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In the dense sound of cannons, the huge propellers of the "Liberty Dragon" increased the speed to the highest speed, and each soldier could feel the vibration when changing speeds, and the dragon-like ship once again increased to a maximum speed of thirty knots.

The Liberty Dragon, which has been accelerating ever since the Yorktown was attacked. But it was only by this time that it accelerated to thirty knots. Speed is required for rapid maneuvering, and it is also necessary for the battleship itself to evade air attacks.

Captain Huang Zhonghua did not dare to be careless even if the Liberty Dragon had completely reached its maximum speed. Whether or not it can withstand this wave of blows from the Japanese army, in the face of elite Japanese pilots, the maneuver of the aircraft carrier itself will not play a big role. The elite pilots of the Maritime Resistance Force were still able to achieve a hit rate of more than 50 percent for a warship sailing at 30 knots. I'm afraid that the elite pilots of the Japanese army will not be worse than this achievement.

Pay attention to the enemy. Huang Zhonghua reminded himself inwardly.

The lookout post suddenly shouted: "Torpedo machine, on the port side." ”

Huang Zhonghua calmly glanced at the starboard side, and calmly said to the chief sailor: "The right rudder is full!" ”

Dodging torpedoes, for such a big guy as an aircraft carrier, is not easy. In fact, almost all warships had little certainty of dodging torpedoes. Most of the time it was actually the wrong angle of the opponent's torpedo itself. But as the controller of the aircraft carrier, he did not dare to pin his hopes on the mistakes of his opponents. Huang Zhonghua made this maneuver in order to throw the "Liberty Dragon" over, so that the narrower stern of the ship was facing the torpedo machine, so as to reduce the bomb area. Like this kind of operation, Huang Zhonghua has quite experience, and the navigator is already very familiar with the battleship, and the Free Dragon, which is not very seaworthy, is under his control, and the turning action is like a cloud of water. Under the action of the huge centrifugal force, the huge hull of the aircraft carrier tilted three or four degrees, drawing a large circle on the sea surface, and the waves took out a long white skirt-like wave at the stern of the ship.

Li Guang was also in the bridge, he did not interfere with Huang Zhonghua's command, in his opinion this young officer became more and more like a general, and the command was calm and calm, and he coped with it properly.

Although the Japanese torpedo plane dropped a torpedo, it was unable to escape and was hit into a fireball by the No. 2 anti-aircraft gun.

Due to the Japanese torpedo machine when dropping torpedoes. The fighter was already wounded, the throw direction was badly deflected, and the Liberty easily dodged the torpedo.

At the same time, the Liberty Dragon was injured for the first time. A Japanese Zero launched a suicide attack, making an almost vertical dive from a high altitude. The dense firepower of the Maritime Resistance Force was unable to block it in the slightest, and it directly hit the upper part of the island.

The scene of the explosion was spectacular. But not powerful enough. made Li Guanglian wipe cold sweat. The little devil's "kamikaze attack" actually came on the field in advance.

In fact, in the Battle of Midway, so far not only the Japanese army has had this kind of death attack, but also the naval resistance forces, and the American army has also had it.

On the battlefield, some people will be scared out of their courage. But the brave will be even braver. Even though the Japanese army is our sworn enemy of China, its courage and tenacity are admirable.

This Zero fighter has no bombs, only gasoline. Under the collision, the Maritime Resistance Army immediately lost several people. The Liberty Dragon's ship island is divided into six levels. The command bridge is on the third floor, and above is the navigation bridge, the aviation bridge.

The part of the impact was the bridge of the aviation ship, and after the explosion, Li Guang had not had time to wipe his cold sweat when he suddenly thought of a more serious problem. Ignoring the danger, he poked his head out of the porthole, and his heart sank. The flight commander, Colonel Yuan Zi, and several flight command staff officers were all there. At this moment, the flight command bridge is already billowing with wolf smoke.

Without waiting for Li Guang to speak, Huang Zhonghua had already issued an order - to immediately save people and put out the fire.

The battle had reached its most critical moment, and the only three remaining Japanese torpedo planes attacked from the right flank.

