Chapter 1082: 1083 Bet everything
Chapter 1082 1083 Bet everything
"The enemy has changed its course...it seems to be making a snake maneuver." On the Tang Army's guided missile destroyer, the radar operator looked at the light spots on the screen and reported a slightly embarrassed report.
He felt that the other party was a bunch of idiots, actually hiding and seeking with the radar in the dark night. He didn't know if there was anything stupider than this, but it was stupid enough.
“The Styx missile is correcting its trajectory! The targets of the two missiles are not overlapping.” Inside the destroyer that had just launched two Styx anti-ship missiles in succession, the conductor loudly and excitedly reported the status of the missiles.
The missile attack of the Tang Empire was so smooth. The good electromagnetic environment allowed all the reactions of the Styx missile to be within a reasonable and comfortable range, so its hit rate was quite terrifying. This was achieved after several actual battles on the earth plane. Tested.
The missiles with corrected ballistics are still approaching the target. The Styx missile equipped with a shaped energy-piercing warhead has an astonishing effect on armor-protected battleships and heavy cruisers.
The third and fourth anti-ship missiles hit the two Mirage cruisers in front one after another.
This time the cruiser's small size was obviously inferior to the battleships Beishima and Great South Bay that had just been hit. Fires broke out in both cruisers. One cruiser's ammunition magazine appeared to be penetrated, and the other cruiser's smokestack was full of flames.
"The front ammunition depot of the cruiser Serpent has been penetrated! In order to avoid being killed in the explosion, they have poured water into the ammunition depot..." In the bridge of the battleship Mirage, an officer hurried over, stood at attention and saluted before saying to Mirage Haifeng reported the news he had just received.
Seeing the heavy cruiser that had just been launched five years ago lose its combat effectiveness, Mirage felt that his heart was bleeding.
That is a heavy cruiser with a tonnage of over 10,000! There are 12 200 mm caliber main guns on it! But it’s a very important combat capability!
Before the officer left, another officer came over quickly and brought another bad news: "The boiler of the cruiser Snow Mountain was damaged and the speed dropped... It may not be able to keep up with the fleet!"
The cruiser Snow Mountain is also a "new ship" within ten years. It is also the first new cruiser equipped with torpedo weapons built by the Mirage Navy that year.
When this battleship was launched, the top brass of the Mirage Navy were rejoicing that they finally had a new cruiser that could confront enemy battleships head-on. As a result, in the blink of an eye, the Snow Mountain...
In the dark night, the Mirage fleet was already on fire. Directly in front were the cruisers Snow Mountain and Serpent that had just caught fire. To the side and rear of the fleet was the battleship Beidao that had slowed down. Behind them was the Great South Bay, which was the first to be hit and set on fire. Battleship…
For a naval fleet commander, the current situation is already very urgent. If Yutaka Mirage doesn't think of a solution anymore, he may be responsible for losing the entire fleet.
"Order the fleet to turn on the searchlights! Light up all the lights! Search the nearby waters!" There was no good way to do it, so Mirage issued a very crazy order.
This is equivalent to canceling the lights out, it is equivalent to turning on the flashlight in a dark place to find the location of the enemy! In the past without radar technology, this was almost the same as dying.
“Sir!” Upon hearing this order, the officer commanding the searchlight was stunned and did not immediately execute Mirage Haifeng’s order.
"Execute the order! There is no point in continuing the light control! They can see us in the dark!" After Mirage Haifeng explained, he looked at the communications officer next to him: "Break the radio silence! Send a telegram to the base camp! Let us know! Their current situation! Request General Mirage Haiping to...immediately instruct our army on the next move!"
He really had no better way, and he was totally lost. At this rate of being attacked, his fleet would be completely wiped out in about two hours!
Whether to continue rushing south towards the landing site of the Tang Army or to retreat quickly... Mirage Haifeng felt that he could not make the decision in this matter. Therefore, he planned to ask Mirage Haiping of the base camp for instructions and immediately report the latest situation to the base camp.
Enemies can fight at night! And you can easily hit your own warships in night battles! Such news sounds ridiculous, but it is a terrible fact!
Since the enemy is not afraid of night battles, then attacking the landing site at night is a joke! And if the opponent makes up for the shortcomings of night battles, then... the outcome of the battle will be difficult to predict.
Thinking of this, Mirage Haifeng's restless mood was almost swallowing him up: a series of plans of Mirage Kingdom before the war seemed to have all come to nothing.
At first, Mirage believed that the Tang Air Force was too powerful and that the Zero fighter jets could seize battlefield air supremacy. But it turned out that this was a joke. The Tang Air Force was obviously more active than the Mirage Air Force in yesterday's daytime battle.
Later, the Mirage Navy believed that night fighting might be beneficial to itself. Now it seems that this is also a wrong idea. The Tang Army seems to have a secret attack method at night, which allows them to clearly find the target and carry out the attack.
