Episode 106 Flying Pier Town (8)
After the torpedo was fired, the task of the torpedo boat was completed, and the 102nd had to turn and withdraw to the rear.
Two torpedoes sped towards the enemy ship at a speed of 18 knots.
As soon as they saw it, the Chinese torpedo boats turned their bows and drove back, and all the Japanese ships knew that the Chinese torpedo boats had finished firing torpedoes, so all the ships were frightened, lest the torpedoes were coming towards them, so they all widened their eyes and observed the situation in the water.
In a hurry, Kazuo shouted loudly: "Dodge the torpedo - dodge the torpedo-"
But nothing was found in the water, because the torpedo was driven in the water, which was very concealed, and it was difficult for the average naked eye to find it.
Finally, a sailor spotted it and shouted loudly: "Torpedo-torpedo-"
The torpedo grazed the starboard side of the "Ataka" by 5 meters, and then headed to the rear.
Another torpedo passed 3 meters past the port side of the "Toba".
These two torpedoes were enough to call all the officers and men of the "Ataka" and "Toba", and their hearts beat in horror for a long time.
Just when all the Japanese officers and men were cheering and shouting loudly, rejoicing that the torpedo was empty, two loud noises were suddenly heard. "Boom-" "Boom-" The two small ships were blown to pieces in an instant, and the half-cut ship and several half-cut people flew into the sky and put on a show in the sky for a long time before they slowly fell.
The two small ships were struck by drifting mines.
The shattering of these two small ships made the Japanese officers and men who had just been happy for a while feel like a basin of cold water poured from their heads to their heels in their fiery hearts, and their hearts were suddenly cold.
The officers and men of the gunboat "Seta", like all ships, have gone through a roller coaster. The first thing I came up to was to see two Chinese torpedo boats rushing over, and they were really frightened, until they wanted to hit the torpedo, and the man and the ship were finished. The Chinese torpedo boats withdrew, and they were even more frightened, and they must have sent torpedoes, and if they were to hit them, then their own lives would be accounted for.
When I heard all the Japanese officers and soldiers shouting with joy, I knew that it was a Chinese torpedo that had gone empty.
Thanks to the fact that the officers and men on the ship are still in good health, if they have a heart attack, they will definitely have a frightened attack.
Just when they were secretly rejoicing, they only heard the sound of the boat gang "dang", as if they had hit a big rock, and then a powerful force burst out from the big stone, which pushed the bow of the ship high at once, and an earth-shattering loud sound sounded under the boat, "boom-" sound, and at once the "Shiduo" was blown into two parts, one in the bow and the other in the middle of the ship.
Several officers and soldiers were on the deck, not knowing what situation they encountered, but they felt that their legs were numb, and their legs were gone in an instant. It was when both of their legs were shattered. There was also a soldier, who was leaning on the deck, only to feel a huge force coming from behind, and the shock made the internal organs instantly seem to change positions, only to feel that his mouth was salty, and a mouthful of blood was spit out of his mouth, and he couldn't even vomit out his liver, and his head was dizzy, and his life was gone.
It was all his internal organs that were shattered.
The bow of the "Sedo", together with the main guns, suddenly broke away from the main body of the ship, and had no attachment, so it had to tilt to one side, and then quickly entered the water, and slowly sank into the water.
There were four or five soldiers with broken legs next to the main artillery, and they waved their hands upwards unwillingly, extremely reluctant to fall down the Yangtze River with the main artillery, but they were unwilling and had no choice. The capital of the ship went down, and they naturally went down, and in the water, because their legs could not move, and the strength of waving their hands was too small, they could only "grunt" like jars...... Gollum ...... "watered."
When their stomachs were filled with water, they could only sink to the bottom of the river like stones.
The rest of the "Seto" section, like a monster, opened the belly of the isolation compartment, floating alone on the water, swaying slightly, and immediately flooded in large quantities.
Fortunately, the captain of the "Seta" Tara had not yet been killed, and at this time the "Seta" was not too far from the river. Daliang shouted loudly: "Abandon ship, abandon ship, landing-landing-"
All the officers and men who did not die immediately threw themselves into the water one by one and swam scrambled towards the shore, as if they were engaged in a swimming competition. The soldiers in the engine room were still naked, and they didn't have to dive into the water, they went directly into the water in one step from the isolation cabin.
Swimming to the shore, Daliang looked at the half-blown "Shiduo" in a daze, what can I do? Even if there is a tugboat, it can't drag this "potential", let alone drag, it will sway a little, and a large amount of water will enter the water, and it sees, this half of the boat is also going to sink.
Daliang was not to be a good naval officer in the Japanese Empire, and as soon as his mind turned, he came up with a brilliant plan, so he ordered all the officers and men: "All obey the order, go to the nearby village to demolish the houses, transport the long logs, we will build a new bow, and we will do everything in our power to save our 'Seta'." ”
As a result, the officers and men of the "Shiduo" flew like a swarm of flies to the village, demolishing houses and cutting down trees when they saw them. They brought in wood, and under the careful command of Captain Daliang, they built another wooden bow and pieced together the "Seta" with great difficulty, so that the lower half of the "Seta" was protected from flooding.
