On the Yangtze River, a thick fog rolled and dispersed backwards, dispersed by the strong winds carried by the Japanese warships that protruded from the fog as they burst forward.

A total of twelve warships, lined up in a neat attack queue, forced from three directions, east, west and north, looking imposing.

Opposite them, there was only one Chinese warship, and it was a corvette, one level worse than the smallest of the twelve Japanese warships on the opposite side.

The difference in strength between the two sides is too great, and it is not equal at all!

On the warship, the sailors were nervous, holding their breath one by one, and looked in the direction of the captain's room.

They were waiting for the captain's order.

In the captain's room, the captain pursed his lips tightly, the expression on his face was very serious, and his hands were tightly grasped on the edge of the table, and it could be seen that he was also fighting fiercely in his heart.

A telegraph operator hurried over, then handed a telegram into his hand and whispered, "Call from the peak." ”

The captain snatched the telegram and read it in a hurry, reading the text at a glance and ten lines, and then the expression on his face changed a few times.

The first mate next to him didn't know what was going on, so he asked, "Captain, what does that say?" ”

The captain was silent, handed the message to the first mate and let him read it for himself!

The first mate took the telegram and hurriedly looked at it, and immediately saw the text on it, and his face changed.

On the telegram was written the following paragraph:

"On the occasion of the survival of the family and the country, the party and the state are united in hatred of the enemy, the first fleet of the Navy has now anchored from the port, and will arrive in fifteen minutes to support, I hope that your department must delay the time, wait for the reinforcements to arrive, and fight to the death without retreating, remember to remember!"

Fight to the death and never retreat!

The captain and the first mate looked at each other, and they understood the fate of their battleship, which was to use it as a bait to attract the Japanese fleet, and to wait for the arrival of the First Fleet.

However, the First Fleet only had a total of six warships, and the largest one was on par with the other side's warships, and the same warships came to the Japanese this time with four, and the strength was not equal at all.

So, this means that they basically end up sacrificing in vain.

"What should I do?" The two of them thought so in their hearts.

The captain raised his head and looked at the approaching Japanese fleet, as well as the aircraft overhead that was about to enter the range of the anti-aircraft guns, and then took a deep breath, "Yu Hai, we have been with this ship for seven years, right?" ”

First mate Yu Hai was stunned for a moment, and then nodded, "Well, captain, it's been seven years and four months." ”

"Remember the oath we took when we got on the ship?" The captain's eyes seemed to be dancing with flames.

"Remember, of course remember-" Yu Hai's voice was sonorous and powerful, and at the same time he straightened his chest, "With our blood, we will protect the sea frontier for thousands of miles, and we will never give up." ”

"Good!"

The captain took a step forward, stretched out his hand to tie the wind and discipline buckle on the collar for Yu Hai, and then sorted out his military uniform, then grabbed his military cap, put it on his head upright, and reached out to grab the radio, "Listen to the whole ship, enter the combat state, all the firepower is in full swing, and give Lao Tzu a hard beating." ”

"Hit!"

"Hit!"

"Hit!"

At the sound of the command, the whole ship moved, and everyone seemed to have unloaded the burden of their bodies, became refreshed and energetic, rushed to their posts as fast as they could, and then began to work.

The battleship seemed to be a tiger, waking up from its sleep, showing its fangs and claws, and pounced on the Japanese fleet.

"Left rudder 35, right rudder 17."

"18 degree angle, load!"

"First cannon fire!"

"Second cannon fire!"

"Port gun fire!"

"Starboard gun fire!"

Boom, boom, one cannon of different calibers fired, the black hole muzzle spit out dazzling firelight, and one after another hateful shells whistled out and flew towards the opposite battleship.

The Japanese battleships did not seem to expect the Chinese battleships to dare to fight back, thinking that as soon as they appeared, the battleship would flee in a hurry, so when the battleships rushed up, these battleships did not react for a while, and let the Chinese battleships rush in front of them.

One after another, the shells whistled and landed on the deck and bridge of the medium-sized warship rushing at the top, and more fell into the river around the warship, causing huge splashes.

Boom, boom, a dazzling flame rose on the warship, which was hit by a shell on the deck of the warship, igniting a raging fire, and in this round of shelling, the two guns of the battleship were hit, exploded, and turned into a pile of scrap metal.

"Fire, fire me!"

On the warship, the officer in charge of commanding the various gun emplacements pulled his neck and roared, not caring that his voice was hoarse, but desperately directing his sailors to load the shells, then shoot, then reload, and shoot again.

They understood that the time left for them would not be too long, and once the Japanese battleships understood, it meant that the ship's doom had begun.

