884. Capture the fortress

The little devil originally wanted to refer to the American Lexington-class aircraft carrier, and then convert the Kaga into a real modern aircraft carrier. But the little devils found themselves without American technology and simply could not achieve the desired goals.

Lexington-class aircraft carriers with a full load displacement of 43,400 tons, and a maximum displacement of 50,800 tons; It has a total length of 270.8 meters and a total width of 32.3 meters, but the draft is only 7.35 meters, and it carries 91 fighters.

The most important thing is that the power system of the Lexington-class aircraft carrier is driven by a steam turbine driven by an electric motor, and the two-shaft power reaches 180,000 horsepower and the speed reaches 34 knots!

The modified aircraft carrier Kaga has a standard displacement of 38,200 tons, a full load displacement of 43,600 tons, and a maximum displacement of 49,000 tons. The length is 240 meters, the upper flight deck is 248.6 meters, the flight deck width is 32.5 meters, and the draft is 9.5 meters;

8 boilers, 4 steam turbines, 4 shafts with 127,400 hp; The speed is 28 knots, and the cruising range is 10,000 nautical miles / 16 knots; Equipped with 10 200mm guns, 12 twin 127mm anti-aircraft guns, 22 twin 25mm anti-aircraft guns, and 30 13.2mm anti-aircraft machine guns;

There are 72 carrier-based aircraft and 18 reserve, a total of 90 aircraft. The crew of the ship is 1,708 people, and the captain Yoshifu said that there are three major ones.

The last time Bai Shujie was unable to take the Kaga aircraft carrier in one fell swoop, he always had some regrets in his heart. Because the carrier-based aircraft personnel on the Kaga are the most experienced group in the Japanese Navy, representing the highest level of the Little Devil Navy.

As long as you can swallow the Kaga aircraft carrier in one gulp, plus the Akagi aircraft carrier has been completely destroyed last time, the little devil's future First Air Force has been completely annihilated!

There is no doubt that this kind of ending is a fatal blow to the navy of the little devils.

As long as the navy of the little devils does not dare to act rashly on the Korean Peninsula, then in the end it can only turn its attention to the Pacific Ocean and fight to the death with the Americans. Once the Pacific War broke out, it was Bai Shujie's favorite outcome.

As for the Kaga aircraft carrier itself, it actually has a lot of potential for development. The little devil mainly limited the Kaga's capabilities because the power system couldn't keep up.

In addition, the island bridge of the Kaga is located on the starboard side of the hull, which can be matched with all of Bai Shujie's current "port bridge" aircraft carriers, which is a good addition.

Bai Shujie believes that as long as the Jewish experts fully study the Kaga, and then replace all the power systems. Bai Shujie felt that it was very promising to get an American "Lexington-class aircraft carrier", because their various parameters were very similar, and the problem was that there was a gap in power equipment.

At six o'clock in the evening of August 3, 1939, the Kaga aircraft carrier group had arrived in the sea area 150 kilometers south of Ronan Fortress. Bai Shujie received the final confirmation from the radar base: the enemy's fleet had three warships, the type of which was unknown.

Ten minutes later, Xu Shijie, deputy commander of the Air Force, who was the air commander in the most crucial battle of the "nest seizure operation," reported on the air formation command plane:

"One of the enemy's aircraft carriers took the lead, and two destroyers on the left and right flanks escorted the escort. Our bomber formation is currently in attack position, the enemy has spotted our formation, and carrier-based aircraft are preparing to take off! The situation is normal, six bombs have already been dropped, and the Flying Fortress has been pulled up and out of the center of the explosion! ”

"Our formations continue to climb, ready to see the results at an altitude of 4000 meters, to verify the bombing effect. Ouch, OMG! The enemy's 3 carrier-based planes that had just taken off were all plunged into the sea! ”

"Report to the commander-in-chief: all six bombs exploded over the enemy's battleship, a huge whirlpool with a diameter of more than five hundred meters was formed on the sea, and two destroyers have flipped on their sides! It's a pity that dozens of planes on the flight deck of enemy aircraft carriers all fell into the sea. Now the aircraft carrier has lost control and is spinning with the whirlpool! ”

"The battle is over, and our AWACS radar, which has found its new fleet, a total of four, at a distance of less than 200 kilometers. Now we escort the fleet, long live the Wyvern Expeditionary Force! ”

The high-power receiving radio of the headquarters had already turned on the radio, and everyone in the headquarters heard the "live broadcast" of Xu Shijie, deputy commander of the Air Force. When they heard that the battle was over, they immediately cheered.

