"Listen! What was that? ”

Xiao Yonglin, the captain of the "Weaver Girl Shuttle 2" submarine and a second lieutenant of the Chinese Navy, who was hiding in the cave, suddenly straightened up and looked out of the cave vigilantly.

"It's like an explosion." Jiangxi boat crew Wang Changle said.

At this time, the four crew members of the "Weaver Shuttle 2" submarine were all hiding in this cave.

Due to the fact that there are many reefs in the sea around Caofeidian (since ancient times, there are "heroes and heroes, sad Caofeidian" said), the "Weaver Girl Shuttle 2" accidentally touched the reef when entering the anchorage of the fleet, the shell of the submarine appeared to seepage, and the main engine was also damaged to a certain extent, the captain Xiao Yonglin finally decided to give up the attack, with the joint efforts of the crew, the "Weaver Girl Shuttle 2" drove to the edge of the island, Xiao Yonglin and everyone hid the submarine well, and then landed on the island and hid in the cave.

"That's right, it's an explosion." Another crew member, Zhao Enbao, got up and came to the entrance of the cave, pointed to the distance and said, "It seems to have come from the place where my warship is moored." ”

After listening to Zhao Enbao's words, the other three people in the cave all got up, walked out of the cave together, came to the top of a small hill, and looked at the sea in the distance.

At this time, the sky was pitch black, and there were no fingers around, and there was a dark, clammy and cold mist everywhere, and the four of them stood there, only to see in the darkness in the distance, accompanied by a loud sound like thunder, flashing with a large area of red glow.

"It's our people here!" Li Jinlin, a crew member, said excitedly, "I'm fighting with the Japanese Kou!" ”

Listening to Li Jinlin's words, Xiao Yonglin's face unconsciously flashed with a hint of joy, but his face quickly became solemn, and he subconsciously shook his head.

"I'm afraid there's something wrong." Zhao Enbao shook his head and said, "The visibility is so low, it is impossible to launch a night attack in this weather, and you can't even find the target." ”

"But listen, there's still the sound of cannons!" Li Jinlin pointed to the red sea and said, "What do you say?" ”

Just as Li Jinlin said, in the loud sound of the explosion, it was really mixed with the sound of bursts of artillery firing, and even the sound of some small-caliber machine guns firing!

"It's incredible." Xiao Yonglin looked at the red light in the sea fog in the distance, and said softly.

At this time, the red light on the sea surface was constantly flashing, the explosion was getting louder and louder, the gunfire was becoming more and more intense, and there was faintly mixed with the screams of people.

"Enemy ship spotted on the port side!"

On the battleship "Satsuma," whose hull had already tilted slightly, a sailor on the lookout post shouted hoarsely.

Captain Kawama, who was on the bridge, turned his head to look to the port side, and sure enough, he saw a warship moving rapidly in the hazy sea fog.

Without waiting for Karuma's order, several 120-mm cannons on the port side began to roar, and one shell after another flew accurately towards the enemy ships in the sea fog, showing the good combat qualities of the gunners.

Soon, a 254-mm main turret of the "Satsuma" was also added to the firing. In a short time, several huge shells hit the enemy ship, and with a series of explosions, the enemy ship rose with dazzling fire, apparently hitting the ammunition depot, and seeing that the gunners of this book fought so well, Kawama's heart was full of relief.

If it weren't for the excellent combat skills of the sailors, he really wouldn't dare to imagine the outcome of this battle.

At this time, Hejian, somehow, actually had a sense of fear from the bottom of his heart for the weak Chinese navy that he had always looked down on when he came to sneak attack.

In this kind of dark night when visibility is extremely poor and it is impossible to distinguish the target, it can be said that you can't see your fingers, and the naval commander of any country would not consider attacking at such a time, and the Chinese Navy dares to launch an attack on the extremely powerful Yueben Navy!

"The commander of the Chinas is a madman." Vice Captain Kamigawa saw Kawama's confusion and surprise, and said beside him with a frightened face.

At this time, the huge hull of the "Satsuma" tilted again, and Kawama and Kamigawa slipped and almost fell.

"They can still hit us with torpedoes on a night like this." Kamigawa held Kawama with his hand and said, "It seems that we have greatly underestimated the combat power of the Shina Navy, and those guys in the naval intelligence department are all pigs!" ”

"Check the damage, we can't stay here and die, if the power system is okay, start the main engine immediately, we have to get out of here now." Kawama sensed the intensification of the tilt of the "Satsuma" and said to Kamigawa.

"I understand." Kamigawa nodded, turned and walked away quickly.

Kawama looked at the blazing sea, and although the light of the guns illuminated the darkness, he still couldn't see the battle clearly because of the fog.

