New Warlords 1909

The plane swished past the wing of a Wehrmacht fighter jet half a meter away, startling the pilot, and he knew who it was without having to guess, and cursed with mixed love and hate, "Crazy Yang, I really don't want it!" It doesn't matter if you usually risk your life, but you almost ran into Lao Tzu!"

Although the pilot said so, he had to admire Yang Jian's daring and technical climax in training.Don't look at him as a newcomer, but in the Air Force he is definitely known for being bold and not afraid of death, and desperate for his life.Because the dive bomber has a mixed structure of wood and metal, coupled with many technical constraints such as instruments, the angle and speed of the dive are limited, and it cannot achieve a ninety-degree dive bombing similar to the famous dive bomber-the Stuka bomber.

Due to the fragile structure of bombers in this period, they could not withstand the impact of high-speed dives and pull-ups. In addition, the British had experimented with dive attacks during World War I, and the effect was not good, so they gave up follow-up research. Tactics have not attracted universal attention.However, with the development of aircraft technology, more and more attention has been paid to dive bombing tactics, especially its ability to attack small targets.

Compared with traditional large "level bombers", small "dive bombers" have obvious advantages in attack accuracy and cost.The dive bombing method can use the dive to reduce or eliminate the forward inertia of the dropped bomb, thereby effectively improving the bomb hit rate.If the pilot is good enough, one or two bombs can be very effective, especially against targets such as tanks, warships or fortifications.Now all bombers do not have high-precision sights, and the hit rate of large and medium-sized horizontal bombers carrying out horizontal bombing at a relatively high altitude is naturally very low. Moreover, the cost of these large aircraft and research and development costs are very high, which is very unsuitable for China's current needs.

The Navy generally favors dive bombers over the Air Force.Because air force bombers take off and land on land, they are basically not limited by size and weight, so their commanders generally adopt a large-scale horizontal bombing strategy.For the navy, the size and weight of aircraft that can take off and land on an aircraft carrier are limited, and the navy needs to accurately send limited ammunition to the sky above the target, rather than large-scale intensive bombing.

This situation is also very suitable for Germany's national conditions. As the dive bombers gained the limelight in this battle and shocked the world's military circles, the generals headed by the No. [-] ace General Udit in World War I quickly realized the potential and potential of dive bombing. Advantages, and launched intensive research and development and seek assistance from China, this is something later.

But the original model with a blunt warhead completely turned into a "sharp warhead" in Yang Jian's hands.He not only maximized the performance of the blunt warhead, but also managed to dive at an angle of 45 degrees beyond the 550-degree dive angle limit of the aircraft design.And the speed also exceeds the designed dive speed, rushing to the target at a speed of more than [-]KM.The most important thing is that Yang Jian didn't open the speedbrake until the last moment, and dropped bombs at a higher speed than others, but he still hit the target accurately time after time. Superb flying technique.

Although everyone knows the technical details of how Yang Jian did this, no one is willing to take such a risk, because although such a dive attack has a large angle and high speed, and reduces the blocking of anti-aircraft firepower, the aircraft may attack at any time. It will disintegrate in the air, destroying the plane and killing people.Only a lunatic like Yang Jian would use his own "pointed bullet" tactic.

"Kill!" With Yang Jian's two shouts, two 280-pound high-explosive armor-piercing projectiles were dropped from the belly of the aircraft, hit the target accurately, and exploded two terrifying bombs on the flight deck of the Longxiang. big hole.Yes, Ryujo, the largest and most advanced aircraft carrier of the Japanese Navy, is the target of Yang Jian's attack.At this time, at least four or five large holes were blown out on the flight deck of the Ryūjō, and it was almost impossible to complete the take-off mission.

Under the dense anti-aircraft firepower of the Longxiang, Yang Jian turned the fuselage and laughed at his most powerful record. However, there were still many planes parked on the deck, and countless Japanese sailors were running on the deck, trying to rescue them. The fire that had just exploded and ignited.

Yang Jian pressed down the fuselage again, braving the rain of anti-aircraft fire and rushed forward shouting.

"Little Japan, see your grandfather's machine gun firepower, kill!!!!"

