A series of miscalculations by Toshio Abe, as well as his own "experience", led the Shinano to hit four torpedoes in a row by the submarine Shotfish, which was "led" by Li Xinxing.

But Lee's good luck was still caused by Shinano's own hidden dangers.

After all, the shortening of the construction period when the Shinano was built, the reduction of the budget, and the vinegar mess were all foreshadowing of the Shinano's doom.

The main commander of the Shinano, Toshio Abe, actually discovered the Shooting Fish where Li Gengxin was located early on. But the frigate was anxious and worried that he would fall into the encirclement of the sea wolf.

Along the way, Toshio Abe has personally participated in or felt the rise and fall of empires. From the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Coral Sea showdown, to the collapse of Midway, the fierce battle of Guadalcanal, the South Pacific, and finally the defeat in the Leyte Gulf counterattack.

The navy of the Japanese Empire was largely extinct in name. Everything is what makes Toshio Abe famous.

The Shinano became the last hope of the empire. Toshio Abe did not allow the Shinano armored aircraft carrier to slip through the cracks.

However, the more you try to protect something, the easier it is to lose something.

Toshio Abe ordered the destroyer, which had almost sailed above Li Geng's head and had already dropped two depth charges, to return to the carrier formation immediately.

Because Toshio Abe, who was standing in the command cabin, was very worried that Li Gengxing's Shooting Fish was a bait.

After his own escort destroyer pounced, it was very likely that the Shinano would become a target for the wolves. Toshio Abe wouldn't have known if the Mine dropped so many more depth charges. Li Gengxin and his submarine Shooting Fish are estimated to be in tears in Tokyo Bay!

Toshio Abe, who chose to avoid the war, actually commanded the Shinano aircraft carrier formation to evacuate as soon as possible, but there was nothing wrong with it.

However, during the evacuation, the Shinano broke due to overheating of the spindle. Reduces the speed of the ship quickly. Let a Li Gengxin who fell dead behind the Shinano seize the opportunity. A torpedo attack was launched.

If the four torpedoes were normal, it would not have been possible for the Shinano to have any major problems.

In fact, Toshio Abe had already thought of the worst. Being hit by a torpedo was actually expected in his heart a long time ago.

Close the watertight door. Turn on the pump to pump out the excess seawater. The Shinano was fully capable of carrying a "minor injury" back to the naval base in Kure Harbor.

However, the construction process of the Shinano after the change of use from the Yamato-class No. 3 ship was already ill-fated.

Because of the Pacific naval battle, Japan suffered successive defeats. The issue of repairing battleships has long been a long-standing problem in Yokosuka. Under these circumstances, the construction of the Shinano experienced a major stoppage, numerous "small" delays.

In order to shorten the construction period, the Shinano reduced a series of unnecessary equipment in order to minimize it. There can be said that there is not a single ornament inside the ship.

Even the Japanese military flag hanging in Toshio Abe's command room is still Toshio Abe's own private goods.

Originally, it took a long time to inspect the water tightness and air tightness, but it was completed in 1944 because of the strict order of the Japanese army base camp. As a result, many of the Shinano's cabins and parts were obliterated from the necessary tests.

It's like when you decorate the bathroom, you don't do the necessary waterproof test and rush to the tiles......

Even more frighteningly, the hasty launching ceremony was also caused by a dock worker forgetting to fill the upper part of the lock. As a result, the locks fell off, causing a large amount of seawater to rush in.

The Shinano was heavily loaded on the dock wall. As a result, the Shinano was damaged in the front and the forward keel was damaged. The hastily named Shinano was towed back to the dockyard by the fund for repairs.

Against this backdrop, Yokosuka was continuously bombed by the B29 Flying Fortress carpet cover.

This is the situation that the Shinano was transferred to Kure Port overnight. That's why Li Gengxin discovered this moving sea giant under the moonlight in Tokyo Bay and launched a series of attacks.

A column of water rose from the ground, and Toshio Abe looked at the rising column of water and immediately gave an order for damage management.

Toshio Abe knew that the Shinano's return to Yokosuka at this time would undoubtedly attract more sea wolves and non-stop attacks from the Flying Fortress. With such an excellent target, he will not let go of the Shinano in a different place.

Therefore, there is a road in Huashan in front of me, and even if you die, you have to keep moving forward.

Toshio Abe stood in the command cabin at this time and ordered with a cold face: "Pass my order, maintain the maximum speed and continue to march towards Kure Port!" ”

Ono-kun hummed with a bitter face. Then he glanced at the many generals behind him, and saw that everyone's faces seemed to be shrouded in a layer of clouds. Ono-kun, who still wanted to say something, pursed his lips and didn't speak.

