Chapter 209: The Japanese Navy Lost Big Ben
Lieutenant General Chiaki Matsuda believes that as long as the anti-aircraft fire is still there, the high-explosive bombs dropped by the inexperienced dive bombers of the Anti-United Nations will not necessarily pose much of a threat. 『』『』? E?small? Say? w?w?w?.? Although the rockets and cluster bombs fired by the 1?X?i?a?o?shuo anti-United bomber group are lethal to the ship, the key is that the anti-aircraft firepower and other observation and sighting equipment on the ship are really too deadly.
In most of the positions of the warship, there was more or less some armor cover. However, because of the characteristics of the operation, the anti-aircraft fire positions were all bare and exposed. Personnel and equipment, where can withstand such a dense bomb attack? The anti-aircraft artillery in that position, if it is hit, the consequences are unimaginable.
Even the battleship Ise where he was located was thick-skinned, but most of the anti-aircraft gun emplacements were a mess. And what more about the light ships with worse protection, and those transport ships that are largely unarmored and firepower? It's not big, but it's pretty destructive.
Judging from the few small bombs that landed on his flagship, Lieutenant General Chiaki Matsuda was keenly aware that although these bombs were not large, they had good armor-piercing ability. If the bomb had penetrated into the interior of the ship, some places such as ammunition depots and fuel depots, the power would not be much less than that of a bombshell.
What's more, not only do those warships have a large amount of ammunition and fuel, but the transport fleet around them as the second echelon is itself full of ammunition and oil from the follow-up echelon. In particular, the tankers of the Needleo and Kenzaki in the fleet were full of fuel.
At present, several transport ships and light ships have been blown up and paralyzed on the sea, and the ammunition carried by one transport ship has been detonated and is exploding violently on the sea. If these two fuel-filled ships were to be detonated in the footsteps of them, the consequences would be even more unimaginable. And the anti-aircraft fire of the warship was beaten to the point of mute, then the entire warship was the target of their follow-up bombers.
Even if they shot down all their planes, they would be worthless compared to these precious warships here. How to keep as many warships as possible in the face of enemy attacks has become the most important issue for Vice Admiral Chiaki Matsuda.
Despite the danger of hitting mines in the breakthrough, in the face of the tactics of the Anti-United Nations, Vice Admiral Chiaki Matsuda still ordered all ships not to form formations and retreat to the open sea on their own with the maximum course, at least out of the combat radius of the enemy bomber group and this damned minefield.
He didn't believe that the enemy army could have the strength to deploy mines in the entire Bohai Bay? Even if you just rush out a few ships, it is much better than being beaten passively here. Being able to run out of one is also to preserve one more vitality for the Imperial Navy. If it is delayed, it can only be blown up and sunk by the enemy like a target.
As for the two light cruisers that cooperated with the 6 combat units in front of them, as well as more than a dozen destroyers and coastal defense ships, they were already caught in the fire net formed by the enemy's sudden opening of shore artillery and dense crossfire. At the moment, it is not enough to take care of itself, where can I still have the energy to support myself?
It's just that the battleship Ise where he was located, although because of its thick skin, did not suffer too severe losses under the attack of anti-Union cluster bombs and rockets. There were still a few anti-aircraft guns more or less, and they could barely maintain their fire. But the ship's radio communication system was destroyed by the damn rain of small aerial bombs dropped by the bombers who gave priority to his resistance.
The determination is there, but it is in vain if it cannot be conveyed. In desperation, Lieutenant General Chiaki Matsuda could only send signal soldiers, braving the group of attack planes that had turned back after the Anti-Union completed the bomb dropping, and the airborne machine guns swept the rain of bullets, climbed to the high place of the bridge and used flags and white light signal lights to convey the order.
At the same time, all ships that can be contacted signal to the ships in front of them. Order the ships in front of them, which are frantically engaged in an artillery battle with the anti-coalition shore artillery, to return to their homeland immediately after completing their unloading, and not to make any stops in Bohai Bay. At the time of return, all ships do not have to form formations, and all return to the sea course at the time of entry.
Although the anti-United Nations attack aircraft group, it is not possible to see the signal soldiers who are desperately waving the signal flag in their hands. However, as a ship's observation and communication system, the bridge in the main concentration area must be the key target. In particular, the bridge, which was like a high-rise building for large and medium-sized Japanese warships, became the main target of strafing because the target was obvious.
According to the order of Lieutenant General Chiaki Matsuda, the signal soldiers who risked their lives to climb to the high places almost died one by one. However, in the end, it is a large battleship, and as the flagship of the fourth air squadron, the number of signal troops of this Ise aviation battleship is still relatively large.
Although one died one by one, the order was finally conveyed intermittently before the embers of the signal corps' casualties. After being busy for a long time, the only remaining battleship he is on has become a key target for anti-United Nations dive bombers.
Vice Admiral Chiaki Matsuda didn't care about the other warships in a panic, whether they could see these orders of his own, and took the lead in sailing outside the Bohai Bay with the greatest sail. Fortunately, the Japanese Navy was a highly trained army after all, and although most of the ships did not see the flag of the battleship Ise, the light signal could only be seen by the ships on either side of it.
But the actions of the Ise and several ships around him were understood by almost all the captains. Following the butt of the Ise, they all rushed out in the face of the bombs that kept falling. As for the remaining mines, no one can take care of them at this time. Anyway, instead of waiting for death here, it is better to take a risk, and it can be regarded as a place of death and resurrection, and maybe be able to escape.
