In the lounge of the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, Chen Dao was awakened from his sleep by a sharp knock on the door.

Knocking on the door was Lieutenant Sharon, the junior adjutant.

"Report, the battleship Hindenburg sent a message that their radar had spotted traces of the Japanese fleet."

Chen Dao sat up, picked up his coat and draped it over his body, and walked outside while buttoning it.

Before he could reach the bridge, he heard the rumbling sound of shelling coming from outside, and his ears were ringing.

Chen Dao walked into the bridge and asked Colonel Franz, "What is the situation now?" ”

Colonel Franz said: "Our radar room also found the Japanese fleet, at an azimuth of 162 degrees and at a distance of about 22,500 meters, and we were conducting the first round of firing. ”

Chen Dao looked out of the bridge, flares and cannon fire spewing flames that pierced the darkness that shrouded the sea.

On the sea, the small figure of the destroyer was moving away, and the beam of the searchlight pointed to the southeast.

In the binoculars, several vague figures of battleships loomed.

Chen Dao put down his binoculars and looked at his watch, it was already 3:40 in the morning.

"We chased them for almost ten hours, but luckily we caught them, and the time was not wasted. The Japanese dared to ambush me with a submarine, and they had to pay for this ingratitude. Inform Lieutenant General Hersman at once, let them come close to us, and send a group of planes to attack as soon as dawn comes. ”

"The telegram has been sent." Colonel Franz said.

"Very well, let's see how the Hindenburg and Gneisenau perform."

Colonel Franz glanced at Chen Dao out of the corner of his eye, and sighed in his heart.

This kind of brain-hot behavior is not necessary at all, it is completely possible to wait until dawn and let naval aviation solve the problem, so that meaningless losses in battleship duels can be avoided.

Seeing Chen Dao's angry expression, Colonel Franz finally decided not to persuade him.

The reason is very simple, one is that even if he says it, the brother-in-law next to him will not listen to it.

Second, the results of the battle were taken away by the naval aviation on the aircraft carrier, what did they take to get meritorious service?

For military merit, in order to receive the Knight's Iron Cross, proper adventure is a must.

Colonel Franz bred up, stopped thinking about meaningless things, and concentrated on directing the battleship to fight.

Chen Dao's eyes swept around the sea through the telescope, watching the progress of the battle, but he couldn't see clearly because of the poor light, until two fires appeared on the sea in the distance.

It was two destroyers, and judging by the distance, one of the German Navy and one of the Japanese Navy was hit and caught fire.

In the telescope, Chen Dao clearly saw the scene of the crew of a German destroyer jumping into the sea at a close distance.

Before he could mourn for the destroyer that had been shot and caught fire, Chen Dao put down his binoculars and looked down at the little adjutant Sharon who was tugging at his clothes.

"What's the matter? Why are you pulling my clothes? Chen Dao asked.

The little adjutant Sharon pursed his lips and said timidly: "There is a top-secret telegram from China, in my briefcase. ”

"Top secret telegrams? When was it sent? ”

"About two hours ago, I saw you sleeping, and I didn't want to disturb you, so I didn't wake you up."

Chen Dao said with a straight face: "Since it is a top-secret telegram, it means that it is very urgent, and if something similar happens in the future, you must show it to me as soon as possible." ”

The two left the bridge and walked to Lieutenant Sharon's bedroom.

Chen Dao took the telegram that Sharon took out of his briefcase, sat down at his desk and read it patiently.

The telegram was forwarded from German soil, and the real sender was the "Trojan Horse" lurking in the United States, his adjutant, Major Lorenz.

"Oh, Operation Two-Headed Serpent, the Royal Navy Pacific Fleet feints to attack Midway, and the US Pacific Fleet attacks the Fiji Islands, pull out this nail that is nailed to the US-Australia route."

Chen Dao continued to look through the long version of the telegram and saw that the German Marines would operate with the US Pacific Fleet, and they would complete the ground combat mission of attacking the Fiji Islands.

"In conjunction with the Marine Corps' attack on the Fiji Islands, there are two Essex-class fleet aircraft carriers and two Independence-class light aircraft carriers, which are quite powerful. What would I do if I was Japanese? ”

Chen Dao scratched his head and pondered the possible reaction of the Japanese.

The biggest possibility is that the Japanese found out that the Allies were counterattacking the Fiji Islands and sent an aircraft carrier formation to meet them.

With the strength of the Japanese Navy, it is more likely to defeat the US Pacific Fleet and win a naval battle.

By that time, the German Marines who had landed on the Fiji Islands would be left alone, and those that did not land on the islands would be sunk along with their transport ships or simply captured.

The Japanese, especially the Japanese Army, did not have the fine style of giving preferential treatment to prisoners without surrendering their guns and not killing them. 、

Coupled with the poison gas retaliation incident that happened not long ago, once those German marines were captured and fell into the hands of the perverted prisoner of war camp guards of the Japanese Army, the picture was too beautiful to imagine.

The most important thing is that Lieutenant General Stein, commander of the First Marine Corps, and Major Lorentz beside him are the Trojan virus that they want to implant into the Australian American Commander MacArthur.

If these two Trojan viruses are killed by the "firewall" of the Japanese Navy, it will really be a pure black humorous drama.

No, I must resolutely avoid this kind of thing and divert the attention of the Japanese Combined Fleet to the direction of Midway.

In his thoughts, the minutes and seconds flew by until a violent explosion came from the back of the cabin, followed by violent vibrations.

