Meng Chang went to the place where he put the car, looked around, and there was no one. There were originally few people in this place, but now at about half past ten, those who begged for a living and fishing in the sea have not returned, and there are even fewer people on the beach.

Meng Chang took out the binoculars, at this time the Izumo had been out to sea for more than ten minutes, and there were two frigates on both sides, which were speeding up on the sea, and the Japanese navy in China's waters had been showing off its might since the First Sino-Japanese Naval War. The Chinese sea is like a bathtub at home, there is no threat at all, and the Chinese Navy has the ability to pose a threat to the Japanese Navy. Therefore, the Japanese did not expect that anyone would dare to hit the attention of Japanese warships.

Meng Chang looked at the Izumo was already almost fifteen kilometers away from Shanghai Beach, his telescope could only see a vague shadow, so he put down the telescope, looked at the time, there were still ten minutes before his scheduled time was coming, Meng Chang dismantled his improvised submarine and loaded it into the car, this thing can't be left here, the Japanese army will definitely search for it for a while, although he didn't think it was a bomb installed by someone, but Meng Chang thought it was better to be careful, and then cleared all the traces and got into the car, Set the car on fire, and now Meng Chang is waiting for the explosion and the fire. The wait was anxious, time passed slowly, and in ten minutes, Meng Chang finished his work, and when he was impatient to wait in the car, he finally waited for the result to be waited.

Knock knock, the sound of a cannonball explosion came out, Meng Chang hurriedly took out the telescope, only to see a light flickering in the sky, and bursts of black smoke came out after a while, the distance was too far to see clearly. However, I could see that the black smoke was getting bigger and bigger, and after a while, it covered the surface of the sea, and I couldn't see anything clearly. Meng Chang looked at it and left, originally to see a big firecracker and a big firework, who knew that he saw a wolf smoke. I don't have the energy, go back to sleep, it's freezing me.

Back at the Mu Mansion, Mu Ouchu and the patriarch Liu Shanpu had not returned, and Meng Chang had given too many and heavy tasks. I don't come back for dinner at noon, deal with it outside, and continue to work. Meng Chang went back to sleep after eating, and slept until the time when the light was turned on, and Meng Chang woke up and went downstairs. This is when people are coming back. Meng Chang came down, and when he saw several people talking excitedly, Meng Chang came over.

"Virtuous nephew, I didn't go out today" Liu Shanpu gave Meng Chang a cup of tea.

"I went out to play for a while in the morning, and I went to bed at home in the afternoon, feeling a little sleepy and just woke up. What are you talking about, so happy. Meng Chang asked as he drank tea.

"Well, this matter has been spread all over Shanghai now, it is said that an American officer said it after drinking, and some fishermen came back to say it," Mu Ouchu said.

"Look at what you said, what are you talking about" Meng Chang looked at it, and he couldn't say these excited words.

"This morning, a devil warship exploded on the sea 20 kilometers away from the Shanghai wharf, it was the largest, what is the Izumo warship, that scene, more than the fireworks set off at the temple fair, many people on the beach heard it" Mu Ouchu hurriedly explained the reason.

"Oh, that's it, too, it's not unusual for a warship to accidentally explode with so many shells," Meng Chang was nothing unusual.

"Don't you feel excited, it's the devil's warship that exploded, this Izumo is dangling on the beach every day, and it also knocked over a lot of fishing boats, he was blown up, and the people of Shanghai are so happy, why aren't you excited" Mu Ouchu was a little strange, this Meng Chang is the most anti-little devil, hearing this news, this expression is not right.

"No, the little devil's warship exploded, of course I'm happy, but it's all word of mouth, is there any evidence," Meng Chang didn't know what the situation was about the Izumo now, and he also wanted to inquire.

They chatted here, just talking about the Izumo, about forty minutes after leaving the Shanghai dock, suddenly there was an explosion at the bottom of the ship, followed by a bigger explosion, the entire hull rose upward, and then fell back into the water, and then several explosions, and then the explosions were connected together, the Izumo was like a boat in the angry sea, and like a projectile in the hands of a giant, up and down several times, the entire crew of the warship fell on the deck, in any position, and a few unlucky ones were thrown out of the Izumo, It was blown to pieces directly in the sea.

Thinking it was a torpedo attack, the two frigates hurriedly began to shoot at the water, and the navy in charge of observation looked around at the water lines, but found nothing, and the Izumo was still exploding, so frightened that the frigates ran into the distance.

To say that this Japanese Navy is indeed very powerful, it has the excellent military quality of the British Imperial Navy and the ruthlessness of the Japanese. When the Izumo was thrown out of the water for the third time, many sailors took their positions and rushed down the deck under the leadership of the maintenance crews, and the sound was that there was a problem with the ammunition depot.

