readx; Before China declared war, in order to better conduct naval battles and gain sea supremacy, the navy set up several mobile fleets under the three major fleets as the main fleets in naval warfare. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoThis is because the navy has a very special surname compared with the army and the air force, and the command system is relatively complex, and it is difficult to fix the establishment like the army in wartime, and it is always equipped with different warships according to different situations.

Since the core goal of the establishment of the mobile fleet is to compete for sea supremacy, the core of the mobile fleet is mainly aircraft carriers, and then it is equipped with various types of air defense ships and anti-submarine ships to form several aircraft carrier battle groups and gunboat support groups.

According to China's existing aircraft carriers, a total of five mobile fleets have been set up, namely the first mobile fleet, the second mobile fleet, and the fifth mobile fleet under the jurisdiction of the First Fleet. The Third Mobile Fleet and the Fourth Mobile Fleet under the jurisdiction of the Second Fleet. On the Indian Ocean side, because only two aircraft carriers are currently deployed, there is no special mobile fleet, and the Third Fleet is directly under the jurisdiction of an aircraft carrier battle group.

The forces of the various mobile fleets are not exactly equal, some have only three or four aircraft carriers, while others have six or even nine aircraft carriers.

The Second Mobile Fleet, which is deployed in the waters south of the country and is responsible for fighting for sea supremacy and cutting off the connection between the mainland and the South China Seas, is the largest mobile fleet among these mobile fleets. There are five sub-fleets under the jurisdiction of 21.22.23.24.25, of which the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd fleets are aircraft carrier battle groups, each with three fleet-type aircraft carriers, in addition to a large cruiser, three fleet light cruisers, two lightning light cruisers (destroyer lead ships) used as the flagship of the destroyer fleet, and twelve destroyers, these three major sub-fleets are the absolute main force of the second mobile fleet.

The 21st Squadron, for example, has three aircraft carriers of the 3rd Air Group, one large cruiser and three light cruisers of the 5th Cruiser Group, two Thunderstrike light cruisers and 12 destroyers of the 17th and 18th Destroyer Groups.

In addition, there is the 24th Squadron, an artillery support fleet, and the 25th Squadron, an avant-garde reconnaissance fleet.

At the beginning of its formation, that is, at the beginning of the war, the Second Mobile Fleet had a total of nine aircraft carriers, two battleships, three large cruisers, two heavy cruisers, thirteen light cruisers, ten destroyer lead ships, and sixty destroyers.

It can be said that the strength of the Second Mobile Fleet accounts for about 30 percent of the strength of the entire Chinese navy, and its overall strength exceeds that of all the existing navy.

As the avant-garde reconnaissance fleet of the 2nd Mobile Fleet, the overall strength of the 25th Squadron was not strong, and the flagship was the heavy cruiser Sehiro, in addition to two light cruisers and six destroyers. Among them, the Shiguang is an old ship built in the early twenties, and the Shiguang launched in 1923 has been in service for a full twenty-one years, and if there is no war, it should already be retired from active service, but the needs of China's naval expansion and the combat readiness needs of World War II have made the Shiguang and the two balanced heavy cruisers have been insisting on service, and have been modified to varying degrees in the twenties and thirties. The modification was mainly to increase the anti-aircraft firepower and update the electronic equipment, such as radars and 40 mm and 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.

The combat effectiveness is naturally much stronger than at the beginning of the service, but in any case, he is an old ship that has served for more than 20 years, and in front of his peers, especially compared with the heavy cruisers built by the United States during World War II, in addition to electronic equipment, there is a certain gap in other hardware including power, armor and main guns.

On the World Broadcasting Account, Yang Kunlin frowned: "It seems that the enemy is much stronger than I imagined!" ”

"Now the situation of the Fuliang is already more dangerous, it has been hit by the fire of at least two enemy ships, and according to the report of the Fuliang, at least one of the enemy ships is a heavy cruiser, and their eight-inch shells pose a great threat to the Fuliang!" The lieutenant colonel staff officer next to him also frowned and said, "Sir, there are still more than an hour before the weather is cold, do you think we should keep our distance first?" ”

Yang Kunlin was also a little hesitant, he had already received an order from Vice Admiral Lu Jian, commander of the Second Mobile Fleet, that the mobile fleet asked the 25th Subfleet to find out the size and number of enemy forces, and at the same time conduct fire reconnaissance to find out the enemy's potential main fleet, and provide reconnaissance information for the attack group dispatched by the carrier-based air force of the Second Mobile Fleet after dawn.

He knew very well that if he had not found out the enemy's main fleet, the carrier-based planes of the mobile fleet would not be able to attack in time after more than an hour, and they would have to send reconnaissance planes to search for the location of the enemy's main fleet before they could send out an attack wave, and this would delay for at least one or even more than two hours.

If the enemy's main fleet is not found, the rear air group will send an attack group to attack the wave of transport troops in front of them, and if there is no main fleet in the rear, then this fleet will attack the main force of the second mobile fleet when it supports China's carrier-based aircraft group to attack the transport troops.

