The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

"Finally hit the top! Presumably the little devil will think that luck is good!"

After receiving the news from the reconnaissance plane, Zhu Bin didn't feel nervous at all, and laughed and teased.

Chen Shaokuan, who was opposite him, couldn't laugh no matter what, he repeatedly gestured on the map with a tense face, and raised his head after a long while to ask: "Han Chen, can you ensure your battle plan? You know, God It is not so easy to guide the Japanese army to be fooled by unforeseen circumstances."

Zhu Bin pointed at the top of his head indifferently: "Everything is under our control. Although the South China Sea is large, there are only a few available waterways. If the Japanese army wants to guarantee the victory, it must find our real body. The best way There is nothing better than following the reconnaissance plane, or casting a net all over the ground to find it, but the initiative is not in their hands."

Recklessly?Only a fool would do that. The so-called plan to attack the army must be based on the right time, place and people, and you can't blindly compare weapons and equipment. That's the bottom line.Especially when the military equipment is not as good as others, it is even more important to use more out-of-the-box tactics to minimize the gap between the enemy and us.

"Our first move is to divide his troops first!"

The reconnaissance planes used by the task force are all long-tailed ones. If they fly slowly, they can easily run five or six thousand kilometers, and they also have night vision capabilities. As long as he doesn't want to come down, he can spend a day and a night in the sky without any problems.Moreover, the firepower of the equipment is not weak. In a real fight, the Japanese army's water reconnaissance planes are not big.

The two reconnaissance planes entangled in the South China Sea. It seemed that no one could do anything about it. The two big guys on Zhu Bin's side turned around and ran away.But I don't know about linear regression.Instead, it flew high towards the Philippine Islands on the east side of the Zhongsha Islands.After receiving the report, several reconnaissance planes of the Japanese Army distributed in that area immediately intercepted, but they were not as flexible and bold as the opponent. They ran out of fuel after chasing and chasing, and watched the opponent run in. The US fleet could already be found below Change, had to return.

But this did not distract the Japanese army. The reconnaissance planes in several other places opened up a search area as wide as 1 kilometers, and advanced the investigation with the Zhongsha Islands as the center. It took nearly a day to find it.The opponent's fleet is turning a corner and heading east, as if it is going to enter the Philippine Islands to find American asylum!

"We can't let them slip past!" Minai Mitsumasa made a decisive decision and ordered "King Kong", the leader, to lead three heavy cruisers and half of the light cruisers and destroyers forward at high speed.Intercept and take off forty fighters to bomb, and never let the opponent escape successfully!

Zhu Bin has a great relationship with Americans!The escort cooperation has been for three years, and they have given a lot of money to several fleets in the Pacific Ocean of the United States for nothing, but they have fed those guys enough. If they hide in Luzon Island, they can only stare blankly!

Mitsumasa Minai didn't notice that the distance between them was nearly 350 kilometers, which was just over half of the range of their carrier-based aircraft. If they rushed over directly to launch an attack.If you leave after fighting, you can still go back, and it will be difficult to chase after a while!

Just when the forty fighters had just flown more than 100 kilometers, the entire task force suddenly turned again, turned around and headed south towards the Nansha Islands!

The Japanese military planes did not hesitate to change direction and chase, and they were about to fly over the opponent's head. They could already clearly see their relatively compact formation, pulling out flight tracks on the sea surface, that special clearness The square stern looks absolutely weird.But the fuel gauges of all the fighter planes were beeping red to warn the police!

Only then did they notice that they had already flown [-] kilometers away, and if they turned back directly, they could still reach the opponent if they flew forward tens of kilometers.But it's hard to say whether I can go back.

what to do?After urgently requesting the fleet by telegram, twenty Japanese fighter planes dropped their bombs unwillingly.He accelerated his dive and swooped down towards the broken destroyer group, trying to give the opponent some color with a heavy machine gun.

Just as they approached a distance of 15 kilometers, on the scattered destroyers, each of the three dual-mounted 127mm high-level dual-purpose guns fired at once, and hundreds of cannons formed a seemingly sparse, but in fact full of threat in the air. Barrage, first block their way!

