Japanese troops retreat

Although the sudden attacks of the six bombers did not cause a fatal blow to the six destroyers, the raging fire that instantly ignited on the deck still shocked every officer and soldier of the Japanese mixed fleet.

In the command module of the Fusang battleship, Major General Kinda, commander, was holding a telescope and observing the losses of surrounding destroyers with a gloomy face.

When he saw the deck of the destroyer and faced the attack of the Chinese Air Force, the only limited air defense anti-aircraft gun that could be relied on was engulfed in a blink of an eye. However, the imperial officers and soldiers on the deck were unmoved and watched the scene of the anti-aircraft gun being destroyed in the fire. Major General Jinda's face suddenly became astonished because of his anger.

He asked Colonel Tano, the chief of staff behind him, full of anger: "Who can tell me why the Japanese Imperial officers and soldiers on the deck of the Chunfeng destroyer did not quickly extinguish the fire on the deck..."

As soon as the words fell, the figure of the communications officer appeared behind everyone. In front of the officers, he reported loudly in front of the officers with a slight panic voice: "The Commander, the captain of the Spring Breeze destroyer reported that the ship was attacked by an unknown aviation bomb and suffered heavy losses..."

Thinking of the officers and soldiers on the decks of several destroyers, facing the rapid spread of fire, they were at a loss. In addition, Major General Kinda had just questioned him, Colonel Tianye, who had been frowning, immediately discovered the connection. He stared at the communications officer with his eyes and asked loudly: "What is the unknown aviation bomb? Report it immediately..."

Facing the eyes of the chiefs who quickly looked at him, the communication staff officer couldn't help but tremble, and responded quickly to the chief of staff and others, "Sir, you don't know the specific situation..."

"The Chunfeng destroyer is just a report: what Chinese bombers threw down a new type of bomb... The bomb exploded, with the bomb point as the center, and a radius of dozens of meters, and a sea of ​​fire will immediately form. Except for sand, nothing else can extinguish this kind of fire..."

Seeing a group of stunned Shangguans, the communications officer continued to report: "Not only that, the captain of the Spring Breeze destroyer also reported that this kind of bomb that specializes in burning can instantly generate very high temperatures. The deck of our warship, under the burning of this high temperature, will last for up to two minutes and will be melted..."

It instantly generates a high temperature that can melt the steel, and can make the blasting point at the center, with a range of dozens of meters. It all turns into a new bomb that is a sea of ​​fire.

After listening to the communication staff report, Colonel Tianye's face showed a shocked expression. However, this shock did not last long and was covered by an incredible expression. He asked loudly at the communication staff, "Impossible, absolutely impossible... How could the backward Chinese be equipped with such advanced aviation bombs? Commander, this is absolutely impossible. It must be that the Chunfeng destroyer was lying about military information...."

However, before his voice had fallen, another communications officer who appeared in the command cabin immediately answered the authenticity of Colonel Tano's incident with the telegram in his hand.

Hearing another communications officer's report on this new type of aviation bomb, Colonel Tano spoke again. Major General Kaneda, who had a gloomy face, had already spoken: "It seems that we have underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Ninth Army."

After saying that, his sharp eyes were placed directly on Colonel Tianye who had not yet woken up from this fact. He ordered loudly: "Chief of Staff, I will give you a minute to count the specific losses of each destroyer immediately. At the same time, he ordered all ships to strengthen air defense and use the speed advantages of the ship to avoid fire strikes from the air as much as possible..."

Colonel Tano used flag language and radio to count the specific losses of the six destroyers. The six bombers who were just responsible for attracting firepower had already launched continuous attacks on the six destroyers after losing the air defense firepower to block his own.

Without the harassment of anti-aircraft artillery, the ordinary infantry weapons in the hands of Japanese naval officers and soldiers could not do anything to bombers at altitude of 500 meters.

The six bombers were like revenge on the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery shooting at them. They threw down a series of incendiary bombs from beginning to end along the direction of the Japanese ship's navigation.

Suddenly, the six destroyers that had just controlled the fire on the deck were once again shrouded in flames caused by the explosion of the incendiary bomb.

A better-lucked warship only has one or two incendiary bombs hit the target. Then, on the deck of the warship, two pieces are instantly generated to control the fire area.

The whole warship, from beginning to end, was baptized by incendiary bombs. As the fire spread rapidly on the surface of the warship, the whole warship looked like a huge torch floating on the sea from a distance.

Watching the six destroyers constantly being shrouded in flames under the ravage of Chinese bombers in the air, Major General Kimeto, the commander, even had the desire to commit suicide. Because he knew very well, according to his subordinates' description of this kind of incendiary bomb: if the situation in front of him cannot be changed immediately, it will not take long for the fire burning on the surface of the deck to spread into the cabin below the deck. At that time, even if the entire warship does not explode, it will be burned into a pile of scrap iron.

