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Text 100. Coral Sea (6)

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    Admiral Ozawa Jisaburo led a "bait fleet" of four aircraft ships to wander on the ocean more than a hundred nautical miles east of Nauru. He also turned to the southwest in the middle of the night.  This fleet includes the 3rd Air Force composed of Soryu and Hiryu commanded by Rear Admiral Yamaguchi Tamon and the 21st Task Force composed of two Saiban aircraft carriers commanded by Rear Admiral Mitchell.

    In the early morning of November 12, Rear Admiral Mitchell received a report from a submarine monitoring the Republican Fleet in the Nukumanus Islands. The Chinese fleet gave up tracking the U.S. fleet and began to turn south again. "Please search for floating ships."  Astronomy, novels are better and updated faster!.  Mitchell quickly communicated with Ozawa. Xiaozhi believed that the main fleet on the east side of the South Solomon Islands must have begun to doubt their motives. If Ruguo wanted to attract the enemy's main fleet, he must first launch a  Attacking can attract the enemy's attention.

    At this time, the fleets of both sides were about 260 nautical miles apart. At 5:30 in the morning, Rear Admiral Mitchell decisively dispatched more than 100 carrier-based aircraft on the Saipan and Wright. The pilots were taking off  After being informed beforehand, Ruguo was captured and confessed to the enemy that they were from the "Yorktown" and "Bunker Hill" of the Seventh Fleet.

    The naval battle first began in the area of ??Ontong Java Atoll.

    Cheng Yaoheng's Second Fleet was first attacked by fighter planes taking off from the "Saipan" and "Wright". At 7:45, the Sixth Air Fleet sailing in the northernmost part of the fleet discovered the incoming enemy planes, "  The fighter jets on the aircraft carriers "Zhejiang" and "Fujian" hurriedly began to take off for combat. The fleet was attacked by enemy planes even before they had formed a good air defense network.  The "Fujian" was hit and caught fire.

    According to the report, these aircraft came from the enemy fleet in the northeast. One of the battleships was damaged as soon as the battle began. Cheng Yaoheng was furious, and immediately ordered the fleet to start turning and pursue the enemy fleet.  The admiral believed that the main force of the enemy was ahead, and the confessions from captured American pilots further confirmed this judgment.

    Cheng Yaoheng sent a brief urgent message to Fang Minghao, telling him that Ziji would lead the main fleet to the northeast to pursue the enemy's "main fleet."

    After Fang Minghao received the telegram sent from the "Guangdong", General Cheng Yaoheng Yijing led the entire fleet to leave Ontong Java Atoll and headed northeast.  The transport fleet on Malaita Island can only be protected by the fifth ship in Fang Minghao's hands.  The Second Fleet of the Republic Navy was moved away from the main sea areas.  Now Spruance's main force is rapidly approaching Malaita Island, and the US military aircraft taking off from Guadalcanal are also interfering with the Republican Army's landing operations. Fang Minghao will also send fighter jets to attack Sua Fa.  Wan jinh¨¢ng support.

    ? 10:20 a.m. in the waters near the Santa Cruz Islands.  Submarine No. 3509 of the 326th Submarine Group, which was on patrol, discovered the approaching U.S. fleet.  The noise produced by the propellers of the task force that was sailing at high speed was enough to be picked up by submarine sonar more than 40 nautical miles away.

    Colonel Chang Ying, commander of the 326th Submarine Group, sent an emergency telegram to the fleet.  And immediately summoned 6 nearby submarines to ambush in the enemy's only channel.

    The 12 Type 1941 submarines equipped by the 326th Submarine Group represent the most advanced submarine technology and manufacturing technology of this era. They also absorb some advanced technologies from Germany and Italy.  The hull adopts a more rounded shuttle shape, with a length of 76 meters.  It is 9.2 meters wide, 8.5 meters high, with a surface displacement of 2,460 tons and an underwater displacement of 3,210 tons.  The power unit is three 5600-horsepower diesel engines and two 2700-horsepower electric motors, allowing it to reach a high speed of 17.8 knots on the water and 18.6 knots underwater.  The large displacement allows its endurance to be as high as 17,000 nautical miles.

    Due to the adoption of the latest high-strength pressure-resistant hull with a yield strength of up to 450 MPa, the 1942-type submarine used a single-layer pressure-resistant hull for the first time. Its maximum diving depth has reached the limit of 300 meters, and its internal space and the living space of the crew  All have been greatly improved, which also increases the submarine's sustained combat capability.

    Due to the difficulty of welding high-strength and pressure-resistant hulls, the construction speed of the 1942-type submarine was much slower than that of the previous four-type submarines in service with the Republic Navy. In half a year, only 56 1942-type submarines were completed. Since this type of submarine has  With its unparalleled combat performance, it became the target of competition from major fleets almost as soon as it entered service.

