Chapter 1131: 1132 New Island Naval Battle
Chapter 1131 Chapter 1132 Battle of New Island
At the new island landing site, it was already dark. The sailors on duty stood on the side of the Beiyuan-class destroyer a little tired, yawning and rubbing their eyes.
Over their heads, the radar was rotating in circles. The soldiers on duty in the radar room were holding warm tea, and their eyelids were already fighting.
Under the dim light, the radar soldier holding a teacup glanced at the radar screen. Nothing unusual happened above. There is still a lot of clutter, which is waves and other messy things.
Suddenly, the alarm responded with a clear beep. He suddenly woke up, put down the teacup in his hand, and stared at the faint bright spot on the screen.
Not daring to neglect, he grabbed the intercom next to him and called his own bridge: "Bridge! Bridge! The radar has found a suspicious target!"
From the earphones, the voice of the bridge duty officer came: "This is the bridge duty station! Please confirm the target situation! Repeat, please confirm the target situation!"
The captain has already gone to bed at this time, and the fleet commander needs to rest after a busy day. If the battle alarm is raised at the first sign of trouble, the entire fleet will not need to rest for the whole night.
So the officer on duty hopes that the radar soldier will confirm the target first, and then consider whether to wake up the captain and sound the battle alarm.
"I don't know. It's probably about the same size as an airplane, but its altitude is zero! The target is on the sea! It's not a low-altitude intrusion aircraft." The radar soldier looked at the data given by the device and reported to the officer on duty on the bridge.
However, just as he finished saying this, he saw another similar light spot appear on the radar screen!
"Bridge! Bridge! This is the radar room! The second target has appeared! It's not an accident!" He grabbed the intercom and shouted loudly.
There was silence in the earphones for two seconds, and then the red combat siren above the head of the radar room began to spin, and the loudspeaker emitted a piercing chirp.
"Woo..." The battle alarm was sounded, and the sentry on duty who was dozing off quickly picked up his telescope and began to search the visible sea surface.
It was too dark, with only the moon illuminating the sky, and visibility was very low. The sea was pitch black, with occasional silvery waves. Can't see anything clearly, can't see anything.
The entire fleet is under blackout, and darkness is of course very normal. Another huge black shadow behind them is the Beiyuan 9 destroyer, which is also cruising slowly.
"Beiyuan No. 9! Beiyuan No. 9! This is Beiyuan No. 50! This is Beiyuan No. 50! Unknown target found! I have sounded the combat alarm! Please stay alert! Please stay alert!" At 1:17 that night , the Beiyuan 50 at the forefront of the alert fleet sent a message.
At 1:18, the destroyer Beiyuan No. 9 sounded the battle alarm. All combatants rushed to their combat posts. Sailors wearing life jackets controlled the artillery and began to turn. At the same time, the flagship battleship Dongwan No. 2 also received a warning from the fleet. Message sent.
“Dang-dang-dang...” The officer on duty in a white navy uniform knocked on the commander-in-chief’s door. Lu Qianshan opened his own door, took the message paper with a puzzled look and looked down at it.
This glance made him feel sleepy. He raised his head and ordered: "Order the fleet to sound the battle alarm! The aircraft carrier fleet separates from the fleet and accelerates, and the frigates follow! Make sure the aircraft carrier will not be threatened in any way!"
No matter how the enemy attacks, aircraft carriers are the biggest counterattack force in his hands. He must protect this power, everything else is secondary.
"Notify the landing fleet! Suspend landing transportation operations! Let the two destroyers Beiyuan 20 and Beiyuan 21 support the alert fleet! Confirm what happened!" Lu Qianshan, who was commanding the fleet for the first time, was very vigilant and issued many orders in succession. .
Then he took off his hat from the wall and put it on his head: "Let's go! Go to the bridge!"
At 1:23, the main gun of the artillery destroyer Buk Yuan 50 that first discovered the target fired a flare. The sailors on the Buk Yuan 9 following the Buk Yuan 50 clearly saw the flare flying up. It lit up the sky and illuminated a body of water.
“Butter, bust, bust!” Then they heard the sound of machine guns in the distance. It was the Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun equipped on Beiyuan 50 that was firing.
Due to the angle of view, the sailors on the Beiyuan 9 destroyer could see the light of the tracer bullets fired by the Bofors anti-aircraft gun in the distance, but they could not see what the Beiyuan 50 was firing at.
"A call from Beiyuan No. 50! There are enemy boats on the sea, and they are moving very fast... They are preparing to break the light control..." After the communications officer finished reading the message, he saw Beiyuan No. 50 turning on its searchlight, and a huge beam of light began to shine. Sweeping across the sea.
"Order to turn on the searchlight! Load the main gun with flares! Shoot in the three o'clock direction! One shot at 50 degrees, one shot at the highest elevation angle! Ensure the starboard side of the battleship is illuminated!" the captain of the Beiyuan 9 destroyer immediately ordered.
