Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2274 Don't let any Japanese escape
For a while, the Southern African media also played up the "Japan threat theory", especially after Japan started building the Yamato.

At that time, the situation described by The Times was so serious that the Japanese navy could almost single out the whole world. Any aircraft carrier or BIG7 was scum in front of "Yamato", and it was not enough for "Yamato" to beat it with one shot.

This is certainly an exaggeration, but it is necessary.

It's not just southern Africa, the media in other countries are following suit.

If you don’t say that, how can the military ask Congress for money? Don’t look at the southern African officials who shout that we love peace every day. In fact, everyone knows that peace only exists within the range of naval guns——

This statement is outdated, and now peace only exists within the range of carrier-based aircraft.

Generally speaking, Japan's ship design is far behind that of the old European and American powerhouses.

This is not to brag about Europe and the United States. There is also a gap between the design of battleships in southern Africa and the United Kingdom.

However, compared with Japan, the smartest point in southern Africa is that it does not develop battleships at all, but uses all resources on aircraft carriers, so the gap gradually widens.

The Japanese are very happy, but they don't have self-knowledge. The result of wanting everything is that they can't do anything. Neither the battleship nor the aircraft carrier is the best.

Moreover, Japan's national strength is limited, and it does not have the capital to advance with battleships and aircraft carriers at all. It is as powerful as southern Africa and knows how to use its strengths to avoid weaknesses. What is in the mouth.

The sinking of the "Xianghe" completely destroyed Nagumo Chuichi's will to fight, and the Japanese's arrogant self-esteem must be pulled out here to whip the corpse.

Before the Combined Fleet went to Manila, it held a combat exercise to simulate combat with the Indian Ocean Navy in southern Africa.

At that time, the United Fleet had just successfully attacked Pearl Harbor, and everyone was immersed in unreasonable ecstasy from top to bottom. .

In this exercise, the fleet led by Nagumo Chuichi suffered a devastating blow from the Southern African Air Force in the first stage of fighting the Indian Ocean Fleet. The combined fleet suffered heavy losses and was attacked by the Southern African Air Force 9 times. The aircraft carrier was sunk.

This result is relatively normal. Even Yamamoto 56 admits that there is a huge gap between the Japanese Navy and the Southern African Navy in terms of aircraft carriers. This result is normal.

Then the Japanese god operation came.

Rear Admiral Ugaki, who presided over the exercise, changed nine times to three times, and the loss of the combined fleet also became one sunk and the other slightly injured.

For unknown reasons, the sunk aircraft carrier reappeared in the next stage of the battle, and it also played a role in deciding the outcome.

Tang Li would be very angry if he participated in the exercise.

With the strength of the Southern African Navy, 9 attacks are too small to underestimate the Southern African Navy, and 90 attacks are almost the same.

Moreover, the 9 attacks only sank two aircraft carriers, who is looking down upon.

Exercises are exercises after all, and the Japanese are accustomed to collecting data when they are not strong enough, and they are the same from top to bottom.

On the battlefield of reaction, the results can be devastating.

Captain Best sank the "Xianghe" with a bomb, and the news was sent back to the command headquarters.

This is the first joint operation between the Southern African Navy and the US Navy.

In the Brazilian civil war not long ago, southern Africa and the United States were rivals. The Americans suffered a big loss that time. It is amazing that the Americans did not retaliate afterwards.

Thanks to the southern African capital in the United States.

Especially the American media under the control of Southern Africa.

As mentioned earlier, the public is irrational, and public opinion can guide it.

After the Brazilian Civil War ended, the American people were excited, but the American media was reflecting on it.

Reflect on the meaning of war, reflect on whether the phrase "America belongs to Americans" is reasonable, and whether it is worthwhile for Americans to go thousands of miles away to shed blood for a poisonous government that has been rotten from top to bottom.

Public opinion completely reversed overnight.

At this time, the media began to promote the friendship between the South and the United States. After all, during the last world war, Southern Africa and the United States had fought side by side, and both countries were committed to breaking the conspiracy of a certain feudal group to rule the world. According to the American media, Southern Africa There is no fundamental conflict of interest with the United States. On the contrary, there are countless common interests. The two countries should join hands to build a better tomorrow instead of fighting for small profits.

