New Warlords 1909

So stalemate for a month.The Cabinet government has come under numerous domestic pressures.Many young young men sent naval officers.Dissatisfied with the results of the United Fleet.Great damage to the glory of the Imperial Navy.They all asked Kato to resign and apologize.

Although Kato is proficient in artillery.But how can he understand. .China today.At least in this area of ​​​​the autonomous region.Because of Hua Fei's big butterfly.Everything has changed.I just don't use naval capital ships and decisive battles.Make use of your own strengths and attack the enemy's weaknesses.Take full advantage of everything you can.Fight with you.This style of asymmetrical combat.Where did Kato and the others come into contact with.He' | not confused.What the hell!

"Marshal. This is the incompetence of the army. Our imperial navy is not an invincible opponent. It's just a shameful and cowardly Chinese navy. Don't dare! If the army can win, the war is over long ago. Why do we need to be frozen here! Marshal. The Imperial Navy is victorious. The Imperial Navy has never failed!"

Kato ignored Fujimoto.His face was full of pain.There was a pensive look in his eyes.muttered. "It's the air force. That's right. It's the air force and submarines. The only two sharp weapons in the hands of the Chinese. If we had planes, then the planes of the Chinese would not fly around and above our heads unscrupulously. If I' |There are submarines. We may swim quietly into the Huangpu River. Sink the Kirishima. Complete the mission. Or maybe we can lay an ambush nearby. Look for an opportunity to sink that poor warship of the Chinese!"

"Yes. Yes. That's it!" Like a child struggling with a math problem.Suddenly found the answer.Kato frowned.Happy in the color way. "The Great Japanese Empire. Must have its own powerful air force. Must have its own submarine force!"

"Alert! Alert! 236 to the southwest. Unidentified warship at five nautical miles!"

With the harsh siren sounding through the warship.Kato and Fujimoto were startled together.Quickly ran to the bridge.Pick up the binoculars and observe.

Just this moment.Those ten or so torpedo boats suddenly appeared in the snowflakes.It was already heading towards Kato's flagship at a speed of more than [-] knots in a straight line.

"It's the China Navy. Torpedo boat. Fast. High-speed maneuvering. Ready for battle!" Kato turned around and hissed.A chill.From the top of his head to the bottom of his feet.It nearly froze his heart.Stop beating in general.

188 Asymmetric Decisive Battle

Lei Guangjiong, who was on board the torpedo boat Tong'an at that time, stared at the Japanese United Main Fleet in the distance through the flying sky.After receiving Hua Fei's authorization to allow the torpedo ships to attack, Lei Guangjiong gathered more than a dozen high-speed torpedo ships and destroyers in the early morning of the next day, and conducted detailed tactical explanations and simulation exercises for each captain.

Time and space made it impossible for Lei Guangjiong to practice his tactics in the field. After spending a day with the captains of the boats to determine the tactics, snow began to fall on the third day.The snowflakes all over the sky greatly blocked the line of sight, which was a godsend opportunity for their high-speed assault tactics.

Without hesitation, Lei Guangjiong immediately asked the Operations Staff Headquarters to lead the first batch of nine high-speed torpedo ships to attack quickly.Everything went very well until they approached the United Fleet about five nautical miles before being discovered by them.According to the speed of their mineboats up to more than 30 knots, they can enter the attack position in less than 10 minutes.

"Report, the enemy ship seems to have spotted us and has begun maneuvering!"

Spotted us so quickly?It seems that the training quality of the Japanese sailors is indeed not bad, and they deserve to be a strong army that can defeat even Russia.In such a snowy weather, they still stick to their posts, and found the very small torpedo boat so quickly, a little earlier than Lei Guangjiong expected, which is not easy!

"Continue to drive in a straight line at high speed!" After Lei Guangjiong gave the order, he picked up the binoculars and stood on the bridge and looked forward.In the narrow lens of the telescope, one-third of the warships of the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet are here.The flagship battlecruiser King Kong, Bi, Kurama, Ibuki... Although a large number of warships have been dispatched, the fleet left in front of them is still daunting!

