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The black and red mushroom clouds rising from Sasebo Bay and soaring into the sky shook every pair of eyeballs. For the pilots and soldiers of the two countries, they had never seen a battleship of more than 30,000 tons explode in front of their eyes, and dense debris of fine particles flew down from the top of the mushroom cloud, causing countless ripples on the surface of the sea. On the Yamashiro, the sister ship closest to the Fuso, the sailors were so chilled that they forgot to hit the air. No one expected that the order to prepare for departure was given in the afternoon, and the flagship of the fleet was sunk right in front of their eyes in the evening! And this seems to be the second bomb, right?

Zhou Zhikai clenched his fists fiercely, and the cabin was even more jubilant. The crew members all know the power of "Rolling Thunder", but they can achieve such brilliant results in the first actual battle! Still very excited. It was not until the ground artillery fire became more and more dense that he ordered the two bombers behind him to drop bombs to attack. "Shoot them down! Fire! "Sasebo's anti-aircraft fire is getting denser and denser, and the officers are finally sobering up from the chaos and desperately calling for the nearest fighter to come to support. While thousands of shells lit up the sky, Rolling Thunder 2 also entered the bombing channel. "Rolling Thunder No. 2 calls to the knights, enters the bomb throwing channel, and helps me divert anti-aircraft artillery fire." After the second Hai H-7 called the fighters, the four Tianquan dropped flares again, and then swept the harbor and the sea with six machine guns, luring part of the Rì Army anti-aircraft fire to pursue them.

"Yaga, this is a decoy tactic! Don't be fooled. "On the Shancheng, the captain of the ship, Yuan Ding Sanzuo, saw that Tianquan first swept out a series of fire points on the battleship, and then quickly scattered and fled around, so he knew that he was deliberately trying to disperse his own air defense fire, so he personally climbed to the top of the pagoda-type bridge to command air defense. From here, the Yamashiro was already in full swing with its anti-aircraft firepower, with four twin 127-mm anti-aircraft guns and eight twin 25-mm machine guns desperately spraying shells into the sky. However, compared with the cutting-edge warships of various countries in the world, the air defense capability of the Rìmoto Navy is really unsatisfactory. Moreover, the difference in the firepower of the two anti-aircraft guns is at the bottom of the muzzle velocity, not to mention that compared with the hundreds of anti-aircraft weapons of the Běijīng class, the anti-aircraft firepower is not even comparable to the light cruisers of the Republic of China Navy. "Shè hit, don't stop, let the destroyer bomb!" Yuan Ding Sanzuo was still desperately commanding, but the battleship under his feet suddenly trembled violently, and the bow seemed to be pressed by something, and then with a loud bang, the whole person lost his balance, and his eyebrow bones were fiercely mounted on the sharp angle of the bulkhead. "Dazuo, how are you?" "I'm fine, got shot there?" Yuan Dingsan endured the severe pain, and stood up with his face covered in blood leaning on the railing, only to find that the direction of his bow was already in flames.

The first rolling thunder dropped by the second plane hit the bow of the Yamashiro, but fortunately the bomb was still some distance from the turret, otherwise Yamashiro would have followed in the footsteps of the Fuso. But even so, the bow of the Yamashiro was still blown off, and the thick steel plates rolled outward, and a large amount of sea water poured in, and the waterline fell visibly with the naked eye.

"Sir, the bomb is piercing the bow, seven compartments are flooded, and they are losing their balance."

"The high-pressure pipe is rupturing and the steam is leaking." ”

"Fill the stern with water and keep your balance. How long will it take for the No. 1 and No. 2 power cabins? ”

"Boom."

When Yuan Ding Sanzuo and the sailors struggled to save themselves, the second bomb came one after another, and the Yamashiro with extremely poor air defense capabilities had become a target! Fortunately, because the smoke greatly affected the vision, the second bomb fell more than ten meters away, and the splashing waves almost knocked over a destroyer. "Bastard, we're targeted! Let Ise and Rì leave quickly! Concentrate all the anti-aircraft artillery and protect them from breaking through. "Due to the sinking of the Fuso, the headquarters of the second Sentai was wiped out, so when the bomb was so powerful, Hara Daisan Sansaku immediately took on the responsibility of the flagship and ordered to protect the two Ise-class battleships that had not yet been attacked.

