Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Rise of China

Japanese retreat

The sudden attack of six bombers did not cause a fatal blow to the six destroyers.However, the raging fire that ignited instantly on the deck still shocked every officer and soldier of the Japanese mixed fleet.

In the command cabin of the battleship Fuso, the commander, Rear Admiral Kaneda, was holding up a binoculars, observing the damage of the surrounding destroyers with a gloomy expression.

When I saw the deck of the destroyer, facing the attack of the Chinese Air Force, the only limited anti-aircraft anti-aircraft gun that could be relied on was engulfed in flames in a blink of an eye.The imperial officers and soldiers on the deck were unmoved, watching the scene of the anti-aircraft artillery being destroyed in the fire.Major General Jintian's face turned livid with anger.

Facing the Chief of Staff Tano, he asked angrily: "Who can tell me why the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Empire on the deck of the Harukaze destroyer didn't quickly extinguish the fire on the deck...>

As soon as the voice fell, the figure of the communication staff officer appeared behind everyone.In front of all the military officers, he used his panicked voice to report loudly: "Your Excellency, the captain of the destroyer Chunfeng reported that the ship was attacked by an unknown aerial bomb and suffered heavy losses...>

Thinking of the officers and soldiers on the deck of several destroyers, facing the rapidly spreading fire, they were at a loss.Coupled with Major General Jintian's questioning of himself just now, General Tianye, who had been frowning, immediately discovered the connection.With a pair of eyes wide open, he asked the communication staff loudly: "Unknown aerial bomb, what is going on, report immediately... >

Facing the eyes of all the officers looking at him quickly, the communication staff officer body.Can't help trembling, facing the chief of staff and others.Quickly opened his mouth and responded: "Sirs, I don't know the specific situation... >

"The destroyer Chunfeng just reported that the Chinese bomber dropped a new type of bomb...>

Seeing a group of stunned officers, the communications staff continued to report: "Not only that. The captain of the destroyer Chunfeng also reported that this kind of bomb specially designed for combustion can generate very high temperatures in an instant. The deck of our warship, here Under this kind of high-temperature burning, persist for up to 2 minutes, and it will be burned...>

It instantly generates a high temperature enough to melt steel, and can make the point of impact as the center, with a radius of tens of meters.A new type of bomb that all turned into a sea of ​​flames.

After listening to the communication staff report, Colonel Tano showed a shocked expression on his face.However, this shock did not last long before being covered by an incredible expression.Facing the communications staff.He asked loudly: "Impossible, absolutely impossible...How can the backward Chinese be equipped with such advanced aerial bombs. Your Excellency Commander, this is absolutely impossible. The destroyer Chunfeng must be lying about the military situation...>

but.Just before his voice fell.Another communications staff officer who appeared in the command cabin immediately after, used the telegram in his hand again.Answered the authenticity of Da Ye Dazuo's incident.

Hearing another communication staff officer's report on this new type of aerial bomb, he hadn't waited for Colonel Tian Ye to speak again.Major General Jintian, the commander with a gloomy face, has already spoken: "It seems that we still underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Ninth Army."

After finishing speaking, a pair of sharp eyes were placed directly on Mr. Tian Ye who had not yet woken up from this fact.He ordered loudly: "Chief of Staff, I will give you 1 minute to immediately count the specific losses of each destroyer. At the same time, order all ships to strengthen air defense, and use the speed advantage of the ships to avoid fire from the air as much as possible... >

Colonel Tian Ye used semaphore and radio to count the specific losses of the six destroyers.The six bombers that were in charge of attracting firepower just now have launched continuous attacks on the six destroyers after losing the anti-aircraft firepower to block them.

Without the harassment of anti-aircraft anti-aircraft artillery, the ordinary infantry weapons in the hands of Japanese naval officers and soldiers could not do anything to bombers at an altitude of 500 meters.

The six bombers were like retaliating against the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery for shooting at themselves.Along the sailing direction of the Japanese warship, from the beginning to the end, directly dropped a series of incendiary bombs.

Immediately, the six destroyers that had just controlled the fire on the deck were once again shrouded in flames from the explosion of the incendiary bomb.

For warships with better luck, only one or two incendiary bombs hit the target.Then, on the deck of the warship, two fire zones that can be controlled are instantly created.

With less luck, the entire warship, from head to tail, was baptized with incendiary bombs.As the fire spread rapidly on the surface of the warship, the entire warship looked like a huge torch floating on the sea from a distance

Watching helplessly, the six destroyers were constantly enveloped in flames under the ravages of Chinese bombers in the air.The commander, Major General Kaneda, even has the intention of "suicide".Because he is very clear, according to his subordinates' description of this incendiary bomb: If the current situation cannot be changed immediately, it will not take long for the fire burning on the deck surface to spread to the cabin below the deck.At that time, even if the entire warship did not explode, it would be burned to a pile of scrap iron.

Of course, the heartache is heartache, and the commander, Major General Jintian, also secretly felt grateful for the order he issued before the war.Because, so far, I haven't heard any sound about the explosion of ammunition.

