Chapter 303 The truth is only within the range of the cannon
What is HNA? The full name of HNA is naval aviation. It is an arm that mainly performs combat missions over the ocean and is one of the main assault forces of the navy. It is divided into shore-based aviation and ship-based aviation.
Its mission is to read or cooperate with other services and arms to annihilate enemy air and maritime forces, attack enemy sea lines of communication and naval bases, ports, coastal airports and other important targets, and seize air supremacy in maritime theaters and coastal theaters; cover and
Support the combat operations of your own ships, seize sea control, etc.
When Su Tong established HNA, he had already determined to build HNA into the most elite air force. Therefore, he equipped HNA's two divisions with the equipment of carrier-based aircraft. The fighter jets were F4F Wildcat fighters.
The torpedo aircraft is equipped with the TBF Avenger torpedo attack aircraft.
Here I would like to mention the Avenger torpedo bomber in particular. The Avenger can be said to be the most successful torpedo bomber in later World War II. In order to enable Chahar, which has a weak industrial base, to produce the Avenger, Su Tong half a year ago
Just as preparations were being made, after more than half a year of hard work by the Chahar Aircraft Manufacturing Factory, Chahar finally produced this torpedo aircraft with excellent performance and equipped it for HNA.
"Woo"
Amidst the shrill sirens, more than 60 Avengers of the 1st HNA Division, under the cover of Wildcat fighter jets, fiercely attacked the port of Vladivostok. Today, the weather was sunny, and under the blue sky, the 1st HNA Division arrived at the port.
What the division pilots saw were busy transport ships and more than a dozen large and small gunboats and destroyers docked at the pier.
"Attention all, escort aircraft cover, torpedo planes begin dropping bombs." A cold voice broke the silence on the public channel.
As the order was issued, dozens of Avengers began to lower their altitude, searching for their targets like vultures pouncing on food.
Li Xuanfeng, like several planes around him, immediately set his sights on the 25,000-ton battleship Gangut that stood out among the crowd docked in the port.
"Torpedo Preparation"
Li Xuanfeng adjusted the plane's course so that the nose of the plane was pointed at a 90-degree angle toward the big thing below. The plane steadily maintained its course and approached forward.
"Set torpedo depth."
"put"
With a soft "chi" sound, Li Xuanfeng only felt the fuselage lighten. A Mark 13 aviation torpedo detached from the belly of the aircraft and fell into the sea, and then immediately rushed towards the Gangut.
"Chinese, are they really Chinese, are they the ones I have been worried about?" Standing on the bridge, Vice Admiral Kuznetzo looked at the fighter planes heading towards the port, feeling desperate in his heart.
"Comrade Commander, you must return to your post as soon as possible. It is too dangerous here," Major General Ftoriak said anxiously to Lieutenant General Kuznetzo.
Lieutenant General Kuznetzo sighed and was about to turn around and walk to the command room on the bridge. Suddenly, several sailors around him pointed at the side of the ship in horror and shouted: "Torpedoes, torpedoes!"
Lieutenant General Kuznetzo turned his head and saw that three hundred meters away from the port side of the ship, there were three white waves with shining scales rushing towards the Gangut at high speed.
"Prepare for collision"
"Jump off the ship quickly"
Amidst a chaotic noise, three white waves hit the Gangut one after another. Lieutenant General Kuznetzo felt as if time suddenly stopped, and it seemed like a long time had passed. He only felt the warship under his feet was fierce.
After sinking, it was suddenly pushed up by a huge force. With two dull explosions, the rear of the Gangut was hit by two torpedoes at the same time.
Unprepared, Lieutenant General Kuznetzo's back was hit against the guardrail next to him, and he almost fainted from the pain.
At this time, a Wildcat passed over the Gangut, and a flash of fire flashed. A dozen sailors who were running back and forth on the deck fell to the deck before they even had time to scream.
A warhead that was deformed by the impact flew in front of Lieutenant General Kuznetso. Lieutenant General Kuznetzo endured the pain in his back and bent down to silently pick up the warhead, which was still warm.
, with a painful expression on his face, he said softly: "How much I hope this bullet can kill me."
"Comrade Kuznetso, we'd better not worry about this. The Gangut is dying, so we'd better abandon the ship." Chief of Staff Ftoriyak anxiously pulled Kuznetzo to the side of the ship.
The lifeboat ran. He knew very well that although the damage on the Gangut was not serious yet, the Chinese aircraft would not let go of the flagship of the Pacific Fleet. It would not be long before their torpedo planes and dive bombers
It will pounce down like a hungry wolf.
