The captain hurriedly stood up, and next to him was the pilot who had the steering wheel, and the pilot had just hit his head on the steering wheel, his forehead was broken, and the bright red blood covered his eyes.

The captain was also anxious, and he asked the pilot at the top of his voice: "What's wrong?" What happened? ”

The captain didn't want to think about it, how could the pilot know the way? Just as the pilot was blankly wiping the blood from his face, a panicked voice came from the microphone: "Captain, the anchor has fallen overboard!" ”

As soon as the captain was about to ask, he heard a scream from the microphone, and then there was no sound.

It turned out that a shell on the Yoshino exploded in the bow of the ship, directly damaging the anchor stopper. The anchor is a key part of the ship to stop on the water, the weight of the anchor can reach several tons, and the anchor has a claw-like structure, which allows the anchor to grasp the soil at the bottom of the water when it sinks to the bottom, so as to hold the boat and not let the boat drift away with the current.

The anchor is connected to the hull by the anchor chain, and the anchor is to fix the anchor chain, so as not to let the anchor sink to the bottom when sailing, but the shell directly blew up the anchor, and the anchor quickly sank to the bottom, and the anchor claw grabbed the bottom of the water like a big hand, the anchor grip of the general navy is relatively large, most of them are six or seven times the anchor weight, although the grip of the troop carrier cannot catch up with the naval anchor, but the grip force is three or four times the anchor weight, that is, about eight tons of force, although the ship is accelerating at this time, the thrust provided by the propeller is greater than that of navigation, But in the face of the eight-ton rally, it is also a small thing.

So the anchor pulled the advancing ship back hard, and that's how the shock came.

The captain gave the order through the microphone: "Pull the anchor up!" ”

But this order can no longer be executed, because another function of the anchor is to be attached to the hull to bear the pull of the anchor chain on the ship, and now the anchor stopper is broken, it becomes the windlasser to directly bear the pull of the anchor chain, the windlass is designed to withstand such a large force, the windlass is instantly broken, and can no longer pull the anchor up from the bottom of the sea.

As a result, the little sheep-like troop carrier also lame.

Deng Shichang's warships didn't care about this, and the shells continued to rain down, this time the artillery adjusted its direction, and the shells smashed near the waterline.

The troop carrier is a passenger ship, in order to be able to carry as many people as possible, the space below the waterline is also designed as a cabin, and some Japanese soldiers are staying here, shells are smashed in and exploding, and for a time the not spacious cabin is full of shrapnel, wood chips are scattered, the ground is full of broken arms and limbs, and the walls are full of blood.

The shells were followed by a rush of seawater, a large amount of seawater poured into the chamber, the blood stained the water scarlet, and the white bones and flesh floated on the water, tumbling under the impact of the current. The sea extinguished the flames, emitted a pungent smoke, and the living soldiers hurried to the upper deck.

A large amount of water poured into the port compartment of the troop carrier, and the ship began to tilt to the left side, and the captain hurriedly ordered the watertight compartment on the starboard side to be filled with water to maintain the balance of the hull.

At this moment, the first mate on one side shouted: "Captain, what's the use of filling water on the starboard side?" Abandon ship! ”

The captain thought for a moment, and ordered with a solemn expression: "Abandon ship!" ”

The crew ran to the side of the boat and wanted to put the lifeboat into the water, only to find that the lifting equipment of the lifeboat had been damaged, and the lifeboat had long since fallen into the sea and disappeared.

But everyone knows in their hearts: many people after falling into the water are not drowned, but frozen to death, at this time, the water temperature of the Bohai Sea is about zero degrees, at this temperature, people can support in the water for less than an hour, and the other party's warship is impossible to save them, and it is impossible for them to swim back to Lushun with their bare hands, so they will definitely die if they jump into the sea!

Obviously, the speed of the starboard side was far from the speed of the port side, and the hull quickly capsized to the port side, and everyone knew that the boat was going to sink soon, and there was no choice, so the people on board had to jump into the water.

Some Japanese soldiers were equipped with personal life-saving floats, which could ensure that their upper bodies were exposed to the water after they fell into the water, and some army soldiers began to shoot at Deng Shichang's warship with rifles in the water, which was actually useless because the Yoshino was out of their range.

Deng Shichang saw the Japanese soldiers jump into the water with a telescope, and immediately ordered to use the ship's 47-mm rapid-fire cannon to shoot at the people in the water. Water is an incompressible fluid, so when the explosives explode in the water, the power of the shock wave is hundreds of times greater than the explosives explode in the air, so the Japanese troops in the water suffered heavy casualties, and for a time the water surface was full of Japanese corpses.

However, after all, the Japanese army was fierce, and many Japanese soldiers who were good at water simply brushed aside the corpses of their comrades and swam towards the Yoshino, wanting to shoot at close range to attack the Yoshino, but how could the speed of human swimming be compared with the speed of the ship, and they were killed by cannonballs before they could catch up with the Yoshino.

There were also some Japanese soldiers who did not have life buoys, they crowded the boat, clutching the guardrail on the side of the boat, and some of them could not swim at all.

Just when they were panicking, an army junior shouted: "What are you panicking about! It is the fate of a samurai to die on the battlefield, and if you look at your appearance, how can you look like a samurai! ”

The Japanese army has always been highly hierarchical, and the superiors and subordinates must not disobey, and at this life-and-death juncture, the words of that Shao Zuo still made the soldiers a little afraid.

Shao Zuo suddenly sang loudly: "Samurai, pull out your sword!" Onward, I know that I will die! ”

This song was composed during the Southwest War and is called "Song of the Sword Drawing Team", which celebrates the samurai who died on the battlefield, and later became a widely sung military song in the Japanese army.

Hai Lang hit Shao Zuo's face, splashing Lang flowers and his hoarse voice, the song overflowed with unprecedented desolation, and the Japanese soldiers couldn't help but sing along with him: "Today, the blade shines again!" Fate, it's my fate to die under the sword! O man, you have the soul of Yamato in your breast! For the sake of Yamato, die at this moment! ”

The boat capsized even more, and the man who grabbed the guardrail almost hung himself from the railing with both arms, and a soldier suddenly raised his head and shouted in the direction of the south, Japan, "Mother, see you again!" Immediately after, one voice after another rang out, "Kumiko, take care!" "Daddy, Mommy, see you again!" ……

The troop transport, with countless dreams, sank into the icy waters.

After sinking the first troop carrier, Deng Shichang ordered to continue the attack on the other troop carriers, and the Akitsu and Chiyoda advanced into the distance, pursuing the troop carriers that tried to escape, and the slow troop carriers were quickly caught up.

The battle lasted nearly four hours, all five Japanese troop carriers were sunk, the 2nd Division was completely annihilated, and the division commander Sakuma Zomata committed suicide.

But Lin Yuan, who was in Jinzhou, was not satisfied with the victory at sea, although his troops were insufficient, he still had to eat Nogi Xidian who was stuck in Panjin!