Chapter 643: Naval Battle (3)

Everyone is full of energy, ready to sink a few more warships of the little devils, to see if they dare to come here again to show off their might in the future.

Qin Zhonglin also suppressed the excitement and excitement in his heart, and according to the rapidly changing situation on the battlefield, he still issued various orders, and his tone was still extremely serious, but the wrinkles smiling at the corners of his eyes had betrayed the emotions in his heart at this time.

Commanding a fleet to sink enemy warships, this brilliant record can be recorded in history.

The number of ships of the two fleets was originally about the same. However, the "Mutsu" returned to the base for maintenance ahead of schedule, and the "Akitsu" was sunk, and there were two fewer warships at once, so the number of warships was at a disadvantage all of a sudden. Although the comprehensive combat power does not depend entirely on the number of warships, but on the premise that there is little difference in other aspects, the R fleet has fallen into passivity. Even the destroyer "Mt. Fuji," while attacking the destroyer "Flying Heaven," had to expend a large amount of firepower to guard against attacks by other warships of the Japanese fleet. As a result, the formation of the R-Ben fleet, which was already scarred, immediately became a little disorganized.

The fierce artillery battle completely covered the nearby sea area with smoke and obscured the sky. Countless shells that fell into the sea stirred up columns of water and waves, and the resulting air waves artificially created an unprecedented storm.

As the main warships of the two fleets, the two flagships, "Mt. Fuji" and "Feitian", were the primary targets of the other side's attack, and naturally they were hit the most, and they did not know how many rounds they were hit, in short, there were many bullet marks, and the superstructure was full of fire and smoke. A crack 15 meters long and 3 centimeters wide appeared on the starboard side of the "Feitian", the fuel tank was flooded, the fuel was outflowed, and the right propulsion shaft was deformed. And the "Mt. Fuji" did not get well, there were many breaches in the hull, the boiler compartment was damaged, and the missile compartment caught fire. However, in the end, the two ships were not penetrated to important parts, so they did not pose a lethal threat for the time being.

At 10:55 a.m., after a fierce battle, the frigate "Hiyo" of the Japanese fleet braved a hail of bullets and bullets to break through the defense and interception of the two frigates "Nagoya" and "Izumo" and pressed towards the huge "Mt. Fuji."

"Not good, they're going to launch torpedoes!" Daiki Ueno immediately realized that something was wrong.

Generally speaking, the frigate has no way to compare with the destroyer in terms of tonnage, armor or firepower, and it is obviously impossible to attack a large destroyer with artillery, and even if it is a ship-based missile, it is difficult to cause great damage to the "Mt. Fuji", and only by relying on the close range of the torpedo to attack the vital parts below the waterline can the destroyer be sunk, which is also one of the main reasons why the torpedo has not completely withdrawn from naval warfare so far. Therefore, he immediately ordered to hit the artillery fire and attack the "Flying".

The fire salvo of the main battleship was extremely ferocious, giving people the feeling of oppression that was about to destroy the world. Dense firepower suddenly stormed towards the "Feiyang".

The frigate "Feiyang" made an emergency right turn, as if it was a show, and the battleship poured more than ten degrees, and the port side drew a beautiful arc on the sea, setting off bursts of waves and rolling.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

Rows of shells exploded, stirring up the sea.

Under such dense artillery fire, although the "Feiyang" tried its best to dodge, it was still hit by several shells, and red mushroom clouds bloomed in an instant. The explosive power of the two 356-mm heavy artillery shells made the hull of the "Feiyang" instantly stick, and the speed dropped sharply. The starboard waterline belt armor was pierced, and after the explosion, two openings more than a meter wide were torn open. In an instant, the sea poured in, and the battleship tilted towards the starboard side.

"Damn it!" Wei Jinxu, the captain of the frigate "Feiyang", was shocked. He knew very well in his heart that if it weren't for the special treatment and reinforcement of the armor of the battleship, this round of shelling might have sunk the battleship.

"Launch torpedoes No. 1 and No. 2!" Although there are still seven or eight hundred meters away from the "Mt. Fuji" at this moment, which is not the best attack distance, Wei Jinxu does not dare to wait any longer due to the damage to the hull. In naval warfare, the loss of speed is equivalent to becoming a living target for the enemy.

"Yes! , torpedoes No. 1 and No. 2 are launched! The signal man repeated the captain's order.

At this moment, the "Feiyang" suddenly shuddered violently, and a shell hit the top of the island. In an instant, the upper bridge was suddenly pierced, and the shells pierced through the three-story bridge deck and exploded behind the conning tower. The explosion did not penetrate the command tower, but Wei Jinxu and several bridge staff officers were shocked to the ground by the huge impact force, and they were dizzy, and several people leaning on the back wall of the command tower fainted on the spot, and blood oozed from their ears and nose.

The order had not yet been delivered, as the Signal Corps had fainted and was unable to deliver the order.

