Rebirth without Regrets

Chapter 641 Naval Battle (1)

"What are the rules? Sail on the original course!" Lu Feng shouted to the helmsman: "I want to see if they don't want their lives, or we don't want our lives! If you can, let them hit you."

The two ships are getting closer and closer, and the atmosphere is getting more and more tense.

This imminent collision is like a bomb with a burning fuse, torturing the nerves of soldiers on both sides. This is really a battle of will and belief.

There was silence on the bridge, except for the radar soldier's voice.

At this time, neither party wanted to show weakness, and neither could show weakness. The distance was already 100 meters, which was almost the limit of avoidance range. If no measures were taken, the result would be a collision. Huo Song subconsciously grabbed what he could around him.

Something, some crew members subconsciously closed their eyes, waiting for the high or low sound made when metal collides.

However, dozens of seconds passed and there was no collision. At the last moment, the M country frigate still did not calm down. It turned its rudder in a general direction and passed ten meters from the starboard side of the Zhehang. It was as close as

Within reach. Then, he quickly returned to the fleet formation, turned around, and sailed away from this place.

Thunderous cheers immediately rang out in the fleet, as if a great victory had been won. You know, the Seventh Fleet of Country M has been showing off its power in the Western Pacific, from preventing the People's Liberation Army from crossing the sea to liberate T Bay when it was first liberated, to countless times

The United R and H have held joint military exercises in the East China Sea many times, and even regarded China as an imaginary enemy. This has long been resented by the officers and soldiers of the East China Sea Fleet.

Lu Feng, who had remained calm-faced, finally took a long breath. Only then did he realize that the place where he stood was wet with sweat.

As a commander, no one is more nervous than him. After all, the situation just now is very critical. If it is not handled well, it is very likely that Congress M will use this as an excuse to cause trouble.

But at this moment, a piece of news came that shocked everyone: a fierce naval battle broke out between Feiyuan's escort fleet and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's fleet in the waters of the Diaoyu Islands!

Suddenly, the situation in the East China Sea changed dramatically!

Just when the mixed fleet of the East China Sea Fleet was trying its best to intercept the ships of the Seventh Fleet of the Navy of the country M, the waters of the Diaoyu Islands were calm. The warm rising sun sprinkled golden light on the boundless sea, making it peaceful.

After breakfast, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's fleet headed by a "King Kong-class" destroyer continued to patrol the waters of the Diaoyu Islands. Opposite it was the escort fleet of Feiyuan Company. The distance between the two fleets was only twenty

When the weather is good, you can see each other from a distance without a telescope.

The armed confrontation between the two fleets in this area has lasted for more than a week. Several times, the Japanese fleet tried to approach the Diaoyu Islands, but it was always stopped by the frigates of Feiyuan Company when it was still more than ten nautical miles away from the islands.

Although the r army was ready to move and wanted to attack the opponent immediately and annihilate this fleet in one fell swoop, which was trying to block the car with its arms and overestimating its own capabilities, but before receiving the final order, it still held on to its temper and was dismayed.

Return.

Over time, this seems to have formed a tacit understanding. Both parties maintain a certain safe distance, at least when they have not received the next step of instructions, and try to stay calm and restrained, trying not to give the other party anything to grasp.

Looking at the shadowy escort warship of Feiyuan Company in the distance, Replacement Admiral Ueno Daiki frowned slightly. He always felt that there was an ominous premonition lingering in this psychological aspect, but he couldn't tell what went wrong. clear.

Ueno Daiki has considerable confidence in the combat power of Japan's navy. Japan's Maritime Safety Agency once said that Japan is the strongest navy in Asia, and Ueno Daiki also agrees with this. He believes that he The well-trained force under his command is far beyond the comparison of the patchwork escort fleet opposite. To put it bluntly, the two fleets are not opponents of the same level at all. If they really want to go to war, Even Ueno Daiki didn't even have the desire to get excited.

Logically speaking, he should feel relieved. But for some reason, he was always a little depressed and inexplicably worried in his heart. He still couldn't figure out how such an unreliable fleet dared to fight against the big r. Are our naval fleets engaged in an armed confrontation? Is it possible that they are so sure that they will not dare to start a war?

