The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

explode!Fireworks!A cry of despair!The piercing screams of broken steel!The whistling wind blowing by the hurricane fire wolf passed by my ears...

Fletcher's eyes widened blankly, looking at the constantly flickering light in front of him without focus, the boiling sea, the head-butting soldiers covered in fire dancing, and the soldiers howling miserably. The whole person seemed to be sleepwalking, completely Lost self-control.

The combat staff officer next to him grabbed his shoulders and shook him vigorously back and forth, yelling with muddy saliva spraying from his mouth. The body lost its balance and was on the verge of falling!

The young staff officer supported him vigorously, and shouted: "General! We must abandon the ship and leave immediately! This ship is about to sink!"

"Abandon ship...?" Fletcher repeated like a puppet. After a few times in a row, there was a buzz in his head, and he suddenly came back to his senses. His eyes focused on the opponent's face, and then he looked back over his shoulder. Seeing that the originally majestic ship island was slowly collapsing in a very strange posture, a thick pillar of fire surged up violently from the root, and the head of the tongue of fire even licked the flagpole at the top, burning all the officers. After falling, he jumped off with a heavy hand and feet, and fell on the dilapidated deck!

The crisp sound of the limbs breaking, the muffled sound of the body hitting the horizontal armor surface exposed after the plank was blown away, struck his heart like a heavy hammer.

How did all this happen?

Ten minutes ago, two aircraft carriers far away from the battlefield were still sailing steadily towards the Korean Peninsula under the escort of more than ten ships. The last batch of night fighter jets roared past overhead, and the flashing lights signaled that, They have the determination to fight to the end.Fletcher was still thinking at the time that although the sacrifices of these people were tragic, they were of incomparable value.Because they traded for the safety of the entire task force.

But in the blink of an eye, several meteor-like things suddenly fell from the sky, the speed was so fast that people's eyes could only catch a trace of afterimage.Immediately afterwards, the entire body of the aircraft carrier with a displacement of [-] tons was suddenly shaken, and there was a dull and fierce collision sound, and the next moment, an earth-shattering explosion occurred!

An explosion originated from the middle and front part of the flight deck, and the starting point even went deep into the lower watertight compartment of the hangar. The power of the explosion was appalling, and the keel of the battleship was completely pierced and torn apart.The force of the upward recoil blasted a large hole with a diameter of more than ten meters, and the crazy flames swept across half of the hangar, tearing the dozen fighter planes left inside to pieces!

Finally, the torch that rushed out of the deck was tens of meters thick, and the high fireworks that rushed to the sky were even 200 meters high, which contained countless steel fragments and blasted corpse fragments. The thin horizontal deck, What's more, a huge mound was pushed up, and it was torn apart fiercely!

Another explosion.Clinging to the root of the island, the boundless force blew up half of the armored building block structure.It caused serious damage to the main structure, the main support was broken, a large hole was torn open, and the root was completely exploded. It was difficult to support the heavy upper steel structure, causing the whole to twist and collapse!

Up and down the island.Almost all the command system was completely paralyzed, and more than two or three hundred people were killed or injured on the spot!

On the deck, just after being lifted out of the hangar, the plane that was refueled and loaded with bombs was detonated, and the refueling truck on one side was also ignited.The sprayed gasoline spread to half of the deck, and the raging fire flowed around, flowing along the breach into the cabin below, causing a big explosion in the boiler of the power cabin!

Explosions one after another broke the keel of the entire aircraft carrier into three pieces. The cracks torn on the sides and the cracks at the bottom were filled with water, causing the whole ship to tilt rapidly, without even a chance of rescue.

Fletcher himself was almost blown away by the explosion on the spot. With the help of loyal and brave combat staff and guards, he stumbled and finally ran down. He managed to find a relatively safe place, but he had already tilted with the whole ship. With a slope of nearly [-] degrees, if you don't pay attention, you may slip down.

"General! Go! If you don't go, it will be too late!"

