Rise from the sword

Chapter 686 Smoke bombs.

"Enemy attack."

47 kilometers outside Naha Port, the Nishimura Fleet, looking at the flickering flames falling like meteors in the distance, shouted hysterically.

Under the clear sky and night, the tail flames of the missiles flickering at an altitude of several thousand meters are particularly conspicuous.

"Missiles found, number twenty, location..."

"The distance is 27 kilometers."

"The speed is nine hundred."

The liaison officer quickly gathered the information and reported it to Shoji Nishimura.

It has to be said that the devil's joint fleet is indeed a bit capable. It can accurately judge the distance and speed of the attacking missile in a few minutes just by manpower observation.

Of course, this is also related to the huge tail flame of the first-generation missile and the current weather.

"Nine hundred..."

Nishimura Shoji swallowed hard.

The speed shocked him.

In fact, at the beginning, what he thought in his mind was to deal with the enemy's 'missiles' through anti-aircraft guns.

In his view, the so-called missiles are essentially no different from aircraft.

It is nothing more than replacing the power with a rocket, which is similar to the rocket plane secretly researched by the empire, plus a radar, and then using a technology that the empire does not understand to realize the ability to automatically find the target.

Since it's the same as an airplane, just shoot it down.

But at a speed of [-] kilometers per hour, Nishimura realized that it was absolutely impossible to intercept it with anti-aircraft guns alone, and the air defense system of the Imperial warships could not cope with such a fast aircraft.

"gather."

"Smoke bombs ready."

Nishimura immediately ordered the troops to prepare a second plan.

Assemble the fleet, and release smoke grenades to disrupt enemy missiles.

"The enemy launches a second round of attacks, twenty in number."

The Nishimura Fleet, which has always maintained full power output, quickly began to assemble. Only a dozen seconds later, the attack fleet in the sky launched a second wave of missiles again, and another [-] missiles rushed towards the Nishimura Fleet with flashing tail flames.

"idiot."

Nishimura Shoji's complexion changed immediately.

Although the missiles do not need to be calibrated, such a high density of shooting shows that the enemy is prepared and has sufficient firepower. The biggest problem with smoke bombs is their short duration.

Then.

In the end is the enemy's missiles?
Or is his smoke bomb longer lasting?

"It's New Year's Eve!"

Just when the missile was launched, on board the 01-class guided missile destroyer 'Heyuan', inside the bridge, everyone could not help but sigh with emotion as they watched the tail flame across the sky in the distance.

These tail flames across the sky are like fireworks during the New Year.

Thanks to the development of the base area, a wave of fireworks was set off in many places during the Spring Festival last year. It was a lively and good year, and we had a good reunion dinner.And with the further development of the base area, this year, more people will feel the taste of the New Year.

"When shall we fire?"

Afterwards, everyone looked at Wang Gensheng together.

"Wait for the air force to go first, and we'll finish."

Wang Gensheng smiled slightly.

Although the navy and the air force use the same missile, which is technically equivalent, and parts such as the seeker head can even be interchanged, there is a huge gap in performance between the navy and air force types.

The biggest difference is size.

The navy's missiles are fully larger than the air force's, with a range of eight kilometers higher and a charge of 150 kilograms more.

According to the investigation by the early warning aircraft and some intelligence, the Devils dispatched two battleships this time.

A big guy with a full load of drainage tanks exceeding [-] tons.

The attack method of the missile makes it extremely difficult to sink a battleship with thick armor, watertight tanks and good anti-sinking performance, and several heavy cruisers are needed. This kind of big guy can be imagined.

It is estimated that the [-] missiles of the air force will be difficult to sink these two big guys.

But it's okay.

If you can't kill one shot, then two, three, or ten rounds, and their navy's are even thicker.

Not yet.

Then the torpedo boat is on board.

The underwater explosion of the torpedo can increase the destructiveness by more than several times. Even Yamato, the devil, can hardly face the continuous attack of the torpedo without sinking. He brought fifteen torpedo boats this time.

After the missile destroys the power of the Devil's warship, the superstructure and the torpedo boat can even be launched close to one kilometer.

"Smoke grenades, launch."

