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Chen Youming: "Prepare to launch the second wave. It is impossible to control which missile hits which enemy ship. It makes the missiles spread out like luck. It would be great if we could assign tasks."
Chapter 38, we need reinforcements for Taiwan
"It seems that the tactics adopted by the missile boat squadron are correct. This... Chen Youming, well done."
Pointing forward in Xiamen, Suyu nodded in satisfaction when he heard the report that the last destroyer of the enemy fleet was paralyzed.
The fourth squadron of missile speed boats is equipped with large missile boats, each boat carries 4 bombs, and the 1~3 squadrons are small missile boats modified from P4 torpedo boat hulls, carrying 2 bombs.After the fourth squadron approached the enemy, Chen Youming asked each boat to launch only 2 missiles in the first wave of missile attacks. Eight missiles went out and hit the US military's "Gurk" and the national army's "Luoyang".
The last intact destroyer "Xianyang" fled at a high speed of 31 knots. Although the fourth squadron was 26 and seven kilometers away from the "Xianyang" ship, it was actually within the range of the "Haiying"-1 missile, but it was not in a hurry to open fire. The "Xianyang" ran for 20 minutes, and was a few nautical miles away from the "Gurk" which was sailing at a low speed of 15 knots. The two missile boats of the fourth squadron fired all four missiles at the "Xianyang".
Seeing that the "Xianyang" was blown up, the Fourth Squadron turned around and fired two missiles at the "Gurk" and another two at the "Manchester".Due to the difference in speed between the two ships, the distance between the two ships was also widened, and the missiles would not miss the target.
"The fourth squadron reported that they had returned. Twenty minutes ago, that is, before the enemy ships left the radar field of view, two ships of the enemy fleet had sunk, and the remaining three ships were currently flying at speeds below 20 knots."
"It's good to get the results, but it's also very important for everyone to return safely." Hearing that all the four squadrons had returned, Navy Commander Xiao Jinguang relaxed. "Commander Liu, if your Air Force's bombers are launched one after another in a targeted manner, then there is no need to waste so many missiles."
The navy showed its face in the Taiwan campaign.
During the Battle of Penghu in 1950, the Navy's 31st and 32nd ships were doing odd jobs, running back and forth, bombarding beaches, landing ships transporting troops and weapons, that's all.The Air Force destroyed one-third of Chiang Kai-shek's navy in the Battle of Penghu.
Now the missile speedboat attacked for the first time, sank or severely damaged 3 ships, and shot two additional shots to the American cruiser that was first damaged by the air force.
"We, our bombers are not missile speedboats. The planes fly fast and have many waves. We use multiple waves of aircraft instead of multiple waves of missile strikes. There are 4 Tu-4s that are coming soon, and we can completely clean up these Americans immediately. warship."
Liu Yelou is very excited now. When the attack at 0:05 was successful, he knew that the Air Force won the first victory in the Taiwan campaign, and it was probably the most brilliant battle of the entire campaign.
The Chinese People's Liberation Army overthrew the Chiang dynasty of the Kuomintang reactionaries.Among them, the People's Liberation Army Army eliminated 800 million Chiang Kai-shek's troops, and the People's Liberation Army Air Force eliminated Chiang Kai-shek.
For the People's Air Force, which was only established in November 1949, is this record good?
sure.It's not just "okay", Commander Liu is a little drifting now.
Zhang Zhen took the telegram of the landing fleet and carefully moved the icon representing the landing ship in the Taiwan Strait.The landing ship on the map has already traveled more than half of the distance, and it will touch the coastline of Taiwan in less than an hour.
Both Zhang Zhen and Su Yu felt that time passed too slowly.
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"The Chinese bombers launch glide bombs or missiles about 16 nautical miles away. They are likely to be missiles with a power plant, because the Chinese bombers do not pursue height when they release weapons. The six Tu-6 bombers all start launching at about 2 feet. of."
"The missile launched by the Chinese bomber can be observed with a telescope about 8 miles away, and can be observed with the naked eye about 5 miles away. The missile is flying at a low altitude at a height of 600 to 700 feet. The missile tail is small and the center is orange. , the outer edge of the tail flame is orange. Due to the low flying altitude, the anti-aircraft guns are very ineffective in firing on it.”
"About 4 miles away, we observed a change in the trajectory of the missile. It may be that the missile has corrected its trajectory according to the movement state of the target. When it was 2500 to 3000 feet away from our side, we observed that the missile dropped. Depression angle hits the warship."
"Then the Chinese boats that appeared on the sea launched missiles at about 13 to 14 nautical miles. The flying attitude of these missiles in the air is almost exactly the same as the missiles launched by bombers. We agreed that this is actually a missile that can be launched from different platforms. "
"Radar reports that four large air targets appeared in the direction of 3 o'clock and are flying towards us. I think a new round of Chinese missile attacks is coming."
The destroyer "Gurk" lost its power plant and tilted on the sea surface. The captain used the last available radio station to send a report to the headquarters of the 7th Fleet. The last sentence was added temporarily: When sending the message, it was crooked The air search radar found 70 Tu-4s 4 kilometers away.
Lieutenant General Joseph Clark took over as the commander of the Seventh Fleet in May 1952. Since then, the Seventh Fleet's missions in the Korean battlefield and the Taiwan Strait have been considered safe. The biggest loss was the shelling of the coast near Wonsan. , a cruiser was wounded by a Soviet-made 5mm shore gun ashore.
But looking at the report sent back by the "Gurk", on this night, the Seventh Fleet will lose 3 warships, a cruiser and 2 destroyers.The two destroyers of the national army that were pulled to fill up the number are also in bad condition.
