On August 20th, 1937, at 9 AM, a huge fleet appeared in the waters of Songhu. This fleet was flying the Blue Sky and White Sun Flag. From the moment it appeared, this fleet attracted the attention of countless people, especially the Japanese Navy.
At this time, the Japanese navy did not have many warships in Shanghai. There were five cruisers and six destroyer. In order to support the Hongkou concession, all of them had entered the Yangtze River mouth. They had basically lost the initiative in the sea battle. All they could do was retreat upstream of the Yangtze River. However, Jiangyin Fortress was still in the hands of the Chinese garrison. If that happened, it would be tantamount to courting death.
Not only was the Japanese navy shocked, but all the warships of the foreign powers that were stationed in Shanghai had ignited their engines and pulled their anchors. They had never heard of the Chinese navy having such a powerful force. The largest ship, the Ninghai, was still cruising in the Yangtze River. Moreover, the Chinese navy did not have any battleships.
Wei Chenghong named the Auspicious Phoenix-class aircraft carrier as the Shanghai, and the Stone Hammer class battleship as the Chenghong. Compared to the original Chenghong, the current Chenghong was much more powerful and domineering.
August 20th, 1937, 9 AM. A huge fleet appeared in the waters of Songhu. This fleet was flying the White Sun Flag. From the moment it appeared, it attracted the attention of countless people, especially the Japanese Navy.
At this time, the Japanese navy did not have many warships in Shanghai. There were five cruisers and six destroyer. In order to support the Hongkou concession, all of them had entered the mouth of the Yangtze River. They had basically lost the initiative in the sea battle. All they could do was retreat upstream of the Yangtze River. However, Jiangyin Fortress was still in the hands of the Chinese garrison. If they did that, they would be courting death.
Not only was the Japanese navy shocked, but all the warships of the foreign powers that were stationed in Shanghai had ignited their engines and pulled their anchors. They had never heard of the Chinese navy having such a powerful force. The largest ship, the Ninghai, was still cruising in the Yangtze River. Moreover, the Chinese navy did not have any battleships.
Wei Chenghong named the Auspicious Phoenix-class aircraft carrier as Modu, and the Stone Hammer class battleship as Chenghong. Compared to the original Chenghong, the current Chenghong was much more powerful and domineering.
"Have the Magic City immediately send out its aerial units to attack the enemy's warships. Chenghong, Ritian 1, and 2 will enter the Yangtze River and engage the enemy's warships in an artillery battle to attract the enemy's firepower and cover the aerial units.”Wei Chenghong gave the order in high spirits. The only thing he was dissatisfied with was that the number of aircraft on the Magic City carrier was too small, only about 20.
After receiving Wei Chenghong's order, the carrier aircraft of the Magic City began to take off. A pilot of the 96 Warship Warfare nodded to the ground crew, then turned on the engine, heated it up, and pushed the throttle valve. Soon, the aircraft began to trot, and its speed became faster and faster. When the flight deck was about to reach the end, it finally pulled up the nose and soared into the sky.
It took time for the plane to take off. At this time, the Chenghong Ship brought two underlings and entered the Yangtze River. The Japanese ships at the Yangtze River were very light. They had no intention of fighting with Wei Chenghong's fleet and directly headed upstream.
"Reporting, Chenghong has called. The Japanese ships are retreating, requesting instructions.”After entering the Yangtze River, the Chenghong couldn't go in due to its weight and draft. Except for cruisers and destroyer with small tonnages, large warships such as battleships and aircraft carriers couldn't enter the Yangtze River.
"No need. Order the air forces to attack the enemy ships, Chenghong, Aotian, Ritian, and Liangchen. Prepare to bombard the Hongkou concession in Japan. At the same time, inform the Chinese army on land that our navy will use Jiangwan as the starting point to bombard the Japanese concession and let them leave.”
" Yes, sir." The signal soldier immediately followed Wei Chenghong's order and began to send out the radio.
This time, it was incredible. The warship on the river was actually the Chinese Navy. The Japanese Navy had fled with their tails between their legs?
At this time, the soldiers of Shanghai only had 3,000 marines. Their first batch of reinforcements had been sent into the sea by Wei Chenghong two days ago. If it weren't for the naval ships on the river providing fire support to them, the marines would have died long ago.
The commander of the Chinese garrison in Shanghai was Feng Tianbao. In addition, Feng Tianbao's command center wasn't the only one who received the telegram. The other armies also received the telegram from the Proud Sky. This made them hesitate. Could it be a trick by the Japanese to trick them into retreating so that they could buy time?
