The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

"The Japanese army launched a suicide strike, all four aircraft carriers were damaged, and the air support capability was temporarily lost!"

Seeing the report, Chen Shaokuan couldn't help frowning, looking at the Japanese ship "Ri Xiang" looming on the horizon in the distance, took a deep breath, and muttered: "I didn't expect that Ri himself would do this, he is so cruel and ruthless! Waiting for the enemy with no lower limit to fight, it is impossible to defend against!"

His attack plan was completely disrupted by a sudden change!

In the plan, even without the aid of Shen Honglie's fleet, he is confident that with the mobile combat of the two aircraft carriers, he will grind these little Japanese to death.And when they came, they doubled their confidence. Seeing that a huge encirclement had formed, they would happily reap the fruits of victory. They never expected such an event to happen. Sure enough, the battlefield situation is unpredictable!

Chen Shaokuan is not a veteran of the battlefield, he is too embarrassed to mention the battles in the first half of his life, and fighting among himself in the country is like playing a house, which is boring.In the foreign war, the first time he was on the scene was three years ago, and he was not in command.It was the first time, and possibly the only time in this life, that he personally formulated the battle plan and commanded the whole process.

No mistakes can be made, and the final result cannot be changed!

Chief of Staff Cheng Yaoliang's face is not very good-looking. He participated in it from the beginning to the end, and the secrets were kept secret, which led to serious consequences. He was not careful enough to plan the various forces of the enemy and us. That was his shame and work as a staff officer. Mistake, after going back, I have to give those self-righteous boys a hard lesson!

Seeing that Chen Shaokuan didn't seem to be as excited as expected.Then he suggested: "Mr. Chen, this is the end of the matter. I'm afraid it will be difficult to achieve the planned goal. In the next few hours at least, we will face Japanese capital ships twice as large as ours. A head-on confrontation may not be good for us. ! If not, temporarily distance yourself and make adjustments?"

"No! How to fight, how to fight! Don't give the Japanese army a chance to breathe!"

Chen Shaokuan categorically rejected his seemingly safe proposal: "Without the participation of fighters, it is not that we have no chance of winning. If we make a slight concession, I am afraid that the Japanese army's morale will immediately recover. At that time, whether it is retreating or attacking in groups, the situation we have worked so hard to create They will all be lost because of this, and they will fall short! According to the scheduled plan, fight!"

"Okay!" Cheng Yaoliang didn't hesitate, raised his brows and said again, "Besides, we still have about thirty bombers circling around the periphery and not participating in the attack, should we use them?"

Chen Shaokuan narrowed his eyes slightly, and the corners of his mouth curled up to show a smile: "No hurry, they are going to become the killer's trump card. They can play a big role at critical moments! Continue to cruise first. Wait for the opportunity!"

The attacking aircraft fleet is too large. Except for bombing the aircraft carrier and landing to replenish ammunition, they are currently stuck on it and cannot get up. There are more than 30 fighters in the air that are fully loaded with ammunition and do not move. those guys.Not too little, at this time, but not in a hurry to use it. The warships of the Japanese army huddled together to keep warm, under strict defense, without a numerical advantage, launching an attack would inevitably suffer huge losses.And the results are not necessarily good.

After thinking about it for a while, Cheng Yaoliang understood, and quickly arranged things later.Immediately, the two ships "Taishan" and "Hengshan" pursued "Rixiang" without hesitation!

Chen Shaokuan's tactics are very clear, that is, "Tian Ji's horse racing", the upper four is the lower four against the middle four!

Strictly speaking, in front of the "Taishan-class" battleships, all Japanese ships are constantly at the same level as opponents, and the most powerful "Nagato" and "Mutsu" are at most middle-ranked.The rest of the Japanese ships can only be regarded as "Xiasi", but if you do it seriously, the first two ships are more troublesome, the battle takes too long, and there is a greater chance of losing both sides, the latter is much easier!

After sinking the "Ise", I have a certain understanding of the various performances and armor levels of this type of Japanese ship. It is obviously not an opponent. Right now, taking advantage of the good opportunity that the four battleships behind the Japanese army have not yet arrived , If you don't kill it, when will it be!

The two giant ships did not stop at all, while firing their guns, coupled with the continuous torpedoes fired by the two heavy cruisers and destroyers to clear the field, they chased and killed them in the "ri direction" to the north. They were fully 25 kilometers away. The two turrets began to attack unceremoniously!

On the battlefield on the left wing, the battleship "Nagato" was heading straight forward in a steady course. In front of the left, two enemy ships approached rapidly at an angle of 45 degrees. The shocking water column, Yamamoto 56 glanced calmly, his face actually glowed with a strange brilliance!

"My lords! Our warriors have achieved brilliant results in a decisive blow. All four aircraft carriers of the China Navy were seriously injured. They, like us, have no help from the flying team for the time being. The battle situation finally tilted towards us. Already!"

He changed his usual composure and composure, straightened his chest and waved his right hand forcefully in the air, the intense light in his eyes could be seen clearly by everyone.

Staff officer San Ben and a group of young people couldn't hold their breath, and immediately cheered loudly: "Onboard! Imperial pilots are onboard!"

