Rise from the sword

Chapter 623
The "Dolphin" torpedo boat led by Wang Gensheng launched a total of four new torpedoes, all of which are the latest dual guidance mode of wire guidance and sound guidance. Although the final guidance was interrupted, there are still three torpedoes relying on the second-generation sound seeker. Accurately hit the flank of the Kaohsiung class.

Due to the incompressible nature of water, a torpedo that explodes underwater is much more damaging to a ship than it is on the surface.

Three 533 mm second-generation torpedoes, each loaded with 350 kg of octogold high-energy explosives, hit a total of three Kaohsiung-class heavy patrols, which means that the Kaohsiung-class heavy cruiser fully withstood a ton of octogold explosives.

Converted into dynamite, it was almost [-] tons.

This equivalent,

Let alone a treaty-level heavy cruiser with strong firepower and weak armor, even a tough battleship is hard enough to fight.

If the design is poor, or the damage control is not good, or if the key parts are almost damaged by luck, in the face of a personal explosion with a [-]-ton equivalent, the battleship will have to rush to the street.

natural.

Before the captain of Kaohsiung, which had been hit three times by torpedoes, woke up from the shock, the left cabin began to flood with water, and the port side began to roll over at a terrifying speed.

"Inject water on the right side..."

"Damage management..."

It has to be said that the Little Devils Navy is indeed well-trained. In such a chaotic situation, they were able to issue the correct order, organize damage control and rescue at the first time, and began to inject water to maintain balance.

But manpower is sometimes poor.

Faced with the big hole blown out by the 1930-ton equivalent bomb, the fragile defense of the treaty-level heavy cruiser, and the watertight cabin design of the little devil heavy patrol, this timely self-rescue is almost useless. In just a few minutes After that, the heavy cruiser launched in [-] and named after Mount Takao near Kyoto sank in the depths of the Sea of ​​Japan.

Most of the 900 people on board sank with the fleet, and only more than 30 people survived.

The instigator, Wang Gensheng, was driving the 'Dolphin' at 44 knots, or nearly [-] kilometers per hour, and fled away. Half an hour later, after the radar confirmed that the destroyer of the devil was not pursuing, Wang Gensheng ordered the torpedo boat to slow down and cruise. Sailing speed.

"How's the loss?"

Wang Gensheng asked.

In terms of the navy, he became a monk halfway, and this was his first time participating in a naval battle, but he also knew very well that although Boss Chen's own 'Dolphin' had good performance, fast speed, and advanced weapons, torpedo boats fought one-on-one against heavy cruisers, even It's night, and it's dangerous.

It may be fine for a heavy cruiser to hit a torpedo, but he will have a big problem if he hits a heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 203.If there is a [-]mm main gun, I am afraid it will be over.

"There were a few big holes in the deck, and it was hit by the little devil's rapid-fire gun. The big bear was shot and died, and there was a slight injury."

The deputy, that is, the middle-aged Mr. Wen reported.

"Collect it well, go back and give it to his family."

Wang Gensheng's eyes darkened.

Another brother was sacrificed!

As for the navy, except for a small number of the original navy sailors of the Republic of China, most of them were monks halfway, and some of them hadn't even touched the water before boarding the ship.

In the past half a year, they went out to sea for training together, braving the storm to exercise their water skills, from landlubbers to today's mud loaches. At this time, Wang Gensheng and these sailor brothers are like brothers.

Every brother's sacrifice made him feel sad.

As far as Wang Gensheng is concerned, although the war has been going on for so long and there are at least a hundred brothers who have fallen by his side, he still cannot calmly accept that his comrades who fought together suddenly fall and disappear.

This is also the reason why he has always been unwilling to serve as the battalion commander and deputy regiment commander.

"Captain, you did your best."

Mr. Wen advised:

"Every one of us on board is ready to sacrifice, and has the consciousness to die that day."

At that time, the distance between the two ships was less than three kilometers, and the course and speed were parallel. The devil's rapid-fire cannon reacted very quickly. If the captain didn't react quickly, their "dolphins" might have sunk.