Chen Dao's body shook, almost flew out of the chair, and hurriedly stretched out his hands to hold down the desk to stabilize his body.

"We were shot, it should not be a large-caliber naval gun, it is dangerous here now, let's leave here immediately and go to the bridge."

Chen Dao analyzed the origin of the explosion very experienced, hurriedly smashed the telegram into the briefcase, ran out of the cabin with the small adjutant Sharon, and hurried back to the bridge.

After finding Colonel Franz, Chen Dao shouted, "We were shot just now." ”

Colonel Franz stared at the sea in the distance, and said without looking back: "It was the small-caliber naval guns that hit us, it doesn't matter, the main guns of the enemy battleships are all pointed to starboard, we are now on their port side, we are safe for the time being." ”

Chen Dao hurriedly took the binoculars and looked at the sea in the distance, and saw that the port side of a large warship on the sea in the distance was facing the bow of the Prince Eugen.

With the help of the fire from the guns of the large battleship, Chen Dao saw that the main guns of the battleship were all pointing to starboard, and only some of the secondary guns were firing at the Prinz Eugen.

"That's a Yamato-class battleship?" Chen Dao asked.

"Yes, it should be the battleship Musashi. The Hindenburg and Gneisenau were on its starboard side, and I took advantage of our high speed to make a detour back to its port side. That Kongo-class battleship has been sunk by our comrades, and we will send this Yamato-class battleship to God right away. Torpedo, ready, six salvos. ”

The Prinz Eugen approached about 10,000 meters from the Musashi under the fire of the battleship's secondary guns, and six 533 mm torpedoes were fired from the torpedo tubes in the bow.

Six torpedoes fanned out with a silvery-white wake and rushed towards the battleship Musashi.

The dim light on the surface of the sea provided excellent cover for the torpedoes, and four torpedoes swept across the stern of the Musashi without a hit.

The other two torpedoes mercilessly slammed into the rear half of the Musashi's port side, sending two dazzling fires into the air and a tall white column of water rising into the air, followed by a heavy slam into the massive hull of the Musashi.

"Hit······ It is fate that you will ambush me with torpedoes again. Chen Dao shouted excitedly.

"If he hits, he's finished, even if he wasn't sunk by a torpedo, and when dawn dawn and our plane arrived, he wouldn't be able to run away. At least a third of the tonnage is to be credited to us, and we can withdraw. Colonel Franz shouted excitedly.

"Retreat immediately, and when their main guns turn around, we will be in danger." Chen Dao immediately understood, after all, with the body of the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, it was extremely dangerous to be exposed to the muzzle of the Musashi's 460 mm guns.

After firing the torpedo, the Prinz Eugen made a sharp turn and headed north, breaking away at full speed away from the Musashi.

The joy of two torpedoes hitting the battleship Musashi had just lingered in Chen Dao's heart when he was dissipated by a sudden bad news.

"A telegram was sent from the Gneisenau, and the stern main gun turret was hit through by an armor-piercing shell from an enemy ship, causing an explosion of ammunition, and the damage failed, and it was decided to abandon the ship."

"······ Gneisenau?" Chen Dao threw himself to the bridge window and tried to find the location of the Gneisenau, but failed because of the dark light.

Chen Dao retracted his gaze, thought for a few seconds, and then said: "Retreat, retreat immediately, retreat with all the staff, and immediately give orders to all the surviving warships to get them out of the battlefield." ”

Colonel Franz was also struck by the news of the sinking of the Gneisenau, restrained the smile on his face, and kindly enlightened Chen: "We also sank one of their Kong-class battleships, which can be regarded as a tie." Wait until dawn and let naval aviation come and destroy them. ”

Chen Dao glanced at Colonel Franz with a calm face, and said coldly: "You don't understand. ”

After speaking, Chen Dao turned around and walked out of the bridge and walked towards his residence.

Back at his residence, Chen Dao took off his military hat and threw it on the desk, covered his head with both hands and said: "Impulse is the devil, I shouldn't have pursued it, and I boarded a Gneisenau for nothing." Low-level mistakes, damn low-level mistakes, didn't even hold back the anger. I should learn from Sima Yi's spirit of being a turtle with a shrunken head and never going to war, alas, the Three Kingdoms looked at it in vain. Oh my Gneisenau······ I couldn't hold back. ”

After beating his chest for a while, Chen Dao regained his composure and sat at the table with his hands over his face.

It would be a pity that the Japanese Kongo-class battleship should also be left to the Americans to destroy, at least a few torpedoes that could consume the Americans.

Impulsive, I'm too impulsive, I'm still too young to hold my breath!

Chen Dao let go of the hands covering his face and looked at the desk depressedly, his eyes suddenly attracted by something.

Picking up a copy of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" from the shelf, Chen Dao quickly turned to a certain page.

"Zhou Yu beat Huang Gai by his own people, and used a bitter trick for Boss Cao, Kan Ze sent a letter of fraud again, and then burned it with a fire."

He and the Japanese combined fleet can also be regarded as half of their own people, and it seems that they can force a wave of bitter meat tricks.

Well! If you can't do Sima Yi in advance, you can do it with hindsight and make amends, so that the Allied Two-Headed Snake operation will become a guillotine operation.

It's okay, it's okay, the Three Kingdoms didn't look in vain!

Chen Dao cheered up, took out a cigarette and lit it in his mouth······