Two of the four bombs nearly missed, sending up towering columns of water, and one hit the stern deck, completely destroying an anti-aircraft gun and killing many crew members. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info and the deadliest one exploded 15 meters in front of Izumo, right in front of the No. 2 main gun on the foredeck.

In the violent explosion, half of the No. 2 turret was blown away, and then the detonated shells exploded one after another, and the entire base of the No. 2 turret was lifted, and there was a sea of fire under the bridge. The old-fashioned wooden deck could not withstand the spread of the fire.

This meritorious battleship, which was launched in 1900, let out a piercing scream, and it was at this time that the Sixth Destroyer Group, which was responsible for guarding the capital ships, realized that it was pointless to destroy five Chinese fighters.

Unfortunately, the explosion did not damage the power system and the main body of the ship, but only lost its ability to attack.

The damage management team on the Izumo immediately organized and rushed to the foredeck to control the fire, as an old battle cruiser, there was no shortage of experienced crew on it, and there would be no damage management that would cause the tragedy of the shipwreck.

In the fire, the injured crew members were found one by one, carried on stretchers, and sent to the medical room for rescue.

Just when the damage management team members were puzzled that they didn't see Izumo himself, a bad premonition enveloped the hearts of the damage management team. From the lightly wounded crew, they seemed to hear Izumo-sama directing the battle right next to turret No. 2. At this moment, the No. 2 turret had disappeared into the flames.

A firefighter found Izumo lying in a pool of blood, and he hurriedly waved his hand and shouted. "Captain, Izumo-sama is here!"

It was a long night, and for whom, tomorrow would only represent a fiercer battle.

Hearing the movement of the person on the bed, Lieutenant General Hasegawa, who was resting on a chair, immediately woke up. "Izumo, how do you feel?"

Compared to humans, the body of the ship mother is ten times stronger, as long as the core of the ship is not broken, and the body is not damaged beyond the limit, the ship mother will not die.

"I was wounded on the first day of battle, and I, the flagship of the fleet, should be derelict in my duties." Izumo was still wrapped in bandages, and multiple pieces of steel pierced her body, and ordinary people would have died long ago.

Lieutenant General Hasegawa watched Izumo sit up and felt a little more guilty. "You have a good rest these days, and when reinforcements arrive, return to Sasebo Military Port to repair the ship."

"How can this work?" After Izumo listened to Hasegawa's words, he was immediately unhappy. "As a member of the Imperial Navy, injuries are commonplace. I can continue to fight. ”

Hasegawa reached out and gently pressed on Izumo's right shoulder, calming down the excited Izumo. "You and I are 55 years old, enough, enough. We're old. ”

"I ...... Can you still ...... Keep fighting...... "Even Izumo herself felt like she was lying to herself, and before the bomb fell, she was wrapped in a sense of powerlessness that she had never felt before. The dignified 10,000-ton battle cruiser, in front of the four aircraft, lost the ability to fight back, and could not even retreat. She could only watch the bomb fall feebly, prayerlessly to deviate from the landing point, and was powerlessly blown away by countless shrapnel and lost consciousness.

Maybe she's really tired and old.

"I will not leave the battlefield until I conquer this city!" As if for his unchanging beliefs for more than 50 years, even if he was seriously injured and lying in bed, Izumo still did not change his efforts.

Hasegawa is already very satisfied with this result, and it is very rare for the stubborn Izumo to regress. "Then it's agreed, when the city is captured, you will have to guard the rear with Admiral Sanjo Terumasa's fleet, and then go to the Sasebo military port."

"Yes, Admiral."

"It's just an agreement." Lieutenant General Hasegawa brought the door and returned to his residence. Since the start of the war, he has also been in a state of work, and his body, which is no longer young, is also a little unable to hold on.

["How's Izumo doing? Where is she? ”

"Intensive care bed, temporarily unconscious, not life-threatening. She had a lot of shrapnel in her body and needed surgery. ”

"How much is a lot?"

The nurse apparently didn't know, but the doctor was preparing for the operation. "Judging from the wounds, there are about 18, 2 have been removed, and the rest have to be surgile."

Seeing behind the doctor, Izumo closed his eyes tightly and did not move. The commander who broke into the medical room softened his angry expression. 】

Pulling out the painkillers hidden in the military uniform layer, Lieutenant General Hasegawa secretly ate two tablets in the corridor. For many years, he had irregular eating and sleeping, which was also very damaging to his body. Whenever he was tired, he had stomach pain, dizziness, and always felt uncomfortable, which could make his strong will unable to support it.

I don't know when it started, he couldn't do without painkillers, and he couldn't do without Izumo.

That night, Kaga and Xiangfeng finally arrived at the rendezvous point in Shanghai and joined the Third Fleet. However, at this time, the elite two first-class divisions are about to arrive on the battlefield, and no matter what the contradiction between the navy and the army is, since it is a matter of the rise or fall of the country, there will be no dispute in the general direction.

Xiangfeng joins up with Ryuxiang to carry out air strikes against military targets in and around Shanghai, and Kaga receives a new order.

In the words of Lieutenant General Hasegawa, it was the most suitable mission for Kaga.

On the 15th, Sasebo Military Port. The mission was delivered faster than expected, and the whole team was asked to serve as an escort. The destination is across the sea in Shanghai, China. For Kii, it was her first mission since she became a ship girl, and it was also the first large-scale mission of the year for many people in the team.