Once he knew what kind of target he was facing, his tactics were fixed. The opponent does not have large warships, so Tang Jun is not afraid of exposing itself. Since you are not afraid of exposing yourself, vision is the most important thing.
Following the orders, the searchlight of Beiyuan No. 9 destroyer was also turned on. The huge bright light swept across the sea, and the flares made the sky as bright as day.
Then they saw an enemy boat rushing towards them. The boat was very fast and looked really small from the front. "Free fire! Stop them from approaching!" The captain of the Beiyuan 9 destroyer immediately gave the order to fire. In an instant, the small-caliber anti-aircraft guns on the side of the destroyer roared.
“Chug!” A row of tracer bullets rushed into the distance, landed around the boat, and stirred up a column of water. The small boat seemed to realize that it had been exposed, and changed its course and moved sideways for a distance.
"It's too fast!" A sailor complained through gritted teeth as he saw that the shell he fired did not hit the target.
"Boom!" A 127-caliber main gun on the bow of the ship opened fire, and the long flames at the muzzle looked very spectacular. On the sea in the distance, a huge water column suddenly shot up from the right side of the boat, but the shell missed the opponent again.
“With such a small ship, are they going to launch torpedoes to attack us?” The first mate put down the telescope and asked nervously.
The captain of the destroyer Beiyuan No. 9 shook his head and denied the speculation: "Impossible! The torpedo technology has just been sold, and they can't get it so quickly!"
“Then why are they driving here so hard? To board the ship and fight us hand to hand?” The first mate picked up the binoculars again and anxiously looked at the mirage’s small boat that was fighting left and right in the hail of bullets.
"I don't know..." The captain of Beiyuan 9 couldn't guess for a moment, but he knew that no matter what, he could not let the opponent get close to his warship: "Weapon officer! Order all gun positions to continue firing! Sink it!" "
"There's one more! There's one more!" The lookout pointed at the sea in the distance and loudly reminded his captain. Everyone immediately turned their attention to it. Everyone picked up their binoculars and looked at the other ship. direction.
Sure enough, in the other direction, there was another small boat approaching quickly. The 127 main gun at the stern is turning, hoping to aim the muzzle at another target.
“Speed up! Maximum speed!” The captain of the Beiyuan 9 destroyer, who felt very bad, frowned: “Give power to the Beiyuan 50! Ask them to accelerate to the maximum speed and maintain the formation!”
“Yes!” The communications officer went to convey the order.
"Captain! Beiyuan No. 20 is calling. They and No. 21 are approaching us and are expected to join our formation in 37 minutes..." The officer who has been responsible for fleet liaison covered the intercom and reported to his captain.
"Ask them to turn on their searchlights! Search the sea surface! Prepare flares! The enemy forces are all small boats, so keep your distance!" An idea flashed through the mind of the captain of Beiyuan 9. He quickly walked to the intercom and spoke. He reached out and grabbed the walkie-talkie and ordered loudly: "Public channel!"
Seeing his men adjusting the channel, he pressed the intercom and shouted: "All warships! All warships! This is Beiyuan 9! This is Beiyuan 9! I suspect that the enemy's small boat is loaded with explosives! Stop it! They're getting closer! Stop them from getting closer!"
"Beiyuan No. 20 understands!" "Beiyuan No. 21 understands!" Soon, the two warships that were coming for reinforcements gave a reply.
"Damn! It has already hit us!" A second later, the captain of the Beiyuan 50 destroyer shouted desperately on the radio.
Almost at the same moment, a huge explosion occurred on the starboard side of Beiyuan 50, which was traveling on the right front of Beiyuan 9. The rolling flames illuminated the entire destroyer, and the blown railings even reached the height of the flares.
At 1:56, the Beiyuan 50 destroyer was hit by a mirage speedboat and exploded, causing serious damage. At the moment of the explosion, 29 people were killed and 17 people were missing.
At 2:03, Beiyuan 20 and Beiyuan 21 joined the battle.
At 2:11, the first Mirage suicide speedboat was hit by a shell and exploded. The speedboats that were sunk before were all just sunk, but this one exploded directly, falling apart and disappearing.
At 2:25, Beiyuan No. 90 and Beiyuan No. 94 of the Tang Army arrived and entered the battle. Almost at the same time, a second Mirage boat appeared that was killed in the explosion.
At 2:30, a Mirage suicide speedboat was hit and exploded 15 meters away from the side of Bac Yuan 20. The explosion damaged the side of Bac Yuan 20, blew out the searchlight on the battleship, and killed two sailors. 10 people were injured.
At 3 o'clock, the Tang Army confirmed that no new Mirage suicide speedboats appeared, and all incoming speedboats were destroyed.
At 3:22, the severely damaged destroyer Beiyuan No. 50 tilted sideways, and emergency repairs failed and were abandoned. Beiyuan 50 sank after dawn. In the end, 35 people including the captain were killed, and 18 people are missing.
According to the report, the Mirage State invested a total of more than 50 suicide speedboats. The Tang Army lost one destroyer and another destroyer was injured...
(End of this chapter)