The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

On the bridge of the "Shinano" day battle ship, Toshio Abe looked into the distance with a high-magnification telescope through the fully enclosed porthole.The rays of the setting sun are gradually constricting their physical power. On the rough sea, a strong water vapor gradually fills the lower sky, foggy and hard to see clearly.

"Is the China Fleet still on its original sailing direction?"

He asked without looking back.

"Hi! The latest investigation results are yes. It seems that they have no plans to evade. I'm afraid they want to take advantage of the night to engage us head-on!"

The communications officer had the latest investigation results from the Americans at hand, and he dictated them without any typos.

Toshio Abe was silent for half a minute, then turned around suddenly and came to the map table, swept away other useless signs, fixed his eyes on the South China Sea Fleet that came down from the north in a straight line, his cheeks were so hard that his flesh To stand up.

"It's not right! With the quality of the commander of China, you shouldn't make such a mistake! They must have a plan!"

Toshio Abe suddenly punched the top, and said decisively, "Immediately send the order, this ship and the 'Izumi ship' will immediately change course, the right rudder is 45, and the distance from the enemy ship will be increased. At the same time, notify the Americans and ask them to send a lot more Guard our flanks with thirty fighter planes!"

"Hey? Your Excellency, what do you mean to say that we won't cooperate with the main force of the Mi Army?"

The chief of staff was slightly taken aback.But his level is too low, and his words don't carry much weight.

Toshio Abe snorted coldly: "According to the plan of the American people, we don't know how we will die! Don't forget that as long as the Chinese people show an ignorant posture, there must be a conspiracy! According to the general rules of engagement, at this time The battlefield has a radius of [-] nautical miles, and wireless communication should be blocked by them. But the reconnaissance plane can still send back messages. It is too obvious! In addition, we cannot be the primary attack target, as long as we achieve the purpose of luring the enemy. In short, absolutely You can't follow the enemy's will!"

"Hi! Got it!"

The communications officer quickly relayed his orders to every ship on the right.

After the follow-up construction by the Americans, the two Yamato ships and the rest of the Japanese ships were all equipped with a joint communication system.basically.The flagship can make phone calls to all ships at once, which is much better for the transmission and accuracy of orders.

Toshio Abe also had to admit that the scientific and technological power of the old empire was not comparable to a rising star like them.

The two Yamato ships turned right quickly, and their huge bodies split a white wake on the sea surface, which was extremely clear.

Just less than three nautical miles away from them, a drop-shaped black submarine quietly floated up from below, with its periscope erected high.Staring at the force composed of thirty or forty ships going away.Not long after, a small unmanned reconnaissance aircraft was ejected pneumatically from a vertical channel on the side of the bridge, flew to a height of nearly a thousand meters, circled like a big bird, and transmitted the picture to the interior of the submarine from a distance.

"Hey! You little devil is going to run away! Our fighter planes haven't arrived yet, so you're going to kick your ass, hehe, that's really cunning! It seems that the higher-ups are pretending to be stupid too much. Let them see something strange gone?"

The captain smiled, and simultaneously transmitted the investigation results to the fleet.Don't forget the ridicule of talking to yourself.

It is indeed a bit unconventional, serious, it is to carry out communication jams, and then launch bombardment openly, open the situation with three strikes, five divisions and two, chasing and killing all the way.Doriso!However, Chief Chen wanted to take a big bite the first time he made a move. The situation was so unclear that no one could understand it.

"Report! The enemy patrol plane is approaching and is expected to arrive above me in 3 minutes. Please take evasive measures immediately!"

The radar officer reminded in time, and the captain looked at the seductive buttocks of the distant enemy ship reluctantly, and sighed: "It's a pity, we are always training partners, and we can't be the main force! Release the towing antenna, and the submarine sinks." !"

The two sides of the cigar-shaped submarine are full of bubbles, and the body of a giant whale with a displacement of more than 3000 tons is submerged underwater, leaving only an aqua-painted shield antenna with a diameter of less than half a meter to float and sink. , to maintain signal contact with the drone.