The maintenance workers and the sailors in charge of the damage hurriedly filled the ammunition compartment, and the open flames and other things were killed with water, and then the water-stained explosives did not work, which really worked, and after a while the sound of the explosion was gone, but the Izumo obviously began to roll over. There must be a lot of holes in the position of the ammunition bin to enter the water, there is no way, the maintenance workers have to go into the bin on the other side to release water and balance. Then seal off one of the bins around the ammo bin.

The explosion was gone, but the explosion blew open the oil storage tank, the heavy oil began to leak, and the sea began to burst into flames, and the fire was so monstrous that black smoke billowed out of the area, and for a moment nothing could be seen around the Izumo.

This is that the Izumo has sunk a lot, and if it can't stop the water, the Izumo will have to sink.

It should also be good luck for this Izumo, this time it has been a few months at sea, and there have been several exercises, and the shells in the ammunition compartment have basically been fired, and the Japanese Navy in Chinese waters is quite arrogant and arrogant, and no one thought that someone would sneak attack or attack the Izumo, so the captain let him shoot a few more times. There was only not much ammunition in reserve, and there was not a single torpedo. The Japanese Navy was the boss in this area, so it did not replenish ammunition, which caused two large holes in the ship's waterline and oil leakage due to the explosion of oil storage bunkers, so there were no other losses.

The engine had not yet stopped, and the speed could not keep up due to the flooding, so the sailors brought on the gas masks on the ship, and the Izumo was able to move slowly.

This is in the command tower of the Izumo, the captain and Okambu Naosaburo are frightened, the captain is okay, after all, he has been professionally trained, this is the captain of the Japanese navy who has been baptized by World War I, and his military literacy is very high, after the initial chaos, he quickly mobilized the sailors on the Izumo, began to repair various places, and adjusted the balance of the hull, and when the explosion was gone, the Izumo balanced, several large pumping machines began to pump water out, and now the things that were not needed on the ship also began to be thrown down, This includes a lot of antiques and other things looted from China, and the stored grain is thrown down, and the weight of the warship is minimized, and when the oil spill area is released, it will be better if it is not blown up, or it will be smoked to death. There are a few people who died for the Izumo or other little devils.

But Okambu Naosaburo can't do it, he's an army, he can't say that he faints when he sees a ship, at least he doesn't know enough about naval battles and emergencies on warships. At that time, it was blinded, and there were shells and bullets on land, and they all came from the ground, and from the top of the head, they could have a certain place to hide. Hiding on the warship, not to mention that the explosion came under the buttocks, and now he and the captain are both seriously injured, their faces are covered with blood, the captain has a broken leg, Okambu Naosaburo has a broken arm, and his head has been opened, and the current health soldiers, many of the wounded who are busy can't take care of it, and when it comes to bandaging the wounds of Okambu Naosaburo, this guy is very spineless and dizzy, one is scared, the other is hit the head, and he is not conscious. The captain saw that there was no place to put it now, so he could only make a quilt in the command room, spread it on the deck, and lay it here, and the other wounded did not have quilts, so they just threw them on the deck. This deck was full of blood, mixed with seawater, and it was all red.

It took more than 20 minutes for the Izumo to run out of the area where the heavy oil was leaking, and finally got saved, now it's just as long as it doesn't sink, and now the two frigates are also close to the Izumo, and the frigate has already reported the news when the Izumo exploded, and now the captain of the Izumo needs to send a telegram back to the top, first transfer the important officers and the wounded, a frigate transports the wounded back to Shanghai for treatment, and one is still here looking at the Izumo, Okambu Naosaburo is also sober, but he refuses to go back to Shanghai, He also has his own top-secret information to report back to Japan.

When the telegram was returned, the captain was scolded and told to quickly find out the cause of the explosion, and the Izumo waited in place, having already sent two warships from Port Arthur to deal with it.

At this time, the sailors on the Izumo also came to report, and the ammunition compartment was broken with two large holes, and there were several large cracks, and this position was very troublesome to deal with; The location of the oil storage tank is only a crack, this is easier to deal with, there are different leaks in other positions, and now the Izumo is still sinking slowly, there is no way but to release oil, add a few more pumps to pump water out, the cause of the explosion, they suspect that they have hit a mine, and the captain asked them to deal with it quickly.

This is the damage of the personnel also reported, more than 700 people on the Izumo, more than 200 dead, more than 100 seriously injured, countless minor injuries, most of them were killed by smoke, there is no way, it is a fire caused by a heavy oil leak, and the speed of the Izumo is too slow, and the time in the fire is too long.

When the captain saw it, his face turned white at that time, and he bowed to Okambu Naosaburo, then pulled out his command knife, took out his white gloves, wiped them on it, and after five or six strokes, he stretched the knife forward, and then flipped his wrist and pointed the tip of the knife to his stomach