Later, a tugboat came, and the half-wood and half-iron-clad "Shiduo" was towed to Shanghai for repairs.
This was also spread as a joke by other officers and men of the Japanese Combined Fleet, and the "Seta" was nicknamed a wooden toy.
The continuous use of the drifting mines had caused the Third Fleet to lose the main gunboats of the "Seta" and the "Katata" and two other small ships, and the "Seta" was able to save half of its body, while the "Katata" sank directly to the bottom. This really hurts Eiji Kondo's heart, if it goes on like this, it won't take long for the 11 teams of his Third Fleet to be reimbursed.
"We must find a way to subdue China's drifting mines and mines, otherwise, our Third Fleet will not have peace." Eiji Kondo threw a loud tantrum at his staff.
Major General Hideo Ohno, a resourceful general who has long been thinking about how to deal with Chinese mines, especially drifting mines. Although the minesweepers have done a lot of work and cleared a lot of mines, it will still take some time to completely clear the mines laid by the Chinese army. Especially the drifting mines, swept and released, when will they all be cleared?
At this time, a small Chinese fishing boat in the distance caught the attention of Hideo Ohno. He said to Kazuo Otao, the captain of the Ataka next to him, "Rear Admiral Kazuo Otoru, what do you think it is?" ”
Kazuo Datou glanced at it and said disdainfully: "Isn't it just a small Chinese fishing boat fishing, we are a serious navy, do you want us to expel this small Chinese fishing boat?" ”
Looking at this Chinese fishing boat that was at war between the two countries for the sake of livelihood, Hideo Ohno said, "I don't want you to see this fishing boat, but I want you to see their nets?" ”
"What's so good about this broken net," Kazuo Datou didn't have a good face, "Now that we are fighting, how can we have the leisure to watch the fisher, and how can we have the leisure to watch the broken net of the fisher." ”
Hideo Ohno induced Kazuo Otru to say, "Isn't it a truth to fish and thunder." We can also pull a net on the Yangtze River, so can those drifting mines still drift casually? ”
The sentence broke, and Eiji Kondo's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said loudly: "Yo Xi! Yo West! Fishing and thundering are the same thing, nets are non-metallic, and it is impossible for a drifting mine to explode when it encounters it. Yo West! Yo West! ”
Kazuo Otoru also seemed to suddenly have a big understanding, and muttered, "Smart General Hideo Ohno, why didn't you say it earlier?" ”
Hideo Ohno also said modestly, "I also suddenly saw fishing and realized the truth. ”
The efficiency of the Third Fleet was astonishing, and it soon used small ships to pull up a weaving net on the Yangtze River. These net truths are the same as net fish, and when countless drifting mines encounter nets, they are caught in the net.
The sappers went up and quickly removed the fuses from the mines, or they were taken away and destroyed.
How could this qiē escape the eyes of Han Xing in the headquarters of Wharf Town.
In the simple command post in Wharf Town, Han Xing, Zhang Weihan, Yin Zhaoli, Wang Yifei, and Hou Dashan were all quietly observing this qiē with binoculars.
In order to cope with the bombardment of the enemy's heavy artillery, the command post was covered with a thick layer of red soil, which was six meters thick, but it was still unknown whether it could avoid the blows of the heavy artillery of the Japanese fleet. Fortunately, the command post is a long slip, and if this piece is blown up, as long as they are not dead, the people in the command post can quickly move to another place.
Zhang Weihan said to Han Xing: "Isn't it time for our air force to attack?" ”
Han Xing nodded and said, "These small torpedo boats, mines, and drifting mines can make the devils suffer a lot. In the next step, if we want to completely destroy the Yang Zijiang fleet of the Third Fleet, we have to count on our air force. It's up to our air force to deal with them, right? ”
So, Han Xing took out his mobile phone, dialed Xu Da's number, and said to Xu Da, "Commander Xu, have you rested enough for a while?" ”
"Wait for you," Xu Da said simply and decisively, "just waiting for your order?" ”
"Good!" Han Xing said excitedly, "Whether you can rewrite history or not depends on you." Commander Xu, take out your housekeeping skills, and let the Third Fleet taste the power of our air force! ”
"Yes," Xu Da also said excitedly, "resolutely complete the task assigned to us by the leader!" ”
Four J-20 fighters and four Y-8 transport planes quickly took off from Jinan Airport and roared quickly towards the area around the wharf town on the Yangtze River.
It is about 930 kilometers from Jinan Airport to Wharf Town, and it takes two hours according to the flight speed of the Y-8 transport aircraft of 550 km/h. In the past two hours, the Yang Zijiang Fleet of the Third Fleet, because of the sharp weapon barrage net to protect against floating mines, has a lot of confidence, and it can't help but move a large distance towards Wharf Town, and it has reached the distance where the cannon can shoot at Wharf Town.