After convincing the white delegates, Kimura made a broadcast to all the passengers and crew of the ship: first explaining why the ship did not stop, and then emphasizing that the inhumane massacre would be carried out after the Chinese navy boarded the ship. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info The Japanese do not mention that the white people still remember the cruelty of the Chinese mob and the army, and those Manchurians are also convinced of this, after all, their own people know their own people best, but the dozens of Koreans are worried and excited - worried that they will also be killed by the Chinese, but happy that more than 500 Japanese will die with them.

After Kimura finished speaking, the people on the whole ship suddenly became nervous. However, under the command of the white representatives and the crew, the passengers were gathered in first class, and the few guns on board were distributed. Perhaps out of respect for the white race, or perhaps for some other reason, half of the more than fifty firearms were given to white travelers, the rest to the military-trained Japanese sailors, and those who had no weapons were handed out Western-style knives and forks, which were the most readily available weapons.

In the increasingly dense artillery fire, these people were told that as long as they could support until dawn the next day, the US Navy's Pacific Fleet would rush to this sea area, and everyone would be completely saved.

Of course, the people on the Ninghai didn't know that after the Japanese flickered, they had become boxers. At this time, the distance between the Ninghai and the Longtian Pill had been shortened to within 10,000 meters, and Colonel Gao Xianshen, who was in the mast, had been waiting for this moment for a long time, just waiting for the gunner, Major Gan Lijing, to sing: 'The distance is 1,300 meters', and he immediately ordered: "The secondary artillery will start shelling!" ”

"The first three-inch gun, aiming at the left two sections, a distance of 10,000 meters, ready to go!" The gunner, Gan Lijing, shouted at the microphone, the black military hat strap tightly around his neck, and his whole face was bruised.

The voice came down one by one, and when he arrived at the gun position, the gun commander repeated the gun commander's order again, signaling the gunner to get ready, and when the gunner reported that the aim was completed, the gun commander shouted: "Prepare, fire!" ”

"Boom", a dull sound, the front secondary gun muzzle spewed out a cloud of smoke mixed with fire, and the shell shot into the sky at a forty-five degree angle. Seconds ticked, and eighteen seconds later, with the observer's words 'prepare, load,' the shell exploded into the water on the right front side of Tatsuda Maru, making only a small splash.

This is obviously far away, and after confirming the data of the observer hand again, Gan Lijing said again: "The distance is nine thousand six hundred, quasi-ready!" ”

It was still the same old-fashioned test firing method, and at 16:01, the second three-inch shell fell behind the left side of the Tatsuda Maru. After two rounds of test firing, the gunners basically mastered the distance, speed, wind speed and other factors, but before ordering a salvo, the major glanced at the captain Gao Xianshen with deep meaning, and saw that the colonel was unmoved, so he could only give the order for the secondary gun salvo in the microphone.

"Boom... Rumble... Boom ......", at 16:06, five three-year-old 40-diameter secondary guns began the first salvo. Although no one thought that this round would hit anything, the landing point this time was too outrageous - the shell landed 800 meters in front of Tatsuda Maru, which was completely missed.

"The distance is nine thousand three hundred, quasi-ready!" The Providence Sutra continues to command. The landing point of the second round is also outrageous, although the distance is reduced, but the shell falls extremely late. The next few rounds of salvo fire were still like this, and he could not find a pattern in these rounds of shelling--the wind flag on the bow of the ship was fluttering, and the shells less than ten kilograms were blown by the wind and did not know where they were blowing.

"Report to the chief, the wind speed is too strong, and you must fire a salvo from the main gun to hit the target, otherwise it will be a waste of shells!" After five volleys, Major Gan Lijing again asked for a salvo from the main guns.

What was the result of the salvo, Colonel Gao Xianshen saw it in his heart, and when he was about to agree, Captain Zheng Wenqi, the official of the main telegram, rushed up, and he said loudly: "Report to the chief, the Supreme Command is in an emergency." He whispered, "It's from the Consulate General in Honolulu, and the telegram is signed by the chairman!" ”

The 'chairman' actually called, and all the people looked at the telegram in Captain Zheng Wenqi's hand, and even Major Gan Lijing, who asked for a salvo from the main gun, forgot about the salvo. The ship is capturing Tatsuda Maru, but the chairman of the committee called, is this to reward everyone?

"Read it!" Colonel Gao Xianshen took a deep breath in his heart to prepare for being struck by lightning.

