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Text Chapter 991 Let¡¯s have a decisive battle!  Navy(5)

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    The enemy's artillery shells and our own artillery shells exploded around the Wumengshan.  The orange-red signal sent repeatedly was completely useless because the visibility was too poor at a distance.  Moreover, the Xi'an-class heavy patrol relied entirely on radio fire control radar to guide the artillery during night battles, so the weak signal was likely to be regarded as the flash point of the artillery shell by the lookout, but instead provided the coordinates for the Kumano 8 kilometers away.  "Boom!" A 210mm artillery shell exploded at close range at the stern of the ship. The water column caused the stern to tilt to the right. Only after Yang Tiancheng tried to stand firm did he realize that the destroyer's speed began to decrease rapidly.

    "What's going on? Was there a bullet?"

    "It's the propeller. The right propeller seems to have been hit by a near-missile"

    "You are trying to kill me!" Yang Tiancheng and the officers looked up to the sky and sighed.  What is the difference between a destroyer without speed and a target?  What¡¯s even more annoying is that the sound sounds like it¡¯s our own 210mm artillery shell!  I really want to vomit blood.  For the battle to reach this level cannot be described as unlucky.  "Captain, what should I do?" The navigator's face was distorted, and his crooked mouth kept twitching.

    "If you fight hard, you might end up becoming a martyr!" Since he couldn't run away, Yang Tiancheng simply broke the jar and threw it.  Anger arises from the heart, and evil arises from the side of courage. No matter which side you are on, you have to kill one of them, otherwise you will die no matter what.  So he grabbed the gunner's collar and asked, "Have the torpedoes been reloaded?"

    "Four have been installed."

    "Okay, follow my command and prepare to launch!"

    "Launch? Captain, to whom"

    "Bullshit!" Yang Tiancheng glared at the dumbfounded gunnery commander, picked up the phone and shouted: "The main gun listens to my orders, prepare anti-aircraft bombs, and report the distance of Japan's heavy patrol."

    "8500 yards, 8000 yards Boom boom boom Port side, near miss! Water on deck 7500 yards, 7000 yards! Full port rudder, launching towards Kumano  Torpedo!" After Yang Tiancheng ordered, the swaying Wumengshan used only one propeller.  Quickly turning to starboard, Kumano fired four torpedoes.  Before the torpedo hit the target, he shouted again: "Main gun, high anti-aircraft angle, fire at full speed!"

    "Boom, boom, boom" Three twin 120mm high-level and flat dual-purpose cannons sprayed shells into the night sky at a rate of 16 rounds per minute.  The cannonballs soaring into the sky formed a string of dark red colors, which were particularly obvious on a rainy night.

    "Sir, something seems wrong!" This string of shells finally made the Kunming Heavy Patrol leader feel strange.  To know.  It's the middle of the night, it's windy and rainy outside, who would have nothing to eat and carry out air defense operations?  "Do you want to surrender? Temporary ceasefire! Use the international channel to call the target" The captain of the Kunming immediately called to stop the bombardment and asked the officer to use the international channel to call the small spot targeted by the radio radar.  But no matter how hard the correspondent tried, the radio waves were as silent as a cow in the sea.

    "Captain, the distance is getting closer!" The captain of the Kunming was confused, but the ever-closer distance made him dare not mess around.  Just when he was about to resume the bombardment, a fireball actually lit up behind the "Japanese ship" that was firing randomly into the sky.  "Son of a bitch. Come on! You're here! Japanese bastard, if you want to hit me, just practice for a few more years!" When the gambling torpedo finally hit the Kumano, Yang Tiancheng and the sailors went crazy.  There was no image at all. He was waving his hands, jumping his feet, and shouting hysterically to vent his anger from being chased and beaten just now.

    "Sir! Found Morse code, the warship shooting into the sky is sending Morse code." At this time.  Kunming's lookout finally discovered the mast light signal that appeared and disappeared in the waves among the dark red lines of fire shooting toward the sky.

    "say what?"

    "Say, say"

    "Hurry up, say something!"

    "The signal said. I am Wumengshan, the bastard who beat me"

    ¡°¡­¡±

    The Wumengshan was saved. Although the light signal can drive people crazy, you can't continue to fire on your comrades just because you were scolded a few times, right?

    Starting from running the wrong way, to miraculously crossing the enemy fleet to sneak attack on the battleship Haruna, and then being targeted and flanked by 28 main guns from both sides. After receiving hundreds of rounds of artillery shells, they turned back and hit the Japanese Kumano with a torpedo.  On the bow of the heavy cruiser, the USS Wumengshan was finally able to figure out how to use anti-aircraft guns to notify its comrades in extremely poor visibility The Wumengshan on this night was truly legendary.  And the most incredible thing is that after a night of suffering, the destroyer Wumengshan only had a scratch on its mast, its right propeller was knocked off by a near-missile bullet, and four sailors were only slightly injured. For a moment, the beauty of the "lucky ship"  The name spreads all over the world.  Afterwards, the Wumengshan was awarded first-class collective merit by the Navy, and Yang Tiancheng and the officers were awarded the Congressional Medal.  With the vigorous publicity of reporters, a director even took a fancy to this story and adapted it into a movie called "The Lonely Hunter". Not only did Yang Tiancheng and the Wumeng Mountain become household names overnight, but also made him  Thirty years later, the son inherited his father's legacy and was elected president of the Republic of China.

      Kunming and Nanning knew their mistakes and could correct them, and immediately reset their targets and aimed their fire control radars at the heavy cruiser Kumano whose bow was on fire.