Bai Shujie did not participate in the celebration, but grabbed the phone and shouted: "Wonsan Port? What happened to the six 2,000-ton tugboats and six 5,000-ton push barges that you had prepared? ”

"Report to the commander-in-chief: I am Xu Sanjiang, commander of the 1st Division of the Korean People's Liberation Army, according to your order, everything has been prepared at noon today, what are the tasks?"

Bai Shujie was not in an ordinary good mood, and even made a few jokes: "That's the case, seeing that the Soviets sent us battleships from afar, the little devil felt that everyone was a neighbor, and they felt embarrassed if they didn't send something." So now send three warships, 280 kilometers east of your port. ”

"Maybe due to the strong wind, two destroyers have flipped on their sides and entered the water, and you need to organize people to go over and tow them back. That's it, hurry up, and before noon tomorrow, you must be dragged back to Wonsan Port! ”

It is said that after Guo Quanzhong, the commander of the first battalion of the machine gun regiment of the Fourth Division, completed the task of escorting the officers and men of the navy to Kraskinno, the telegram from the division commander Wei Chong arrived: "The commander of the first company of your department is very timely, and orders your battalion to hold the fortress on the first line of the cave in the city on the spot to ensure the safety of the fortress's heavy artillery, and other matters have nothing to do with you!" ”

After seeing the telegram, Guo Quanzhong remembered that his first and second companies were still in the cave fortress in the city, and he didn't know what the situation was now. So leaving a company to serve as a guard at the Kraskinno pier, he himself led a company back to the cave in the city.

It turned out that the commander of the first company found five 460mm fortress guns in a row, and his heart suddenly began to be nervous: "My side is only half of the fortress in the city, there are five heavy guns, and the situation on the second company's side should be similar." The underground passage here has been in the direction of the south passage to the seaside, is it possible that the fortress group of devils is connected underground? ”

Thinking of this possibility, the commander of the first company calculated in his heart: the next search to the south is Qingxing Fortress, Guyi Cave Fortress, Gyoppo Cave Fortress, and Xishuiluo Fortress. If all the underground is connected, then the next west should be the Taiyan Cave Fortress, Xiongji Fortress, and BenQ Fortress.

"Second company commander, the fortress on Lao Tzu's side is like an underground palace, and the entire fortress group is connected together. What's the situation going on your end? The commander of the first company felt the need to communicate with the commander of the second company, so he grabbed the walkie-talkie and said: "I am going to continue to raid south along the tunnel, and I will finish off all the fortresses of the little devils from the underground passage." ”

"The situation on my side is the same as yours, and the bottom is all connected. We are now riding tigers, and if the little devils attack us from underground, we will not be able to defend it either. It's better to take advantage of the little devil's failure to react and strike first! The second company commander's tone was also very eager: "I have now touched the north, and I am preparing to take the Guqianyuan Fortress, and then raid the Qingyuan Fortress in the north." ”

In this way, the commander of the first company led two platoons all the way to the south, and at noon the next day, he finally touched the Xishuiluo Fortress in the middle of the sea. The whole journey was more than 33 kilometers, 4 fortresses were captured, 18 fortress heavy artillery pieces were captured, and more than 150 enemies were killed.

Because all the actions were underground, and each fortress was the first to take out the little devils underground, and then quietly touched the city wall to kill the sentinels, so it didn't alarm anyone.

