For a time, the cannon rumbled on the river surface of Yanziji! The naval observers in the naval observation post on the riverside quickly corrected the projection position and data of the artillery, and every time the destroyer was hit by a large-caliber grenade, they would let out a burst of cheers, and if they were hit by an armor-piercing shell from an 88-millimeter anti-aircraft gun that had already been hit by a 105-millimeter or 150-millimeter naval gun, everyone stared at the position where the ship was hit with wide eyes.

Suddenly, the Takasugi, a cutting-edge high-speed destroyer with a standard displacement of 1,900 tons, was hit by an armor-piercing shell fired by a 280-millimeter Krupp coastal defense heavy gun, and the entire battleship bounced off the surface of the water a few feet and fell back into the water.

As the heavy artillery landed closer and closer, Yoshida Yongguang stared at the red eyes and howled: "The bow torpedo is ready, the first, second, third, and fourth are fired together!" ”

The deputy captain and first mate standing next to Yoshida Yoshimitsu were pale, and they used the latest high-explosive torpedoes made by the Empire to destroy the latest destroyer of the Empire? In particular, there were at least more than 200 officers and men on board, and the gunner's gunner of the Nanchuan hesitated after completing the loading, and after repeatedly confirming the captain's order, the gunner's gunner fired four torpedoes one after another with a gloomy sigh.

At a distance of three hundred yards, with an earth-shattering explosion, the Takasugi broke into two pieces and sank into the river, Yoshida Yongguang wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and rejoiced: "Thanks to the Nanchuan retaining the torpedo tubes, otherwise if the Takasugi blocked the channel, I'm afraid we would be wiped out today." ”

In the face of the fleet's commander and captain, Rear Admiral Yoshida Yoshimitsu, the deputy captain Kuroto and the first mate Hashimoto on the side were also full of bitterness? Lightning strikes your own cutting-edge warship? How do I report this report?

The fierce artillery battle did not last long, simply put, it should be said that he has been in an absolutely passive beating, and that the artillery battle is simply lifting himself, including the flagship Nanchuan, there are only 19 ships that survived through the Yanziji Fortress, of which the Gale has basically lost power and needs to be towed, and the remaining seven destroyers were sunk except for the Qiu Qian, which ran aground, and the sunken ships blocked most of the main channel.

The surviving ships were all billowing smoke, the fires on several ships had not yet been extinguished, and the loss of personnel and ships made Yoshida Yongmitsu suddenly sad from the bottom of his heart, and it can be said that the main force of the destroyers of the entire Chinese fleet was completely destroyed in this battle, and almost all the ships needed to return to Yuben for overhaul.

Yoshida Yongguang stared blankly at the twin forward main guns on the foredeck of the flagship Nanchuan, which were crooked and deformed on the side, as if they had been opened by a can opener, and the entire turret was twisted and cracked into a two-meter-long gap, the steel plate was seriously deformed, and several mutilated corpses were scattered on the side.

In the midst of the tragic and unusually fierce battle, Yoshida Yoshimitsu had only one thought at that time, that is, the farther away from this hell where the shells were flying, the better.

The fiasco of supporting the Shimonoseki fleet made Hatohiko Asakanomiya dumbfounded? When did the people of China quietly build Yanziji into a large fort fortress under the nose of the Great Emperor Army? And also deployed 280 mm caliber shore defense heavy artillery?

In fact, Hatohiko did not know that since Zhang Xuewu took over the post of commander of the Nanjing garrison, he began to quickly and forcibly relocate the common people in Nanjing, and carried out strict ranks and examinations on the population who went out of the city to Wuhan.

With the cooperation of various departments of the Chinese Air Force, especially the BF-109F fighter group of the Rehe Air Force, the military reconnaissance planes did not dare to appear in the vicinity of Nanjing City, and once they were discovered, they could not escape the doom of being shot down with the surname of the Nakajima-type two-seater reconnaissance plane. He himself has also become cautious, and in the absence of fighter escort, reconnaissance planes will definitely not conduct reconnaissance in single or double formations.

The naval aviation unit, which had suffered huge losses in logistics, came up with a clever trick, that is, to remake it with previous reconnaissance photos, so that it not only completed the tasks assigned above, but also looked at it safely, and Yoshida Yoshimitsu became an innocent victim of these aerial photos very sadly.

The fiasco of the Chinese fleet expulsion detachment shocked the entire navy, and the battleships have always had an absolute advantage in firing at the batteries, so this time they would suffer such a big loss? After the investigation of the naval department, they were surprised to find that the fortress of Yanziji was in such an extremely dangerous position, and there was a tendency that the husband would not be able to open it.