Of course, no matter how heartache, the commander Major General Kaneda also secretly felt secretly grateful for the order he issued before the war. Because so far, he had not heard any sound of ammunition exploding.

The absence of ammunition explosion means that the arsenal of all destroyers is still in a safe state, and all ships of the entire fleet are temporarily in a safe state.

As an outstanding commander of the Japanese Navy, Major General Kaneda was arrogant and not a passive person to be beaten. After receiving the latest loss information reports on air defense anti-aircraft guns from various ships, he spoke directly.

"Without anti-aircraft guns, six destroyers are completely under the attack of Chinese bombers. In addition, we cannot watch the six destroyers being broken by Chinese bombers and burned into a pile of scrap iron."

Speaking of this, Major General Jinda directly ordered with a majestic look on his face: "Chief of Staff, send a signal to all destroyers captains immediately. All destroyers quickly move closer to the Fusang battleship and the two cruisers. With the remaining air defense firepower on the battleship and cruisers, attack the Chinese bomber formations as much as possible. And move quickly towards Qingdao. As long as we include Qingdao in our naval gun attack range, the final victory will belong to my great Japanese Empire."

Through the descriptions of subordinates, Major General Kinda has roughly understood part of the power of the incendiary bomb. However, he knew nothing about the other power of the incendiary bomb: its super oxygen consumption capacity.

The Wind-Chasing Destroyer was hit by incendiary bombs from beginning to end. The entire deck building was covered by raging fire.

Faced with the sudden attack of incendiary bombs, hundreds of Japanese soldiers who were standing on the deck were all swept by the fire without exception. Those who were lucky enough to jump into the sea with fire all over their bodies and escaped by luck. They were not lucky enough to avoid this disaster without any surprise. They were all burned into an unrecognizable corpse.

In the blink of an eye, there was no more Japanese living on the deck of the huge destroyer.

As for the Japanese hiding in various cabins of warships, although they did not need to endure the burning of fire, the difficulties they had to face next also easily took their lives.

The raging fire. With the help of a large amount of combustion aids, it quickly swept through all surface buildings and decks of warships. In a blink of an eye, the connection passage between all the warship cabins and the outside world was completely isolated by the raging fire. This means that the oxygen outside the warship cabin is impossible to break through the raging fire blocking between the two and enter the warship cabin.

The narrow warship cabin. Dozens of Japanese soldiers, all sizes, need to consume a lot of oxygen. The burning fire at the door of the warship cabin also needs to consume endless oxygen. In less than a minute, the cabin, which was already very sufficient oxygen, was drained by the burning fire at the door of the cabin.

Without oxygen, it means that the Japanese soldiers who are still hiding in the cabin cannot breathe. In addition, the metal partitions in the cabin have been burned red as the fire continues to burn. The temperature in the cabin has increased sharply.

One by one, the Japanese soldiers and soldiers gradually began to be suffocated to death in the warship cabin due to high temperature and lack of oxygen.

The combustion aids attached to the surface of the warship were consumed, and the raging fire that swept across the entire warship was immediately eliminated.

Looking down from the air, the entire warship was like a burnt red soldering iron floating on the sea. In addition, more than 140 officers and soldiers of the Zhuifeng destroyer were attacked by incendiary bombs or lack of oxygen. The warship that had just begun to sail quickly stopped and floated motionlessly on the sea.

Commander Major General Kinda issued an order, and the remaining five destroyers were burning with decks and quickly approaching the flagship Fusang battleship. Only this warship floated motionlessly on the sea.

Seeing the sea getting farther and farther away from the fleet, the Wind-Chasing Destroyer, who was still not moving at all, the face of Commander Major General Kindda suddenly turned pale. He asked loudly at the Chief of Staff behind him: "Tanojun, what happened to the Wind-Chasing Destroyer, why didn't he move closer to the flagship..."

Chief of Staff Colonel Tano quickly replied: "Commander, I don't know... We have been contacting the Wind destroyer, but neither the flag or the radio, the Wind destroyer did not respond at all..."

Commander Major General Kimeto continued to order while shocked: "No response, could all the more than 100 imperial officers and soldiers on the posthumous destroyer were killed... It is impossible, the warship did not explode and did not sink to the bottom of the sea. How could all of them die? I was still standing there, ordering the communication staff to continue to contact the destroyer Zhuifeng."

Colonel Tianye did not dare to be negligent and quickly responded: "Please rest assured, Commander, please let me continue to contact the Wind-Chasing Destroyer immediately... But, the entire fleet, should I wait for the Wind-Chasing Destroyer, which has not been moved at all..."

He looked deeply at the destroyer Zhuifeng, which was floating on the sea without any movement, and heard the whistling sound of planes coming from above the fleet. A decisive expression immediately appeared on Major General Kinda's face. He looked at the Chief of Staff Colonel Tano and decisively ordered: "We cannot expose this fleet to the attack range of the Chinese Air Force for a destroyer."

