Episode 111 Blood spilled Yokosuka

At this time, in the loudspeakers of the entire Yokosuka Military Port, as well as on the radio of each Japanese ship, only one tragic Japanese sentence echoed:

"Protect Nagato! Please, gentlemen! ”

The Japanese sailors of all ships shouted heartbreakingly while struggling to operate:

"Protect Nagato! Protect Nagato! ”

At the same time, a high-pitched command echoed on the radio of the Ming army's fleet:

"Brothers, do your best! Sink Nagato and inflict heavy damage on the Japanese slaves! ”

The Ming torpedo group staggered and flew, facing the dense artillery fire of the head and face, while approaching the Nagato, while aiming.

The current torpedo planes of the Ming army, after the casualties of the previous battles, are now only about 20 of them. On the opposite side, there is the anti-aircraft fire of a whole large fleet.

The fighters and dive bombers at high altitude were like crazy, and they did not care for their lives at all, and lined up to dive and strafe downward, trying to attract the fire of the Japanese ships and reduce the casualties of the torpedo squadrons. But the Japanese ships seemed to have understood that the Ming army was running out of bombs, and it was just a bluff. The real deadly threat now is these slow-approaching torpedo machines.

A torpedo machine was hit head-on by the cruiser's secondary gun, which exploded into a ball of fire, jumped a few times on the surface of the sea, and scattered into a cloud of parts and oil.

Onboard !!

Several Japanese ships roared with joy, while the Japanese soldiers continued to grit their teeth and shoot at the Ming torpedo planes. While observing the torpedo traces on the sea, the captains of several Japanese ships calmly gave orders to lean their warships outside the Nagato and fill every gap.

The first torpedo, spraying white foam, finally arrived. A series of earth-shaking explosions and avalanche-like columns of water were lifted, and a Japanese destroyer of the second class of the "Chidori-class" was blown in two, and dozens of Japanese sailors were swept into the air, with severed arms, stumps, and internal organs mixed with blood, and scattered on a large area of the sea. In the midst of the raging fire, the destroyer quickly sank and overturned on its side at the bottom of the harbor, with only the mast and the upper end of the bridge exposed. At this time, there were many sailors desperately trying to get out of the water and swim towards the shore.

A destroyer sank here, forming an "anti-torpedo embankment", and the torpedoes behind it could only hit it, and it was definitely impossible to pass.

Sure enough, three more torpedoes hit the head, middle, and tail of the wreck, setting off three huge water columns, but none of them drilled through, and the Nagato behind was still unharmed, still spitting tongues of fire all over its body, shooting at the Ming army group.

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But this destroyer was simply not enough to completely block the Nagato. There were a few more torpedoes trailing on the side and heading for the bow of the Nagato.

"Let me !!"

The captain of the light cruiser Tatsuda shouted loudly, and at the same time ordered:

"Full speed ahead! …… Left full rudder! …… Well, twin-engine parking! Fast! Fast! Come on! ”

The Tatsuda is indeed the closest warship. At this moment, it accelerated to make the last swoop, and its slender body set off the white waves, quickly blocking the gap in the bow of the Nagato. But due to the excessive speed, the light cruiser continued to move forward with inertia.

"Quick!" The captain of the Tatsuda looked at the three torpedoes that were rapidly approaching on the surface of the water and ordered, "Reverse at full speed with the twin engines!" ”

The stern of the ship turned up again, the propeller reversed, quickly counteracted the inertia, and dragged the light cruiser back slowly.

With a loud bang, the first torpedo hit the flank of the Tatsuda. In the column of water that shook the ground and the mountains, more than a dozen Japanese sailors were torn off their gun positions. The glass of the bridge was shattered, and the captain and several officers fell to the ground. But he quickly got up, and when he looked out with blood on his face, he saw that the second and third torpedoes were also crashing into the bow and stern of the Tatsuda. …… Finally blocked another wave of torpedoes.

As soon as the captain of the Longtian shouted, "Well done," the second and third torpedoes crashed into the Longtian one after another. The boiler of the light cruiser exploded violently, and immediately the ammunition depot was also detonated, and the entire warship was blown into the sky.

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"Damn, hateful!"

