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Chapter 308:Floating Corpses in Guadalcanal Bay

At the same time as the Japanese Third Fleet shelled the Guadalcanal Airport, the Red Guards battleship fleet on the side of Guadalcanal has already been ready to go.

The violent extreme weather has reappeared, but it is still not conducive to the take-off of the aircraft.

Long Yun, commander of the 1st battleship squadron of the Navy's Red Guard Expeditionary Corps, waited for the Japanese for a long time.

Longyun conducted repeated reconnaissance, the situation of the Japanese army has been fully grasped, he decided to enter the Gulf of Guadalcanal from the south of Savo Island, first destroy the Japanese battleships, then eliminate the transport ships, and finally withdraw from the north of Savo Island.

At the beginning of the Japanese shelling, Longyun also issued an order to the entire fleet: "From the south of Savo Island, use torpedoes to attack the enemy ship's capitals in front of the island, and then turn to the Tulagi Island Sea area, with artillery and torpedoes to attack the rest of the enemy ships."It was then withdrawn from the north of Savo Island.

The identification signal is a bright silver bar hanging on both sides of the bridge.

The Red Police Corps, headed by the BB-8 Fearless II battleship, lined up a single column of 1,200 meters in a distance of 1,200 meters, raised the identification flag at the mast, accelerated to 28 knots, and broke into the waters of Guadalcanal!

Long Yun led the fleet to split the stormy waves and leaned directly toward Guadacanal in the vast rainy night.No one in the Japanese knew that an attack was imminent.

After entering the Gulf of Guadalcanal, Longyun issued a general attack order.

The first order was immediately delivered to every sea truce.

The second command of Longyun was: "All ships attack at the same time."

Immediately, under the cover of night, all the sea curvities of the escort battleship were dispatched, a string of long-range torpedoes with a range of tens of nautical miles, carrying hundreds of kilograms of explosives, and whizzing toward Luao and Kong at a speed of 45 knots.

Ten minutes later, the Japanese destroyer Xuefeng found the Red Guard Navy warship, the ship's personnel were shocked, and hurriedly issued an alarm with the radio: "Attention!Unidentified ships are coming to port!”

But it was too late.

The Red Guard Corps' seaplanes dropped flares on Japanese transport ships, and one by one the flares hanging on the parachute exploded in the back of the Japanese warship, and the side shadows of the Kongo and Lu Ao were all visible.

BB-8 is less than 4,500 meters from Luo, BB-9 is 5,500 meters away, and BB-10 is closer.

Three large battleships were immediately fired.

On the bridge of Luo, a sentinel shouted that a vague shadow appeared in front of him.

When I saw it, I knew it was a warship of unknown origin.The people on board immediately panicked, and at this time, the opposite ship began to spit out the tongue, and at the same time, the two torpedoes launched by the sea basil immediately entered the bow of Luao.

Then, innumerable shells came whistling, raining like a blow on the ship's side, the gunman was killed immediately, the main gun was broken, the ship began to tilt, the fire spread along the escalator of the lift, and the oil felt on the deck, making the fire more violent.

The paint of the bulkhead also caught fire, and the furniture of the officer's living cabin burned violently, and the raging fire lit up the entire night sky.

In less than five minutes, Luo lost his combat effectiveness.

After the Japanese destroyer radioed the alarm, it used a flash to sound the alarm and turned left on the rudder.

The gunmen fired a row of flares.The captain of the autumn wind shouted, "Shoot the torpedo."

At this time, the Red Guard Navy Sea worm formation has turned to the northeast to sail, and the gargoyle is a Z-word movement at high speed to start a gun battle with the sea worm.

Only two thousand tons of sea bream, not suitable for sea gun warfare, but this time is ready, several sea breaths are out of sight, a shell soon fell near the stalking cannon, burning spare ammunition.Then, the warship was shot by a searchlight, and soon lost its combat effectiveness.

The Japanese destroyer Xuefeng, who was on alert in the right front of Luao, also found the enemy a few seconds after the discovery of the Red Guard Navy battleship in the Hyunfeng.

It turned sharply to the left so that its starboard torpedo launcher could aim at the target, because the ship turned too fast, the torpedoer had not yet installed the bottom fire, and the captain did not wait, and continued to turn a circle to the left until the starboard torpedo launcher was able to aim and fire, without the detonator.

In such a short period of time, the Red Guard Navy battleship formation has been quickly heading northeast to see the missing, even the torpedoes that have been targeted have not caught up.

