Chapter 2710 Sweep 2
Following the order, SP1 and its wingman climbed up first. Driven by the powerful BMW 301 engine, the seaplane climbed to an altitude of 1,300 meters in 10 minutes. Then, they saw the Japanese fleet, which was sailing southeast, and on the extension line of the route, this was the American armored cruiser detachment, and behind the Japanese fleet, this was already in place. American destroyer squadron! Everything has been deployed, but the Japanese don't seem to be aware of it yet!
"The hunt begins!" Along with the attack signal, the SP1 sent out an attack signal. The six aircraft were divided into three teams and quickly rushed towards the target. At the same time, the retractable antenna located on the belly of the aircraft was lowered. Then the radio operator quickly adjusted the interference frequency to the frequency band commonly used by the Japanese Navy and all civilian frequency bands. As the antenna power is turned on, an invisible network covers a large area of the sea.
"What's going on? Why can't we receive broadcasts from Sulawesi?" On the destroyer Akizuki, Captain Matsumoto angrily knocked on the radio. After all, listening to music is one of the few places where you can relax during a boring escort trip. method. However, now, this radio originally made in Italy could only hear a lot of harsh noise like wire rubbing against glass, which made Matsumoto quite angry.
"Why are the Italian products so hard to use? Didn't they say they were the first to invent the radio?" After adjusting it, Matsumoto slapped the radio with his hand in annoyance. And just when he was considering whether to ask the radio crew on the ship to help repair it, the alarm sound from the lookout post made him feel nervous!
"What's going on!" Matsumoto came to the deck and looked into the distance. At this time, two American seaplanes were already very close. sp1 was responsible for electronic interference, so it just circled around the destroyer Akizuki, while sp2 seaplane rushed towards the target like a fierce eagle.
"This is not our plane!" Matsumoto could tell at a glance that the comer was evil, because whether it was the British or the Japanese, their seaplanes would not install two huge cannons on the nose! That's right, they are machine guns. The American seaplanes are equipped with two newly developed 28mm machine guns! Previously, this rapid-fire gun was originally used as a ship-based anti-aircraft weapon.
As for the reason? That is naturally because the 50-caliber machine gun has a too short range and too little power, while the 40mm machine gun has a slow rate of fire and is too heavy in actual combat... The reason why it is now installed on seaplanes is because the U.S. anti-submarine aircraft squadron previously believed that neither the 50mm machine gun nor the 20mm cannon was powerful enough to deal with submarines, making it difficult for bombs to hit, while the 28mm cannon can almost be mounted on seaplanes. The heaviest machine gun, and this weapon was later considered to be very effective against submarines and ordinary merchant ships!
Thus, the SP2 seaplane fired the first shot of the aviation force in this battle! And this first shot performed really well! A large number of 28mm machine gun shells fell from the sky like raindrops. The continuous yellow-red tracer bullets formed two flying fire snakes in the air, and then bit hard on the deck of the Qiuyue destroyer!
Boom boom! A series of explosions sounded on the deck,
The entire deck was shattered and overturned in the air. A death scythe composed of flames and explosions swept back and forth on the poor destroyer, killing at least two dozen Japanese soldiers in just ten seconds. On the altar of the God of War!
Subsequently, at a distance of less than 700 meters, the SP2 seaplane continued to circle around the poor Japanese escort destroyer. The aircraft tilted slightly so that it could use the twin cannons under its nose and the 50-caliber machine gun on the fuselage to fire wildly. The rain of bullets tilting towards destruction! The cross-fire of high-explosive bombs and incendiary bombs quickly ignited a fire on the poor destroyer. As for counterattack? nonexistent! This escort destroyer not only does not have the firepower that a destroyer should have, but also does not have the speed of a destroyer. It only has two 75mm artillery guns that were originally prepared to deal with submarines floating on the water (it may not be able to defeat them!) plus a few 6.5 mm machine gun. Originally, a 13.4mm machine gun was issued, but it was taken away not long ago. And the tonnage of this destroyer is less than 600 tons. It is going offshore anyway, so why does it need to be so big?
"I feel that our jamming plan is redundant." Karl said a little depressed. The destroyer was beaten to death by intensive firepower before it even had time to send a message. Even the armored cruiser prepared before was omitted. As for the other two gunboats? Sorry, it has been sunk by a seaplane. How long can a little guy weighing more than 300 tons resist?
From the beginning of the war to the sinking of the Autumn Moon. The Japanese escort team struggled for less than 15 minutes in total. Then a large number of destroyers attacked the six merchant ships like tigers rushing into the herd. However, during this process, an accident happened. A merchant ship with a displacement of more than 7,000 tons tried to break out of the destroyer blockade. Just as the destroyer dd89 was approaching and was about to use its own naval guns to kill this big guy, this Huge artillery pieces were exposed on the sides and deck of the merchant ship!
"Holy shit! It's an auxiliary cruiser!" The American officers and soldiers on the destroyer No. dd89 were stunned. At this time, the distance between the two engines was only about 1,200 meters, and everyone knew that the destroyer had almost no armor protection. In other words, You have to take all the opponent's shells as ordered! Looking at each other's tonnage, the displacement of dd89 is more than 1,200 tons, and the opposite is a 7,000-ton ship!
"The ship attacked us with at least four 100mm or above artillery pieces and three rapid-fire cannons. Balls of flames spurted out from its sides. At that moment, we were paralyzed, and the entire destroyer was hit by intensive firepower. Covered, the officers and soldiers and their weapons on the two gun positions at the bow of the ship persisted for less than 2 minutes before being destroyed. The charred corpses and the remaining gun mounts were connected together, which made people feel horrified and disgusting. We tried to fight back, but But it was still suppressed. We hit it and ignited a handful of flames on it, but it was not fatal. I feel that this ship should be built using warship standards." An American aboard the DD89 destroyer after the war Navy soldiers recalled the scene this way.
"I didn't expect to see large-scale armed merchant ships here. What an unexpected bonus." Little Fletcher said with a smile. He was very happy that he could encounter such a prey today.
"Order the fleet to speed up, catch up, and kill them in 5 minutes!" Under Fletcher's order, the armored cruiser detachment rushed forward at a high speed of more than 28 knots!
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