warship, the attack planes swooped out, and as an oil drum exploded on the surface of the sea, a fire ignited, and a rain of bullets poured out in full anti-aircraft fire on the battleship.

The air defense of this battleship did not include the machine guns in the protection, the anti-aircraft machine gun is the person who controls it behind the shield, the same is true for the anti-aircraft guns, the thickness of the steel plate is generally less than one centimeter, it is okay to deal with small-caliber heavy machine guns, and it will be good against the Vulcan cannon, but it is paper paste on the machine guns, and in the roaring explosion, one anti-aircraft gun and one anti-aircraft machine gun were destroyed, resulting in the warships that were already weak in air defense in the fire and burning on oil barrels, and had to withdraw from the war group and move closer to the aircraft carrier.

A huge battleship cannot be burned by one barrel or two barrels of oil, but they definitely do not dare to stay here and wait for the whole ship to be surrounded by flames, wait for the engine room to catch fire, and wait for the ammunition compartment to explode. They must evacuate, otherwise, the result is already on the left.

One after another, the attack planes were hit by the anti-aircraft fire of the warships, but many more battleships lost their anti-aircraft power in a short period of time, and there were no people standing on the deck, and those light machine guns could not play the role of guarding the battleship in the dark night.

Watching the attack planes being shot down by the Japanese warships, the soldiers' eyes were blood-red one by one, and several transport planes chased a light destroyer, pouring down all the oil drums and bombs in the plane.

With a roaring explosion, the hapless destroyer burst into flames. As the hundred-kilogram bombs exploded, a large hole appeared in the deck, the hatch was lifted, and the flames spread into the cabin in an instant, and then the glass of Cambridge exploded in the flames. The battleship lost its direction and crashed straight into a battleship not far away.

In the shrill alarm, the cruiser, whose name could not be seen, dodged in horror, but was still hit by the waist, and the bow of the destroyer slammed into the side of the cruiser, deeply embedded in it. The violent impact caused the Japanese soldiers on the cruiser to fall into the sea like dumplings, and the hull of the ship was shaken, and the steel made a piercing tearing sound, and the huge force began to tilt. A large amount of seawater poured into the hold from the torn opening. The cruiser although had sealed cabins. But unable to break free, the cruiser was doomed to sink in a conjoined body.

As the two ships collided, there was a loud bang, and the destroyer that had been on fire earlier was detonated in the engine room, and in the flames that rushed into the sky, the cruiser was on fire.

Seeing this, how could the fighters let go of the opportunity? More than a dozen helicopters flew in, while several warships rushed to the rescue. Poured oil drums and bombs from the cabin and landed on the hull of the massive cruiser.

Firelight. It rose into the air on the sea, illuminating the surrounding area for several kilometers, so that the Japanese battleships that arrived stopped approaching, and they knew that these two battleships had no chance to survive in such a fire.

Really. Less than three minutes after the explosion of the engine room, the ammunition compartment of the light destroyer that had previously caught fire was detonated by the flames, and with a loud bang, the entire ship disintegrated and sank to the bottom of the sea in pieces.

And that even more unlucky cruiser. In the violent explosion, the flames were sucked into the cabin along the tearing hole. The hull tilted even more violently in the violent shock, and before the wreckage of the destroyer sank to the bottom of the sea, the cruiser could no longer support it, and it rolled on its side with a bang, burning fiercely.

"Evacuation !! the Battlefield"

The commander of the Japanese battleship was shocked to learn that a destroyer had been sunk and a cruiser had been heavily damaged, and he gave the order to retreat.

In the face of bombs, they still have a chance, as long as the bomb does not hit the ammunition compartment, the engine room, they are sure to resist, even if there is a fire, there is a water pump can extinguish it. But the opponent's bomb is a flame bomb, which is different from the incendiary bomb of arson, and no ship can withstand the burning of flames, and at high temperatures, the heat conduction of the steel plate will cause the ammunition compartment and engine compartment to catch fire, and eventually blow itself up and sink itself.

On the other hand, the burning freighters lost the protection of the warships and became the food on the plates of the advance army, and the helicopters of the fleeing battleships did not chase after them, but turned around and surrounded the more than 30 freighters on the sea.

The comrades were shot down, their anger can be imagined, one after another planes surrounded the fire, but the freighter that was still sailing either dropped bombs or strafed, so that those Cambridges were no longer occupied in a short period of time, and the freighter lost its direction and circled in circles on the sea.

At this time, on the sea, cries for help came and went. Even if the Japanese soldiers and expatriates who fell into the water had a lifebuoy, they could not stop the erosion of the icy seawater. They are an island country, of course, if they are not rescued quickly, what will happen to them, they will all be frozen to death in the sea.

But in addition to the freighters that caught fire around, where are there ships that can save them? The warships they relied on were gone, they had been abandoned.

After wreaking havoc for more than ten minutes, all the freighters were no longer sailing straight, or stopped, or circled, before the helicopter roared out of the sea and pounced on the red-hot harbor in the distance.

At this time, in the port, the Japanese army and expatriates had already fled in all directions, although the port was not on fire, but the sea was already on fire, all the freighters were ignited, and there was an explosion not in a short time.

Those who were not frozen to death were also engulfed in flames, acting as an accelerant on the surface of the sea, burning fiercely.

Seoul, at this time, there is no one to defend. The Japanese troops here knew very well that Ren Chuan was attacked, and if they did not evacuate urgently, they would have no chance to leave. The air raid will inevitably be followed by the arrival of the enemy's rapid troops, and they must get out of here as soon as possible.

So, the trucks with their headlights black, speeding wildly in the dark night, went straight to the city. There is still a port there, and there is also an evacuation there, as long as you get there, there is still a chance to leave.

As for the retreat to Pusan, they all knew that their speed could not outpace the advance army, and they would be caught up in less than a few hours.

But where did they know that at this time, the small wharf that was opened and completed was also attacked by air raids, and the wharf was already in shambles, and the freighters were on fire one after another, and none of them escaped from the port. They were rushed to their deaths.

On the map of the Japanese army, Junko of course knew that although Renchuan was a large port, there were still small ports in Kaicheng and Haicheng, so his air raids were not only aimed at Seoul and Renchuan, but also Haicheng and Kaesong.

When the air raid on Imchon began, the two small ports of Kaesong and Haeseong were also surrounded by flames, and all the cargo ships there were set on fire, but the port and the city were not attacked, as long as the Japanese army was cut off from Ali, they would arrive in a very short time, defeat and destroy the remnants of the Japanese army, and occupy Seoul.

At this time, the Japanese army north of Seoul had become a turtle in the urn, and they lost the opportunity to escape in the rapid interspersing of Shunzi and Mo Rigen and Yu Lei, and they would all be left behind after Xing Yuan entered Korea. (To be continued......)