The people next to him kept shouting loudly, holding him up and about to jump onto the half-hanging lifeboat.

Fletcher pushed him away vigorously and shouted loudly: "Where is General Kondo? Why didn't he come down? We must not abandon any of our partners!"

The staff officer shook his head vigorously, and shouted with frustration on his face darkened by the fireworks: "He was seriously injured and unable to move. He has decided to sink with the battleship!"

Fletcher was stunned for a few seconds, looked dully at the island where molten steel started to flow down, and roared unwillingly: "Damn Chinese guy! We must settle this account!"

Then they jumped into the lifeboat together with the crew, untied the cable and fell on the sea surface with a plop. Several people used their hands and feet to slash away, far away from the burning aircraft carrier.

The gasoline engine of the lifeboat started to speed up and retreated, and it ran to a distance of one kilometer in a short while. Fletcher looked back and found another thick torch burning a few kilometers away. Obviously, the second aircraft carrier was also burning. After receiving the same heavy blow, it will not be long before it will be completely finished.

how so?Even though he was already so far away from the battlefield, he still suffered such a terrible blow!Fast!Accurate!Undetectable!Can't hide!Once hit, there is no cure... It is just like the legendary judgment of God, it is desperate!

Fletcher gritted his teeth, clenched his fists tightly, and forced himself not to lose his composure, but a huge wave surged in his heart. He finally had an intuitive understanding of the Chinese opponent.

However, the price was too heavy!

He also understands now that the one attacking his own ship is most likely the legendary super rocket weapon, a kind that is in the original research stage in the United States, the British have been involved in it a little, and the Soviets have installed fighter jets early, and joined the Out of the ranks of the artillery, the Germans began to throw into the bombing sequence of London, something frighteningly terrible!

Most of the Japanese Combined Fleet was defeated by this weapon; the U.S. Pacific Navy was also frustrated by this twice, and he experienced that feeling for the first time today.Unforgettable!

The dozen or so escorting light ships, obviously not worth the precious mysterious weapons consumed by the opponent, are still cruising around intact at this moment, with searchlights frantically sweeping everywhere, and beams of light frequently visiting the sky and sea, but all the efforts.It's all in vain!

A destroyer received the signal, leaned over, and let everyone on the lifeboat climb up. Seeing that it was Mr. Commander, the captain was surprised at first, but then he was relieved. Anyway, the boss is still there, and the commander of the fleet is still there Some are messing around.

Fletcher wiped his face hastily, and immediately asked the captain about his communication with other warships.

The destroyer captain was originally the most marginal figure in the entire fleet.He didn't have the ability to understand the overall situation at all, and with the electromagnetic shield activated again, he could only shrug his shoulders regretfully, and he didn't know anything except the visible ships around him.

Fletcher sighed helplessly, forget it, it's useless to worry about things now.Take one step at a time, at least.Save all the ships in front of you as much as possible.

More than a dozen light ships hurriedly continued to accelerate and retreat, completely dispelling the fluke mentality of following up to make a profit after a successful sneak attack by night fighter jets.

Obviously, Fletcher's choice was wise. In just ten minutes, he was a night fighter with high expectations.It has been wiped out quickly, and the loss is exhausted!

The "Moonlight" and P38, which have night combat capabilities, failed to withstand the double blow of missiles and large-caliber aerial guns, and were all shot down after a few laps; drones lost control and crashed one after another like headless flies; suicide kamikaze fighters , and they were simply called on one by one, and they were blown up in the air.There is no chance of loading the target at all.

The slower night reconnaissance planes followed slowly from behind, and could barely see the fireball exploding in front. Group fights, one after another crashed.

Some of the smarter seaplanes simply landed on the water on their own initiative if they saw something bad. Although they might be hit by shells or torpedoes at any time, it was better than turning into a ball of fireworks in the sky, and they might survive safely.

