Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1651 Price
The loss suffered by the "Musashi" ship is far more than simple casualties.

The casualties of more than 100 people and most of them were machine gunners are not worth mentioning to the more than 1000 people on the "Musashi" ship... The machine gunners are the most replaceable on the warship, and they only need a little training from the army. Ship supplements, other personnel such as sailors, maintenance personnel, pilots, etc. If these people are casualties for a while, it will be difficult to find people to supplement.

Therefore, Toshihei Inoguchi did not take the casualties of more than 100 people seriously.

What gave him a headache was the raging fire on the warship, and most of them were concentrated in the middle.

At first, Toshihiro Inoguchi thought it was an incendiary bomb from the Eighth Route Army, but later he realized that this was not the case... The reason why the warship was burned was entirely because Wang Xuexin had no time to make the anti-ship missile smaller, and its range was theoretically 200 More than a kilometer, but in actual use, it is only used to hit targets about [-] kilometers away.

This is not to say that the missile cannot hit far, nor does it mean that it cannot be aimed correctly.

Anti-ship missiles are guided by TV, and shooters farther away can also see and aim at the target through TV.

The problem is that the position [-] kilometers away is the limit of the visual distance of the coastal defense regiment. That is to say, the coastal defense regiment does not know whether there is a target or the direction and position of the target [-] kilometers away, so how can it launch a missile?
The fuel for more than 200 kilometers was only used for [-] kilometers, and the remaining fuel was all on the target, that is, on the "Musashi".

The burn just goes everywhere, and spraying water on the flames doesn't help at all.

Although these flames can't cause any damage to the interior of the warship, after all, the thickness of the main armor belt of the "Musashi" reaches 410MM, and the key parts such as the engine room, boiler room, and ammunition depot are armor protection of more than 200MM. It is difficult to burn into these parts and cause major damage to them.

However, the anti-aircraft firepower is all on the deck and mostly concentrated in the middle... This is because the front and rear of the warship are used to deploy the main guns and secondary guns, and the 25MM anti-aircraft guns are relatively small, so they are deployed in the middle .

So naturally, the fire was all anti-aircraft guns, and the screams of the gunners and the explosion of ammunition were constantly heard in the flames. Only a few machine guns and single anti-aircraft guns arranged in the corners remained.

"Your Excellency, Major General!" When Toshihei Inoguchi stared at all this in a daze, the staff officer ran forward and asked, "Master Nakano requests to continue chasing the enemy!"

Nakano Nakano is the commander of the cruiser "Myoko", and he has his own reasons for asking to pursue the Eighth Route Army.

At this time, the imperial army still had hope of defeating the Eighth Route Army fleet. The "Miao Gao" led the destroyer to continue to chase the Eighth Route Army, and the "Miao Gao" heavy cruiser with a range of 24 kilometers still had an advantage over the Eighth Route Army.

As for the anti-ship missiles of the Eighth Route Army, the anti-aircraft firepower on ships such as "Miao Gao" was not damaged.

But Toshihei Inoguchi shook his head and ordered: "Give up the pursuit, spread out and cover the 'Musashi'!"

Toshihei Inoguchi made the right decision. At this time, due to the lack of anti-aircraft firepower, the "Musashi" has almost no power to fight back against the enemy's anti-ship missiles. If other warships continue to pursue, they only need to encounter one or two more An enemy ship, the consequences would be disastrous.

Nakano on the other side thought that Toshihei Inoguchi did not want the "Myoko" to steal the limelight from "Musashi". Did the enemy flee?"

As he said that, Nakano looked at the Huaxia Fleet gradually escaping from the range through the binoculars with regret.

In any case, he still did not dare to disobey Toshihei Inoguchi's order.

However, Colonel Nakano soon realized that he was wrong. He thought that the Eighth Route Army fleet would take advantage of this opportunity to escape. Unexpectedly, they fled to about [-] kilometers and kept circling around the periphery, as if they were looking for an opportunity to attack.

This was reported by the pilot of the seaplane.

Nakano became even more excited after learning this information. He immediately forwarded the information to Toshihei Inoguchi and asked to play again.

Nakano said this: "Major General, the enemy warships have no intention of leaving. They seem to want to compete with our army! I think that for the safety of the 'Musashi', we must drive them away! Let' Myoko, let’s complete this task! We must beat these nasty guys into the sea and feed them to the fish!”

"Nakano-kun!" Toshihei Inoguchi calmed down at this moment, and he replied, "Do you think you can catch up to them and sink them?"

"Of course!" Colonel Nakano replied confidently.

Just kidding, with the naval gun with a longer range and the reconnaissance of the seaplane, is there any reason to be invincible under such an advantage?

Toshihei Inoguchi asked again: "If the enemy fires missiles when we are chasing them like just now, what can you do to deal with it?"

Toshihei Inoguchi had already thought that the Eighth Route Army was using the tactic of "fighting backwards", which would make the superior naval guns of the imperial warships unable to play their role, and could only be passively hit by enemy missiles.

"That's when our anti-aircraft firepower comes into play!" Colonel Nakano replied.

"Do you know how many missiles the enemy has?" Toshihei Inoguchi asked again: "Just now there were only a dozen missiles, but what if there are more? If the enemy has dozens of missiles hitting you at the same time, can you guarantee to shoot them all down? ?”

Grand Master Nakano couldn't help being silent when he heard the words.

He had to admit that what Toshihei Inoguchi said was correct. Judging from the ammunition load of the enemy's anti-ship missiles and the situation that they could generate large fires, as long as one was missed and not intercepted, the combat effectiveness of the warship would soon be seriously damaged, especially It's anti-aircraft fire.

This is completely different from warships being attacked by torpedoes and enemy aerial bombs. The fire caused by the missiles is a full-scale blow, which will paralyze the air defense firepower in a large area.

Once the anti-aircraft firepower is paralyzed, the next step is to be beaten passively.

"Don't worry, Nakano-kun!" Inoguchi Toshihei persuaded: "It's good for them to be here. When the 'Musashi' is extinguished, it's time for us to pursue!"

Toshihei Inoguchi's plan was simple.

The lack of "Musashi"'s air defense firepower does not matter, as long as other warships are around to act as the "Musashi"'s air defense, the safety of "Musashi" will be guaranteed then.

Under this premise, the naval gun range of the "Musashi" can play a role again...it can attack enemy ships under the guidance of the seaplane, but the enemy ships can only be beaten passively!

Toshihiro Inoguchi said bitterly in his heart: "At that time, you will have to pay the price for what you did just now!"

(End of this chapter)