The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

The violent shelling that was taking place in the distance made Shen Honglie's blood boil with excitement!

Once upon a time, he was also a passionate young man with the navy in mind to serve the country. He worked hard in the Northeast Army for many years, and finally found a place to settle down. A small naval fleet can be kidnapped and assassinated twice, and the betrayal of three capital ships made him completely Discouraged, he gave birth to quit the navy completely and concentrate on politics.

Originally, he thought that he would never get on the ship again in this life, but he didn't expect that in just three years, there would be a powerful fleet far beyond his dream, and he would be able to ride whales across the sea again, sail across the ocean, and realize his dream. His lifelong wish, he took up the task without hesitation, here he comes!

A minister of the Navy and a commander of the Third Fleet can be called luxurious just by looking at the leading lineup.But after thinking about it carefully, they add up, and at the beginning they were only warships commanding a total displacement of [-] tons, and most of them were things that were about to lose their teeth.

Now, it's really a shotgun change!Just four battleships are enough to sweep away years of depression!

Chen Shaokuan has a broad mind and has no factional grudges. He is a veteran admiral with the ambition to serve the country, and he is in a team. Brother Chengzhang, please condescend and let me take command."

Shen Honglie immediately agreed: "Of course. Mr. Chen, do you want our troops to help launch the attack?"

Chen Shaokuan said: "Yes. The Japanese army has discovered your whereabouts, and they must have guessed our purpose with their intelligence. They are changing formations and rushing to help. Therefore, it is necessary for the two battleships under Brother Cheng Zhang to join the attacking sequence immediately, and strive for the fastest Destroy the current enemy at the fastest speed! Then the soldiers will unite together and engage in full entanglement with the Japanese army, defeating each one!"

"Understood! This ship will immediately join the battle sequence, please take over the fire control command from the flagship, let's start!"

The intelligent units of the control centers of the two newly arrived battleships were immediately connected to Chen Shaokuan's "Hengshan" through a wireless link, and the central fire control and radar systems were re-integrated, information sharing, and coordinated operations were seamlessly linked.The recalculated sequence position, combat plan, and shooting elements switched instantaneously. The six 406mm triple-mounted main guns of the two ships "Songshan" and "Huashan" were immediately raised, forming a large angle of nearly 135 degrees with the two flagships. Turn right and lift up.Pointing obliquely at the "Fengxiang" aircraft carrier that the Japanese army fled with their lives, they opened fire!

The tonnage is the smallest among all Japanese aircraft carriers, but because it is the world's first completed official aircraft carrier, the "Fengxiang" will be recorded in history. At the same time, it has participated in many times as an accomplice in the war of aggression against China. Fighter planes bombed the coast of China many times, causing a lot of damage, but survived several tosses.

It was the same this time. It was at the forefront of the formation of four aircraft carriers, but because it was the smallest, it was not taken care of by priority artillery fire.So living up to now, and because of the long distance, it cannot be attacked by battleships and heavy cruisers. With the modified maximum speed of 25 knots, the pecking wolf has been more than 20 kilometers away from the battle core. In theory, it will not Hit by naval guns.

Seeing that it was not far from the "Nagato" battleship that had turned around, the two heavy cruisers, four light cruisers, and destroyers even ran to the front, turning to the left to be vigilant.At the critical moment, Shen Honglie's reinforcement ship suddenly appeared 23 kilometers away!

The roar that suddenly erupted from the left front surprised the whole ship. The heavy artillery shells dropped from high altitude rumbled loudly and exploded hundreds of meters away from the starboard side. The crew is cold all over!

"Battleship! Two enemy battleships!"

The scream of the warning made Captain Jojima Takaji's face turn pale, he already fully understood how terrifying the power of this big guy is.Huge main gun, fired quickly. Precise strikes, ultra-long distance, almost condensed all the advantages of the battleship at sea, once they are targeted by them, the fate is self-evident!

"Quick! Get closer to the battleship!"

Takaji Jojima couldn't keep calm any longer, and ordered hastily. His small boat was too weak, with a displacement of only 1 tons at full load, and almost no armor at all. , Those one-ton heavy steel, smashed two eyes!

Relying on the small size of the battleship, "Fengxiang" began to do snaking evasion, but in order to allow the latest carrier-based aircraft to be used, the latest modification lengthened the deck to 22.7 meters wide and 180.8 meters long. Axis drive is obviously not enough, it’s okay to slowly accelerate in a straight line, but once it slows down, it will kill me!

"boom!"

Another round of giant guns roared, and the two ships of the "Songshan" moved more than ten meters in unison. The thick gun barrels hummed and vibrated slowly, and the thick gunpowder smoke enveloped the entire ship, blowing through the bridge command room. .Shen Honglie firmly supported the ground with his feet, even though all the smoke was completely shielded by the air filtration system, he seemed to smell the familiar smell that was a little strange but had already penetrated into the bone marrow in his nostrils.All of a sudden, his passion that had been silent for many years came back to life!

He closed his eyes enjoying it, pondered for a long time, and then sighed softly: "This is the career that a man should have! Lao Xie, we made the right move with this move!"

