The shortest-lived Japanese aircraft carrier in World War II

During World War II, in order to seek naval superiority, Japan rebuilt its third battleship into the largest aircraft carrier in the world at that time, namely Nobuka.

1944, after Japan lost the naval battle in leyte bay, it was forced to put the unfinished walk into use in an attempt to reverse the passive situation with this "secret weapon". 165438+1October 26th, after simple equipment, "Nong Xin" took part in the battle. 19:00 15, the officer on duty on board nervously reported to the commander Abe Toshi Utsumi: "The radar found the signal and judged it was a submarine from the pulse frequency." The sly Abe Toshi Utsumi thought to himself: "Since it is a submarine, why do you want to send a radar signal?" This is probably the temptation of America. "Abe ordered:" Don't fire! We cannot be fooled. "

In fact, it was the American submarine "Shooting Fish" that was discovered by Nobunaga. The "water shooting fish" was originally designed to rescue pilots who fell into the sea due to the Tokyo bombing. Later, the plan was cancelled, and he swam in this area for standby. Coincidentally, at that time, the radar of the "water-shooting fish" broke down and the submarine was forced to surface for maintenance, but the radar had to be turned on again and entered the Japanese field of vision.

At about 2 1, the American captain received a report and found a Japanese aircraft carrier ahead. The captain then ventured to send a telegram to Pearl Harbor, asking for support from a nearby submarine. At 2: 42 the next day, a signalman reported to Abe: "I found that the enemy submarine was sending a telegram with great intensity, and the enemy boat was very close to us." Abe thought that the telegram must have contacted the ambush American fleet to start the attack, so he ordered the sailors to adjust their course. Unexpectedly, in the panic, the "letter card" was sent to the "water shooting fish" itself.

At 03: 04, when Shinawatra was only 12 km away from the US submarine, the US military immediately launched a fierce attack on this behemoth. In a short time, Xinbao was hit by four torpedoes in a row. A hole 10 meter wide was torn in the cabin. In this way, the largest aircraft carrier in the world at that time sank only in the first flight 17 hours.