At the same time, a S.H.I.E.L.D. cruiser was less than a nautical mile away from Snowwind, but did not fire at it because the cruiser's gun port was aimed at a larger target.

At this sound of sound oscillating the sea, flashing fierce battles that cut the night sky, the battleship Captain Kong was resting.When he was awakened, he heard an observation post report in the haze: "The starboard side found the torpedo track!"

He said, “Right turn the rudder!”It is also directed to fire flares immediately.

Then he saw a torpedo coming in front of the left, and ordered a turn to the left, trying to cross in the middle of the torpedo channel.

The captain of the Kongo ascended the bridge, a torpedo entered the bow, a column of water rose into the air and fell on the ship, and the front deck immediately filled with water.

Kongo rushed to fire the flare, but it was too late, and several torpedoes broke the waves and shot directly over.Before the rudder was shivered, the bow was struck again by torpedoes, and the mast was also hit by a 254 mm shell from the S.I.L.D. II cruiser.

King Kong fired back, but due to the speed of the Red Guard Navy battleship, it was only possible to fire a few shells at the last S.H.I.E.L.C. cruiser of the Red Police Corps, and then lost its target and had to withdraw westward from the battle.

In less than ten minutes, a squadron of the Japanese Third Fleet lost its strength and no longer existed as a combat unit.

The dragon cloud then went to the north at full speed.

Because the King Kong did not inform the northern and eastern regions of the operation, coupled with the flashing lightning and thunder, to cover the sound of artillery and fire in the southern area, the Japanese army in the North District did not know that the Red Guard Corps had been killed.

The alarm issued by the Japanese destroyer Xuefeng and the flares of the Red Police Corps aircraft have shown the enemy to the northern front.

The sailors of the heavy cruiser Aries of Japan also heard the buzz of the aircraft above their heads and concluded that it was an enemy aircraft.Unexpectedly, he was scolded by his boss, saying that he was suffering from mild hysteria, so that he would never dare to speak again.

In fact, before the Japanese Third Fleet operation, the surrounding waters were also investigated on the water, and no enemy ships were found.

Even if the other ships found the aircraft above, they all thought it was a friendly aircraft.The battleship Haanting, the cruiser Ao Ye and Kagu lined up into a single column, and the destroyers Xiyun and Qingxing were deployed in two wings, and were shifting from the southwest to the northwest.

At the watchtower of the cruiser Gagau, a more valuable controller, felt the hull of the hull flutter, he thought it was the destroyer of his fleet in the deep water bomb, because the commander of the fleet, Sugda Keyman, had recently repeatedly pointed out that he should pay attention to anti-submersoe while.

In fact, it was the sound of an explosion of a torpedo fired from a Red Guard Navy sea worm.

Just as the duty officer was meditating, a sudden cry was uttered: “Left rear lighting bomb!”

It was the Red Guards plane that was empty on Guadacanal, lighting up the clouds and the sea.The officer on duty ordered to prepare for battle.

The Red Guard Navy battleship BB-8 fired searchlights from the darkness.In less than a minute, the first salvoir landed around the Gagu.

Under the storm, all the cannons of the Kagu began to return fire.

The alarm frightened the captain of the Kagu, who rushed to the bridge and asked, "Who ordered the battle, who ordered the shooting?"

Until this time, he was still convinced that the target he had found was a friendly ship.“I think we are beating our own boat, and let us not act too excited and hastily and stop shooting immediately.”

When he found the water splashing around the battleship Haanting, he realized that the big things were not good.

“Start shooting.Whether it's our ships or not, we have to hold them down."

The first jectIVation of BB-8 to the Kagu did not hit, but the range has been measured and narrowed.The second tout hit the Gagu turret, and all the gunners were killed.The deck caught fire and the fire extinguishing pipe broke all, making it a good target.

One shell after another fell to the Kagu, and the range was reduced from six kilometers to five kilometers.

In order to make it easier for the main gun to return, the Kagu turned slightly to the left and advanced at full speed, but due to the loss of communication ability, casualties on the deck, the destruction of equipment, and the smoke suffocation, the flame dazzling, the combat efficiency was greatly reduced.

Just a few seconds later, the fort was destroyed, most of the ship was fired, and in the face of the powerful offensive of the battleships, only the cruiser-class Gagau sank rapidly.

The nearby heavy cruiser Aries Leaf was described by her superiors as suffering from mild hysteria.Therefore, when the ship heard the sound of the Red Guard Corps aircraft twice, no one reported it.

