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Eisenhower's speech was about to reach the most exciting part. The secretary of the White House bowed and ran onto the stage, whispering a few words in his ear.
Eisenhower first showed an unbelievable expression, then looked at the audience under the stands, made up his mind, turned and left directly.
As soon as the president boarded the car, the convoy returned to Washington from Baltimore.Although it was noon in April, Eisenhower still felt chills in his body.
"We're going straight to the Pentagon," Eisenhower said.
"Yes, President. Do you need to ask General Bradley to make arrangements in advance?"
"I think Bradley is calling the chiefs of staff of the services by now," Eisenhower said. "Oh, let's call."
The secretary connected the radio, and Eisenhower picked up the receiver. "Bradley, before my arrival, information from the Western Pacific must be fed back as usual, and the force must respond appropriately."
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"Kongdi-1 only passed the test in January of this year, and 'Sea Eagle'-1 was a few months earlier. The air-launched and ship-launched anti-ship missile systems both passed the range test in the second half of 1 and were officially finalized. The General and Chief of Staff Su planned to use it in North Korea. In late 1952 and early 1952, the volunteers liberated the enemy-occupied islands off the coast of North Korea and taught the U.S. Navy a lesson. But after Chief of Staff Su put forward the battle plan for the Taiwan campaign, we decided to temporarily hide' The Haiying'-1953 anti-ship missile does not let the outside world know of its existence, so that when it is used in the Taiwan campaign, it will be sudden and can achieve the greatest combat effect."
"Tang Hua talked about Nazi Germany's anti-ship missiles in Yan'an, and I was impressed at that time." The commander-in-chief said, "At that time, we were all listening to myths. Now, just six or seven years later, we can Hit American warships with their own anti-ship missiles."
The chairman nodded, and he also went to listen at that time.
At that time, Secretary Deng and the Premier were in the Central Plains, and the other was in Chongqing, neither of which was in Yan'an.But the prime minister has been reading magazines, and he has seen these things more or less.
"We are actually different from the German HS-293." Tang Hua said, "Our Haiying-1 is more advanced than the German missile, and more mature than the anti-ship missile tested by the United States on a small scale. ... It can be said that the current world The best anti-ship missile in the range."
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Taiwan Strait, off the coast of Miaoli County.
The sudden blow stopped the cruise formation.
Suddenly two ships were hammered, all paralyzed at sea and unable to move, and the remaining 3 ships must be rescued.
The most distressing thing is that the two ships paralyzed by the hammer were all American ships, and included the only light cruiser in the formation.
The reason why the two Fletcher-class ships of the national army are safe and sound is probably because these two ships are at the end of the column.
At 1:30 am, there was an explosion on the Killing-class "Chevalier", which may have been caused by the front main gun ammunition magazine or the ammunition magazine of the 40mm Bofors machine gun being detonated by fire. The sailors of the "Gurk" rescued more than 300 meters away from the "Chevalier" could feel the shock wave coming.After the explosion, the stopped rightward trend of the "Chevalier" accelerated again. The captain of the "Gurk" and the acting commander of the formation, Maxwell, issued an order to abandon the ship. All firefighters and rescuers The crew left the warship, and the lifeboat rescued the last wounded floating on the sea, and then left quickly.By 1:40 in the morning, the [-]-ton hull of the "Chevalier" was almost equivalent to lying horizontally in the sea, and it would be a matter of time before it sank to the bottom of the sea.
The Cleveland-class light cruiser "Manchester" is much larger than a destroyer, and three of the four anti-ship missiles it eats are on the bow of the ship, above the waterline.The other bomb exploded after bouncing off. For a warship with a full-load displacement of 14000 tons and the last 127 mm of side armor, the 120-kilogram high-explosive warhead that exploded outboard was fine, and there was no water leakage.
However, the captain and formation commander were killed in battle, and the officers on the bridge were all dead. Half an hour after being shot, the "Manchester" lost power and was drifting in the strait with the wind. At 1:35, the situation of the "Manchester" improved slightly. The main engine output power to the propeller again. A captain standing at the bow commanded the personnel in the cabin to increase or decrease horsepower or turn left and right. Although the warship was rickety , and I dare not drive too fast because of the clumsy handling, but it miraculously started after all.
"The "Chevalier" exploded and is sinking at an accelerated rate. I have ordered the abandonment of the ship after completing the task of rescuing personnel. The "Manchester" did not suffer serious flooding, but the fire in the front of the hull was not completely extinguished, and there are still hidden dangers. The ship's bridge was severely damaged, its officers suffered heavy losses, and it has lost its ability to continue combat. In view of this, I have ordered the formation to return and cancel the mission of cruising the Taiwan Strait."
After sending this telegram to the headquarters of the Seventh Fleet, Maxwell slowly returned north at a speed of 2 knots with two destroyers of the National Army and the seriously injured flagship.
"The 'Gurk' returned with the 'Manchester'. At the same time, we suggested that the two ships 'Luoyang' and 'Xianyang' increase their speed and continue southward, arriving at the Penghu Strait to bombard and prevent the Chinese army from landing." The Seventh Fleet quickly sent the latest instructions.
