Chapter 181: The Japanese Navy Slapped in the Face
When the two flagships of the Sun Country Navy fleet finally moved to the normal 10,000-ton channel after some hard work, looking at the inner harbor of the Yanmen that was almost visible to the naked eye in front of them, Miki Ichiro stood on the flagship at the head. In addition to the murderous desire for revenge in his eyes, there was also a hint of rampant oblivion.
Just as his eyes were focused on the minesweeper in front of him, four huge fireballs followed his stunned eyes with a loud bang. Accurately smashed all the nearly 20,000-ton battleship under him, and only turned a 'impossible' thought in his mind Miki Ichiro, he felt that the whole person was torn apart by a huge force, and he could no longer be found in this world.
After careful calculation and concerted efforts, a hidden position reserved by the coastal defense artillery regiment Zuihou finally revealed a hideous face. With the anger and expectation of the officers and men of these surviving artillery regiments, with a loud bang, it fell accurately on the most conspicuous super battleship.
Looking at a huge cannonball, the point of impact turned out to be the command compartment of the battleship, and the commander of the artillery regiment couldn't help but stand up and shout: "Cool! The bombing is good, I hope this cannon can kill a few more little devil officers. Brothers, if you don't know like a little devil, let's take it when we see it, and run away! ”
Looking at this usually serious regiment commander, seeing that the first round of shells hit all of them, he jumped in without thinking, and after roaring, he quickly retreated down the mountain. The surviving officers and soldiers, who also knew that they had succeeded, also knew that they would not take advantage of the little devil's stunned moments to run away from their artillery positions. When the shells hit, they couldn't run even if they wanted to.
Like a whirlwind of artillery regiment officers and soldiers, with a satisfied daxiao, quickly ran down the mountain. When they were some distance away from their positions, they finally heard a rumbling explosion from a shore artillery position in Zuihou. Except that it's a pity that there is no way to take away those four shore defense guns. The artillery officers and men didn't think it was nice to hear it at all, on the contrary, they felt that it was a little devil who saw them off with a cannonball!
Compared with the officers and men of the artillery regiment, the captain of the other main fleet who escaped to a safe area and jumped up and down together. Looking at the main battleship that began to enter the water and slowly sink, he really meant that he wanted to cry without tears.
Seeing that this battle exploit of destroying the port of Xianmen was within reach, who would have known that this group of god-killing Longhua artillery would hide a hidden position under that kind of attack. And when they were most relaxed, they struck a fatal stab. The knife was truly fatal to them. Because this is the flagship of the detachment!
In fact, Thackrey, who came up with this trick at the beginning, just felt that doing so was a tactically common way to save a hand. But I never thought that the officers and soldiers of the artillery regiment were so competitive, and this reserved zuihou hand. Actually sank the opponent's main flagship. I'm afraid this bad news will make the rest of the little devils jump to their feet!
Looking at the slowly sinking command flagship, Thackley knew it was time for them to continue their moves. Clear another area. The minesweepers will enter the inner harbor. If you sneak up again when you get there, you'll get the other party's attention. Therefore, once again the submarines were ordered, under the watchful eye of the commander, who temporarily took over as commander of the fleet, again jumping to his feet.
Once again, three minesweepers and two battleships that had deviated from the course were buried outside the port of Yanmen. Until the apprentice Xu Weiguo. After informing him that there was not enough oxygen in the submarine and that he needed to go outside for a ventilation. This veteran, who was obviously a little unsatisfied, gave the order for the submarine formation to retreat.
When the navy of the Sun Country finally hung its head, it was like a frustration. When venting his anger on the military port with the longest history in Longhua, not a single naval officer or sailor showed a smiling face. They knew that this time it looked like they had achieved their goal. But one main flagship, six main warships, four minesweepers and two warships that had to be towed back to the military port of Changbai Road for overhaul.
They can say that they have paid nearly forty percent of the fleet's main combat power for the military port in front of them. That's a big deal! If you rush to destroy other military ports, you also need to pay this price. I am afraid that before they can finish destroying these ports, their temporary naval formation will completely lose its combat effectiveness.
At the cost of the two main fleets, it is not possible to complete the operation of blockading the entire territory of the Longhua coast, and I am afraid that even if they go back, they will not be able to escape the punishment of those officials of the Admiralty. You must know that their 88th Fleet, which competes for hegemony in Asia, was built by the Sun Country Province through frugality. If the two main fleets are lost here, neither the people nor the military department will let them go.
Looking at the Yin Gate, which was shrouded in a sea of fire like ruins, the Sun Country Navy, which only felt a little evil, could only reluctantly start to withdraw from the Yan Gate Port. Because the mission they had this time was only to destroy all the facilities in the gate, and as for landing and occupying this place, they asked themselves if they were capable.
Now that the task is complete, they naturally have no point in staying here, and they slowly withdrew from the port of Yinmen at night. It's just that what they didn't expect was that when they withdrew from the port of Xinmen, they encountered another mine attack and once again paid the price of the two main warships.
