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    The black and red mushroom cloud rising into the sky in the center of Sasebo Bay shocked every eyeball.  High-quality update. For the pilots and soldiers of China and Japan, they have never seen a battleship of more than 30,000 tons explode in front of their eyes. Densely packed tiny particles of debris flew down from the top of the mushroom cloud, hitting the ground.  The sea surface stirred up countless ripples.  On the Yamashiro, the sister ship closest to the Fuso, the sailors were so cold that they even forgot to shoot in the air.  No one expected that the fleet flagship would be sunk in front of their eyes in the evening after receiving the order to prepare for departure in the afternoon!  Andthis seems to be the second bomb, right?

    Zhou Zhikai clenched his fists tightly, and the cabin was filled with joy.  The crew members all knew how powerful the "Rolling Thunder" was, but they were able to achieve such brilliant results in their first actual combat!  Still very excited.  It wasn't until the ground artillery fire became increasingly intensive that he ordered the two bombers behind to drop bombs.  "Shoot them down! Fire!" Sasebo's anti-aircraft firepower became more and more intense, and the officers finally woke up from the chaos and desperately called for the nearest fighter jets to support them.  As thousands of shells lit up the sky, Rolling Thunder II also entered the bombing channel.  "Rolling Thunder II called the knights, enter the bombing channel, help me divert the anti-aircraft fire." After the second Hai Hung VII called the fighter jets, the four Tianquan dropped flares again, and then used six machine guns to straf the port and the sea to lure  Some Japanese anti-aircraft firepower pursued them.

    "Baga, this is a bait tactic! Don't be fooled." On the Yamashiro, Captain Yuan Dingsan knew that this was a plan when he saw Tian Quan first sweeping out a string of fire spots on the battleship, and then quickly scattered around to escape.  Deliberately distracting his own anti-aircraft firepower, he personally climbed to the top of the pagoda-style bridge to direct the air defense.  Looking from here, Yamashiro's anti-aircraft firepower was fully activated, with four twin 127mm anti-aircraft guns and eight twin 25mm machine guns spraying shells into the sky.  But compared with cutting-edge warships from all over the world, the Japanese Navy's air defense capabilities are really unsatisfactory.  Moreover, the firepower of the two anti-aircraft guns is very low in muzzle velocity. Not to mention the hundreds of anti-aircraft weapons of the Yanjing class, the anti-aircraft firepower is not even comparable to the light cruisers of the Republic of China Navy.  "Fire, don't stop, let the destroyerboom!" Colonel Yuan Dingsan was still commanding desperately, but the battleship under his feet suddenly trembled violently, and the bow of the ship seemed to be pressed by something, and then there was a loud noise.  His whole body was off balance, and his eyebrows were firmly placed on the sharp angle of the bulkhead.  "Colonel, how are you?" "I'm fine. Where was it shot?" Yuan Dingsan endured the severe pain and stood up holding the railing with blood on his face. Only then did he realize that there was already a sea of ????fire in the direction of the bow of his ship.

    The first rolling thunder dropped by the No. 2 machine hit the bow of the Yamashiro. Fortunately, the bomb was still some distance away from the turret, otherwise Yamashiro would have followed the footsteps of the Fuso.  But even so, the bow of the Yamashiro was still directly blown off. The thick steel plate rolled outwards and opened. A large amount of seawater poured in, and the waterline dropped visibly to the naked eye.

    "Sir, the bomb penetrated the bow of the ship, seven cabins are flooded, and it is losing balance."

    "The high-pressure pipe ruptured and steam was leaking"

    "Inject water into the stern of the ship to maintain balance. How long will it take for the No. 1 and No. 2 power cabins?"

    ¡°Boom¡­.¡±

    When Captain Yuan Dingsan and his sailors struggled to save themselves, the second bomb followed, and the Yamashiro, which had extremely poor air defense capabilities, became a target!  Fortunately, because the thick smoke affected the vision, the second bomb landed more than ten meters away, and the splashing waves almost overturned a destroyer.  "Asshole, we've become a target! Let Ise and Higata leave quickly! Concentrate all the anti-aircraft artillery to protect them from breaking out." Due to the sinking of the Fuso, the command center of the second team was in trouble, so Colonel Yuan Dingsan saw the bomb  So powerful that he immediately assumed the responsibility of the flagship and ordered all-out efforts to protect the two Ise-class battleships that had not yet been attacked and leave.

