Chapter 434: The First Sacrifice of Naval Aviation
After hearing the gunshots, Deputy Toyoda was immediately frightened. Although he was arrogant, he was not brainless. The situation was obviously not conducive to him. The opponent had cruisers similar to his own and aircraft carriers to help him.
It would take another two hours for the main fleet to arrive. At this time, he was obviously in a weak position. If he opened fire without authorization, he would not be courting death.
And this time it was mainly about confrontation. I was not prepared for a war at all, but all the plans were destroyed by this reckless machine gunner. This is the uncertainty on the battlefield. No one can completely control Japan.
Once the shots were fired, the Chinese side would not let themselves be beaten, and six carrier-based aircraft immediately pounced on the Furutaka.
Furutaka had no way to change anything at this time and could only fight with all its strength. After the Battle of Qingdao, Japanese warships paid great attention to air defense issues. After the first machine gun sounded, all Japanese knew that the war was no longer possible.
Avoided, so they all fired together.
The entire warship continued to spit flames into the air, which looked very spectacular. While Furutaka used anti-aircraft firepower to deal with the carrier-based aircraft, it hurriedly made evasive movements, hoping to avoid the carrier-based aircraft's attack.
However, the Furutaka was in an extremely unfavorable situation at this time. Chinese aircraft were too close to it. Although the pilots had been trained for a long time, this was their first time on the battlefield in person. They all seemed extremely nervous. The opponent was a fierce Japanese warship.
, and different from those targets in the past.
However, these young pilots did not have any fear. On the contrary, they all had a vague desire. From the first day they joined the navy, they saw with their own eyes the relics left by the heroes in the Sino-Japanese War of 1898-1894, and heard with their own ears the stories of the Sino-Japanese War.
Zhen Bing is the speech of the Navy veteran.
They are the hope of China. They want to avenge the heroes who died heroically for their country thirty years ago. They want to reshape the majesty of the Central Empire and make all parties come to the DPRK!
Pilot Cheng Hailiang obviously has a much more unforgettable hatred for this kind of hatred than others. Others only see and hear it, but he has been exposed to this kind of hatred since he was a child. His father turned out to be a member of the Beiyang Navy.
An ordinary sailor, he served on the Zhiyuan ship during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894.
Whenever he heard Deng Shichang talking about the time when Deng Shichang commanded the Zhiyuan ship to ram into Japan's Furuno ship at full speed, there was a voice in Cheng Hai's conscience shouting that his father was also on the Zhiyuan ship.
Deng Shichang died heroically for his country, and how many loyal souls and bones were buried under the vast blue sea!
He was only three years old that year, and from then on he could only depend on his mother. From the moment he could remember, his mother kept telling him how his father died and how those Beiyang soldiers died tragically at the hands of the Japanese.
, this unforgettable hatred has been with Cheng Hailiang for more than twenty years. From an ignorant naughty boy to one of the earliest carrier-based aircraft pilots in China, Cheng Hailiang has buried this hatred deeply in his heart.
However, he did not forget for a moment that he joined the National Defense Force just to realize his desire for revenge. He initially imagined that his father would be called a naval soldier, and that one day he would drive a Chinese warship and once again compete with Japan for supremacy at sea, and carry out all these evil deeds.
The little devil was sent to the bottom of the sea to comfort the heroic spirits who had not left.
However, by mistake, Cheng Hailiang was not selected by the navy. Instead, he became a pilot in the air force because of his very suitable physical fitness. Perhaps due to the power of fate, Cheng Hailiang still entered the navy, but he was used as a naval aviation force.
identity.
No matter what his identity is, as long as he can deal with the Japanese, it is enough. In this operation, he rushed to the battlefield as the pilot of the Chaoyong. The Chaoyong is another ship with a name that makes people think about it. It was originally the name of a cruiser.
, is a warship ordered by the Beiyang Fleet from the United Kingdom. There are two ships in total, and the other one is named Yangwei.
The two warships were the earliest main warships in Beiyang. It was Deng Shichang and others who brought the two warships back from England. By the time of the Battle of the Yellow Sea, the two warships were already old and old. Even the Chaoyong had a large number of firepower every time it fired.
The rust is peeling off the hull.
But even so, this old ship still participated in the Battle of the Yellow Sea. In this life-and-death battle, the Chaoyu fought hard, facing the siege of new warships such as the Takachiho, Akitsusu, and Furuno, without fear and courage.
He responded to the challenge and damaged enemy ships many times, but in the end the Chao Yong was sunk by a Japanese warship and sank in the Dadonggou of the Yellow Sea.
The meaning of China naming its two renovated escort aircraft carriers as Yangwei and Chaoyong is obvious. China has not forgotten the shame of the Sino-Japanese War, let alone those martyrs who fought bravely. Today, the Chinese Navy has rebuilt these warships again.
It is to use them to defeat Japan again and regain China's maritime hegemony.
When Cheng Hailiang took off from the Chaoyong in his plane, he had a very strange feeling. He seemed to feel that there were countless people watching him, waiting to see those arrogant Japanese people.
Sent into freezing waters, just like they did to China decades ago.
From the moment he flew to the Furutaka, Cheng Hailiang firmly believed that there would be a conflict this time. Even though the Chinese side had issued an order not to fire the first shot, he was not as frustrated as his companions. The pilots who accompanied him also complained about Zheng
Fu is too conservative. Just sink the Ribenru. Why can't he fire the first shot? There was no such rule during the Yellow Sea Battle. Ribenru was not polite at all.
