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Chapter 867 Sea and Air Combination

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    The ships that swarmed up lived up to their expectations. After unleashing three hundred cannons, the already riddled "Isokaze" finally lowered its head - its bow first submerged into the sea, and then calmly sank.  To the bottom of the sea fifty meters deep - this also brings great difficulties to clearing the channel after the war, because China lacks deep-water salvage ships.

    Toshiki burst into tears. What reached his ears was the message that the chief of staff had just received. It was the last words of the "Hamakaze" that was about to sink: "Your Excellency, Commander, in view of the uncontrollable fire, I have ordered 'Hamakaze'  'Abandon the ship. I will live and die with our ship. Long live the Japanese Empire! Keiji Obuchi."

    With the sinking of the "Hamakaze", it was not just a warship, but also fanatical hearts.

    As an example of humanitarianism, Chen Jiliang ordered: "The 'Harbin' stayed behind to rescue the Japanese sailors who fell into the water, and the other two warships worked with me to pursue the Japanese fleet." He murmured to himself: "I don't know how Ling Xiao and the others are doing.  ?¡±

    What else can be done?  At this moment, Naokami Toshiki has fallen into siege from both sea and air.

    Although the previous artillery battle failed to injure the light cruiser "Yura" and the destroyer "Isokaze", it severely weakened their air defense capabilities, so that they faced the swarming people's army torpedo bombers.  , Just sigh and feel helpless.

    This is a naval aviation unit from Weihai. It moved from the inland to the Shandong Peninsula half a month ago to contain the future war situation with Japan.  In order to achieve this goal, Zhang Hanqing was ruthless and transferred China's only torpedo bomber wing that was not fully staffed to Weihai.

    As an important supplement to this operation against the Kwantung Army, the attack on Japan's 17th Destroyer Squadron had been planned in detail before the war.  That is, the main force of the Bohai Fleet's destroyers will engage the Japanese forces within the naval combat range and try to delay the combat time.  As long as the Bohai Fleet bites the Japanese ship, it cannot escape the two legs in the air.

    Sea reconnaissance aircraft from Tianjin, Penglai, Yantai and other places also conduct reconnaissance on the Bohai Bay. Once traces of Japanese ships are found, they will be reported immediately to the fish bombing wing combat headquarters in Yantai.  Its mission is to initially interfere with its support of the "Kwantung Prefecture" battlefield as much as possible, and if possible, expel it outside the Bohai Sea Circle to maximize the peace of mind of our army.

    But the first person to know the whereabouts of the Japanese fleet turned out to be the heavy artillery regiment in Yingkou, which made everyone dumbfounded - how could the Japanese navy make such a mistake and compete with the shore-based heavy artillery with a team that did not have the advantage?  For the same shot, the cost to the navy and army is very different!

    After roughly determining the opponent's position and receiving a battle report from the heavy artillery regiment, Song Changzhi and Chen Jiliang began to wonder whether they could deliver a fatal blow to Little Japan.  Without him, the current navy and air force of the People's Army have this strength - they dare not compare with the Japanese fleet. I don't believe that this navy and air force built with all the efforts of the whole country can't deal with this small group of Japanese soldiers!

    Chen Jiliang judged that the Japanese army must withdraw from the battlefield that was unfavorable to them after the defeat at Yingkou. He was afraid that the Japanese fleet would be blocked and fought together to the death. He was also afraid that the lack of experience of the Bohai Fleet would cause heavy losses and cause bad morale to the nascent People's Navy, so he decided  Split half of them into a drowned dog attack.

    In this way, the Japanese fleet will have a way to retreat and will not be reluctant to fight; if there are outdated warships, if possible, based on the Japanese tradition, they will not be defeated and flee.

    Such a small-scale naval battle may be a long-lasting battle in sea areas that are beneficial to us but not beneficial to the enemy.