    The current Japanese Ise-class battleship is not the historical Fuso-class successor ship, but two Lion-class battlecruisers that Britain half sold and gave away after the European War.  At that time, Japan bought it because it was worried that they and the two Tireless-class ships would fall into the hands of the Chinese Navy.  But no matter what, the two Lion-class battleships are better than the Kongo-class, and they also help Japan save funds to continue building the two historical Ise-class battleships.  Therefore, before the war, Japan used the Kongo-class as a template to roughly upgrade the two Ise-class ships. The basic surname was comparable to the heavily modified Kongo-class.  The old foundation of the battle patrol allowed the two Ise to react faster than the Yamashiro. At the same time as the Yamashiro was hit, thick smoke billowed out of the chimney and began to slowly maneuver toward the waterway.  High quality updates

    Seeing that the two Ise were about to run away, Rolling Thunder 3 had to give up the opportunity to bomb the Yamashiro and aimed at the leader of the Japanese ship.  "Let go!" At the captain's command, the fifth rolling thunder bomb rushed out of the bomb bay. However, not long after the bomb left the belly of the aircraft, the bombardier discovered that half of the red guidance light on the tail of the bomb was not on, making it impossible to guide it.  The Rolling Thunder radio-guided bomb was never allowed to fall into Japanese hands, so he immediately activated the radio self-destruct device.  With a roar, rolling thunder exploded about a kilometer above the head of the Sunrise. The shock wave swept across the deck and pushed the Sunrise aboard.??The sailors swept around and staggered around.  "The second one" Seeing that the first one failed, the No. 3 machine couldn't wait to drop the last "Rolling Thunder".  This bomb did not disappoint, accurately hitting the stern of the Japanese ship.  It can be clearly seen from the sky that when the fireball rose, the two carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft at the stern of the ship were lifted hundreds of meters away by the shock wave, and dozens of sailors were swallowed by the fireball.  The explosion also damaged the oars, causing the Sun to stall instantly and no longer be able to move forward.

    Six consecutive Rolling Thunders resulted in one sinking and two injuries, making the Rolling Thunder Squadron unable to suppress their loud cheers.  Unfortunately, due to insufficient numbers, not only was the Ise still speeding up, most of the warships in the harbor had also anchored and made fire, and some began to rush out of the harbor.  "Be careful, enemy plane!" Just when Zhou Zhi was driving in a hurry and didn't know what to do, several Japanese 96 warships rushing in rushed into the harbor from the darkness. The long flames dragged out by the machine guns swept across the evacuating area.  aboard Rolling Thunder III.  "I've been shot! I've been shot, cover me" As soon as the pilot of Rolling Thunder 3 saw that he had been shot, he immediately climbed up and tried to get rid of the 96-ship battle, while calling for fighter protection.

    The 96th Ship Battle that grabbed the No. 3 aircraft took advantage of its small size and flexibility. After the sneak attack was successful, it saw that the bomber did not respond and was still flying towards the sea, so it immediately circled back and prepared to attack again.  But this time he was out of luck. Like the B24, the H-7 was equipped with ten self-defense 12.7 mm heavy machine guns, so he was flanked by four heavy machine guns before he could get close.  In order to identify the direction and correct the trajectory, the machine gun bullets have a tracer bullet every five rounds.  Therefore, after the H-7 firepower was fully activated, ten blazing lines of fire suddenly sprayed out from the top, left, and right sides of the fuselage.  The Japanese pilot did not expect the bomber's firepower to be so strong, so he hurriedly dodged and tried to bypass the tail of the plane.  At this time, a Tianquan rushed from the side. With six lines of fire flashing, the Nine-Six Ship Battle turned into a ball of fire and exploded in the air.

