It may be that the Ise bombed too many civilians in Shantou and Shanwei. Today, it was very unlucky. Originally, it was severely damaged after being hit by the 1,000 kilogram bomb dropped by Huang Zikang, but in the following few days, it suffered heavy damage.
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Five high-explosive bombs of 300 to 500 kilograms fell on it in succession. The constant explosions left the thickly armored battleship riddled with holes. What was even worse was that there was a
The 500-kilogram bomb accidentally fell into the loading compartment under the turret of a main gun and exploded, detonating a 356-mm high-explosive shell. When this bomb weighed 1.15
When the tons of shells exploded, they detonated the ammunition magazine next to them, and the entire battleship immediately fell into a sea of flames.
"Okay, good fight!"
Seeing the battleship Ise with smoke and fire everywhere, Liang Tiancheng, who was commanding at an altitude of three thousand meters, immediately knew that this behemoth was hopeless.
Liang Tiancheng secretly calculated in his mind that so far in the war, they have sunk one Japanese aircraft carrier, one battleship and two destroyers. In total, they have completed the mission. At this time, the ammunition they carried has almost been dropped.
At the end of the day, the bombing squadron that was originally fully equipped with thirty Stukas now only has seventeen, which can be said to be a loss of nearly half.
"It's almost done, we can't fight any more."
Although he was still reluctant to let go of these beasts below, Liang Tiancheng, as the commander, knew very well that he must not act emotionally. He thought about it in his mind and made a decision. He opened the call channel and was about to order everyone to return home.
Then another voice came to his ears.
"Wildcat No. 1, Wildcat No. 1, I am the Foxhound Squadron. Our squadron has been ordered to arrive to obey your orders!"
When Liang Tiancheng heard this, he immediately raised his head and looked to the west. He happened to see a group of dark shadows flying towards him from an altitude of five thousand meters. It turned out that his reinforcements had arrived.
"Very good!"
Liang Tiancheng, who was reluctant to leave at first, saw another new force coming. He shouted happily, and then quickly said to the intercom: "Fox Catcher, I am Wild Cat No. 1. I order you to immediately release the troops."
Japanese ships launch an attack, remember... your main targets are their aircraft carriers and battleships. Secondly, the heavy cruisers and light cruisers, start attacking now!"
"Foxhound understands!"
Three minutes later, thirty black Stukas flew over the Japanese fleet again. Seeing the fleet of aircraft flying in the sky, Takasu Shiro on the Hosho aircraft carrier showed a look of despair on his face.
The battle lasted for more than twenty minutes. The Foxcatcher Squadron used thirteen Stuka dive bombers to send the battleship Hyuga, the heavy cruiser Koei, and the light cruiser Kitakami and Oi into the seabed. This ended the naval battle.
Then the curtain slowly came to an end.
News that the task force commanded by Shiro Takasu suffered heavy losses reached Japan, making the country seem to explode. Hirohito was so distressed that he almost vomited blood after receiving the news.
The task force that was originally responsible for covering and harassing missions was actually beaten by the Chinese Air Force and lost most of it. One aircraft carrier, two battleships, one heavy cruiser and two light cruisers, as well as several destroyers and dozens of Zero fighters.
This was gone, and the results they achieved were the bombing of two unused ports in Guangdong and the casualties of hundreds of soldiers and civilians. Such results were simply unforgivable in the eyes of Hirohito and the Tokyo base camp.
"Is today's Seventh Army really the nemesis of the empire? Is that Suri really sent by God to fight against the empire? If so, can we still conquer China?"
The Japanese senior officials who had been advocating that the Imperial Japanese Army was invincible began to panic. Some people began to think of the many miracles Suri had performed since the Battle of Nanjing, including the breakout from Nanjing, the Battle of Xiaogan, Linyi, Taierzhuang, the Battle of Wuhan, and now. He also powerfully conquered the entire territory of Guangdong and so on. He couldn't help but feel panic in his heart.
What's more, they are beginning to think of the recent news from the Chinese intelligence department that Su Rui's 300 troops will begin to expand into a group army. If Su Rui really has hundreds of thousands of troops, then they can be sure that This guy will never stay contentedly in his one-third of an acre of land. He will definitely launch an attack on the surrounding areas. By then, whether Fujian, Jiangxi or Hunan will be within his attack range.
"This guy must not be allowed to develop again, and he must be eliminated at all costs!"
The top brass of the Japanese base camp, both the navy and the army, miraculously reached a consensus, which was to eliminate this guy before he matured, no matter what the cost!
For this reason, Prime Minister Sakagaki Seishiro even ordered the commander of the Central China Front, Juichi Terauchi, to launch an uninterrupted attack on Guangdong from Fujian, Jiangxi and other directions, and to increase the original two divisions prepared by three divisions. In order to contain Suri's troops, Sakagaki Seishiro's move was opposed by Juichi Terauchi.
Juichi Terauchi even made a special call to the base camp to explain that the Central China Front Army had insufficient troops. The deployment of two divisions was already the limit and no more troops could be mobilized. Naturally, Sakagaki could not agree with Juichi Terauchi's view, so he still issued the order forcibly. Order Shouichi Teruchi to immediately carry out the orders from the base camp.
However, it was not easy for Juichi Terauchi to assume the position of commander of the front army. He took the lawsuit to Hirohito, and the two sides started a verbal spat using telegrams across the sea.
Regardless of the quarrels among the top brass of the Japanese army, after this battle, even though the Seventh Army returned victorious, it paid a heavy price for this victory.
In this battle, the Air Force lost a total of twenty-nine Stuka dive bombers, six Vixen fighters and 35 pilots, and more than ten pilots were injured. The biggest loss here was the Stuka dive bomber. The Seventh Army originally had only three dive bomber squadrons, but now one-third of them were gone at once, which made Zheng Shaoyu so distressed that he couldn't sleep for several nights. For this reason, he found Su Rui.
"Sir Su, if we fight this kind of battle twice more, our bomber squadron will disappear from the Air Force organization!"
Su Rui stood up and patted Zheng Shaoyu on the shoulder with a heart: "Old Zheng, I feel sorry for the loss of the bomber squadron, but you are a soldier and you should understand the principle of not being in charge of soldiers. If you feel sorry for them, I feel sorry for them too." Ah. But what can we do? The Japanese have set up artillery right in front of our home. Do we still have to watch them blast our port to pieces?"