Chapter 270: 270 The Last Naval Battle (Part I)
The Magong Port in Penghu was destroyed, and all the Taiwan naval fleets stationed there were sunk and stranded in the harbor; compared with the PLA naval fleet with a total tonnage of more than one million, the Taiwan Navy, which did not have the Kidd class and the Chenggong class, was outrageously weak at this time. Different from the army of the Fruit Army, when the Fruit Army Navy was moved to Taiwan, it was a relatively complete branch of the army that retreated to Taiwan Island, and it did not experience much of the Great War.
When the whole country was overturned, the Guo army and navy naturally could not be left alone, and after learning that the army had invaded Taiwan on a large scale and that Magong Port might have been captured, Liu Heqian, the naval commander who was sitting in Zuoying Port, the largest military port of the Taiwan Navy, immediately made a decision: "The entire fleet leaves the port, and no country's navy can tolerate death in the port." ”
A sad and tragic atmosphere permeated the navy, and the fruit army at this time did not rot to the roots as it did twenty or thirty years later, and there was still a bloody and courageous spirit of fighting to the end. Especially the veterans who served before moving to Taiwan before they withered and cleaned, they have been brainwashed by Jiang Guangtou for many years, and the slogan of "Han and thief do not stand together" has also been called for many years, so it is not too possible for them to honestly surrender and be a public servant.
From the amphibious battle group's involvement in the South Korean rebellion in 1985, to its participation in the Pacific Rim joint military exercise in 1986, to its subsequent participation in the Malayan War to completely annihilate the Malaysian Navy, the PLA Navy has long since ceased to be on the same order of magnitude as the Fruit Navy in terms of its achievements and scale.
Although they did a good job of keeping their intelligence secret, the information that came out still showed that there were at least five or six destroyers of 6,000 or 7,000 tons on the other side, more than a dozen 4,000-ton cruisers (the Taiwan name is Battleship, the Battleship battleship is called a battleship, the Frigate frigate is called a cruiser, and the Corvette light frigate is called a frigate), and there are dozens of frigates of more than 1,000 tons. The international industry also believes that the navy has the most elite submarine force in the world, and the combat strength of the new AIP submarines is dazzling, and there are quite a few of them.
Coupled with two amphibious assault ships converted from aircraft carriers and several nuclear submarines, Liu Heqian was both envious and fearful.
"The day has finally come." Liu Heqian had been worried about this day for a long time, he racked his brains, and did countless sand table deductions with his staff officers, but he still couldn't see any hope of victory. In the 80s, Taiwan began to shout the slogan of independence and defense, especially after the proximity of China and the United States, Taiwan completely became an orphan on the edge of Asia. Liu Heqian once thought that even if the fleet achieved a certain victory, what could it do if it sank one or two Zhongjing warships, and the more huge angry waves would shoot them to death on the shore, and the **** would definitely be able to land if they wanted to.
To this day, he is even more helpless, the acquisition of electromagnetic control rights has caused most of Taiwan Island to fall into chaos and panic, and they do not know when the Ludao PLA set off, and by the time he made his decision, the Taipei Campaign had already begun, and the fall of this 36,000-square-kilometer island was almost a sure thing.
Liu Heqian still has 10 Yangzi destroyers in his hands, and looking at East Asia, it should be regarded as a good maritime force, but the army is too strong and too strong, and it has little impact on the war situation. This is no longer a battle of fate, but a battle purely for the honor of the navy!
The Guo fleet that left the port ahead of schedule, coupled with the anxiety of the Taipei Campaign, made the bomber unit of the Air Force arrive at Zuoying a little later, but the whereabouts of the Guo fleet were still discovered through early warning aircraft.
"The traces of the enemy fleet have been discovered, and the enemy has left the port and sailed in the direction of our fleet."
The commander of the PLA fleet, Guo Dezhu, nodded slightly and sighed: "Don't you want to surrender, and plan to die in the sea and die in the belly of the fish?" ”
Political Commissar Song Hua followed: "Instead of surrendering without face, or opening the sea valve and sinking itself, choosing to go head-on and confront us head-on is the choice that the real navy should make." ”
"Yes, although it is an enemy, this spirit is indeed worthy of admiration."
Song Hua smiled, without any respect, and said: "When the Japanese army invaded China, didn't they all sink into the mouth of the Yangtze River, and they didn't even dare to shoot a single shot?" ”
Guo Dezhu defended Guojun: "It's finally anti-Japanese, and that eighty percent is also the idea of Jiang Guangtou, a map strategist." Back then, the Guojun Air Force was really desperate to resist Japan, and some troops such as the Sichuan Army also fought fiercely enough. ”
Guo Dezhu seemed to be immersed in his memories, thought about it, and said: "This time Taiwan is defeated, it is estimated that in the future, it will be necessary to overturn the case of those fruit troops who sincerely resisted Japan back then." ”
This is not difficult to understand, it is a very normal thing to overturn the case in Qi Yiming's era, not only to overturn the case for the Guo Army, but also for those Guo Army anti-Japanese veterans have gradually received social attention, and even some local governments have taken out the original Red Army, the old PLA treatment and welfare of these Guo Army anti-Japanese veterans. However, many of the leading parties also began to question the historical view of the entire country in response to this strong wind, thus shaking the historical legitimacy of the CPC. The rampant use of fruit powder in later generations, to the extent that it is brainless and immoral, is also irritating. However, if the Guojun in this position completely becomes a historical term, no matter how much the case is overturned, it is estimated that it will not cause any waves. The process will also be a little smoother.