    If the Chinese navy fails, the Japanese army will not dare to pursue it; if the Japanese navy fails, China can take the opportunity to gain some benefits - at that time, I just wanted to give the fish bombing aircraft on standby time, and also take the opportunity to let the naval fleet train its troops.  Think of sinking three destroyers in one fell swoop!  If they had known earlier, Song Changzhi and the others would not have placed the other five destroyers on Dazhushan Island.

    Carrying them were the old cruiser "Haichen" and the seaplane carrier "Zhenhai", which were commanded by the squadron alone by the captain of the "Haichen" Ling Xiao.  They were no strangers to this area of ??water. They had been familiar with the terrain and mastered the water patterns and reef conditions many times before.

    On the eve of the attack on the Kwantung Army, their entire fleet raised anchor and set fire to the Bohai Bay.  Tasks had been assigned at that time: Chen Jiliang was responsible for the Japanese navy in the Bohai Bay, and Ling Xiao and the others were responsible for blocking the entrance to the Bohai Bay, preventing the Japanese troops from entering or leaving.

    Now, I have just received a telegram from Chen Jiliang: "The enemy navy escaped to the open sea. One patrol and one cruiser were both slightly injured, and the rest were wiped out."

    The war is coming!  Ling Xiao and others have not experienced a real naval battle since joining the army, and now they have to face Asia's top opponent, who is full of power.

    It seems that the Japanese navy is not doing well either?  Only five destroyers were sent and they were wiped out.More than half of the force of a squadron on the other side!  We are more numerous and have more firepower than Captain Chen. If we can't keep them all, we will be embarrassed to see them!

    The two seaplanes on the "Zhenhai" aircraft carrier have taken off and are also assisting the carrier in searching for traces of Japanese ships.  However, its take-off method is very primitive. It uses the boom of a crane to put the only two carrier-based aircraft into the water and then take off. The same is true for recovery.

    Although it is very primitive, it is the originator of China's naval aviation after all. In China with backward equipment, it still has an asymmetric advantage over most domestic armed forces.  In the Zhili-Fengtian War, it dropped a total of two bombs, and then it has been docked in Qinhuangdao as a training ship.  The Japanese look down upon such a thing.

    It has a tonnage of only 2,700 tons and a maximum speed of 10.8 knots, which is not as fast as a normal warship. It is at best a powered arms ship and is originally an armed merchant ship.  However, its name is very pleasant: the name "Zhenhai" is taken from the first character of the title "General Zhenwei" given to Zhang Zuolin by the Beiyang government.

    After a lot of troubles were taken to release the water machine, there was no news.

    "The use of "carrier-based" seaplanes as reconnaissance aircraft is nothing.  But not long after, a water jet actually circled back.  At this time, air-to-ground dialogue could not be realized. The water plane could only land on the water and then give an important message to the anxious people: Japanese ships were found not far away!

    "Haiqi" ??immediately sent electricity to the aviation headquarters in Penglai and ordered the fleet to move forward.

    The advantage of the air force is speed.  After receiving the order, the Yubo Wing quickly dispatched the first batch of 12 "Yubao-1" squadrons to search and advance in the direction reported to the Chinese fleet.  It was called a search because there was no radar at the time. Although there was a general direction, finding two warships on the vast sea was really not an easy task for the nascent naval aviation force.

    Fortunately, the Bohai Bay is not big, and the battle area is not far away. The leader of the aircraft group first spotted a black spot that was suspected to be a Japanese warship, and then lowered the altitude and confirmed that it was a Japanese warship. The reason was that in the previous reconnaissance training, at such an altitude,  , no destroyers of the People¡¯s Army could be seen at all.  According to intelligence, the four destroyers of the Japanese army are not much larger than those of China, and only its flagship is much larger.

    How would you feel if Colonel Toshiki Naokami knew that the thickly armored and large-tonnage light cruiser "Yura" he relied on was unfortunately discovered first because of its slightly larger size?  But before he could think about it, the Japanese ship's nightmare began.  ?(Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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