These high-spirited navies of the Sun Nation turned this port into a place for them, never wanting to mention the sad place that brought them bad luck. If they knew, it was again a puzzled feeling, and only took two submarines back to retaliate against Thackrey, and returned to the horse gun before killing. I'm afraid they won't feel that this place is a place that brings them bad luck.
Looking at the warships of the Sun Country, which seemed to be unwilling to stay here any longer, they began to accelerate their arrival at Dongtai Port after entering the open sea, and the other two warships that needed to go to Changbai Port for overhaul were not escorted by any warships. Having already passed through the periscope and looking at the port of Yanmen, which had turned into a sea of ruins and fire, he once again ordered the submarine formation to follow and hunt.
If these two warships were intact, or were escorted by other warships, then the submarine formation naturally did not dare to attack his idea. But they mistakenly thought that all the Liliang Navy of Yinmen Port was disabled by others, and it was not far from Changbai Military Port. In this kind of place where the Sun Country's navy dominates, no one should dare to hit their attention.
I was too confident just now, and as soon as I turned around, I forgot about this Sun Country Navy, such a character who doesn't have a long memory. Thackley felt that he should teach the other party a profound lesson. Although the speed of their submarine under the water is not as fast as that of the warship, they also dare not drive fast, and the little devil warship is also not fast for fear of entering the water again in the damaged place.
For a warship like theirs, armed with a 350-caliber cannon, even if it is slow. As long as they find a warship that is not in their favor, they can also use the ship's guns, which are still well preserved, to sink the invading warship within the cannon range. It was this super self-confidence that allowed them to get out of the distance from the formation.
Arriving at an ambush area, five submarines deal with a badly damaged warship. With ten torpedoes hitting two warships at the same time, they didn't even notice in the darkness of the night, and they were destined to be buried here forever if someone would attack them from the bottom of the sea. What made the naval commander who temporarily took over as the commander of the formation even more unthinkable was that he would pay the end of apology for this.
The reason is very simple, these two warships returned to Changbai Road for repair with injuries, except for retaining the gunners and crews for self-defense. The captain of the detachment, who did not want to take the wounded soldiers to Dongtai Port for treatment, transferred all the more than 1,000 wounded naval officers who were wounded in the port of Yinmen to the two warships and brought them back.
These wounded soldiers, who had only been treated and would not be able to return to the ship to perform their duties in a short time, were because they thought that no one would dare to challenge their majesty in the waters of Longhua. Eventually, they all died at the bottom of the sea, and when the merchant ships passing by here saw the corpses of the officers and sailors of the Infinite Sun Kingdom floating on the surface of the sea after dawn the next day.
The Japanese Admiralty, which had suffered heavy losses for the naval fleet at the port of Yinmen, sent a telegram to the captain of the ship, who had not had time to rest, to apologize. This means that the people of the Sun Country, who originally expected the navy to earn back some face, were once again slapped in the face by the Jedi counterattack of the Longhua Kingdom.
The people of Longhua, who had been paying attention to this naval battle, heard the newsboys on the streets and alleys the next day, and they were happy to convey the news of the great victory of the navy. Hearing that the Longcheng Navy simply relied on coastal artillery and mines, the menacing Sun Country Navy finally folded its wings outside the port of Yinmen.
Although the port of Xinmen was not saved, this record of destroying the total tonnage of the Sun Country Navy was close to 100,000. Undoubtedly, the people of Longhua were once again immersed in the joy of victory.
Even when the two countries saw this battle report, they felt that the people of the Sun Country were too unlucky and arrogant. How could it, with absolute superiority, still let Longhua's shore artillery troops and mines fight so disgraced? Could it be that the so-called invincible navy in Asia, which they have been flaunting, is a paper tiger that can be broken at the slightest stab?
But what they didn't expect was why the two seriously injured ships that were supposed to return to Changbai Military Port for maintenance were attacked on the way back, and thousands of officers and soldiers on the two warships were killed. There was never any suspicion that they were the naval headquarters of the Sun Kingdom that was attacked by the Xu Jiajun submarine, and the targets of the murderers were the two countries.
Because in Asia, only the warships of these two countries can fight back with two seriously damaged ships. Using the flexibility of his own warships and the equal strength of artillery, he sank these two warships, which could only be beaten passively. It was precisely the speculation caused by this misunderstanding that made the navy of the Sun Country finally have a grudge with the navies of the two countries.
laid the groundwork for the fall of the entire 88th Fleet of the Sun Country later. If the people of the Sun Kingdom know that all this is just a good show directed by Xu Bin, the behind-the-scenes manipulator.
I am afraid that they will really understand that the first thing they should deal with in Longhua is not the National Protector Army, not President Li Da, nor those military ports that cannot be moved, but this low-key but powerful Xu Jiajun. But by the time they realized it, it was too late! (To be continued......)