There is no sound of ammunition explosion, which means that the arsenals of all destroyers are still in a safe state, and all ships in the entire fleet are also temporarily in a safe state. [

As an excellent commander of the Japanese Navy, Rear Admiral Kaneda is not a passive person to be beaten even though he is proud.After receiving the latest loss intelligence report on the anti-aircraft guns of various ships, he opened his mouth directly.

"Without anti-aircraft artillery, the six destroyers are completely under the attack of Chinese bombers. In addition, we can't just watch the six destroyers be broken up by Chinese bombers and burnt to a pile of scrap iron."

Speaking of this, Major General Kaneda directly ordered with a dignified face: "Chief of Staff, immediately send a signal to all destroyer captains. All destroyers. Quickly approach the battleship Fuso and the two cruisers. With the remaining air defense on the battleship and cruiser Firepower, hit the Chinese bomber formation as much as possible. And quickly move towards Qingdao. As long as we bring Qingdao into the attack range of our naval guns, the final victory belongs to our Great Japanese Empire."

Through the description of his subordinates, Major General Jintian already knew part of the power of the incendiary bomb.However, nothing is known about another power of incendiary bombs: super oxygen consumption.

The destroyer Chaser was hit by incendiary bombs from beginning to end.The entire deck building was enveloped in raging fire.

Facing sudden incendiary bomb attacks.Hundreds of devil soldiers standing on the deck, without exception, were all swept by the fire.The lucky ones jumped into the sea with their bodies full of fire, and escaped the catastrophe by chance.Bad luck, no surprises.All were burnt to an unrecognizable corpse.

In a blink of an eye, on the deck of Nuo Da's destroyer, there was no longer a living kid in sight.

As for the little devils hiding in the various cabins of the warship, although they don't need to endure the burning of the fire.However, the difficulties they had to face next also easily killed them.

Raging fire.With the help of a large amount of combustion accelerant, it quickly swept across all surface buildings and decks of the warship.In a blink of an eye, the communication channels between all the cabins of the warship and the outside world were completely isolated by the raging fire.And this means the oxygen outside the cabin of the warship.It is impossible to break through the raging fire between the two and enter the cabin of the warship.

Small warship cabins.Dozens of little devil officers and soldiers need to consume a lot of oxygen, and the blazing fire at the door of the warship's cabin also needs to consume endless oxygen.In less than a minute, the oxygen in the cabin, which was still very sufficient, was drained by the burning fire at the door of the cabin.

Without oxygen, it means that the little devils officers and soldiers who are still hiding in the cabin cannot breathe.Coupled with the metal partitions in the cabin, as the fire continued to burn, it had been burned red.The temperature in the cabin of the warship also increased sharply as a result.

Little devil officers and soldiers slowly began to be suffocated to death in the cabin of the warship due to high temperature and lack of oxygen.

The combustion accelerant attached to the surface of the warship was exhausted, and the raging fire that swept across the surface of the warship was also instantly extinguished.

Looking down from the sky, the entire warship is like a piece of red-hot iron floating on the sea.In addition, more than 140 officers and soldiers of the destroyer Chasing Wind died in battle due to incendiary bomb attacks or lack of oxygen.The warship that had just started sailing at a fast speed stopped immediately because of this, floating motionless on the sea.

The commander, Rear Admiral Kaneda, gave the order, and the remaining five destroyers, with their decks constantly burning with fire, quickly approached the flagship battleship Fuso.Only this warship floated motionless on the sea surface.

Seeing that the sea surface was getting farther and farther away from the fleet, the destroyer Chasing Wind remained motionless.The face of the commander, Major General Jintian, suddenly turned livid.Facing the chief of staff behind him, he asked loudly: "Mr. Tianye, what happened to the destroyer Chasing Wind, why didn't it move closer to the flagship...>

The chief of staff, Da Ye, hurriedly replied: "Commander, I don't know about the humble position...>

The commander, Rear Admiral Jintian, while shocked, continued to order: "There is no response. Could it be that the more than 100 imperial officers and soldiers on the destroyer Zoufeng were all killed in battle... Impossible, the warship did not explode or sink to the bottom of the sea. More than 100 people, how could they all die...>

Commander Tian Ye didn't dare to be negligent in the slightest, and quickly responded: "Your Excellency, please rest assured, the humble officer will immediately let people continue to contact the destroyer Chasing Wind...>

After taking a deep look at the still motionless destroyer Chaser floating on the sea, he heard the whistling of planes constantly ringing above the fleet.A resolute expression immediately appeared on Major General Jin Tian's face.Facing Chief of Staff Tian Ye, he decisively ordered: "We cannot expose this fleet to the attack range of the Chinese Air Force just for the sake of a single destroyer."