304 The Grand Battle That Determines the Fate of the Nation

The new blunt warhead dive bomber design is more balanced.With the addition of two 280-pound (260KG) bombs, the combat radius of the aircraft can reach the maximum design distance.And if the battle requires, the aircraft can load a total of 350KG of bombs, which is really not easy for a dive bomber that is not huge.It not only benefits from the rapid development of aero-engine technology in the autonomous region, but also benefits from the advancement of aircraft design, manufacturing, materials and other related technologies.

The reason why blunt warheads are called blunt warheads is that when they are attached to aerial bombs, the maneuverability and flexibility of the aircraft are greatly affected. Without the escort of fighter jets, their own combat defense capabilities are no higher than those of bombers. How many.

However, when the blunt warhead loses the aerial bomb, it will be completely different, as if transformed into a sharp warhead, and its combat effectiveness is not much inferior to that of the Air Force's fighter jets.In Yang Jian's hands, this kind of performance characteristics brought the pointed warhead to its full potential.The bullets fired violently from the machine gun hit the deck, splashing the deck sawdust and the blood of the Japanese sailors.One person fell down immediately, and the planes parked on the deck were smashed to pieces by bullets. Compared with the planes that fell into the sea, at least a whole body could fall.

The fires of some aircraft were just about to be extinguished.The fuel tank was detonated under the fire of the machine gun, and the fire of the explosion engulfed the plane in an instant.To make matters worse, the large hole that the bomb blasted in the deck completely lost the shelter of the hangar below the deck.Barrels of aviation kerosene are placed in the hangar below the deck, and some are still refueling the aircraft in the hangar.The crisis brought about by the bomb explosion was just extinguished by the Japanese sailors, and a catastrophic scene came.It was just that a few missed bullets hit the oil drum, causing kerosene to gush out, and at this moment, the burning wood chips falling from it made the entire hangar completely flooded with fire amidst a series of explosions!

Ah...! Ah~~~!Following the hoarse roar, the Japanese sailors who turned into little firemen fell into the sea without direction. The sailors in the entire hangar were either burned to death by the fire, or fell into the sea and were drowned by the sea water. .

The fire in the hangar was burning fiercely, causing bursts of smoke to rise from the wooden flight deck on the surface. If the fire could not be extinguished, I am afraid that the latest Japanese aircraft carrier, the Ryujo, was hailed as the strongest by the Japanese Navy. The aircraft carrier, I'm afraid it was buried in the fire so uselessly.

Even so, Yang Jian didn't seem to be ready to stop. He laughed loudly, rushed into the sky, turned around, and rushed towards the Longxiang again. This time he spotted the island of the Longxiang. Type control tower, fingers pressed on the pressure rod of the machine gun and did not relax until the plane was less than three meters away from the Ryujo control tower, and turned sideways.It almost brushed past the opponent's command module.And just as he flew over, there were exclamations in the command tower of the Ryujo. It is conceivable that at least one important senior Japanese naval officer may be about to pass away.

Watching such a scene, Yang Jian's comrades couldn't help cursing, this lunatic is simply a lunatic.Do you think he looks like he is on the battlefield for the first time?The extremely dangerous action just now, even if they are veterans, there is no need to do it.He is not fighting at all, he seems to have turned the sky into his personal performance show.

However, no matter whether Yang Jian's comrades were shocked or astonished, admired or worried, Yang Jian's superb personal skills and bold flying movements are probably unmatched in the Air Force.Just when Yang Jian turned the fuselage again to prepare for another exciting and difficult action, he saw four huge waves burst out in succession from the center of the Ryūjō ship below. The Xiang was torn in half in an instant.The latest aircraft carrier of the Japanese Navy, an extremely hard steel giant ship, is as fragile as a model in the face of the power of such an explosion, vulnerable to a single blow.

"It's a submarine, these dark little fishes. It's going to spoil the interest of the men!" Yang Jian cursed in disappointment.

Yes, it was a submarine. As soon as the Air Force aircraft entered the combat attack range, the submarine force that was waiting for a rabbit immediately started its engines and rushed to the attacking sea area.Although the Japanese have a more advanced and sophisticated anti-submarine network than before, when those sonar operators noticed the abnormality, it was the time when the Air Force of the National Defense Forces attacked on a large scale, and their own aircraft fell into the sea like a bird with broken wings. .This hesitation was obviously fatal. When they confirmed that a large number of submarines were coming ahead, the bombing of the Air Force of the National Defense Forces had already begun.