Ueno Daiki has always felt that this is not that simple. His intuition told him that since Feiyuan Company dared to "risk the world's disapproval" to come forward to trouble this matter, and even did not hesitate to confront R, if there was no foolproof plan, it was just a matter of hope. If Yu hadn't dared to start a war, I'm afraid it would have been impossible for Feiyuan to develop from an ordinary investment company into an economic giant with significant influence on the world.

But even with all kinds of concerns, Ueno Daiki still didn't believe that these broken ships of Feiyuan Company could really make waves. He believed that if he could defeat ten enemies with one force, in the face of absolute strength, , all conspiracies and tricks will be useless.

Just when almost everyone thought that today would be no different from the previous days, there was suddenly an earth-shattering explosion, and then a huge flame rose into the sky. The huge shock wave in the explosion caused the huge ships around it to The hull of the ship was shaking from side to side. If the officers and soldiers on board did not grab the handrails in time, it would be difficult to maintain their balance and stand.

Ueno Daiki also stumbled and almost lost his balance and fell to the deck. The staff officer on the side caught him in time.

"What happened?" Ueno Daiki shouted in a shocked voice.

"The report is that the frigate Mutsu suddenly had a violent explosion!"

Ueno Daiki hurriedly picked up the telescope and looked, only to see that a huge hole several meters wide had been blasted into the side of the frigate with a displacement of nearly 2,000 tons. The sailors on the ship were working hard to seal the damaged position. But as a large amount of seawater poured out, As the tide surged in, the ship began to tilt.

The officers and soldiers on other ships were also watching all this blankly, a little confused and at a loss.

If it is an enemy attack, the escort fleet of Feiyuan Company is still twenty nautical miles away, so how can it launch an attack silently? What's more, the "Mutsu" frigate is not close to the escort fleet of Feiyuan Company. On one side, but on the inside, there are several giant ships separated from the outside.

Of course, it is not completely ruled out that the attack was launched by a submarine, but anti-submarine aircraft have been hovering in the sky and found nothing unusual. And if it is really a submarine, it will not attack a frigate, but should target " It’s only right that main battleships like the Kongo-class destroyers come up.

It is even more impossible to hit a mine. No one would lay mines in such a vast ocean, not to mention that the fleet has sailed back and forth in this sea area many times. Besides, even if it hits a mine, the person who is injured will The place should also be the bow, not the side.

"Haga, this is an enemy attack. Immediately order all warships to prepare for counterattack." After ordering the "Mutsu" frigate to return immediately for repairs, Ueno Daiki suddenly issued a battle order.

"Kongo-class" destroyer Captain Jiro Okada was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then asked hesitantly: "General Ueno, we haven't received the order from our superiors to start the war. Do you think we should ask for instructions first?"

Ueno Daiki glared angrily and yelled: "Idiot, can't you see that we are being attacked? We are fighting back in self-defense!"

"Yes!" After being scolded by Ueno Daiki for a while, Okada Jiro somewhat understood. It didn't matter whether the "Mutsu" frigate was attacked by the enemy or not. What was important was that now he had such a wonderful opportunity to start a war. , of course we cannot miss this opportunity.

After hearing the combat instructions conveyed by Okada Jiro, all the officers and soldiers of Japan were gearing up, making all battle preparations, and pounced towards Feiyuan Company's escort fleet.

Feiyuan Company's escort fleet has a very resounding name, called the "Shooting Sun" fleet. The name was given by Leng Binghan when he first formed the fleet. It is unclear whether it reflects the meaning of neighboring countries. The commander of the fleet, Qin Zhonglin, was once a captain of the main destroyer of the East China Sea Fleet. After retiring, he was hired by Feiyuan Company with a high salary to serve as the commander of this escort fleet. Of course, the recommendation and relationship of the unit chief are also essential. Less.

Qin Zhonglin has been very excited since he learned that he would come to defend the Diaoyu Islands. Over the years, due to various reasons, he can only watch the little devils showing off their power on our territory, expelling our fishermen and ships, and causing all kinds of troubles. But there is nothing I can do. I believe that every Chinese with conscience will feel angry, especially the soldiers who shoulder the mission of defending the integrity of the motherland's territory and sovereignty.