This direction is the weakest position of the air defense of the Naval Resistance Army. Qi Han's Domination No. 3 suffered twenty or thirty casualties in just a few minutes. Before the devil's torpedo machine pounced, it was again strafed by a Japanese Zero fighter's machine gun and machine gun.

Qi Han was already covered in blood. On the third number, the soldiers added another twenty or thirty casualties.

There was no time to grieve, on this gun position where Qi Han was, all six soldiers had been injured. A fighter struggles to load an anti-aircraft gun with a magazine.

Qi Han wiped the blood that covered his eyes, and the quadruple anti-aircraft guns opened fire again. Originally, this anti-aircraft gun was a quadruple load, which could hold four seven-round magazines at a time. But now only one magazine is loaded.

It's too late, and a cannon has to be fired.

Qi Han didn't know where he was injured at this time, he didn't feel the pain at all, and quickly aimed.

Connecting the dot buttons, tracer shells sparkled in the air and swooped down on a Japanese torpedo plane. Qi Han hit very accurately, and after seven shells, he shot down a Japanese torpedo plane.

In the years when there were no proximity fuses, anti-aircraft artillery air defense, the number of the first.

On the No. 3, which suffered heavy casualties, the firepower was seriously insufficient at this time. Two Japanese torpedo planes dropped torpedoes one after another.

Looking at the white torpedo traces in the seawater, Qi Han had no fear.

He pounded his already injured head with both hands, and there was nothing he could do......

Two aviation torpedoes passed underneath the Baxia 3 and swooped down on the aircraft carrier Liberty Dragon.

On the Liberty Dragon, sonar crews had already heard the whistling of torpedoes. The servos also reacted, and the Liberty began to turn again.

But it's too close.

When the devil threw the torpedo, it was only 600 meters away from Baxia 3 and less than 800 meters away from the Liberty Dragon.

At this time, it was not only dozens of anti-aircraft guns that were firing at the sea, but also hundreds of turntable machine guns.

The Japanese aviation torpedoes were traveling at a speed of 50 knots, and when these two torpedoes crossed the Bashita-3, they were only less than 200 meters away.

That's just seven or eight seconds.

The sound of artillery and machine guns is like bursting beans, like a storm.

This anti-torpedo method is only a last resort in desperation. It couldn't have been any better.

A torpedo passed diagonally from the right side of the Liberty Dragon, less than five meters from the ship's side.

At thirteen:04:25, the Liberty Dragon was hit with a torpedo.

After an earth-shattering explosion. Everyone was shaken to the ground.

"Six watertight chambers flooded." After a minute, the management officer reported it.

At 13:06, all the Japanese fighters withdrew. During the attack on the Liberty Dragon, the Japanese lost twenty-two fighters. Hit a torpedo on the USS Liberty Dragon, and a Zero fighter slammed into the bridge of the USS Liberty Dragon.

The Japanese attack on the Enterprise ended almost simultaneously. The Enterprise was hit by a bomb, and the Japanese commander Tomanaga Shoichi did not carry the fuel for the return trip because the fuel tank of the fighter he was piloting was broken, and at the last moment he plunged headlong on the deck of the aircraft carrier Enterprise, causing a small fire.

In short, the Enterprise was not seriously injured, the flight deck could be repaired quickly, almost did not affect combat effectiveness, and there were only less than twenty casualties.

Thirteen o'clock. The casualties on board the Liberty Dragon were counted, four were killed and fifteen were wounded in the battle just now.

Li Guang heard about the casualties and stayed for a moment - the flight commander Yuan Zi was killed.

The Japanese Zero crashed into the island and did not cause much damage to the aircraft carrier. But the fire went directly into the flight command room, and Yuan Zi and three staff officers were killed on the spot.

Yuan Zi is Yuan Ran's eldest brother. is also Li Guang's eldest brother. He is the eldest son of Premier Yuan Ye. Li Guang has been running around on the battlefield for several years, and he knows that people will die in battle, and he even has the psychological preparation to die in battle. But when he heard the news of Yuan Zi's death, it was still difficult to accept.

