Two Japanese warships were sunk in the bombings of the Eighth Route Army.
The first one to sink was the "Nagara". It was detonated and the ammunition depot disintegrated and sank. As a result, not many Japanese sailors on the "Nagara" were able to escape. Even those who jumped ship to escape later were also violently exploded.
was engulfed in waves and flames.
On the other hand, the "Kuma" class warship, although its superstructure was blown to pieces by the bombardment of anti-ship missiles, finally persisted for half an hour before slowly sinking due to internal water intrusion.
That's what warships are like. If it weren't for the bombing of the ammunition depot or the bombing of the oil depot, the buildings above the waterline would not have sunk no matter how much they were bombed. There were cases in history where the entire superstructure was blown up and burned but it could still float on the sea.
superior.
This is one of the reasons why naval battles during this period focused on using fighter planes to carry torpedoes to attack enemy warships... The torpedoes attack the target below the waterline. Just one torpedo can make a big hole under the waterline and sink the target.
, but it is difficult for bombs to do this.
(That’s why the author had a headache when watching the movie Dunkirk. There are countless scenes in it that violate military common sense. One of them is that when a fighter plane dropped a bomb, the warship immediately lost its balance and then sank. The crew could not even dive.
Too late...)
The bombing of these two Japanese warships caused a series of impacts:
First of all, the Japs stationed at HLD were indeed shocked as Wang Xuexin hoped.
These devils deployed their troops on open ground.
If there are warships, this is the right thing to do, because the warships' guns can provide fire cover for them. Instead, if the troops are placed on complex terrain, such as inside the houses in the city, it will be difficult for the warships to know where the enemy is and how far away it is.
Bomb the target promptly.
But now...
They watched the imperial warships being blown into a ball of fire and fell silent one after another. While they were shocked, they also had to bear the consequences of the wrong deployment of troops... Next, they would have to bear the impact of Eighth Route Army tanks and half-track vehicles in the open field.
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Therefore, there was almost no suspense in this battle. Under the cover of mechanized troops, the Eighth Route Army used the fastest speed to tear apart the Japanese defense lines and then surrounded and annihilated them piece by piece.
It's just that these Japanese soldiers fought very tenaciously. Even after fighting to the last thousand people, they still refused to surrender. The Eighth Route Army had to clear out the houses one by one as they clung to the houses.
But these are not problems. The situation of the Japs is gone and this cannot be changed, even if the Japs are not afraid of death and resist one by one until the end.
Another impact was that after the news reached Naosaburo Okabe, he immediately realized that what he was worried about had happened.
"It turns out it's not a plane!" Naosaburo Okabe said, "it's a missile!"
Then Naosaburo Okabe came to his senses and said in surprise: "The missiles of the Eighth Route Army can actually hit our warships? And they are also moving warships?"
They were indeed moving warships, because they had been activated during the missile bombing.
Ojoto Sanji asked: "Could it be that the Eighth Route Army also used 'human missiles'?"
Naosaburo Okabe frowned, then shook his head: "If the Eighth Route Army wanted to use 'human missiles', would they wait until now?"
There is nothing wrong with what Naosaburo Okabe said.
There was a time when the Eighth Route Army, which was the first to invent missiles, was suppressed by the empire's backward missiles. The reason was that the empire used "human-guided missiles."
If the Eighth Route Army was willing to use "human-operated missiles", it should have used them at that time, so the Japanese would never have a chance to suppress the Eighth Route Army in terms of missiles, and at least they could have a tie.
But the Eighth Route Army was useless. They would rather be suppressed.
Could it suddenly be used now?
Not very likely!
Then Oshiro Sanji understood: "It was the Eighth Route Army that improved the accuracy of missiles. Not only did it improve, this missile can also hit moving warships!"
Naosaburo Okabe nodded with a very ugly face and said: "Although I don't know how the Eighth Route Army did it, but now it seems... they did it!"
At this time, Naosaburo Okabe and Toshio Naoi had a similar idea: Is the navy still useful?
Missiles have improved accuracy and can hit warships, these are two different concepts.
Improving the accuracy may make it fly more stable, reduce wind deviation, etc.
But it can hit warships and it is a mobile warship, which means that this thing can chase warships like the Eighth Route Army's air-to-air missiles.
Doesn’t this mean that warships cannot approach the Chinese coastline?
What other advantages does the Imperial Navy have?
If they stop on the shore, not only will they not be able to play their due role, but they will also become targets!
At this moment, a staff officer ran in and reported: "Your Excellency, General, Chengde Airport was bombed by Eighth Route Army missiles, and we suffered heavy losses!"
This is completely reasonable. Without asking, Naosaburo Okabe knew that the missile that bombed Chengde Airport was the same missile that bombed warships.
Naosaburo Okabe was right, Wang Xuexin did use anti-ship missiles to bomb Chengde Airport.
Because once an anti-ship missile proves its accuracy by destroying a warship, there is no need to hide it and tease it.
The first thing to hit must be Chengde Airport. This thing has become a thorn in Wang Xuexin's side. Of course, we must get rid of it first and then quickly.
As for whether the puppet army will resolve the "misunderstanding" with the Japanese because of this.
Wang Xuexin believes that this matter is no longer important. What is important is that the Eighth Route Army really has this missile, and it can also blow up Japanese warships...
In other words, the missile itself may have brought greater shock to the puppet troops:
"The Eighth Route Army's missiles can actually sink a Japanese warship hundreds of kilometers away?"
"If they can sink warships hundreds of kilometers away, what else can't they hit?"
"Then if we knew about the Japanese headquarters, would we be able to blow it up as soon as possible?"
"You can even sink a warship, but you can't blow up the headquarters?"
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This is equivalent to the Eighth Route Army attacking wherever it wants. It is a matter of whether the Eighth Route Army is willing or not.
If the war has reached this point, is the end of the Japanese army still far away?
If the end of the enemy is coming, is it necessary to sacrifice one's life for the enemy?
So the puppet troops were thinking about how to "decently" defect to the Eighth Route Army!
This is the equivalent of the first domino falling...
At the beginning, the puppet soldiers worked hard for the Japanese because they believed that the Japanese would win and in order to survive.
Today, the puppet troops will also turn to cooperate with the Eighth Route Army in order to survive because they believe that the Eighth Route Army will win.
This was quickly verified.
Because during the HLD battle, many puppet troops defected and cooperated with the Eighth Route Army to attack the Japanese from within!