However, in Lei Guangjiong's eyes, there is a lot of fear, but some excitement.Before the combined fleet was divided, no matter how feasible his 'mosquito tactics' were, it would be difficult to get much benefit from the dense enemy fleet.However, because there has been no victory in Shanghai for a long time, and the navy of the autonomous region has been avoiding the battle.Therefore, many destroyers of the United Fleet went south to escort merchant ships, and some cruisers went north to support operations on the Shandong battlefield.Most of the warships left behind are the main warships of the Japanese Navy to bombard and deter Shanghai from a long distance.

So for Lei Jiong, this is an opportunity.In front of huge battleships, a high-speed torpedo ship with a displacement of only two to three hundred tons is undoubtedly like a mosquito.However, it is precisely because of the fast speed and small size of the torpedo ship that it has incomparable flexibility in front of the huge figure and heavy artillery of the battleship.Moreover, only a few torpedoes carried by a torpedo boat can kill a battleship hundreds of times larger than it on the seabed.

"Boom! Boom! Boom..." Some destroyers turned their bows and accelerated to meet them. They were still out of range, and they couldn't wait to open fire.It is conceivable that the sudden appearance of Lei Guangjiong and his torpedo boat formation caused great panic to the Japanese navy.

Most warships in this era were powered by coal-fired boilers, reciprocating steam engines or steam turbines.Due to the use of coal, the ship accelerated very slowly.Especially for a huge battleship, in front of a dexterous high-speed torpedo ship, no matter whether it is accelerating or turning the rudder, it will undoubtedly appear very clumsy.

Seventh bell.It is less than two nautical miles away from the main warship of the Japanese fleet.Lei Guangjiong must enter within 30 seconds.In order to bring the enemy ship into the range of the torpedo.The Japanese Navy destroyer has already greeted it.main gun.rapid fire gun.All the machine guns fired.Not even aiming.Shoot out all the bullets on the warship.Used to resist Lei Guangjiong's approach.

"boom!"

A shell hit the torpedo ship Haiqing.A fire suddenly ignited on the deck of the Sea.Several sailors fell into the water.However, the Haiqing only slowed down a little.Twist the direction again.Follow the Tong'an number.Do not leave the formation!

"Stay away!" Lei Guangjiong ordered loudly.The standard bearer quickly conveyed the order.

The originally tight formation suddenly dispersed.Choose your target.Approaching at high speed.Thus.Japanese navy destroyers and torpedo ships hit with artillery fire.Immediately, many of them fell to nothing.The Japanese navy was not slow to respond.Seeing the thunderous torpedo boat formation disperse.They also find their own goals.Chase and intercept.

8 minutes.More and more destroyers and torpedo ships rushed over.Join the ranks of interception.Some light cruisers have also been adjusted.The main and secondary guns fired together.All of a sudden, there was a rain of bullets on the sea.The waves splash.

"Maneuver, high-speed S-type maneuver, aim at the Tsukuba, charge!"

Just when Lei Guangjiong's Tong'an was just starting to maneuver, a shell hit the main gun on the front deck, several gunners were killed in the explosion, and a shell hit the bridge.The violent explosion not only shattered all the glass, but the powerful shock wave caused many people, including Lei Guangjiong, to fall to the ground.

Just as the explosion sounded here, the second formation of the Assault Fleet was led by the destroyer Flying Eagle, consisting of four destroyers with a displacement of [-] to [-] tons and eight torpedo boats with a displacement of less than [-] tons. The average speed was only about [-] knots, so they followed the first echelon to form the second echelon, which was responsible for pinning down the Japanese destroyer torpedo boats and looking for opportunities to attack enemy cruisers.