At this moment, the Rì Ben Ise-class battleships were not the historical successors to the Fuso-class, but two Lion-class battlecruisers that Britain half-sold and half-gave away after the European War. At that time, Rìben bought it because he was worried that they and the two Indefatigable class ships would fall into the hands of the Chinese Navy. Either way, both Lion-class ships were better than the Kongo-class, and it also helped Rìmoto save money to continue building the two historic Ise-class battleships. Therefore, before the war, the two Ise classes were roughly upgraded according to the Kongo-class, and the basic Xìng could be equivalent to the Kongo-class after the overhaul. The old foundation of the war patrol made the two Ise react faster than the Yamashiro, and at the same time that the Yamashiro was hit, smoke billowed from the chimney and began to maneuver slowly towards the waterway.

Seeing that the two Ises were about to run, the Rolling Thunder No. 3 had to give up the opportunity to bomb the Yamashiro and aim at the Rì Xiang led by the ship. "Put!" Under the command of the captain, the fifth rolling thunder rushed out of the magazine, but not long after the bomb left the belly, the bombardier found that half of the red light of the tail guide was not lit, and it was impossible to guide it. Rolling Thunder radio-guided bombs were never allowed to fall into Rìben's hands, so he immediately activated the radio self-destruct device. With a bang, the rolling thunder exploded about a kilometer above the head of the Rìxiang, and the shock wave swept across the deck, sweeping the sailors on the Rì Xiang. "The second one." Seeing that the first one failed, the No. 3 machine couldn't wait to drop the last "rolling thunder". The bomb did not disappoint, hitting the stern of the Rì Xiang accurately. It can be clearly seen from the sky that at the same time as the fireball rises, the two carrier-based aircraft reconnaissance planes in the stern of the ship are swept hundreds of meters away by the shock wave, and dozens of sailors are engulfed by the fire. The explosion also damaged the oars, causing the Rì to stall instantaneously and no longer be able to move on.

Six rolling thunders in a row achieved the result of one sinking and two injuries, which made the rolling thunder squadron uncontrollable loud applause. Unfortunately, due to the lack of numbers, not only was the Ise still speeding up, but most of the warships in the harbor had already anchored and started fires, and some began to rush out of the harbor. "Watch out, enemy aircraft!" Just when Zhou Zhikai was in a hurry and didn't know what to do, several rushed Rì Ben 96 ships rushed into the harbor from the darkness, and the long flames dragged out by the machine guns swept on the Rolling Thunder No. 3, which was evacuating. "I've been shot! Shot, cover me. As soon as the pilot of the Rolling Thunder No. 3 saw that he had been shot, he immediately climbed up and tried to shake off the 96 ship, while calling for fighter protection.

The 96 warship, which bit the No. 3 plane, took advantage of its small size and flexible maneuverability, and after the sneak attack was successful, it saw that the bomber did not react and was still flying towards the sea, so it immediately circled back and prepared to attack again. But this time his luck was not good, the H-7, like the B24, was equipped with ten self-defense 12.7mm heavy machine guns, so he was flanked by four heavy machine guns before he could get close. In order to correct the trajectory of the ballistics in order to identify the direction, the machine gun bullets were tracer every five rounds. Therefore, after the bombardment was fully fired, ten blazing lines of fire suddenly erupted from the left and right sides of the fuselage. The pilot didn't expect the bomber's firepower to be so strong, so he hurriedly dodged and tried to make a detour to the tail. At this time, a Tianquan rushed from the side, and with a flash of six lines of fire, the 96 ship battle turned into a fireball and exploded in the air.

