"Hey, what's going on?"

In the bridge of the Prinz Eugen, Chen Daohe frowned, and looked at the captain of the ship, Colonel Franz, with questions in his eyes.

Sensing the approach of the Japanese aircraft, the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen urgently picked up speed, preparing to evade the torpedoes and aerial bombs of the Japanese planes at high speed and in an S-shaped position.

The maximum speed of 32 knots allowed the Prinz Eugen to quickly distance itself from the bulky British merchant ships, and a strange scene ensued.

None of the Japanese fighters tracked the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, and all the Japanese fighters circled over the British merchant fleet, dazzling like a swarm of vultures that had found dead bodies.

Two British destroyers cruised beside the merchant fleet, providing air cover for the merchant fleet with weak anti-aircraft fire, while calling the Prinz Eugen to return for support.

Chen Dao and Colonel Franz soon noticed the strange behavior of the Japanese fighters, and their hearts were full of question marks.

Could it be that Nagumo's bald conscience found out and ordered the group not to attack the Prince Eugen?

Or did the Japanese fleet want to wipe out the merchant fleet first, and then turn around and pick up the lone Prince Eugen?

Chen Dao hesitated in his heart, unsure of what the Japanese aircraft group wanted to do.

Chen Dao's hesitation was interrupted by a message from the communications room, and the British merchant fleet kept sending calls, hoping that the Prince Eugen would turn back to the rescue.

When Chen Dao received the report, he first exchanged a look with Colonel Franz, and out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Mandol and the little brother Sharon who were standing on the side.

As a commander, you must set an example for your subordinates.

Chen Dao retracted his gaze and said decisively: "We have the strongest anti-aircraft firepower in the whole fleet, and it is our duty to protect the safety of the fleet. ”

Colonel Franz said: "But the enemy's strength is too strong for one of our warships to deal with. ”

Chen Dao's face was expressionless, and he coldly threw down a sentence: "As a German soldier, I would rather die in battle than be scared to death." ”

After speaking, Chen Dao waved his hand and said to Mandol Fil and Sharon, "You come with me." ”

Seeing Chen Dao and the three of them walk out of the bridge, Colonel Franz turned around and shouted: "Right full rudder, turn around." ”

When the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen turned around and rushed to the battlefield, the figures of Chen Dao and the three appeared on the wide deck.

On the heads of the trio, the ornate officer's cap was gone, replaced by a steel helmet, and a life jacket was also put over the crisp officer's uniform.

Chen Dao ran to a 20mm Gatling anti-aircraft gun on the bow deck, stretched out his hand and patted the shooter's shoulder, signaling the shooter to leave, and then sat down in the shooter's position under the stunned eyes of the little brothers and the gunners, and skillfully fiddled with the anti-aircraft gun.

Of all the people, only Mantofil looked normal.

The reason is very simple, this is the style of "Your Excellency Brother-in-law", and it is also his greatest charm.

When the Prinz Eugen broke away from the fleet and turned around again, the British merchant fleet had already been subjected to a bloodbath by the Japanese fleet.

For the battle-tested pilots of the Japanese naval aviation, attacking a bulky merchant ship was as easy as hitting a fixed target, and the weak anti-aircraft fire on the two British destroyers was completely negligible.

In the first wave of attacks, four of the eight British merchant ships were fatally hit, tilting to one side or breaking in two, marching towards the Indian Ocean floor with flames and smoke, and the remaining four merchant ships were each wounded.

The fragments of the wrecked ships, dead bodies, oil, and overboard crew scattered across the sea aroused the bloodthirsty desires of the Japanese pilots, and a second wave of attacks was launched, just as the Prinz Eugen rushed into battle.

The slender hull of the Prince Eugen passed between a destroyer and an oil tanker, and the Gatling anti-aircraft gun of Chen Dao pointed at the left front of the battleship.

More than 200 meters away in front of the left, over the British destroyer, three Type 99 dive bombers formed a standard three-plane formation formation and dived towards the destroyer that was rushing left and right on the sea.

Chen Dao's gaze passed through the crosshairs of the sight, silently calculated the amount in advance, and stared at the Japanese fighters that were diving down in the sky in the distance.

The six barrels of the Gatling anti-aircraft gun in front of the seat rotated at high speed, and the 20-mm anti-aircraft shells flew out like water, the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke filled the air, and the shells clanged and landed on the tarsal plates, making a crisp crashing sound.

"Hit, hit."

In the excited shouts of the little brother Sharon, a few wisps of slender black smoke first came out of the fuselage of the Japanese fighter led by the Japanese fighters, and then suddenly disintegrated in the air, and the wreckage of all sizes scattered and fell into the vast sea.

Chen Dao also had an excited smile on his face, but the smile was only half revealed before it froze.

Anti-aircraft fire shot down a Japanese dive bomber, but failed to stop the bombing of the other two fighters in the three-plane formation.

Six 250-kilogram aerial bombs fell one after another, three thick white water columns rose from the left and right sides of the destroyer, the middle of the hull, the front and rear sides of the chimney were hit by bombs one after another, countless steel fragments flew into the sky, and heavy black smoke and white steam rushed out from the middle of the hull, almost covering most of the hull.

"That destroyer is finished······"

Chen Dao said and looked at the sky, and saw that the two Japanese dive bombers had finished dropping bombs, turned around and flew into the southern sky, without looking at the Prince Eugen.

Turning the muzzle, the anti-aircraft gun pointed at the starboard side of the battleship and fired again, guarding the tanker on the right, but it was already too late.

A Type 97 torpedo machine attacked from a low altitude on the port side of the tanker, and the Type 91 torpedo was in the middle of the left side of the tanker, and the violent explosion tore the fragile steel plate of the tanker, and the raging sea water poured into the inside of the hull, and the huge tanker rapidly tilted at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Chen Dao fired indiscriminately at the Type 97 torpedo plane in the distance, but he did not gain anything, leaving only countless gray-black gunpowder smoke in the blue sky.

Seeing the Japanese aircraft group leaving the battlefield, Chen Dao stopped shooting, looked around at the surrounding sea, and after a long time, squeezed out a sentence between his teeth.

"It's miserable, it's a one-sided massacre."

On the sea, none of the eight merchant ships survived, five had completely sunk, and three were sinking.

One of the two destroyers survived, wandering alone on the surface of the sea, rescuing the crew from overboard.

The heavy losses dispelled Chen Dao's excitement about shooting down an enemy plane, and Chen Daoyi jumped off the anti-aircraft gun emplacement, turned around and walked towards the bridge.

The little brother Sharon followed Chen Dao and said excitedly: "Your Excellency, is this the big scene in the war?" ”

Chen Dao stirred the corners of his eyes, squinted at the salon and said, "What kind of big scene is this?" It's just a small thing. ”

Chen Dao did not know that a sudden battle at sea and his performance left a deep imprint on the young heart of the future Israeli hero General Sharon, and also created two mantras that he often put on his lips to inspire Israeli soldiers.

"As an Israeli soldier, I would rather die in battle than be scared to death."

"Just killing hundreds of Arabs, what kind of big scene is it? It's just a small thing. ”

Chen Dao didn't know that his unintentional words left an indelible impression on the heart of the little brother Sharon, turned back to the bridge, and said to the captain, Colonel Franz: "Let's turn around and go back to rescue those British sailors who fell into the water." ”

When Chen Dao gave the order, he didn't know that on the sea about 900 meters away on the starboard side, a periscope was slowly rotating with the movement of the Prinz Eugen······