He can now judge that it should have been a cruiser that had just been hit by the 254-mm main guns of the "Satsuma".

The madness of the Chinese Navy to launch a night attack with a cruiser in such weather can be seen.

In the firelight, there was a small shadow of the ship approaching the "Satsuma" quickly, the gunner took advantage of the firelight, and soon found it, several 120 mm cannons invariably turned the cannon fire towards it, some 12-pounder rapid-fire guns also joined the firing ranks, the small boat passed quickly in the rain of bullets, seemed to want to give up the attack and escape, but it was not successful, soon, several 120 mm shells hit it accurately, with the fire and explosion, the small boat quickly disappeared into the sea.

Seeing that this small boat, which might have been a Chinese torpedo boat, was destroyed in an instant, some Saimen couldn't help but cheer.

Seeing this scene, Kawama's involuntary joy temporarily overwhelmed the frustration brought about by the battleship being torpedoed by the enemy. At this time, the sea breeze suddenly blew on the sea, the sea fog began to disperse little by little, the sea surface became clear little by little, and the debris and fragments floating on the sea surface that were closer could also be seen clearly.

As the waves pushed, the floating corpses kept shaking on the sea, and seeing so many enemy corpses on the sea, Kawama sneered, and he raised his telescope to look at the floating corpses on the sea.

Kawama scanned the sea through the binoculars, and when he saw clearly what was floating on the sea, his legs couldn't help but weaken, and his hand suddenly loosened, and the telescope fell from his hand.

The subordinates around Kawama did not know what was happening, and soon, with the impetus of the current, several floating corpses floated to the side of the "Satsuma", and several sailors took the hooks and ran over to fish up the corpses, and when they saw the appearance of the corpses clearly, they couldn't help but look at each other, and each of them read the inexplicable horror and fear in the eyes of the other.

Because they saw clearly that what was floating on the surface of the sea was the corpses of the officers and men of the Navy!

Great fear gripped Captain Kawama's heart, and he stood firm, raised his binoculars again, and observed the situation on the sea.

The sea breeze became stronger and stronger, and soon the thick sea fog was blown away, and everything on the sea surface slowly showed in front of Kawama, and by the light of the fire on the sea, Kawama recognized at a glance that it was the light cruiser "Kasaki" that had just been hit by the 254-mm main gun of the "Satsuma"!

At this time, on the battleship "Yasaki", whose hull had been seriously tilted, Yuzaburo Kato, who had changed the flagship, looked at the tragic scene on the sea, and his eyes were almost out of his sockets in surprise.

Now that the fog on the sea had completely dissipated, and the blazing fire on the sea surface showed everything around them, the other warships also noticed that something was wrong with the situation, and they stopped firing one after another, and after a while, the sea surface returned to calm.

"How so? …… Where are the torpedo boats of the people of China ?! Did they all run away? Yuzaburo Kato muttered.

"Probably still a submarine! Sir! A staff officer said with a crying voice, "We have used our ship as a torpedo boat of the China!" Sir! ”

Needless to say, Yuzaburo Kato also realized what was happening, looking at the burning wreckage of the ship on the sea and the floating corpses, Yuzaburo Kato's throat seemed to be choked by something, and he couldn't say a word.

Yuzaburo Kato's body slowly softened, and tears slowly flowed from his eyes.

Looking at his subordinates looking into his eyes, Kato Yuzaburo's heart was torn by guilt, he knew that those subordinates who had died floating on the surface of the sea, and the Saimoto sailors who sank into the sea with the sunken ships, would never survive. And their lives were actually taken by the artillery fire of their own people.

Yuzaburo Kato finally burst into tears, he cried while groping for the pistol on his body with his hand, the pistol was found, he opened the safe, and wanted to raise the gun to his temple and end his life. Several staff officers noticed his movements, howled and lunged at him, struggling to snatch the gun from his hand.

Seeing the frantic actions of his subordinates, Yuzaburo Kato remembered his duties as commander of the fleet, and he knew that he could not recover the shame of defeat now, but his subordinates were still here, and as the commander of the fleet, he had to take full responsibility for their lives. He can't die right now.

Now that the four battleships he was proud of had lost their combat effectiveness, the cruiser fleet and the escort destroyer fleet had suffered heavy losses, and if the Chinese navy had attacked with all the warships it had available, his First Fleet would likely have been wiped out.

What he should do now is to bring his surviving subordinates back to Yuben safely.

Suicide is stupid.

Suicide is a way for a coward to get rid of his earthly duties.

It would be extremely irresponsible for him to commit suicide now.

(To be continued)