    From the beginning, the J-8 was a fighter designed for air superiority, so Northern Raytheon Company specially named it Tianquan.  Compared with the Nine-Sixth Ship Battle, Tianquan's advantage was too great. If it wasn't night, even the bombers might not be able to get close.  But there were too many Japanese fighter jets. More and more Type 96 Ship Battle and Type 97 Army Aviation Fighters joined the battle from all directions. Zhou Zhikai suddenly felt the pressure increasing. Just when he ordered to retreat, there was a sound coming from the earphones.  made a quick call.

    "The wild boy calls for rolling thunder. The wild boy calls for rolling thunder. If you hear it, please answer."

    "Rolling Thunder heard it, Rolling Thunder heard it. We were attacked by Japanese planes. There were about twenty 96s and a dozen 97s" Zhou Zhikai heard the call and quickly summarized the situation.  Said it over and over again.  "Team Zhou, leave the rest to us. Wild boy! Prepare to clear the airspace. The first team deals with the ships, the second team bombs the harbor, and the third team prepares to lay mines. Repeat" Gao Zhihang finished listening to the situation.  After that, immediately deploy the offensive mission.  In order to achieve maximum results, the wild boy squadron he led was divided into three groups, carrying torpedoes, bombs and magnetic mines respectively, hoping to destroy Sasebo to the greatest extent.  After the order was issued, twenty-four night-fighting double-headed dragons took the lead in accelerating into the battle circle.

    Although Tianquan¡¯s combat power is very strong, it may not be able to surpass the two-headed dragon in a night battle because it has no radar.  Especially after the night-fighting double-headed dragon was changed to a two-seater, pilots could finally get rid of complex radar control and unleash the full power of the fighter aircraft.  Because the radar is installed on the nose of the aircraft, the night-fighting double-headed Jiao ensures the two 25mm cannons on both sides of the nose and moves the four machine guns to the wings.  Although the range is greatly reduced, it ensures the firepower required as an interceptor aircraft.  Since the radar at this time did not have a friend-or-foe identification device, before the double-headed dragon joined the station circle, the twelve Tianquan immediately accelerated to avoid accidental damage.  The high-quality update, with a speed of over 700 kilometers per hour, instantly left the Japanese aircraft behind. By the time the Japanese aircraft discovered a large number of incoming aircraft, the double-headed dragon had already roared into the battle circle.  The firepower configuration of two cannons and four machine guns was extremely powerful, and six or seven Japanese planes were shot down in the blink of an eye.

    After the Japanese fighter jets were entangled, Gao Zhihang immediately led a small team to descend.  "Three hundred meters! We must ensure the bombing height and speed of 300 meters. Your speed is too fast. It needs to be reduced to 180 kilometers!" Qiu Han knew that the critical moment had come. He just watched to see if the heavy torpedo could work, so  Regardless of the danger, he rushed to the cockpit and shouted a warning.  "Shut up! I know!" Gao Zhihang was also very nervous at the moment. If it were daytime, he could easily deal with it even at a height of 100 meters, let alone 300 meters.  But now it is night, and in the dim light, it is really a task that cannot be distracted to ensure that a plane of more than 20 tons and two heavy-duty torpedoes with a total weight of more than four tons are attached.

    After loudly telling his friend to shut up, Gao Zhihang was already sweating all over his body. As the altimeter pointer continued to approach the red zone, he and the crew all bit their lips nervously.  Because Sasebo is not a waterway that goes straight in and out, but is in an S shape, so the two-by-two Kaitoushichi must be careful of obstacles on both sides while staying close to the sea surface.  In these short few minutes, time seemed to have frozen, and the shells coming from both sides of the waterway made everyone experience what it means to be in a hail of bullets.  ??I saw it, I saw it!  "When the two Hai H7s rounded the last bay, Sasebo Port suddenly jumped into view. "Look, it's a battleship, it must be a battleship!  "As the co-pilot shouted, Qiu Han vaguely saw a huge black figure rushing towards the waterway, and excitedly shouted for Gao Zhihang to fire.