"Brother of the Ninghai Captain You: Knowing that Ninghai captured the Japanese cruise ship Longtian Maru in the eastern Pacific, the morale of the front-line soldiers and civilians was greatly boosted, and the 351 officers and men of the whole ship fought hard and resolutely, which was really an example for the cadres of the party-state and the soldiers. However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported: There are 79 American nationals and 56 friendly people on board the Japanese cruise ship, and the death of the Japanese cruise ship will be very detrimental to our country's war ......of resistance, so I hope that my brother will be careful not to sink the ship and put our country in a diplomatic passivity, or even destroy the country and the species."

The first few sentences said that everyone's hearts were hot, and tears were about to come out, but the latter sentence of 'destroying the country and destroying the species' made everyone change color in vain, what kind of bullshit does this mean?! Without the determination to sink, how could Tatsuda Maru stop the ship! Everyone on the mast looked at Gao Xianshen with a heavy face, this was his time to make up his mind. In the end, at the risk of a failure of the power system, wasting secondary artillery shells, and then waiting for the two ships to approach; Or directly with the main gun salvo, wounded Tatsuda Maru to force it to stop the ship.

"Call back: Our ship will handle it in accordance with the instructions of the chairman." Gao Xianshen smiled at the corner of his mouth, as if nothing happened. Just when everyone saw Zheng Wenqi hurriedly go down to call back, he immediately took a sip and scolded: "Cowardly! Then he shouted: "Listen to my command, sail to the left five degrees, and set your mind." The main gun is ready for a salvo! ”

Almost all of the people on the ship are Fujianese, not Fujianese but also Fujianese sons-in-law or Fujian in-laws, and everyone should not have heard the colonel's scolding. The mountain is high and the emperor is far away, at this time, everyone only has Longtian Pill in their hearts, and he will have merit by winning Longtian Pill, if he lets it go, it will be his lifelong regret and shame.

With Gao Xianshen's order, the Ninghai turned slightly sideways to let the four main guns behind have a firing angle, although this would shorten the distance from the Longtian Maru, but in order to achieve a salvo, this was also a helpless way. In the slight turn, the shortcomings of the Ninghai's overweight upper body were once again reflected, and at this time, Ninghai's lateral swing reached fifteen degrees, but fortunately, after the turn, the warship sailed smoothly, and the hull slowly stabilized, and Lieutenant Lin Renji, the navigator who saw this on the mast, was greatly relieved.

"The main guns of the whole ship, aiming at the right three sections, the distance is nine thousand five hundred, ready to go!" The sound of the Gan Lijing was once again heard from below the mast, but this time to the main gun.

At 16:23, the six main guns of the whole ship roared for the first time, and everyone on the ship could feel the sudden shock of the whole ship, and the Ninghai seemed to hover, and she was able to continue moving forward only after the rumble passed. It doesn't matter what happens on the ship, there is a five-degree angle between the Ninghai and the Longtian Maru at this time, and the distance between the two ships will gradually increase. Therefore, it is necessary to hit the Tatsuda Maru within thirty minutes.

"Prepare, hit!" The observer shouted after counting the seconds, and the ballistics of a 38-kilogram shell were naturally much better than a 3-inch anti-aircraft gun shell of less than 10 kilograms. The first salvo of six shells landed well and was not as scattered as the previous secondary guns. Seeing this, Gan Lijing immediately corrected the distance and issued the second round of salvo data.

The Ninghai secondary artillery salvo startled Kimura Ping, but when he saw the landing point of the cannonball, he put his heart back in his stomach, but this time it was no longer a salvo of secondary artillery, and the six shells made a splash to show that this was the main gun at all. As the second volley approached, his heart lifted again.

"Your Excellency, the Consulate General of Buwa called...... "It is probably because the Japanese Cabinet is slower to make decisions than the Standing Chairman, who got up earlier, and it is only now that Tatsuda Maru has received a domestic telegram from the Consulate General in Hawaii.

"You want us to stop the ship?!" Kimura was surprised in words, but he was relieved that he finally had the steps down.

"Yes, Your Excellency." The telegraph man nodded, "Because there are seventy-nine Mi people on board, the Mi government is worried that the Tatsuda Maru will be sunk and their lives will not be guaranteed, so ......"

"Don't say it, it's a shame for Great Japan!" Kimura was honest in his words, but he was thinking about how he would face the countrymen after the ship was stopped—as was customary, he could not produce a telegram to defend himself, but the first mate and the rest of the crew were not among them. "This is a Great Japanese cruise ship, how can it be forced to stop the ship under pressure from the Mi government, and then let the brutal Shina people sink it? This ship is the pride of Great Japan and the queen of the Pacific! ”

said so much in one breath, but the third salvo of cannonballs exploded on the side of Tatsuda Maru, and the splash almost fell on the ship. This reminded Kimura of the teachings in the diary of the holy general Marshal Togo: the commander of the Chinese fleet is certainly cowardly, but the gunnery of the soldiers is terrifying. [note 33]

Kimura was taken aback by the gunner's marksmanship, and on the mast of the Ninghai, including Colonel Gao Xianshen on the ship, the cadres shouted that they had fought well, but after spending more than five hours in the engine room, Deputy Captain Chen Hongtai and Chief Engineer Captain Yao Fahua were terrified at every salvo of the main guns. Every time a salvo is fired, the entire warship shakes, and the power system, which is already operating at full capacity, is very likely to collapse prematurely - just during the second salvo, a steam burst out of the exhaust pipe due to the vibration, but fortunately, the quick-eyed engineer hurriedly closed the valve.

