Chapter 1093: 1094 The fleet at the end of its rope
Chapter 1093 Chapter 1094 The fleet at the end of its rope
On the bridge of the battleship Honjima, the captain of Mirage angrily cursed the eighteenth generation of Mirage Yutaka’s ancestor. In his mouth, he had had various indescribable inappropriate relationships with all the women in Mirage Haifeng's family.
From his point of view, this is completely because Mirage Haifeng is forcing the main fleet of Mirage Navy to go to the Tang Army to die: it is still the kind of duty without hesitation.
Now his battleship was on fire and smoking. The Styx anti-ship missile penetrated his armor, leaving a huge black hole on the side of his hull. This hole almost penetrated half of the cabin and ignited some Anti-aircraft gun ammunition depot.
His damage control officers struggled to stop the fire, but the speed of the battleship Motojima had dropped to less than 30 kilometers per hour.
This speed is definitely not enough to escape, and the attack is definitely not enough. Therefore, although the battleship Motojima did not sink, it was no different from sinking.
There are more than a dozen Stukas hovering above its head, and every dive of these aircraft is tormenting all the Mirage sailors on the battleship HMS Honshima.
Listening to the terrifying howl of the aircraft tearing through the air, these mirage sailors continued to fight on the edge of collapse. For them, the current battlefield was like hell.
From time to time, planes swooped down from the sky, strafed with 20-millimeter cannons, and then dropped 500-kilogram aerial bombs, stirring up towering water columns around the battleships.
The battleship Honjima kept turning, and even refused to execute the order to charge forward. It turned in a circle and broke away from the entire fleet.
That’s right, the remaining battleships of the Mirage Navy are already fighting a bit on their own: they began to adjust their own routes without executing Mirage Feng’s orders.
This is also a way to avoid the constant attacks from aircraft in the sky, because if the route to the landing site is maintained, then the path of these battleships can be predicted, and the attacks of carrier-based aircraft will become more and more accurate. .
But if Mirage's battleships can turn around and drastically change their course, then their serpentine maneuvers will be more confusing and they can avoid more attacks.
But such irregular maneuvers are not without disadvantages, that is, the formation of the main fleet of the Mirage Navy begins to collapse, and at the same time, it is no longer possible to cover each other.
What makes Mirage Feng collapse the most is that the speed of his fleet rushing to the landing site is also greatly reduced. What was once a glimmer of hope has now become impossible.
While the Motojima turned on the spot to avoid an aerial bomb, the battleship Yamashiro, which continued to charge with the fleet, was hit by an aerial bomb.
The battleship Shanshuang, which was originally only slightly injured, was hit by a bomb in the middle of the hull. The bomb penetrated the deck and expanded in the main boiler room of the battleship, blowing up the entire power system of the battleship at once.
Shanshuang's speed instantly dropped from more than 40 kilometers to less than 10 kilometers. Thick smoke billowed from the battleship, and even the waves cutting through the sharp bow could no longer be seen.
Watching the battleship Shanshuang explode before their eyes, all the Mirage officers on the bridge of the battleship Honjima swallowed their saliva.
In such a fierce battlefield, such an explosion basically means the battleship is doomed. Subsequent enemy attacks will follow, and sinking is inevitable.
“What’s this called? What’s this?” The captain of the battleship Honjima kept muttering as he walked back and forth in the small command tower.
According to his idea, at this time, the warships that are still capable of escaping should be allowed to retreat quickly: at least a little blood should be left for the Mirage Navy, right?
Since the battleships can no longer escape, how many cruisers should be escaped? If the cruiser can't escape, then how many destroyers should escape, right?
But until now, Mirage Haifeng has not issued an order to retreat! He is planning to bury the entire fleet here. He is the biggest disaster for the Mirage Navy!
“Shanshuang is on fire!” On the bridge of the battleship Mirage, the staff reported the “disaster” that had just occurred to Mirage Haifeng. After a pause, he asked: "Your Majesty General! Do you want to order the destroyer fleet to retreat... If they retreat, the enemy will not pursue them."
"No! Stick to the attack!" Mirage rejected the staff's proposal: "It's pointless for them to escape! If a few destroyers can enter the enemy's landing site, at least it can make our operation...meaningful."
From his point of view, it is completely meaningless to retreat and escape with a few cruisers and destroyers now! The Mirage Navy fleet is finished. This is the biggest problem.
The Mirage Navy has been carefully building for ten years, and the main fleet that was barely put together is destined to be completely annihilated today. The navy can no longer stop any actions of the Tang army at sea. Next, the navy of the Tang state will be able to blockade the mirage unscrupulously at sea.
Under this premise, if he does not bite off a piece of meat from the Tang army today, then the entire navy will be wiped out, which will be a wasted loss.