"The communications office should contact the Wind destroyer as much as possible. Once the contact is clear, the Wind destroyer will be ordered to catch up immediately. The entire fleet should not be left at all. Target Qingdao, China, and move forward at full speed..."

The five destroyers gathered around the battleship Fusang. Although they were protected by a total of ten anti-aircraft guns by battleships and cruisers, the number of anti-aircraft guns in the entire mixed fleet was too small after all. With ten anti-aircraft guns, it was almost impossible to form an anti-aircraft fire net over the entire escort fleet.

The First Bomber Squadron had a total of 12 bombers, carrying the remaining ammunition, just like a group of flies staring at sewn eggs. As long as the Japanese army had a strong air defense fire, they would dive hard.

A bomber suddenly appeared a loophole from the air defense fire network and whizzed past. A black incendiary bomb fell from the sky and appeared above the Japanese mixed fleet.

In order to keep the remaining five destroyers covered as much as possible in the limited air defense fire network. The formation of five destroyers, two cruisers and one battleship can be said to be unprecedentedly dense.

A black incendiary bomb came down. There were always one or two incendiary bombs hitting the target accurately and exploded on the deck of the enemy warship...

A total of 12 bombers took turns to fight until all the ammunition carried in the belly of the aircraft was consumed.

Although the First Bomber Squadron never achieved any substantial results in the subsequent bombing, the only ten anti-aircraft artillery pieces that the Japanese mixed fleet could rely on were only six left at this moment. The air defense fire nets that enveloped the fleet had more loopholes.

The First Bomber Squadron withdrew from the battlefield smoothly with regret.

The Japanese mixed fleet, Major General Jinda, who was located on the flagship Fusang battleship, saw the bomber gradually fading away. After tense hearts for more than ten minutes, he finally relaxed. Just when he felt secretly grateful, the next scene in the sky made his heart sink completely into a low point again.

The 12 bombers of the First Squadron had just disappeared from the edge of the sky. Another 12 black spots representing the bombers, slowly appearing in the sight of all the Japanese.

Faced with the Japanese mixed fleet with only six air defense anti-aircraft guns, the second bomber squadron with sufficient ammunition, of course, would not be polite.

Three fighter jets, one attack team, continued to launch dive attacks on the Japanese mixed fleet.

The incendiary bombs weighing 50 kilograms were like raining, constantly hitting their targets and landing on the deck of the Japanese mixed fleet that was already chaotic on the sea.

The second bomber squadron had 240 incendiary bombs. Due to the excessive formation of the Japanese mixed fleet, it achieved amazing results of more than 50 incendiary bombs hitting the target accurately.

What kind of results will the second bomber squadron scored with more than fifty incendiary bombs hitting the target?

A destroyer directly exploded because the deck above the ammunition depot was completely melted and penetrated by incendiary bombs.

The explosion occurred when dozens of tons of ammunition exploded, and it was an internal explosion, which was definitely not something that the destroyer could resist only a few dozen centimeters of armor. The explosion sounded, and the second half of the entire destroyer was instantly blown into pieces. A large amount of sea water also poured into the cabin along a huge gap.

The entire destroyer was completely buried at the bottom of the sea after the explosion began with less than a minute.

A destroyer, because the deck above the power chamber was completely melted and penetrated. The huge power chamber was accidentally hit by a fire bomb again.

How can a boiler with huge pressure in the power chamber withstand the attack of incendiary bombs?

In less than a few minutes, several boilers in the power compartment of the warship exploded one after another. There was no boiler to provide the warship with a steady stream of power. Even if the entire warship looked intact on the surface, it could only slowly leave the fleet and float on the sea like the destroyer Zhuifeng...

A destroyer sank on the spot, a destroyer lost power and had to withdraw from the battlefield. This is the direct result achieved by the Second Bomber Squadron.

When 12 bombers left the battlefield with their swearing voices of Japanese naval officers and soldiers on the sea, they were striking their might. The third bomber squadron, who had longed for the battlefield, rushed directly like a pack of wolves that smelled blood, and rushed towards the Japanese mixed fleet that had already suffered heavy losses.

Round after round, four bomber squadrons each completed one attack mission. The Japanese mixed fleet was left with only one destroyer that could barely keep up with the speed, two cruisers that received varying degrees of damage, and one battleship that lost its anti-aircraft guns.

In terms of cost alone, the destroyer was not comparable in front of battleships and cruisers. Therefore, Major General Kinda did not feel any heartache about the large losses of the destroyer. However, when a reminder from Chief of Staff Colonel Tano reached his ears, Major General Kinda, who had just disagreed, suddenly turned pale with his face.

"Hisser Commander, there are no destroyers with flexible action. Our remaining battleships and cruisers are not likely to pose any threat to the submarine submarine forces because the tonnage is too large. Huyi suggested that for the safety of the three ships, we must retreat immediately. Otherwise, once the enemy submarine forces form an encirclement to us, if they want to retreat, they will not be able to escape the torpedo attack of the enemy submarine forces..."
Chapter completed!