From the very beginning, the J-8 was a fighter designed for air supremacy, so the Northern Raytheon Company deliberately named it Tianquan. Compared with the battle of the 96 ships, the advantage of Tianquan is too great, if it is not at night, I am afraid that even the bombers will not be able to get close. But there were too many fighters, more and more 96 ship battles and 97 army fighters joined the battle from all directions, Zhou Zhikai suddenly felt the pressure increase, and just as he gave the order to retreat, a hurried call came from the earphones.

"The wild boy calls the rolling thunder, the wild boy calls the rolling thunder, please answer when you hear it."

"Rolling thunder heard, rolling thunder heard. We were attacked by rì planes, about twenty ninety-six ships and a dozen ninety-seven. When Zhou Zhikai heard the call, he hurriedly explained the situation roughly. Team Zhou, leave the rest to us. Wild boy! Prepare to clear the airspace. One team dealt with ships, two teams bombed the harbor, and three teams prepared to lay mines. Repeat. After Gao Zhihang heard the situation, he immediately deployed an offensive mission. In order to achieve the maximum results, the squadron of wild boys led by him was divided into three groups, carrying torpedoes, bombs, and magnetic xìng mines, hoping to destroy Sasebo as much as possible. After the order was issued, twenty-four night combat double-headed Jiao took the lead in accelerating into the battle circle.

Although Tianquan's combat effectiveness is very strong, because there is no radar, it may not be able to surpass the double-headed Jiao in the night battle. Especially after the night combat type double-headed Jiao was changed to a two-seater, the pilot could finally get rid of the complex radar control and give full play to the power of the fighter. Because of the radar installed in the nose of the aircraft, the night combat double-headed Jiao moved four machine guns to the wings while ensuring the two 25mm cannons on both sides of the nose. Although the range is much reduced, the required firepower as an interceptor is guaranteed. Since the radar at this time did not have a friend or foe identification device, before the double-headed Jiao joined the station circle, the twelve Tianquan immediately accelerated to avoid accidental injury. The speed of more than 700 kilometers per hour instantly left the RÌ aircraft behind, and by the time the RÌ machine found a large number of incoming aircraft groups, the double-headed Jiao had already roared into the battle circle. The firepower of two cannons and four machine guns was extremely powerful, and in the blink of an eye, six or seven rì machines were shot down.

After the fighter was entangled, Gao Zhihang immediately led a small squad to descend. "Three hundred meters! It is necessary to ensure the height and speed of the bomb at 300 meters, your speed is too fast, it must be reduced to 180 km! "Qiu Han knew that the critical time had come, and whether the heavy torpedo could play a role, so he watched it, so he rushed to the cockpit regardless of the danger and reminded loudly." Shut up! I know! Gao Zhihang is also highly nervous at the moment, if it is daytime, let alone a height of three hundred meters, even if it is a hundred meters, he can easily deal with it. But now it's night, and it's really a distracting task to secure a 20-ton and two heavy torpedoes with a total weight of more than 4 tons hanging in the dim light.

After loudly telling his friend to shut up, Gao Zhihang was already sweating all over his body, and as the altimeter pointer continued to approach the red zone, he and the crew all bit their lipes nervously. Because Sasebo is not a waterway that goes straight in and out, but in an S-shape, it is necessary to be careful of obstacles on both sides while the sea surface is close to the sea surface in pairs. In just a few minutes, time seems to freeze, and the cannonballs on both sides of the waterway let everyone experience what it means to be a rain of bullets. "I saw it, I saw it!" When the two Hai H-7s rounded the last bay, the port of Sasebo suddenly came into view. "Look, it's a battleship, it's definitely a battleship!" In the co-pilot's chanting, Qiu Han vaguely saw a huge black shadow rushing towards the waterway, and excitedly shouted for Gao Zhihang to fire.