    The Type 1942 submarine has only one 57mm deck gun and one 12.7mm machine gun that can be automatically hidden, but it is also equipped with two liftable 2x4 mounted 210mm cg2e tube rocket launchers at the bow and stern.  The "Longbow" 2 large-caliber rocket launcher equipped by the Republican Army can have a range of 36 kilometers. Although the shooting accuracy is poor, it still meets the impact point dispersion requirements required by the military. In 1942, Yijing began to launch large-scale missiles on the water surface.  The ship began to be commissioned.

    The 1942-type submarine was designed with the installation of a liftable rocket launcher in mind. The rocket launching device was installed in two sealed chambers.In the gold box, the box will not open until it rises out of the water.  Due to the equipment of large-caliber rocket launchers, submarines have certain long-range attack capabilities.

    Another important technological advancement of the 1942-type submarine is that the sonar system n¨¦nggou on the tongguo submarine analyzes target targets and torpedo launch data, allowing the submarine n¨¦nggou to achieve underwater launch. Coupled with the use of acoustic homing torpedoes, this makes the submarine's  The attack power has been qualitatively improved.

    The outcome of a war will definitely not end well if it relies on some advanced weapons, but in some cases, some epoch-making weapons can definitely bring about the outcome of a battle.

    In the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, the Americans unfortunately encountered this situation.

    The Seventh Fleet began to turn northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands, and the Republican Fleet entered the attack range of the aviation force. Spruance must take risks as he approached. Colonel Chang Ying's ambush failed, and the enemy fleet was in  Dif¨¡ng, less than fifteen nautical miles away from him, turned northeast.

    At this time, both Spruance and Fang Minghao discovered their opponents. The reconnaissance aircraft of both sides reported the enemy's position almost at the same time. Half an hour later, the carrier-based aircraft of both sides began to fly towards the enemy's fleet in formation.

    Spruance has 6 "Essex-class" aircraft carriers at his disposal, plus the "Shokaku" and "Zuikaku" aircraft carriers of the Second Air Fleet commanded by Nagumo Chuichi, and his strength is greater than that of Fang Minghao.  The four aircraft ships on hand are stronger, and because Fang Minghao dispatched three squadrons of fighter jets to provide air support to Suawan Jinh¨¢ng, his air defense capabilities are even weaker.

    At 12:15 noon, the two sides launched a fierce air battle. The carrier-based aircraft of the US Seventh Fleet and the Republican Navy's Fifth Fleet both flew near the enemy fleet.

    Reluctantly, Chang Yingtongguo ordered all 12 submarines of the 16th Submarine Group of the Third Fleet to surface and attack the enemy fleet with rocket launchers.  As the order was issued, several dark submarines emerged from the water. The sea radars on the boats began to rotate to detect the enemy fleet's position, distance and other shooting data.

    "Raise the rocket launcher!"

    "The rocket launcher is ready!"

    "Set shooting Zhuyuan, distance 26700, bearing 11, heading northeast, speed 25!"

    "Ready!"

    "Start launching!"

    As the order was issued, bursts of unique roaring sounds of rocket engines sounded on the sea. 96 large-caliber rockets launched from 6 submarines sprayed out streams of fire and thick smoke behind them, towards the enemy sixteen nautical miles away.  Speeding away in the direction of the fleet.  After completing the launch, each submarine immediately put away its launch tube and began to dive quickly. From surfacing, measuring the target, completing launch and dive, the entire submarine took less than fifteen minutes.

    Spruance's fleet was lining up in a dense air defense formation, preparing to go all out to deal with the Republican aircraft group that was about to attack. The submarine force's attack did not hit the aircraft ship, but it still hit three warships.  However, since the warheads were only high-explosive bombs, they would not cause a fatal blow to the warships, but they caused chaos in the entire fleet. Subsequently, the six submarines located behind the seventh ship also launched attacks on the enemy fleet in accordance with the order.  Two shellings were carried out.

    This caused a great misunderstanding for the U.S. air fleet. Many commanders believed that Ziji fell within the range of the enemy's battleship fleet, which was a fatal thing. If the Ruguo aircraft carrier entered the range of the battleship, then anyone could do anything.  It's a carnage.  The US-Japanese task force that suffered a blow began to turn with all its strength and retreat backwards. Yijing was unable to maintain its aviation formation. This allowed Yijing's approaching Republican Army aviation to find an opportunity.

    As the order was issued, the bomber force broke through the enemy's air defense circle and pounced towards the chaotic enemy warships on the sea.  (To be continued.)
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