readx; If the Zipan had been able to continue to penetrate even two or three nautical miles under the interception firepower of the Zipan, even if it could have found their traces from the sea search radar on the Zipan, but the Zipan did not, but chose to turn and detach, of course, from another point of view, the Zipan at that time was attacked by at least three warships, and was shot many times before and after, and it was already very dangerous to continue to go deeper, and it was very likely that it would have been sunk before it approached. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In any case, although Yang Kunlin's 25th squadron discovered the two large fleets of Ben, they did not find the main fleet of Ben further behind.

When the 25th Squadron reported the above situation to Vice Admiral Lu Jian of the Second Mobile Fleet, Vice Admiral Lu Jian finally determined the attack strategy, that is, to take off the attack aircraft group after dawn and strike at the two transport convoys and escort forces.

At 4:45 a.m., the Fuliang was heavily damaged and forced to retreat, and was hit by an eight-inch high-explosive bomb called "Nazhi of this navy, and at the same time, it was hit by Nazhi and two other light warships in the battle, and many six-inch shells and 120-millimeter shells were hit, although the core compartment of Fuliang was not hit in the fierce battle, most of the superstructure and a large number of peripheral electronic equipment were destroyed, one main gun turret was destroyed, one was stuck by the owner, and only one turret was intact.

Five minutes before the start of the battle, the Fuliang sank a destroyer of the Navy, and in the subsequent battle, it severely damaged a destroyer, and hit a number of six-inch shells of the Ben Nazhi, and destroyed some of the observation and sighting equipment on the Nazhi, which greatly reduced the hit rate in the follow-up operations of the Nazhi and created extremely favorable conditions for the operation of the Shiguang.

At 4:50 a.m., the Sehiro hit an eight-inch shell from the Nachi, which penetrated the Nachi's side armor and exploded inside.

At 5 a.m., after the reconnaissance team composed of the Zipan and the Zilin withdrew, they once again sailed northeast at high speed in an attempt to circumnavigate the reconnaissance, but were unsuccessfully blocked by the fire of a cruiser.

At five o'clock in the morning, the Shiguang hit the Nachi again, and the bridge part of the Nachi was hit, and the Nachi was forced to pull away.

At 5:20 a.m., two destroyers of the 24th Fleet were the first to arrive on the battlefield to support the 25th Fleet.

At 5:30 a.m., on the aircraft carrier of the 21st Squadron dozens of nautical miles away, the sky had just dawned, but the planes on the aircraft carrier were already ready, the refueling and ammunition had been reloaded, and the carrier-based planes that had warmed up the planes left the deck one after another.

The first wave of attack aircraft from two aircraft carriers consisted of thirty-two B18 dive bombers, sixteen B14 torpedo bombers, as well as twenty-four fighters under escort.

After the first wave of aircraft was dispatched, the second wave of aircraft was also being prepared, and the third aircraft carrier, which did not send out attack aircraft, released fighters and reconnaissance planes, and the reconnaissance planes carried out reconnaissance in the surrounding waters, and the fighters were required to undertake the air defense mission of the entire fleet.

At this time, Yang Kunlin and Lu Jian did not know that about 20 nautical miles northeast of the 25th Squadron, a high-speed formation of the Chinese army was galloping towards it, and in the distance, it was said, "Dafeng, one of the few aircraft carriers in this navy, also took off more than 30 carrier-based planes and flew towards the 24th Squadron." In the Amami Islands and the Ryukyu Islands, shore-based planes also took off one after another to carry out reconnaissance patrols, and some bombers were dispatched to the warring waters to provide support.

Due to the reconnaissance methods of the two sides and the limitations of distance, as of 5:30 a.m., neither side knew that the main fleet of the other side was already nearby, and the Chinese side thought that the transport fleet had been intercepted by a small formation of the Chinese Navy, while the Chinese side thought that it had only encountered this transport fleet.

The night gave both sides the best concealment, and when the night passed and dawn came, with a large number of reconnaissance planes above rising into the air, the situation in the surrounding sea area would become translucent, and both sides would no longer be able to hide their figures, and at that time, the war would officially begin!

And it is precisely because of the opacity of the intelligence of the two sides that Lu Jian did not send out a large-scale attack aircraft group at the first time, you must know that the second mobile fleet is not only one 21st fleet, but there are three aircraft carrier battle groups and nine fleet aircraft carriers. In full force, the first wave of attack aircraft can reach more than three hundred aircraft. Even if you don't count the entire 2nd Mobile Fleet, only the 21st Division, the three aircraft carriers under its command will be able to gather more than 100 carrier-based aircraft in the first wave of attack groups, instead of just 72.

Because in the previous situation obtained by Lu Jian, it was realistic that there was no existence of the main fleet in the waters east of the Amami Islands, only a transport fleet and a small number of escort troops, and for such an escort force, the first wave of seventy-two aircraft was enough, and then the second wave of fifty-six aircraft would be enough to send this transport fleet to the bottom of the sea. Among the reasons for sending a small number of troops, in addition to predicting that the enemy army is weak, it is not necessary to send too many troops, which is also related to Lu Jian's caution.

Lu Jian's surname belongs to a stable general who does not like to be aggressive, and it is precisely because of his stable surname that he will serve as the commander of the Second Mobile Fleet, the largest mobile fleet in China. After all, today in 1944 is no longer the meeting of 1923 or 1930, when the strength of the Chinese Navy was insufficient, and it was said that "this Navy needs to use risky strategies to fight, and today, it is unceremoniously said that the Chinese Navy no longer needs any strategy, what it wants is to push it over in an open and honest manner, gather a huge main fleet to eliminate the remnants of the Navy one by one, if the remnants of the Navy are hiding and refusing to come out, then the Chinese Navy will carry out a strict mine-laying blockade of the coastal areas. Then, they will use the mode of carrier-based aircraft to attack the naval base and destroy all the remaining warships in the harbor.