It can be said that the failure of China's dispatch of the fleet cast a shadow over the imminent general offensive on Nanjing, and according to the information provided by the North China Front, the Rehe Army covered a large number of Soviet-made destroyers passing through Jinan and Xuzhou to Nanjing, and successive intelligence showed that these destroyers were likely to exceed 150.

The 150 destroyers will definitely have a profound and tremendous impact on the contrast between the air power of the enemy and us in the sky over Nanjing, and while Hatohiko Asakanomiya was frowning, Zhang Xuewu met with the liaison adjutant of the Soviet military advisory group in the headquarters.

Zhang Xuewu remembered that Zhukov, a famous World War II general in history, also served as a member of the Soviet Army's advisory group in China during the Battle of Wuhan, but this Serogsiv had never heard of it? As the name suggests, the liaison adjutant must choose a quick-witted person, and the general job is to play the front station, run errands, etc., and generally choose a young and capable captain or major.

When he saw this Serogsev, Zhang Xuewu realized that everything he had thought before was very wrong, and Serogsiv turned out to be a major general of the Soviet Air Force? What do you look like in your fifties? The face is full of vicissitudes and wrinkles, the rosacea nose with a big redden, the standard head shape of the "local support center", and the appearance of a big belly, and it seems to be shaking when you walk.

However, to Zhang Xuewu's great surprise, this Serogsiv actually spoke fluent Chinese, and Serogsiv smiled slightly and said with a very sophisticated smile: "Commander Zhang, your behavior in resisting the invaders in Rehe has been highly recognized by Comrade Stalin, the Supreme Soviet Commander-in-Chief, and he believes that your enthusiasm for loving the motherland is no less than the great Soviet people's love for the Soviets, please allow me to bring you the cordial greetings of Comrade Stalin, the great commander of the Supreme Soviet." ”

Zhang Xuewu looked at the smiling Serog Sev, to be honest, what Zhang Xuewu was most disgusted with was the existence of these so-called "China experts"! Whether it is Seishiro Itagaki or Kenji Dohihara, or now Serogsev, these people only have national interests in their eyes, and in the face of national interests, all promises and treaties are dead letters.

Although China and the Soviet Union are now close friends and comrades-in-arms, the Soviet Union not only lends money to China's political axe at extremely low interest, but also provides weapons and equipment urgently needed by China, but after the signing of the "Soviet-Yue Non-Aggression Pact" in 1940, the Soviet Union, a friend of the Chinese people, also joined the total blockade of China.

After the war, when a million Soviet troops invaded Northeast China, the Soviet Army's open plundering was in the name of repaying the $300 million loan it had lent to China, and the Soviet Army later plundered and destroyed precious metals, machinery and equipment, resources, etc., with a recorded value of about $12.8 billion.

The Soviet Union's aid to China came out of the great threat of the Kwantung Army, so once the army decided to go south instead of going north, the Soviet Union's seemingly generous aid would be cut off at any time, compared with the seizure of China's [***] fire weapons, loans to the United States, Britain, France and other countries to buy scrap steel, aero engines, automobiles, oil, rubber, etc., which made bomb weapons, there is really no bastard's behavior, only more bastard's behavior.

Zhang Xuewu shook Serogsev's big fat hands with a smile on his face and said: "Please allow me to express the highest respect to the great Comrade Stalin, the Soviet people are good friends of the Chinese people, and Comrade Lenin and Comrade Stalin are great and close friends of the Chinese people." ”

In fact, Zhang Xuewu has scolded Serogsiv several times in his heart, Lao Tzu needs you Stalin's praise to fight against Yuekou? If you Stalin don't praise Lao Tzu, you can't fight against the Kou? And what Lao Tzu loves is China, China is China, the Soviet Union is the Soviet Union, Lao Tzu loves the country and cares about your?

However, Zhang Xuewu must seriously remind the clerk on the side in righteous words: "I just said that the Soviet people are good friends of the Chinese people, and Comrade Lenin and Comrade Stalin are all great and close friends of the Chinese people. ”

Although Serog is known as a China expert and can speak fluent Chinese, in the eyes of many foreigners, Chinese is undoubtedly the most complex language in the world.

Shelogsif's last sentence was a little puzzled by Zhang Xuewu's words? Because Zhang Xuewu did not praise Comrade Stalin, the great commander-in-chief of the Supreme Soviet, but also added a Comrade Lenin? What other meanings do this seem to refer to?

(To be continued)