"The communication department should try to contact the destroyer Zhuifeng as much as possible. Once the contact is clear, order the destroyer Zhuifeng to catch up immediately. The entire fleet, don't stop there. The target is Qingdao, China, and move forward at full speed...>

Five destroyers gathered around the battleship Fuso.Although it is under the protection of a total of ten anti-aircraft guns from battleships and cruisers.However, the number of anti-aircraft guns owned by the entire mixed fleet is too small after all.With ten anti-aircraft guns, it is almost impossible to form an anti-aircraft fire net over the entire escort fleet. [

The first bomber squadron has a total of 12 bombers, with remaining ammunition, like a swarm of flies staring at eggs with seams.As long as there is a slight loophole in the Japanese air defense fire, they will dive over fiercely.

A bomber roared past through a hole in the anti-aircraft fire network.A black incendiary bomb fell from the sky and appeared over the Japanese mixed fleet.

And in order to allow the remaining five destroyers to be shrouded in a limited air defense fire net as much as possible.The formation formed by five destroyers, two cruisers, and one battleship can be said to be unprecedentedly dense.

A black incendiary bomb came down.There are always one or two incendiary bombs that hit the target accurately and explode on the deck of the enemy warship...>

A total of 12 bombers took turns to go into battle until all the ammunition carried in the belly of the aircraft was exhausted.

[-]st Bomber Squadron, in follow-up bombing.Although no substantive results have been achieved.However, the only ten anti-aircraft guns that the Japanese mixed fleet can rely on, at this moment, there are only six left.Let the anti-aircraft fire net covering the fleet have more loopholes.

The [-]st Bomber Squadron came with regret.Withdrew from the battlefield smoothly.

The Japanese mixed fleet, Rear Admiral Kaneda on the flagship Fuso battleship.Saw the bomber drifting away.After ten minutes of tension, my heart finally relaxed.Just when he was secretly feeling grateful, the next scene in the sky made his heart sink into a trough once again.

The 12 bombers of the 12st Squadron had just disappeared on the edge of the sky.Another [-] black dots representing bombers slowly appeared in the sight of all the little devils.

Facing the Japanese mixed fleet with only six anti-aircraft guns left, and the second bomber squadron with sufficient ammunition, of course they would not be polite.

An attack group of three fighter jets, round after round, continuously launched dive attacks on the Japanese mixed fleet.

Incendiary bombs weighing up to [-] kilograms, like rain, kept hitting their targets and fell on the deck of the already chaotic Japanese mixed fleet on the sea.

The Second Bomber Squadron had 240 incendiary bombs. Because the Japanese army's mixed fleet formation was too dense, it was amazing that more than [-] incendiary bombs hit the target accurately.

More than fifty incendiary bombs that hit the target, what kind of results will the second bomber squadron get?

A destroyer died directly because the deck above the ammunition depot was completely melted and pierced by incendiary bombs.

Dozens of tons of ammunition exploded, and it exploded internally, which is definitely not something a destroyer can resist with only tens of centimeters of thick armor.The explosion sounded, and the second half of the entire destroyer was blown to pieces in an instant.A large amount of seawater also poured into the cabin along the huge gaps.

From the beginning of the explosion, the entire destroyer was completely buried on the bottom of the sea in less than a minute.

A destroyer, because the deck above the engine room was completely burned through.Nuoda's power room, unluckily, was hit by an incendiary bomb again.

How can the boiler with huge pressure in the power cabin withstand the attack of incendiary bombs.

In less than a few minutes, several boilers in the power cabin of the warship exploded one after another.There is no boiler to provide continuous power for warships.The entire warship, even if it looks intact on the surface, can only slowly separate from the fleet and float on the sea like the destroyer Chaser... >

One destroyer sank on the spot, and one lost power and had to withdraw from the battle.This was the immediate result achieved by the [-]nd Bomber Squadron.

When the 12 bombers left the battlefield in the sound of cursing from the Japanese naval officers and soldiers on the sea, they flaunted their might.The third bomber squadron, longing for the battlefield for a long time, was like a pack of wolves smelling blood, and rushed towards the Japanese mixed fleet that had suffered heavy losses.

Round after round, the four bomber squadrons each completed a round of attack missions.The Japanese mixed fleet has only one destroyer that can barely keep up with the speed, two cruisers that have received varying degrees of damage, and one battleship that has lost its anti-aircraft guns.

In terms of cost alone, destroyers are not at all comparable to battleships and cruisers.Therefore, Major General Jintian did not feel any heartache for the large loss of destroyers.However, when a reminder from Chief of Staff Tian Ye came to his ears.The face of Major General Jintian, who had not taken it seriously just now, suddenly turned pale.

"Your Excellency, Commander, there are no flexible destroyers. The remaining battleships and cruisers of our army are too large to pose any threat to the submarine force. My humble suggestion is that for the safety of the three ships, we must retreat immediately. Otherwise, once the enemy submarine forces encircle us, if they want to retreat, they will not be able to escape the torpedo attack of the enemy submarine force...>

Major General Jin Tian, ​​who suddenly woke up, ordered with a terrified expression: "Submarine troops...>