    ¡°Unlock the torpedoes and launch them!¡± Gao Zhihang shouted as two Hai H-7 dropped torpedoes three thousand meters away from the Ise.  As Qiu Han said to Bingwen, it is very difficult to airdrop heavy torpedoes, so in order to minimize the depth of water entry, he installed a small parachute on the head and tail of the torpedo.  The moment the four torpedoes left their pylons, the parachutes were opened to protect the torpedoes from entering the water at a slower speed.  At the same time, he also increased the air chamber to provide more buoyancy.  But Gao Zhihang couldn't wait to see the torpedo enter the water. The moment he dropped the torpedo, he jerked the operating rod and shot into the sky at the maximum angle.  While the two aircraft were climbing rapidly, the Japanese destroyer's anti-aircraft guns hit the No. 2 aircraft. With a ball of flame, the stalled No. 2 aircraft suddenly hit the mountain next to the waterway and exploded. All eleven crew members were killed.  .

    "Torpedo! Torpedo discovered!" Before there was time to celebrate the downing of the bomber, exclamations rang out from the battleship Ise.  If it were in the open sea, the Ise could still find a way to avoid it, but at this moment the battleship's power had not yet reached its maximum, and the steam pressure was only half, so while the bow of the ship was tilted at a large angle, two 550mm Yu-5 thermal power missiles  The heavy torpedo hit the starboard side at the same time at a speed of 45 knots.  Compared with the Japanese oxygen torpedo, the Yu-5 is not that powerful, and the 350 kilogram warhead is not as powerful as the 93 oxygen torpedo.  But even so, it is not something that a battlecruiser like the Ise can resist!  Two huge water balls rose from the port side of the Ise at the same time, severely lifting the modified hull of nearly 30,000 tons.  The explosion instantly ripped open two five-meter-large holes in the front bridge and amidships of the battleship, and seawater rushed into the seventeen nearby cabins.  Even the cutting-edge pre-war battleships cannot survive two heavy torpedoes, let alone old ships with poor underwater protection.  So the Ise battleship soon began to tilt, and a large number of sailors slipped off the deck, and even the left propeller was slowly exposed.  Hai Hongqi, who was following behind, did not waste torpedoes on the warship that was bound to capsize, and aimed at Rixiang and Shancheng, which were still drifting at sea.  The two incapacitated ships became targets. One torpedo after another passed under the feet of the Japanese sailors who fell into the water, impacting the battleship's not-so-thick underwater mine protection compartment.  In less than five minutes, the Illuminati and Yamashiro were hit by five and four torpedoes respectively. The steel hulls trembled and disintegrated in the explosion. The Illuminati that finally collapsed and torn was broken into two parts from the middle, and the Yamashiro was only  The support lasted less than ten minutes before the belly was exposed.

    After destroying the four battleships, the remaining Hai Hung Seven fired torpedoes at the three Kawauchi-class light cruisers.  Although this old-fashioned light cruiser with a displacement of just over 5,000 tons is flexible and fast, it cannot display its capabilities in a narrow bay. The two 76mm anti-aircraft guns have weak air defense, so it soon fell into the footsteps of the battleships.  .  At the same time, intensive explosions also came from the direction of the military port, and two hundred and forty 250-kilogram napalm bombs fell freely from an altitude of one thousand meters.  "Rumble, boom, boom" The ground shook continuously, and terrifying flames rose into the sky, instantly engulfing everything and human bodies within the radius.  Napalm is a cheap and simple tactical weapon of large-scale destruction. A large amount of napalm instantly explodes to produce high explosive temperatures and vacuum, which is enough to kill all humans and animals within the radius.  The most terrifying thing is that the fire will spread to all directions like water, and even after entering the water, it will not go out for a long time.  Therefore, under this indiscriminate napalm bombing, the sky in Sasebo seemed to be burned red. Fireballs and suffocating smoke were everywhere. The flames flowing into the seawater burned a large number of sailors who narrowly escaped from the battleship.  die.

    Looking from the sky, the entire Sasebo is burning.

    In the end, the eight Hai H-7 aircraft also planted forty-eight magnetic mines in the waterway, completely blocking Japan's most important naval base¡ª¡ª

    The war broke out!