Feng Tianbao directly tore up the telegram and said," He's dreaming. Do these people think that such a small trick can fool me? Tell the troops at the front line to beat them up and destroy the Japanese marines.”
Wei Chenghong's warning was ignored by all the Chinese army commanders, but he didn't care.
The aircraft carrier of Wei Chenghong's fleet was taking off. The other warships were already preparing to fire the cannons. The reconnaissance planes of the two battleships were also taking off, preparing to report the detailed data of the firing location to their own motherships.
At 9:30, Wei Chenghong looked at his watch. Fifteen minutes had passed. He nodded at Sun Wanghua, indicating that the bombardment could begin.
"Everyone, target the Hongkou Settlement Marine Corps building, open fire.”Sun Wanghua said loudly. As the captain of the flagship, Sun Wanghua played the role of Wei Chenghong's deputy. He was using his experience to pave the way for Wei Chenghong. In fact, the relationship between the two was more like a master and disciple than a superior and subordinate.
Just like the bombardment of the Hongkou concession, Wei Chenghong couldn't bear it if he were to command it. The technical terms weren't something that Wei Chenghong could understand. For example, firing on land was completely different from firing on a warship because the warship would move and be bumpy, not to mention when the wind and waves were strong. Excellent naval officers often had their own family inheritance. It could be said that the difficulty of the navy was definitely the highest among the three armed forces.
Unlike the army, sailors only needed to be familiar with the weapons and the combat environment. Just like the air force, the navy also needed a certain level of culture, especially for officers in special positions. An uncultured old man would not be able to be a good naval officer.
We can compare the difference between the Japanese and Chinese armies. Firstly, it is the military expenditure. Secondly, it is the training of talents. For example, the pilots of the Japanese Air Force are better than the pilots of the Japanese Air Force. The same goes for the food. Compared to the navy, the food of the Japanese Army can be said to be pig feed.
Not to mention the food, in the officers 'cafeteria of the Proud Heaven, there was no shortage of meat, let alone delicacies. Wei Chenghong once suspected that the high daily maintenance cost of the fleet was due to the food expenses.
The volley of the entire fleet was spectacular. After the incident, Wei Chenghong felt that it was a bit of a loss. Just the shells alone fired tens of thousands of rounds, and the once prosperous Hongkou concession was a sea of fire.
The concentrated artillery shells landed on the Jiangwan Devil's headquarters building. This was no longer the small boat from before. Although the main cannon of the Prideful Heaven was not as powerful as the 400mm main cannon of the Long Gate, it was more than enough to deal with such a building. With a barrage of artillery shells, the headquarters building was directly knocked down by half. The other side of the building near the sea was completely destroyed.
After half an hour of bombardment, the Air Force of the Magic City finally caught up with the escaping Japanese Navy. The pilots of the 96 Warship Battalion dove down one after another to attract the enemy's firepower and open up a path for the heavy bomber and torpedoes.
"Why do the Empire's planes have the enemy's insignia? Shoot them down.”Some of the Japanese navy's anti-air gunners were cursing, but no one knew who they were cursing at.
In 1937, the Type Zero had yet to enter service. The 96 Warship was considered a new fighter jet. At that time, both sides still had many old biplanes in service.
At this time, the warships, whether cruisers or destroyer, had many anti-air cannons without shields. As long as they were skilled and brave enough, the fighter jets could also use machine guns to shoot the enemy's anti-air gunners. Moreover, the anti-air firepower of these cruisers and destroyer was very weak. They could not pull up a barrage to stop the fighter jets from approaching.
One of the fighter planes took the lead and skillfully controlled the fighter plane to avoid the enemy's anti-air fire. As the altitude decreased, he chose a cruiser. He saw a large-caliber anti-aircraft gun firing crazily. The plane was not a warship. Compared to the cumbersome warship, the plane was much more flexible. It only took a few seconds for the fighter plane with a speed of more than 350 kilometers to cover a distance of 1000 meters.
The pilot of the fighter plane opened fire when it was about 600 to 700 meters away from the enemy anti-aircraft guns. Two 7.7MM caliber machine guns killed several cannon teams that were trying their best to load and fire. The dense bullets shot out a straight line on the deck that stretched for three to four meters.
A blind cat would always catch a dead mouse. A fighter jet was accidentally hit by the enemy's anti-aircraft artillery fire and crashed into the Yangtze River. However, at this time, the Torpedo Plane and the Bomber Plane had already entered the attack position.
In order to ensure the accuracy of the torpedoes, the pilots of the attack planes were almost always very close to each other before firing the torpedoes. In addition, the Yangtze River was not the sea, so there was not enough width to give these warships space to hide.
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