On August 14, it arrived as scheduled, but not a single carrier-based aircraft could be lifted on the Longxiang, which was only 50 nautical miles off the coast of Shanghai. The typhoon was approaching, and instead of yesterday's drizzle, the wind began to blow in the early morning www.biquge.info of the 14th, and the crew on the deck of the Longxiang felt like they were on a roller coaster.

Wave after wave crashed on the edge of the deck, not to mention the carrier-based aircraft, and the crew on the deck could be blown into the sea at any time to feed the fish without two safety lines.

"Lord Longxiang, what should I do?"

Standing by the window of the command room, watching the sea breeze outside, Long Xiang had no choice but to contact the escort expulsion detachment to take measures to avoid the wind and waves, and then personally wrote a telegram and asked his subordinates to send Lieutenant General Hasegawa on the Yun, requesting to enter the port area to avoid the wind and waves.

Vice Admiral Hasegawa also knows the current situation, not to mention that Kaga and Xiangfeng, who originally arrived at the rendezvous in the early hours of this morning, have not heard from them, and even if they arrive, they can only be punished at sea like Long Xiang. The expected idea of aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft bombing enemy forces in eastern Chinese cities was directly blown away by the typhoon.

What gave him even more headache was that in his eyes, a Chinese air force that Kaga could brush alone, actually launched an air attack on his own Marine stronghold in windy weather. The commander of the 3rd Task Force Mobile Fleet, whose more than 4,000 warriors were under fierce enemy attack on the battlefield, was anchored outside Shanghai with a large fleet of the Imperial Navy that could not provide the slightest support.

It's not just Vice Admiral Hasegawa who can't hold his face, but the entire Imperial Navy has lost face.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, perhaps we can contact the Army of the North China Theater of Operations in China to seek support."

A staff officer who spoke thoughtlessly was scolded by Hasegawa as soon as he spoke. If you get a call from the commander-in-chief of the army in North China at this time, it must be, "Listen to your cowardly voice, it must be the navy, right?" Shame on you! Shame! ”

"Izumo, you and the fourth Sentai Takao and Maya launched an artillery bombardment on the intended target. At least we can't just sit here. At the same time, the emergency power was sent to Yizhou, and additional air teams were sent to support after the typhoon. The goal is to crush the resistance of the Chinese Air Force! ”

"Yes. Lord Admiral. Standing behind Hasegawa was his first hand-hand man, 55-year-old Miss Izumo. As an older generation of ship mothers who experienced World War I and the Russo-Japanese War, she was also the first group of people who signed a contract with a ship and became a ship mother. Izumo partnered with Hasegawa for more than thirty years, fighting in the north and south. If it weren't for the second-generation ship girls led by Nagato within the Navy, it would not be the turn of Izumo, who is in a semi-retired state, to fight.

Although the ship girl will not age, there is a big limit after all, especially when she fights in all directions all year round, and Izumo's physical condition is not as good as in the past. A few years ago, I was diagnosed with infertility, and for Izumo, who had previously fantasized about relying on the characteristics of not aging, getting married and having children after retirement, it was tantamount to losing hope of becoming a mother.

Although Izumo is currently married to a writer, except for Hasegawa's three-month vacation every year, she is devoted to the work of the town guard, and seems to plan to spend her life like this.

Seeing the partner behind him, after more than thirty years, he is still beautiful and straight, wearing old-fashioned eyes like a student, wearing a washed military uniform, and completely obeying his orders. Lieutenant General Hasegawa, inexplicably feeling guilty. Maybe a few years ago, he ruthlessly ordered Izumo to retire from the army, so as not to continue to watch his old partner who is over half a hundred years old fight silently today.

Until Izumo walked out of the command room and rushed to the deck to direct the battle. Vice Admiral Hasegawa, who was sitting in the position of commander-in-chief of the fleet, picked up the lunch box at hand and ate something with peace of mind.

After eating bento for more than 30 years, even if he is tired of eating, Lieutenant General Hasegawa eats with relish, no matter how many times he says it, Izumo has to pour a layer of mayonnaise on the rice, and the fried shrimp in the bento is always three, because "3" is auspicious.

His town guard has also changed chefs for an unknown number of years, but he is always unaccustomed to the food there.

At this moment, even the sound of artillery fire coming from outside was forgotten by Hasegawa, who knew that reinforcements would arrive soon, and it was impossible to sit above 4,000 second-line soldiers and fight the enemy's German armor. It's just that before reinforcements arrive, he Hasegawa must use the fleet in his hand to do a good job of supporting the mission.

On the deck of the Izumo, as Izumo walked out of the cabin, the ship's four 35.6cm caliber continuous main guns began to correct the coordinates. The long-awaited gunners loaded their shells. Even in the heavy rain, Izumo's voice is still penetrating. "Target enemy positions, open fire with all artillery."

Eight shells flew down in the rain with a spark trajectory, and for a moment the deafening sound of the battleship's guns drowned out all the rest. Just like a signal, the 20.3cm main guns of Kaohsiung and Maya also began to shell offshore targets. The mine crew, led by the light cruisers, had completely blocked China's exit to the East China Sea, and nothing could threaten Hasegawa's 3rd Task Force Mobile Fleet.

At this moment, Sanjo Terui was on the flagship Yubari, and the four members of the 30th Destroyer Team who were transferred together were witnessing the black smoke rising from Shanghai under the bombardment of naval guns in turn.