Wei Jinxu was in a hurry, looking at the microphone close at hand, he hurriedly struggled to climb over, and reluctantly leaned on the microphone and shouted: "I am Captain Wei Jinxu, I order the No. 1 and No. 2 torpedoes to be launched immediately!" ”

Hearing the reply from the torpedo room in the microphone, Wei Jinxu breathed a sigh of relief, shook his head that was getting more and more dizzy, and just wanted to stand up, a 356 mm heavy artillery shell fell on the left side of the command tower, and with a bang, the huge explosion instantly shattered the armor of the command tower. The command tower could not withstand the huge tearing force, and suddenly split apart and splashed all around.

At the same time, more shells hit the "Feiyang", and the bridge command post was destroyed in an instant, and it cracked like lightning and thunder, making an overwhelming loud noise, scorching the sky with fierce flames, and white smoke covering the sea. So that the entire battleship was covered in smoke.

After a while, Wei Jinxu slowly woke up, felt a burning pain in his head, and blood was everywhere all over his body, and then looked at the other people on the command tower, and was immediately stunned. All others lay in pools of blood. Some of them had round eyes and bleed; Some of them were already in tatters, and stump limbs and internal organs could be seen everywhere, and blood was everywhere.

Holding back the tumbling in his abdomen, Wei Jinxu raised his eyes and saw two torpedoes on the sea speeding towards the "Mount Fuji".

"Da Da Da!"

Seeing this, the "Mt. Fuji" urgently accelerated to evade and opened heavy fire with the rapid-fire guns on one side, forming a dense blockade line on the sea surface of 400 meters, and bullets rained down.

At this time, everyone's hearts were raised to their throats. Everyone understands what kind of outcome it would have been if the "Mt. Fuji" had been torpedoed in such a fierce naval battle.

Under the surface of the sea, the torpedo was like a black swordfish, heading straight for the "Mt. Fuji". Dense rapid-fire artillery shells, passing through the sea, wrapped in bubbles of air, shot into the seawater, if you look up from the bottom of the sea, it is like a meteorite stream falling from the sky, streaking through the sky, leaving an extremely brilliant brilliance.

"Boom!"

The two torpedoes that went straight for the "Mt. Fuji" were not hit by rapid-fire guns until they were 50 meters away from the ship, and the two huge explosions stirred up two columns of water that made Ueno Daiki and everyone else breathe a sigh of relief.

However, the waves brought by the blast wave violently hit the side of the battleship, and the strong smell of the sea mixed with the stirred water mist made Ueno Daiki very confused and uneasy.

Vaguely, he suddenly thought of failure inexplicably. It was a word that would never have existed in his dictionary for him. However, at this moment, he couldn't help but think of the word.

Seeing that the torpedo did not achieve the expected results, Wei Jinxu was very disappointed, he staggered to the microphone, picked up the microphone and shouted a few times, but there was no response, knowing that the battleship's communication line must have been destroyed in the shelling just now.

"Come, is there anyone still alive?" He brace himself and dragged his wounded body out of the almost razed conning tower, shouting loudly. But as far as the eye could see, the whole ship was in flames, smoke was billowing out, and corpses were strewn all over the field, and there was hardly a single living one.

And the fact that the ship was so badly damaged and did not sink is obviously a miracle.

"Is it rare that more than 100 brothers on the whole ship are all dead?" Just when Wei Jinxu was almost in despair, he heard a voice behind him, "Report, I, I'm still alive!" ”

Wei Jinxu hurriedly turned around to take a look, only to see a big man in the uniform of the Japanese Shooting Fleet standing in front of him, his face was black and mushy, and he didn't know whether it was covered with cannon fodder or blackened by fireworks, only showing two white circles under his eyes, a living giant panda.

"Great!" Wei Jinxu didn't care who the person in front of him was at this time, so he grabbed him excitedly and said, "You go to the torpedo compartment immediately, convey my order, and immediately launch the No. 3 and No. 4 torpedoes!" ”

At this time, he had only one thought in his mind, that is: he must hit the "Mt. Fuji" with a torpedo, and even if it can't sink it, he must peel off its skin! But none of them still want to live.

"But......" The big man looked embarrassed, but after hesitating for a moment, he replied resolutely: "Yes! He turned around and ran towards the torpedo compartment.

Seeing the back of the big man turning away, Wei Jinxu smiled, his body was weak, and he immediately collapsed to the place, and his eyes gradually blurred.

As soon as he pushed open the door to the underground, a flame burst out, and the big man hurriedly closed the door, and the hair on his head was already scorched by the fire.

This is the reason why he hesitated a little just now, there was already a fire under the cabin, and because the battleship was seriously damaged, most of the crew members were killed, and the fire was even more uncontrollable. But when he thought of Wei Jinxu's entrustment just now, thought of the dead comrades-in-arms, and thought of the enemy ships that were still firing guns, his eyes were bloody, he gritted his teeth violently, and once again opened the door and rushed into the sea of fire.

After a short time, two torpedoes again jumped from the frigate "Feiyang" into the sea, snorted and bubbled, and quickly galloped towards the destroyer "Mt. Fuji".