The defeat in the first air battle did not affect the Japanese desire for a decisive battle.

In their view, the defeat in the decisive battle in the air was nothing more than a minor setback, and soon the "invincible" Japanese naval fleet would teach the Chinese a heavy lesson.

April 26, 1 a.m. Point 1. Divide.

After the air battle, the advance fleets of China and Japan encountered. A naval battle broke out.

1。 : 15, the Japanese destroyer "Asahio" shelled the Chinese destroyer "Shanghai", and "Shanghai" fought back.

The two sides fired at each other with naval guns, and the shells constantly stirred up huge columns of water on the surrounding sea, in an attempt to quickly destroy each other's determination to fight in the shortest possible time.

Qi Chengcheng, the captain of the "Shanghai," has always calmly commanded the battle.

Although the current Chinese Navy has almost become the world of those young people and those young Zhuang factions, as the only remaining veteran, Qi Chengcheng is not willing to disappear from the public's sight in such obscurity.

Although a few months before the outbreak of the naval battle, his boss had talked to him about transferring him from the "Shanghai" to take up an easy job, but Qi Chengcheng refused without hesitation.

In his opinion, the ship is his life, nay, more than life. His whole life has been tied to the battleship. Raw, born on a ship; Die on the ship!

Moreover, at that time, everyone in the navy already knew that a decisive battle with the Japanese navy was inevitable, and who wanted to leave their warships at this time and lose this opportunity to create a glorious history?

So, Qi Chengcheng appeared here......

The shells whizzed by like they were about to hit their faces. But Qi Chengcheng just stood straight like this, and he didn't have any intention of dodging.

At this time, on the Japanese ship "Asahi Tide", Takezaburo Kameshima's face was as solemn. He was well aware of what this decisive battle at sea meant for Japan.

If you lose, then Japan really has nothing

"Sink the Shanghai with all your might!" Kameshima Takezaburo roared hoarsely.

"Sink the Asahi with all your might!" Almost at the same moment, Qi Chengcheng, the captain of the "Shanghai," also shouted loudly.

The "Shanghai" and the "Chaochao" were desperately fighting, and the naval officers on both sides were red-eyed, shouting in hoarse voices, constantly stuffing shells into the barrels of the guns, and then viciously smashing them at each other.

If victory could have been achieved by willpower and spirit, the "Shanghai" and "Chaochao" would have sunk countless times......

"Shot on the port side, turret No. 2 damaged!"

The bad news fell into Qi Chengcheng's ears, but Qi Chengcheng still maintained a cold face: "No. 1, No. 3 turrets, bombard with all your might!" ”

Seeing that the "Shanghai" had been shot, he thought that the other side would soon flee the "Chaochao" in a hurry, but he did not expect to usher in an even more fierce artillery return fire from the "Shanghai."

While Kameshima Takezaburo was surprised, he also felt a trace of respect for all the Chinese Navy on the "Shanghai". The current Chinese Navy is really different from the previous ones.

The best way to respect your enemy is to defeat it once and for all!

All the artillery fire on the "Chaochao" was concentrated and bombed indiscriminately towards the "Shanghai" in an overwhelming manner. And the "Shanghai" did not show weakness and fiercely returned fire with its main and secondary guns.

1。 ：3。 , the Chinese destroyer "Xining" and the destroyer "Arashio" under the command of the commander of the Japanese Eighth Destroyer Detachment, Ogawa Tei Miyachusa, also joined the naval battle.

The battle between the four destroyers changed the sky over the sea.

The sharp whistling of the cannonballs was enough to devastate the souls of those who had never participated in a naval battle. The continuous roar of those machine guns was enough to make the fish in the sea sink into the deepest part of the sea in panic. …,

The battleship roared there, the soldiers roared there!

Every officer and sailor of the navy fought for this naval battle, and they were desperately reloading shells like crazy, desperately trying to sink the enemy's ships as quickly as possible.

The new destroyers "Xining" and "Huangchao" were inseparable, but the "Shanghai", which had been injured before, gradually became a little inadequate.

1。 :35, the "Shanghai" was wounded again, the No. 1 boiler was damaged, and the battleship lost part of its power.

But the officers and men of the whole ship fearlessly continued to cover the "Chaochao" with powerful artillery fire, and in their dictionary, there was no such thing as "escape"!

At 10:45, the Japanese Seventh Heavy Cruiser Fleet "Kumano" and "Suzuya", and the heavy cruisers "Lugo" and "Yingzhao" of the Chinese Ninth Cruiser Fleet arrived on the battlefield.

The naval battle became tragic in an instant......