"But...Your Majesty General...those destroyers and cruisers, there is no way they can break through the enemy's fleet interception." The staff officer gave his opinion pertinently. Two battleships and several cruisers of the Tang Dynasty had already entered the battlefield on the other side. It was simply a massacre.
The Mirage Navy's cruiser fleet and destroyer fleet, where most battleships do not have torpedoes, are unable to leapfrog and challenge the enemy's large battleships.
So when facing two battleships, there is no difference between these destroyers and cruisers insisting on attacking and dying. The secondary guns on the Tang's battleships could easily hit these targets, not to mention that the Tang's battleships had huge advantages in terms of rate of fire and accuracy.
With a new round of bombardment, several cruisers and destroyers of the Mirage Kingdom were hit by bullets and caught fire. The frantically attacking Mirage Fleet was completely in chaos at this moment.
The entire queue became chaotic. Some battleships were adjusting their course, and some battleships were still rushing towards the Dongwan 1 and Dongwan 2 battleships as if they were desperate.
From the perspective of the Tang sailors, the choices made by these lunatics made no sense at all. The most important thing they should do at this time is to surrender or quickly release smoke and escape.
Unfortunately, what they didn’t know was that the destroyers of the Mirage Navy were not equipped with the smoke equipment equipped on the destroyers of the Tang Navy, because the Mirage Navy had not yet had time to copy that new gadget.
On the main fleet of Mirage, where the battle was still fierce, the battleship Qingyu was hit by a torpedo. It was originally slightly injured and could continue to fight, but now it has become embarrassed.
Although the torpedo hit was not the most important part and the water ingress was under control, its speed also slowed down.
The fleet of the Mirage Kingdom is like a car stuck in the mud. It drives slower and slower, and has long lost its original speed. Under the siege of carrier-based aircraft, a battleship that loses speed is quite dangerous.
The Tang Army used all the remaining Styx anti-ship missiles to attack the cruisers and destroyers of the Mirage Kingdom, because the battle fleet of the Mirage Navy has basically lost its combat capability.
They haven't fired their guns for a long time, and during this time, the distance the warships traveled toward the beach was... pitifully short.
At this point in the battle, Mirage's six remaining battleships have all been injured, and most of them have lost the ability to continue fighting.
The two most cutting-edge battleships, Mirage and Goblin, are also in the best condition. After all, they have a large number of anti-aircraft guns and they were lucky enough not to be hit by Styx anti-ship missiles in important parts, so they can barely sustain themselves.
Seitama and Motojima can still barely survive, but in order to avoid torpedoes and bombs, these two warships have not continued to move forward according to Mirage Yutaka's orders for a long time.
Shanshuang was seriously injured and almost lost the ability to move; the battleship Great South Bay had long since been unable to keep up with the fleet's actions and was left far behind. These two battleships are actually no different from being sunk. They are the kind of wounded who were blown up from the waist down on the battlefield...
Looking at his nearly destroyed fleet, Mirage Haifeng began to go crazy. He rejected the advice of his own staff to withdraw and insisted that the entire fleet continue the attack.
But now the Mirage fleet no longer resolutely carries out the commander's orders. Many warships have begun to fight on their own. One destroyer even claimed that its main gun was malfunctioning, then turned off the radio and began to escape.
For Mirage Haifeng, hope at least still exists. The combat effectiveness of his two battleships, the Mirage and the Goblin, is still there. As long as he is given a chance, he may die together with the Tang Dynasty's landing fleet!
This is also the last straw in his hand, a life-saving straw that carries all his hopes. But just when he was full of hope and thought that it was a wrong choice for the two battleships of the Tang Army to give up blocking his fleet, more carrier-based aircraft flew in the sky!
Bernard's aircraft carrier fleet certainly could not watch the enemy's battleships rush into their landing site. More than two hundred aircraft entered the battlefield one after another, like locusts passing through.
At this moment, the main fleet of the Mirage completely lost hope: a large number of torpedo planes began to attack, and the battleship Goblin, which had always been very lucky, was quickly hit by a torpedo. This also meant that the Mirage Navy almost lost the possibility of continuing to move forward.
During breakfast, the stern of the battleship Mirage where Yutaka Mirage was located was hit by an aerial bomb. Seitama exploded and caught fire. Motojima was hit by a torpedo while turning to escape... A few minutes later, Shan lost power and waited to die. The Frost began to sink.
At 8:13, the headquarters of the Mirage Kingdom received a telegram: It was impossible for the fleet to complete its mission. After seeing the message, the Mirage Emperor was silent for a long time, as if... he was mourning for his fleet.
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The situation is not very good, the second update will be posted tomorrow...
(End of this chapter)