After cleaning them up, Xie Gangzhe took several capital ships, together with the outflanking heavy cruisers and amphibious assault ships, and pushed back towards the northern sea area. At a distance of more than ten kilometers, he continuously bombarded the two ships with naval guns. Dozens of holes of different sizes were punched out of the battleship that was in a hurry to escape.

The key protection adopted by the Americans seems to be able to effectively use the displacement and tonnage to provide the most reasonable defense effect, but when the weak area is approached by bombardment, it becomes a fatal shortcoming, and it is punched by high-speed armor-piercing projectiles. Holes from various angles , or blow up the keel, or blow up the power system. In short, under the attack of more than ten minutes, the two battleships were basically paralyzed.

Xie Gangzhe didn't have the time to grind them slowly. After throwing them away, he accelerated to the north, chasing the few remaining ships that retreated, and approached the few cruisers that stayed behind to provide fire support to the mouth of the Yalu River. He was about to eat them all. .

Behind, two light cruisers approached slowly, at a distance of more than ten kilometers, prepared the torpedo tubes, and then shouted at the battleships, asking them to surrender, if not, the torpedoes will serve.

Fletcher was completely unaware of all these situations, and he had already lost command of the entire fleet.The original task force with a neat lineup is now scattered into six large and small pieces scattered in the northern waters of the Yellow Sea, and it is impossible to gather them together.If they really want to get together, they will only become living targets.

The four battleships were the focus of care, and the battle in the middle of the night was carried out around them. All of them were hit by hundreds of shells. The first two ships could not be rescued. Most of the personnel had abandoned the ship and fled. Slowly sink.

The last two ships also refused to surrender, but they rushed to withdraw everyone at the first time. The slowly approaching cruiser had a bit of a humanitarian spirit, and just quietly watched them busy, saving precious torpedoes.

Of course there is a reason for doing this. Boss Zhu has spoken. If you catch foreign devils, you will be rewarded. They are all chips used to blackmail Yankees. The more the better!

The few heavy cruisers and other ships that were wandering around the northern coast did not get reminded at the first time. After the two Taishan-class battleships arrived nearby and sank their outer security destroyers, they realized that something was wrong. .

The remnant heavy cruisers belonging to the Japanese United Fleet were very decisive. They boldly assumed the heavy responsibility of covering, bravely rushed up to the battleships, and accelerated their maneuvers while firing.To divert and buy precious retreat time for other ships.

The U.S. Navy is also a bachelor, seeing things badly, decisively running away, and rushing towards the West Korean Gulf at full speed.

It didn't take long for several Japanese heavy cruisers to fire wildly before being pierced through multiple transparent holes by heavy shells from the battleship.The explosion caught fire, broke into several pieces and sank to the bottom of the sea. Most of the Japanese naval soldiers were buried and fed the fish.

The fleeing U.S. warships smeared and rammed into each other. In the absence of sufficient hydrological data, the fog intensified in the middle of the night, and the vision was poor. The four ships actually hit the reef and ran aground!

The rest of the ships ran back to the West Korean Gulf safely.But I didn't expect that the water depth in that area was so deep that it was not easy to maneuver after rushing in. The heavy cruiser with a displacement of more than [-] tons almost became a dehydrated turtle. Reconciliation is no longer possible.

On the other side, the amphibious assault ships and others chased wildly all the way to the mouth of the Datong River, and stopped after entering the range of the coastal defense guns set up by the Japanese army.After blasting a few shots from a distance, it doesn't matter whether it hits the target or not.Gradually withdraw from the opponent's strike range, turn around and clear all the enemy ships floating in the sea, and then return carelessly. At this time, the sky is already bright.

The entire northern part of the Yellow Sea is filled with thick gunpowder everywhere.The morning sun dispelled the mist, revealing pools of oil, broken boards floating with the waves, countless mutilated corpses, lifeboats in pieces, and so on.