"Torpedo unlocked, hair shè!" During Gao Zhihang's shouting, two Haih-7 planes dropped torpedoes three thousand meters away from the Ise. As Qiu Han said to Bingwen, it was very difficult to drop heavy torpedoes, so in order to minimize the depth of entry, he installed a small parachute at the end of the torpedo. The moment the four torpedoes detached from the pylons, the parachutes were opened, protecting the torpedoes from entering the water at a small speed. At the same time, he also enlarged the air chamber to provide more buoyancy. But Gao Zhihang couldn't wait to see the torpedo enter the water, and the moment he dropped the torpedo, he pulled the cāo rod and slashed into the sky at the maximum angle. At the same time as the two planes were rapidly climbing, the anti-aircraft guns on the destroyer hit the second plane, carrying a ball of flames, and the stalled second plane slammed into the mountain next to the waterway and exploded, killing all eleven crew members.

"Torpedo! Torpedo spotted! "There was no time to celebrate the shooting down of the bomber, and an exclamation rang out from the battleship Ise. If it was an open sea, the Ise could still find a way to dodge, but at this moment the power of the battleship had not yet reached its maximum value, and the steam pressure was only half of it, so while the bow was tilted at a large angle, two 550 mm Yu-5 thermodynamic heavy torpedoes hit the starboard side at a speed of 45 knots at the same time. Compared with the Rì oxygen torpedo, the Yu-5 is not very powerful, and the 350 kg warhead is not as powerful as the 93 oxygen torpedo. But even then, it was not something that such a battlecruiser as the Ise could withstand! Two huge balls of water rose from the port side of the Ise at the same time, pushing the nearly 30,000-ton hull of the modified ship into the air. The explosion instantly tore open two five-meter holes in the bridge and amidships in front of the battleship, and the sea water rushed into the nearby seventeen cabins in an instant. Even a cutting-edge battleship before the war could not survive two heavy torpedoes, let alone an old ship with poor underwater protection. So the battleship Ise soon began to tilt, and a large number of sailors slipped off the deck, and even the left propeller slowly came out. Instead of wasting torpedoes on the battleship, which was sure to capsize, Hai Bang Qi, who was following behind, aimed at Rì Xiang and Yamashiro, who were still drifting at sea. The two incapacitated ships became targets, and one after another torpedoes slashed under the feet of the overboard sailors, hitting the battleship's not thick underwater mine protection compartment. In less than five minutes, the Rì Xiang and the Yamashiro were hit by five and four torpedoes respectively, the steel hull trembled and disintegrated in the explosion, and the Rì Xiang, which finally collapsed and tore apart, was cut in two from the middle, and the Yamashiro only lasted less than ten minutes before revealing its belly.

After destroying the four battleships, the remaining sea bombardment seven torpedoes were all shè to the three Kawauchi-class light cruisers. Although this kind of old-fashioned light cruiser with a displacement of more than 5,000 tons was flexible and fast, it could not play its skills at all in the narrow bay, and the few 76-mm anti-aircraft guns were even weaker in air defense, so they soon followed in the footsteps of the capital ships. At the same time, dense explosions were heard in the direction of the military port, and 240 250-kilogram napalm bombs fell from a height of 1,000 meters. "Boom, boom." The earth shook continuously, and terrifying flames rose into the sky, instantly engulfing everything and human bodies within a radius. Napalm is a cheap and simple tactical weapon of large-area destruction, a large amount of napalm instantly explodes to produce a high explosive high temperature and vacuum, which is enough to kill all animals within a radius. The most terrifying thing is that the fire will spread like a stream of water, and it will not be extinguished for a long time even after entering the water. So under this indiscriminate napalm bombardment, the sky of Sasebo seemed to be burned red, and there were fireballs and suffocating smoke everywhere, and the flames that flowed into the sea burned to death a large number of sailors who narrowly escaped from the battleship.

Looking down from the sky, the whole of Sasebo was burning.

In the end, the eight Hai H-7 planes also scattered 48 magnetic mines in the waterway, completely blocking the most important naval base in the waterway.

The war has broken out!