So, Mirage Haifeng had no choice but to break the light blackout and radio silence, just to allow his fleet to regain a little advantage in the darkness. …
Main Island, the base camp of the Mirage Kingdom, the Mirage Emperor looked solemn, standing in a room with a huge map on the ground, waiting for the battle situation on the front line.
The night battle launched by Mirage Wu Zhong has begun. Mirage troops have invested approximately 20,000 people, preparing for a desperate counterattack toward the beach.
At the same time, the naval fleet, which everyone has high hopes for, has rushed towards the enemy at this moment! As long as they succeed, the unfavorable situation on the battlefield will be reversed.
"Your Majesty!" An officer quickly walked into the command room. After saluting Emperor Mirage, he then stood at attention and saluted General Mirage Haiping and Mirage Wuke: "This is a message from General Mirage Feng from the front."
Because he was too excited, Haiping stretched out his hand to grab the message and read it carefully. Halfway through, his face turned pale. He lost control of his emotions and even wrinkled the message paper.
Seeing this situation, the Mirage Emperor became nervous. He walked over and read the words above from the side. The sight of it didn't matter, it almost made him faint.
The naval fleet was intercepted during its advance and suffered heavy losses. Two battleships have been injured and two cruisers are unable to continue participating in the battle.
This is really a fatal blow to the entire combat plan of the Mirage: If the navy cannot defeat the Tang Army's landing fleet at sea tonight, then tomorrow morning... the situation is likely to be even more passive.
Army General Mirage Wu Ke has explained to Mirage Emperor the possible subsequent developments on the battlefield: The army's counterattack will most likely not be able to drive the Tang Army directly into the sea. If the Tang Army's follow-up troops can go ashore without restraint, then the war situation in the South Island is likely to worsen. To the point where it is unimaginable.
It would be okay if the Mirage Wuzhong defends the Great South Bay successfully, but if it fails... with the support of the port and the construction of an airport on the South Island... the Tang Army will only get stronger and stronger in the future!
But now, the maritime counterattack that everyone had high hopes for... seems to be not going so well either. This was a direct sentence of death for the series of arrangements made before the war at the Mirage Base Camp: all their plans had failed, and the battlefield situation was almost destined to collapse.
"What's wrong?" Mirage Wuk, who was still unclear about the seriousness of the problem, came over and asked. Mirage Haiping didn't speak, but just handed the message to the other party.
Mirage Wuk looked at it for a few times, his face changed drastically, and he said to the mirage emperor: "Your Majesty! If the naval fleet retreats... the mirage country will be over!"
"If the naval fleet is destroyed... the Mirage Kingdom is also doomed!" Mirage Haiping reminded the Mirage Emperor anxiously.
From Mirage Haiping's point of view, even if Tang's navy and Mirage's fleet were destroyed together, Mirage would be completely finished: Tang could spend three to five years building a large-scale navy, but Mirage did not have this ability.
Whether it is shipbuilding production capacity, or funds and materials... Mirage can no longer maintain such an intensity of naval shipbuilding.
But he also knew that if the Tang army's attack on the South Island could not be stopped, the Mirage would not have three to five years left...
"Order Mirage Haifeng to continue going south! At any cost! Destroy the Tang Army's landing site!" After carefully analyzing the situation, Mirage Emperor made what he thought was the most correct decision, and in fact it was indeed the most correct decision.
If the Tang Army is allowed to operate on the South Island, the Mirage Kingdom will have no chance at all. There is no chance to sit still and wait for death, Xianza still has a chance of winning if he gives it a try... Of course the Mirage Emperor must make a bet this time, and it will be the same no matter who makes the decision.
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Mirage Haiping also knew that this was true. The struggle just now was just a small struggle for him as a naval admiral who was not willing to ruin the entire fleet.
Mirage Wuke glanced at Mirage Haiping, gritted his teeth, walked not far away, and grabbed the phone: "The telegraph room? Send a telegram to Mirage Wu Zhong! And Mirage Wu Erlang! Order the two of them to do whatever it takes. , fight back towards the beach!”
Since the navy has already risked its life, as an army general, it is impossible for him not to make a statement: if the navy is finished, then the army on South Island... is almost finished.
Once the Tang Army ensures that it can obtain a steady stream of supplies from the sea, what will happen to the Mirage? Before the war, all the top leaders of the Mirage Kingdom knew clearly that all they could rely on was the natural dangers of the sea.
Without this natural danger, wouldn't the Tang army's attack on the mirage army be just pure cruelty? Isn't it just the max-level boss slaughtering the trumpets in Novice Village? Isn't it just Hong Xing who takes the lead and kicks the kindergarten?
So, whether it is the Mirage Emperor or the two generals of the sea and land in the base camp, they have blocked everything, and the victory or defeat depends on tonight!
(End of this chapter)