Chapter 275: The Fall of the Cruiser

The fire burned, the smoke billowed out, and the bursting destroyer, after just a dozen seconds, fell silent.

The cold river, the waves rolling, the sinking giant ship, stirred up a huge whirlpool, playing the waves, rolling, the waves went east.

Some parts, shattered objects on board, hollow and the like, floated on the water, rippling, helpless!

"How so?"

"Actually!"

"I ......"

The tragedy stunned all the officers and men of the Japanese naval fleet and exceeded their common sense.

It's horrible.

The commanders of several warships used binoculars to observe in the direction of Jinling City, but unfortunately, they were restricted by the tall and majestic city walls of five or six zhang high, and they could not see the situation in the city at all.

Such a strange scene, may I ask, how did the artillery of the Chinese army see our fleet and bombard two destroyers with more than a dozen cannons at the same time?

Every Japanese officer and soldier lost their souls.

The Japanese commander, in particular, had a complete nervous breakdown and a chill down his spine.

It's completely incredible, what's next? The Chinese shelled again, didn't they aim at us?

How terrible is it that you can't find your opponent and can't strike, but people can see you clearly and aim accurately?

The captains of several Japanese warships were terrified.

There was no need to negotiate, and there was no negotiability, and in panic, they reacted one after another.

Yes, shoot directly!

Anyway, the original attack was on the positions of the Chinese army, and if they were hit, whether the shells were sent from there or not, let's talk about it after a few bombardments!

Otherwise, I'm going to be scared to death by myself!

Yes, there was an urgent order to "turn the rudder, turn the rudder left, immediately retreat, retreat, avoid the artillery of the Chinese army!" ”

The Japanese fleet, in chaos.

The best performance was a cruiser, firing fiercely, boom boom. Fight around!

The gunboats, dozens of them, fled.

The 62-ton Japanese gunboats are far worse than the destroyers of about 3,000 tons and at least 1,000 tons.

Han Feng, on his side, had already observed the effect, and was very happy, so he immediately watched it again.

This time, he aimed at the Japanese cruiser that was firing fiercely.

A cruiser of about 4500 tons had at least a dozen guns fire, the largest caliber, there were also more than a hundred millimeters, and even one main gun, which was more than 200 millimeters.

Why aim for this?

Because the other Japanese fleets fled one after another, the battleships were too large, and under the bombardment of our shells, it is estimated that there will not be much effect, and it is better to look at the enemy's most effective target to clean up.

Moreover, this enemy cruiser, too, died. The shells actually bombarded the positions of our Pixiu Corps, killing several escort infantry on the edge of our artillery positions.

The level of enemy bombing is not bad.

Other warships are moving, this cruiser is not moving! It's better to fight.

Once you have identified a cannon fire, fire the cannon immediately.

Boom, a shell flew over and, after a long parabolic trajectory, accurately hit the mast of the enemy cruiser.

The mast suddenly collapsed!

Tear off the cracked mast steel debris and make a mess on the deck.

The large cruiser shook violently.

On the mast tower, a raging fire broke out.

Thick smoke rose and steamed, forming a spectacle, and on the surface of the river, the trail of the cruiser was enlarged.

Han Feng ordered the officers and men of this artillery to intensify their shooting, keep their original positions still, and bombard them as fast as they could.

He came to the second gun, quickly watched, operated, fired!

At this time, on the Japanese cruiser, all the officers and men were stupid.

The soldier who was shooting looked up at the flames of the mast, terrified.

Why are the Chinese' shells so accurate?

Something that is impossible to dream of, one shot at a time?

Could it be that the British, Mi, and Soviet troops came to the aid of the Chinese and mixed in the city of Jinling?

Damage management personnel quickly attacked to rescue the damage, especially to extinguish the fire.

The captain of the Japanese cruiser, a certain Dazuojun, personally urged and ordered a junior officer to hurry to the scene to command, and at the same time, viciously gave the order to continue shooting and retaliate against the Chinese army.

At this time, Han Feng fired a second shell!

This shell followed the last, with a short, short interval.

Only less than twenty seconds.

Because, the observation and sighting equipment is too advanced, it is important that you trap the position of the target, and you can quickly give the shooting element.

This time, Han Feng didn't need to look at the shooting Zhu Yuan, and directly ordered the officers and soldiers to adjust the angle of fire, up and down, left and right.

The shells have long been loaded, and as long as they are aimed, they can be fired.

The Japanese army was busy, the batteries were firing, in order to increase the breadth of the shooting, the Japanese cruiser was in an east-west direction, facing the city of Jinling, so that both the main guns at the end and the secondary guns on the flanks could be used to the greatest extent.

The Japanese guns fired one after another, the whistling sound was deafening, and a long trajectory was streaked through the air, and frequent large-scale firing caused the cruiser to shake violently.

However, the captain forbade the cruiser to move.

First, it affects the shooting of battleships, and second, they feel that the Chinese army is shooting indiscriminately, and if you are in any position, the probability of being shot is the same, so why bother?

There were many Japanese officers and soldiers on the deck, especially the damage management personnel, more than 50 of them, who had already been engaged in fire-fighting operations.

The second shell arrived!

Boom, it's still the old place, the mast!

This time, a large flame exploded, steel parts.

The Japanese cruiser shook violently, the fire erupted suddenly, and the damage control personnel below were shot by a large number of flying grenade fragments, and were crushed to death by a large number of collapsed and falling mast steel bumps!

Some of the flames, falling down, also burned some people.

It was a terrible scene.

Basically, none of the damage management personnel are intact.

At the very least, more than a dozen damage control personnel, including a few officers who had hurried to the deck to command, were blown away, flew into the icy water, and became fish and turtles.

The Japanese were taken aback.

However, the Japanese soldiers became more enraged and fired more ferociously.

The cruiser captain shook "The Chinese artillery is simply crazy, quick, we retreat, retreat!" ”

However, before the cruiser could lift anchor and set off, two more shells were fired almost simultaneously!

All hit the cruiser.

This time, a shell hit the middle of the cruiser, slightly downward, the position of the ship's side, directly penetrated the deck, drilled into it and exploded!

Another shell, once again hit the mast!

Boom, the shell that got into the cabin below deck exploded.

The cruiser shook violently, the deck was blasted open with another big hole, and twisted and torn! The fire in the mast has spread to all the decks, and below the deck, because of the explosion, it also caught fire, and some cables and other materials burned with a terrifying atmosphere.

This is a joint strike between our army's first artillery fire and the third artillery fire personally operated by Han Feng.