The leader of the torpedo squadron of the Ming army cursed, pulling up the nose of the plane and dodging the dense artillery fire. His torpedoes had already been thrown, and the torpedoes of the whole squadron were almost gone.

He commanded in a loud voice:

"Pull it up! Pull it up! Start all over again! …… The attention of the rear is close! Be sure to get close! Don't give the Japanese time to react! ”

And the last three torpedo machines, and torpedoes. The seven torpedo planes in front had already thrown away their torpedoes, and they were suddenly as light as swallows, and they pulled up at once. However, the three torpedo planes behind were still carrying heavy torpedoes, and they were slowly raised, and they immediately became the target of Japanese artillery fire.

The Ming fighters and dive bombers above also tightened their cover at this time, and several dive bombers dropped the last bombs. Several more water columns rose around the Nagato, and another bomb was hit on the deck.

Sure enough, this succeeded in attracting the entire Japanese fleet of fire to the dive bombers. The three low-altitude torpedo planes smoothly brushed past the bow and stern of the Nagato, re-elevated, and flew in the opposite direction.

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"Brothers," said the torpedo squadron leader, gasping for breath and in a hoarse voice, "we have finished throwing torpedoes, but the battle is not over, and we cannot withdraw from the battle yet." The Japanese flagship, the Nagato, has not yet eaten a single torpedo, and we still have three torpedoes that have not been thrown. With only three torpedo planes, they would definitely be the target of the entire fleet of pirates, and they would not be able to fly within the range of the bombs at all, and they would have to be shot down. …… Brethren, our entire squadron is one operational unit, and the risk of being shot down is to be equally shared.

"Now I ask that even if we don't have torpedoes, we have to follow another round of bomb flights, and fly in front of those three. We need to draw fire for them so that they have a chance to fly within range of the bomb so that the torpedo can hit the Nagato. …… The Nagato is the general flagship of the Japanese fleet and the symbol of the entire Japanese navy. Although most of us no longer have torpedoes, the honor of sinking the Nagato still belongs to each and every one of us. Okay, now we're going to start the second round of bomb flying, all of you! ”

A few seconds later, a shouting voice rang out in the headphones:

"Yes!"

The remaining dozen or so torpedo planes have been reoriented and are now heading towards the stern of the Nagato, where the final round of bombing flights begins. The stern of the Nagato, which was the only gap that could have been thrown into a torpedo.

And another Japanese light cruiser, the "Ball Mill", was also dragging white marks at this time, accelerating towards this last gap.

Now, there are already three light cruisers blocking the outside of the Nagato, and several more destroyers blocking the outside of the cruiser, forming two "anti-torpedo nets". It was already difficult for the Ming torpedo machine to attack effectively. However, more than a dozen torpedo planes still lined up in an offensive formation, close to the sea, and flew over in the face of dense artillery fire.

This time they flew very close, within a distance of 400 meters. However, another torpedo plane was hit and planted in the sea. Now there are twelve torpedo machines left.

The first torpedo went into the water. The second torpedo went into the water.

The third torpedo plane was about to drop the last torpedo of the whole squadron when suddenly a head-on shell grazed the wing and exploded in the air behind.

The machine gunner in the rear was instantly wounded by shrapnel and died lying on his back in his seat. The entire torpedo machine dragged out long smoke, and flames erupted from the engine.

"We're done."

The captain was sweating with sweat on his face, but said calmly.

Deep in the Japanese mainland, it was surrounded by angry and gnashing Japanese soldiers. No one wants to fall into their hands. Moreover, now the height is only a dozen meters, and it is not even possible to skydive.

The captain was heartbroken, stared at the Nagato number in front of him, and pushed the joystick hard.

The bombardier in the back shouted in horror:

"Captain, what are you going to do?!"

The captain smiled:

"Boy, follow me."

With a shout of horror from the back seat, the plane, with its long belly torpedo, dragged black smoke, and swooped down to the ground and crashed accurately into the side of the Nagato.

There was a violent explosion, and the battleship Nagato screamed countless times, dozens of Japanese sailors were thrown up, and thick smoke and fireballs rose into the sky.

After several aerial bombs and a torpedo, the battleship's side finally got flooded and began to tilt slightly.