Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 569
"Captain! Enemy aircraft, the direction is 70 degrees to starboard, and the number is 70!" The air observer on the battleship "Hyuga" in charge of peripheral security said loudly from the mast to the commander Takasu Shiro on the bridge.

"First-level alert, enter combat preparations." Takasu Shiro said expressionlessly.

The soldiers on the ship immediately got busy, moving boxes of ammunition onto the deck, and the sailors began to work on the two machine guns erected near the bridge.Seeing this situation, Takasu Shiro shook his head. The mission of the garrison fleet is anti-submarine rather than air defense. It is difficult to deal with such a large flying bombing team with only two quadruple machine guns. "Send power to the Yamato, tell them that we have encountered an air strike from the Chinese, and ask for immediate reinforcements!"

After receiving the news, the light cruiser fleet of the Sendai, which was in charge of the periphery, received an order from Yamamoto and immediately moved closer to this side.

"Found the prey! Found the prey!" At this time, the command plane saw the turning guard fleet, and immediately used the communicator to convey an order to the aircraft formation under his command: "Attention, attention, all enter the dive route, follow me! Follow me! After speaking, the nose of the plane was pulled, and the huge and seemingly clumsy big-headed fly made a dexterous rollover in the air, and then swooped down towards a warship at high speed.

"The enemy is diving! Fire! Fire!" I saw one Chinese plane after another roaring down.Takasu Shiro's adrenaline began to soar rapidly.

"Bang!" A ship-mounted 4.7-inch gun next to him fired into the air, and then the anti-aircraft machine guns also began to roar, and soon the artillery of other warships also started firing, and the time-delayed shells exploded black flowers in the air. , while a shuttle of tracer bullets intertwined in it, spreading out a gorgeous big net in the sky.Obviously, the warship wants to use this kind of artillery fire to scare the enemy planes, at least it can force the Chinese bombers not to drop bombs accurately.

But they are wrong.Faced with this kind of crazy air-to-air attack, the Chinese are very sophisticated. After all, many of them have participated in countless air-to-sea combat exercises, so it is commonplace to deal with this kind of defense.Under the command of Fu Chongguang, the first batch of Bluebirds to attack deftly penetrated the enemy's fierce anti-aircraft firepower net, descended rapidly towards their own target, and opened the bomb bay at the same time.Two huge water jets rose from both sides of the cruiser "Sawauchi" flying the flag of the squadron, and the cruiser stopped immediately.Then a 500-kilogram bomb exploded on the sea surface very close to the "Sichuanuchi". The violent shock wave damaged two turrets and tore one side of the ship's side, causing many water leaks inside the ship.However, due to the strong partition of the ship's cabin, the ship did not sink, but it could only break away from the formation.

Then Fu Chongguang aimed at the cruiser "Ayanami" which was doing evasive actions.Two Falcon planes swooped in and dropped two bombs directly on the towering bridge of the warship. The beautiful bridge was immediately submerged in a sea of ​​flames, and Captain Jiang Lanzhi was bombed on the spot. died, and the power system of the entire warship stopped immediately.

Several three-aircraft formations immediately seized this fighter, and after circling several circles in the sky, they continued to attack the warship. The "Ayanami" was hit by several bombs again, and a fire ignited on the right side of the deck. Suddenly, the fire spread to the entire deck. After 10 minutes, it turned around slowly, an explosion occurred inside the hull, and it quickly sank to the bottom of the sea. It was terminated before seeing the horizon of Jeju Island.

The air strike lasted for 10 minutes. By the time the carrier-based plane slowly arrived, the Chinese plane had already left, and the wreckage of four destroyers and a cruiser were left on the icy sea. Of course, for the United Fleet , this battle is just the beginning.

Although this bombing did not cause serious losses to the main fleet, it greatly affected its advancing speed.In addition, the mental impact is also very large.After all, this kind of thing flying in the sky can appear anytime and anywhere, God knows when it will suddenly appear again.

Depressed Yamamoto did not expect that the huge combined fleet had lost five warships at a time before reaching Jeju Island. A decision was made, that is, the entire fleet continued to sail westward in order to throw off the maximum range of the opponent's bombers.Then turn back to the east and enter Jeju Island again. At the same time, the carrier-based fighter jets are ordered to expand the cruising range, increase the number of attacks, and block the Chinese air force as much as possible.In this way, the United Fleet turned again, all turned to the right rudder, and soon deviated from the original route and headed northwest.