In 3 minutes, a seaplane passed slowly from a height of 300 meters.

The main force of the South China Sea Fleet is still moving straight forward, and it seems that it is about to penetrate into the encirclement of the US 19th Fleet one behind the other.At the critical moment, it should have deflected to the left. When the night came, the right-hand forces of the Yamato, which outflanked them, turned right, which immediately confused the Americans on the left.

Major General Mitchell scolded angrily: "****! Damn Japanese, how dare they change their plans! Are they really that afraid of the Chinese?"

The chief of staff teased lightly: "They lost so badly, they were frightened out of their nerves long ago? If they have been ordered and banned, maybe they won't fail completely! It's really... hopeless!"

Letting out a deep breath, Mitchell said with a gloomy face: "Forget it! Leave it alone! I don't believe that the Japanese talk about shame. Let's continue to move forward according to the plan! At night, I will see how the Chinese make moves." !"

"What about the air support they're asking for?"

"Give it to him! We have to do what we have to do, and we can't mess up because of some unexpected situations."

Mitchell's overall view was still very strong, and he decisively agreed to Toshio Abe's request, and the air guard fighter immediately separated a part and flew to the sky on the right.

From the very beginning, the U.S. military has made up its mind to play night battles, so a considerable part of the carrier-based aircraft are night fighters, such as f7f, which has excellent performance, long range and strong firepower. The strength gap between the enemy and us.

At this moment, the sun had completely set, but both of them knew that the opponent was in that direction. The forward light cruiser of the left fleet was already on a parallel line with the forward of the South Sea Fleet, and the horizontal distance between them was no more than [-]. In the sea, as long as anyone turns to the inner line, he can enter the shelling range within an hour.

Even now, the anti-ship missiles of the two "Taishan-class" battleships can already reach the core of the Americans.

But first, the second air confrontation between the two sides has already started!

The attacking U.S. fleet shot a feint from the front, leaving a part to continue to maintain a frontal attack posture, and the main force was divided into two.Conflicting left and right, they made a big circle of at least [-] kilometers and went to the back, stabbing their tails like two arrows!

The formation of the South China Sea Fleet has been extremely shrunk, and there are basically no light ships left alone, such as destroyers.Avoiding being destroyed by the opponent one by one, the enemy plane just killed it nearby, and faced the interception of dozens of Flying Sharks who were so worry-free.But this time, with the assistance of the ship's radar, they formed a fortified "Wall of Flying Sharks", firmly stuck in the line of defense, not giving an inch!

During the time of entanglement, the formation of Skyhawk attack aircraft that took off has already circled a large arc and intercepted the front of the Yamato formation!

Darkness fell.The surface of the sea is so gray that you can't really see it. Except for the airborne radar scan, you can't see anything with the naked eye.The huge ship, which was maneuvering fast and irregularly, was scanned from [-] kilometers away, and the signal burst out with a strong signal.

It was the first time for the air force colonel leading the team to catch such a big target, his whole body was on fire, he laughed and said: "Guys! We have won a big prize, so don't be shy. Kill them with all your strength! Attack!"

"kill!"

The elegant sky knights shouted murderous words.Twelve Skyhawk attack aircraft with the front drive turned to one side, the jet engines were powered on, and rushed out of the clouds at an altitude of more than 6000 meters, soaring all the way to supersonic speed, forming an extremely contracted cone array end to end. Arrows are like piercing towards the sea!

The sky above the Yamato fleet.The warning fighters that were originally released and the [-] or so aircraft that were sent out as follow-up reinforcements have gathered, and the total number has reached more than [-]. They are divided into batches of high, medium and low, hovering in the airspace [-] to [-] kilometers away, fully concentrating.Be vigilant.

On the top of the towering bridges of the two Yamato ships, the power of the American radars was fully turned on, and the hot beams were constantly scanning the air and the sea. The radar officers didn't even dare to blink their eyes, for fear of missing every suspicious signal.

