Chapter 379: Bombing Japan Back to the Stone Age
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In the vast Pacific Ocean, a huge fleet of two battleships, three heavy cruisers, two light cruisers, and ten destroyers was sailing north at a rapid pace. This fleet was the detachment of the Chinese Home Fleet that went north from the port of Naha. While the main force of the home fleet is resting, this fleet is now the only fleet that the Chinese Navy can use in the western Pacific region.
Fortunately, however, there are no more forces in the entire Western Pacific that can threaten the Chinese navy. The British Navy's Far East Fleet was completely annihilated, the Japanese Navy was basically completely annihilated, and the Russian Pacific Fleet had only a few broken ships, and the entire Far East Pacific region has become a place for the Chinese Navy to sail freely.
"Where are we now?" On the bridge of the battleship 'Sichuan', the commander of the detachment, Vice Admiral Li Haitao, chief of staff of the Chinese Home Fleet, asked. Next to him stood Commodore Zhao Hongcai, the captain of the 'Sichuan'.
"Chief of Staff, at the current speed, we will arrive in Kagoshima in one hour. Is it to attack Kagoshima first? Four years ago, we bombed Kagoshima into ruins, but Little Japan has since rebuilt it. Let's just blow it up again now! Zhao Hongcai said.
"Don't be busy yet, Kagoshima will clean up later. Let's go to Kobe first and destroy the Kobe shipyard. lest little Japan hasten the outfitting of those two battleships. Lieutenant General Li Haitao said.
"Chief of Staff, at the pace of small Japan, it is impossible to build those two battleships even by the end of this year. We could have gone all the way north, and that would have saved us a lot of time! Zhao Hongcai said. For him, these industrial facilities in Little Japan are to be destroyed anyway, so it is better to start from Kagoshima, the southernmost part, and there is no need to go to Kobe first.
"His Majesty's personal order, do we dare to disobey? Don't worry, this time, His Majesty said that he would destroy all the industrial facilities in Japan and blow the whole of Japan back to the Stone Age. When the time comes, when our army lands, we will be able to solve Little Japan lightly! Li Haitao said with a smile. In this battle, he commanded the fleet to destroy the Japanese Navy's home fleet, which was also a great achievement. When the war was over, he had to go up the ladder again.
"Haha, blow back to the Stone Age, this method is good! Let little Japan go back to be monkeys, do they dare to be so arrogant! Zhao Hongcai laughed. There is absolutely no possibility of reconciliation between China and Japan. The soldiers of both countries want to completely destroy each other. When Zhao Hongcai's group of admirals comes, it is best to be able to completely solve Japan, so that the world will be peaceful.
At this moment, on the calm sea, the rising sun shines on the sea, casting a golden glow. A huge fleet rode the wind and waves and went forward. And this fleet will bring great disaster to Japan.
At this time, Japan had already taken action. A large amount of equipment began to be dismantled and transported to inland areas for preservation, or transported into small workshops in residential areas, where production continued, in order to accumulate enough weapons and ammunition to prepare for the next large-scale war. However, some large machinery, such as blast furnaces for steelmaking, gantry cranes for shipbuilding, etc., really have no way to relocate, and can only wait to be destroyed by the Chinese navy. When the Chinese fleet appeared off the coast of Japan, it was immediately discovered by Japan. Telegrams were sent to Tokyo, and orders were issued from Tokyo, and the whole of Japan was in a state of turmoil.
Because of the heavy losses suffered four years ago, Japan has always attached great importance to coastal defense in recent years, and has built forts and equipped with new coastal defense guns in many important ports, so that it is ready to protect the ports even if the navy is wiped out. However, the shore defense artillery on land is stationary, while the battleship is mobile, and the battle between the two is obviously that the battleship has a great advantage. Upon learning that the fleet of the Chinese Navy was heading north, Japan immediately began to prepare. They knew that the Chinese Navy must have come for the two battleships in the Kobe shipyard. Although, the whole of Japan knew that they could not continue to build these two battleships. However, this does not mean that they do not want to have a big battle with the Chinese naval fleet here in Kobe.
Under the orders of Prince Arisugawa Miyahito, the remaining cruisers and destroyers of the Japanese Navy, all of which were concentrated in Osaka Bay, were ready to teach the Chinese naval fleet a lesson with torpedoes. At the same time, the batteries along the coast near Osaka Bay are all ready for battle, just waiting for the Chinese Navy to come to the door. The Army's two heavy artillery brigades also dispatched hundreds of 55mm heavy howitzers to help in the battle. Prince Arisugawa Miyahito even personally rushed to Kobe to direct the battle. Although the main force of the Japanese navy was annihilated, he believed that as long as there were still Japanese naval soldiers, then they would continue to fight.