The speed of twenty Japanese planes is enough, but the armor is as weak as ever, and any shrapnel can be injured. In addition, there are too many misfortunes encountered in the previous air force bombing, and the shadows left behind are too large. Maneuvering and dodging, this circle takes a few minutes, and the density of the opponent's artillery fire is obviously astonishing, every few seconds is a barrage of barrages, what's more, all the battleships rise thick smoke in a wide area, not long It's so difficult to see their real bodies clearly, just like the smoke from the explosion in the air!

"Damn it! Shameless coward! Use this method to avoid combat!"

Seeing that the extra voyage after dropping the bomb was about to be exhausted, a group of fighter planes turned around and turned back after they had no choice but to fly [-] to [-] kilometers away, when they saw the fleet below turn around again and continue to head towards the Philippine Islands.

After receiving the report, Minai Mitsumasa's face changed several times, his eyes rolled rapidly and he thought for a while, then he said decisively: "Order the squadron to continue to intercept and make sure not to let him escape!"

The chief of staff of the fleet, Taiichi Miki, proposed: "Your Excellency, Commander, we think that it is entirely possible to advance southward with the main force and directly push the opponent's fleet to attack head-on! At the same time, note that the United States must not accommodate the China fleet and must not interfere in the war between us. US President Roosevelt There was such an agreement last year, which should meet our conditions."

Minai Guangzheng said with a sullen face: "You can't pin your luck on the Americans keeping their promises! Those unscrupulous guys can be bought if they have money! In addition, you don't realize that the Chinese people have ulterior motives in choosing this place as a battlefield Is it?"

"No intentions?" The staff officer headed by Miki Taiichi was startled, and hurried back to the map to figure it out carefully. Only then did he notice that this place is in the middle of the South China Sea, where Indochina Peninsula, Hainan Island, Xisha Islands, Zhongsha The archipelago, Huangyan Island, and the Philippine Islands are in a line, dividing the thousand-kilometer-wide sea into six pieces, forming six different waterways.If the fleet on your side rushes over.The opponent has a lot of room to escape!

Miki Taishi was very ashamed, they didn't notice that such a group of staff officers couldn't help but punched the map, and shouted: "Baga! The cunning Chinese people have such an idea. It's a pity, Under the investigation of our air force, he is destined to fail! The commander chose to intercept here, very wise and wise!"

Minei Guangzheng was not happy at all, and poked his finger to the south and said: "It's not enough! You should pay attention, the south is the Nansha Islands with a vast area, many islands and complicated and dangerous sea conditions! We can't rule it out. They want to guide you My fleet chases it in, and it's hard to say what kind of dangerous situation will happen at that time!"

This... Miki Taiichi disagreed.In such a complex place as the Nansha Islands, large ships may run aground if they are not careful.about the sea conditions there. The Japanese navy is very familiar, are the Chinese, I'm afraid it's too much?Their fleet is so dilapidated, who will come to investigate the hydrology here?

Minei Guangzheng seemed to have read their minds, and said again: "Don't forget! That Chinese man Zhu Bin has made many secret deals with other countries. It is not ruled out that they have obtained detailed hydrological data and sea state maps!"

"Hi! Understood!" Taiichi Miki really admired him. Your Excellency the Commander is really thoughtful. People who are not very familiar with international affairs will not think of this kind of thing.

The second wave pursued the air force and flew quickly, but encountered the same problem as the first wave.The opponent calculated the distance accurately, and what is very annoying is that they seem to have specially calculated the time of their take-off. When chasing after them, they just happened to turn south again. It seems that they really hid in the Nansha Islands mean!

The squadron headed by the "King Kong" has already crossed the imaginary dividing line at this time, and has reached the south of Huangyan Island, advancing more than 100 kilometers. The task force seems to have no courage for a decisive battle. Without hesitation, he ran south in a straight line.When it was dark, the vanguard flagship had already entered!

"Death!" King Kong's captain Kakoji Kishimoto snorted contemptuously, ordering the fleet to slow down and the destroyers and submarines to move forward to prevent the opponent from attacking.He does not believe in a slow persecution posture.These guys will really hide in the archipelago obediently and never come out.If they really want to escape, they can run along the safe channel!

