Chapter 250: The Kaga didn't sink
The destroyer Spring Rain, which came with the Canglong, was powerless in the face of the whistling sound of Stuka in the sky at this time.
The two twin mounts and a single 127 three-year 127 mm L/50 gun, as well as two single 13mm machine guns, were equally flanked against the five Stuka Eagle Visions.
By this time, the Zhuzhu had already lurked in its vicinity. The Zhuhai also targeted the 2,015-ton Bailu-class destroyer.
"Torpedo tube No. 1 launched!" Captain Long 13 coldly ordered. A bubble bubbled up at the torpedo tube of the Zhuhai, and a 533-mm torpedo quietly slid into the clear sea water and rushed towards the Spring Rain, which was unaware and only overhead.
Many problems with torpedoes have been solved with the new production of torpedoes at the base and continuous testing and commissioning. Without the interference of magnetic field, water depth and pressure, a torpedo at close range hit, even if the Spring Rain saw the white waves of the torpedo at the end, it would be useless.
The "boom" torpedo directly hit the Spring Rain one meter below the waterline, directly tore a big hole in its weak side armor, and the power of the torpedo explosion also made the Spring Rain bounce up on the sea surface, and then fell again, the huge impact force made the keel support let out a twisted moan, and the sea water was also poured over, a wave hit, and the busy devil sailors on the ship were reduced by half.
The Zhuzhu, which was one step behind, also took advantage of the situation to catch a torpedo, and made another huge explosion on its buttocks, kicking it directly into the sea.
The heat wave on the deck of the Kaga was blowing, and the flames on the front deck were almost extinguished, but the flames that exploded in the middle became more and more fierce due to the excessive fuel and ammunition around, and the Kaga did not slow down, and the speed of 28 knots directly made the sea breeze roll up black smoke and drag it behind it, like a giant python with teeth and claws.
But soon, the scream of Stuka D piercing the sky shattered the cloud of black smoke and rushed straight towards the Kaga.
Koichi Hasei touched the gauze on his head, which was already soaked with blood again. But he still stayed by the side of the 25mm anti-aircraft gun, constantly firing into the air. The smoke from the wood planks of the deck in front of him kept his eyes open, but as soon as there was that heart-wrenching scream, he reflexively fired a cannonball.
Another scream sounded overhead, and Fujino, who was trembling beside him, still turned the muzzle of the cannon, and Hagatani quickly adjusted the angle and blasted it over there. A Stuka dragged the black smoke towards the sea below, but the two cluster bombs he threw down exploded directly in the air, and the flying submunitions immediately covered the entire deck of this section, and in the clanging metal knocking sound, the screams kept coming, and the surrounding anti-aircraft guns immediately stopped roaring, and Yi Fuen drove a Stuka to take the opportunity to send the scream to the head of the Kaga, and a 500-kilogram bomb exploded on the side of the ship, tearing a large opening from the deck to the side armor, Salt water poured in through the torn crack below.
"Take off! Takeoff! Lucao shouted loudly, and the devil soldiers around him were also shouting, staying on the deck at this time would only be bombed and waiting for death, no matter what plane it was, the only thing to do at this time was to fly. The cumbersome fuselage of the 96 land attack was obviously unable to take off on the bombed-out deck, and after passing over the large hole, the fuselage sank again, grazing the deck and flying away from the Kaga, and staggered headlong into the sea.
The ground crew was also pushing a plane with one wing blown out into the sea and clearing the space on the deck. One plane after another staggered and flew up. In the face, there were three thunderbolts that destroyed the opponent in the collective strafing, and the barrage of 18 machine guns quickly netted a Type 96 shipboard attack aircraft that flew up with the dexterity of its wings, and the metal bullets directly burst its engine, and the biplane dragging black smoke broke its wings and plunged into the sea.
A Type 95 land attack plane was still running on the runway, and the 50-kilogram bomb dropped by Stuka, who was screaming and pounced, blew it over, tilted its wings and slid to the side, and rushed directly into the sea against the two Type 96 ship crit planes.