The dolphin has an aluminum plywood structure with no armor at all, and its defense capability is worse than that of an armored vehicle. A [-]-caliber shell can kill them.

"Besides, we used a torpedo boat this time to sink a devil's heavy cruiser."

"Blood earned!"

Speaking of this, Mr. Wen's tone was excited.

Even running at the highest speed, they saw it, and they saw it clearly,

Three consecutive torpedoes hit the Kaohsiung, and the scene of the final sinking.

Until the last moment of the sinking, the searchlight on the Kaohsiung was always on, as if to see them off, and let everyone on the 'Dolphin' see clearly.

"Haha... that's right, this time we'll earn blood."

Wang Gensheng's mood also turned from sadness to joy.

It's not that he's cold-blooded, or that he's finally gotten used to life and death.

It is really,
Sink the Japanese heavy cruiser Kaohsiung.

Sink a devil, equipped with ten 203mm artillery, a capital ship with a displacement of [-] tons.

It was still sunk by them, a small torpedo boat made of aluminum shell and plywood, with a maximum displacement of less than [-] tons, and they only paid the price of minor injuries to the torpedo boat, the sacrifice of one soldier, and the slight injury of a soldier.

This victory can be called unprecedented, it can be called unprecedented, and it is a victory that can boost the confidence of the people of the whole country.After all, this is the first time in history that our country has sunk the enemy's [-]-ton battleship.

I finally defeated the enemy's giant ship cannon.

And judging from the sinking speed, the sailors on the little devil's ship might not be able to escape much. Even if the sea is calm and the water temperature is warm and comfortable, less than one-tenth of the sailors of the Kaohsiung will survive in the end.

"Pity."

Afterwards, Mr. Wen clicked his tongue and said:
"This scene cannot be recorded."

It was night now, the plane couldn't take off, and there was a destroyer next to them, so they couldn't get close. Otherwise, taking pictures of the sinking Devil's warship, or recording it on video, and posting it back home would definitely cause a sensation.

"Not urgent."

Wang Gensheng said with a smile:
"There will be opportunities in the future."

"The little devil still has more warships."

"Too."

Mr. Wen also laughed.

"Is the pilot rescued?"

Then, Wang Gensheng continued to ask.

"All five pilots were rescued by the No. [-] ship."

The correspondent replied.

When they sank the Kaohsiung and attracted all the attention of the devils, the No. [-] 'Dolphin' had already quietly rescued the five pilots behind.

"Other 'dolphins' also rescued eight pilots."

The correspondent continued to answer.

"Continue to search and evacuate in 10 minutes."

Looking at the time, Wang Gensheng gave the order.

According to the news of the bomber formation, two 'Racs' crashed in the Sea of ​​Japan, each 'Rac' had fifteen crew members, that is, 30 people needed to be rescued.

But this is the Sea of ​​Japan, known as the devil's bath tub. Although he killed a devil's heavy cruiser with cold blood, the overall situation, the devil's navy still has an absolute advantage, continue to consume, and wait for the devil to react and completely block the Tsushima Strait. None can escape.

"Yes."

The correspondent quickly issued orders.

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"Nani?"

"The Kaohsiung was hit by three torpedoes and sank?"

After receiving the news of the sinking of the Kaohsiung, the current commander of the United Fleet, Deputy Takeshi Toyoda was stunned for a long time.

"Is the news accurate?"

Then he looked at the staff in disbelief.

Although a battleship was sunk, Vice Takeshi Toyoda's expression at this time was not much grief, but doubt and anger.

In fact, he couldn't believe this news for a while.

The Americans have already retreated.

After the great change in the situation in Europe, in the west of the Pacific Ocean, the Americans have not left even a single submarine, and the only naval power is the little warships in Australia.

But it's just a chicken wag.

Not worth mentioning.

Besides, who else can sink the Kaohsiung?
The group bombing of aircraft in the Republic of China was fine, but it is night now, and it is impossible for aircraft to perform missions at sea at night, even if the sea is calm and the moonlight is illuminated.

Moreover, he didn't even receive the farewell telegram!