In the tropical monsoon climate where there is no cold all year round, the sea surface temperature in the South China Sea is so suitable that one cannot lift one's spirits. After the sun sets, the cool wind blows across the deck, and the coolness makes all the naval officers and soldiers who have been nervous for a day feel comfortable. I'm going to lie down and can't get up.

However, no one in the task force that penetrated halfway between the islands dared to relax. They cautiously followed the radar navigation to get out of the dangerous channel, and then detoured to the outer safe sea area. Taking advantage of the night, they accelerated to go north!

On the bridge of the 201 ship, Chen Shaokuan looked up at the clear sky full of stars, and asked Zhu Bin worriedly: "It is very dangerous to launch an attack in such weather! The night observation ability of the Japanese army is amazing! It is said that the eyesight is the best. Moonlight and starlight can detect targets three kilometers away, and the overall night combat capability is strong, so we have to be careful!"

But Zhu Bin said confidently: "Mr. Chen, relax, I won't do anything I'm not sure about! There will be a storm tonight, and no matter how good their eyes are, they will only be blind!"

The South China Sea is rainy all year round, especially in this area, which is the main path of tropical storms blowing from the Pacific Ocean. From time to time, a strong wind and heavy rain will make people drink a pot.Now they can't see any changes above their heads, but they can see at high altitude that dense rain clouds have already passed by the offshore area of ​​​​the Philippine Islands.

Twenty warships made a big circle, and quietly circled to the side of the Japanese squadron from more than 100 kilometers away from the west side. At about three o'clock in the morning, the radar showed that the distance between them was already fifty kilometers away. At this time, a gust of six or seven winds swept a rain cloud with a width of four to five hundred kilometers from the east against the sea, and the squadron headed by the battleship "King Kong" happened to sink in. , The ship swayed violently with the waves, and the pouring rain made them unable to see anything clearly!

Colonel Kakoji Kishimoto's face darkened immediately!This situation is too bad!If the opposing fleet took the opportunity to escape, it would be difficult to find their traces. Even if it was only seven hours a night, it would be enough for them to escape to an area where no fighter plane could be found, and take a detour!

"Notify Your Excellency, Commander of the Fleet! The police are on alert to let the Chinese escape!"

After he gave the order, he immediately ordered the ships: "Be vigilant! Prevent being attacked by the Chinese submarine! They have the kind of weapons made by Germany!"

The Germans were not kind enough to say it, and the confidentiality of China's warship manufacturing was seriously insufficient. Although there was no specific disclosure quantity and performance indicators, the news was conclusive.In addition, in exchange for Japan's own aircraft carrier technology, they had to provide information they were interested in, which made the Japanese navy very nervous.

Japan's submarine force is relatively large, and its combat thinking is different from that of ordinary people. Other countries know that this thing is mainly used for breaking diplomatic relations. Unless necessary, it is best not to use it to fight against warships.

But Ri himself doesn't think so. Their guiding ideology is to confront enemy warships head-on, so the displacement is very large, and the barrels of the guns are getting thicker and thicker!

With the current bad weather, they take it for granted that the opponent's submarine will definitely not miss such a good opportunity. Although the underwater situation in this sea area is very complicated, the submarine may sneak attack at night under such circumstances. die!

But he never imagined that when the destroyers and light cruisers formed a double-layer security circle around the battleship, and were trying to open their eyes wide and turn on the sonar to scan around, two amphibious ships armed with six 6mm cannons The attack ship approached quietly to a distance of about 280 kilometers. A total of twelve gun barrels worked hard to stabilize under the firing of their respective fire control radars, and suddenly opened fire at the moment when a breaking wave surged!

"Boom! Boom!" The twelve large pipes sprayed out fiery flames, instantly vaporizing the dense rain in a space with a diameter of nearly [-] meters. Shattered and evaporated, strange holes were opened in the sky, and they swarmed towards the violently shaking sunships in the distance in the dark world in a perfect arc!

More than ten seconds later, a shrill howl like a train passing through a cave descended from the sky. The destroyer on the periphery suddenly heard a thunderous rumbling overhead, and immediately rang the alarm in horror. Before the "King Kong" could respond , I heard a series of deafening explosions "rumbling" around me, and water columns more than [-] meters high were pushed into the sky by the shining fireballs!

"Enemy ship bombardment!" The shrill cry tore through the night sky! ! .