But Cheng Hailiang has been telling everyone that those who do evil will be killed. The result is certainly as he expected. Japan fired the first shot by mistake. Of course, Cheng Hailiang also guessed that it was probably a misfire, but
He and his companions could not wait any longer, and they quickly approached the Japanese warship in their war eagles.
At this time, the Japanese warship was like a fire hedgehog, constantly spraying flames into the air, forming a dense firepower network. Cheng Hailiang saw with his own eyes that a Chinese bomber was dispersed by anti-aircraft fire because it could not avoid it, as if
Like the young girl scattering flowers, the pilot's blood also spilled into the sky.
However, Cheng Hailiang did not hesitate at all. His plane quickly broke through the Japanese firepower network and got closer and closer to the Japanese warship. Two 500-kilogram bombs were dropped in an instant.
A bomb of this weight can already threaten 30,000-ton battleships and aircraft carriers. To deal with Furutaka, it is completely overkill and overkill, but the effect is also very shocking.
One of the two bombs dropped by Cheng Hailiang exploded in the sea only seven meters away from the Furutaka. The power of this near-missile bomb was much greater than a direct hit. The bomb exploded, creating a huge water pressure.
, it was like a heavy hammer hit the Furutaka, and the surging waves in the sea made the Furutaka rock up and down like a small boat in the water.
Outsiders could only see the nearly 10,000-ton ship shaking constantly, but those on board were extremely frightened. They could clearly hear the sound of metal cracking, and the huge pressure had already caused the Furutaka to collapse.
The keel broke, and a huge dent appeared on the side of the ship. Then it quickly cracked under the water pressure, and a large amount of seawater poured into the ship. It was only a matter of time before it sank.
Everyone knew that this warship was doomed. The naval aviation was victorious. On the Chinese side, in addition to the air force, there was also the heavy cruiser Baoding. Just after the two sides started exchanging fire, the Baoding quickly moved toward the destroyer that was monitoring the Chinese passenger ship.
Rushed over.
Although there has been a battle with Japan, their main task this time is to protect the safety of the expatriates. The Japanese destroyer was frightened at this time, and the Furutaka had been injured, and it seemed that it could no longer survive.
How long will it take? What can a small destroyer do?
It could only make a sharp turn to escape, but it had lost the chance. Two Chinese bombers had already targeted the warship. The two pilots were depressed because they failed to hit the Furutaka. Now they have to sink the ship.
The destroyer can also be used as a snack.
Soon several 100 kilogram aerial bombs were dropped, but this destroyer was relatively small in tonnage and more flexible. It constantly changed its course and quickly avoided bombs. At the same time, it also kept firing to attack aircraft in the sky.
This destroyer actually dodged all the bombs.
But its luck ended here. Just as it was trying its best to avoid the bomb, Baoding had already caught up with it. The 203mm main gun fired at the destroyer mercilessly. Soon a shell hit the middle of the destroyer.
, the huge armor-piercing warhead broke through the thin armor, penetrated into the ammunition compartment, and detonated all the ammunition stored together.
The sound of the violent explosion shook the sea surface. The destroyer was directly divided into two parts by the violent explosion and sank rapidly into the seawater. All the Japanese debris on the ship also sank into the seawater.
At this time, the Furutaka was at its last moment. It was hit by two more bombs, both of which happened to hit the deck. Due to the large amount of water entering the bottom of the warship, some soldiers had to run to the deck to escape, but it was this
Decided to let them die even more miserably.
The bomb fell on the deck. The violent explosion instantly vaporized some personnel. A large number of personnel were injured, with broken limbs and legs. It was very miserable. In addition, more personnel were thrown away by the air waves caused by the explosion.
When it reached the sea water, the Furutaka finally couldn't hold on any longer. The ship exploded continuously, and the fire enveloped the warship. The cruiser broke into two pieces and completely sank to the bottom of the East China Sea.
Together with Vice Takeru Toyoda, they all died together. This future Japanese admiral will never have the opportunity to serve as admiral or become the commander of the combined fleet. He has already redeemed himself in advance.
Another Japanese destroyer was also sunk by a carrier-based aircraft. As a result, all three Japanese warships were sunk. Only some remaining Japanese soldiers were still struggling on the sea, waiting for rescue!
Captain Saffojun on the Baoding hurriedly reported the victory to Chen Shaokuan and asked for Chen Shaokuan's instructions. When Chen Shaokuan saw that it was already too late, it was not conducive to continue the battle, and the Japanese main force would arrive at any time for assistance.
There was only one Chao Yong that might not be able to deal with the numerous Japanese warships, so it was better to retreat as soon as possible. There were more than a thousand overseas Chinese who had to be sent back. Their safety had to be considered, so Chen Shaokuan ordered them to retreat immediately.
When asked if there were any prisoners, Sappho reported that the Japanese army was deeply influenced by Bushido, and they were all willing to die for their country, resolutely resisted the prisoners, and all of them had sunk to the bottom of the sea!
But in fact, everyone aboard the Baoding knows that many Japanese people are hoping that the Chinese can rescue them, even if they are prisoners, no one wants to die. However, the Chinese warship has retreated, leaving only