Shango asks a naval officer what was the most frustrating thing about the battle... One of the most naval officers would probably reply, "You can see the enemy, but you can't hit the enemy." "This situation in naval warfare is generally manifested by the insufficient range of naval guns. Or the fire control system of the warship is backward, but with the development of military technology, now, a new situation has appeared in naval warfare, that is, aircraft, if there is no good air defense system, in the face of the incoming aircraft in the sky, the naval officers on the warship can see but cannot fight.

Now, this is the case with a Japanese naval officer named Isoroku Takano with the rank of Junior Lieutenant and currently the captain of the Japanese Navy destroyer "Hatsusui".

Takano Isoroku is not a rookie in the battle formation, as a professional soldier born in a Japanese samurai family, Takano Isoroku graduated from the Etajima Naval School and participated in the Russo-Japanese War as a second lieutenant trainee gunner. The armored cruiser took part in the famous Battle of Tsushima. He lost two fingers in battle, but this did not end his career as a professional soldier, and after the end of the Russo-Japanese War, Takano Isoroku still served in the Japanese Navy, and a few years later entered the Naval Gunnery School for further study, and after graduation, he was promoted to at least the rank of "626 Incident." After the outbreak of the outbreak, the Japanese government hurriedly dispatched the Combined Fleet to exert military pressure on China, and the Japanese Navy also entered a state of readiness, and Takano Isoroku was immediately assigned to the destroyer "Hatsusu" as the captain, and then was assigned to the Second Squadron of the Combined Fleet, under the command of Vice Admiral Kato Dingyoshi, commander of the Second Fleet.

Although it was assigned to the first squadron of the second squadron, it was "the first time." Because of the power system, the problem has been repaired at the Sasebo Naval Base. It was not until the day before yesterday that the repairs were completed, and the battleships "Satsuma" and "Kongo" of the Second Squadron of the Second Squadron went to Lushun. Join a clan.

The destroyer "First Frost" sailed into the inner berth of Lushun late last night, but in the early hours of this morning, Takano 56 received an order from the headquarters of the Second Squadron to direct the destroyer "First Frost" to sail out of the inner berth and patrol the outer berth outside Junhao. The ship's mission was to keep the entrances and exits between the inner and outer moorings unblocked, so that the four battleships moored in the military harbor could sail out of the military harbor at any time.

Until almost seven o'clock in the morning. Takano was surprised to learn from the headquarters of the Second Fleet that China had declared war on Japan, as a professional soldier. Takano 56 could not understand what the Chinese used to declare war on Japan, although this weak country recently announced the completion of "four industrial development plans, but compared with Japan's war machine, especially the naval war machine, China's surface ships are really out of control."

Although he despised China's naval fleet, Takano still took his duties as a destroyer captain seriously. Commanded the destroyer "First Frost" to patrol back and forth in the outer mooring, waiting for the four battleships to finish preparing for sailing, but. Before the steam engines of those four battleships could be activated, the attack of the Chinese Air Force began.

To tell the truth, when the main group of aircraft of the Chinese Air Force Task Force flew towards the Lushun Inner Mooring, Takano was indeed shocked by the scene, although he also knew that the Chinese army had been working hard to build up the air force. But he had never believed that such a wood, canvas plane could be of much use, and in his opinion, the best weapon against the fleet should be a fleet, but now, after witnessing the shocking appearance of the Chinese Air Force assault group, his confidence had been shaken.

Perhaps, a new era of naval and air warfare has arrived? Takano Shosa immediately became worried about the battleships in the military port.

Especially when the group of heavy bombers with four engines broke into the military port, Takano Fifty-six almost immediately realized the danger that the four battleships moored in the military port were about to face, because he clearly saw the torpedoes hanging on the belly of the heavy bombers through the telescope, as a naval major, Takano Fifty-six knew very well what the torpedo meant to the battleship, a few shells on the surface of the battleship may not necessarily be a fatal blow, but if you eat a torpedo below the waterline, then, Even if it is not sunk, it can cause great damage.

In fact, the most deterrent weapon of the destroyer "First Frost" was the torpedo, and when he was studying at the gunnery school, Takano Isoroku specialized in torpedo tactics, and he was well aware of the power of torpedoes in this era.

The ensuing battle confirmed Takano's fears, and although he did not witness the attack with his own eyes, judging from the several telegrams from the warships in the inner mooring yard that had just been received with inconsistencies and confusing orders, the battleships in the harbor had indeed been torpedoed, and the "Kongo" had eaten at least two torpedoes. "Iwami" also ate two torpedoes, and as for the other two battleships "Satsuma" and "Zhoufang", the current situation is probably not very optimistic, after all, there is a lack of effective anti-aircraft weapons in the military port, and the attack of the Chinese is also very sudden.

Seeing the billowing black smoke over the mooring yard in the military harbor and listening to the continuous violent explosions, Takano 56, who commanded the destroyer "Hatsufrost" to swim in the berthing outside, was very anxious, and he very much wanted to lead the warship to break into the military port to protect the battleship, even if he could not shoot down the Chinese plane, he could use the destroyer's hull as a shield for the battleship to resist torpedo attacks, but the problem was that the command of the Second Fleet did not send an order for a long time, and Takano 56 tried to contact the headquarters through a radio station, However, he was never able to get in touch again, and he doubted whether the headquarters had been bombed by Chinese bombers, so he went to contact the "Kanto Governor's Office" but also did not call back.

What to do?