The media can talk nonsense, and the US military's attitude is more pragmatic.

In fact, the result of the Brazilian Civil War was also normal. Since the end of the last World War, the United States has completely abolished its army. Before the outbreak of the Brazilian Civil War, there was a tragic incident in Washington where veterans of World War I demanded their salaries, but were brutally suppressed by the US government. , which planted the seeds of failure for the expedition to Brazil.

Now that the U.S. Navy is once again joining forces with the Southern African Navy, both sides are actually suffocating to prove themselves.

The Southern African Navy wants to prove that even without battleships, the Southern African Navy is still the most powerful fleet in the world.

The U.S. Navy wants to prove that the failure of the Brazilian Civil War is not because the U.S. Navy is not good, but because the away combat is too restricted and the enemy is too insidious.

So when the news that Captain Best sank the "Xianghe" with a bomb was sent back to the headquarters, all the American military officers in the headquarters were overjoyed and rejoiced, while the southern African officers were upset.

Including Tang Li.

"Don, the Japanese have lost half of their aircraft carriers, and we're about to win this war." Halsey was excited like a bull that had beaten a matador, his nose enlarged.

"Believe me, this is not the end. We can't let any Japanese return to Wujun Port safely." Tang Liyi will be brave enough to chase the poor bandits. The two main fleets of the Japanese side have lost their air protection. When will it be.

Yamamoto 56 made a big mistake when formulating the battle plan. The Japanese combined fleet faced the Pacific Fleet and the Indian Ocean Fleet.

In addition to the main fleet led by Yamamoto 56 and the aircraft carrier led by Nagumo Chuichi, the combined fleet also has two sub-fleets, namely the transport fleet and the advance formation.

Now these two squadrons have also been discovered by the coalition forces, but Tang Li and Halsey have no time to deal with them. The task of destroying these two squadrons is left to the shore-based aviation. Tang Li and Halsey put all their energy on Destroy the main fleet of the Japanese army.

"Yes, give the order to Colonel Elliott, our boys will continue to attack." Halsey continued his efforts, and now all the grudges in his heart disappeared.

Colonel Elliott is the captain of the aircraft carrier "Yorktown" and the commander of the US aircraft carrier force.

After discovering the main Japanese fleet led by Yamamoto 56, the three aircraft carriers that Tang Li sent to fight all belonged to the Indian Ocean Fleet, and the aircraft carriers of the Pacific Fleet failed to get the opportunity to participate in the battle.

Halsey was very fortunate at the time, because everyone knew that once an aircraft carrier was approached by a battleship, the end would be extremely tragic.

The United Fleet has been bragging for so many years, even if it has no record, it can be called world-class, not to mention the strength of the United Fleet itself is really good.

What Halsey never expected was that the main fleet without mixed aircraft carriers was a joke. Not long after the start of the battle, two battleships were sunk, and one of them was the famous "Mutsu".

"Mutsu" -

Well, "Mutsu" is also a tragedy, just like "Yamato".

When the Japanese built the "Nagato"-class battleships, they deliberately concealed the caliber of the main guns of the "Nagato"-class battleships in order to surprise other countries in the future.

Now the surprise is gone, the battle has progressed so far, all the main guns of the Japanese battleships have not fired a single shot, and the anti-aircraft weapons are very busy.

The crux of the problem is that the arrogant Japanese do not pay enough attention to air defense. The air defense weapons installed on the warships are far from enough, and they cannot defend against the overwhelming Allied fighters. The combination of the two weaknesses is not negative, but One plus one equals three.

In fact, the information received by the headquarters is incorrect. "Mutsu" has indeed capsized, but it has not sunk yet. Those Japanese sailors trapped in "Mutsu" are still working hard on how to escape from "Mutsu".

There is no need for Tang Li to give orders. The moment Captain Best enters his soul is the best stimulus for the pilots in southern Africa. Up until now, the "Flying Dragon" and "Xianghe" have been sunk, leaving only The opportunities for the "Kaga" and "Zuihe" are running out.

The situation of "Kaga" and "Zuihe" is not good now.

"Kaga" is lucky. It has not been hit since the beginning of the battle, but it has lost all the carrier-based fighters. There are only 97 4 ship attacks that can hang bombs and take off into the air. The commander of the team, Yamaguchi Tamon The rear admiral was heartbroken, and he was ready to die with the "Kaga".