Yamamoto never dreamed that the changes he made would be discovered by the Chinese immediately. Telegrams from submarines and reconnaissance planes were sent out one after another. Zeng's hands.Lin Taizeng seemed very satisfied when he saw this report on the enemy's situation. After all, all the enemy's movements are within his expectations. After all, changing the course of Yamamoto will increase the original voyage.In this way, a lot of time will be wasted, and your own troops can better grab a favorable position and take the initiative.And now the main force of the Beiyang Fleet has sailed out of the East China Sea and is moving towards Jeju Island at high speed.

"The fleet changed its course and headed southwest to fully meet the opponent's fleet!" Lin Tai once thought that the time was right, so he decisively issued an order to fight.

At 7 a.m. on July 1, the Beiyang Fleet began to change course, and all warships headed southeast. As a result, the two armies were almost in full-scale high-speed confrontation, and Yamamoto was still ignorant of this matter. .Of course, according to the position report indicated by the submarine and the aircraft, Lin Tai thought that if he continued to maintain this state, he would be able to launch an air attack on the enemy fleet in the afternoon of the day after tomorrow.So he immediately sent electricity to the Ministry of the Navy, put forward his own views, and once again asked the reconnaissance force to be more detailed in the reconnaissance of the combined fleet, so that he could correctly judge the opponent's movements, so that he could grasp the opponent's movements more accurately.

Just when Lin Tai was gearing up for a big fight, the reply telegram from the Ministry of the Navy also arrived.Looking at this telegram, Lin Taizeng's mood immediately dropped to freezing point.For the Admiralty not only rejected his request to attack, but ordered itself not to rush.As the planner of the entire strategy, Lin Jianzhang has to consider the whole more.Although the Beiyang Fleet's preemptive strikes can have unexpected effects, if the battle starts in the afternoon the day after tomorrow, it will greatly affect the attack efficiency of your troops. When your plane returns, it will inevitably land at night, and this This tactic is also very dangerous in peacetime, let alone in wartime.

Flocks of planes are flying around like headless chickens in the dark night. It is really easy for many things to happen. More importantly, if this assault does not cause losses to the enemy, then the plan I have worked so hard to make will be destroyed. It was in vain.What's more, night combat is one of the navy's best tactics.

So Lin Taizeng immediately changed his tactics, and the huge Beiyang Fleet set up a battle formation in the sea 900 square kilometers west of Jeju Island.The entire fleet is centered on the Zhonghua 1 battleship and the Yangtian heavy cruiser of the Second Battle Fleet.The Hurricane aircraft carrier of the Second Air Force and the escort command ship Nutao are 1 kilometers west of the Zhonghua 12 battleship.The aircraft carrier Storm and the escort Haitian of the Third Aviation Team are located 1 kilometers east of the Zhonghua 13, and as the soul of the entire fleet, Lin Taizeng’s flagship aircraft carrier Gust and the escort battleship Yuntian are located on the Zhonghua 1 10 nautical miles in front of them, and in front of them, the cruisers Dingyuan, Weiyuan, Zhenyuan, Jiyuan and some gunboats form a peripheral defense network, and on both sides of the main force of the fleet, there are fifty submarines. battle formation.As a result, a huge cone-like formation was formed west of Jeju Island, like a sharp sword ready to be unsheathed at all times!
After the fleet lined up, a flight captain who was performing a flight patrol mission over the fleet described what he saw in his diary: "We were flying a Bluebird fighter jet to perform a combat patrol mission. During this flight, What really impressed me was the huge perfect steel garland built around the Zhonghua No. 1 ship. In the center of the garland is the flagship of our entire Beiyang Fleet, the Tornado, surrounded by a group of light ships. We The squadron of fighter jets passed over their heads several times, and the scene was really shocking. This may be the most spectacular fleet that has ever appeared on the earth, and I think the British Royal Navy can't compare with it."

Lin Taizeng has already set up his position here, while the reconnaissance and harassment of the United Fleet by the Chinese reconnaissance force over there is still going on.The submarine force of the Imperial Navy suddenly appeared at the rear of the combined fleet, where there was a formation of human logistics supply ships. These submarines fired about 8 torpedoes at this formation, four of which hit the target, two tankers and an integrated supply The ship was sunk.The destroyers in charge of defense on the periphery immediately carried out an intensive sweep of the waters, but nothing was gained.

Half an hour later, the air wing belonging to the Chinese Navy Air Force appeared on the starboard side of the destroyer formation on the right wing of the joint fleet. At an altitude of 5000 meters, 500 kilograms of bombs were scattered in the nearby waters or on the deck of the warship. Yamamoto immediately ordered the organization to fight back. The battle lasted for 10 minutes. When Cong's carrier-based plane arrived, the Chinese plane quickly flew to high altitude and left the battlefield at high speed.

(End of this chapter)