Therefore, although this mission is full of dangers, Qin Zhonglin still does not take it seriously at all. For him, being able to lead the fleet and fight against the Japs in arms, forcing the Japs to dare not take a step forward, is a matter of great pride and satisfaction. .

Although both sides exercised great restraint, Qin Zhonglin still dared not take it lightly, especially since the time for Xiao R Ben's ultimatum was almost here. Seeing that the war was about to break out, Qin Zhonglin, who was burdened with heavy responsibilities, even slept with one eye open.

The explosion on the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's warship just now also alarmed Qin Zhonglin, who had been observing the other party's movements. Although due to the distance, it was impossible to see clearly what happened, but the huge explosion sound and the sound of the explosion were soaring into the sky. The bright light still let Qin Zhonglin know that something had happened to the little Japanese warship.

"All battleships have entered a state of emergency combat readiness!" While gloating over the misfortune, the cautious Qin Zhonglin immediately issued an order to prepare for war.

During the armed confrontation, each warship had always maintained a state of combat readiness. After receiving the order, the fleet immediately formed a battle formation, and all preparations such as loading of each gun position were completed, and it was ready to launch an attack at any time.

Seeing that the escort fleet had already set up a battle formation, Ueno Daiki couldn't help but sigh softly. Although the opponent's battleships were not very good, this commander was extremely experienced and did not give himself any chance.

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"What's the distance?" Ueno Daiki asked after hearing another warning from Feiyuan Company's escort fleet.

"4000 meters, General!" the bridge staff replied quickly after looking at the data.

"Listen to my order, the whole team will fire immediately!" Ueno Daiki waved his hand and ordered immediately.

In his opinion, even if the other party is prepared, it will not help. At best, it will only add a little trouble to his fleet. Victory must belong to himself and the glorious Great Empire.

After the order was issued, the gunners of each gun position on each battleship ordered to prepare to fire.

"preparation!"

"fire!"

With a few bang-dong-dong sounds, the flagship "King Kong-class" destroyer's eight twin-mounted 356 mm 45-caliber main guns plus dozens of secondary guns roared at the same time. The thunderous sound of the guns suddenly resounded across the Diaoyu Islands.

In the waters of the archipelago, it was announced that the naval battle between Feiyuan Company and Rben had officially broken out.

Then other ships also opened fire one after another. The "Nineteen" fleet's total main guns and side guns totaled more than 200. In an instant, dozens of tons of shells rained down on the flying ships.

In the sun-shooting fleet.

Dozens of huge water columns were seen surrounding each battleship of the Sun Shooting Fleet, causing the originally calm sea to instantly turn into rough waves and rolling waves.

Even though the distance was very far and it was the first round of attacks, there was a lot of error and the hit rate was not high. However, many shells still hit the warships of the Japanese-shooting fleet. From a distance, we could see the warships of the Japanese-shooting fleet jumping up and down one after another.

A fiery red mushroom cloud arose, with sparks and fire rolling around the explosion.

Seeing this situation, almost all the Japanese navy cheered. It seems that under such a fierce attack, the opponent's inferior fleet was all beaten, right? Maybe with just one attack, we can defeat it.

Sink a few warships, completely destroy the opponent's fighting spirit, and then raise a white flag to surrender.

But before the smoke cleared, everyone couldn't help but be stunned. Although almost all the warships of the sun-shooting fleet in front of them were hit by bullets and no one was spared, it seemed that most of the damaged buildings were fragile buildings and facilities.

It looked shocking, but the damage was not serious. Let alone being sunk, the foundation was not damaged at all.

"How... is this possible?" Everyone seemed to be unable to believe their eyes. Could it be that the shells fired just now were all substandard products? They had no power when they hit the opponent's warship!

At the same time, on the bridge of the destroyer "Feitian", the flagship of the Japanese shooting fleet, Commander Qin Zhonglin stood majestically, picking up a telescope and observing the battle situation, not caring about the water splashed by the shells on his upright escort fleet.

On the uniform.