The attack planes that took off from the aircraft carrier crashed into the anti-aircraft fire network first, and without reacting, all 12 attack planes were shot down in a single wave, and none of them survived. The trail of falling smoke in the sky was still there, the debris was still falling, and the artillery on Yushan Island roared.

The 50 guns of 150 guns were fired at almost the same time as the artillery positions on Baoshan, Fort Bang, Paotai, and Chongming Island before the reconnaissance planes returned home.

The cannonballs crossed a perfect arc in the air, and with a bang, the shells of Xianbaoshan and Chongming Island fell in the group of battleships that were rapidly evacuating.

The sea suddenly bulged a few meters again, and then several water columns broke through the water surface and converged into a thick water column that soared into the sky.

A loud bang followed, and within a kilometer, huge waves surged.

The destroyer Storm did not even have a chance to dodge, and at the same time as the water column rose, the hull of the ship burst into flames, and then a shell hit the engine room, causing the boiler to explode, and in the midst of a loud noise, while the sea bulged, a sky-high fire was ignited.

The Asahi Tide, which was launched a year ahead of schedule, was already 30 knots at this time, and at the moment when the shells flew, it had already sailed out of the area where the shells fell, and although the huge waves shook the battleship to 30 degrees, it was still lucky to escape to the sky, and with 200 crew members, it sailed to the position where the aircraft carrier was berthed in horror.

The King Kong was not so lucky, in the dense fall of shells, it was hit by six shells in a row, and the position of the waterline on the side of the ship was also hit by a shot, and while the smoke rose from the deck, a large hole of six or seven meters was cracked, and the sea water followed by a crazy influx.

The Kongo was a battleship with a design of an independent airtight box structure. The influx of sea water only slowed down the speed of the battleship, and in the midst of the huge waves, it dropped to fourteen knots, which was not much faster than a cargo ship.

"Drain! Fire suppression! ”

Matsuura Eijiro's head was already bandaged at this time, in a violent jolt. Calmly ordered.

On the battleship, the Japanese army ran back and forth, the fire in the second-floor cabin was extinguished in just two minutes, and the leaky area was also being repaired and pumped to drain the water.

But the shelling is not only on Yushan Island, Baoshan, and Fort Bang. On Chongming Island, there were nearly 400 cannons. A group of fifty guns fired, and the shells flew towards this area, and fell with a bang at the stall of the King Kong's self-rescue and danger.

The massive explosion boiled the sea again, and the Kongo's luck came to an end. The 100 cannons on Chongming Island were divided into two coordinates, one was aimed at the King Kong, and the other was bombarded thousands of kilometers in front of the coordinates. Originally, according to the speed of the King Kong, without the guidance of the heavenly plane. The speed of the previous knots was changed to the current speed of more than 20 knots, waiting for the shells from Chongming Island to fly. It could only fall behind it, but the shelling of Yushan Island slowed him down, and the speed was not much faster than before, similar to the speed that the reconnaissance plane saw at the time, so the amount of shells in advance was added. It just landed around it.

Rumble!

In the earth-shattering loud noise, the King Kong was once again lifted high by the waves, and the firelight on the battleship flickered, and clusters of firelight flickered on the battleship, not waiting for the battleship to fall. Smoke rose from several places, and then fell with a bang, and the flames came out of the ship.

Under the bombardment of these fifty guns, the King Kong was hit by more than a dozen shells, several large holes were blown out on the deck, and new wounds were added to the side of the ship, and the sea water poured in frantically, and before the tide weakened, the King Kong was already slow, and in the violent ups and downs, it moved forward at a speed of several knots.

The deck, under the violent turmoil and explosions, was already empty, but the engine room was still working, and the boilers were not flooded. It's just that one side of the ship is flooded, so that the hull of the ship is crooked, and although it does not capsize, I am afraid it will be difficult to escape.

At this time, Matsuura Eijiro already knew that the general trend of the road was gone, and if there was another round of artillery bombardment, the battleship would not be spared. There was still luck in his heart, and when the explosion was over, the battleship fell into the sea and floated again, and when it was wet, he shouted: "Drain water, extinguish the fire!" ”

At this time, the Kirishima had stopped moving, the hull of the ship had tilted to 20 degrees, and the smoke was billowing and drifting crookedly on the sea.

The captain of the ship, Kakuzaburo Makita, endured a burst of dizziness, struggled to get up, staggered to the door, looked at the figure of the ship running around, and shouted with difficulty: "Report the damage!" ”

A Shao Zuo rushed to the command platform amid his shouting and shouted: "Report the damage!" ”

Shaoqing, he ran to Makita Kakuzaburo, who was standing on the hatch, and said loudly: "Captain, the power on the ship is gone, the backup power supply cannot be used, and the pumping operation cannot be carried out......"

"The engine room can't be restored?"

Makita Kakuzaburo asked with surprising composure.

The young man stood upright: "The water has overflowed into the boiler room, and all of them have stopped......"

"Parking ......"