Therefore, whether it is said that 'the navy will take out the remnants of the main force for a decisive battle, or that the turtle is cowering in the port, there is not much difference for the Chinese navy, and it is naturally the best to come out for a decisive battle, and strive to destroy the remnants of the main force of the navy in the first battle. If they dodge, the Chinese Navy will use minelaying and air strikes. You must know that in order to carry out the landing on the mainland and blockade on the coast, the Chinese Navy has built and refurbished a large number of fast minelaying ships.

Before the war, the Chinese Navy did not have many fast minelayers, only some old destroyers converted into fast minelayers, and later during the war, a number of minelayers with a speed of about 20 knots were built one after another, but the number was not too many. It was not until after the outbreak of World War II that the Chinese Navy developed large-scale auxiliary ships such as fast minelayers and fast transport ships, and these ships have a very obvious feature, that is, the prototypes are frigates in the coastal defense fleet.

Although there were frigates in the coastal defense fleet before World War II, the main force was still the destroyers and cruisers that were retired from the main fleet of the navy, such as the fourth coastal defense fleet in the Vladivostok base, and the previous main force was two Xing-class heavy cruisers, although this is a 30-year-old ship, but the speed of six eight-inch guns and 28 knots makes them still able to play a big role, and then there are several destroyers of the 10,000-character class.

However, after World War II, the main fleet of the Chinese Navy had a very large demand for destroyers, and the price of new destroyers was also very expensive. Under these circumstances, the navy was forced to develop frigates of the 1,000-ton class, which were originally used as patrol ships, with a speed of only about 20 knots, and weak firepower.

These frigates are cheap, and there is no technical difficulty, and domestic small and medium-sized shipyards can build them without crowding out the slipway resources of those large shipyards.

Therefore, these frigates were built in large numbers and assigned to major coastal defense fleets, becoming the main force of coastal patrols. At the same time, the hull of this frigate with a full load displacement of between 1,500 tons and 2,000 tons is very practical and can be converted into various auxiliary ships, including fast transport ships, fast minelaying ships, fast supply ships, fast repair ships, etc.

As a result, since 1937, the hull of almost every frigate developed by the Navy has been converted into various auxiliary vessels.

This can be regarded as a way for the Chinese Navy to save money! After all, the scale required for these auxiliary ships is very large, and the requirements for surname energy are not small, and the speed of 20 knots or even 25 knots is difficult for ordinary civilian ships to achieve, you must know that the speed of standard freighters in these years is mostly between 10 knots and 13 knots. For example, the United States' free ship is only about 11 knots, and the subsequent United States has about 16 knots of victory in order to obtain a higher speed freighter. However, the use of the power system of the steam turbine directly led to a higher price.

In China, because the navy's demand for steam turbines is too large, destroyers, cruisers, aircraft carriers, etc., and some fast supply ships and escort aircraft carriers of more than 10,000 tons or even more than 20,000 tons also need steam turbines, which makes it difficult for domestic steam turbine production to be diverted for use in frigates or ordinary merchant ships, and in fact, even if the output is sufficient, it is impossible to use it, because the price is too expensive.

In fact, a large number of low-speed ships in China, including civilian cargo, use three-expansion steam engines, in addition to some diesel engines.

The frigates developed by China use diesel engines, and the hull has no armor, and the firepower is not good.

In short, its advantage is that it is cheap or cheap!

And its price advantage has also allowed the Navy to refit a large number of these types of frigates and develop them into various types of fast auxiliary ships.

When a large number of 212-section fast minelaying ships go to the coastal waters to lay mines under the cover of the main fleet, they will be able to completely blockade the coastal areas. When the time comes, it will be said: 'The remnants of the main force of this navy will not be able to come out if they want to.'

With China declaring war on China, the navy immediately launched the relevant operational plan, and the first priority was to blockade the Tsushima Strait to prevent China from landing on the mainland of the country, and the second was to defend the Ryukyu Islands and maintain the sea transportation channel from the mainland to the South Seas.

And it was precisely because he wanted to hold the Ryukyu Islands that he sent a convoy to transport reinforcements and supplies to the Ryukyus, and at the same time sent the main fleet to escort this huge convoy.

One wants to break through the blockade of the Chinese Navy to reinforce the Ryukyu Islands, and the other wants to completely block the sea transportation routes between the mainland and the Ryukyus and the South Seas, so a large-scale naval battle between the two sides is no exception.

As the sky grew brighter, and as reinforcements from both sides arrived in the battlering waters one after another, both sides realized that the enemy was stronger than they expected!

When the first wave of attack planes from the 21st Squadron was about to arrive over the 24th Squadron, the 25th Squadron's Zipan discovered that several more high-speed capital ships of the Navy had arrived, but at this time the two sides still had not discovered the main fleet of the other side.

Five minutes after the first wave of attack planes of the Chinese Navy launched an attack on the transport convoy and its escort forces, a reconnaissance plane sent urgent information: Thirty nautical miles northeast of the 25th Squadron and 80 nautical miles northeast of the 21st Squadron, the enemy's main fleet had been discovered, and it was preliminarily determined that the enemy had two or more aircraft carriers and three or more battleships.