The North Sea Fleet dispatched more than a dozen destroyers to search the net.Gather the floating surviving enemy soldiers one by one, regardless of life or death. When encountering a little stubborn Japanese army, they will directly bombard and kill them to the scum. They are merciless and ruthless, making the surviving American soldiers terrified!

Xie Gangzhe worked hard all night, and at dawn, the battleship returned to the vicinity of the Yalu River Estuary, as if it hadn't moved at all, but the situation was quite different.

He supported his sore waist, looked through the porthole of the bridge combat command room, squinted his eyes and looked at the sparkling sea under the sun, and sighed leisurely: "There are tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers, and ships with 30 to [-] tons were buried. The ancestors can also smile at Jiuquan?"

The chief of staff said with a relaxed smile: "In addition to Japan, there are so many foreign devils from the United States. It must be able to dispel the old grievances of the great powers who conspired and instigated secrets. At least a lot of interest has been collected."

Xie Gangzhe laughed out loud. His goal in life has finally come true for a key project. Even if he retires today and enjoys the rest of his life, he won't have too many regrets.Turning his head and looking to the east, there are still a few enemy ships lingering in the unknown place at the end of his field of vision.But it is conceivable that they will never have the opportunity to return to the United States.

This is destined to be the worst day for the US Navy.

At daybreak, Fletcher received reports from scattered ships in batches. Less than ten warships escaped from the north in a panic, and less than ten ships survived the two-wing attack group. Together with him, there were less than three ships in total. Ten ships were successfully separated from the battlefield. The total number was only a fraction of the previous task force, and their displacement and combat effectiveness were not even a fraction.

Among them, the ships belonging to Japan are almost completely lost, and the combined fleet can be said to have been wiped out so far. If it wants to rise again, there is no hope for 20 years. There must be a prerequisite, that is, there is no threat of war.But looking at the situation, the Chinese will definitely not give them a chance.

The loss of the Americans themselves is unprecedented.All four new battleships were destroyed, two heavy cruisers, several light cruisers and more than a dozen destroyers were smashed in. In addition to the loss of fighter planes, the sacrifice was much greater than the last raid on Ryukyu Island!It can be described as the shame of Fletcher's life.

The Allied Forces Command soon learned of the relevant situation, and everyone was so shocked that they were speechless for a long time.

The leaders of the Japanese army, even the most arrogant Hideki Tojo, were extremely disappointed by the tragic end of the navy. It was a waste of the strength that the empire had accumulated for a hundred years and worked so hard to build up. People are completely wiped out?What is the matter!

Of course they are happy to see the Americans suffer a great loss, but thinking of such a heavy loss, I am afraid that they will not be able to organize support for the ground attack in a short period of time. The Japanese army will face larger casualties next, and they are a little anxious Get angry.

Not to mention the Americans, MacArthur and others frowned and smoked fiercely, but were unable to evaluate this sudden situation.The tragedy is far beyond their acceptance, how will it end after that?

On the other side of the world, when President Roosevelt received the news, he had just delivered an impassioned speech to the people of the whole country, but he was immediately beaten with a sap, and sat by the stove in silence for more than ten minutes. Unbelievably, he repeatedly asked Harold Stark, Chief of Naval Operations: "Is this all true? Our powerful fleet was completely defeated by the Chinese in less than one night?!"

General Stark nodded helplessly: "That will not be fake. We underestimated the strength of the Chinese before. Especially under special weather conditions, their technological power may exert incredible power, leading to war Great disadvantage. We have to admit that there is no very good way for them at present."

Roosevelt's good mood was completely ruined, and he threw the telegram irritably, slapped the armrest of his wheelchair and shouted: "We have so many scientists, and even the British, French, and Japanese have opened up their scientific and technological research libraries. Helpless against the Chinese? Could it be that our battleships are all paper? Or are their battleships completely indestructible?"

Stark was speechless.What could he say, to admit that it was true?Obviously not, can you admit it?After repeating the results of the match several times, such an incredible conclusion can be drawn.Really, helpless! (To be continued..)