Could it be that the Kaohsiung ship didn't even have time to send the broken jade telegram?
"The message was sent by Xue Feng, who escorted the Kaohsiung ship."

The staff officer continued:

"According to the Xuefeng Telegram, while the Kaohsiung was searching for the enemy pilot who fell into the water, it suddenly encountered an unknown enemy torpedo boat at a distance of three kilometers. .”

"Three torpedoes."

The expression of Toyota Deputy Wu suddenly changed.

Three fishes hit at the same time, even a battleship is very dangerous, let alone the Kaohsiung. Although the armor, power, and air defense of the Kaohsiung have been improved in the modernization and improvement, the displacement and the basis of the treaty restrictions still make the This treaty-class heavy cruiser is severely deficient in defense capabilities.

"Block Soya Strait, Tsushima Strait."

Deputy Takeshi Toyoda took a deep breath, suppressing the anger in his heart:

"No boats allowed in or out."

"Hi."

The staff officer immediately went to convey the order.

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North China.

In a small county in Bohai Bay.

Okamura Ningji and Yamamoto Kazuki are playing chess at this time.

During this period of time, Li Yunlong slowed down his offensive, and there were few attacks in North China, so Yamamoto and Gangcun also took time off. The two exchanged views and pointed out the world situation in this small county. The relationship between the two continued to heat up.

"General."

At this moment, a staff officer ran in:
"The Penang County Garrison telegraphed that the patrol team found an enemy plane that had made an emergency landing and sent a patrol team to search. However, during the search, they encountered intensive shelling by enemy guerrillas. The plane was destroyed. The patrol team suffered heavy losses and was forced to retreat."

"Encountered intensive shelling by guerrillas."

The corner of Gangcun's mouth twitched, and his tone barely remained calm:

"understood."

As for Yamamoto, it seemed that he did not see the staff officer, did not hear the news reported by the staff officer, and stared at the chessboard intently.

The staff officer immediately put down the telegram and left.

There were only two generals left in the room again. After a period of silence, Gangcun continued to drop a sunspot, and said with emotion:

"Sure enough, Yamamoto-kun expected."

A long time ago, Kazuki Yamamoto predicted that the empire would be bombed, and it would be a large-scale and high-yield bombing.

"Li Yunlong..."

Yamamoto sighed, and seemed to want to say something, but he hesitated to speak, and finally sighed faintly.

Over the past few days, the relationship between the two has improved day by day, and Gangcun's understanding of Yamamoto has become deeper and deeper. Naturally,

Neji Okamura knew what Yamamoto was trying to say.

Li Yunlong is scary. Although it seems that he does things illogically, acts recklessly, and always makes some unexpected moves, but in fact, every step is carefully planned.

Plan and then move.

It can be expected that more attacks will come to the mainland of the empire in the future.

Even, maybe Li Yunlong has a more secret and terrible conspiracy brewing.

With the strength of the empire, it is impossible to resist, just like the enemy guerrillas in the coastal areas. A few years ago, a small squad of the empire could drive them away at will, but now, a brigade of the imperial army was defeated by the guerrillas' shelling.

According to Yamamoto, the current empire no longer has the ability to compete for the world.

He agrees with this.

For so long in the North China region, he has felt deeply that the current empire has a big gap compared with the rising mud-legged people, and this gap is still widening.

But Yamamoto is only a lieutenant general. As for him, although he is better, he is limited and has a low voice.

"Let's continue playing chess."

Gangcun changed the topic:
"Let's leave it to the locust and the prime minister to deal with local matters. We just follow the orders."

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Heyuan County.

In the base of the Independent Flying Regiment.

Dozens of people including Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, and the Attorney General waited nervously in the meeting room. Through the window, this group of bigwigs looked at a heavy bomber landing outside the window, with unconcealable nervousness on their faces.

The meeting room was very silent, and no one spoke.

"Wang Gensheng and the others have already come out."

After a long silence, Huang Quan rushed in with a telegram in his hand:
"Only Wang Gensheng's 'Dolphin' was slightly injured."