His eldest brother left his father when he was a teenager and went to England. Can be in a country that discriminates against yellow people. With his own struggle, he stood firm, and even became a lieutenant commander of the British Royal Navy (promoted to colonel after being injured and retired. His talent is beyond doubt. After the service of the Liberty Dragon. Dragging the sick body, he almost single-handedly established the operating procedures of the aircraft carrier. For the Naval Resistance Army, it has made great contributions.

If it weren't for his poor physical condition, he would undoubtedly be the first choice to serve as the captain of an aircraft carrier in the Naval Resistance Army.

And today, this man, the man, the man, the father. The commander of the Naval Resistance Army, the chief instructor of the Liberty Dragon, died for China. Li Guangzhen didn't know how to tell the news to Mr. Yuan Ye. The white-haired man sent the black-haired man, and asked Mr. Yuan how to bear it.

On 5 June, Yuan Zi, a colonel of the Naval Resistance Army, was posthumously promoted to major general after his death, becoming the first major general of the Naval Resistance Army.

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Li Guang's sadness could not be sustained.

After the Liberty Dragon was hit by a torpedo, Li Guang was still optimistic about the aircraft carrier's sadness, and only a few watertight compartments were flooded, which could not be regarded as a terminal illness.

The tilt of the hull was corrected in a few minutes, and after several watertight compartments on the left were filled, the Liberty Dragon was now floating smoothly on the surface.

Moreover, the Liberty Dragon did not have the fire that the aircraft carrier feared the most at all, and the Liberty Dragon at this time had already regained its combat effectiveness.

Thirteen:15.

Li Guang in the bridge heard a soul-terrifying crunch, and the captain Huang Zhonghua was also stunned by this terrifying sound.

The sound was indescribable, as if the Liberty Dragon's entire body was stretching out and letting out a terrifying moan.

The crunch continued for nearly a minute, only a muffled sound of "collapse" was heard, and the battleship shook violently.

Huang Zhonghua shouted: "It's not good." ”

At the same time, Li Guang's face turned blue.

The keel broke.

This is the reason that Li Guang can think of.

With this cracking sound, the crunch of the Liberty Dragon's whole body became more violent.

The management personnel began to report noisily: "Water has entered the bottom silo. ”

The USS Liberty is not a regular aircraft carrier. Even in many places it is not comparable to a modified aircraft carrier of the Japanese army. Its keel structure is modified according to the free wheel, and its strength is not comparable to that of a regular warship. It can't even be compared with some merchant ships, such as the PC of the Maritime Resistance Army and several other fast merchant ships.

And although the Liberty Dragon has armor, it does not have a mine-resistant compartment due to the difference in the level of design. Although the armor has some immunity to shells, it has little resistance to torpedoes. On the surface, the Japanese aviation torpedo only destroyed a few watertight compartments, but in fact, the huge explosion force almost directly acted on the main structure of the hull, which loosened many riveting parts and cracked a large number of welds.

Although there are about 300 watertight cabins on the Liberty Dragon, which can be described as a lot, and the anti-sinking ability is good, if the keel is broken, no matter how many watertight cabins there are, it is useless.

As a captain, a young officer like Huang Zhonghua has performed very well in battle. But in the face of such a shock, Huang Zhonghua panicked.

No one is not surprised.

Including Li Guang. Although Li Guang knew that the Liberty Dragon aircraft carrier was fragile, he did not expect a large ship with a full load displacement of more than 16,500 tons. It will not be able to withstand the blow of a torpedo. Li Guang never imagined that the Liberty Dragon would end in such a form.

Wait for Li Guang and Huang Zhonghua to retreat to the flight deck.

It had only been two or three minutes, and Li Guang had already seen the stern of the boat begin to slowly lift upward. Huang Zhonghua pushed away a few staff officers and was about to drill into the cabin, he wanted to see if he could save it.

Although he knew that there was little hope, Huang Zhonghua was unwilling. In fact, no one was reconciled, and such an aircraft carrier carrying the dream of the Maritime Resistance Army was buried in the sea.

"Stop." Li Guangguang roared.

"As the captain, you should immediately command the evacuation of the entire ship."