"Mutsuki, Yayoi, Mochizuki, Utsuki. Let's all go into the cabin, it's none of our business for now. Under the order of Teruma Sanjo, the four curious babies had no choice but to return to the cabin.

Yubari closed the hatch with his hand, lest the four little ones come out to join in the fun. "What's wrong? Dear Admiral Sanjo? Worried about the brutal war that the four of them will see? ”

"No, I just don't want them to enjoy an unfair showdown."

Sanjo Teru is taking off the binoculars, he is the first time to go to the battlefield in the real sense, and he is not much better than the four little guys of the 30 Destroyer Team.

"There is no justice or injustice. It is the normal state of war for the side with advanced weapons to fight the side with backward weapons. Is it true that the two sides are close in strength, and there will be a war? It's not a samurai duel. Yubari leaned against Terumasa Sanjo's back, brushing his windswept hair. They were standing in a sheltered position from the rain and didn't have to worry about getting wet.

After a quarrel with Kaga at the Kaohsiung Military Port last time, Terumasa Sanjo did not bother with Lieutenant General Hasegawa, and led a guard order, and today he was able to watch the shells pour down on the periphery of bustling Shanghai.

Perhaps without the typhoon, the city would have been destroyed by the indiscriminate bombardment of airplanes. After all, the defenders of the city did not weaken in the face of heavy artillery bombardment, and it was only a matter of time before Lieutenant General Hasegawa was forced to bombard the city.

"Lord Admiral, call from the headquarters."

The battlefield was changing rapidly, and Sanjo Terumasa did not let his guard down by staying on the periphery, he knew that he was afraid that the enemy's counterattack was coming.

"What's going on?"

Yubari and Terumasa Sanjo received the message together, and they couldn't help but let out a sound of surprise. [Be alert to Chinese Air Force attacks, and shoot down suspicious aircraft as soon as they are spotted.] The main body of the command is this.

"It's a stormy day! Did the Chinese pilot hang up? And you can fly a plane to the sea? ”

Yubari couldn't believe it, but she looked up and saw the black dots on the clouds.

"How is this possible?!"

"Now is not the time to marvel, the 30 destroyers, all the high-angled guns aimed at the sky, launched cross-barrage fire, ensuring the safety of the main fleet. Not a single enemy aircraft can be spared. ”

Terumasa Sanjo's order was transmitted to the ears of all the five ships of the Mine Warfare Team through a radio broadcast developed by Yubari. In an instant, this mine team entered a combat state, and Mutsuki, Yayoi, Mochizuki, and Utsuki also returned to their hull as quickly as possible, and during the battle, they could protect themselves by changing the ship's position one second earlier.

"Huizheng, a total of seven '****3' fighters flew here. It will soon come into the range of our air defense. ”

"Wait," Sanjo Terumasa didn't have the same far-sighted vision as the ship's mother, and with the help of the telescope, he also saw the black spots in the sky. "Is there a bomb on the outside?"

"Nope."

Yubari's answer, just as Terumasa Sanjo had expected. "Those seven crosses are disguises, Mutsuki and Yayoi. Carry out air defense interception. Mochizuki and Utsuki are temporarily ...... Yubari, fire flares at the southeast! Triplet. ”

Although she didn't understand what her boyfriend had discovered, she did it anyway and attracted the attention of the enemy plane, and she didn't care. Anyway, seven fighters with no bombs can't hurt her.

As a new weapon test cruiser, although the firepower of the Yubari is not even up to the average level of a light cruiser, it is better than having any kind of equipment, except for taking off reconnaissance aircraft, it can do other work.

Three sets of flares hit the air, and Yubari immediately spotted the four I-15 fighters hiding in the clouds and trying to dive to attack.

"Huizheng, the enemy plane has been spotted."

Mutsuki and Yayoi managed to shoot down one enemy plane, but the remaining six broke through the defense line of the 30th Destroyer, their target was Takao and Maya, but they were greeted by the cross-air defense fire of the 6th Destroyer, they had been prepared for a long time, and the better performance would not be too difficult to resist the six fighters.

"Yubari, immediately inform Izumo that these seven planes are attracting firepower. The real danger is in heaven. ”

As soon as Terumasa Sanjo finished speaking, the 6th Destroyer Group had already been engaged in air defense operations, and even Kaohsiung and Maya had mobilized anti-aircraft machine guns to prepare for defense. None of them thought about why the enemy rushed to the area with the strongest air defense.

The performance of the four Soviet-made I-15s is no worse than that of the Type 99 ship, and Izumo, as an older generation of battlecruisers, can hardly match none in terms of electric exploration. When she realized that the danger was approaching, she looked up to see four green planes swooping towards her, and with the help of gravitational acceleration, four external 100-kilogram high-explosive bombs fell from the sky.

Izumo didn't have time to dodge, and she couldn't dodge, and it was impossible for any large ship to dodge at the moment when the enemy plane had already dropped bombs, and it would take a lot of time for the 122-meter hull to turn around.

In Izumo's eyes, the four high-explosive bombs were like four deadly bullets fired at her, and once they hit the vital parts of the ship, she was finished.

Raindrops, raindrops, even if the air raid sirens sounded on the deck, casualties could not be avoided. With the exception of Izumo himself, all the crew members on deck made a prostrate motion.

Raindrops, raindrops...... The bomb magnified in Izumo's eye until it fell in front of her.