34. Perdition

The southern waters of the Ryukyus are full of war.

Groups of fighters dived and dropped torpedoes, and then quickly pulled up, occasionally the fighters could be seen being hit and smoking, crashing, some crashing into the sea, and some bringing them back quickly.

The aerial torpedoes swooped down on the main force of the combined fleet of the Navy, which had formed a circular formation, and the torpedoes were all aimed at the four capital ships of the Navy, which were still in existence, and the four warships that had lost power were completely fixed targets. However, other warships of the navy were frantically blocking torpedoes, and some warships directly used their hulls to resist torpedoes that did not intercept them in order to save the capital ship, and were crushed to pieces under the attack of torpedoes.

The torpedo attack was basically ineffective under the interception of other warships of the Navy, and at this moment a large number of two-winged thunderbolt bombers flew in the sky, constantly dropping bombs from the air, and the 500-kilogram bombs shrouded the naval fleet in a burst of fire and the explosion stirred up a column of water, and there were also heavy bombs that constantly hit the remnants of the capital ships of the Japanese army, and the violent explosion exploded on the deck, and the entire warship was blown up beyond recognition, and the protection of the deck was far from being as strong as the side armor, not to mention the 500-kilogram bombs that fell from hundreds of thousands of meters. Some of the bombs smashed directly through the deck and exploded inside, it was a hell on earth, flying armor fragments and warship parts flying, cutting the bodies of sailors, blood splattering, and stumps and broken arms flying all over the sky.

In the fierce explosion of the "boom", the Haruna battlecruiser was the first to fail to survive, and was detonated by an aerial bomb in the ammunition compartment, dozens of huge cannon shells were detonated, and the entire warship disintegrated on the spot and sank in just a few minutes.

"This is a trap, this is a trap set by the people of China, they want to annihilate the main force of the imperial navy" Vice Admiral Takeshita Yong was full of despair, he suddenly understood, why there are only 20,000 second-line troops in the area of Keelung Port in Taiwan, but the more than 100,000 troops of China's second main attack group have not broken through for a long time, and it is even more a bait to lure reinforcements from the navy and army, and the same is true of Jiaozhou Bay in Shandong.

"Commander! The Yamashiro and Fuso couldn't support it," Mitsumasa Yonechi rushed in with gunpowder smoke and blood stains on his face and shouted, looking terrified.

"It's over! It's all over! Takeshita's tears were raining down, he had already seen that the sea water of the battleship Fuso and the battleship Yamashiro had already reached the deck, and they were about to sink, and even the battleship Mutsu under his feet kept coming from the sound of "click" about to disintegrate, and at least five 500-kilogram aerial bombs were hit on the deck of the Mutsu just now.

Mitsumasa Minechi was extremely surprised, and immediately comforted: "Don't be discouraged, commander, the air force of Shina has left, now we can start a rescue immediately, as long as we drive the warship back to Naha, we will be saved." ”

Isamu Takeshita laughed miserably: "Drive back to Naha? The people of China have spent so much effort to plan an ambush of the main force of the Imperial Navy, will they just let us go? The capital ships of the Reich have all lost their combat effectiveness, you look at the position of the sea water, it has already overflowed the ammunition compartments, the turret has no shells, how to withstand the attack of the upcoming Shina surface fleet? ”

Mitsumasa Yonechi was taken aback: "Shina surface fleet? ”

Takeshita said bitterly: "Immediately order all ships to evacuate separately, and at the same time order the complete destruction of the Fuso, Yamashiro and Mutsu to avoid falling into the hands of the Shina people to increase their strength." ”

Mitsumasa Minai said in shock: "Commander? Has it really reached such a serious point? ”

"Hurry!!" Takeshita roared fiercely.

At this moment, a sharp cannonball whistled through the sky.

Isamu Takeshita and Mitsumasa Yonechi hurriedly looked, but saw a dazzling fire rising in the distance, which was the flames of the cannon muzzle fire, which was a huge Chinese navy, and the five-color flag was clearly visible.

Takeshita laughed miserably: "It's so fast. Minei-kun, quickly, order to abandon the ship, open the valve and sink itself, and never let the battleships of the empire fall into the hands of the Shina people! ”

"Hey!"

The flagship, the Mutsu, raised the flag and asked the three capital ships to sink themselves, and the other warships and ships to break through separately. For a time, the navy was in chaos, and the sailors who were still working hard to repair the three capital ships jumped into the water to escape, and the three battleships, including the Mutsu, opened their valves one after another, allowing the warships to sink faster.

When the Chinese naval fleet arrived, the artillery roared, and the Japanese warships were chased and killed in all directions.

On the pocket battleship Jiangsu, both Li Haijun and Sa Zhenbing were in high spirits and commanded the fleet to kill in all directions, and there was no doubt that the navy was finished, and its capital ships had been completely wiped out, and it would not be able to compete with the Chinese navy for at least two or three years.