As soon as the two sides encountered each other, they immediately began to fight, and the battle quickly became intense.A Japanese destroyer saw that the high-speed torpedo ship Hailong was approaching the battleship Kashima, and released two torpedoes.With such a short distance, and the fact that Kashima's boiler main engine was not running at full speed, it was impossible to avoid it, so it simply stopped on the inevitable track of the torpedo without hesitation.

boom! The G77 torpedo has a full 200-gram high-explosive bomb charge, which is much more powerful than a sea mine.With a bang, the torpedo immediately blew up the old-fashioned destroyer in two from the middle.The explosion even caused the explosion of the ammunition depot on the destroyer. A burst of flames engulfed the destroyer in an instant, and there may not be a single surviving sailor on the entire ship.

The destroyer stopped one torpedo, but could not block the direction of another torpedo.boom! The G7 torpedo accurately hit the deck below the waterline on the left side of the Deer, and immediately blasted a hole one meter square.

The entire hull of the Kashima tilted accordingly, and many sailors fell into the sea one after another following the shock of the explosion and the tilt of the hull.But before the officers and soldiers on the Hailong could celebrate, the main guns of the two cruisers that came urgently flooded the Hailong quickly and intensively.When the gunpowder smoke cleared here, the figure of Hailong was never seen again.

On the other side, the first high-speed torpedo ladder[

All of them aimed at the Japanese large-tonnage warships, while the other light cruisers and destroyers saw their intentions and ignored the entanglement of the second destroyer echelon. They all tried their best to attack the torpedo ships of the first echelon and prevent them from launching torpedoes.

As soon as the Japanese cruiser Kasagi turned its bow, it saw that the torpedo ship Haiqing had inserted obliquely towards the battleship Satsuma, and it was soon possible to reach the battle position and launch torpedoes.The captain of the cruiser Kasagi, Heki Yamaji, was furious. The Chinese people are too hateful. If you don't fight them head-on, you can just play a sneak attack.They also deliberately attacked their main warships in a suicidal manner regardless of their lives. You must know that those big guys are the housekeeping treasures of the Japanese Navy and the symbol of the entire Imperial Navy!

The distance was very close, and the main guns and secondary guns on the ship were shooting at dead ends.He Mushan seemed to be crazy big, "Turn on the horsepower, hit him, hit him and sink him!"

The result of a cruiser with a displacement of more than a few thousand tons colliding with a torpedo ship with a displacement of only more than 200 tons can be imagined.Although the Haiqing had the speed advantage, it was hit by multiple shells, and its speed was greatly reduced.The fire that ignited on the deck and in the cabin has not been extinguished until now.

The captain of the Haiqing was killed in the explosion. The chief engineer and the surviving soldiers looked at the cruiser colliding at high speed indifferently, with a look of determination and determination.Except for a few sailors who had already jumped into the sea, none of the remaining soldiers showed a look of fear.

"emission!"

Following the order of the chief engineer, one torpedo was launched quickly, and before the other torpedo could be launched, the Kasagi cruiser slammed onto the belly of the Shanghai Qing.The Haiqing, which was originally damaged by the shelling, was smashed to pieces in an instant and sank at an extremely fast speed.

The crew of the Haiqing, before seeing the results of their battle, have buried in this sea area one after another, forever using their fearless and heroic souls to protect the ten thousand miles of waters of the motherland.

At this time, Lei Guangjiong slowly tried to get up from the Cambridge deck, but the strong smell made him cough repeatedly, and the dense smoke made him unable to open his eyes.Many sailors rushed in to put out the fire, and the guards fell beside him, shaking their bright bodies and shouting, "Captain, captain, are you alright?"

Lei Guangjiong shook his head, feeling his face was wet and uncomfortable, he stretched out his hand to wipe it, it turned out that his head was smashed just now, and now the whole face was covered with blood.The violent shaking and rapid blood loss made Lei Guangjiong stand up several times before he barely stood up with the support of the guards.

It was already very close to the battleship Tsukuba. Even though Lei Guangjiong's vision was a bit blurred, he could still see the Tsukuba turning the rudder clumsily and accelerating.The thick main gun has completely lost its effect on the Tong'an, which is so close.The tall hull made most of the secondary guns on the ship unable to effectively bombard the Tong'an at a low angle.Only four 80mm single-mounted secondary guns can pose a threat to the Tong'an.