    At 1:30 in the morning on April 16, seven hours before the typhoon made landfall, the Battle of Nanumea entered its climax (the naval battle took place in Nanumea Atoll), the outpost of the Battle of Ryukyu, later known as the world's largest naval battle.  ).  After discovering that they had hit the wrong target, the Nanning and Kunming made timely adjustments and, under the guidance of fire control radar, successfully locked onto the Japanese heavy cruiser Kumano that had escaped during the Battle of Mariana.  As a treaty heavy cruiser specifically targeting the Taiwan island class, the Kumano was even more unlucky than the Wumengshan, because not only was it hit by a mine and flooded, its speed dropped by 5 knots. At this moment, it was facing two Xi'an ships with a standard displacement of 18,700 tons.  Class heavy cruiser.

    An artillery battle that can be called "deck washing" began. In just eight minutes, 18 210mm/L56 naval guns with a firing rate of up to 8 pieces per minute, under the guidance of four radio fire control radars, fired 14,000 meters away.  , the Kumano, which had slowed down significantly, poured out 522 330kg extra-heavy armor-piercing bombs.  Even though the hit rate was later calculated to be only 10%, 52 consecutive armor-piercing bombs would make even a battleship tremble.  One after another, the shells penetrated into the weak armor and exploded. From a distance, the living room, boiler room, power room, etc., the entire warship was covered in fireballs.

    When the Kumano was defeated by the two Xi'an-class ships and was unable to fight back, the battleships Ninghai and Dinghai over there began a bombardment battle that could be called "gunnery training."  Xu Zengtang, who sank the Japanese heavy cruiser Aoba in the Battle of Ca Mau Point, never expected such a scene.  When he led two battleships to approach the Haruna, thinking that there would be a passionate artillery battle, he found that the Haruna's deck had tilted 11 degrees, making it impossible for the eight main guns to aim.

    What a good opportunity to beat up the drowned dog!

    Xu Zengtang did not hesitate and ordered to zoom in to 15,000 meters, using 18 L55/330mm naval guns, staged a "tragic" artillery battle.  In the entire 27 minutes, the Haruna only fired three salvos, none of which hit. On the contrary, the Ninghai and Dinghai, guided by radio fire control radars, hit their opponents 83 times in a row, not only destroying the entire superstructure of the Haruna.  , and also continuously hit the opponent's waterline main armor belt.  In the end, the highly penetrating 330mm shells hit the turret well and ammunition depot continuously. After several earth-shaking explosions, the nearly 30,000-ton Haruna battleship broke into three pieces, taking with it Susumu Kimura and other 1,315 Japanese naval officers and soldiers.  , sank in the deep sea 110 nautical miles northeast of the atoll.

    By 5 o'clock in the morning, the Battle of Nanumea ended. The Haruna and Kumano were both sunk, as well as 2 Japanese special cruisers and 12 merchant ships. The remaining 21 merchant ships were all captured.  Only the faster Furutaka and Kako resumed patrol and took advantage of the low visibility on the sea to escape back to Rabaul.

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    In the Ogasawara Islands, in the Elephant Head Bay east of Oshima Island, the Nagato and the Mutsu are docked side by side, with the battleships Kongo and Hiei next to them.

    In the open area in front of the bay, the six fleets or modified aircraft carriers Shokaku, Soryu, Hiryu, Hikan, Hayabusa and Ryuho are filled with carrier-based aircraft. Tone, Chikuma and Myoko  , Nachi, Ashigara, Haguro, Takao, Atago, Maya and Chokai are guarded by ten heavy cruisers on the middle level. On the outermost level are Avukuma, Isuzu, Natori, Kinu, and Aga.  Eight light cruisers including No. No., Yagi No., No. No. and No. No. and Sake Hook, and more than thirty destroyers.

    This is the most powerful lineup of the Japanese combined fleet. In just over half a year, the Rising Sun Flag quickly retreated in the Pacific along with a series of lists of being sunk.  Except for Yamato and Musashi, who were hiding for the final battle, only the Philippines' Fourth Fleet and Rabaul's Sixth Fleet were left in the Pacific at this time.

    Amidst the sound of hurried footsteps, Combined Fleet Chief of Staff Ugaki Matoi held the telegram and walked quickly into the command tower of the Nagato. With a nod of his head, he placed the telegram with both hands in front of Yamamoto Isoroku: "Admiral, it belongs to Kimura-kun.  A telegram of loyalty!¡±

    "To be loyal?!" When the officers Tsukahara 243 and Nagumo Tadashi heard these two words, they suddenly became serious and looked at the expressionless Yamamoto Isoroku.

    "He is a good captain, but he did not fulfill his duties." As if he had expected it, Yamamoto Isoroku picked up the telegram, looked at it twice, and put it on the table calmly.  Although he pretended to know everything as if nothing had happened, he was actually very distressed.  Because the United Fleet is parked here, half of the reason is waiting for news about the Haruna.  According to his idea, if the Haruna can break out, it will use its main force to attack Wake Island and Marshall regardless of Ryukyu, and reopen the channel from the Coral Sea.

    Because in the view of the Japanese Navy, as long as there is still an oil channel, it is uneconomical to start a decisive battle now, at least until the battleship Musashi is outfitted.  Then rely on the army to significantly consume the opponent on Ryukyu Island, and then attack the opponent by surprise.  But Kimura is not done yet.The mission not only announced that the coral island passage was closed, but also the Japanese navy's complete failure in the South Pacific, and also made it meaningless for the Combined Fleet to continue southward.

    Since the road to the south is completely cut off, only the final work remains.

    An early decisive battle!

    "Kuroshima-kun, please contact the base camp in my name and inform His Excellency Umezu Yoshijiro of Okinawa to implement the Czech No. 1 combat plan.".

    (To be continued)
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