"Commander, that's a troop carrier, we can take them prisoner." Sa Zhenbing pointed to a number of army troop carriers in the distance, and in the binoculars, you can even see the frightened looks of the officers and soldiers of the army, which are simply lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

Li Haijun said lightly: "I will not accept prisoners in this battle, sink them, and kill them." ”

Sa Zhenbing said in shock: "Commander? But they are not warships, and they have no power to resist. ”

Li Haijun sneered: "If you don't kill them now, you won't have a chance to kill them. Just like the massacre of Lushun and Weihaiwei in the past, they wanted to cut off the roots of our navy. The time for China's development is too short, and to be honest, the officers and men of the navy and army are not as good as the navy and army, and if we do not destroy a large number of outstanding naval and army personnel, we will soon regain our strength. After all, we say that we can build warships ourselves, and we can buy them, and we cannot put the country in an unfavorable situation because of the pride in our hearts and our surname. ”

Sa Zhenbing originally wanted to say that he could defeat the Yueben Navy today, and he would also be able to defeat the Yueben Navy in the future, but after listening to Li Haijun's words, he swallowed the words on his lips and never objected again. The strategic purpose of this war is clear, China wants to defeat Yuben, but it is obvious that the great powers will not let Yuben completely fall, which gives Yueben the possibility of a comeback. Who can guarantee victory in a naval battle? He couldn't. He already understands what is going on in China's shipbuilding, and it is better to build ships than to assemble warships, and it will be countless times more difficult to build them all by himself in the future.

"Boom" artillery fire roared, and one after another the troop transport ships were reduced to ashes in the artillery fire

Li Bufan and Wu Di, who were far away in Nanjing, received a telegram in the headquarters and laughed relatively proudly.

Li Bufan said with a smile: "It no longer makes sense to keep the troops in Jiaozhou Bay in Shandong and Keelung in Taipei, kill them!" ”

Wu's enemy army division quickly arranged for staff officers to send Li Bufan's intentions to the front line, and said: "Up to now, we have fully grasped the initiative in the war. By the way, it is said that Lan Tianwei and Zhang Xiaozhun ran over and asked to follow the army to fight Xiao Yueben, I think it's almost time for them to go and play. These two are talents, needless to say, Zhang Xiaozhun is one of the three masters, this Lan Tianwei is also the figure of the new army in Hubei back then. Boss, these two are talents. ”

Li Bufan frowned and said, "But they are all staying." ”

Wu Di's eyes widened and said, "What's wrong with Liu?" Do you study in Germany, and if Germany comes to invade, you won't fight the Germans? ”

Li Bufan laughed and said, "Okay then." He sent them to Li Songshan and Li Huangshan to be staff officers, and after the training, let them lead the troops. ”

Wu Di smiled dryly: "This is not bad. By the way, boss, such a big victory of ours should be well publicized, which will greatly boost the morale of the people, eliminate the panic and turmoil in today's society in one fell swoop, and let the people of the world know that in this battle, our army has been completely invincible. ”

Li Bufan laughed and said: "Yes, I also want to see the faces of those domestic and foreign media who are optimistic about Xiao Yuben." ”

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The Nanjing political axe held a press conference to announce the results of the Second Battle of Dadonggou and the Battle of the Southern Ryukyu, which shocked China and the rest of the world for a time.

Of course, not to mention the foreign media and diplomats, even the domestic insiders did not believe that the Chinese Navy had completely annihilated the main force of the Nagamoto-class battleships, and confirmed that it had sunk at least the Nagato-class battleships Nagato, the Mutsu, the Fuso-class battleships Fuso and Yamashiro, as well as four Kongo-class battlecruisers and a number of large warships. This is simply impossible, because in the eyes of domestic and foreign journalists, the guns of China's pocket battleships 254 could not penetrate the armor of Nagato-class battleships.

However, reporters at home and abroad soon discovered that the nobleman who had always been high-flying and domineering did not distinguish at this time, and it was said that the officials and expatriates who had taken refuge in the public concession in Shanghai were wearing linen and filial piety, and it was said that the cry was shocking, and some even committed suicide in grief and indignation.

The next time, the central newspaper of the Nanjing political axe published photos of the naval battle on a large scale, including clear photos of the sinking of many capital ships, and confirmed the results of the battle. In this battle, all the capital ships of the navy of international standards were completely wiped out, and the heavy cruisers lost as much as 11 and dozens of other small warships, although there was still a detachment of the navy on its own territory, but its strength was no longer 1 in 10, and the tonnage of the warships was only tens of thousands of tons. After fierce fighting, the Chinese side lost 11 warships, all of which were old warships, but in fact, five of them were decommissioned without repair value, and lost 281 naval officers and men, of whom 173 were killed. It is said that the army has lost four standing divisions and regiments, which are not peacetime divisions and regiments, but wartime divisions and regiments that have been strengthened by the decision to intervene in China's internal affairs by force, and have lost nearly 100,000 men and horses, and tens of thousands of tons of supplies have been captured, including all the artillery and artillery shells of the four artillery wings.

Everyone knows that the Central Newspaper that has just been held for a few days must be the mouthpiece of Nanjing's political axe, and such a large number of photos have undoubtedly confirmed the fiasco of the Yueben Navy, but the European and American powers can't figure it out anyway, how could such a powerful fleet fail? Moreover, both naval battles suffered such crushing defeats, the most ironic being the Battle of Dadonggou in the Yellow Sea, which rose 29 years ago by defeating the Manchu Beiyang Fleet, and now suffered a devastating blow in the same place.

-- The Chinese Navy has been bloodied in the humiliation of the First Sino-Japanese War. Such headlines have appeared in major media outlets, announcing that the war between China and China in East Asia has fallen into the hands of China

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