Just when the Skyhawk fleet suddenly broke through to an altitude of 4000 meters, a small jump peak suddenly passed over the circular black and white screen. The radar officer trembled all over, and hurriedly issued an order to retest and confirm that there were no more bright spots around. .

Probably a large sea bird passed by.Or, is it a reconnaissance plane?In short, it is not enough to have a large number of enemy planes.

He breathed a sigh of relief just now, and continued to pay attention cautiously.Not long after, the radar scanning signal from the other side came over, this time at an altitude of 3000 meters. It was still a relatively large signal, but the distance was shortened by at least ten kilometers in a short period of time.

In the blink of an eye, ten kilometers, what does this mean? !

Suddenly, a current from the tailbone of the radar officer rushed straight to the forehead, as if the Du meridian had been opened, his hair stood on end, he jumped up in a gaffe, and screamed: "No! It's a Chinese fighter jet attack! Alert! Send an alert!"

In the world, there is only one thing that can be faster than sound and can also form a clear signal on the radar, and that is Chinese jet fighters!Even if you haven't seen it, you've heard of it!

The exclamation of the radar officer spread throughout the communication compartment like a plague, and then spread to the command system of the entire battleship. Toshio Abe couldn't help but tremble when he heard it, but his cheeks were still resolute, and he yelled at the copper pipe: "Attention all, enter the emergency combat state! The anti-aircraft turrets are fully alert and ready to fight!"

The anti-aircraft turrets on the two super battleships are mobilized together!

The firepower ratio of the two Yamato ships transformed by the Americans has undergone tremendous changes.The secondary turret completely abandoned the 155mm bulky guy and replaced it with four 152mm American triple-mounted models.Even though it is only 3mm smaller, the overall weight has been reduced by nearly one-third, while the rate of fire has doubled!

The biggest change is the anti-aircraft firepower. It completely abandoned the Japanese's fucking triple-mounted 25mm cannon and the garbage 127mm high-angle gun, and changed it to an American mk12 type 38-fold barrel 127mm high-level dual-purpose gun. There are 12 seats and 24 guns. !

After that, there are a total of 28 4mm Bofors guns in quadruple mounts, 40 double mounts, and a total of 20 60mm cannons. The entire battleship is alive and armed like a hedgehog!

What is a forest of turrets!This is!Fully loaded with a 76000-ton steel monster, it attacks the ground and the sea. There are three triple-mounted 460mm heavy guns, 12 152mm rapid-fire guns, and 24 precise 127mm guns. This has covered various strike distances of battleships, cruisers and destroyers. It can be called omnipotent !

对空的。超过万米的127mm、3000米的40mm、1000米的20mm配备齐全，总数近200门炮！那打起来，简直跟火山爆发没什么两样！

This is a firepower platform floating on the sea!

At the order of Toshio Abe, thousands of the last elite officers and soldiers of the Japanese navy from the two giant ships rushed to their posts, turrets were erected in a row, and the shells were loaded.The electric fire control radar and the artificial gun sight moved together, each locked on a piece of airspace, and their fingers touched the switch trigger.

On the radar screen, the ghostly signal jumped again, and it has already approached below the height of 1000 meters, and the distance is less than [-] meters!

The fighter plane that went to intercept according to the order had just turned around at this moment, and rushed towards the nearest one.Can't see anything!The performance of their airborne radar is in a mess, and it barely supports air combat, and it's nothing more than a large-scale search?Quick response, what a joke!

The attack is coming soon!

Judging from past experience, the incoming enemy plane should have released a heavy glide bomb!The Chinese Air Force has never forcibly broken into the battleship prevention and control network.There is a precedent for throwing bombs at close range, and even suicide attacks.

Although I express complete contempt for this style of not daring to work hard.Toshio Abe also has to admit that he has the conditions and the capital to kill your battleship without sacrificing the pilot casually, and there is nothing he can do if he is not convinced.

But what is going on now?Obviously there should be a bomb roaring, but there is no movement at all? !

A battleship with more than 2000 people.For a while, except for the roar of the engine, there was no human voice, and thousands of ears were pricked up to listen.

