Take Taobao to fight against Japan

In just a few tens of seconds, the torpedoes slammed into Italian ships one after another head-on.

Boom boom boom, a series of shocking explosions sounded one after another.

1,2,3,4,5, 16,17,18, [-], [-], [-], ... [-], [-], [-]!

A full eighteen rings!

Well, the eighteen arhats on the bar are unlimited, what an auspicious number.

In this wave of fast and ruthless torpedo projection, 22 of the 18 torpedoes hit successfully, 4 torpedoes did not explode, and the final hit rate was fixed at 82%.

82% hit rate, which is already a very remarkable data.

If the torpedoes that were successfully detonated by the previous 6 frogman troops are added, the number of torpedoes eaten by the Italian navy fleet alone is as high as 24.

If more than half of the torpedo planes hadn't been destroyed before, I am afraid that the Italian ships moored in the port of Tobruk would really be wiped out.

But even so, the Italian Navy fleet docked at the port of Tobruk was extremely severely damaged.

最终统计战果是2艘战列舰、2艘重巡洋舰、3艘轻巡洋舰、4艘驱逐舰被击沉、另有1艘战列舰、2艘重巡洋舰，以及十余艘其它舰艇遭受重创！

虽然当前意大利海军尚有战列舰3艘、轻、重型巡洋舰12艘，其他舰种上百艘，相对于英国地中海舰队的3艘战列舰、2艘航母、22艘驱逐舰和12 艘潜艇而言依然占据了优势地位。

But it is clear that this battle has greatly damaged the Italian fleet, and largely reversed the balance of naval power between the enemy and us in the Mediterranean, at least not as absolute as before.

At the same time, the Allied pilots also shot rabbits and attacked a large number of ground military targets such as anti-aircraft guns, radar stations, and oil depots, and achieved very good bombing effects.

"Oops, Yes!"

"Ness!"

"Good job!"

Seeing the blazing enemy ships, and the groups of flames soaring to the sky further away, the Allied pilots screamed with excitement.

"Quick, quick! Everyone return quickly!"

"dog Dog Dog!"

After successfully completing the bombing mission, the Allied combat aircraft fleet did not dare to stay in the port too much, because no one knew whether the German combat aircraft fleet would come back diagonally and intercept it on the sea.

At this time, you must return to the fleet as soon as possible, and ensuring your own safety is the most important thing!

Chapter 1371

They came and went in a hurry, without the drag of bombs and heavy torpedoes, the return speed of the fleet was naturally much faster than before.

At this time, the bomber group that returned first was already tens of kilometers away.

Aircraft carrier Zhenyuan.

"L!"

"Report to the military seat, the allied forces have won great victory and the creative fleet has sunk and destroyed more than 20 enemy ships, as well as an oil depot in the port of the Axis powers!"

"The fleet is returning at full speed, and the first batch of bombers is expected to arrive at the fleet in 20 minutes!"

The news of the successful air strike on the port of Tobruk was sent back to the fleet immediately.

"Good job!"

At this time, Liu Qiang finally breathed a sigh of relief. After waiting for almost an hour, he finally got the good news.

"Ness!"

"awesome!"

"Haha, we won!"

"You Huaxia soldiers are doing well!"

“British Empire servicemen are great too!”

"Unity is strength!"

"Long live the Anti-Fascist League!"

At the same time, the whole room also became excited. At this moment, there is no distinction between nationalities, and there is no distinction between you and me. The soldiers of the two countries raised their arms and shouted forgetfully, embracing each other.

The North African Allied Theater really needs a decent victory to boost morale.

The previous defense of the Malta Islands and the Matruh Fortress, although the Allied Forces were not considered a failure, even exaggerated it as an unprecedented victory.

But for everyone, in fact, at most, it was a few defensive battles in which they killed [-] enemies and lost [-], which was not an impressive record.

But today's battle was a real counterattack, and it was a very beautiful victory.

Although the Italian fleet moored at the port of Tobruk, Libya, is only a small part of the capital ships of the Italian Navy.

However, after killing them, the balance of naval power between the enemy and the enemy in the Mediterranean changed in favor of the Allies, and the control of the Mediterranean was evened in one fell swoop.

As a result, the Allied Mediterranean naval fleet regained the initiative and had more room to operate, posing a substantial threat to the Mediterranean supply lines of the Axis alliance.

After everyone was excited, Liu Qiang immediately ordered in a deep voice: "Send the order, all aircraft carriers are ready to recover the aircraft, and the frigates and destroyers will strengthen their vigilance and closely monitor the surrounding waters!