At 8 o'clock in the morning of the 9th, the Chinese Navy's main fleet appeared outside Osaka Bay. The emergence of a huge fleet made Japan feel great pressure. Perhaps it had already been informed that when the Chinese fleet headed north, not a single Japanese merchant ship or fishing ship had been met. Probably because the Japanese knew that the Chinese Navy would not show mercy, so in order to preserve their strength, they could only retreat first.
"Chief of Staff, there's Osaka Bay ahead. The Japanese Navy deployed a number of shore defense guns at the entrance to Osaka Bay, on the three islands of Kamijima, Torashima, and Jijima. We're going to enter Osaka Bay and get rid of these shore defense guns first! Zhao Hongcai said.
"So, let's get moving!" Li Haitao ordered.
Two battleships and three heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy's Home Fleet Detachment were less than seven kilometers from the entrance to Osaka Bay, striking the hull and aiming their sideboards at the Japanese batteries on the three islands at the entrance to Osaka Bay. The cannon's coat had long since faded, and the hideous muzzle pointed diagonally to the sky.
At 8:20 a.m., the battleship 'Sichuan' began to shake its whole body, and the three twin 05-mm naval guns on board began to fire a salvo. The target was none other than the Japanese Navy's shore defense battery on Kamijima. Between the orange-red light shone from the muzzle of the gun, six shells of more than 300 attacks had already smashed into the Japanese coastal defense batteries on Kamishima. The battleship 'Xikang', as well as three heavy cruisers, also followed suit and began the shelling of Kamishimma.
"Boom! Rumble! "An earth-shattering explosion came from Kamijima, and most of the Japanese Navy's batteries were open in design and did not have a solid turret. Therefore, the shells selected by the detachment of the Chinese Navy are all high-explosive shells. High-explosive shells may not be good at dealing with strong fortifications, but they are easy at dealing with these exposed shore defense guns and Japanese soldiers. A single shell goes down, often within a hundred square kilometers, and there is no living thing again.
The Japanese Navy's shore defense batteries on Kamijima Island consisted of only two 20-mm shore defense guns and ten 55-mm shore defense guns. Where are the opponents of the Chinese Navy with two battleships and three heavy cruisers. As soon as the battle began, the entire battery was in flames. The artillery was blown up, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties. Although they began to fight back desperately, they did not achieve much at all.
After only twenty minutes, the Japanese batteries on Kamishima were completely destroyed, and the Japanese guards on the island suffered heavy casualties. After the island of the gods, it was the turn of Tiger Island and Jijima. On these two islands, the deployment of the Japanese Navy was slightly worse. In less than half an hour, the Chinese Navy had cleared the way into Osaka Bay.
Nine 20 a.m. The Chinese naval detachment entered Osaka Bay. In order to prevent a decisive attack by the Japanese Navy, four destroyers entered Osaka Bay first, followed by two light cruisers. Then there were the heavy cruisers, and the battleships came last.
As soon as the Chinese Navy entered Osaka Bay, it immediately encountered the remnants of the Japanese Navy. Three old cruisers and five destroyers, rushing towards the Chinese Navy at maximum speed, the cruisers were constantly shelling, and the destroyers were preparing to fire torpedoes.
The Chinese navy, which entered Osaka Bay, fought back fiercely, and the battle was very fierce. However, most of the cruisers and destroyers of the Japanese Navy are old and are no match for the Chinese Navy at all.
In less than ten minutes, the Japanese Navy's fleet was hit by a bullet and burst into flames. In particular, the five destroyers that were preparing to release torpedoes were hit even more critically. The Japanese navy was armed with torpedoes with a range of only 1,000 meters, which made them have to take greater risks if they wanted to launch an effective attack.
"Boom!" A destroyer of the Japanese Navy, which was racing wildly on the sea, was hit in the bow by a 55-mm naval gun shell, and the entire capital of the ship was blown off. Under the ferocious inflow of seawater, it sank into the sea in less than two minutes.
The Japanese navy fought very fiercely, and although they suffered heavy casualties, they fought to the death. In less than an hour, all the remaining battleships of the Japanese Navy were sunk. Especially after the heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy entered Osaka Bay, they followed and could not resist. If they choose to attack at night under the cover of night, it might even work wonders. Now? It's just sending people to death.
After the final crisis was resolved, the main forces of the Chinese naval fleet entered Osaka Bay, thinking about the destination Kobe. Kobe is an important shipbuilding base in Japan, with an excellent port and a well-established shipbuilding industry. It's just that, from now on, this qiē will soon be reduced to ashes.
At half past ten o'clock in the morning, the detachment of the home fleet of the Chinese Navy appeared 10 kilometers off the coast of Shenhai and launched an artillery bombardment.
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