"Find a few ships from Keelung Port and go to the Taiwan Strait for rescue and salvage. Find unarmed civilian ships and mark them as unarmed. Recall the third task force in northern Taiwan." Joseph Clark thought for a long time, and finally did A decision was made.This decision is very embarrassing for the US Navy, but now he has to bow to reality. "The third task force is waiting for the 'Valley Forge' 100 nautical miles south of Okinawa. After the task force joins the battle group 'Valley Forge', it will head to the ocean east of Taiwan to stand by."
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Washington.
Embassy of the Soviet Union in the United States.
The Soviet ambassador to the United States, Georgi Nikolaevich Zarubin, checked the time again and picked up the phone.
"This is Soong Meiling's Mansion. May I ask who you are—?"
I don't know if it was the secretary or the mansion servant who answered the call.
Zarubin: "Hello. I am Georgy Nikolaevich Zarubin, the Soviet ambassador to the United States. I would like to speak to the widow of President Chiang Kai-shek."
"Widow? What? President Chang is not dead."
Zarubin stretched out his left hand to cover the microphone like lightning, and asked the embassy counselor Dobrynin beside him in surprise and anger: "What's going on? The Chinese comrades delayed the action?"
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Taipei, Ministry of Defense of the Republic of China.
Defense Minister Guo Jiqiao met with William Childs, head of the U.S. Army Advisory Group.
"General Charles, there is an emergency in Taichung." Guo Jiqiao pulled his face. "After midnight, in the early hours of this morning, President Chang's camp was bombed, most likely by bombers of the Communist Army. Half an hour ago, his guards contacted Qingquangang, and Qingquangang reported to the Ministry of National Defense. Taichung's camp was bombed. It was blown up, and President Chang's life and death are unknown. What's worse, not only is President Chang's life and death unknown, but Chief of Staff Zhou Zhirou, Air Force Commander-in-Chief Wang Shuming, Army Commander-in-Chief Hu Zongnan, and Commander of the First Corps Hu Lian were also in the camp for a meeting , also lost contact together."
William Childs glanced at Guo Jiqiao.The military advisory group sent by the United States did not expect this unexpected situation. He received the conclusive news from the US Air Force advisor in Qingquangang 40 minutes ago. At a loss, Charles could only immediately send a report to Tokyo. .After sending the telegram, I remembered that when Chiang Kai-shek inspected Taichung and set up camp at Xianglin Manor, the advisory group also sent a lieutenant colonel to accompany him with a radio station.It has been more than two hours now, and the lieutenant colonel has not used the radio to contact him, so it must be bad luck.
"General Guo, in an emergency, you, as one of the remaining senior generals of the Republic of China, must come forward to stabilize the troops and make appropriate deployments." Childs said, "Don't worry about any trouble of overreaching, even if Chiang Kai-shek survived the bombing Now, the advisory group and the Washington high-level will support your actions, and you also knew it before."
Guo Jiqiao's body shivered slightly, and he remembered what Charles had said in secret talks with him more than a month ago.
"It should be like this. I will immediately, no, I will hold an emergency meeting of the Ministry of National Defense to discuss it immediately after the commander-in-chief of the navy, Ma Jizhuang, returns from Keelung."
Childs: "I think it's better to issue combat orders immediately. It will be dawn in an hour and a half. You need to resume command of the air force immediately. At 4 o'clock in the morning, there must be aircraft in the air for combat. Next is the army, the First Corps must Prepare for anti-landing operations. As for the navy, there is no particularly urgent task.”
Guo Jiqiao nodded, and quickly walked into the combat center of the Ministry of National Defense: "Have you adjusted the cipher machine? Have you contacted the air force base and the First Corps?"
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Xuejia District, Chiayi County, Taiwan.
This is an administrative district in the south of Chiayi County. A small river called Bazhangxi flows from Xuejia into the sea.At 3 o'clock in the morning, the defensive position of the 2th Division of the 6nd Army in Xuejia was suddenly shelled.
Off the coast of Xuejia District, two coastal defense gunboats and two frigates 2 and 31 of the East China Navy are violently bombarding the land with their main guns.
这4艘军舰其实一共就6门主炮，2门单管76毫米炮、4门100毫米炮。也就是4艘舰的炮击能力加起来还不如一艘弗莱彻级。但舰炮乒乒乓乓打起来射速很快，第2军第6师的阵地上很快就弹片飞扬，值夜班的守军被震得耳膜嗡嗡回响，在营里睡觉的国军士兵乱哄哄地起床穿衣。
"Is the bombardment accurate? Are they all aimed at the enemy's defensive positions that were scouted before?" Zhang Zhen asked the formation commander at the front line, "Although it is a feint attack, there must be enough drama. There is no such thing as a bombardment here and there. It works!"
"It's completely accurate. The shelling covered the first-line beachhead of the 6th Division," the formation commander replied. "The shells landed very densely, causing many casualties to the enemy."
Before the words were finished, a small ball of flames rose against the dark background of Taiwan Island in the east.It looks like a small group, but it may actually be a big deflagration-the target of the bombardment is 9 to 10 kilometers away from the mixed formation of coastal defense ships and frigates.
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Washington.
Counselor Dobrynin of the Soviet embassy saw the ambassador’s questioning, quickly reconfirmed the time and the latest telegram from Moscow, and then said in a more affirmative tone: “There is no delay! And the operation was successful! Mrs. Chang’s secretary must be The news is not as timely as ours!"
"Hello, my information is correct," Zarubin said to the phone with confidence, "Anyway, I need to talk to Mrs. Chang. I have very important news from China that I must convey to Mrs. Song."