Chapter 40 finally fuck you

The two cruisers that the Allies were able to escape, one was the American ship "Pace" and the other was the Australian ship "Houston".The defeat has been decided, and the two ships refueled at Batavia Port, and they prepared to retreat to the high seas after nightfall to avoid being bombed by enemy planes at dawn. That night, the ships on the way to retreat accidentally discovered the Japanese troop transport group in Banten Bay.In yesterday's naval battle, the ammunition of the two ships was almost used up. The American ship had only 50 shells left for each 203mm gun, and the Australian ship had even fewer, with only 20 shells left for each 152mm gun.

To attack the convoy, the Japanese escort fleet will inevitably come upon hearing the news. With the firepower at a disadvantage, everyone knows that this is a desperate attempt, and what consequences they will face in the end, but the two ships changed their minds without hesitation. course. Escaping from the naval battle is for revenge and continuing to fight, not just to survive, which is also Durman's dying wish.Didn't Durman lead everyone to search and search, and even paid the price of their lives, just to find and destroy these landing troops?Now the opportunity for the gunman to poke the thief's stomach has come by itself, how can he let it go?

There were two Japanese destroyers serving as guards for the convoy, and they deftly bypassed it.With the light of the stars and the flares fired, the dozens of troop carriers lined up in a crescent shape in the bay can be clearly seen. Fire was fired, and several troop carriers caught fire one after another.Imamura, the commander of the 16th Army, was in the "Ryujo Maru", and the "Ryujo Maru" was also shot, the hull tilted, and Imamura on the deck was thrown into the sea. The sea is full of heavy oil, and there are hundreds of Japanese floating on it. It is impossible to distinguish between officers and soldiers.Even though Imamura's face was so startled that it looked like a fine winter melon, green once, yellow once, but he was too embarrassed to call for help and let others come to save him.And even if he is willing to do this, his life is hanging by a thread, so who can save whom?

Just when he was desperate, a piece of floating wood was caught by Imamura, and his life was no longer in danger. After suffering for a long time, a lifeboat finally arrived and began to fish people out of the water one by one.Among the floating heads, someone recognized Imamura and immediately started yelling. You are already embarrassed enough, and you still scream, afraid that others will not know that the commander fell into the sea, right?Imamura had a wry smile all over his face. There are few boats and many people, and Imamura is quite a gentleman. He said that he would not get on the boat first: "Let me float with my comrades in arms. You save the others first. There should be other lifeboats coming. Then I will go to the boat." superior."

He also told the people on board that if I fail, let someone act as the commander of the army. Now that Imamura has been found, he must be the next one to be rescued, just a few minutes earlier and a few minutes later.However, Imamura's performance was praised by many people afterwards, which more or less diluted some of the embarrassment that he fell into the water and almost lost his life. Therefore, Imamura himself is not ashamed, but proud. The topic that he talked about most in his later years is, It was the fact that he was floating around in the heavy oil. The Allied ships came too quickly and suddenly, and it took nearly half an hour for the Japanese army to fully wake up.The other destroyers of the convoy also hurried into the bay to join the melee.Immediately afterwards, four heavy cruisers came to block the retreat of the Allied warships, and "Perth" and "Houston" were besieged in the bay.

The two ships fought bravely, but were outnumbered. Under the attack of torpedoes and shells, they sank one after another. "Houston" fired all the shells on board, and when it sank, the ship's torn battle flag was still flying. The head of the gun still hit the thief's belly. The Japanese army sank a minesweeper and a troop carrier, including the "Ryūjo Maru", three troop carriers and three destroyers were injured, and other ships were also damaged to varying degrees. The Battle of Banten Bay was the last Allied counterattack in the Battle of Java.The remaining time has entered the garbage time similar to the end of a basketball game. Except for a few lucky ones, most of the ships in the assault formation were hunted down by the Japanese fleet.

Takagi won a complete victory in the Battle of the Java Sea.He was not better than his opponent Durman, but there were too many factors that determined the outcome of the battle. The most important thing was that he won, and there was no dispute about winning. Relying on sea power, the possibility of stopping the 16th Army outside Java Island no longer exists.The remaining ships quickly broke through to Australia, but under the siege and interception of the Nanyun Fleet and other Japanese fleets, only four escaped to Australia by chance, and the Allied fleet was almost bankrupt. While Imamura was floating in the heavy oil, the radio device he had placed on Ryujo Maru was also lost.For three full days, Imamura was unable to conduct normal command of the landing force. Before the replacement device was delivered, Imamura was so anxious that he couldn't sleep.

But at this time, he didn't need to be too anxious. The Allied forces without sea and air support had nothing left to parry, and the Japanese army only needed to move forward according to the plan. On March 1, 1942, the 16th Army landed on Java Island at designated places such as Banten Bay. After landing, they immediately implemented the consistent tactics since the Japanese army went south, that is, to seize the airport and let the Japanese air force establish a flight base. The central aviation base on Java Island is Karigazi Airport. All the troops who landed wanted to be the first to seize Kari Gazi, especially the 2nd Division, which regarded itself as the main force, thought that the credit was due to itself.

No one thought that it was not the 2nd Division that seized the opportunity, but also a unit that the 2nd Division looked down upon.