The Kumano was a little unlucky, and during one of its previous routine training sessions, it unfortunately collided with the "Goshu Maru" transport ship, causing a large hole in the hull of the ship, and the two boilers also had serious problems, and it was not until the outbreak of the naval battle that it rushed into the battle without completely completing the repair.

It is like a patient who has been injured and has not yet recovered, and its point is quickly ...... by Lu Wu The heavy cruiser keenly caught .1

"Kumano" quickly became the target of "Rikugo"!

The "Kumano" behaved very fiercely, blocking the artillery attack from the "Lugo" while supporting the "Asahio" onslaught on the "Shanghai", which was wounded twice!

This is a contest of willpower between the two sides, whether it is the "Kumano" that has been attacked, or the "Shanghai" that has been wounded, whoever is the first to be forced to withdraw from the battlefield will have a great impact on the battle situation.

The "Kumano" is holding on, and the "Shanghai" is also holding on......

"Captain, the No. 2 pot is also damaged!"

The first mate's hurried report made Qi Chengcheng's facial muscles twitch: "Tell the brothers, hold on, hold on to the Chaochao, and don't let it reinforce the Kumano!" ”

"Understood, hold the Chao Chao to death!"

The officers and men of the "Shanghai" are already very aware of their current situation, and with the "Shanghai" suffering many wounds, sinking the "Chaochao" has become an impossible task. And now all the officers and men of the ship have to do is to assist their friendly ships in sinking the "Kumano"!

When the two boilers were damaged and most of the power was lost, the officers and men on the "Shanghai" calmed down. They know what they're up for anytime soon, but they don't care.

In their opinion, it would be a good deal to exchange a destroyer for a heavy cruiser of the enemy.

Takezaburo Kameshima on the "Asahio" soon discovered what the officers and men on the "Shanghai" wanted to do. But in the face of the almost desperate "Shanghai", Kameshima Takezaburo had no choice.

The only plan was to sink the "Shanghai" as soon as possible and join the aid of the "Kumano".

I scolded those damn naval commanders in my heart, why was a heavy cruiser that had not yet completed repairs sent to the battlefield so easily? Do those in the command of the Navy think that a heavy cruiser is completely unworthy of attention?

Or do they despise the Chinese Navy too much?

Only those who have been on the battlefield will know that today's Chinese Navy is no longer the Chinese Navy that did not have much combat effectiveness in the past.

The current Chinese Navy is strong enough to complete a naval battle that attracts worldwide attention!

The shells flew towards the "Shanghai" even more ferociously, and the "Shanghai" did its best to repair the ship and return fire with the last of its ability. If you can drag on for one more minute, you will have more hope. …,

And at the moment, the situation of "Kumano" is not at all easier than that of "Shanghai"!

Their preparations for the sudden appearance of the "Luwu" were inadequate, and when the battle really began, they realized that the Chinese heavy cruiser was far superior to them in terms of tonnage and firepower.

And what's even worse is that the "Kumano" is still a patient

The artillery fire covered the "Kumano", and in just a few minutes, the "Kumano" had been wounded in two places, and the Japanese naval officers and sailors on the "Kumano", who lacked power, were also cursing the incompetent and damned commanders of the Japanese Admiralty like Takezaburo Kameshima!

The fate of the "Kumano" is going to be buried here today.

At 10:55, a cannonball fired from the "Chaochao" again accurately hit the "Shanghai", killing and wounding more than a dozen officers and men on the "Shanghai."

Among them, including their captain Qi Chengcheng.

"Fight, fight, Shanghai ......", Qi Chengcheng opened his eyes from the coma, regardless of the severe pain in his body, and shouted loudly: "Shanghai, fight, fight, fight!" ”

This loyal and excellent captain, even at this point, still did not forget to call on his officers and men to fight to the end.

And everyone on the "Shanghai" is as loyal and excellent as their captain!

Fight! "Wang Hai", fight, fight!

"What a sailor." Witnessing all this, Kameshima Takezaburo couldn't help but mutter.

The enemy on the other side is completely respectable, even in desperate situations, they have never given up from beginning to end, and even now, they are still fighting tenaciously.

He glanced at the battlefield and closed his eyes in despair......

Yes, the "Shanghai" was about to sink, but, thanks to the efforts of the "Shanghai", the Japanese heavy cruiser "Kumano" also came to the last moment.

Under the bombardment of the "Lu Wu", it has lost the ability to continue to resist, and the rest is just waiting for the final order to come.

It's too late, it's too late to rescue, Kameshima Takezaburo kept telling himself in his heart.

A heavy cruiser for one destroyer of the enemy? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, and then slowly shook his head.

"Shanghai", fight, fight! ）