Not only a number of naval transport ships, but also army logistics ships will also join the fleet, and Sato Gonjun finally counted the size of the fleet in the afternoon according to the information that was constantly being sent.

"In addition to the transport ships under the jurisdiction of our Ninth Squadron, the total number of ships added has reached more than 60, and it is expected that preparations for going to sea can be completed by next Friday. The deadline for the mission is seven days later, so although the next week will be very busy, there is basically no need to worry about accidents......"

Kii received the task early in the morning, full of enthusiasm, and had the momentum of going to the port in person to supervise the freight work, but by the afternoon, he was already dizzy before the vast amount of information integration work. The captains, first mates, marines, and army officers of many transport ships were still running towards the town guard mansion one by one, and if it wasn't for the guard regiment to stop them, the gate would have been broken by them.

"I don't understand. Poi~”

The first of the four destroyers Maidori, POI, no, Yutachi gave up the job of getting acquainted with the numbering of the ships of the fleet. Although Chunyu did not have a ship this time, he also had to go to sea with him to increase his escort experience. As for Oi and Kitakami, they have already occupied a corner of the office, kissing each other and me, and throwing aside the materials prepared by Sato Gonjun and other civilian officials.

"Mayrain, you go to receive our navy's own guests, and everything else stops on the first floor. Yutachi, you inform the kitchen and entertain guests in the evening. Kii knew that there should be some courtesy among officers, and after giving the order, she also pushed the table full of work and looked at Sato Gonjun. Sato-kun, I'll leave it to you. ”

"Good work, Admiral Kiyi. What if an accident happens to a ship halfway and you hear the number and you don't even know where the accident happened? ”

"Hey, hey. Village rain, why did you run away with Mayrain! Sato Gonjun turned around and saw Murayu and Mayyu, who were fleeing quickly, yelled, and gave up chasing them.

"poi~, let's go. Guarantee that the work of the supervising chef is completed. ”

Sato Gonjun was no longer able to complain, and the corners of Yutachi's mouth slid sliding. [Kii only let you notify, didn't let you watch all the time, and drooling what the hell! ] Planning to eat every dish as an overseer? 】

"So, among the four sisters, only Chunyu has grown a little." Sato Gonjun held his forehead and sighed, and by the way, he continued to stare at the 120% potential of the civilian officials and deal with the copywriting.

"Sato-sama, she's been sleeping for a long time in the spring rain." A newly-promoted civilian lieutenant who was not long-eyed pointed to the spring rain with his back to everyone.

"Asleep?"

Kii took a closer look, then nodded at Sato Gonjun, "Still reading the second page." I guess I fell asleep shortly after I came in. ”

"Is this something to be commended?"

In the office of the Admiral of the Ninth Sentai Army, Sato Gonjun looked up at the sky at a 45% angle, and couldn't help but feel the urge to cry.

"Report."

"Come in." The civil servant at the door was accustomed to the messenger who sent the message, and before he could see that he was in a state of begging, he reached out to ask for it. "The message is put down, and the person is gone."

The people outside the door watched the 20 or so people in the office busy, the tables were covered with paper, and many civil officials did not have chairs, so they simply squatted on the ground to sort out the copywriting.

"I'm a representative of Task Force C. Haida Type VI submarine - I-168. ”

"I didn't ask you which department you were in, the message was put down, and the people left."

The civil official, who was already busy and fainted, didn't react yet, and after repeating it, he found that it was a pink-haired girl standing outside the door wearing dead reservoir water in broad daylight.

“…… Whining...... This town guard is so terrible, he drove people away as soon as he came...... Whining. ”

The girl, who was about the same age as the May Rain, seemed to have a smaller mind, and tears flowed down her eyes.

When Sato Gonjun heard the cry, he turned his head and saw the unknown shipwreck standing at the door, and immediately wanted to take out a wild tomahawk and cut people. [Whoever says that the ship's mother is cute, give me ten deaths! ] Lao Tzu is not a nanny! 】

After entering the Kii Admiral asked majestically, Yi 168 remembered that he had a secret mission book on him. "My sisters and I received the secret telegram and hurried to the Sasebo Military Port, and before we had time to contact the headquarters of the Sasebo Military Port, we went ashore and rushed to the Ninth Sentai Town Guard's Mansion. This is a cipher telegram translated with reference to the codebook. ”

The codebook is a secret between these submarine ship mothers.,Even if it's another ship mother.,They won't tell it.,So it's a translated version to show me.。 However, the translated version is not in Japanese. Submarine ship wives are accustomed to direct communication in Morse code.

Kii saw a secret telegram with only dots and horizontal lines, and decisively handed it over to Sato Gonjun. "What does it say?"

"The commander headquarters is worried that the Ninth Combat Team will encounter interception forces, so it will specially mobilize the submarine C team to jointly complete the escort mission."

"That's it." I-168 had finished communicating and shouted out of the hallway. "Sisters, come here. The Admiral of Sentai 9 is a beautiful big sister! ”

A group of dead water girls bustled around Kii, clamoring to shake hands with Kii, the latest battleship Niang Kii. Yi 168 happily saluted Kiyi, "Team C has a total of 10 people, all of them have arrived at the mission assembly point, please give me a lot of advice during the mission." ”

"I'll go, 10 ......" Gonjun Sato on the side almost fainted to the ground.