At this time, the Red Guard Navy battleship BB-9 has approached from behind, suddenly turning on the searchlight and turning it on.

Before the Aoba could turn the gun, a row of shells had already flown over, the reconnaissance aircraft parked on the catapult was hit, and the oil depot was also caught fire.

Suddenly, Ao Ye became a huge torch in the dark, and BB-8 and BB-10 immediately cross-fire, and the shells came like rain.After a while, the huge cruiser ran aground.

A shell exploded on the bridge of Ao Ye, and almost all of the people on it died, and the body was thrown into the air like a rag doll.

Its port side was hit by another torpedo, the ship's body was sharply dumped on the port, and steam spewing out of the chimney.The bow began to sink, and the captain was seriously injured and lay in front of the rudder.He struggled to get up, but couldn’t help it, and groaned and fell down.

Fifteen minutes later, the Ao Ye was buried at the bottom of the sea.

When the Red Police battleship launched an attack, he felt the ship's body slightly shaken, but also saw the south area with artillery flashes, but mistakenly thought that his neighbors were shooting enemy aircraft, and did not expect to be in naval warfare, but ordered to be ready for air combat.

In the view of Suida Keyman, the only possible enemy here is the Red Police Imperial Bomber from Australia.But in this extreme weather, the plane flies quite reluctantly, and the attack is not effective at all.

At this moment, the battleship of the Red Guard Corps has approached the distance of the Hunming by eight kilometers, and the searchlight was first turned on, and then the salvo began with all the gunfire.

Until this time, Suida Keyman still thought that it was Luao in the southern region, and asked the other party to turn off the searchlight, stop shooting, and ordered the military flag to indicate his identity, but unexpectedly caused more fierce artillery fire.

Soda Keyman understood and ordered the gunfire to be fired back.However, soon after the tail of the Haanting was hit and caught fire, becoming an obvious target, and the Red Police Corps took the opportunity to turn off the searchlight and bombarded with artillery fire in the dark.

The Japanese destroyer Oshima on the edge of the Haanting was frightened in the fierce night battle, leaving the burning warships and partners and fleeing.On the one side of the destroyer, the destroyer Fragmentation, was too small, and the Red Guard Navy warship did not have much geographical experience, thus saving his life.

The destroyer, who served as an early warning in the northern part of Savo, never dreamed that behind him there would be an enemy fleet.

The Red Guard Navy's S.H.I.E.LI. cruiser, which sailed west, turned on the searchlight and fired at it, and the Red Guard naval battleship BB-10 opened fire on it.In an emergency, Fengyun turned on the identification light, shouted its own code name on the radio, and urgently requested support.

If it is normal, it is not cost-effective to attack a destroyer that sends a clear emergency distress signal, because other ships around the world will come to support, but the strength of the fearless second-class battleship ignores this signal.

The huge main gun did not move, with the help of the secondary gun attack, it was easy to destroy the Fengyun, which sent an emergency call for help, and in less than three minutes, the destroyer had sunk in this bay.

At this moment, the Japanese fleet has long been defeated, and the northern front forces are almost completely destroyed, with the help of the favorable war situation, if the Red Police Corps wins the attack, then, the Japanese transport fleet of the whole island, can be described as a bag, easy to do.

However, at this critical moment of the first-time, the most shocking and perplexing thing happened to the key man in Suida.

Major General Longyun will signal from BB-8: Evacuate all.

BB-8 accelerated to the 32nd section, drove to the front of the two columns of the Red Police Corps, took the southeast direction, and withdrew from the battlefield.

The entire battle lasted only half an hour, and two battleships and two heavy cruisers of the Japanese Navy were sunk and buried at the bottom of the sea, becoming the first victims on the altar of battle in the sea of Guadalcanal.

In addition, the Japanese side also seriously injured the battleship Haanting, six destroyers only two injured fled, killed, drowned or engulfed by sharks more than 5,000 Japanese sailors.

For several days, the Japanese warship that was hit was still burning.The sea around Savo Island is floating with a thick layer of oil, and there are shipwrecks everywhere, and half-dead sailors cling to the floating objects on the sea.

In contrast, the Red Guard Navy, from beginning to end, there is not even a loss, come quickly, the speed of withdrawal is also extremely fast, and it does not give the Japanese Navy any chance to entanglement.

All this, thanks to the tactical confusion of the Japanese Navy, the rapid and fierce attack, completely caught the enemy off guard.

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