The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

Chapter 252

There is always a big gap between ideal and reality!Without enough detailed and reliable information support, any misjudgment of Zhu Bin's forces will make Major General Yoshida Zengo understand a truth, the one who suffers, after all, is himself!

The pursuit fleet had just passed the Yangtze River Estuary and less than 100 nautical miles away. Dozens of hundreds of small aerial bombs fell like hailstorms in mid-air. Each one was not big, and it weighed [-] pounds at death, but it seemed careless. Randomly sprinkled without a target, but it scared him a lot!

"Boom! Boom...!" Hundreds of huge explosions caused clear water columns to rise up like a forest, scattered among the fleets in a battle formation with a width of ten nautical miles, among which the "Kaohsiung" did not know where to start Didn't he worship God before, and he was hit by two aerial bombs!

Fortunately, the two aerial bombs were not big in size and did not fall fast. One end fell on the bow and starboard side of the ship. "Boom" exploded two large groups of fireballs with a diameter of more than ten meters. Flying a large pile, the carefully laid surface structure has been cut off a layer. The upper deck with a thickness of only 35mm has little resistance to aerial bombs falling in a straight line above 3000 meters. The fuze was too sensitive, and it still unceremoniously squeezed out a hole the size of a washbasin, stuck in the middle and exploded violently!

The result of the second aerial bomb was great. First, the small boat hanging outside was completely lifted up, and the suspension cable was pulled sideways while rolling. It fell into the sea in a piece of debris splashed by sparks, but the unlucky thing was a 120mm dual-purpose gun next to it!

I don't know if it's a design problem or Ri himself is reluctant to use materials. The four 10-year-style 120mm high-level dual-purpose guns distributed on the upper deck on both sides have no turrets and no shielding armor. They were blasted apart by an aerial bomb. The result was extremely tragic. First of all, the five or six soldiers around were helpless, and were directly torn into pieces by the fierce explosion. The blood evaporated into a thick mist, and the meat pieces flew out with a burnt smell and smoke Many meters away, the inside of the paste is everywhere on the tall and bloated bridge!

Fortunately, the deck and supports are thicker than other places in the area where the naval guns are placed, and the aerial bombs were not drilled down, but the super-sweeping impact force tore the entire cannon off its base, and rolled. After turning over more than ten meters, there was another crushing and collision in the place they passed, and it was a mess!

"Baga?! What's going on?!"

Yoshida Zengo almost had a heart attack. After he let out a strange cry, he immediately understood that it was an aerial bomb!Overhead of the fleet, there are enemy bombers!

"Damn it! What the hell is the incompetent reconnaissance plane doing? They were flown overhead and didn't notice it!? Where did they all go?!"

Knowing that the opponent has a strong air force, it is impossible not to conduct a pre-warning search, but because the opponent's air combat capability is too overwhelming, they dare not take off in large numbers, but several reconnaissance planes continue to search in all directions. questionable? !So, didn't these guys even notice the incoming enemy plane? !

Only a ghost can be found!

All 27 two-seat bombers were hidden in the thick clouds.Relying on the coordinate data provided by the guide and scouts of the unknown location---in fact, the semi-stealth lifeboats, they flew along the coastal mountains all the way to the Yangtze River and then turned around. Because the distance is 1000 kilometers, in order to ensure the maximum The speed of the voyage was not fast. After flying in a big circle for more than [-] kilometers, it came here, just in time for the tail of the fleet.

With the powerful radar detection and scanning functions of the lifeboat, it is too easy to avoid the Japanese patrol planes. Take a chance and plunge into the clouds, and then send a squadron to drop some bombs from the predicted position at an altitude of 6 kilometers. The purpose is not to sink the bombs. How many ships are damaged by the opponent, the key is to disrupt their pursuit expectations and force them to change course!

The "Sea Eagle" (originally called Wuou, readers thought it was ugly, so it was changed) is a huge two-seater bomber, with a length of 16 meters, a bomb load of two tons, and a maximum speed of 430 kilometers in level flight. Easily climb to an altitude of 8300 meters, such data can not be caught up by any Japanese fighter plane, but the four heavy cruisers below are not easy to bully, each with four 4mm dual-purpose guns, and 120mm dual-purpose guns The dual-mounted naval guns, what's more disgusting is that the maximum elevation angle of each of the 40 10mm dual-mounted naval guns can reach 203 degrees, and the range is even 70 meters. Cannon call!

Coupled with the various anti-aircraft firepower of the "Kaga" and a large group of light cruisers and "Yukikaze-class" destroyers behind, bombers that are not very sensitive to turning and climbing cannot challenge the opponent's air defense capabilities as flexibly as fighter jets. It is not a last resort. It's not worth risking your life to do such a stupid thing. For the task force, human life is the first, and the achievement of the final combat goal is the key. There is no need to take too many risks to gain additional results.

Therefore, they only dispatched nine bombers to seduce each other, and threw a bunch of aerial bombs indiscriminately, and they made meritorious deeds immediately!