Hearing this sentence, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The fifteen torpedo boats led by Wang Gensheng can be said to be the seeds of the army's navy. Everyone's idea is to preserve them well, but the seedlings cannot become giants soaring in the ocean without experiencing the ocean, so this torpedo boat force was finally sent out.

With sufficient intelligence, as long as there are no problems in command, there will be no major losses.

"How many people were rescued?"

the Attorney General asked.

"Fourteen crew members were rescued."

Huang Quan said.

"Pen County and other places also sent telegrams that all the crew members of the two bombers that made the forced landing were rescued, and only three died."

"Together, in this bombing mission to Tokyo, we lost six aircraft, seven were slightly injured, the loss rate was 33%, and the crew lost [-] people, the loss rate was [-]%."

"good."

The attorney general and several people who came over from their superiors nodded frequently:

"It seems that Zhu Rong's plan can continue. We should also burn out the flames of war, so that the little devil can also taste the feeling of being attacked on the country."

"Correct."

Li Yunlong's tone was very excited, but the result was:
"It is necessary to increase the size of the bomber fleet, increase the number of pilots, and strive to achieve the kind of bombing with thousands of aircraft abroad."

"I will increase the training of pilots and establish the Xi'an Flight School as soon as possible."

"..."

In a few words, the 'Zhurong Project', known as the largest chemical bombing operation in human history, which consumed the most bombs and dispatched the most times, began.

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the next day.

early morning.

At this time, Tokyo was still burning, and the billowing smoke could be seen hundreds of miles away, and the news spread to all major countries in the world.

"Tokyo was bombed, causing a fire, and the whole Tokyo burned?"

Looking at the information sent by the intelligence department, the president in the wheelchair laughed.

He didn't have a good impression of little devils, and what he felt most about the bombing of Tokyo was gloating.

But soon, Donovan’s follow-up report made him unable to laugh:

"According to intelligence and intercepted telegrams, the group of the Republic of China dispatched nearly a hundred giant bombers, which can fly more than [-] kilometers when carrying more than [-] tons of bombs."

"Preliminary estimates show that more than three-fifths of the entire Tokyo city is on fire. It is estimated that Tokyo, Japan will lose more than 50.00% of its industrial capacity, and the casualties will not be less than 5."

"So big?!"

The person in the wheelchair frowned immediately.

He didn't feel sorry for the devil's loss.

The problem is that the current plan of the United States is to let the Japanese delay and consume the people of the Republic of China, but now, the people of the Republic of China seem to be too aggressive, and the Japanese are a little bit unable to stand up.This is not in the interests of the United States.

According to various sources of information, the people of the Republic of China are developing so fast that he, the president of the most powerful industrial country in the world, feels like he is on his back.

Also, the performance of this aircraft seems to be a bit too powerful, far more advanced than the B29.

"Mr President."

Mr. Donovan on the side said:
"According to the news from within Japan, they seem to be preparing to use Minai Mitsumasa as the new prime minister."

"Mitsumasa Minai!"

Roosevelt's eyes lit up slightly.

He is familiar with this person, and he is a pro-British and American faction in Japan. If this person comes to power, then...
"Come on."

Then the president called a man:

"Wait for the press conference, condemn the bombing of Japan by the Republic of China, and say that they used incendiary bombs to deliberately massacre the poor, and they are war criminals."

"Yes."

After the man stepped down, the president called in another army aviation general:
"Is it okay to bomb the Germans with incendiary bombs?"

Seeing that the effect of bombing Tokyo was so good, compared with the poor results and huge losses of his own bombing every time, the president expressed his envy, and he also wanted to learn from it.

"No."

The general shook his head:

"Germany is different from Japan. Japan has wooden buildings, but most of the concrete and stone brick buildings in Germany are not as effective as ordinary bombs."

"Ok."

The president feels pity.

Just when the President of the United States was feeling regretful and pity, fifteen bombers arrived here above the clouds above New York.

After approaching the United States, the German bombers dispersed and flew to their intended targets.

"Down there is New York."

In the crew, the pilot navigator said:

"Directly below, is the Statue of Liberty."

"lower the altitude."

"We blew up the statue, and Manhattan."

(End of this chapter)