Just as Chief of Staff Ftoriak dragged Kuznetso and stumbled towards the lifeboat beside the ship, the sound of sparse anti-aircraft guns rang out in the port.
When those Slavic bearded men wearing crooked navy peaked caps and bare chests crookedly got into the gun positions one by one, they were followed by the bombs falling on them.
Although the power of the two 45-kilogram bombs carried on the wildcat is just a tickle for those thick-skinned warships, it is fatal to the sailors exposed on the deck. The metal flying everywhere
Under the threat of shrapnel and the six large-caliber machine guns carried by Wildcat fighters, fewer and fewer sailors on Soviet and Russian ships, whether transport ships or combat ships, dared to mount anti-aircraft gun positions and fire back, so much so that they were called "
I'm amazed that the environment here is safer than training on weekdays.
In fact, the Soviet Union's navy has always been its weak point, and the quality of its sailors is also last among the countries in the world. Looking at the history of the Soviet Union, their navy really has no outstanding achievements. So much so that later generations of historians
Everyone marveled that the most glorious and heroic time for the Soviet sailors was when they got off the warship, picked up their Mosin-Nagan rifles, and fought in positional battles with the army soldiers. Only then did they behave like qualified soldiers.
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At this time, nearly half of the Pacific Fleet's ships were docked in the port of Vladivostok. In addition to the battleship Gangut, there were also three light cruisers, five gunboats, and more than 20 large and small ships and dozens of transport ships.
Under the careful sorting and care of the pilots of the First HNA Division, most of the dozens of large and small warships and transport ships in the Pacific Fleet sank to the bottom of the sea one after another. It was not until more than an hour later that the Avengers launched the last torpedo.
After finishing, the pilots of the 1st Hainan Division, who were satisfied with their mission, flew back towards the destination with great pride.
The news that most of the Pacific Fleet was blocked in the port and wiped out for more than an hour quickly reached the Kremlin in Moscow.
"bump"
Stalin's fist hit the desk hard, "Are the Pacific Fleet all commanded by a bunch of idiots? How could they let those damn Chinese people just fly planes and drop bombs on their heads like this?"
And then walking away in a swagger is a crime. They have betrayed the trust and entrustment of the people. Beria, you immediately ask the comrades of the Anti-Revolutionary Committee to bring the commander of the Pacific Fleet and the chief of staff and other senior officers back to Moscow to strictly enforce the law.
trial."
"Okay, dear Comrade Stalin, I will definitely bring them all back as soon as possible." Beria, who had been standing respectfully aside, said softly.
Stalin's heart was bleeding at this time. After the Pacific Fleet was crippled, the original idea of evacuating Vladivostok was no longer realistic. According to Olga's report, Chahar's planes only bombed the ships in the port and
There are no facilities on land to bomb Vladivostok. The intention of Chahar's government's move is obvious. They just expressed an attitude, "You people can leave, but your things must be left behind."
When he thought of this, Stalin was so angry that he couldn't help but cursed: "Robber, robber logic"
But Stalin forgot that during his rule, almost all the hundreds of thousands of Chinese Manchus and Han people who originally lived in Vladivostok were killed or forcibly relocated, and all the Koreans who moved to Vladivostok were also moved away. This may be called choosing a surname.
Amnesia.
"Sir, General Sun Liren has called." At this time, Su Tong, who was confronting an 80,000-strong army of three Japanese divisions, had already arrived at Liaoyuan City and received a telegram from Sun Liren.
Sun Liren's message was very simple, with just a few sentences written on it, "Our naval forces today sank a total of 38 warships and transport ships below the Soviet Pacific battleship Gangut, and damaged nine. The Russian Pacific Fleet
We have basically lost our combat effectiveness. I would like to send this message to my superiors to announce the good news and pay homage to our compatriots who were killed by Soviet Russia."
"Okay, Sun Liren did a great job." Su Tong slapped his thigh excitedly, "Vladivostok, you can't escape from our hands after all."
Su Tong could not forget the painful expressions on people's faces in later generations when they mentioned Vladivostok, which is very close to Hunchun City in Jilin Province, nor could he forget that after the Soviet Russians sank a Chinese freighter with a warship, they claimed that "the responsibility for the sinking lies with China", and
Determined to rescue. Those arrogant and ugly faces all came to his mind at this time.
"Okay, don't you all say that the truth is only within the range of cannons? Then I will let you know today that I also have cannons and you are all within my range." Su Tong murmured to himself for a while and ordered.
: "Communications officer, order Sun Liren to immediately order the troops to rush to Vladivostok and surround it. Ask Li Jiasheng of the Second Artillery Division to set up the cannon for me. Ask Lao Maozi whether they should get out by themselves or let me drive them away.