Devil's Army

Chapter 1987 Recapture of Ningbo

The annihilation of the high-ranking officers of the Japanese army headquarters in Ningbo plunged the Japanese army in Ningbo into a situation of fighting independently.

Taking advantage of the Japanese army's preoccupation with other matters, the puppet troops surrendered en masse. This accelerated the collapse of the Japanese army in Ningbo.

The four regiments of the Independent Brigade, which broke into Ningbo, launched a campaign to divide and encircle the Japanese troops who were fighting independently.

The Qingdao Fleet's naval soldiers also successfully landed and launched a fierce attack on the Japanese army from the direction of the harbor.

After a fierce and brutal street battle, the Independent Brigade of the First Army and the officers and soldiers of the Qingdao Fleet successfully joined forces in Ningbo.

The officers and soldiers of the Qingdao Fleet handed over the task of clearing and cleaning up the battlefield to the Independent Brigade. The troops quickly returned to their warships to prepare for battle against the Japanese naval fleet in Yokosuka.

To make matters worse, just as the Japanese fleet from Yokosuka was rushing to engage the Qingdao fleet in a naval battle, the Japanese naval forces from Shanghai and Jiangsu were also heading to Ningbo Port.

To avoid the Qingdao fleet fighting on two fronts, the Anhui Air Force launched a full-scale air raid on the Japanese combined fleet in Shanghai and Jiangsu.

It was called a joint fleet, but it was really just a few old cruisers and destroyers, along with a number of small warships and gunboats.

If they were to engage in a naval battle alone, the Qingdao fleet would have a very high chance of winning.

However, the Japanese naval base at Yokosuka has dispatched a dozen or so destroyers and cruisers, with the battleship "Musashi" as its flagship, to confront the Qingdao fleet.

In particular, the battleship "Musashi" is a force to be reckoned with.

"The battleship Musashi was the second ship of the Yamato-class battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and was completed and commissioned in 1942."

Its main armament consists of three triple-mounted Type 94 45-caliber 460mm naval guns, two mounted on the foredeck and one on the aft deck.

Each turret weighs 2774 tons, each gun weighs 165 tons, and the turret armor weighs 790 tons. It is equipped with Type 91 armor-piercing shells, Type 3 anti-aircraft shells, and high-explosive shells, with a maximum range of a terrifying 42 kilometers.

The secondary armament consists of four triple-mounted 155mm guns with a 60-caliber barrel. The turrets weigh 150 tons, are equipped with 25mm armor plates, and have a maximum range of 27400 meters. They can be used for both anti-ship and anti-aircraft firing.

防空方面它装有6座127毫米双联装高角炮、12座25毫米三联装机枪和2座13毫米双联装机枪。防空能力比较强。

In addition, it carried up to seven Zero seaplanes, Zero seaplanes, and other aircraft, and was equipped with two catapults.

At that time, no warship in the Qingdao fleet could rival it.

The Anhui Air Force engaged in battle with the Japanese Yokosuka Naval Fleet, losing more than ten aircraft.

Later, he was ordered to attack the Japanese combined fleet in Shanghai and Jiangsu.

The air force of the First Army at Bailuo Airport in Hubei and Nanchang Airport in Jiangxi, which were closer to the Japanese fleet, took over the air raid mission and launched an air raid on the Japanese naval fleet in Yokosuka.

Meanwhile, the Qingdao Fleet assisted the Independent Brigade in recapturing Ningbo, and then launched an attack in a figure-eight formation to confront the Japanese naval fleet at Yokosuka.

Soon after, the Qingdao fleet encountered the Japanese naval fleet at Yokosuka in the East China Sea.

At that time, the fleet commander, Captain Takekuma Jiro of the battleship Musashi 34, was organizing the fleet to fight against the First Army Air Force.

Upon seeing the fleet of the demon army, they immediately changed formation:

Two cruisers, leading two fleets, formed a sharp triangle battle formation, surrounding the "Musashi" battleship in the middle, and unleashed their full firepower as they charged toward the Qingdao fleet.