But more devil planes flew up and met the planes of the Vanguard, and in order to give the Kaga a chance to escape, these planes were all put together. But these ships will be defeated even if they encounter Stuka D, let alone thunderbolts.
After the ten Type 96 ships that flew up by the devil were forced by several spear knight-style frontal charges of sixteen thunderbolts, there were now only four left. Thunderbolt only destroyed two, and except for the four that continued to fight with the Type 96 ships, the others were hungry and rushed towards those vulnerable ship attacks and ship explosions.
Even those ship attacks and ship explosions pounced desperately, but their self-defense firepower was scarce and their armor protection was insufficient, so they could only be used as targets for Thunderbolt large-caliber machine guns. Even if it was Stuka who intercepted it, it was blown up by Stuka D's machine gun, and one after another was loaded into the sea.
Of course, their blocking also played a certain role, delaying the offensive of the vanguard army.
"Keep going full speed!" At this time, Deer Grass can only use this way to retain the last glimmer of hope. A trace of remorse passed through his heart, originally the Admiralty had asked Rear Admiral Shigeko Hososumi to take over his position, but he was full of pride and wanted to defeat the vanguard army first, but it was delayed for a while, resulting in the fact that now he can only bear this tragedy by himself.
"I'm going to sink with it!" Lu Cao looked at the plane of the falling devil who was constantly whistling in the smoke of gunpowder, and whispered this sentence mournfully.
"A large number of enemy reinforcements have been spotted! At least thirty or so! "The reconnaissance planes of the Vanguard Army in the north sent an urgent report.
"A large number of enemy reinforcements were also found on the south side!" The same message was sent by the reconnaissance plane to the south.
At this time, the Kaga had already been hit by two 500-kilogram bombs, but miraculously did not sink, its deck was swept away by more than a dozen small bombs, but the sound of anti-aircraft guns has not stopped.
"Enemy planes are approaching! It's a group of fighters! "The warning from the reconnaissance plane has been relatively urgent.
"Attention planes, stop the pursuit, and prepare to return!" Feng San kept balancing the pros and cons in his heart, and finally decided to give up attacking again.
The location of the reconnaissance planes had already told him that enemy reinforcements were about to arrive, and if they were entangled, even if the Kaga was sunk, I was afraid that the vanguard planes would be completely annihilated. Meng Xiang's statement that he must protect his strength first affected his judgment. As long as these pilots are there, the vanguard army will have a great deterrent to the devils, and he himself has lost the Kaga, as well as aircraft carriers such as Chicheng and Longxiang.
"It's a pity!" Jiang Dacheng also watched with regret as the torpedo grazed the Kaga, and he had been preparing for a long time but had no good chance, there were too many planes around the Kaga, and before he could attack, a devil's plane pounced. When they also received the order to retreat, Jiang Dacheng unwillingly fired a torpedo at the Kaga, but the distance was a little farther, the angle was not adjusted well, and the torpedo still passed by the Kaga after all.
"Hurry up and join the rescue!" Jiang Dacheng shook off the regret in his heart and directly ordered the submarine to rescue the pilot of the Pioneer Army who had fallen into the water.
Under the pressure of the devil's anti-aircraft artillery fire and aircraft, the Vanguard also crashed 4 Thunderbolts and 11 Stuka this time.
Even if the pilot parachuted to escape, he fell into the seawater, fortunately this time he had already prepared, there was a sea life-saving inflatable device, most of the pilots who parachuted were rescued by the kayaks sent by the submarine that followed, but there were also many pilots who had died in the air, and even some injured pilots did not have time to turn on the life-saving device and slipped into the bottom of the sea. Of the 26 pilots, only 15 were rescued.
The Kaga was still speeding forward, and its speed had slowed down due to the impact of the bomb, but it was still 18 knots, and the places where many pilots had fallen into the water behind it were getting farther and farther away, and even if there were still ghost pilots' cries for help, it couldn't care about it at the moment.
"Extinguish the ones in the water!" Jiang Dacheng ordered directly. Hearing his order, it was not the first time that the crew had done this, and immediately aimed their 20-mm anti-aircraft guns at the devil pilots on the sea, and swept them vigorously.
