Flanders Oyiwalika - Nkhondo Yaing'ono
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"Nkhondo yaying'ono" nthawi zambiri imathawa chidwi cha akatswiri a mbiri yakale, omwe amakonda kulimbana ndi nkhondo zazikulu komanso zodziwika bwino m'malo mochita zapanyumba, ngakhale nthawi zambiri zosangalatsa, zomwe zimakhudzana ndi mphamvu zochepa. Pa nkhondo yapadziko lonse ya 1914-1918, gombe la Belgian Flanders linalandidwa ndi asilikali a Germany, ndipo madoko akumeneko ankagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi Kaiserliche Marine kwa otchedwa. Nkhondo yaing'ono mu English Channel ndi madzi oyandikana nawo.
Ntchito ya asitikali aku Germany inali kupangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kunyamula katundu kuchokera ku Great Britain kupita ku France, makamaka ku Dunkirk, ndikuwonetsetsa kuti zombo zawo zapamadzi zokhala ku Belgium zizigwira ntchito panjira zopita ku madoko akumwera kwa Great Britain. Kumbali inayi, Royal Navy yayika mphamvu zazikulu mu English Channel. Iwo amayenera kulimbana ndi owononga Germany ndi kutsekereza Kaletan Strait kwa sitima zapamadzi.
Komabe, zochita za Royal Navy sizinali zogwira ntchito, chifukwa gawo lomwe limayang'anira linali lalikulu kwambiri, komanso, mapangidwe a zombo za Britain nthawi zambiri amakhala ovuta ndi nyengo, yomwe m'derali inali yosinthika kwambiri. Choncho, njira zina zothetsera "vuto la Flemish" zinafunidwa. Lingaliro limodzi linali logwiritsa ntchito ndege zambiri zokhala ndi luso lozindikira bwino za sitima zapamadzi. Lingaliro lachiwiri linabadwa mu lamulo la Royal Navy ndipo linakhudza kuwonongedwa kwa maziko a Germany mothandizidwa ndi oyang'anira ndi mfuti zawo zazitali. Nkhaniyi inali yofulumira, makamaka pambuyo poyambitsa nkhondo yankhondo yapamadzi ya ku Germany mu 1917. Chomwe chinayambitsa ntchito yonseyi chinali cholakwika. Reginald H. Bacon - Mtsogoleri wa Dover Patrol. Zochitika ziwiri zikufotokozedwa. Choyamba chinali kutera kwa asitikali anzeru ku Middelkerke, ophatikiza mpaka ma brigades a 3 ndikulandidwa kwa doko ku Zeebrugge komwe. Opaleshoniyi inali yoopsa kwambiri ndipo inkayenera kugwirizana ndi asilikali. Ali m'njira anaima asilikali a Germany m'mphepete mwa nyanja. Lingaliro lachiwiri loperekedwa ndi Bacon linali kuukira Zeebrugge ndi zokhoma ngalandezi ndi zida zankhondo zothandizidwa ndi mpweya (kuchokera ku maziko aku France pafupi ndi Dunkirk), yomwe idalandiridwanso.
Dongosololo linkawoneka ngati losavuta, koma pamene tsatanetsataneyo anawongoleredwa, zovuta zinayamba. Choyamba, Flanders yomwe inagwidwa ndi Germany inali yotetezedwa kwambiri. Mabatire ankhondo ambiri adamangidwa m'derali kuti awonongedwe. Amphamvu kwambiri anali batire Kaiser Wilhelm II ndi mfuti 4 305-mm ndi kuwombera osiyanasiyana pafupifupi 30 Km. Yachiwiri inali batire ya Tirpitz yokhala ndi mfuti za 4 280-mm zamitundu yofanana. Kuphatikiza apo, mabatire ambiri odana ndi ndege, onse oyima komanso oyenda, adamangidwa. Ngalande zinakumbidwa m’mphepete mwa nyanja ndipo zisa zamfuti za makina ndi malo a mfuti za m’munda zinakhazikitsidwa. Kuphulika kwa mabomba kunayenera kuchitidwa popanda chandamale, kotero kunali kofunika kuyika zombozo molondola. Mwachidziwitso, zidawerengedwa kuti ma volleys 63 ayenera kukhala okwanira kugunda kumodzi. Popeza panali zipata ziwiri zotsekera, ma volley 126 anayenera kuthamangitsidwa kuti awawononge. Pamapeto pake, adawerengedwa kuti kuti awononge zipata za ngalandeyo, m'pofunika kuwotcha - kakang'ono - 252 roketi. Mwanjira ina, oyang'anira amayenera kukhala pansi pa moto waku Germany kwa ola limodzi. Vuto linalinso kuti kunali koyenera kufotokoza malo enieni omwe amawombera, zomwe zinali zovuta kwambiri pansi pa mphuno za Germany. Panalinso mavuto ndi nyengo, mphepo inali kuwomba kuchokera kumanja ndi mafunde, zomwe sizinasunthire zombo zomwe zimayenera kukhazikika panthawi yowombera. Zombo za 41 zidapatsidwa ntchitoyo.
