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Volume 3 Lion of the Snowfield Chapter 936 Containment of the Gulf of Aden

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    While Mengzi and the others were studying the battle plan, the Japanese fleet escorted troop transports and cargo ships all the way to the Lakshadweep Islands, where the accident occurred.  But when they arrived, except for a few floating debris on the sea, there were no traces of corpses or ships.  Looking at the oil stains on the sea, Yamamoto Isoroku ordered to stop and search carefully.  After some salvage, things belonging to the Japanese were recovered, which shows that this is the location of the naval battle.  With the location determined, the aircraft carrier was divided into three formations, fan-shaped searches were carried out in three directions, seaplanes took off one after another, with a radius of 200 kilometers, and a large-area search began.  But where can they search for it?  They didn't know that Mengzi's fleet was busy in the predetermined sea area, busy laying mines.  After receiving a message from the surveillance submarine, Mengzi ordered the brigade to leave after most of the work was completed, heading south of Somalia and into the deep sea, leaving four destroyers behind, lingering near Socotra Island.  .  Several mine-laying ships were busy busy, and finally completed the laying of mines before dawn, and then began to evacuate, chasing Xiang Mengzi's brigade.  The Japanese army searched in a fan shape and found no enemy, so they met up at dawn and sailed to the Gulf of Aden, where they prepared to find a suitable position. The warships were in position in advance and used naval guns to prevent the pursuit for a few hours. After a few hours, the Japanese army was expected to  All off the land.  You must know that this time they not only brought troop transports and ships, but also small landing ships to facilitate the transportation of supplies and soldiers to the shoals.  Achieve the purpose of sailing quickly.  Land in advance, build a defense line, and prepare all vehicles to board the ship.  This is the job that the Sanben Fifty-Six Fleet has to do.  As long as they build a position and the enemy continues to pursue at this speed without knowing it, they are expected to march quickly, making it difficult for the enemy's long-range artillery to follow up quickly in the desert. The blocked position can persist for a day or two with the assistance of naval guns.  of.  It's all over.  Yamamoto Isoroku did not think that this plan would not work. Otherwise, the army there would be driven to the bottom of the Arabian Peninsula.  Finally they were all wiped out there.  In order to cover this plan, Tojo Hideki and Itagaki Seishiro each led a large group, and the other group moved close to the Red Sea towards the Gulf of Aden.  All the way south along the Gulf of Oman.  Marching towards the Gulf of Aden, and finally boarding ships at Mukalla and Ayton, the puppet troops in the middle attracted some more enemy troops along the desert area. In this way, the enemy's pursuit had to be dispersed, and finally all the troops were allowed to escape.  After the fleet round, the three aircraft carriers took the fleet and headed for Socotra Island.  The seaplane is still not idle.  Still flying all over the sky, searching for the presence of enemy ships.  Just when we were near Socotra Island.  A seaplane spotted four warships flying the British flag. After identification, two had torpedo tubes and two did not. They were estimated to be torpedo destroyers and light cruisers.  As soon as the news was sent back to the flagship, Yamamoto Isoroku intuitively believed that this was the fleet they were looking for.  Except for the British army, there will be no other warships wandering here, because it is not far from South Africa.  "Surround us, don't let one of them escape!" Following his order, the three aircraft carriers quickly separated with a group of warships according to the established plan, blocked the Gulf of Aden in a fan shape, and outflanked the location where the enemy ships were found.  .  Li Rongbin commanded four destroyers. He had already received news of the approaching fleet from the submarine, so he ordered the warships to sail towards Mukalla.  The seaplane overhead was biting them tightly under the clouds, reporting its position every ten minutes.  Seeing their heading straight towards Mukala, Yamamoto Isoroku could not help but frown.  Does the enemy know the rescue plan?  Not sure, but it was necessary to destroy this fleet, so we ordered to continue the encirclement, rush the four warships to Mukalla, and sink them there.  Li Rongbin stood in the ship tower, listening to the radar man's continuous reports on the enemy ship's position. He stood there steadily, not anxious because the enemy ship was about to encircle him. He pretended that he still didn't know and continued to ask Mu  Kara moves closer.  When Isoroku Yamamoto saw the aircraft carrier formation on the left less than fifty nautical miles away from Mukalla, he had already seen the opponent being blocked under the battleships and aircraft carriers.  You know, this is a battleship transferred from Italy, with an average speed of thirty knots, and the destroyer has reached forty knots, which is much faster than their thirty-seven knots.  At this speed, no enemy ship can escape.  "Report, the enemy ship on the left is fifteen nautical miles away and the speed is thirty knots. The enemy ship on the right is twenty-one nautical miles away and the speed is twenty-eight knots. The enemy ship in the middle is twenty-nine nautical miles away and the speed is twenty-six knots."  With datagrams coming one after another, LiBin knew it was almost time to leave, but just as he was about to give the order, he suddenly asked: "What is the speed of the enemy fleet on the left? Is there an aircraft carrier?" The adjutant stood at attention and repeated loudly: "Report, the enemy on the left is  The ship's speed is thirty knots, and there is an aircraft carrier. "An aircraft carrier of thirty knots?"  Is this an aircraft carrier that Italy transferred to Japan?  Li Rongbin narrowed his eyes and pondered for a moment, and then ordered: "Each ship is prepared for air defense, move at full speed in the established direction, and be prepared to seize the T-position. The main and secondary guns are prepared with armor-piercing shells, and are ready to fight at any time!" The distance is still fifteen nautical miles away!  