In Wang Gensheng's thoughts, the first round of missiles had arrived at a position about four kilometers away from the Nishimura fleet. At a speed of 12 kilometers per hour, it only took [-] seconds to go three kilometers. Shoji Nishimura quickly ordered the fleet to fire smoke bombs.

bang bang bang...

Under the night, smoke bombs flew into the air, bursting out intense white smoke that instantly enveloped the entire Nishimura Fleet.

Immediately afterwards, twenty 'shooting stars' plunged into the cloud of smoke.

boom boom boom

Afterwards, the rising and exploding fireball was hundreds of times brighter than the "meteor" just now under the darkness of night. Even if it was shrouded in smoke, it could be clearly seen tens of kilometers away.

"This is the fireworks."

On the attack group, a pilot who was flying a plane circling clicked his tongue.

"really."

The commander on the side couldn't help but agree.

This year, many new types of fireworks have appeared in the base area. Not only are the launching trajectories beautiful, but even the flute sound is added, which is very pleasant to hear, but the moment of explosion is the most beautiful.

After the words fell, the second round of missiles also rushed towards the Nishimura fleet, and the surging explosion fireball burst out again.

Then came the third round.

Fourth round.

In just 2 minutes, [-] missiles fired at the Nishimura Fleet.

The smoke cleared, the smoke cleared, and six burning warships came into view.

In this era when precision guidance was just in its infancy, radars could not communicate with each other. When attacking a concentrated fleet of six ships, the missile finally chose a target at random. After the radar at the end was turned on, it found a target and immediately chose a warship to attack.

It is simply not realistic to judge the priority target or something.

However, the devil's luck was obviously not very good this time. All six warships were hit by missiles, and no one was lucky. The upper floors of all the warships were burning with raging flames, which were particularly conspicuous in the calm night sea.

The effect of the missile saturation attack of the later generations of Slavs was fully demonstrated.

"No. [-] and No. [-] circled to observe, and the rest retreated."

Because of the smoke and water surface, it was impossible to count how many hits there were, so the commander gave the order to retreat, leaving only two planes that continued to circle, calmly observing the battlefield.

Next, it's time for the Navy.

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Mogami, the flagship of the Nishimura Fleet.

Inside the bridge.

"The No. 127, No. [-], and No. [-] turrets were seriously damaged and lost firepower. The ammunition exploded in the No. [-] turret. The steering gear of the No. [-] turret was stuck and could not rotate and pitch. The four [-] high-level dual-purpose guns on the left were damaged and failed... ·”

"The superstructure was seriously damaged, and all the sighting and sighting equipment failed."

"The engine room is damaged... the jade is broken..."

The damage reports were collected in Xi Cun's ears, and Xi Cun, who was dizzy and tinnitus from the explosion, almost didn't come back, and immediately acted cool on the spot.

The Styx missile is a shaped-energy armor-piercing warhead, that is, a hollow charge. Armor-piercing relies on metal jets. It has strong armor-piercing ability, but insufficient damage capability. However, the [-]-kilogram warhead has considerable explosive power.

Although the Mogami is a heavy cruiser, it is essentially a modified light cruiser. Although the potential for transformation was left at the beginning of the design, its defense is lacking compared to the standard heavy cruiser.

Mogami, which was hit by seven bullets, was almost horrible at this time.

The superstructure was almost wiped out, only a few turrets remained, but all of them lost their combat effectiveness. The No. [-] turret was penetrated by a metal jet, detonating several packets of propellant and shells, and was blown up on the spot.

The engine room was also penetrated by the metal jet of a missile, losing more than half of its power, and a devil navy on duty was directly melted.

All electrical communications on board are disabled.

"How about the rest of the warships?"

Nishimura asked with difficulty.

He regretted it a bit. He should have chosen a battleship as his flagship. If he hadn't been lucky this time, no missiles had directly hit the bridge, and the torpedoes on the flanks hadn't been detonated. Otherwise, he might have died.

"The Shanyun sank, the Manyun rolled over, and the Chaoyun lost power."

"Fusang, the superstructure of Shanchenghao was damaged, and the secondary battery was seriously damaged."

Compared with heavy cruisers with a displacement of more than [-] tons, and battleships that are ridiculously thick, the Izumo-class destroyer with a standard displacement of only [-] tons is simply vulnerable to a missile with a warhead of [-] kilograms.