    In the Japanese Korean Army Headquarters in Seoul, Colonel Mutaguchi Renya stood in front of Itagaki Seishiro with a fanatical look on his face, behind him were all middle and low-level army officers with burning eyes and blood-red eyes.  Low roars and excitement filled the air with enthusiasm.  "The day has finally come! Your Excellency, the General, the Chinese have provoked a war in the Soya Strait. We should take decisive action. It is time to preemptively seize North Korea and Manchuria and Mongolia, re-establish the empire's eastern continental barrier, and threaten our allies and ghosts.  We have proven the capabilities of the Imperial Japanese Army! Now is the best opportunity to unite with allies to defeat the Chinese! They are held back by the northwest with millions of main forces, so the North Korea has not even increased a single soldier. Your Excellency, General,  Please give the order immediately, and we will work together to break through the Yalu River, kill all the Chinese recruits, and establish the Manchu-Mongolian East Asian Imperial Paradise."

    "Although the order from Tokyo has not come yet, we can't wait any longer! China?There is a very complete railway network in Manchuria and Mongolia. Manchuria is also their most important and their second largest industrial area, with strong mobilization capabilities!  We must take preemptive action and take decisive action!  As long as we control Manchuria and Mongolia and seize the industrial facilities here, the empire will be invincible!  Behind him, Nakajima Imato, Lieutenant Colonel Morita Toru and Major Ichiki Kiyonao also stepped forward. They were all the most active war factions in the Korean military against China, so after learning that the conflict broke out in the Soya Strait, they immediately came to ask for early action.  .

    "What you said is all right, but" After the conflict broke out in the Soya Strait in the afternoon, Seishiro Itagaki sent a telegram to Tokyo to inquire about the situation.  But the order never came, so he was very anxious.  The fighter planes disappeared in a blink of an eye. If China was allowed to deploy its troops calmly, he believed that at least ten divisions would cross the Yalu River in forty-eight hours at most.  You must know that this is not the Manchu Army. The Chinese Army has been gradually mobilizing since a year ago. Although the country scorned their achievements in the northwest and said it was forged and fabricated, he himself still believed it.

    Therefore, if Japan wants to win, it must take it by surprise and attack it unprepared, but the order that has not come yet makes him hesitate.

    The leader, Colonel Muta, was very dissatisfied with this hesitation and did not dare to get angry openly. He had no choice but to continue to petition loudly: "Your Excellency, General, I went to China and Manchuria three years ago. We have very complete industrial capabilities here and can manufacture aircraft, tanks and  All equipment including warships, and a population of 80 million! If China is given time to mobilize, more imperial soldiers will die and bleed! So please make a decisive decision, General, and try your best for the empire!"

    Itagaki Seishiro took a deep breath. This kind of petition gave him a headache.  High-level Japanese officers like him are already a bit concerned about the lower-level officers below, and are very afraid that if they do something improperly, the situation will become uncontrollable again.  Therefore, he could not explicitly refuse the officer, but he also did not want to disobey the order.  what can we do about it?  Just when he was in a dilemma, sharp screams suddenly came from outside the window, and then buzzing sounds penetrated into his ears from all directions.

    "Who is flying at night?" Itagaki Seishiro and the officers were very surprised, and they opened the windows and looked outside.  "General! Report from Incheon Port, Chinese bombers were found" Before they could see the fleet, several officers rushed in with shouts.  "No! Quick, sound the air defense siren." Upon hearing this, Itagaki Seishiro realized something was wrong and quickly ordered to prepare for air defense.  Then he swept away the officers in front of him, gritted his teeth and shouted: "Let's attack as you said!" After hearing the order, Colonel Muta and others ran out without paying attention to saluting.

    But his order was still too late, or the top management in Tokyo was too hesitant.  Because when the air raid warning shattered the peace of Seoul, the Air Force's Ninth Strategic Bomber Group led by Xu Huansheng had already flown over Seoul from Huludao.  As one of the two bombing groups deployed by the Air Force tonight, his mission is to bomb Seoul and destroy the airport.  Seoul Airport is the largest airport for the Japanese and Korean military, with nearly two hundred aircraft, so as soon as the fleet passed through Incheon Port, he opened the magazine.

    Inside the magazine, there are neatly twenty-four "snake eggs"!