The dense firepower of the twelve battleships could tear open the deck of the battleship almost instantly, burying the battleship into the surging river.

Therefore, each of them has only one belief in their hearts, that is, to use these last few minutes to fire as many cannons as possible, even if it is to hit the little devil one more time, it is worth it.

The cannonballs were like locusts, whistling away one after another, and the sky above the river was shrouded in the dazzling arc light, and there was gunsmoke everywhere, and there were explosions everywhere.

Finally, when they severely damaged the second Japanese battleship, the other side also reacted and began to counterattack.

The first to counterattack were the Japanese fighters overhead, and they were the first to attack, one after another pounced on the warships below like vultures, and the pilots in the planes were firmly locked

That lonely warship on the river!

Wow, an empty shell grazed past the plane, and it was almost wiped against the porthole, but the Japanese pilot inside was not a little frightened, but still calmly stared at the warship below.

Anti-aircraft machine guns and aerial guns roared continuously, and shells and machine gun bullets pulled out brilliant arcs of light over the warship, chasing the swooping fighters.

Finally, the first Japanese fighter plane was hit, black smoke was emitting from its wings, and it staggered and struggled to fly for some distance before finally losing control and crashing headlong into the hill by the river.

With a bang, a sky-high fire rose on the mountain, and it didn't disperse for a long time!

The second, third Japanese fighters were hit and crashed, but many more broke through the barrage of anti-aircraft fire and pounced on the battleship.

"Wow!"

With the press of the bomb drop button, the magazine under the fighter plane opened, and then bombs fell from the inside and fell towards the battleship below.

"Left full rudder, right rudder 21, evade!" On the battleship, the captain calmly commanded the battleship, dodging in the raindrops of bombs, dodging the bombardment of the other side, and at the same time the artillery fire on the opposite warship also covered it.

- Boom - !

The warship shook violently, presumably being shot, and the captain saw a ball of fire rising in front of the glass outside the captain's room, mixed with the flying steel shards, as well as human stumps, scattered in all directions.

With a click, a severed arm fell from the glass, and after hitting the glass, it slowly slid to the ground, leaving a long blood mark on the glass, which looked very shocking.

As if he hadn't seen it, the captain was still staring out the window, giving orders one after another, directing the battleship to swim among the Japanese warships.

Boom, there was a soaring fire on the battleship, and the two naval guns were blown up into the sky in the firelight, accompanied by the sailors who were sticking to their posts by the naval guns, turning into a rain of blood.

The battleship is like a flat boat in the stormy seas, constantly being slapped by the waves, and it seems that it may be overturned and sunk into the water at any time.

The 12 warships of the Japanese army approached from three directions, and the large-caliber naval guns continued to spit tongues of fire, and the shells seemed to be raindrops, and even the sun in the sky was obscured, and it looked much darker.

- Boom - !

Another shell hit the stern of the warship, and a large hole was torn at the waterline, and the sea water poured wildly into the crack, causing the speed of the warship to drop considerably.

"Platoon commander, what should I do?" Someone shouted at their commander.

The officer, who had been blinded by a shell, reached out and wiped the blood from his face, and then shouted, "Hit me, even if you die, you will give me the last shell to hit the devil's battleship." ”

The sailors gritted their teeth and loaded the shells into the chambers, and then the shells flew into the air and flew towards the Japanese battleship on the opposite side!

The explosions on the sea surface were all connected together, and the waves that were blown up by the cannonballs covered the sky as if it were a tsunami, and the wall of water stirred up was more than ten meters high, and then fell with a bang.

With a bang, the warship was hit by several more bombs, and a large part of the deck was blown away, revealing the hull below.

The sailors were killed and wounded, and the rest were still frantically reloading shells, hoping to get more out before the ship sank.

The Japanese warships also seemed to be annoyed, they didn't expect that a corvette would dare to provoke twelve warships so red, it was simply asking for their own death.

This is unacceptable to them as the elite navy of the Great Japanese Empire, although they are only a B-class fleet, but it is not something that the other party can provoke.

If you want to wash away this humiliation, there is only one way, and that is to sink the other party.

There is no other way!

Therefore, the twelve battleships frantically poured artillery fire, using the warship as a moving target, and fired one after another.

The damage to the battleship was getting worse, and it seemed to be getting worse, the hull was tilted a little, and the speed had dropped by about a third.

If it goes on like this, I'm afraid the warship won't last long!

However, this warship did not have the slightest intention of retreating, but was still stubbornly entangled with the Japanese warship, just not giving up!

Fight to the death and not retreat, this is an order, and it is also the unyielding belief of the soldiers of the whole ship today!

Chinese are not to be humiliated at will!

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