The U.S. military maintains a high level of control over the national army, but it is not fully taking over for the time being, and there is no absolute command. This high-risk order for two ships to leave the formation and go south, the United States is only as a combat suggestion to see if the national army and navy accept it. accept.
Soon, the two Fletcher-class ships of the national army responded to the inquiry of the "Gurk" with signal lights.
The "Luoyang" refused. The "Xianyang" refused.
The four warships continued to return north.
"Captain, here they come."
On the radar screen in front of Maxwell, four small bright spots sailing on the sea are chasing the cruise formation from the side and rear.
"It's a small boat target. The speed is probably over 40 knots, and it's about 18 nautical miles away from us."
"Reconfirmed, the speed is 42 knots. The distance is 17 nautical miles."
"The distance is 16 nautical miles."
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Washington, Pentagon.
"What happened in Taipei? What happened in Taiwan?" Bradley asked the intelligence staff.
"Nothing happened in Taipei. On April 4, local time, Chiang Kai-shek and his military officials traveled from Taipei to Taichung to inspect the deployment of the southern coast defense. In the early morning of April 11, local time, that is, an hour ago, they stayed in Taipei's Defense Minister General Guo Jiqiao discovered that President Chiang Kai-shek and his military team had lost contact. The head of the Advisory Group, General William Childs, also discovered the situation."
"The patrol unit of the Seventh Fleet patrolling the strait found several batches of bombers of the Chinese Air Force appearing in the Taiwan Strait from the late night of April 4 to the early morning of the 11th local time. They approached the Taiwan Island and turned around. Based on our encounter on the Korean Peninsula In the event of the attack, my guess is that Chinese bombers attacked Chiang Kai-shek's headquarters with glide bombs. Chiang Kai-shek may or may not be dead, but in either case, it can be confirmed that Chiang Kai-shek's military command system no longer exists."
US Air Force Chief of Staff Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg expressed his inference.
"Precisely clear the enemy's top general and his command organization, and immediately attack in a massive manner in the chaos, causing the opponent's entire front to collapse. The Chinese used it once on our army last October and achieved success. They will definitely do it again this time." Use.” Chief of Naval Operations/Chief of Staff William Fixler said, “My God, the safety of the entire island of Taiwan depends on the cruise formation of the US Navy. Emerson’s fleet must be rushed between Penghu and Taiwan as soon as possible.”
"No, General Fixler, I strongly advise you not to do this." Vandenberg stopped.
"If I remember correctly, the navy has never confronted the Chinese army." After a pause, Vandenberg said bitterly, "When there is a war in the Taiwan Strait, it is no secret that the US Navy sends a fleet to stop the landing fleet. The plan, everyone can guess, including the Chinese. Then the Chinese must prepare a trap for your warship. They have dug traps for the US Air Force in the past. They dug two."
范登堡向菲克斯勒解释了1951年5月汉江北平原突然出现的防空导弹，以及1951年9-10月志愿军在地空电子对抗中的故意示弱。
"Let me be honest, the US Air Force has a guided weapon in its arsenal that can cleanly wipe out a task force without air cover. . . . There used to be. No, it wasn't used by the Chinese Army in the Battle of Penghu That guided bomb, I know all ships of your [-]th Fleet are equipped with multiple smoke grenade ejectors. Smoke grenades that obscure visual observation are ineffective against that weapon."
Fixler: "I'm afraid Emerson's fleet has entered the Taiwan Strait. Seventh Fleet let them continue their mission."
"The Seventh Fleet is calling." The staff officer appeared at the door, and Fixler rushed over to pull out the telegram.
After reading the telegram, Fixler was a little dazed.Partly wanted to throw away the telegram, partly crumpled up the paper, but refrained in the end. "General Vandenberg, does the U.S. Air Force have a weapon that can be launched at a distance of thirty kilometers and then accurately hit a warship at night?"
"Yes, 'Bat' MK9 air-launched rocket-assisted guided bombs."
"The Chinese stole the blueprints for the 'bat'?"
"It's hard to say. It may be that the Chinese stole our drawings, or we may be preparing to steal the Chinese technology next..."
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Taiwan Strait, 2 am.
"The U.S. warship and Chiang Kai-shek's warship made a mistake."
Chen Youming was on the flagship of the speedboat squadron, commenting on the first wave of missile strikes just now.
"They don't use radar, so we may not be able to find them so easily. Maybe we even crashed into the range of their artillery. As a result, the American devils turned on several high-power radars, and we followed the radio direction finding to catch up. gone."
The height of the mast of the missile speedboat is very limited, and the detection range of the sea search radar installed on the mast is only 25 kilometers. Only when the enemy ship has a large tonnage and the bridge mast tower is very high, can the enemy ship be seen from 30 kilometers away.
However, the guided missile speedboat can also passively receive electromagnetic waves and rough positioning, which is much farther than the detection distance of radar.For example, this time, Chen Youming's speedboat spotted the US warship's sea/air search radar sweeping the sea [-] kilometers away. The four speedboats followed the source of the electromagnetic waves, and sure enough, they caught each one accurately.
The four missile speedboats just launched 8 anti-ship missiles, which means that just half of the ammunition was destroyed.
"Two of the three destroyers were on fire, and the remaining one was speeding up and heading north. Of the two destroyers on fire, one stopped, and one was heading north at 3 knots."