Xie Gangzhe, the former chief of staff and commander of the garrison of Qingdao Port after resigning from the Third Fleet, stood beside him, blushing with excitement, and nodded approvingly: "Yes! Back then there were some The situation is overwhelming and helpless, today we will know how lucky we are! The next day we will be able to reorganize the Third Fleet with the commander and create glory for the Navy, Xie will live once in this life!"

Zhu Bin has solemnly promised the two to rebuild the Third Fleet based on the current two battleships and two aircraft carriers, and the two of them are the commander and chief of staff respectively.

In the past, the so-called fleet was nothing more than a joke. Even if a light cruiser of the Japanese army, or the "Izumo" and other veterans who were about to fall apart rushed over, they had to hide and dodge, and the humiliation was beyond measure. To describe it, I am embarrassed to meet people when I go out.

Because of this, Shen Honglie was self-denying for half his life, his family could not afford to eat or dress well, he couldn't eat meat once a week, he was skinny and had nowhere to use his abilities, he felt aggrieved, depressed, and helpless!

Today, there are 4.6 tons of giant ships sitting under their buttocks, with a total standard displacement of 15 tons. Not to mention the strength of the so-called fleet of only [-] tons, even the entire Chinese navy at that time. The combat capability is ten times or eight times higher!This is just the beginning. Think about the Third Fleet according to Zhu Bin’s plan. After complete establishment, there will be hundreds of warships, aircraft carriers, battleships, heavy cruisers, light cruisers, destroyers, escorts, submarines, amphibious ships, hospital supplies, etc. More than a dozen types of ships , Hundreds of thousands of tons of warships, hundreds of fighters, that scale, that boldness, how can it not be fascinating, how can it not be bloody!

Joining Zhu Bin's camp is definitely the most correct decision!

Shen Honglie said with emotion: "Let you and my brother join hands to create a vast world!"

"As it should be!"

As if to cheer for the two "old men chatting with teenagers", the fifth round of naval guns fired in unison!At a distance of 20 kilometers, an armor-piercing projectile entered from the open interlayer under the deck, traversed the entire hull, and shot out from the waterline of the starboard midship. Not to mention the hole with a diameter of three meters, it shook a large piece of the structure, tore a vertical crack more than two meters deep into the water, and Gududu began to pour water!

Where the shells passed, more than 30 soldiers were directly crushed to pieces, or their bones were broken by the shattered steel plates, and their skins were broken. Xing fracture, heavy casualties!

The force of the explosion caused the lightweight ship to shake violently from side to side, without the "Fourth Fleet Incident" that occurred in another time and space, and the Japanese Navy, which had never suffered from the huge waves in the Pacific Ocean, did not carry out too many structural modifications on the deck , leading to instability of the center of gravity of all the ships, poor welding technology makes the hull strength seriously insufficient, including the four battleships under construction, all use welding technology, the speed is very fast, but the consequences... It's really hard to say now!

"Fengxiang" naturally became a victim!Even if the ship island has been dismantled, there is nothing bare on the flight deck, and the swing caused by the shells still can't stop for a long time!

The damage manager pumped water to block the hole in a hurry, but he couldn't catch up with it. He couldn't order to pour water from the right side to find a balance, but the seventh round of shelling killed it!

A high-explosive bomb was hoisted at a high angle with a reduced charge, and fell at an angle of 75 degrees. It easily penetrated the deck at a distance of about 50 meters from the bow, and rushed straight into the No. 7 compartment. The 6th and 8th compartments of the ship were blown up together, and the 127mm single-mounted anti-aircraft gun and the first chimney on it were instantly disintegrated and blown away. The slender hull seemed to be gnawed by a ferocious sea beast. As if taking a bite, half of it was missing at once, and the raging fire boiled up, covering the entire flight deck together with the thick smoke from the boiler running around!

The damage caused by this explosion was too great!Not only did it explode a big hole, the keel was seriously damaged, the power system went wrong, and the almost unprotected ammunition depot at the bottom of the turret was also detonated. Fortunately, after most of the main guns were dismantled, there were not many spare ammunition, or it would just be a suicide bomb , you can blow it to pieces!

Even so, the speed of the "Hosho" also dropped sharply. The captain, Captain Takaji Jojima, who was almost killed, looked desperately at the ship that was smoking everywhere, leaking from the sides and bottom, and the buttocks were sticking up. He gritted his teeth and ordered : "All evacuate the battleship immediately!"

Abandon ship, only abandon ship!No matter how unwilling he is, he can only do that, otherwise, he will be caught in the confrontation between his own battleship and the opponent's main ship. It is necessary to take into account the problem of accidental injury, but it blocks the line of sight, which is counterproductive.

By this time, more than a hundred soldiers on the ship had been killed or injured, and the rest jumped into the sea in a hurry to see that the lifeboat had been blown up by a third, so they simply relied on their good water skills and risked being shot by the battleship while holding the planks. In danger of being killed by shells, he swam desperately towards the oncoming battleship!

At this time, Chen Shaokuan commanded the destroyer to launch a torpedo, blowing up the aircraft carrier "Longxiang" attached to the rear, and the fleet and Shen Honglie's troops were connected at the end, forming a curved battle line, facing the four ships of the Yamamoto 56 First Squadron Battleship! (to be continued)rq