Without taking off the plane, Li Rongbin didn't think too much and quickly ordered the fleet to sail toward the depths of the Gulf of Aden at high speed from the head of the fleet outflanking the left side.  As soon as he moved and gained speed, the radar man saw the enemy plane taking off.  Will this take off?  Li Rongbin didn¡¯t pay attention, he just had a thought and then ignored it.  The battleship was still moving at high speed, getting faster and faster, gradually approaching forty knots.  At this moment, the alarm on the battleship sounded, and then all the fire control anti-aircraft guns roared.  The 127th anti-aircraft gun and the 75th anti-aircraft gun all opened fire, and in the clouds of flames, shells flew into the sky one after another.  Yamamoto Isoroku did not take off long-distance planes to intercept. In fact, it was nothing more than an encirclement.  Their battleship cannot be impressed by the destroyer's main gun with a caliber below 200, so there is no need to take off the plane too early.  Let the other party escape again.  Anyway, the other party doesn't have a plane, so they won't know that they are coming.  Taking off the plane is just to cause interference to the battleships. For real combat effectiveness, he plans to use the battleships.  But the plane just took off.  Before even rising to an altitude of 500 meters, a sudden booming explosion sounded in the sky, and then the planes exploded one after another. In just a few seconds, except for scattered debris, there was no more plane in the sky.  "Ah!" Yamamoto Gossip was surprised.  This air defense is too sharp!  Before he could change his routine from shock, Li Rongbin had quickly grabbed the head of the fleet on the left.  The distance from the fleet is about 20,000 meters.  "Fire!!" The moment he entered the T-position, Li Rongbin roared.  Following his order, the four warships burst out with a roar and bursts of flames.  One shell after another roared towards the high-speed enemy ship.  "Baga!!" Over there, Yamamoto Goji was furious. Before he opened fire, he lost ten attack planes. That was a new type of flamingo!  "The fast battleships come out to bite the opponent. The aircraft carrier slows down. The fighter planes take off!! Quickly encircle the right side!" He did not lose his mind in his anger and gave the order calmly.  Just when he issued the order and all the ships responded, but before they could complete the formation change, a piercing scream suddenly came from the sky.  Twenty thousand meters!  !  All the Japanese soldiers who heard the whistle of the shells were stunned for a moment.  Their naval guns can also reach 20,000 meters, but needless to say the accuracy is just for killing mosquitoes with cannons.  The accuracy is almost zero.  As soon as their thoughts came to an end, loud bangs were heard from the left and right sides of the battleship.  Streams of water rose into the sky.  Then the battleship was like a hurricane, with roaring sea water splashing down, making the soldiers in the love class immediately soaked to the skin. Nothing could be seen in front of them, everything was blocked by the water curtain.  Crossing  Everyone stayed.  At such a long distance, and still traveling at relatively high speed, there was a cross-fire in one round, and the front, rear, left and right were full of shells. Although several battleships were not hit, it was just their luck.  .  Two more shells were only a few dozen meters away from the aircraft carrier. If they landed on the flight deck, they would not need to be sunk by the other side. A full deck of aircraft carrying bombs and torpedoes would be enough to send the aircraft carrier to the bottom of the sea.  "The aircraft carrier retreats!!!" Yamamoto Isoroku was equally shocked.  Although he was not on the aircraft carrier, he also saw a thrilling scene on the battleship.  Following his order, two destroyers and two light cruisers rushed towards the front of the aircraft carrier at high speed, using their bodies to increase protection for the aircraft carrier. All anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns fired at the same time, not to hit the target, but to block it.  shells, causing the carrier to slow down and sail away.  They were lucky. The aircraft carrier's speed slowed down sharply and it started to make a loop. However, the shells did not extend further and fell on several destroyers that were forward and the battleships that were behind.  Groups of flames rose up, and then the damage control team on the battleship rushed up with the water pipe, and the water column then rushed towards the point of fire.  The moment when the shells fell turned into an endless battle. The main guns of the four battleships were all single-barreled, but it made Yamamoto Isoroku feel as if he was fighting against four battleships, and the opponent's main guns wereThey are all three-unit or four-unit installation.  The shells were as dense as rain, and several battleships were hit frequently, as were the destroyers and fast frigates that rushed forward. The battleships were flashing with fire, and each one had to be hit by at least two shots.  Even his flagship Yamato was hit by two bullets, but one shot hit the No. 1 main turret, which was blocked by the 650 mm shield and made a crater.  Another hit the side and opened a hole more than one meter above the waterline. It was blocked by the watertight compartment and caused no damage.  Why is the opponent's warship firing so fast?  !  Yamamoto Isoroku tried to see the battleship 20,000 meters away through the smoke and water curtain. The Association for Science and Technology, let alone the low visibility, even if it was high, he could not see that far. Only a rangefinder could see that far.  .  But it is impossible for him to back down. If the combined fleet is beaten by four destroyers and cannot fight back, it will be a shame for him.  Fortunately, the fast battleship rushing forward has reached forty knots and is expected to entangle the enemy ship. He only has one chance and can sink a battleship with just one shot.  The planes took off one after another. This time they did not pounce rashly, but gathered in the air. After completing the formation, they launched an attack on four warships on the scale of bombing an aircraft carrier.  (To be continued)
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