Toshio Abe's eyes were fixed on the place where the bow of the ship had been torpedoed just now, and a deep worry flashed through him. Then he muttered to himself, "I hope those damage management can deal with Shinano's injuries, and may Amaterasu bless the empire's martial arts for ......a long time."

Ono-kun, who was standing behind Toshio Abe, frowned into a Sichuan character. In fact, everyone in the command cabin knew that the damage management of the Shinano was composed of a group of student soldiers who had not yet graduated. Will they be able to control the Shinano's injuries? At this time, Ono-kun didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Some things are clear to Ono-kun and others as deployed. However, Toshio Abe, who was ordered to be in danger and experienced in a hundred battles, did not know that the Shinano was not completed or one of them, and the half-pulled project was not too fatal. At this time, he was still commanding a tofu scum project.

If the Shinano was a completed aircraft carrier, there were no problems with the watertight. Even if the front side was hit during the launch, the keel had just been repaired.

Just turn off the water seal. Pumping out most of the water in it and maintaining the "high" speed decision at this point is not a problem at all.

After all, in this large and small naval battles in which he participated. I've been through too many similar things myself. Later, I got used to it.

The right decisions again and again helped Toshio Abe return to the base tenaciously.

The base camp took a fancy to Toshio Abe, so Shinano's brick factory was handed over to him to lead the team personally.

However, the experience gained in exchange for his life did not help Toshio Abe this time. How did he know that there were all kinds of problems hidden in the water below? How did he know that some cabins didn't even have watertight doors?

"Block! Blocked! ”

The immature cheeks looked hideous at this time. Everything that can be thought of has been moved by everyone to read the watertight door.

"Why can't the pump work?"

A group of people carrying large canisters were already allowed to pump water. But suddenly I found that the water pump could not be started.

The water inlet could not be blocked, and the pump for the water outlet could not be used. This group of rookies are dumbfounded!

Watch as the water level gets higher and higher. Look at the sea water that could swallow it at any time. I don't know if it was the rookie who lost the management suddenly shouted, turned around and ran outside.

One man retreated. As a result, a large number of overwhelmed rookie managers are infected by the herd effect. One by one, they turned around and fled towards the "safe" area behind them.

The damage pipe dispersed, making the water under the watertight door that could not be completely closed even bigger.

Splashing waters gush out from under the watertight doors. Soon it was swallowed up by the sea. If a watertight door was an accident, then the damage at another location where the bullet was hit at this time was only worse than here.

Because of the explosion, it caused a small explosion.

The explosion caused a large number of casualties. The water vault has not even been activated, and the sea has already swallowed the place.

Streams of seawater poured into the Shinano's interior, and then poured out at a rapid speed along the corridors and gaps inside the ship. The most terrifying thing was that a stream of sea water was rushing towards the power compartment at the heart of the Shinano.

In the power compartment, eight boilers are running at full speed at this time. Four steam turbines were charging smoke from the ship.

"Panasonic...... Didn't the Shinano just get shot? Why do you want us to drive at high speed? The man standing by shouted at the person next to him.

The loud noise of the boiler made the naval power soldier called Panasonic unable to hear what the person next to him was saying. As soon as he lifted his foot, he stepped into the stagnant water with a click. First, it was fluted. Then, although he had vaguely heard the words of some people around him, he still raised his hand and scratched the back of his head.

I said...... Baga! ”

Panasonic looked at his comrades and suddenly widened his eyes, and walked behind him with a frightened expression. Subconsciously turned around,

Call......

The sea dragon-like column of water suddenly broke through the steel door of the power compartment. Rushed straight towards the boiler.

"Hey, did you find that the Shinano was tilted?" Li Gengxin turned to one side and gave up the periscope to Dai Mengrao beside him.

Dai Mengrao looked at Li Gengxin with a worried face, bit his back molars and lowered his ** and said: "You didn't even order a high-speed dive to escape, and you dared to follow the Shinano to watch the excitement?" You yourself are not afraid of death, don't you care about the lives of these soldiers under your command? You lunatic! ”

Dai Mengrao, who was babbling in his mouth, leaned over to Li Gengxin's side and bent over to look at the periscope.

"Hiss......" Dai Mengrao gasped, looking at the Shinano, which was already a little tilted under the moonlight, a ghostly smile hooked up on the corner of his mouth.

