Chapter 212: The Japanese Navy Who Wants to Slap in the Face

After the two trophies were put back into active service, the Japanese Navy was preparing to strengthen its anti-aircraft and anti-submarine firepower, as well as electronic equipment such as electric detectors and sonar, as the flagship of the escort ships. "Romance * first * hair e novel? w?w?w?. 1xiaoshuo For the Japanese Navy, which is somewhat short of ships at the moment, these two ships, which are not large in tonnage among the Japanese Navy, are still very useful at the moment.

It's just that before they had time to transform their armaments, they hastily reinstalled the original three twin 140-mm naval guns, and they were pulled out by the Japanese Navy to participate in the operation to support the 6th Army. For 6 support operations, the 140-mm naval gun was always more powerful than the 127-mm high-level dual-purpose gun that was scheduled to be refitted.

The most critical thing is that the ships of the Japanese Navy are mainly concentrated in the South Pacific and Southeast Asian theaters. Although the number of large fleets such as battleships on the mainland is large, the number of light ships that are longer than the escort is not large. This time, the opponent basically has no naval threat, and for the entire Japanese Deng-6 fleet, the need for destroyers and other types of ships required for air defense and anti-submarine is greater.

On the contrary, for large combat ships such as battleships and heavy cruisers, the demand is not large. The dispatch of some large ships to suppress the enemy's depth of fire can already fully meet the needs. The enemy army is the 6th Army, which does not have a single combat ship, and dispatching so many large ships can only waste precious fuel in vain.

Considering the large demand for ships, these two warships have just completed the transformation and maintenance of the main engine and equipment, and installed some electronic equipment, but they have not yet had time to replace their guns, and have been downgraded to coastal defense ships by the Japanese Navy. It was temporarily suspended by the Japanese Navy and used as the flagship and capital ship of the escort fleet.

Although the tonnage of the Japanese Navy's support fleet is not large, the six 140-millimeter naval guns it is equipped with are quite sufficient for ground support. What's more, these two warships are equipped with electric detectors and have a certain long-range air defense detection capability. This is still very much needed for the Japanese Navy, which generally relies only on visual air defense.

Of course, perhaps the Japanese Navy sent these three ships, which originally belonged to the Chinese, to participate in the war, in addition to the reason for the insufficient number of escort ships. It is not necessarily that they do not think that using these three warships, which originally belonged to the Chinese, two of which were even made by the Chinese themselves, to fight the Chinese would make them quite relieved, and it would make them feel very comfortable.

So they even sent out the light cruiser Yixian, which was originally converted into a training ship by them, under the pretext of training new recruits and speeding up training. Due to the poor financial situation at the time of construction, the ship was unable to import the armor needed to build a warship.

After being dragged back to Japan, the light cruisers, which were not suitable for the operational needs of the Japanese Navy and had not undergone major modifications, were really not suitable for this kind of battle. The reason why it was sent out is probably that the Japanese Navy is too fearless. This practice was rare in the history of the Japanese Navy.

In addition to the needs of actual combat, there may not be other meanings. The Japanese Navy has never been left behind in this kind of slap in the face. It's just that the Japanese Navy's thoughts are somewhat secret. The opponent in front of them, Du Kaishan, who had never seen the navy before this war, and did not know what the navy was, did not feel the slightest feeling of being slapped in the face for these naval essences of the former national government being used to beat themselves.

He didn't know the origin of these warships, but he didn't have a little idea of Lin Xiang cherishing jade. On the contrary, it was because these warships were too nervous that they were listed as targets. But in other words, even if you know what to do, this should be the same heavy hand. Whoever wants to show mercy on the battlefield is the unlucky one.

He can't and won't show mercy because these warships originally belonged to the Chinese. As a result, because the warship was modified by the Japanese army, it was only equipped with a 120-millimeter naval gun, and the training ship, which was too far forward and had no armor protection, was blown up and paralyzed in the shallow water in front of Qikou in the first round of artillery fire.

And the two former main ships of the Chinese Navy, now the best performing coastal defense ships in the Japanese Navy, are too arrogant. The 140-millimeter naval guns it is equipped with are more powerful than the destroyers and coastal defense ships of the Japanese Navy, so they are targeted by the artillery groups of the Anti-Japanese Union. In the first round of artillery fire, a considerable part fell on these two ships.

For these arrogant ships, Du Kaishan, who grew up in the 6th region of Sichuan, did not know their true identity. He focused his attack on the coastal defense ships, now named the 500 Islands and 80 Islands, simply because of the power and range of the guns of these two ships, plus they were too arrogant.

Du Kaishan's goal is very clear, he doesn't care about the small and medium-sized 6 boats that are driving on the sea, his target is the Japanese ships on the sea and the Japanese troops on the beachhead. All the artillery groups in his hands have their own designated targets. The targets were the two huge Japanese 6th Army aircraft carriers, the amphibious 6 ships, and the various types of combat ships and 6 boats on the beachhead.

And, of course, the two well-targeted light cruisers, plus the Japanese destroyers and coastal defense ships that were very arrogant and at the same time threatened their next counterattack plan. Although the destroyers and below had a small tonnage and a shallow draft, and their medium-caliber naval guns were far less powerful than the large-caliber naval guns of large ships, they sailed very close to the coastline and fired at the United Nations artillery groups.

Du Kaishan made a clear division of labor for the artillery group under his command. The rocket artillery group had already landed ashore, and the Japanese army was busy expanding to the depth of the 6th unit. The 150 howitzer group strengthened the 76-mm cannon group to block the beachhead, and attacked the Japanese 6 ships that grabbed the beach.