    "Snake egg" is a special type of cluster bomb that resembles a "lazy dog". It was first used as an anti-personnel cluster bomb in the first Afghan war.  After the war, technicians were still dissatisfied with the bombs at that time, so they changed the built-in steel balls into triangular nails. However, the shape of the triangular nails made the flight unstable, so they changed it to solid balls with a length of 4.5 cm and a diameter of 1.8 cm.  A small bullet made of steel with a tail fin.  Unlike high-explosive submunitions, snake eggs are directly killed by bullets.  Therefore, each standard 250 kg mother bomb contains 2877 bullets. After the air explosion, the "bullets" will spread rapidly, and the maximum damage area to unprotected targets exceeds 20 square kilometers!  This kind of bomb is mainly used to deal with large-scale personnel and outdoor targets. Later, the military found that it was very effective in destroying airports.  Because most airports are open-air and unprotected, bullets can easily penetrate the aluminum-wood fuselage and damage the aircraft's internal fuel tanks, engines and other structures.

    When Xu Huansheng arrived at Seoul Airport, a lot of artillery shells were already flying on the ground. A large number of Japanese pilots were rushing towards the plane, and the ground crew were also racing against time to start the plane.  "Maintain an altitude of 2,000 meters, form in groups of four and four, and continue to drop high-explosive bombs after the snake eggs explode." For Xu Huansheng, who has experienced the founding of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Afghan War, the Persian Landing War, and the war with the Soviet Union, the Japanese army's anti-aircraft firepower was different from the Soviet Union's.  The military comparison was really too bad, so he ignored the rain of bullets and issued the order to drop bombs.

    Due to the special surname of the "snake egg", Xu Huansheng and the other seven H-7s took the lead in lowering their altitude in order to prevent the "bullets" from hitting ordinary bombs.  "Boom, boom, boom" Shortly after the 192 snake eggs were dropped, they exploded one after another in the air. Under the impact of the explosion wave, more than 30,000 solid "bullets" instantly spread into a rain of steel.  The Japanese troops on the ground were still wondering why the bomb exploded at an altitude of a thousand meters, and their ears were filled with a sharp whistling sound.

    ¡°Duh duh duh duh¡­  "In the darkness, invisible and terrifying "bullets" fell from the sky.

    Oshima Tsuneji, who rushed into the cockpit, had just put on his helmet when the hatch glass above his head suddenly burst open.  Turning around, he saw a strange bullet piercing the dashboard in front of him, and the four tail fins were still spinning.  What's this?  Oshima subconsciously wanted to pull it out with his hand and take a look, but when he reached halfway, his head felt as if he had been hit hard by a hammer of several hundred kilograms. He tilted sharply to the right, and half of his head flew out of the cockpit.  "MajorAh!" The ground soldier who was preparing was so frightened that he was cut off from the waist by a bullet before he could take more than two steps, and his upper body flew far away with intestines hanging from his upper body.

    Thousands of bullets splashed and jumped among the aircraft fleet and personnel. Everything in their path was smashed and penetrated. Several Zero Fighters were directly hit by fuel tanks and exploded. Almost every aircraft was hit by several aircraft.  Ten bullets hit and penetrated, and he was paralyzed on the ground in an instant.  As for the exposed soldiers and pilots, they seemed to have become scarecrows in the strong wind. They fell down in pieces with tragic screams, and their stumps, broken arms, internal organs and blood instantly filled the tarmac.

    Before the Japanese army could figure out what kind of bomb it was, strings of high-explosive bombs followed.

    ¡°Boom, boom, boom¡­in just a few minutes, explosions were heard all over Seoul.  Warehouses, military camps, docks and seaports, power plants, oil storage depots, etc., all targets that could be vaguely recognized in the dark were bombed.  Although powerful ammunition such as napalm was not used, the sea of ????fire and shock waves rolled up by high-explosive bombs still devastated the city, leaving craters on the ground and large tracts of buildings collapsing in the explosion.

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    PS: Yesterday I sent my mother to the hospital for a follow-up consultation. She came back very late, so I forgot to send a leave request. Please forgive me

    (To be continued.)
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