The sea surface of the East China Sea was instantly shaken by an earthquake-like tsunami. Amidst the dancing snowflakes, the sea surface was boiled by shells one after another.The roaring artillery shells and the flames caused by the violent explosion of the warship, the solid black smoke column from the coal-fired boiler, and the wake left by the high-speed rotation of the propeller.

The entire Japanese fleet has been fully accelerated, but what makes them even more confused is that the formation of bombers in the sky is also flying over the sky.In the past few days, the people of the Navy and Air Force, every time they perform a mine-throwing mission, they will return with more or less losses or injuries.It is a pity that there is no direct attack weapon, so they can only withdraw in embarrassment under the unscrupulous onslaught of Japanese warships.

These young pilots, who were still extremely immature, have gradually matured in the process of performing missions one after another.In the battle, it was quickly expanded into three bomber squadrons to attack more than 30 aircraft. At this time, the pilots above were no longer the youngsters who performed the mission for the first time.

Rushing down from the leaden clouds, they used the maximum limit they could do to drop bombs on Japanese warships one after another.Since many of the secondary batteries had been turned to those destroyers and torpedo ships, the aircraft faced much less anti-aircraft fire.These bombs have a great impact under the inertial force of the dive.

Even if the violent explosion can't sink the huge ship, it will still cause great damage to the ship's hull, and the fire that ignites is enough for the sailors on the warship to keep busy for a while.

If you are lucky, if the bomb hits the ammunition depot, boiler room, or machinery room, it will completely destroy the enemy ship or make them lose power.

The three-dimensional strikes on the sea surface and in the air made this seemingly weak naval force beat the main force of the unprepared Japanese combined fleet into a very embarrassing situation for a while.

Lei Guangjiong soon received the damage report of the warship and the situation of other ships in the fleet. The strength is too weak and the situation is not optimistic.Once the Japanese joint team has changed their minds and changed their formation, the fate of Lei Guangjiong's fleet will only be destroyed.

"The No. 2 torpedo launcher is ready, and the No. [-] torpedo launcher is ready!" The torpedo commander also had a look of ashes in a mess, and his clothes were burned to tatters by the flames.He ran into the bridge and reported loudly to Lei Guangjiong.

"Okay, aim at the battleship Tsukuba and launch them all!"

puff!puff!Two torpedoes hit the battleship Tsukuba at high speed at a speed of 36 knots.Although the Tong'an torpedo ship is called a torpedo ship, it only has two 8-inch torpedo tubes.Otherwise, Lei Guangjiong's original intention was to launch all the torpedoes at once.Although the price of torpedoes is very high, if you can sink the battleship Tsukuba, the harvest will be extremely rich!

However, Lei Guangjiong was obviously not in the mood to stay and wait to see the results of the battle. After launching the torpedo, he immediately gave the order to return.The essence of the mosquito tactics is to advance one after another, but the Navy of the autonomous region does not have so many torpedo boats for Lei Guangjiong to dispatch, so he can only return to Hong Kong to reload, wait for the opportunity, and look for an opportunity to dispatch again.

The naval battle was extremely fierce, but the duration was far less than that of the bombardment between battleships and cruisers.While the HNA bombers were still dive-bombing the combined Japanese fleet, the Lei Guangjiong Tong'an was at full rudder, the hull was tilted, and it was turning at a high speed, and it was about to return to Hong Kong.

The first high-speed torpedo ship formation was fast, the hull was small and flexible, and there were sufficient tactical drills in advance, so the Japanese army was insufficiently prepared.So the torpedoes of most torpedo ships are fired.Unfortunately, due to the serious interference of enemy destroyers and torpedo ships, less than half of the seventeen torpedoes hit the target.The only large warships hit were Kashima, Satsuma, and Tsukuba.Only one of Lei Guangjiong's two torpedoes hit the Tsukuba, and none of them hit vital parts.This point of explosion damage, for the displacement

For a battleship, it's not deadly enough.