As for the two cannon regiments, the goal was clear, that is, the large convoy of transports in the rear of the Japanese army, and the arrogant and unscrupulous medium ships such as destroyers who were desperately firing close to the beachhead, and of course the two light cruisers.

As early as the preparatory stage, in order to achieve the maximum suddenness of firepower, Du Kaishan demanded that the artillery participating in the battle be able to hit their respective targets without any test firing and in accordance with the reports of the artillery observers. The wheel hit rate can be slightly lower, but the follow-up shots must be accurate.

At the same time, in order to ensure that the shooting accuracy of the artillery was maximized as much as possible, Du Kaishan also made all preparations. Not only did he take the commander of the artillery unit participating in the battle, but he personally surveyed the beachhead many times. The best artillery staff officers, as well as the chiefs of staff of each artillery regiment, were dispatched to personally survey the beachhead and the sea surface within 10,000 meters.

Even the day before, Du Kaishan took various artillery regiments and all the cadres above the regimental level who were about to be put into the Qikou battlefield to once again conduct an actual survey of the battlefield on the Qikou front. Du Kaishan, who seems to be flamboyant and happy, is actually very careful.

It will be based on the position where various ships were stationed when the Japanese fleet shelled Qikou before. The entire battlefield was checked for the last time from the entire beachhead to the sea five thousand meters above the beachhead. At the same time, every effort was made to secretly set up artillery observers to ensure the accuracy of the artillery firing in rounds without going through test firing.

The painstakingly constructed and heavily camouflaged artillery positions, as well as a large number of false positions set up before the battle, attracted the Japanese naval and air firepower. Du Kaishan's firepower strike did seem to have successfully reached the tactical suddenness. In the first round of artillery fire, he achieved good results.

The Japanese Navy escort ship group, which had been beaten by Du Kaishan for a while, ignored the transport ships that were being unloaded, and immediately dispersed in an attempt to evade the constant anti-United Nations long-range artillery fire. But they dodged, but those transport ships and the two Shenshu Maru and Akitsu Maru, who were busy dropping the 6th infantry, had no time to dodge the second round of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and more artillery fire in the future.

Despite the fact that the ships escorted by the navy, desperately opened fire trying to suppress the shore artillery of the resistance. Even a few frantic destroyers, despite the overwhelming artillery fire, sailed to a place close to the coastline and desperately poured shells at the shore artillery positions of the Anti-Japanese Union.

At the same time, after several air battles in the sky, the Japanese naval combat planes, which were already very small, also desperately attacked the anti-coalition shore artillery positions that had been exposed. It's just that no matter how hard the Japanese ships worked, the anti-United Nations artillery fire that smashed over them was only getting denser and denser.

Although these cannons made by the Germans are indeed a little too cumbersome for the Chinese battlefield, their performance is really not covered. It is powerful, has a long range, and is quite accurate. Firing at a fixed position was enough to suppress a cluster of Japanese ships within five kilometers of the coastline.

Dozens of long-range cannons of the two cannon regiments, plus rocket artillery groups, howitzer groups, and Soviet-style 76-mm cannon groups manufactured by the Anti-Japanese Federation itself. The entire area of the Japanese army Deng 6 will be centered on Qikou, from Mapengkou in the north to the line of Zhangjuhe River in the south, and will be covered in dense artillery fire.

In addition to the Japanese army's beachhead, the continuous drop of rocket shells, and the 150-millimeter howitzer group that fired with the tactics of three high-explosive shells and one white phosphorus bomb, the Japanese troops who had already landed 6 suffered heavy casualties. The Japanese ships on the sea were also constantly shot, and several light ships were paralyzed on the berths before they could withdraw from the range of artillery fire.

In addition, a large number of large and medium-sized 6 boats, which were busy transporting ants on the sea, were affected, and together with the heavy weapons of the Japanese infantry, they were blown up and sunk on the sea. Although the sea was like sappers, these boarding boats, which were busy transferring the Japanese infantry to the beachhead, were not the key targets of Du Kaishan.

With such a dense artillery fire, it is impossible not to be affected at all. In addition, although these boarding 6 boats are light and agile, they are also very poor in sinking resistance. A close miss is enough to turn a 6-boat on board and give a big turnover. Although not the main target, these worker ant-like boarding 6 boats did not sink much.

And the Akitsu Maru, which was also selected by Du Kaishan as a target and regarded as the treasure of the town by the Japanese Sixth Army, was blown up and smoked everywhere, and the entire hull of the ship was tilted. I could only retreat to the open sea with smoke all over my body. If we stay here for a while and are subjected to dozens of shells, I am afraid that the world's first amphibious 6 ship will be sunk in this Bohai Bay.

There is no way for him to make him as huge as a light aircraft carrier, more conspicuous than those two Japanese Navy light cruisers. In addition, it is the transport ship with the largest loading capacity among the 6 Japanese ships in the entire Bohai Bay. On the top of a ship, there are several other 6 ships and transport ships, who will he hit first if he doesn't give priority?

This Akitsu Maru, which was very warmly entertained, was not sunk in the end by relying on the investment of the Japanese 6th Army almost sparing no effort when it was built. But it was also bombed with holes all over its body, and the ship was full of the bodies of Japanese sailors of the 6th Army, as well as soldiers of the 6th Army who had not had time to disembark.