Huang Zhonghua was hugged by several guards, struggled a few times, and couldn't get out. Li Guang glared at the young major captain. He did not give advice. The sinking of the battleship is an unbearable blow for every captain.

Since the outbreak of World War II, whether it is the British army, or the German army, whether it is the American army or the Dutch navy. Whether it was the French Navy, the Japanese Navy, or even the Italian Navy, which had a weak will to fight. Because the battleship was destroyed. The officers who sank with the battleship were not a few.

Whether it is a rich or poor country, the loss of a warship as a captain is an incomparably cruel blow. Whether it was a war fault or a non-war fault, all captains would take the sinking of the battleship as their own fault.

In the Naval Resistance Army, artillerymen often compared artillery to wives. Pilots will see the plane as their lover. And as a captain. He even regarded the battleship as a father, mother, wife, and children, and a battleship was all he had. Huang Zhonghua even fused this battleship with his soul.

At the beginning, after Zheng Xuechang was heavily damaged on the battleship Pacific, he would rather lead the navy to fight a blocking battle than keep the scarred battleship. Without the support of the Army. Zheng Xuechang would rather die in battle than give up his battleship.

For the Naval Resistance Forces, for China. This warship, which other countries look down on, is an incomparably precious asset. The cost of this warship can equip five infantry divisions of the Chinese army, which is worth a year's tax in a large province of China. And the training funds spent on this battleship are even more amazing, and they have exceeded the cost of themselves.

For the sake of money, what did the Maritime Resistance Army do? An army worked for the British. Although Li Guang didn't say it, this was a complete shame for the soldiers.

An aircraft carrier, even if it is an extremely improvised, is a precious combat power for the naval resistance forces.

Huang Zhonghua raised his head, his eyes were red, and blood poured into his pupils.

There are more important tasks waiting for him, and Huang Zhonghua is already sober.

He stood upright and gave a military salute to Li Guang.

"We still have aircraft carriers, not one, but three, and you have a chance for revenge." Li Guang said.

Other warships of the Maritime Resistance Force were not well prepared, but the aircraft carriers were prepared with two, the Indian Ocean, which had already been launched, and the Pacific Ocean, which was under construction. There is also an Independence-class light aircraft carrier promised by the United States.

Huang Zhonghua, who had calmed down, began to give the order to evacuate.

The herald went down to the deck below to deliver the order, and the person in the bilge who observed the water level and the pumping station needed to be notified.

All cabins also need to be checked one by one to make sure nothing is missing.

Medical cabins, the remains of the wounded and fallen also need to be transferred.

Ten minutes later, the evacuation had begun. Heavy ropes, one end fixed to the railing of the flight deck, and the other end into the sea, the fighters began to transfer from the rope to the life raft.

The Communications Officer began registering the first batch of those to be evacuated and distributing spare kapok life jackets.

The work of abandoning the ship is proceeding in an orderly manner.

More people began to move supplies from the cabins. Some were removing the barrels from the anti-aircraft guns (the barrels of the anti-aircraft guns could be replaced), some were carrying the spare propellers of the aircraft from the holds, and a group of people began to lift the valuable aircraft engines to the deck. Valuable supplies and equipment were carried out little by little by the soldiers, and video materials and logbooks, as well as combat materials for more than a year, were methodically transferred to the deck and then loaded onto life rafts. The combat staff officer even went to Colonel Yuan Zi's cabin to sort out his personal belongings.

As the sun set, the navigator measured the latitude and longitude of the Liberty Dragon before it sank.

The propaganda officer took the final photo, and Huang Zhonghua made a final tour of his warship.

At 5:10, the evacuation of the Naval Resistance Army was completed.

At 9:03 p.m., the first aircraft carrier of the Maritime Resistance Army sank in the Pacific Ocean. This aircraft carrier, from its launch to its sinking, took only one year and three months in total, and after several battles, it destroyed three Japanese aircraft carriers and more than 10 other warships, making great contributions to the naval resistance forces, China, and the Allied forces.

Never before has an aircraft carrier had such a brilliant feat. After that, the Liberty Dragon will continue to fight on the front lines of the anti-Japanese war.

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