"Hehe, what are you afraid of? Four torpedoes have already left the Grim Reaper mark on the Shinano. Wait and see. Li Gengxin said this, and looked back at the officers and soldiers behind him whose expressions were not very natural.

Li Gengxin said with a smile: "The Shinano is now holding its tail and running away!" They don't have time to talk to us. ”

In fact, after the torpedo exploded, the destroyer did not rush towards his position, and Li Gengxin knew that history was still continuing the original trajectory and advancing.

That's it. Li Gengxin led the Shooting Fish in the sea, and slowly headed for Kure Port in the Seto Inland Sea, taking the wounded Shinano in the sea.

On the way, Li Gengxin has been secretly praying that the Shinano will not rush to the beach.

I don't know if the heavens heard Li Gengxin's prayer, and the Shinano staggered all the way to Chaowu Port.

Staring at the sea giant in the distance, the angle of inclination gradually increased. Li Gengxin knew in his heart that the bad luck of the Shinano was about to come.

"Hey! If only there were a few more torpedoes. How could the Shinano persist until now? Li Gengxin held the periscope in his hand, stared at the Shinano and muttered to himself.

At this time. Suddenly, someone behind me shouted: "Report to the major, the submarine power is less than twenty percent!" ”

As a submarine with battery underwater propulsion. The lack of power means that the submarine is about to lose power.

Li Gengxin looked at the Shinano that was coming slower and slower with some unwillingness, and turned around and asked, "Reduce the speed a little." ”

"Report, we're already at the speed of five knots."

Li Gengxin gritted his teeth, holding the armrest of the periscope and shaking his head helplessly. Not being able to see the silence of the Shinano with his own eyes was undoubtedly a huge regret for Li Gengxin.

At this time, the sun is rising, and the sky is clear.

The Shinano's massive body tilted slightly on the surface of the sea like a hobbling old man. It seems that the Shinano at this time will sink into the sea if it is poked with a bamboo pole.

Li Gengxin pursed his lips and listened to Dai Mengrao beside him, lowered his voice and muttered, "Don't turn yet?" ”

Sighing, Li Gengxin was just about to give the order to turn. Suddenly, his eyes narrowed, and the corners of his mouth showed a happy smile: "Haha, the Shinano is not moving." Look! The Shinano is paralyzed! As he spoke, Li Gengxin turned around and gave the periscope to Dai Mengrao again.

The power compartment of the Shinano had been swallowed by the sea by this time. Panasonic's power soldiers swam out of the power cabin helplessly one by one.

The Shinano, which completely lost power, made Toshio Abe, who was standing in the command module, pale.

Ono-kun said as if he was mourning: "Dazuo, why don't you order the three destroyers of Xuefeng, Wufeng, and Jifeng to drag us?" ”

Toshio Abe had been on the battlefield for a long time, and he knew in his heart that the towing of the Shinano by the three destroyers was a fool's dream.

It is difficult for three destroyers to drag an ordinary aircraft carrier. The giant ship with a displacement of more than 60,000 tons and a full load of more than 70,000 tons under his feet was towed by three destroyers? This is a joke!

Squeak Squeak......

The command cabin suddenly tilted again, and there was a cacophony of metal grinding in the cabin.

"Is it really the ship cloud that is the fortune of the country? Just four torpedoes buried the hope of the empire on the doorstep of the empire? Toshio Abe looked at the generals behind him with a pale face at this time.

Ono-kun lowered his head at this time and muttered in a low voice: "Osa, the details of the Shinano have not yet been completed, and the report just now also said that the door of the water seal can hardly be closed, so a large amount of seawater is pouring in." The drainage system was not completed, the electric water pump could not be started, and the manual water pump was simply not enough! Damage Management ...... Damage Management ...... Hey......"

Speaking of which, Ono-kun couldn't go on.

Toshio Abe listened to the creaking and creepy sound of metal breaking in the cabin. sighed and said, "I'll stay, and you all pack up and prepare to abandon the ship!" ”

After speaking, Toshio Abe turned around, raised his hand and drew the command knife in his hand. He took out a white silk scarf from his pocket and began to wipe the command knife.

"Dazuo!"

"Dazuo!"

"Osa......"

Countless people shouted at Toshio Abe.

Toshio Abe raised his command knife with a long cold light, and suddenly pointed to the porthole and asked, "That submarine is still there?" ”

"Huh?"

"Herald, Xuefeng, Wu Feng, Jifeng! I want him to be buried for the Shinano! Toshio Abe's face was distorted and he shouted! (To be continued.) )