In the headquarters of the Korean Army in Seoul, Mutaguchi Ryoya Daisa stood in front of Itagaki Seishiro with a fanatical face, and behind him were all middle and low-level army officers who were staring at blood-red eyes. The low roar and excitement filled the air with frenzy. "This rìzi is finally here! Your Excellency, the Chinese provoked a war in the Soya Strait. It's time to act decisively, it's time to preemptively seize North Korea and Manchuria, re-establish the eastern continental barrier of the Empire, and prove to our allies and ghosts that the Imperial Army is capable! Now, it's the best chance to unite your allies to defeat the Chinans! They were dragged by the northwest with millions of main forces, so the North Korea did not even increase a single soldier. Your Excellency, please give an order at once, and we will work together to break through the Yalu River, kill all the new soldiers in China, and establish the royal paradise of Manchuria, Mongolia, and Greater East Asia. ”

"Although the order from Tokyo has not yet come, we can't wait! China has a very complete railway network in the Manchurian and Mongolian regions, and Manchuria is also their most important and their second largest industrial area, with a strong mobilization capacity! It is necessary to strike preemptively and act decisively! As long as you take control of Manchuria, Mongolia and seize the industrial facilities here, the empire will be invincible! Behind him, Nakajima Imasa, Morita Toru Nakasa, and Ichiki Kiyonao Shaosa also stood up one after another. They were the most active war-going factions in the Korean army, so when they learned of the outbreak of clashes in the Sogok Strait, they immediately rushed to ask for an early start.

"You're all right, but." After the conflict in the Soya Strait broke out in the afternoon, Seishiro Itagaki sent a telegram to Tokyo to inquire about the situation. But the order was delayed, so he was also anxious. The warplanes were fleeting, and if China was allowed to calmly deploy its forces, he believed that at least ten divisions would cross the Yalu River in 48 hours at most. You must know that this is not the Manchu Army, the Chinese Army has been gradually mobilized since a year ago, although the country scoffs at their achievements in the northwest, saying that they are forged and fictitious, but he himself still believes it.

So if Rì wanted to win, he had to attack his unpreparedness by surprise, but the delay in the order made him hesitate a little.

Murata Daisa, who was the leader, was very dissatisfied with this hesitation, and did not dare to be angry openly, so he had to continue to petition loudly: "Your Excellency, I went to China three years ago, and there is a very complete industrial capacity here, which can manufacture all the equipment, including aircraft, combat vehicles and warships, and a population of 80 million! If you give China time to mobilize, it will make more imperial soldiers sacrifice and shed blood! So please make a decisive decision and do your best for the Empire! ”

Seishiro Itagaki took a deep breath, this kind of petition gave him a headache. A high-ranking officer like him already has some rumors about the grassroots officers below, and he is very afraid that there will be another uncontrollable situation if he does not do anything wrong. So he could neither unequivocally refuse the officer, but also did not want to disobey the order. What to do? Just as he was in a dilemma, a sharp shout suddenly came from outside the window, followed by a buzzing sound that came into his ears from all directions.

"Who's flying at night?" Seishiro Itagaki and the officers were so surprised that they opened their windows and looked out. "General! The port of Incheon reported that the bombers of the people of China were found. "Before they could see the group, several officers rushed in shouting." Not good! Fast, pull air defense jǐng newspaper. As soon as Seishiro Itagaki heard this, he realized that something was wrong and hurriedly ordered to prepare for air defense. Then he swept the officer in front of him, gritted his teeth and shouted: "Just do what you say, go and attack!" When Muta Osa and the others heard the order, they ran out without saluting.

But his order was still too late, or rather too hesitant for the Tokyo leadership. Because when the air raid shattered the peace of Seoul, the 9th Strategic Bomber Group of the Air Force led by Xu Huansheng had already flown from Huludao to the sky over Seoul. As one of the two bombing groups deployed by the Air Force tonight, his mission was to bomb Seoul and destroy the airfield. Seoul Airport is the largest airfield of the Korean Army, with nearly 200 aircraft, so as soon as the fleet passed the port of Incheon, he opened the bomb magazine.