The passage that turns to the west appears at the bottom of the fortress of Guyi Cave. The commander of the first company divided the three platoons into two, two platoons went west to raid the Turidong Fortress and Xiongji Fortress, and the other platoon continued to move south, captured the Seosuluo Fortress, and then held on to the spot.

Because the fortress of Xishuiluo is not on the coastline, but an island that extends into the sea. The commander of the first company personally led a platoon and rushed along the underground passage, only to learn that all the underground of Xishuiluo Island had been hollowed out. In the east, south and west directions, 7 batteries and 9 heavy guns monitored the sea.

A total of 29 people were killed here before it was completely taken. When he came to the castle on the ground, the company commander found that there were 9 anti-aircraft guns, 11 anti-aircraft machine guns, and three lighthouses. Standing on the island, you can see the Kraskinno pier to the east, and the four warships are also clearly visible.

Leaving two squads to stick to the Xishuiluo Fortress, a company commander rushed to the Tulidong Fortress along the tunnel, and there was no one here. Then he went all the way west, and when he arrived at the Xiongji Fortress, he found a squad holding out.

It seems that this is also a core fortress group, and 17 people actually have 12 Type 92 heavy machine guns and 4 anti-aircraft machine guns.

The squad leader who served as a guard said: "Company commander, our platoon commander led a large force to the west to raid the Luojin Fortress, according to the analysis of the situation here, the Luojin Fortress should be a larger fortress group. The little devil is really willing to spend money, and the equipment here is piled up. ”

"Because this is the border with the Soviet Union, and it is also the most important passage on the sea, it is understandable that the little devils put heavy troops into guarding." The commander of the first company patted the anti-aircraft machine gun: "Now, these things are in our hands, and they are our things, and they are also the guys we will defend the coastline in the future." ”

Since the battle to encircle and annihilate the 19th Division on the ground had begun, the first company commander did not suffer any impact on their underground raids, and unexpectedly took the most critical fortress headquarters of the little devil - the Luojin Fortress Headquarters!

In the battle of the commander of the fortress on the ground, the two platoons that served as assault sacrificed 27 people.

By the time the commander of the first battalion, Guo Quanzhong, led the follow-up troops to reinforce them, the commander of the Luojin Fortress, Toyama Noboru Toyama, the chief of staff Usuda Kansansa, and more than 180 people from the headquarters of the fortress had all been killed. The commander of the company sat at the entrance of the headquarters of the Rojin Fortress with red eyes, as if he was going to eat people!

It is no wonder that the commander of the first company was sad, in addition to the sacrifice of 27 people, the two platoons that participated in the battle were all wounded, the establishment of one platoon was lost, and the commander of the third platoon was also sacrificed.

"We all crawled out of the pile of dead people, and we all understand the truth of fighting the dead." Guo Quanzhong was also heartbroken when he saw the appearance of a company commander: "However, the commander-in-chief often emphasizes that every qiē must look forward. The sacrifice of the brothers is sad, but they exchanged their lives for a complete fortress defense system, and it was worth it! ”

The entire "silent battle" to seize the fortress of Rojin lasted one day and two nights, and the results of the first and second companies combined, a total of more than 670 enemy heavy artillery were annihilated.

In particular, the first company eliminated the fortress headquarters at the Rozin Fortress, announcing the successful end of this attack launched by the soldiers below.

The two battalions of the heavy artillery regiment and one regiment of the First Division of the Korean People's Liberation Army who rushed over from Pyongyang saw that the heavy artillery in the fortress group was as good as new, and they admired Guo Quanzhong even more.

According to Bai Shujie's order: 105 460mm guns and 368 410mm guns captured in Najin Fortress and Ronan Fortress were dismantled one at every interval, and one-third of them were dismantled together with automatic loaders and sent back to Pyongyang.

After more than 3,000 people worked hard for a day and a night, 68 460mm guns and 124 410mm guns were dismantled. These heavy guns will be sent back to the Pyongyang Arsenal for renovation and become the main guns of future warships.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.