After the pilot of the vanguard army in the sky saw it, he did not have a trace of sympathy in his heart, in the previous battles, the devil treated the pilots of Huaxia in the same way, even after parachuting, they had to make up for a few shots. At this moment, they have this experience is also retribution. If you don't take the opportunity to start, you can already be considered very chivalrous.
"Homecoming!" Feng San saw that the devil's plane in the surrounding airspace had been cleaned up, and ordered directly.
The five submarines below also made a quick dive with the rescued pilot to avoid being attacked by the devil plane.
When the devil's rescue plane found the Kaga, it couldn't believe that this was the glory of the empire, the fire and smoke had filled the sky over the Kaga, only the forward bow was blown by the wind, and it was not affected, but the big hole was shocking.
"Go back and pick it up." Kakusa still clings to a glimmer of hope, hoping that the various planes that sacrificed their lives to cover the evacuation of the Kaga will be saved.
But when the devils arrived at this sea area, it was already empty, except for large oil spots and broken items, and occasionally the floating corpses of devils could be seen staring at the sky with wide eyes.
There were still faint traces of planes flying in the distance, but at this time, there were no planes chasing after them, and it was important to protect the Kaga.
Not long after, the rescue planes of the Navy from the south also arrived, and under the cover of the aircraft, the Kaga began to increase the fire fighting and drainage, but the damage was too great, the hull was already a little tilted after the flooding, and the power compartment was also flooded, extinguishing two boilers. The Kaga waited for the arrival of the Ryuka and the Ashigara during the torment of the two heavens of ice and fire.
The fire was extinguished, and the underpowered Kaga was dragged slowly back to the port of Qingdao by the Longxiang.
"Sink the Soryu and seriously injure the Kaga?!" Meng Xiang, who has been listening to the live broadcast, still can't believe it, the history of another time and space has brought him too much unconfidence. The bombing and sinking of his own aircraft carrier carried the dreams of many generations of Chinese people, and the sudden realization made him a little hesitant. History has changed so much.
"This is no longer the original plane, this will usher in a new world!" Meng Xiang had tried hard to convince himself to ignore those familiar characters and events, and the aircraft carrier that sank the devil today suddenly gave him great confidence, history had changed in his hands again, and he already had the power to change more history.
"I came, I saw, I conquered!" Meng Xiang's heart was shouting, shouting towards that new future.
The good news on June 1 continued, the deal with the Germans last night had just been successful, and today there was a record of sinking the aircraft carrier, and in the evening, Meng Xiang got the news that Junan was conquered by Huang Baitao.
By about 3 o'clock in the morning of the next day, the 10th base car had also arrived at the scheduled location.
"I order, Base 10 will be built on site." In an area surrounded by hills, more than 40 families from two surrounding villages were carried away by the army as it crossed the border. After probing the surrounding environment, Meng Xiang directly ordered the No. 10 base car to be deployed.
Barracks and mining plants have been built, and a power station has been built in Tangtou first, because of the distance between the direct jurisdiction, the location chosen is not good, and this can be adjusted later.
Due to the needs of the battlefield, a tank factory, a repair shop, and an air command center were also built first. When these constructions are completed, they can be upgraded together.
At the moment when the Junan branch base was completed, Meng Xiang, who had stayed up all night and waited, felt like putting down a big stone in his heart and breathed a long sigh of relief. The last gap in the base area was also blocked, and the surrounding circle was surrounded by seven sub-bases. With the support of the sub-base, the vanguard army, which is already 150,000, can withstand the attack of 300,000 devils.
But can the little devil draw 300,000 to attack the vanguard army at this time?
Meng Xiang pursed his lips, if the devil came to attack the vanguard army like crazy, the first to fall might be the little devil. Although there are no super strategists within the devil, the strategic research is very in place. Although it is a little short-sighted, they will carefully consider the strength of the vanguard army.
At this time, what the vanguard army has to do is to practice its internal skills first, eliminate some hidden dangers inside, gain a foothold in an invincible position, and wait for the devil to make a move.
"Am I going to go out for a walk?" Meng Xiang said and picked up the letter written by Wei Hanchao on the desk.