The Japanese fleet immediately sounded the alarm, and the "Kaga" adjusted its direction and sent fighter jets out desperately. The four heavy cruisers and light cruisers also began to release fighter jets to drive away the dangerous bombers---in case there are a large number of lunatics, suddenly After rushing down with a loud bang, God knows what tragic consequences will happen!As for the air defense technology and firepower equipment, it is still in the exploratory period. I really don't know if it can resist the opponent's abnormal flying speed!

The entire fleet changed direction, avoiding the opponent's ambush area, and the driving fighter planes and reconnaissance planes gathered one after another, bravely rushing towards the area where the suspicious enemy plane was located.

The nine bombers were like slippery loaches. When they saw the Japanese military aircraft group take off, they immediately pulled away and rushed out for tens of kilometers at high speed, pulling away some of the pursuing fighter planes. "It's another piece of aerial bombs falling!"

The shipborne anti-aircraft artillery fire began to roar! The firing speed of the 45-caliber anti-aircraft gun is not fast, but the height is definitely enough to drink a pot. When all the ships fired together, dozens of huge clouds of smoke bloomed in the sky in an instant. But the effect of repelling and threatening is enough!

The Second Bombing Squadron didn't stop at all after dropping the bomb, accelerated to turn and ran away!

The Japanese ship bombed for a long time without seeing a fighter plane being shot down, so I wanted to rest. The third bombing squadron had a pile of aerial bombs, not a large number, but they were always in front of the fleet's course, from 5000 meters above It takes a long time for the dropped bomb to hit the ground, but this kung fu plane has already climbed up and turned around and disappeared!

"Shameless coward! Cunning Chinaman!" Yoshida Zengo didn't even have the strength to shout Baga.He really didn't know what to say when he encountered such an enemy.

In his mind, as long as he has such a high-speed fighter and the ability to attack and infiltrate, then there is no need to think too much?Just dive down and bombard the battleship indiscriminately. Although it may cost a lot of casualties, the results will be very brilliant. Even if a dozen fighter planes are shot down, but a main battleship can be sunk, this The conversion sacrifice is definitely worth it!

But the other party's approach made him a little puzzled.Although this kind of harassment is dangerous, it can be avoided. It has no other use except to slow down their pursuit. Could it be that there are more valuable and precious things loaded in the dilapidated fleet in front, so they have to do this? Do it?

coward!coward!Fool!

Apart from cursing, there is nothing the major general can do!He didn't know how many enemy planes and bombs there were, and he couldn't take the risk that the main heavy cruiser would be blown up. This place was different from other places. Once he was ordered, God knows what tricks were waiting for him?If a few ships are blown to the ground, it will drag down the major plan of the entire fleet, and that is not worth the loss!

dodge!Constantly changing lanes to avoid!

The helpless Japanese fleet kept turning while firing anti-aircraft guns, and the 850 or 3000 fighter planes that took off also found the target, but they couldn't keep up with the speed, and the range was far worse---up to [-] Compared with the opponent's voyage of at least [-] kilometers, it cannot be compared!

Although the opponent's slender fighters are not as flexible as theirs, although the dog fights fiercely, it does not take advantage of it, but it does not prevent it from easily getting rid of the pursuit, circling non-stop at an altitude of 6000 meters leisurely, like a treacherous and greedy vulture , while tormenting the prey below to consume vitality, while waiting for them to slowly die and rot, and then calmly peck at the corpse!

Yoshida Zengo figured out the other party's intentions, and he hated him even more!With so many dangerous guys watching overhead, everything in the fleet has nothing to hide, and you have to be on guard against attacks at all times. If you are tense for many hours in a row, you will become exhausted. At that time Then facing the attack is very passive!

And depending on the situation, the opponent's bomber has ample range and ammunition load. While playing hide-and-seek with the destroyer group, while throwing bombs down in a cold, this kind of tossing method is shameless to the extreme!But for the chasing fleet, it is very useful!After doing this for ten hours, it is almost impossible to catch up with the enemy ship!

Gritting his teeth, Yoshida Zengo ordered: "Call Commander Shinjiro Imamura of the Third Fleet. Our pursuit of the enemy ship has been blocked. Please send a powerful ship to prepare for interception. The enemy ship will never be allowed to escape!"

After finishing speaking, he said again: "For the record, our imperial navy's top priority is to manufacture advanced high-speed fighters in the shortest possible time, and to make new estimates and improvements to the air defense capabilities of warships!"

This kind of problem is imminent now, and he led the team to attack and suffered consecutive defeats. This kind of humiliation cannot happen again, otherwise he really has no face to live on!

Under such entanglement, the pursuit speed could not be raised at all. In order to ensure the constant change of the channel to avoid being attacked by the aerial bombs, the overall speed had to be reduced, and the concentration was to deal with the bomb attack that was about to be dropped. Next, don't count on chasing or something.

And the Third Fleet of the Japanese Army outside Lingshan Bay is not going anywhere comfortably at the moment. When the telegram from Major General Yoshida Zengo came, Lieutenant General Shinjiro Imamura was yelling and reprimanding!