Somewhat similar to the Air Force, the submarine force of the National Defense Forces started early, trained for a long time, and has been tempered by war. It is the most tested and elite fist force in the National Defense Forces navy.Now this team of submarine wolves, driving as many as [-] main submarine WIII submarines, is quickly approaching the target.

With the air planes drawing most of the attention, the sea wolves approached the entire fleet quite smoothly.When a destroyer found the trace of the submarine, it rushed over to prepare to drop depth charges. Most of the submarines entered the attack position, adjusted the shooting parameters, and were ready to shoot the torpedoes in the long-awaited torpedo tubes at any time.

The entire battlefield was extremely chaotic, but Xu Bai managed to find the target Longxiang.What made him a little depressed was that when he found the Ryujo, the Ryujo had already been bombed by Air Force planes and was on fire.It seems that not only Xu Bai, but the brothers in the Air Force are also very interested in this latest Japanese Navy aircraft carrier.

Xu Bai is 21 this year, this age is very common among young National Defense Forces.But at the age of 21, he is already the captain of a main submarine.From this point alone, Xu Bai's legend is not inferior to Yang Jian's.However, Xu Bai's personality is completely opposite to Yang Jian's. He is very calm and reticent.During an overseas training, the submarine broke down and went down to more than ten meters beyond the diving depth limit. control.When even the captain was a little at a loss, Xu Bai seemed to be the same as usual, calming down the emotions of everyone in the command cabin with a single word.

"If you don't want to die, just calm down!"

Afterwards, Xu Bai issued a total of six instructions, and the submarine finally eliminated the malfunction, cleared the danger, and returned to the port safely.Afterwards, everyone recalled that during the whole process, including the first sentence, Xu Bai said a total of seven sentences, and the first sentence was the one with the most words among all the words.When the submarine ruled out the danger and returned safely.Everyone was celebrating, but Xu Bai went back to the cabin to sleep alone, he didn't seem to feel so excited and excited because of his narrow escape.

It was precisely because of the calm and accurate handling of that dangerous situation that Xu Bai successfully became the youngest captain of the submarine force, and he had just turned twenty at the time.At this age, many people are still studying in the submarine academy.

Even the officers of Xu Bai's submarine didn't know much about Xu Bai's past.In addition to knowing that he is a member of the Holy Son, he was admitted to the Jagged Military Academy when he was very young, and later entered the Naval Academy with honors, and soon transferred to the Submarine Academy, and successfully graduated at the age of 19.Because the submarine force was in a stage of rapid development at that time.That's why Xu Bai was able to join the combat force as soon as he graduated. Later, he continued to make meritorious service, and with the help of his membership in the Holy Son Regiment, he successfully served as the deputy captain.If it wasn't for that critical accident, I'm afraid he would be able to be promoted to the captain of a boat in two or three years. It's just that this legend would be many times weaker.

Yang Jian's bombing just made Xu Bai feel a little depressed. If the air force really sank him, he would have to look for the target again.It's okay to find the target again, but at that time, most of the targets are probably already the prey of the owner.

"Ready!" As soon as Xu Bai's preparation order was issued, various technical passwords were sent out from the watchman's mouth. When the news that everything was ready was sent back to Xu Bai, Xu Bai confirmed the target again from the periscope, and issued "launch" " order, while quickly retracting the periscope, and at the same time immediately ordered, "Dive, full left rudder, one-third speed!"

Bang bang bang bang!When the huge explosion came through the layers of sea water, the whole submarine jumped up in cheers.Calculated in seconds, if it wasn't the torpedo they shot, who would it be?Four torpedoes, all four hit!Don't mention all hits, even if you hit two, I'm afraid the Longxiang, which has already been scarred, won't be able to hold on.

Xu Bai didn't cheer, but he still smiled from the bottom of his heart. After all, this was his first victory, and he could finally use this as a gift for the commander-in-chief.It was just the result of hitting all four shots, which still surprised Xu Bai incomparably.You must know that although the Longxiang is full of scars, their speed is still there.Didn't they find traces of torpedoes?Or did they not take any evasive action?If I had known this earlier, I would have fired a second shot to save some torpedoes. This thing is too expensive!