Makita Kakuzaburo looked at the figure running on the ship, muttered, and then ordered: "Abandon the ship, get on the lifeboat, and wait for rescue!" ”

"Yes!"

The young man was ordered to turn around and leave, shouting to abandon the ship.

Makita Kakuzaburo slowly came to the command platform, stroked the battleship that had accompanied him for countless years with his joys, sorrows and sorrows like a child, and calmly shouted: "I am the captain Makita Kakuzaburo Osa, I order the ship to be abandoned!" ”

The soldiers in the cabin, who were still struggling to rescue them, heard the shout, and after a short period of stunnedness, they did not hesitate to run to the spiral ladder and to the deck.

At the moment when the Kirishima put down the lifeboats and had already made a move to abandon the ship, the Kongo was crooked, braving thick smoke, struggling to move slowly on the sea, and on the battleship, all the Japanese troops were frantically busy, extinguishing fires and pumping water, blocking those cracks, hoping to let the Kongo escape alive.

Other warships were also hit by the dense shells, but fortunately they did not suffer much damage, and in the huge waves, when the second wave of shells came, they left the waters of Yushan Island and leaned towards the aircraft carrier.

At the same time that they were out of the shelling position, the bombers also roared, and at an altitude of six or seven hundred meters above the sea surface, they climbed and flew over Yushan Island.

At the moment when the group of planes was escorted by ten flamingos and flew over Yushan Island, suddenly, there were dense flames around the planes, and with a loud bang, one bomber after another was bombed in the air.

"Not good! Pull up!! ”

All the planes immediately exploded, and in the sound of the fuselage clanging, one plane after another caught fire, one plane after another had its wings broken, one plane pilot after another was killed by steel balls, and thick smoke billowed and tumbled in the sky, falling into the choppy sea.

In the distance, the crew on the King Kong was panicked, countless people saw the tragedy in the sky, and in the pain and wail, they knew that the planes were all finished, and they also knew that the wooden day of the King Kong had arrived. There, there were enemy artillery positions.

When Sanben 56 received a report from the bomber, informing him that there were anti-aircraft artillery and artillery on Yushan Island, he was shocked and ordered the aircraft carrier to retreat to avoid becoming a target for artillery on Yushan Island.

At this time, where is the cannon on Yushan Island laboriously turning the muzzle? They saw smoke in the distance, and although they didn't know what was going on there, Dong Ku's order was to bombard them continuously, so as not to give the Japanese soldiers who fell into the water there a chance to live.

"Aim at the smoke, ten cannons are effective and shoot two rounds!"

One of the Huya warriors in charge of the command shouted and ordered: "Other arbitrary shots, the coordinates are corrected left and right, and then extended!" ”

The shells flew in a roar, and with a bang, four shells hit the battleship, and the Japanese fled in panic on the battleship, hitting the bow and side of the ship, hitting the tower, and in the firelight, Matsuura Eijiro was directly blown to pieces, and he died completely.

The huge waves caused the battleship to enter the water sharply, and the rushing sea water poured down the cracked hatch in the huge earthquake, and then the boiler turned off, and the King Kong completely stopped moving forward.

In the loud roar, huge waves continued to rise on the sea. The Japanese soldiers, who had already climbed into the lifeboats and tried to leave, howled in the surging waves, fell into the sea, and with them, were swept to the bottom of the sea.

I'm afraid it will be difficult for them to surface, and they haven't waited for them to surface, but they are afraid that they will be divided by all kinds of fish.

The Japanese troops on the Kongo had just been left on deck, and during the shelling, as the battleship was lifted high and fell, they all fell into the sea. The Japanese soldiers who were still rescuing in the cabin just now gave up their efforts at the moment when the sea water rushed into the frenzy, struggled in the water, and ran to the deck. They all knew that the King Kong was in a catastrophe, and I was afraid that they would only be dragged back.

But they had just run onto the deck, and before they could release the lifeboats, several shells flew in the roar.

The King Kong was hit five more bullets, and in the firelight, there were probably not many Japanese soldiers alive under the ship. But the battleship is worthy of the King Kong class, and after being hit by several bullets, the hull of the ship has tilted, but it is still floating firmly, and like the Kirishima ship, it still maintains a floating posture and has not capsized.

During the shelling, the two reconnaissance planes took off again after receiving all the Japanese carrier-based planes, and flew over the sea with the rumbling sound of artillery; then, the two huge ships lost power and floated, one caught fire and burned, and there was no shadow of other warships on the surface of the sea with oil stains and fires everywhere, and debris and corpses everywhere.

Dong Ku heard in Hongkou that the artillery bombardment had won a complete victory, so he ordered the soldiers on Yushan Island to turn their guns as soon as possible, bombard the coordinates just sent by the submarine, and scare him to death if they could not sink the aircraft carrier, so that the Japanese would know that the artillery on Yushan Island could reach 30 kilometers, far beyond the range of the naval guns, and there were also anti-aircraft guns, so that the Japanese army completely cut off the idea of attacking Shanghai. (To be continued......)