Ps: I went out at 7 o'clock in the morning today to go to the Terracotta Warriors and Horses, Huaqing Pool, and watched "Song of Long Hatred" at night......

As the speed slowed down, the Mutsu's own maneuvering and evasion ability decreased significantly, and the rear deck position once again ate two 1000-pound bombs, one fell into the large hole on the rear deck, and the other exploded near the position of the No. 4 turret. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In just 3 minutes, 5 or 6 planes successfully dropped torpedoes and pounced on Mutsu, Captain Yamasumi Sadajiro Osa commanded Mutsu to rotate left and right, but he couldn't avoid everything, and it was not the same as the aircraft carrier, Mutsu was now surrounded by battleships, and he couldn't block his guns at all, and the small body of the destroyer couldn't cover the huge Mutsu, and in the end he could only rely on his own defensive strength to stand up.

Horikichi could see clearly from the Nagato, the Mutsu first rushed up a column of water in the middle of the port side, and then two columns of water each on the bow and stern of the starboard ship, apparently hitting a total of three torpedoes. However, he couldn't be distracted to pay too much attention to Mutsu, the Nagato was also the focus of the American attack, and in the chaos, he ate 2 bombs, 7 or 8 anti-aircraft guns were razed, but fortunately did not cause other major problems, at the same time, the Tirpitz received 1 bomb, the Kongo-class battleship Hiei ate a torpedo, and the rest of the ships ate a near miss.

The loss of this fleet was really not small, but the loss of American planes was also not small, when they concentrated their forces on attacking Mutsu, the rest of the planes lost the cover of their fighters, and were strangled by the Japanese and German fighters who had the advantage, and the exchange ratio was forcibly raised again, and by the time Brooke led the US Navy fleet to finally leave the scene, only 39 of the 128 planes remained, and 89 aircraft were lost, and the TBF once again became a catastrophic aircraft - only 9 of the 48 aircraft escaped, and the loss of the Axis aircraft also reached 18 aircraft. In addition, three planes were seriously damaged and could no longer be used after landing, and the overall combat losses exceeded 20 for the first time. When the U.S. planes left the field, the exhausted Japanese and German planes no longer pursued, but returned to the mothership to land and resupply as soon as possible.

Kusaka reported with a sad face: "Sir, the situation in Mutsu is very serious, three torpedoes, more than 4,000 tons of water, 13 degrees of rolling, and the speed has dropped to only 12 knots......"

"Is the manipulation still flexible?"

"It's barely okay."

Horikichi nodded, closed his eyes in pain, and seemed to be making a big decision, and after a moment made up his mind, he said, "In that case, send a telegram to Yamasumi Sadajiro and ask him to lead Mutsu to launch a decisive assault on the Katsu lock!" ”

Grass Deer stared at each other with round eyes, as if he had heard the most unbelievable words, and couldn't help but shout: "Sir, this is the Mutsu!" It is a symbol of the national spirit! He's still saved! ”

"It's hopeless!" Horikichi smiled bitterly, "Do you think the Americans will let him go, there must be a wave of air raids before the sun sets today, what can the Mutsu with only 12 knots of speed do at that time?" Do you believe he can escape? ”

"This ......"

"It's better to die than to sacrifice in vain, carry out the order......"

"Sir, think twice." The grass deer was full of tears and pain, and several young staff officers couldn't help but cry bitterly.

"Execute the order, what responsibility do I bear!"

Yamasumi Sadajiro couldn't believe his eyes when he received the command message, but the signal soldier of the Nagato played the standard flag with an unquestioning gesture.

At 13:18, the port side of the Mutsu took the initiative to fill the water and prepare to forcibly level forward, after injecting 1300 tons of seawater, the tilt angle was restored to 6 degrees, seeing that it has not been flattened, Yamasumi Sadajiro gritted his teeth and added 400 tons, at this time the Mutsu draft has completely exceeded the warning standard, not to mention the 12-level wind and waves, even a 6-level wind and wave may completely cover the main gun, if sailing in the North Atlantic, the 18-story bridge may be half flooded by the waves.

The sailors threw away everything that could be thrown away in order to reduce the weight of the warship, all kinds of facilities, tables and chairs, beds, and luggage were all thrown into the sea, but in front of nearly 7,000 tons of seawater, these were only insignificant, and finally Yamasumi Sajiro ordered the release of fuel, and after more than 2,000 tons of heavy oil were discharged, the draft of the hull was finally reduced a little, and under the attention of everyone, it slowly drove into the canal and rushed towards the Katsu lock, and the speed of Mutsu could still reach 12 knots, After water injection, it was further reduced to only 11.6 knots.

Tsukahara 243, who was sitting in Xianghe, let out a long sigh after receiving the information: he said yesterday that he was going to prepare to lose 1-2 warships, but even he himself did not expect that it would be the Mutsu, he always thought that it would be the Kongo-class that was older and had worse defense capabilities, but he did not expect that the 4 ships of the Kongo-class are still sound, but the Mutsu will say goodbye to the combined fleet in advance.

Neither the U.S. nor the Germans in the distance saw the air raids or engagements on the sea, and everyone at first watched in horror as the Mutsu pounced on the canal, and soon the German soldiers cheered, believing that Mutsu was alone in providing close artillery support. The U.S. troops were initially scared, and many soldiers instinctively wanted to abandon their positions and flee, but a staff officer reminded Ross that the Mutsu was driving in a very bad state, the superstructure was filled with smoke, many facilities were bombed in strange shapes, and the third turret was missing, and the speed was slow, and he came to a shocking conclusion:

He ...... He's going to sink ...... Sunk...... Mutsu is going to sink ......" His words were a little incoherent because he spoke too quickly, but Rose clearly understood the second half of the sentence, "Stop him!" Stop him! He's going to block the shipping lanes! ”

But what can be done to stop such a behemoth from advancing? Ross doesn't even have a decent 155mm howitzer in his hands now, and tank shells don't even deserve to tickle the armor belt.

Brooke had just landed in Nicaragua, and he panicked when he heard the news that Mutsu might use self-sinking to block the shipping lane, this is a 43,000-ton giant ship, if he sinks in the lock, it will be very troublesome to salvage in the future, he instinctively wants to stop it, but the time is too late, the plane that has just returned must be replenished with fuel bombs, and the newly arrived aircraft group must also be replenished with oil bombs, and at the same time, it is necessary to design and plan a plan of action, and it will take at least 2 hours to dispatch air strikes.

"Hey!" He slammed his fist into a plane in pain, and the ground crew looked at him sympathetically - the losses of Hainan Airlines were as heavy as those of Army Airlines! And the commander demanded a fourth wave of attacks before 4 o'clock! (To be continued.) )