The First Warlord of the Republic of China

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spn Following the wanton ridicule of the Japanese army commander, there was also a burst of laughter in the Japanese headquarters, and the staff officers laughed along with them.

"Your Excellency, although bombing ships with planes is really funny, I think we should notify the navy as soon as possible so that they can take precautions." A staff officer suggested with a smile.

"No need, the navy is so close to the coastline, it's too late to notify now." The commander of the Japanese army waved his hand and said, that expression was completely correct.

It's true, first of all it's too late, and people in this era don't believe that planes can bomb naval ships at all.

After all, naval ships can move, and the Japanese Army has also come into contact with bombers. Japan also purchased a batch of bombers from China for research. [

However, the Japanese military concluded that the aircraft had a high hit rate when bombing fixed targets, but not much hit rate when bombing moving targets.

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Laizhou Bay!

The Japanese combined fleet is waiting for the army's request for fire support. In order to increase the range as much as possible, the entire combined fleet is very close to the coastline.

It is only about one mile away from the beach full of yellow mud.

No matter how close it is, it is easy to hit the rocks if it is too close.However, the Japanese navy is very familiar with the situation in China's waters. This is the result of long-term continuous investigation and collection of water patterns in China's waters, so it dared to approach the distance of one kilometer.

Especially after collecting during this period of time, basically in the Laizhou Bay area, most of the reefs of the Japanese combined fleet are known.

Although the sailors of the Japanese Combined Fleet were preparing to shell the land, each of them looked very relaxed, and they showed a comfortable look under the sun.

Even the sailors in charge of vigilance, although they stood up straight, had a lazy expression on their faces.

The combined fleet of the Japanese Navy is the most powerful fleet in Asia, and no country in Asia can compete with them.

At this time, the Europeans were busy with the war, and it was impossible to attack them.China's navy is not worth mentioning at all, and in the eyes of the Japanese joint navy, it has no combat effectiveness at all.

Therefore, the Japanese Combined Fleet was rampant in the Chinese waters without any hesitation at this time. During this period of time, they ran to the surrounding coastlines and bombarded the Chinese fishing boats at sea, as if they were playing a game, and their arrogance was rampant.

The entire Japanese Combined Fleet was not vigilant at this time, and had no idea that a huge crisis was approaching.

Even the vigilant Japanese sailors only looked out at the sea level, and had no idea that there was also a threat in the air.

"what sound?"

When the plane of the Chinese Coastal Defense Air Force had already flown one kilometer away from the Japanese army, a sailor raised his head and looked into the sky in surprise.

Suddenly, the soldier's pupils shrank suddenly.

"Airplanes, a lot of airplanes." The Japanese sailor shouted loudly, and when the other sailors looked at the sky, they were also stunned.

It was a large group of black planes. [

Flying towards the fleet quickly, those Japanese sailors were at a loss. They didn't know how to deal with the planes from the sky.

However, the rapid-fire gun technology in this era is not so popular. Not only does the Japanese combined fleet have no anti-aircraft guns, but the performance of the rapid-fire guns is relatively poor.

In the entire fleet, there is almost no anti-aircraft firepower dedicated to bombardment.

After the Japanese combined fleet below discovered a large group of planes in the sky, there was a sudden commotion.Even the officers of the Japanese Combined Fleet were a little stunned, not knowing how to deal with these planes rushing towards them.

However, some officers reacted faster and immediately ordered the ships to move, trying to use maneuvers to avoid the upcoming bombing.

But it's too late!

The fast approaching bomber quickly lowered and rushed towards the Japanese combined fleet, while the torpedo plane also lowered its flight altitude, preparing to project torpedoes towards the Japanese combined fleet.

At this time, the pilot of a leading torpedo plane saw that the torpedo plane in its formation had reached the best attack position, and lowered down again. Dozens of torpedo planes around received the signal and immediately dropped the torpedo. .

The torpedoes fell from the plane one after another. Due to inertia, the torpedoes were thrown onto the sea surface in long strips, and then the torpedo engines started to run, rolling out a series of white water bubbles on the slightly undulating sea surface. Then rushed in the direction of the ships of the Japanese United Fleet.

"Torpedo, torpedo, dodge quickly!" The Japanese sailors looked at the torpedo that was almost close at hand in horror. The torpedo was thrown very close, and there were dozens of torpedoes in one throw, forming a spectacular line.

And the terrible thing is that the ships of the Japanese United Fleet are relatively close together. Even if the ships in front can dodge these torpedoes, the time for the ships behind to dodge is very little, and it is difficult to avoid these torpedoes.

The armored cruiser Yakumo was the first to be unable to dodge, and was hit by a torpedo in the stern.There was only a loud bang, and a cloud of black smoke rose from the Yakumo's hull, forming a small mushroom cloud. Immediately, the Yakumo's hull began to tilt, and the tail sank into the sea first. Amidst the horrified howls of the sailors, the Yakumo quickly sank to the bottom of the sea.