Although this possibility is very small, the complexity of naval warfare leads to the fact that any negligence in details may lead to the failure of a normal naval battle, so Vice Admiral Lu Jian, commander of the 2nd Mobile Fleet, was very cautious and ordered the 25th Squadron to continue to reconnoiter to determine whether there was a presence of the main fleet in the rear. Only after this was determined could Lu Jian be sure to send carrier-based aircraft to attack.

When Lu Jian gave such an order, it meant that Yang Kunlin's 25th squadron had to break through the interception of the avant-garde fleet and go deeper than ten nautical miles to conduct reconnaissance.

Yang Kunlin pondered, and finally he made up his mind: "Order the Zipan and Zilin not to be entangled with the enemy, immediately break through the enemy blockade, and give up attacking the enemy transport ship for in-depth reconnaissance." Order the Fuliang to hold on, and the ship and the Fu'an will arrive to support immediately! ”

Yang Kunlin knew very well that with the speed of the Shiguang, Fuliang and Fu'an, it was difficult to break through the interception of the high-speed destroyers of the fleet, and only by virtue of the speed of the destroyer Zipan that was as high as 37 knots could it be possible to break through the enemy's interception, and although the Zipan was also a Zimei-class destroyer, it was the last batch of models, and it was only commissioned in 1943 that it had the most advanced sea search system in the Chinese Navy. Its electronic equipment, including sea search, radar, and other electronic equipment, is the same as the latest generation of the Chinese Navy's general-purpose destroyers, the Youshao-class destroyers. With its high-speed surname and prominent radar surname, it will have the greatest possible surname to detect the main fleet of enemy ships.

At this time, your own cruiser fleet will take on the cover mission, attracting the attention of your ships through large-scale engagements.

At the same time, the Fuliang is facing the fiercest battle in its life, a large number of shells continue to fall into the water near the Fuliang, and the hull of the Fuliang has been hit by multiple shells, a large number of peripheral equipment has been destroyed, but the Fuliang is still insisting on fighting!

With another bang, a 120-millimeter high-explosive bomb hit the bridge of the Fuliang, and although the weak armor on the bridge blocked most of the shrapnel, it still made the inside of the bridge a mess, and blood instantly flowed all over the deck of the bridge.

Chen Ranbing struggled to get up from the ground, shaking his head and trying to wake himself up as soon as possible, he took a deep breath and grabbed the railing, he stood up straight, put the military hat on his head back neatly, he didn't distract the several wounded on the ground, but said with a cold face: "Artillery staff!" ”

A young captain had already injured his arm, and he held down his arm that was still bleeding and walked to Chen Ranbing's side and shouted loudly: "Sir! ”

"Order the No. 1 and No. 2 turrets to continue firing at the enemy ships at ten o'clock, and order the No. 3 turret to shift the target and shoot at the enemy ships at the ten o'clock direction with all their might!" Chen Ranbing's words did not hesitate: "Turn right to twelve degrees!" ”

At present, Chen Ranbing's Fuliang is a one-to-two, and one of the enemy ships is a heavy cruiser, it is irrational to resist directly, Chen Ranbing is to continue to turn, and then bypass the destroyer of the enemy ship, and then concentrate firepower to abolish this destroyer, as for the heavy cruiser that is said to be himself, it will be left for reinforcements from the Shiguang in the rear before fighting!

At this time, Chen Ranbing's military uniform was already covered with blood, but he didn't care in the slightest, all he saw in his eyes were the two enemy ships!

In turret three, a young ensign stood a little nervously, and the turret members next to him were nervously busy, while two people were already lying beside him. This second lieutenant, who had just graduated from the Naval Military Academy for a few months, was originally just a trainee gunnery officer, but the gunnery officer of the third turret of combat effectiveness just now had died, and he was the only officer left in the No. 3 turret at this time, so he had no choice and had to take on the charge of commanding!

The clenched fists and slightly trembling calves all showed that he was nervous at the moment, but he was still meticulously following the standard procedures as he had learned in the military academy and during the internship.

After loading and aiming, he gave the order to fire the cannon without hesitation!

Again, three six-inch shells were fired from the No. 3 shell, and then without any pause, the process of loading and aiming was repeated again in the No. 3 turret, and they were fighting!

At this moment, the nine main guns of the Fuliang on the sea fired an astonishing rapid-fire jet shells, and the rate of fire of each main gun was between eight and ten rounds per minute, and in just two minutes, the nine main guns on the Fuliang poured hundreds of shells on a destroyer seven nautical miles away! 、

Even though the hit rate was not high, it still hit more than five hit shells in just two minutes, and after several huge explosions and fires came from the destroyer that was hit by the intensive fire of the Fuliang, the firepower suddenly weakened.

And at this time, suddenly there was a violent vibration from the Fuliang, Chen Ranbing on the bridge did not fall this time, but firmly grasped the railing, Chen Ranbing, who has maintained a serious and calm expression since the start of the war, could not calm down this time, because he knew that this kind of artillery shell was definitely more than eight inches of the enemy, and only a shell of more than eight inches would be so powerful, and the violent explosion seemed to blow the Fuliang in half!