Chapter 2719 Destruction
"This is definitely the most tragic moment I have ever experienced. The Americans had an ambush in their hands. They rushed out when we had the advantage and completely surrounded us with fierce firepower and flexible maneuvers. We didn't know that the Americans were totally Many warships came, and we didn’t know where they were. I could only see a line of fire connecting in the distance, countless shells fired from all directions, and a large number of torpedo boats in the storm of iron and fire. were smashed into pieces, and our escort destroyers were sunk one by one. In the end, the two surviving escort destroyers could only choose to bravely rush to the shoal to avoid each other's attack." After the war, Nagano Shushen recalled the scene at that time.
"35 minutes, just the right time." When the sea calmed down again, Halsey subconsciously looked at his watch. "Send a signal to the second team of minesweeping destroyers to say that the clearance has been completed and let them continue to clear mines." Two destroyers were left to rescue the naval officers and soldiers who fell into the water. The battle-wounded destroyers temporarily evacuated the battlefield to wrap up their wounds, while the other team of five destroyers Enter the battlefield and start clearing mines. According to the U.S. fleet's schedule, Sims will arrive here with the main force of the U.S. fleet in about half an hour, and the minefield should have been cleared by this time. According to Halsey, the time is just right!
Just as Nagano Shushen expected, his fleet only caused a little trouble for the Americans. With absolute crushing power and careful combat plans, the Americans successfully understood the first line of defense deployed by the Japanese. , each battleship showed its huge figure under the night light. They walked towards the battlefield like the ancient gods of war. Then the rangefinder on the mast was like the head of the god of war. They looked into the distance and locked the island on the distant island. There are many buildings and wells!
The giant picked up the spear in his hand, and aimed the huge artillery at the distant Taragan Island oil field and nearby facilities. The seaplanes sent out in advance circled the target area and dropped a round from time to time. Send out flares to light up the target area. They are like soul reapers wandering on the battlefield, watching the battlefield, eager for the outbreak of battle and the sacrifice of blood and fire!
"Fire!" The order to start the attack was quickly conveyed to every warship participating in the battle. The eight most advanced super-dreadnought battleships of the U.S. Navy laid out a huge battle line on the sea. When all the warships opened fire, The dark sea looked like a volcano erupting! Pieces of fire and gunpowder smoke can be seen clearly even from dozens of kilometers away, and the orange flames turn the sea area into like daylight. The symphony of flames and explosions reminds people of the legendary Twilight of the Gods. Nearly a hundred tons of steel roared out of the running mouth, flying towards the distant target with the aura of destroying everything!
These shells flew towards different targets in the air. Dozens of seconds later, bursts of fire and violent explosions sounded on Taragen Island. The violent vibrations even made people suspect that the island was under an irresistible power. Shivering! The entire southwestern part of the island could be seen caught in the flames. This is just the beginning. Tonight, the American fleet will pour thousands of tons of ammunition into one of Japan's most important oil fields!
When the artillery fired, everything was doomed. Everything in the southwestern part of Tarakan Island would be destroyed, and the Japanese could do nothing about it. The first thing to be destroyed was the refinery, and the towering distillation tower was the biggest target of all. Conspicuous, it clearly marked its location, and this equipment, as well as the surrounding pipelines and factories, became the focus of the US military's attack.
Under the continuous hits of tons of artillery shells, the top cover of this distillation tower was first cut off, and then the 16-inch artillery shells were fired to cut it off in the middle. Then the flying shells wiped the distillation tower and the base below from the ground, leaving only a huge crater! The surrounding pipelines and factories were not immune to this attack, and the light and volatile fuels such as gasoline and kerosene that had not been transported away from the refinery even further contributed to the attack.
The oil burned crazily and spread the flames on everything around it. Blown by the sea breeze, the sea of fire spread to all directions. Fire masters hundreds of meters high rose up in the factory, which could even be seen with the naked eye. It can be seen that due to the huge air flow generated by the combustion, a seaplane assisting the correction crashed due to air flow disturbance. The entire shelling area became a huge flaming hell!
Then there are the equipment and oil depots in the port area. The Japanese placed the oil depot in the port area in order to transport fuel more conveniently. There are hundreds of thousands of tons of heavy oil or other oils here. It is one of the important oil depots of the United Fleet, and now this Everything, as well as the remaining untransported fuel in the oil depot, became the killer of this port area! The oil depot filled with heavy oil was destroyed by artillery, and a large amount of extremely viscous heavy oil began to flow out, like a tide, rushing into the port area and even into the sea.
Originally, heavy oil was difficult to ignite, but the Americans equipped them with professional incendiary bombs specifically for igniting these heavy oils! As a result, under the action of powerful incendiary agents composed of various metal powders and compounds, the black heavy oil finally ignited. In an instant, the entire port was illuminated by the flames generated by the heavy oil all over the ground! The fuel containing a lot of impurities produces thick black smoke, which contrasts with the red flames to form a special aesthetic full of crisis and fear. Like lava, the flames ignited everything they touched along with the flow of heavy oil. Countless buildings and people were reduced to ashes in the flames. The crackling sounds and the collapse of buildings were like the wails of the end of the world.
Everyone was shocked, whether they were Japanese or Americans, they were all shocked by the tactics and weapons invented by humans for more efficient destruction! However, a war is a war after all. For the sake of victory, everything can give way. The Americans continued their path of destruction. While attacking ports and refineries, they also aimed their guns at the oil trees standing in the distance. Machine well!
Compared with surface targets such as factories and ports, machine shafts are point targets, and the distance is very far, but this cannot stop the Americans' desire for revenge and their naval guns. The Americans specially designed a weight for the 14-inch artillery There are only 400 kilograms of ultra-light artillery shells. In this case, the artillery shells can achieve higher muzzle velocity and longer range, and there will be help from aircraft in correcting the fire. Therefore, at a distance of 27 kilometers, the United States The fleet fired ultra-long-range artillery shells at the oil wells!
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