Some even shed tears of excitement!It's not easy!They all thought that this time they were going to return to their hometown completely. Facing the pressure of four battleships plus four aircraft carriers and hundreds of fighter jets, it was too great. Unexpectedly, the situation turned upside down!

Takahashi Iwan's excited cheeks twitched, and he shouted hastily: "Commander! In this way, we will use seven battleships and 11 heavy cruisers to confront the Chinese Navy, and we will have an absolute advantage in terms of numbers and firepower. Then, before their aircraft carrier is repaired, kill them resolutely!"

Seven to four!Regardless of the gap between the battleship's main gun, the smallest caliber is 356mm. The armor of the battleship also has a waterline armor of 305mm, and there are even 350mm. Whether it is defense or offense, there are enough opportunities.

Looking at the number of naval guns, let alone, most of them are four and eight guns, adding up to 40 guns. The "Fuso-class" has an exaggerated 12 guns per ship. The total number adds up to 64 giant guns!On the heavy cruiser, each ship has 10 guns, adding up to more than 100 guns. With such a large firepower, it has 36 main guns for four warships, and 36 small guns for four scattered heavy cruisers. , the quantity advantage is more than double!

Under such an advantage, there is no fluke exchange of main guns, so whoever has more firepower, whose artillery skills are more sophisticated, and whose courage is more sufficient, whoever is the final winner!

The balance has completely tilted towards Japan!

Things on the battlefield cannot be simply calculated in this way. Many off-site factors often play a big role. For example, Japan's poor gun-making technology caused the shells of "Nagato" to spread easily beyond 1000 meters. , If you aim at it, you will definitely miss it, and if you aim it crookedly, you may be able to cover up such things. Can you just say it?

Furthermore, due to structural problems of the "Fuso class", once the two turrets in the middle are fired, it will seriously affect the stability and balance of the battleship. Once shot, at least half of the battleship's firepower will be paralyzed, and the armor of the ammunition depot is extremely weak. Nonsense.

It's not that Yamamoto 56 doesn't know, but at this moment, his morale is so high that he finally turned the situation around, and he is completely consolidated in one go. He will never have a chance to come back in the second half of his life!

Taking a deep breath, he shouted forcefully: "Send power to the Second Squadron. My loyal and brave naval pilots have completely paralyzed the China aircraft carrier. The fighter plane is fleeting. We will hold the China battleship with a decisive attitude. Please, Mr. Yoshida Be sure to seize the opportunity and defeat each one!"

"Hi!" The three staff officers repeated simply, a good word, and spread it quickly.

Yamamoto 56 clenched his fists with both hands, and slammed down on the chart table: "Facing the Chinese battleship, fire!"

"fire!"

The battleship shook violently, and the strong fireworks lowered the ship's side, forcing the heavy hull to tilt to the right, and the heavy 410mm shells roared out of the chamber, heading straight for the distance!

The bow of the "Songshan" battleship, which was raised like a knife, cut through the waves, galloped at a speed of 33 knots, and faced the flagship of the Japanese army obliquely in the distance. A round of salvo sprayed out more than ten tons of steel gunpowder!

The short and heavy recoil caused the ship to involuntarily tilt slightly to the left. In the command tower, Shen Honglie, who had gradually gotten used to this rhythm, just shook his body slightly and stood firmly. Under the swiftly rushing Chengming, he stared at the distant Japanese ship for a while, then turned his head and asked casually, "How long will it take for the Huashan to arrive at the predetermined position?"

The combat staff officer immediately replied: "In 5 more minutes, we will be able to form the optimal rear angle of the enemy's flagship!"

Shen Honglie waved his hand: "Let them immediately change their strategy, and after firing as much as possible from the enemy's rear, immediately rush to the right-wing battlefield to reinforce Chief Chen's troops, and strive to form a total of 'ri direction' against the Japanese army in the shortest possible time. !"

This change surprised everyone, Xie Gangzhe suddenly looked up at him and said, "Old Shen! In this way, we will be fighting alone! If the Japanese army 'Mutsu' arrives, We can't help but fight two against one, this..."

Shen Honglie shook his head calmly: "The form is compelling! If we divide our troops and confront each other like this, we will inevitably be besieged. The battle will last for too long, and there will be many uncontrollable troubles! For the current plan, we are the only ones who will be the chopping board and resist first." Taking advantage of the heavy blows from the Japanese battleships and creating time for Chief Chen and the others, they will have a greater chance of winning with three defeats and one enemy, and four enemies again!"

Xie Gangzhe hesitated for a moment, and stopped persuading: "Okay! Only in this way, we will take a big risk!"

Shen Honglie smiled slightly: "In battle on the battlefield, life and death change rapidly, why bother to think so much!"

Without the support of the air force for the time being, these Lao Jiangs who got the opportunity to contribute for the first time, unexpectedly chose to continue fighting, even if they were in danger, they would not hesitate!

The right rudder of the "Huashan" passed the tail of the "Mutsu" and blocked it towards the "Rixiang", while the "Songshan" itself faced the bombardment of the "Nagato" and struggled forward! (to be continued)rq