After serious thinking. … Fifty-six made contact with the commanders of other warships in the outer moorings. "They unanimously decided to send a destroyer into the mooring yard in the military harbor to see what was going on, and then decide on the next move.

Takano Fifty-six volunteered to lead the destroyer "Hatsufrost" to the inner mooring, but he could see "King Kong." battleship, he saw a Chinese fighter plane flying along the seawall towards the harbor, and in that area, a Japanese Navy water reconnaissance plane was flying along the seawall. The altitude was so low that it flew almost close to the surface of the sea, so that it was impossible for the Japanese pilots to see the Chinese fighter that had swooped down from high altitude.

Takano tried to alert the Japanese pilot of the "Falman" seaplane through the searchlight on the warship, but unfortunately, before the other side could react, the Chinese fighter pounced and quickly smashed the "Falman" seaplane into a ball of fire.

In a fit of rage, Takano 56 ordered the sailors to shine a searchlight on the Chinese fighter, but this was of no avail, and instead attracted a strafing fire from the other side, which was extinguished, and several sailors were killed and wounded. One bullet even pierced Takano Fifty-six's military cap, and it was only a little bit before Takano Shosa was about to die for the Japanese Empire.

After learning the power of fighter jets, Takano Isoroku was surprised to find that he had no effective weapons at hand that could be used against the aircraft, although he ordered the sailors to set up a few Hatch Chase machine guns on the open bridge, but this was useless, when the Chinese fighter began to shoot at the deck, the sailors who operated the machine guns hid in the cabin because they were afraid, which made Takano Isoroku very annoyed, but also helpless.

Who would have thought that the Chinese military would use air power in this way? Takano 56 did not expect it, the Second Fleet Command did not think of it, and even the commander of the Combined Fleet, Togo Heihachiro, did not expect that as for the Japanese Navy's Military Command Department, I am afraid that China's air power was not taken into account in the combat plan at all, and this was reflected in combat readiness, that is, the serious lack of air defense weapons.

Last year, Japan's naval factories developed an antiaircraft gun capable of firing antiaircraft guns and supporting shells for the navy. However, the Naval Command Department thought that this was a redundant move, they did not believe that there was any kind of aircraft that could fly bombs and torpedoes that were enough to threaten the battleship, and because of the tight military budget, the Japanese Navy did not purchase this kind of anti-aircraft gun in the end, as for the Japanese Army, although it needed anti-aircraft guns, but they refused to use the anti-aircraft guns developed by the Navy, and the Japanese Army wanted to develop a better anti-aircraft gun on its own, which was not only required to be lightweight, but also had to be cheap, because the Army's military spending was also very tight, which led to the current situation, There was not a single anti-aircraft gun that could be used in the entire brigade leased area. Anti-aircraft weapons consisted only of a few anti-aircraft machine guns, and the general lack of real combat experience of machine gunners made these machine guns ineffective in the face of the large number of Chinese Air Force aircraft.

Therefore, Takano Fifty-six Shaozo is now very depressed and very annoyed, watching the fighter fly away triumphantly, he can't even find a way to fight back.

"The people of China. It is too much to deceive."

Standing on the open bridge of the warship, holding on to the railing on the bridge, Takano 56 cursed the arrogant Chinese pilot viciously, but he did not dwell on this matter for too long, because the destroyer "First Frost" had already sailed into the Lushun mooring, and the scene in front of him shocked Takano 56 very much.

Although it was known that the battleships in the inner mooring site were under the focus of the Chinese Air Force. "But Takano really didn't expect the situation to be so bad.

The battleship "Satsuma" was now cobalt, black smoke was billowing from all the smoke, and the steam engine had been started, and it seemed that it was going to leave the inner mooring yard and rush out of the military port, but the steam pressure in the boiler was too low. There is almost no speed, not to mention, the space in the inner mooring yard of Lushun is limited, and there are too many ships moored in the military port. So that the route is blocked, even if "Satsuma." The ship was able to turn the bow of the ship in time and sail out to the mooring. It is also impossible to sail out of the military port soon, and now. There were still a large number of Chinese planes patrolling back and forth in the sky of the military port, including four-engine and double-engine bombers, who were still dropping bombs.

As for the battleship "Iwami" moored in the innermost, the situation was even worse, the old battleship had tilted at least five degrees to the starboard side, which showed that the starboard side of the battleship could no longer control the influx of seawater, and the battleship obviously ate more torpedoes, and the design of the secret compartments of the old battleship obviously aggravated the destructive effect of the torpedoes, and it was obvious that even if the channel was clear, the battleship "Iwami" would not be able to break out of the military port.

The situation of the "Kongo" is better than that of "Iwami." Although judging by the hull draft, the new battleship did eat torpedoes, but it was clear that the situation was under control, and it was already cobalt, and it was desperately reversing. Tried to retreat into the channel, but without the help of tugboats, it was difficult for the huge battleship to get into the channel smoothly, and the other battleship "perimeterized." The number is in "King Kong." On the opposite side of the ship, if one is not careful, the two ships may collide together.

The "Zhoufang" is also reversing now, but for some reason its anchor chain is still not pulled up, and judging by the twist of the bow, the old battleship has also eaten torpedoes.

As for those armored cruisers, destroyers, gunboats, and tugboats, they have also become scattered under the blows of the Chinese Air Force, and many warships have already washed up and run aground.

"This is truly a disaster for the Imperial Navy

Looking at the devastation in the military port, Gao Ye 56 looked at the sky and sighed, he understood that the Second Squadron had suffered a major defeat, and the outstanding performance of the Chinese Air Force was about to attract the attention of the world.