Inside the magazine, there are twenty-four neat "snake eggs"!

The "snake egg" is a special sub-bomb that resembles a "lazy dog", which first began with anti-personnel sub-bombs in the first Afghan war. After the war, the technicians were still not satisfied with the bomb at that time, so they changed the steel ball inside to a triangular nail, but the shape of the triangular nail caused the flight to be unstable, so they changed it to a small bullet with a length of 4.5 cm, a diameter of 1.8 cm, and a solid steel cast with a tail. Unlike high-explosive submunitions, snake eggs are directly killed by bullets. So there are 2,877 bullets hidden in each standard 250 kg mother bomb, and the "bullets" will spread rapidly after the air explosion, and the maximum killing area of unprotected targets is more than 20 square kilometers! This bomb was mainly used against large numbers of people and outdoor targets, and later the military found that it was very useful for destroying airfields. Because most airports are open-air and unprotected, bullets can easily penetrate the aluminum-wood fuselage, destroying the aircraft's internal fuel tanks and engines.

When Xu Huansheng arrived at the Seoul airport, there were already a lot of shells on the ground, a large number of pilots were rushing towards the plane, and the ground crew was racing against time to start the plane. "Maintain an altitude of 2,000 meters, form fours and fours, and after the snake eggs explode, continue to drop high-explosive bombs." For Xu Huansheng, who had experienced the founding of Saudi Arabia, the war in Afghanistan, the Persian landing and the war against the Soviet Union, the anti-aircraft firepower of the Rì army was too poor compared with the Soviet army, so he ignored the rain of bullets and issued the order to drop bombs.

Due to the special xìng of the "snake egg", in order to prevent the "bullet" from hitting the ordinary bomb, Xu Huansheng and the other seven H-7s took the lead in lowering the altitude. "Boom, boom." Soon after the 192 snake eggs were dropped, they exploded in the air one after another, and more than 30,000 solid "bullets" instantly diffused into a rain of steel under the impact of the blast wave. The soldiers on the ground were still wondering why the bomb exploded at an altitude of thousands of meters, and their ears were filled with sharp whistling sounds.

"Aggressive." In the darkness, one after another terrible invisible "bullets" fell from the sky.

As soon as Tsuneji Oshima, who rushed into the cockpit, put on his helmet when the hatch glass above his head burst open. Turning his head, he saw a strange bullet piercing deep into the dashboard in front of him, and the four rear fins were still spinning. What is it? Oshima subconsciously wanted to pull it out with his hand to take a look, but when he was only halfway out, his head seemed to be hit by a hammer of several hundred kilograms, and he tilted to the right sharply, and half of his brain flew out of the cockpit. "Shaozuo!" The ground crew who was preparing was so frightened that they hurriedly scattered, but before they could take two steps, they were cut off from the waist by a bullet, and their upper bodies flew out with their stomachs hanging on their stomachs.

Thousands of bullets splashed and jumped among the planes and personnel, everything in their path was smashed and penetrated, several Zeros were directly hit by fuel tanks and exploded, and almost every plane was hit and penetrated by dozens of bullets, and was paralyzed on the ground in an instant. As for the exposed soldiers and pilots, it was as if they had become scarecrows in the gale, and they fell down with screams and screams, and the stumps, broken arms, internal organs, and blood instantly filled the tarmac.

Before the army could figure out what kind of bomb it was, a string of high-explosive shells followed.

Boom, boomIn just a few minutes, explosions rang out all over Seoul. Warehouses, barracks, docks, seaports, power plants, oil storage depots, and so on, all targets that could be faintly identified in the dark of night were bombed. Although high-powered munitions such as napalm were not used, the sea of fire and shock waves from the high-explosive shells still devastated the city, blasting the surface of the ground into potholes and large swaths of buildings collapsing in the explosion.

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ps: I sent my mother to the hospital for a follow-up yesterday and came back very late, so I forgot to send a leave note, please forgive me...... (To be continued.) )