Song Hua said with a smile: "Let's not talk about this, we are still on the battlefield, how do we cook these Taiwan fleets that are bent on death?" ”
It is estimated that there are few people in the whole fleet who are really facing the enemy, and although they maintain their seriousness and professionalism, the enemy is too weak to be overly nervous.
Guo Dezhu was the first batch of captains to take over the new warships, and his promotion was also very fast, and in the process of Qi Yiming's rearmament of the navy, he had been promoted to the level of cruiser captain. The Navy took over 30 052D destroyers and 6 055 cruisers/large destroyers, and he was also successfully promoted to captain of a cruiser Nanjing.
According to the new regulations on the naming of naval vessels, aircraft carriers, amphibious assault ships, arsenal ships, and nuclear submarines are classified as first-class main combat vessels, cruisers and destroyers are second-class main combat ships, and frigates, light frigates, and conventional submarines are classified as third-class main combat vessels. Except for submarines, which do not occupy the name of the ship, the first-class ships are named after the provincial-level administrative units and the administrative units of the special administrative regions, the second-class ships are named after large and medium-sized cities, and the third-class ships are named after small and medium-sized cities.
The task force led by Guo Dezhu has one 055 cruiser, four 052D destroyers, and two 054A frigates, as well as three conventional submarines underwater, and its main combat mission is to escort air defense for the landing fleet. At this time, the Taiwan Navy fleet appeared, and naturally it would not let go of this rare opportunity for a fleet confrontation.
"Let HNA not take the initiative to attack, let's give these 'compatriots' some self-esteem and face." Guo Dezhu's decision is not reliable, nor is it professional, Qi Yiming is also a little pouting when he knows it in the rear, but Qi Yiming also admits that this is indeed a more gentlemanly way.
"Is it possible to open up a fight at sea? Guo Dezhu, why weren't you born during World War I? Qi Yiming couldn't stop his complaints. He also understood that even if it was a fleet attacking a fleet, it was not the same thing as the story of the giant ships and cannons of the big men during the First World War, and Guo Dezhu would not enter the range of naval guns to greet the enemy with 155mm or 127mm naval guns, even if he was stupid.
On the other hand, Qi Yiming also thought that it would be good to take this opportunity to test the defensive capabilities of the base-produced warships in the face of enemy attacks. Few of the opponents faced by the PLA can really attack the fleet, which also makes the naval ships for a long time the beating side not the beaten side. This is of course a good thing, but what kind of defense capability the ship can achieve, Qi Yiming has no bottom.
Several surface warships sailed all the way and finally arrived at a position of about 30 nautical miles from the Taiwan naval fleet, and at this time, even if there was a faint electromagnetic interference, the radar of the Taiwan Navy would be able to detect the PLA, and if they continued to march, the two would have to enter a battle within visual range.
Liu Heqian didn't know that Guo Dezhu and Qi Yiming deliberately brought him here, he just thought that the opportunity was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, although victory was not easy to count on, but if he knocked out half of the fleet of the Jue Army, it would be enough to leave a name even if he died.
"The anti-ship missile is ready, and the coordinates are corrected and launched!" After unremitting efforts to copy the Angel missiles that the Taiwan military received from Israel, the so-called Hsiungfeng 1 was produced. At this time, the Hsiung Feng missile was still at a level similar to the Styx anti-ship missile, the Angel Mk2, and the upstream anti-ship missile, and there was a considerable generation difference with the US army's Harpoon, the French army's Exocet, and the PLA's Eagle Strike.
Almost at a range of 40 kilometers, the Guo army fleet launched missiles, and even at this time Guo Dezhu's fleet did not have much reaction.
"Thorn-3 missile ready, launch!" As a series of Thorn series air defense missiles basically derived from the Red Alert Allied system, the third model was also developed at this time, the Thorn-1 prototype is the standard-1 missile, and the Thorn-2 is the Patriot-2 missile, and the current Thorn-3 also has a circle, that is, the ESSM improved version of the Sea Sparrow medium-range air defense missile. Originally, the PLA had a missile with similar performance and function as the HQ-16, but the 055 was actually changed from the Allied Aegis destroyer, so the armament is equipped with the Red Alert Allied forces by default, and of course the PLA traditional weapons can also be used.
The small Thorn-3 can hold 4 in a pit, has a range of 55 km, a reaction time of less than 3 seconds, and a considerable hit rate. Of the 128 vertical hairs of the 055 cruiser, at least 24 were filled with Thorn-3 missiles. In the standard configuration, 64 pitted Thorn-4 long-range anti-aircraft missiles (range 280 km, mainly anti-winged aircraft), 24 pit Thorn-3, 8 pit YJ-12 anti-ship missiles, 8 pits equipped Changying-5 anti-submarine missiles, and 24 pits equipped Changjian-15 cruise missiles.
When a Hsiungfeng missile approached at high speed, the target was naturally the largest cruiser Nanjing, but the fast-flying Thorn-3 missile directly hit this anti-ship missile, which had a simple trajectory, and resolved the crisis.
Qi Yiming's face was happy, "Sure enough, the defense capability of the Aegis system is very strong!" ”