"I'm coming!"

Two battleships, one cruiser, all air-to-air radars are aimed in one direction.Locked on to that dazzling signal source, watching it rushing forward at an astonishing speed!

Toshio Abe stopped drinking: "Turn on the light!"

The high-power searchlights on the three battleships were all turned on in that suspicious direction. Dozens of gorgeous beams of light, as thick as buckets, intersected into a beam of light like a giant skyscraper, and shot towards the front of the incoming aircraft!

This is another night battle strategy developed by the US military!To deal with Chinese night fighters, light control alone is useless, it is better to do the opposite, imitating the experience of the Army's air defense, using searchlights to assist in aiming, and using dense anti-aircraft guns to target and strike, it is more effective!

Dozens of beams of light are gathered together, and they are dozens of times brighter than the sun. They are densely intertwined and illuminate the airspace of several kilometers. The sharp-eyed observation post can see a little bit of starlight refracted in the illuminated area, like a meteor. shoot!

It must be admitted that the integration of the experience of the Americans and the night combat level of the Japanese can often produce some unexpected effects.This time, they really used primitive radar and clumsy tactics to find the location of the Skyhawk attack plane.

The sudden lighting of the spotlight dazzled the pilot's eyes.Fortunately, both the cockpit glass and the visor of his flying helmet have excellent reflection capabilities, and he will not be blinded by the sun during the flight.

Now, swept away by the dazzling beam of light, his field of vision was completely white, and he couldn't help exclaiming: "Fuck! And this hand?! Spread!"

The conical formation of twelve fighters disintegrated abruptly, each flapping its wings and scattered in all directions, including the first fighter, and a horizontal roller maneuvering sideways to escape from the scanning of the beam of light, and hid in the dark!

Their actions were too fast, and it took only a second to count, and they separated like heavenly maidens.

On the radar screens of the three warships, a spot of light suddenly turned into a whole. The radar officer was stunned, and stammered, "Oops! Oops! There are many of them!"

Toshio Abe ordered decisively: "All fire at will! Shoot!"

Dozens of turrets, which were tense to the limit, fired first. The 40mm Bofors cannon and the 20mm Oerlikon burst into explosions that were denser than firecrackers. There were at least a hundred and thousands of turrets guided by the beam of light. The shells swarmed away, and the density even caused at least one-tenth of them to collide, and the rumbling explosion colored light, blasting the sky brilliantly, as gorgeous as the fireworks in the first month!

The first Skyhawk attack plane, which bears the brunt of the blow, feels bright lights in all directions, countless explosion fragments and swishing tracer bullets weave into a net, brushing against his tail like a meteor shower. The ferocity is dense, if it hits, he will turn into a hornet's nest on the spot!

ruthless!Really cruel!

In just a few seconds, the "Izumi" battleship at the forefront of the Skyhawk fleet turned into a revived volcano!Including the 127mm high-level dual-purpose guns, the muzzles of the firing guns flashed, and the sea surface with a diameter of hundreds of meters was shining brightly. The majestic hull of the ship was reflected in an extraordinarily large, criss-crossing explosion fire net, which seemed to be impenetrable!

But for a high-speed attack aircraft, all of this is not a problem!

The captain cheered: "Kill him!" He took the lead and plunged sideways between several tracers. The distance of only 2000 meters was only one breath, and he passed quickly. Under the wings, two 500 kg aerial bombs with hardened heads Unhooked at the sound, the fighter jet skimmed over the towering bridge, leaving two oval-shaped big guys rolling at subsonic speed, smashing hard on the deck!

The battleship "Izumi" has a full 55mm surface deck, a 230mm main deck, and a 50mm inner lining armor, like tofu cut by a knife, passing by in a row!The bomb packed with huge kinetic energy violently tore open a hole as thick as a water tank at a [-]-degree angle, pierced through three obstacles, and was deeply embedded in the root of the bridge.

"Boom!"

Two thunderous bangs and dazzling rays of light reflected the sky! (to be continued..)