Now is the most critical moment, and we must also beware of retaliation from the German submarine force and air force. "

Although it is said that in the vast sea, the enemy's reconnaissance plane can't find the opponent's fleet that is under blackout.

Even if the reconnaissance plane was lucky enough to find the opponent's fleet, in the era without GPS, it would be difficult for the attacking fleet to find the exact location, basically tantamount to re-searching.

But be careful sailing for thousands of years, be careful when you should be careful.

In fact, night flight of fighter jets is a high-tech blind spot for the air forces of most countries after the 21st century, and there are not many all-weather pilots in the world, let alone at present.

Throughout the history of World War II, it was not until the late period of World War II that the US aircraft carrier had the ability to fight at night. Due to the pressure of the Japanese army's night bombing in the early and mid-term, the US military gradually began to experiment with carrier-based aircraft for night combat.

Skilled pilots, such as the Japanese Air Force, can barely take off from the aircraft carrier in low-visibility conditions such as morning light.

Once when the U.S. fleet was receiving fighter planes on an aircraft carrier, the entire fleet kept driving in a straight line, and the bright lights were like a huge Christmas tree, attracting the surrounding Japanese submarines.

But this is not a night battle, but because the departure was too late in the afternoon and the attack distance was too far, it was dark when the US plane returned.

This is the only example of the entire World War II.

For the rest of the Coral Sea Battle, Midway Island Battle, Solomon Islands Battle, and Santa Cruz Battle, the generals of both sides honestly waited for the dawn before flying reconnaissance planes, refueling and reloading, and continued to fight.

Therefore, for the same reason, the current British naval fleet actually does not have the ability to fight at night. Whether it is to discover the enemy fleet, launch an attack on the enemy fleet, or recover combat aircraft, it is a great challenge. They will lift a rock and drop it on their own feet.

Yang Fan naturally understands the truth, but he is reluctant to let the child be caught by the wolf. If he doesn't take a risk, how can he change the unfavorable passive situation with his small gain?

Today is really adventurous!

Fortunately, this time the adventure is going well so far.

It's just that when the plane is being recovered, the lights will inevitably be turned on to illuminate the flight deck of the aircraft carrier, which is a bit dangerous.

But it’s impossible not to do this, because in the dark night, it is completely impossible for the fleet to land safely on the leaf-like deck.

In fact, there is no need for Liu Qiang to specifically instruct this matter again. The destroyers and frigates scattered around, as well as the naval officers and soldiers of the submarine force naturally understand this truth.

From the beginning to the end, there have been special personnel waiting in front of various instruments and meters, monitoring everything around them with their eyes wide open. As long as there is any movement, they will never escape their eyes.

More than ten minutes later, when the first wave of dive bombers was about to arrive in the sea area where the fleet was located, the aircraft carriers in charge of recovering them turned on all the lights to guide the fleet to land safely.

Buzzing, the first wave of dive bombers has not been recovered, and the torpedo planes, fighter jets, and reconnaissance planes that flew back later flew over the fleet one after another.

As a result, the fleet became even busier and more chaotic, and a large number of planes had to circle at high altitudes and line up waiting for the opportunity to land.

In fact, there is another way to recover, that is, these fleets that have completed the mission can fly directly back to the Army Airport near Port Alexandria.

Because according to the endurance of these fleets, they can fly from the port of Tobruk back to the port of Alexandria, 600 kilometers away.

However, there is a big problem here, that is, along the way, they have to pass through the radar stations of the Axis countries. Maybe they will be dumped by the returning German night fighter group.

Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, it is better to fly directly back to the fleet to recover. Although it is a bit risky, the probability of risk is much lower than flying directly back to the port of Alexandria!

After being busy for more than two hours, the combat fleet was finally recovered safely without any danger.

After completing the recovery operation, the fleet can finally re-implement the blackout, and sail the galleon towards the port of Alexandria in triumph.

The entire "exposure" process lasted for nearly two hours, but it was calm. This is not to say that the German army did not want to come to make trouble, but that under the cover of night, it was really too difficult for the German reconnaissance planes to find the Allied fleet in the vast sea. up.

As for those German submarines, although they are always wandering around the Mediterranean Sea when they have nothing to do, the Mediterranean Sea is really not small after all.

These slow-moving submarines are also ideal if they want to try their luck to find the Allied fleet in a short period of time.

Chapter 1372

Cairo, Allied Command North Africa Theater.