The "Ruihe" was quite unlucky. It was hit by an aerial bomb shortly after the battle broke out. Fortunately, the aerial bomb only weighed 50 kilograms and did not cause much damage. The fire it caused was quickly extinguished. After the wooden flight deck, the "Zuihe" resumed its combat effectiveness.

The "Zuihe", which had recovered its combat effectiveness, did not change the outcome of the battle, but instead became the key target of the Allied pilots.

At this time, due to the heavy losses of the aviation formation, the air defense firepower was full of loopholes, and the wind direction was unfavorable, the carrier-based fighter jets on the "Zuihe" could not take off smoothly.

When an aircraft carrier is fighting at sea, it has high requirements for wind direction and wind speed. If the wind direction is unfavorable or the wind speed is not enough, the carrier-based aircraft cannot take off.

The captain of the "Zuihe", Yokokawa Shihei, made a wrong decision at this time. In order to take off the fighter plane smoothly, the "Zuihe" increased its speed and sailed against the wind, and gradually separated from the formation, losing the protection of the formation's air defense firepower.

This made the torpedo plane squadron leader Xue Ming who took off from the "Transvaal" overjoyed. He immediately called for more torpedo planes to support, and led six torpedo planes to attack the "Ruihe".

Although the powerful "Sea Harrier" is loaded with heavy torpedoes on its belly, it is still as light as a seagull, gliding across the sea with graceful posture.

It was evening at this time, the sun was setting, and the sunset was like blood. The sea water was not pure dark blue, but many colors were intertwined.

The silver-white fuselage of the "Sea Harrier" flew close to the sea. Seagulls flew past the cockpit. Dolphins leaped out of the sea below. The shouts, the fire chains formed by the tracer bullets were extremely eye-catching in the gradually dark environment, and the anti-aircraft shells flickered in the air like fireworks, all of which could not stop the determination of the pilots to attack the "Zuihe".

After entering the attack range, Xue Ming was the first to release the torpedo, and the fuselage drew a beautiful arc, flying past the towering island of "Ruihe".

The other pilots were also highly skilled. The sailors on the "Ruihe" who operated the anti-aircraft weapons had gone all out, but none of the "Sea Harriers" were shot down, not even injured.

So "Ruihe" is a tragedy.

Five torpedoes launched by the six "Sea Harriers" directly hit the "Ruihe". The 97 Fleet Attack that was accelerating on the deck lost control and hit two 97 Fleet Attacks that were about to take off. The three 97 Fleet Attacks slid into the sea together and were detonated by a full load of aviation fuel before they fell into the water.

Xue Ming, who launched the torpedo, was not in a hurry to return. Instead, he flew the "Sea Harrier" around the "Ruihe" again, and Xue Ming was not satisfied until the "Ruihe" began to capsize.

This made the other torpedo pilots who arrived later very angry.

You have already sunk the "Zuihe", why did you call us over?
Wait, "Ruihe" hasn't sunk yet, so we must add more fire.

More torpedo pilots shifted their targets to the only remaining "Kaga".

"Kaga" may be the largest aircraft carrier in the world with a full load displacement of 43600 tons and can carry 90 carrier-based aircraft.

The "Kaga", whose carrier fighter jets have been completely lost, has lost its attack capability. Although there are still torpedo planes, there are no targets that can be attacked. The entire ship has been crippled.

Seeing that "Zuihe" was also sunk, "Kaga" became the only remaining aircraft carrier of the United Fleet. At this time, Nagumo Chuichi had ordered the fleet to abandon the mission and return.

The two battleships "Haruna" and "Kirishima" assigned to the aviation fleet belong to the "Kong Kong" class battleships, and their fastest speed is only 30 knots.

The aviation fleet is also equipped with supply ships and transport ships. These two speeds are slower, and the fastest speed does not exceed 25 knots.

So after the order to retreat was issued, the distance between the ships of the aviation fleet began to lose touch, and the fleet's air defense network, which was already full of loopholes, suddenly looked like a dam that burst.

The Allied pilots would not miss the opportunity, as Tang Li said: don't let any Japanese escape.

(End of this chapter)