In the chaos, one of the light frigates was accidentally hit by a torpedo. The torpedo was blown into two pieces from the middle of the hull on the spot, and sank into the sea in less than ten seconds.

In contrast, those large warships are more likely to be hit by torpedoes. First of all, those frigates are relatively small, and at the same time they are faster.

Several battleships such as the Tsukuba, Mosa, Hanoi, and King Kong in the Japanese combined fleet were hit by torpedoes one after another. These days, battleships rarely use watertight compartments to protect underwater like Germany does. The resistance of battleships to torpedoes The ability is not very good.

But anyway, these are battleships, and the armor of battleships is relatively thick, but the problem is that these torpedo planes do not take off from aircraft carriers, but large torpedo planes that take off from land.

The torpedoes it carries are all large torpedoes with a caliber of 533 mm. Although they are only large torpedoes that barely reach the dividing line between large torpedoes and medium torpedoes, their explosive power is so terrifying that Japanese battleships cannot resist them at all.

The Tsukuba was hit by a torpedo in the middle of the hull, and a hole was directly blown out at the bottom of the ship. The sea water rushed towards the bilge of the Tsukuba crazily, but the Tsukuba did not sink, and still tried to escape to the far sea, but the speed became a turtle speed, and The hull was sinking slowly, the more it sank, the slower it was, and finally it couldn't run anymore.

Seeing that the Tsukuba could no longer move, those pilots did not continue to attack, because the Tsukuba had lost the meaning of attacking.

It is impossible for the Tsukuba, which cannot run, to return to Japan. Instead, it may be captured by the Chinese navy.

The Mosa and the Hanoi were not so lucky. After the first torpedo hit them, they were not seriously injured, and they were still escaping to the open sea. As a result, their speed dropped a lot and they were "repaired" by several torpedo planes. Successfully, a large hole was blown in the hull, and the two battleships sank into the sea one after another.

King Kong is the most powerful. After all, this is Japan's most advanced battleship at this time, and it is the last warship custom-made from Britain. After being hit by a torpedo, it can still escape at a speed of about 23 knots. [

There were more than a dozen torpedo planes staring at the King Kong, and "repairing" it. The captain of the King Kong dodged eight torpedoes in a row with his calm command.

It’s just that other Japanese ships suffered. King Kong dodged, but the ships behind King Kong didn’t see the torpedoes. The cruiser Tokiwa was hit by torpedoes on the spot. After a black smoke rose, the stern was shot A hole was blown out, and the sea water poured in wildly, just like the scene of the sinking of the Titanic, except that the stern of the Titanic was turned up, while the Tokiwa was turned up at the bow.

Another torpedo boat was tragically blown to pieces by a torpedo on the spot, turning into a pile of scattered marine debris floating on the sea. The Japanese soldiers on the torpedo boat were blown up, their arms, thighs and other parts were blackened and splashed all over the sky.

But King Kong's good luck seemed to have run out. When dodging the drop of the ninth torpedo, the other two torpedo planes dropped a torpedo from two different angles. You can't dodge from any angle, you will definitely be hit by one, and if you don't handle it well, you will even be hit by two.

The captain of the King Kong could only choose to be hit by a torpedo under balance, but the time was extremely short. What the captain of the King Kong didn't consider was that the torpedo hit the stern of the ship, and most of the row of propellers were blown up on the spot. The entire King Kong has lost its forward momentum, and the power of some propellers can only make the King Kong spin in place, which is equivalent to being directly paralyzed on the sea.

Once King Kong was paralyzed, there were no planes to continue to attack King Kong. Those planes only attacked Japanese warships that continued to move.

And those dive bombers flew over the warships of the Japanese United Fleet on the side of the coastline all the way, and went straight to the Japanese warships on the outer sea side.

The Japanese warships on the outer sea side are the easiest to escape, and the torpedo planes are not easy to attack them without turning. Therefore, those Japanese warships on the outer sea side have been focused on by the dive bombers.

Tian Yunjie, captain of the First Coastal Defense Air Force Formation, rushed to the front. He saw a large warship outside the Japanese combined fleet. Did he know the name of that large warship, but he knew it was an important target, so he immediately lowered the fuselage. He swooped down to the big warship.

That large warship is the Settsu in the Japanese Combined Fleet. It is a Hanoi-class battleship built in 1909 and completed in 1912. It is a very new battleship.

Seeing that the momentum of the Settsu was not right, it immediately turned around and fled to the open sea at full speed, but just after the Settsu turned around for a while, Tian Yunjie had already swooped down.

babble……

When the dive bomber dived down, the whistling device installed on the nose made a tooth-piercing whistling sound, which violently impacted the psychology of the Japanese sailors.

cast!

pull up!

When the dive bomber dived to a height of less than 30 meters from the Settsu, Tian Yunjie skillfully completed the two operations.

A group of bombs were accurately thrown onto the deck of the Settsu.

boom!

After a loud noise, a big hole was blown out of the Settsu's weak deck. (To be continued. Please search Tianwen, the novel is better and updated faster!)