It was only by this time that the anti-coalition aviation had sunk two destroyers, a coastal defense ship, three submarine destroyers, and five transport ships full of supplies of the Japanese Navy at the cost of nine planes being shot down. As a result, the three Type 2 6 ships, one destroyer, and one coastal defense ship each lost their maneuver and could only float on the water.
Other ships, large and small, were also more or less wounded. At present, the Japanese warships that no longer dare to delay in this sea area do not care about the practice of constantly sinking themselves and incapacitating themselves. Even the sailors who fell into the water didn't have time to salvage them, and they retreated behind the ass of the Ise.
Because of his conspicuous figure, he was used as a key target by the anti-coalition air force, although he was not sunk immediately. But it also paid for the complete destruction of the anti-aircraft artillery, and the entire superstructure of the ship was blown into a mess. Not only were all the anti-aircraft guns dumbfounded, but only the ship's No. 1 turret was able to fire from its four twin 203-mm naval gun turrets.
The bridge, which looked like a high-rise building, was even more devastated by the bombing. The power compartment was flooded in a large area, and the heavy cruiser Maya descended to the point of staggering. Although they could only move slowly, they struggled desperately, trying to retreat behind the other ships.
It's just that the tragedy of this heavy cruiser did not end there. Just when the warship, whose hull had already fallen slightly, had just finished turning and was about to retreat to the east, the good fortune ended completely. This heavy cruiser, with a full load displacement of more than 15,000 tons, touched several anchor mines one after another.
The warship, which was already seriously wounded, could no longer withstand being severely damaged by several high-power mines one after another. In just a few minutes, he quickly followed in the footsteps of the big brother in front and sank into Bohai Bay. And this time it was not only the heavy cruiser that was unlucky, but the transport ship without the escort of warships suffered even greater losses.
Either they were bombed and sunk off the coast of Qikou by the pursuing anti-coalition air forces, or they were directly blown up and sunk by striking a mine in a panic when they retreated. By the time the navy's ships struggled desperately and got out of the range and minefields of the anti-coalition bombers, only one-third of the once huge second-echelon ships of the Japanese army remained.
On the contrary, the battleship Ise, which was the first to withdraw from the battlefield, was unlucky enough to be damaged by a mine. But this retreat was like divine help. During the retreat, not a single mine was hit. Although during the retreat, three more aerial bombs were hit.
The remaining main turrets were almost all blown up. The flight deck in the rear half of the ship was also completely scrapped by the bombing. The entire warship was covered in smoke. But relying on the huge body and the basic armor protection of the battleship, it is still stubbornly supporting and not being sunk.
Although part of the engine room was blown up, and some of the boilers were shut down, the No. 2 and No. 3 turrets were hit and completely blown up, and the flight fell a lot. But relying on the current crew who are still old-fashioned, Gao Su zhì in terms of damage management, no matter what, finally withdrew.
The Ise air battleship, which was blown up and bruised all over its body, became the only survivor of the three battleships put into operation by the Japanese Navy. However, whether this relatively lucky warship can escape another minefield set up by Du Kaishan behind it depends on its own luck, anyway, at least it has roughly escaped now.
I don't know much about the use of naval tactics, and even how to fight the 6th battle of Deng, but I also studied hard before I learned it, so I had a half-claw understanding of Du Kaishan. In the face of the new tactics and new tactics that he was almost unfamiliar with, after racking his brains, he came up with the tactics of dealing with tank cluster assaults, plus maneuvering and ambushing in the six wars, to deal with the Japanese naval fleet, which can be regarded as a crooked fight.
Under painstaking calculations and close tactical coordination between the Tongguò mines and the air force, the vast majority of the large ships of the Japanese Navy were sent directly to the bottom of the Bohai Bay. This time, with the 6th Army Deng6 operation, the Japanese Navy can be said to have suffered a big loss.
After losing almost all of the range and power of the Japanese naval guns with a caliber of more than 200 millimeters of 6 guns, his ground artillery group also removed the biggest threat. With the cannon group in his hands, there will be no more problems against the remaining ships below the light cruisers of the Japanese army.
Compared with the second echelon, which still has half of its strength, the ships of the first echelon have not encountered the threat of mines. However, in addition to the air raids of the anti-coalition aviation, they also faced intensive fire strikes from the anti-coalition shore artillery. Although the air force did not encounter as many large ship clusters behind it, let alone mines.
However, in the face of the dense fire of the anti-coalition shore artillery that suddenly opened fire, as well as the sneak attacks of the aviation troops from time to time, the encounter was not much better than that of the main force of the team to which they belonged. The tactics used by the anti-coalition air forces against the large Japanese warship groups were also used on them in the same way.
Just as the Japanese army's 1st Podden 6th unit had already gone ashore, and even under the cover of more than a dozen tanks, it had completed the establishment of a beachhead to cover the 2nd Podden 6th unit, which was seizing the beach. Behind the Japanese 6th Fleet, its large ship cluster had just begun to enter the minefield, and the battleship Yamashiro hit the mine first, so that the Japanese large-caliber naval gun fire was stopped at the first time. The anti-coalition shore artillery group, which had been silent, suddenly opened fire on all fronts.