The worst Shanyun was hit with four hits, and the scene was cold. The Manyun hit two hits and turned over at a large angle. Fortunately, the water injection barely kept it balanced. The luckiest Chaoyun only hit one, but it happened to be Hit the engine compartment, the entire ship lost power.

Huge battleships were hit the most, with an average of ten ships. However, they were rough and thick, and only the superstructure was damaged. The power was hardly damaged because of the protection of the main armor belt.

However, the chimney was damaged, which affected the power output, and the main gun was also damaged to varying degrees.

"Enemy attack, missiles, unknown number, very low altitude."

Before Nishimura had time to digest these tragedies, another urgent news came.

Wang Gensheng made a move.

Twenty missile boats, plus the 01-class guided missile destroyer opened fire with all their might, this time 23 missiles struck.

However, compared with the air-launched missiles, the ship-borne missiles have a cruising altitude of only 300 meters, and the ghost watchers cannot judge the number and speed.

There are many enemy missiles.

and.

His own smoke bombs are of no use.

Also, you shouldn't gather yourself, because you are scattered.

Nishimura laughed bitterly in his heart, and regretted his stupid command. Then he forcibly cheered up and drew out his samurai sword. His eyes were fierce and crazy, and his voice was also full of madness:
"Find the enemy's position and counterattack."

"Hi."

Encouraged by Nishimura, the devils were full of aura, but at night, facing the Wang Gensheng fleet at a distance of [-] kilometers, and the superstructure containing the sighting equipment that was almost completely destroyed, this aura was meaningless and could only be incompetent and furious .

Until he was hit again, the devil only pretended to bark a few small-caliber artillery pieces.

When Wang Gensheng launched the third round of attacks, Nishimura and his flagship Mogami began to sink to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

By the time the last [-] missiles had been launched and the torpedo boats entered the arena, there were only two dilapidated battleships that were staggering, lost power and were slowly sinking.

Although the battleship is resistant to construction, it also has a limit. It has been hit by more than forty missiles in a row, which is too many.

"emission."

Two kilometers away, Wang Gensheng gave the order to launch torpedoes.

11:30pm on April [-]st.

The entire Nishimura fleet sank in the sea [-] kilometers northeast of Ryukyu.

On the port of Naha, the two devil brigades assembled again began to retreat without waiting for the fleet's fire support, but before they had time to get up, they saw more than 100 tanks rushing towards them.

"tank!"

The two captains suddenly went crazy.

It's heavy artillery and tanks. Are you sure the enemy only landed for one day?
"run."

Facing more than 100 tanks, these two devils didn't care about bushido or command, and they led the team to run without hesitation. The locust army of the Imperial Japanese Empire was also first-rate.

But no matter how fast your legs are, you can't beat a tank.

An hour and a half later, except for a small number of escaped devils, the two brigades were easily wiped out by the two tank battalions.

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the next day.

One o'clock.

Underground Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.

"The Nishimura Fleet was attacked by the enemy's sea and air forces. General Nishimura was crushed, and all six warships of the Nishimura Fleet lost contact."

"The brigade stationed in Ryukyu was attacked by more than 100 enemy tanks."

A ghost secretary briefly reported the battle report from the front.

The joint sea and air attack, including two battleships, one heavy cruiser, and three destroyers, lost contact with the Nishimura Fleet --- the collective loss of warships on the battlefield is equivalent to annihilation of the entire army.

Konoe Fumimaro felt dizzy.

The loss of contact with the Nishimura Fleet also means that the enemy has the ability to defeat the Imperial United Fleet head-on.

How long until the enemy landed now?
Seventeen hours only.

The enemy has deployed more than 100 tanks, which shows that the enemy has an extremely large island delivery capability, whether it is some kind of inexplicable material delivery capability mentioned in the intelligence, or a large number of landing ships and transport ships.

It all means one thing.

The Empire is in big trouble.

The enemy can occupy the islands one by one, completely surround the empire, and completely cut off the external passages of the empire. At that time, the empire can only watch in despair.

wait to die.

Taking a deep breath, Konoe Fumimaro suppressed the despair in his heart. He pulled out a huge world map, lay on it, and stared at the entire East Asian surroundings, like a gambler with red eyes who lost, and started Looking for a last resort.

(End of this chapter)