It was already past three o'clock in the morning, and it should be the most sleepy time for people. However, a room full of senior generals and senior staff officers, they were excited and not sleepy at the moment, and they were discussing fiercely in groups. .

Yang Fan himself seemed relatively more relaxed, drinking coffee and smoking cigars with Stilwell, Wang Liguo, Lu Shengfeng and others, and his expression was very calm.

Holding the coffee cup, Wang Liguo stirred it gently, and said to Yang Fan with a smile on his face: "Boss, now we are waiting for the final safety news from the Navy, it seems that there should be no accidents! "

Lu Shengfeng smiled and said: "Yes, although there was a little accident in the middle, and the few remaining night fighter groups of the German army ambushed the rear, resulting in the loss of more than half of the torpedo fleet, but generally speaking, we can do it tonight. It can be described as a complete victory!"

"Now we have successfully damaged the Italian Navy fleet and regained the lost ground during the day. This is already a major victory."

Stilwell raised his brows proudly and said: "Not only that, but we have also found night battles, a countermeasure that makes it difficult to parry the Axis forces.

If we can continue to amplify this advantage, it will undoubtedly help us defeat the Axis alliance step by step! "

After finishing speaking, Stilwell stretched out his thumb and praised: "Yang, you are really amazing!"

"Where and where, in the final analysis, it is all the credit of everyone, and my role is actually just a thread!"

Facing the compliments from everyone, Yang Fan spoke modestly on the surface, but his body reacted very honestly, and he was already happy in his heart.

Prior to this, they have received extremely good news one after another, not only the progress of the entire air strike process carried out by the naval forces, but also the major victory in the night counterattack of the Matruh Fortress.

At the same time that the naval forces' risky air strikes were successful, the night counterattack of the Matruh Fortress was also a "fake show", with extremely beautiful results. At present, the positions lost during the day have been successfully regained and are being repaired and reinforced urgently.

Although during the counterattack, the German-Italian coalition forces held their positions and carried out extremely tenacious resistance, and the Tobruk Fortress was forced to send a large number of combat aircraft groups to come to help.

But what I want to say is that the Allied forces have an absolute advantage in technical equipment such as night bombers, ground artillery, and night vision goggles, which can be said to be rich and powerful.

In addition, there is a good saying: the mourning army must win.

The allied soldiers, who had already suffocated their anger, magnified this advantage infinitely under the conditions of night combat, and turned into a group of downhill tigers who cannibalize people without spitting out their bones!

With only limited air support, the frontline troops of the German-Italian coalition had no way to use their flesh and blood to resist the repeated bombing of artillery and bombers, and to resist the crazy assault of the Allied armored forces.

The special forces of the Huben Army, equipped with luxurious equipment all over the body, also took helicopters to circle around and attack in the night, which caused great threat and pressure to the enemy.

Under the protection of the night, these well-trained elite soldiers are completely equivalent to demons from hell and ghosts cruising in the world, constantly harvesting the lives of the enemies, and giving the German and Italian coalition forces extremely heavy psychological pressure and morale blows.

After fighting for several hours, the German-Italian coalition forces, who had paid a heavy price, had to bow their heads to face the reality. In the end, they could only grit their teeth and retreat tens of kilometers before they could hold their ground.

While Yang Fan and others were bragging happily, a Huaxia Communications staff officer ran over with a happy face and said, "Report to the chief! Commander Liu has sent a telegram, and the fleet recovery operation is complete! Everything is going well now, and the fleet has lifted anchor and returned!"

"It's perfect! Everyone can go back to sleep in peace!"

Yang Fan snapped his fingers very happily, the most dangerous moment for the fleet is over, and as long as he doesn't die, basically he won't die!

Immediately afterwards, a stone stirred up a thousand waves, and everyone in the room became excited.

"We've finally won the round!"

"This battle has created a precedent for aircraft carrier night battles! It is of great significance!"

"Thank God for bless!"

"The damn invaders finally suffered God's divine punishment!"

"Haha, we won!"

"What a cool word!"

"Old people today, I am so happy!"

After receiving the news of victory, Yang Fan, Stilwell, Auchinleck and others who had been waiting at the Allied Command in Cairo all let out a long sigh of relief.

Then, a group of people sang and danced wildly, danced happily, and hugged each other.

There is no more estrangement and grievances between each other, and they become real comrades in life and death!

Over the past few days, they have been planning and looking forward to this bright moment for a long time, and they have been working hard, and now they have finally come to the end of their hardships!

This cow can indeed blow for a lifetime!

There is no never-ending banquet in the world, no matter how excited and happy you are, there will always be a high point and a low point.