The best defense is offense, and that's what Xu Huandong did.
On the surface, the "Zhenhai" ship is much faster than the battleship, but because Xu Huandong did not consider that there would be a battleship in the Japanese fleet, it would be very difficult to escape from its range at this time:
The top speed of the battleship is 27 knots, and the top speed of the "Zhenhai" ship is 34 knots.
Assuming that both are running at the highest speed and one is escaping and the other is chasing, the speed difference is only 7 knots, and it takes 50 minutes to cover a distance of ten kilometers.
In short, not only the "Zhenhai" ship, but other warships are also likely to be sunk one by one under the bombing of Japanese battleships.
Therefore, the naval battle was not as simple as imagined. The coastal defense regiment still suffered from the lack of aerial reconnaissance. As a result, it was within the range of the Japanese battleship without knowing it.
Therefore, Xu Huandong knew immediately that he had to fight back, and the target should be a Japanese battleship.
As for other Japanese warships, such as the Japanese Myoko and destroyers, their maximum artillery range is less than 30 kilometers and cannot reach the coastal defense regiment, so they can be put aside temporarily.
Xu Huandong grabbed the microphone in the shaking warship and ordered: "Except for the 'Zhenhai' ship, all warships can freely launch missiles targeting enemy battleships!"
The reason why the order emphasizes "except for the "Zhenhai" ship" is because the "Zhenhai" ship at this time is not suitable for launching missiles.
This does not mean that the "Zhenhai" ship must maneuver like a snake and have no time to deal with it.
There are more than two hundred people on a warship. The sailor is responsible for sailing the ship and launching the missiles, and they do not interfere with each other.
However, at this time, the "Zhenhai" ship was being pursued and bombed by Japanese battleships, and huge waves were set off from time to time, making the ship extremely unstable.
It is very dangerous to launch missiles when the ship's hull is unstable. It may lose balance and control the moment the missile is launched, and it may even hit the deck directly.
This is also the reason why the modern Asan aircraft carrier kept "nodding" during sea trials and was criticized by military fans.
When an aircraft carrier "nods" its head while sailing, the carrier-based aircraft is basically in a state of being unable to take off, because at the moment the carrier-based aircraft takes off, whether the aircraft carrier deck is "lowering" or "raising its head" will bring great danger to the carrier-based aircraft.
: "Lowering the head" will give the carrier-based aircraft a downward speed and pull it into the sea; "heading up" will give the carrier-based aircraft an almost vertical upward speed and instantly throw it into the air. Either way may cause the aircraft to
Destroy people.
Therefore, Asan's aircraft carrier can basically only take off and land carrier-based aircraft when it is stationary or sailing at low speed on calm seas.
If you think about the fact that during World War II, Eagle Eagle's aircraft carriers could scramble heavy bombers to bomb Tokyo in storms, the gap becomes clear.
In other words, the surface data of the Asan aircraft carrier looks good, but its combat effectiveness is probably not even comparable to the aircraft carrier of Yingjiang in World War II.
The missile at this time was almost a small aircraft, so of course there was such a problem, so Xu Huandong did not dare to take the risk.
Several other warships immediately prepared anti-ship missiles after hearing the order... In fact, all warships had already prepared them before this.
They have no other choice. Although the main gun has not been dismantled, the range is not enough to hit the Japanese battleships, and the torpedoes are too far away and have a very low hit rate. Only anti-ship missiles can work.
Following the orders given by the captains of each ship, more than ten missiles were launched from the four "Wrath" class destroyers in the smoke on one side: two or three missiles were fired from each ship, and a total of eleven missiles were launched.
On the other side, Toshihei Inoguchi, who was holding a telescope and looking triumphantly at the front as he hurriedly fled, changed his face when he saw this, and quickly shouted: "Prepare for air defense!"
However, it was too late by this time. The Japanese anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns were not ready at all.
This is not to say that Toshihei Inoguchi was careless, but that all Japanese crew members were careless.
But we can't blame them. This is a ship-to-ship battle. The Eighth Route Army fleet has no aircraft, not even seaplanes, so why do we need air defense?
On the other hand, the "Musashi" battleship is the pride of the empire, but it has always been questioned... Those guys on the aircraft carrier theory think that spending huge sums of money to build the "Musashi" is not as good as producing a few aircraft carriers. They also say that the "Musashi"
It is a "vase" that is both attractive and useless.
(Note: The cost of the "Musashi" was 277,760,000 yen. At that time, the cost of an aircraft carrier was about 87,233,000 yen. That is, the cost of the "Musashi" battleship was worth three aircraft carriers.)
Now, it's finally time for the "Musashi" to clear its name. It will use a brilliant victory to put an end to those "rumors"!
Therefore, the Japanese crew members on the ship were all watching the battle with great interest on the deck. The naval guns of various calibers were in preparation for war, but the anti-aircraft firepower was basically at a standstill.
If the battleship "Musashi" was prepared, to be honest, these eleven missiles would probably not be able to get close to it or only a small number would get close to it.
Because the "Musashi" has been equipped with a terrifying 130 25mm anti-aircraft guns after its anti-aircraft firepower has been strengthened, the middle of it is densely packed like a hedgehog, and there are triple 25mm anti-aircraft cannons everywhere.
Under normal circumstances, it would be quite good if two or three of the eleven missiles of the Eighth Route Army hit. But at this time, due to the slackness of the Japanese anti-aircraft firepower, they hurriedly ran to their own guns only after receiving the order from Toshihei Inoguchi.
Reload it.
The distance between the two ships is only more than 30 kilometers, and the anti-ship missile travels at more than 300 kilometers per hour. Theoretically, it only takes less than six minutes to arrive.
However, because the missile had to take off, climb and then dive, and the speed during the take-off phase did not reach the maximum, the whole process took about seven and a half minutes.
On the "Musashi" side, only thirty or so fast-moving anti-aircraft guns on the entire ship responded. As soon as the other guns pointed their muzzles at the target, they saw missiles whizzing towards them, followed by a burst of "boom".
, balls of flames burst out on the deck of the "Musashi".
A total of seven anti-ship missiles hit the "Musashi", and the remaining four were either shot down by the Japanese or failed to hit.
But of course, these missiles cannot sink the Japanese battleship... The "Musashi" is very durable. It is said that it took a total of 20 torpedoes, 17 bombs and 18 close range bombs when it was sunk.
(Note: The so-called "closest bullet" means that it does not hit directly, but it is very close to the target and causes a certain amount of damage to the target)
However, the "Musashi" suffered more than a hundred casualties, most of which were fanatics on the deck who planned to witness the glory of the "Musashi".
At that moment, Inoguchi Minpei was dumbfounded. He looked at the fire on the warship and the casualties everywhere. After a long time, he cursed angrily: "Asshole! The Eighth Route Army actually moved anti-ship missiles to the warship!"