"No salvo!" After the shock of the third salvo, Captain Yao Fahua, who had been chanting 'Mazu blessed' in his heart, ran to Chen Hongtai and said, "The boiler will be ...... if it can't withstand a few shots."

Before he could finish his sentence, there was a 'boom' above his head, and the six main guns let out a fourth roar. 'Bang! Bang... The steam pipes that had been supported from the morning to the present finally cracked a large opening, and hundreds of degrees of high-temperature and high-pressure steam erupted, and the nearest two engineers were immediately taken away by a cloud of steam--the man was as if he had been thrown into boiling water and boiled, his face was scarlet, and he screamed for two sentences and then died down.......

"Quick! Fast! Yao Fahua was anxious, "Turn off the valve, turn off the valve......"

The red light alarm bell in the engine room is loud, this is the steam main pipe of the No. 3 steam engine, if it is allowed to spew steam, although the Ninghai will not completely stall, but it is impossible to catch up with the Tatsuda Maru.

The steam pipes on the ground floor are broken, but the people on the mast are cheering! The fourth salvo finally hit Tatsuda Maru, and the shell exploded on its port side and the two hanging lifeboats were blown away instantly.

"What?! Cracked steam pipes! Colonel Gao Xianshen, who got the news, immediately lost color, because there was an angle between Ninghai and Longtian Maru's course, and now the distance between Ninghai and it was not narrowing, and a steam engine stopped working, which was equivalent to saying that he could no longer catch up with Longtian Maru, Gao Xianshen, who wanted to understand this, immediately shouted, "Quick!" Shoot now, shoot now! ”

The theoretical rate of fire of the Ninghai's main guns was 10 rounds per minute, and they were all very cautious before, less than one shot in three minutes, but now that the engine room is wrecked, there is no need to care so much, and if it does not damage or sink the Longtian Maru within 10 minutes, then the ship will completely disappear in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

"Boom!" Major Gan Lijing, who understood all the reasoning, immediately ordered the guns to speed up their firing, and the shells were splashed out like a rainstorm. At 16:32, in the seventh round of salvo, another shell hit the Tatsuda Maru, and after the shell exploded, black smoke and flames ignited on the cruise ship, which was estimated to have caused a small fire.

Maybe it was because he felt that the Ninghai could really sink himself, or maybe it was because Honolulu forwarded the domestic telegram, and at 16:34, Tatsuda Maru finally waved the flag: "My ship stops, please stop shelling." ”

"Ahh Good, good!! When the signal man read the flag, the whole mast jumped; Then, the news that the cruise ship was forced to stop spread throughout the ship, and more than 300 people were ecstatic: it was finally caught!

In the eastern Pacific Ocean, northeast of the Hawaiian Islands, at 24.92 north latitude and 152.30 west longitude, Tatsuda Maru was forced to stop the ship. The Ninghai was propelled by only two steam engines and slowly approached the prey it had been searching for for several days. The sailors on board, except for those on duty, were all lying on the railings and decks to watch the gigantic ship: from now on, it was theirs.

At this time, the captain of the ship, Colonel Gao Xianshen, was no longer in the mast, and he gave the glory of boarding the ship to the deputy captain of the ship, Colonel Chen Hongtai, who had been staying in the engine room.

"Watch out for the Japanese!" Colonel Gao Xianshen looked at Chen Hongtai, who was sorting out his military appearance, and said, "This captain is not easy to deal with. ”

"I'll be careful!" Chen Hongtai nodded. At this time, he also knew that it was all up to luck to capture the Tatsuda Maru, and if it held on for another five minutes, he would definitely be able to see that the Ninghai was getting slower and slower.

"You're going to tell them we're going to drag the Tatsuda Maru to a deeper part of the ocean and sink it, so they're going to get all of them on the lifeboats." Gao Xianshen instructed, "If there is really a firefight, it is best not to hurt the foreigners, this is ...... Hehe," he smiled disdainfully, "...... Nanjing's personal advice, otherwise we will destroy the country and extinct the species! ”