How did Xu Bai know.At the same time as he fired the torpedo, Yang Jian's machine gun shot into the command module of the Ryujo, killing the captain of the Ryujo.There was chaos in the command cabin at the time. When the torpedo warning came, they found that the entire ship was slowing down and completely lost power. The helmsman was shot dead in the attack just now.

The house leak happened to be raining all night, the Longxiang was born at an untimely time, or it was too bad luck, and met Yang Jian and Xu Bai, two legendary figures who are in the sky and the sea, and there is always a good result.If you want to blame, you can only blame him for being too eye-catching, too high-profile!

When the Ryujō was devastated, the other battleships in the United Fleet were not feeling well either. Not only were they savagely harassed by dive bombers, but the submarines on the bottom of the sea made them feel like they were trapped in a minefield, and every step of the way was frightened.And what made them feel completely trapped was that the Main Fleet Group of the First Fleet of the Wehrmacht, which had been avoiding to 'see' them, appeared out of nowhere at this time, far away from the artillery range. Inside, use the 'kite-flying' tactic and lead them big by the nose.

The destroyers, cruisers, and battleships of the Japanese United Fleet are dying of distress. At this time, they rushed to fight to the death with China's First Fleet. The outcome is really hard to say.But once these battleships leave, those transport planes and troop carriers will become naked targets, and they will all become delicious meals for sharks in the sea.

That's right, the main target of the planes in the sky and the underwater submarines is not the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy, but the aircraft carriers and troop carriers.Troop carriers are mostly composed of transport planes and passenger ships. Compared with warships, they are simply not a class product in terms of maneuverability or armor protection.Under the intensive "care" of the dive bombers, many passenger ships and small troop carriers have been bombed or set ablaze and are about to sink.

Japanese soldiers were floating everywhere on the sea, they wailed, they called for help, they swam desperately to the warship with their life buoys holding logs.However, their bad luck is obviously not over yet. Yang Jian, who lost his attack target, was the first to find the Japanese soldiers floating in the sea. fly away.

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Under the relentless shooting of machine guns, the entire sea was immediately dyed red with blood-colored fuel. Countless Japanese soldiers struggled in the sea, but more people quickly sank into the depths of the sea, stretched out their stiff limbs, and opened their godless eyes. Looking at the sky as densely packed with planes as dragonflies.No one can read their eyes, fear?anger?despair?remorse?

Yang Jian's actions stunned many pilots in the air. In the military regulations of the National Defense Forces, there are military regulations that do not allow the enemy to surrender or shoot at captives.But does the soldier who fell into the sea count as a surrender?Or is it a prisoner?No one told them, and there was no such thing in the military regulations!But from my own heart, it is immoral to shoot at these soldiers who have lost their weapons and resistance.

Although most of the pilots still targeted the troop carriers and warships, Yang Jian was not alone, he was not fighting alone.Immediately, more than a dozen planes flew down, aiming at the Japanese army on the sea and strafing wildly back and forth.War, let morality go.Today, if you are kind to these Japanese soldiers, tomorrow they will definitely return you with great viciousness.To be treated ethically, don't wear a military uniform!Many people even thought of how much conscience they would face if they did so, and even questioned by military courts, but they had no regrets.If they can reduce the damage to the country, even if they fall into hell, they will have no regrets.These hateful Japanese, did they treat the people of our country kindly during the Russo-Japanese War, during the Shandong period, and during the invasion of Northeast China?

A tooth for a tooth, blood for blood.This is the principle pursued by the National Defense Forces, and it is also the principle that the National Defense Forces must follow.

It was an absolutely tragic day, and the fighting lasted from noon to evening, until the Chinese navy completely retreated and stopped.The brutality of the battle cannot be described in words.Several surviving foreign journalists of the Japanese United Fleet later recorded the battlefield comprehensively in a large number of words, and later history also recognized that it was in this war that the military power of China and Japan, especially the naval power, was reversed.This reversal is not only a comparison of weapons and equipment, but also the ebb and flow of fighting will, fighting confidence, and fighting spirit.

This kind of tragedy is not only for the Japanese, but also for the National Defense Forces.Because the Japanese fleet has a large number of escort warships, they are very powerful in terms of anti-aircraft firepower and anti-submarine forces.After the initial confusion, the tenacious Japanese quickly organized a powerful counterattack.Especially when they saw their soldiers being ruthlessly strafed by the Chinese Air Force at sea, many desperate Japanese soldiers raised their guns, even pistols, and fired frantically at the sky.

Although the aircraft of the Japanese aircraft carrier failed to take off effectively and counterattacked, more than 200 of the first wave of more than 180 aircraft returned, and less than 180 of the second wave of more than 150 aircraft returned.In the third wave, the fourth wave, and the fifth wave, a total of more than 150 aircraft were either destroyed in the battle or seriously injured, and had to make an emergency landing on the sea halfway.

The loss of aircraft is an affordable loss for the Wehrmacht, but at least one hundred of the best pilots died in this battle, which is undoubtedly a great loss for the Wehrmacht.

Moreover, the navy also lost a lot. More than 30 submarines created two-thirds of the tonnage sunk by enemy ships in this battle, most of which were military ships.The latest of the four Japanese aircraft carriers, Ryujo and Houn, were all sunk, and Fengxiang was seriously damaged. Only the old seaplane carrier Wakamiya Maru was too inconspicuous, so the National Defense Forces were too lazy Wasting ammo, so miraculously only slightly injured.The hundreds of planes on the aircraft carrier were almost wiped out. About one-third of the planes fell into the sea because they failed to take off, and some planes were shot down in the air. The library was destroyed, or sank with the explosion of the aircraft carrier, and sank into the sea together.

The heaviest loss was the troop carrier protected by the Japanese United Fleet. Nearly 2 transport ships were sunk as much as [-]%, and the rest were also seriously damaged. According to the statistics of the Japanese military later, more than ten ships that were originally planning to assist Taiwan this time Ten thousand army soldiers, as many as [-] directly died in the battle, either were killed in the explosion, burned to death by the fire, or jumped into the sea and drowned, and of course were shot to death by enemy bullets at sea.More than [-] wounded were rescued, and there were also some missing persons.

In addition, Japan's combined fleet has also suffered a lot of trauma. Because the Japanese main battleships and battlecruisers are too powerful, neither aircraft nor submarines deliberately attack.But those light cruisers and annoying destroyers, torpedo ships, and anti-aircraft gunboats will never let go.

In this campaign, the Japanese surface fleet sank three light cruisers, twelve destroyers, six anti-aircraft gunboats, more than 70 transport aircraft, passenger ships, troop carriers, and several other types of ships.

For this reason, the National Defense Forces not only paid the loss of more than 100 aircraft, but also dispatched more than 30 WIII submarines and other submarines that came to support them, and a total of [-] submarines were bombed and sunk. Thousands of excellent submarine sailors sank forever.In addition, the main fleet of the First Fleet, which came to contain and attract the Japanese combined fleet, also lost several warships.However, the amount of losses was limited, and most of them were slightly injured, so they retreated quickly when they couldn't hold on.

305 The Last Moment of Life

The battle lasted for seven hours.The large number of fleets used, the scale of the war, the huge number of losses, especially the number of casualties, is probably a rare battle in the history of this sea area in East Asia.Although the Japanese-Russian Tsushima naval battle that year was larger than this battle in terms of the number of warships, scale and duration, it was a series of battles composed of multiple battles, and that battle had neither aircraft nor submarines participating in the battle. The form of the war is still at a relatively primitive level. Compared with the East China Sea War, which is close to the embryonic form of modern warfare, it is obviously different in essence.

For this naval battle, Japan did not dispatch all its naval forces, but as the main force of the combined fleet, most of them were dispatched, especially the troops in air defense and anti-submarine, and almost all of them were dispatched.Moreover, in order to regain their disadvantage in the air, Japan also created an original type of air defense ship in the world, which specializes in air defense, and its air defense firepower is not generally powerful.

For the National Defense Forces, almost most of the attack fighters, especially the new dive bombers, were all thrown into battle.And most of the submarine forces that the navy can produce are used to launch tough attacks.No matter how much risk they would take in such an attack under strong armed escort.