To be exact. It was a massacre, because the attacked side had little to fight back. Ship after ship was hit by bombs, and a violent explosion was followed by a raging fire.

Pile after pile of huge fires almost illuminated the sea outside the No. 1 pier of Dongshan Island, and from time to time you could see the students struggling to survive in the waves. They became the targets of the Japanese fighters, and the airborne machine guns swept by, and the sound of bullets crashing into the water was occasionally heard, and a bright red cloud rippled on the surface of the sea......

The firelight illuminated the faces of the warriors, and Niu Minggui could almost make out the painful expressions on the faces of the warriors who were not too far away. He chased the fighters and roared: "Come on, come and hit me!" What kind of hero is the man who fights the drowning?! ”

He was so furious that he had completely forgotten that the devil soldiers who could prepare the muzzle of their guns to the common people did not understand what it meant to be a hero.

The five shore defense guns were still roaring, but apart from the initial interest of the two Japanese planes, no Japanese planes came to patronize them later.

"Boom!" A gunboat was killed and then split in two and plunged into the dark sea. A Japanese plane roared away and began to machine gun fire on fighters who had not been brought to the bottom by the gunboat. Not far away, the fuel leaking from the gunboat was still burning. Niu Minggui watched one after another black spots floating on the sea surface being hit by Japanese planes and then sinking, and he suddenly shouted in a casual manner: "Save people!" Go and save them! He screamed, tears streaming down his face. At this moment, he behaved so vulnerable, not at all like a well-trained soldier.

All the lifeboats and patrol boats at Pier 1 have already started rescue operations, and several boats have been targeted by Japanese planes and blown to pieces. But no one flinched, and the warriors rushed fearlessly towards the burning ships with even higher morale.

"I'm not leaving! You take the other brothers away, I am the captain of the ship, and I must be the last one to leave the ship! ”

Even though the ship was in danger and could sink at any time, there were still people who insisted on not leaving. Among these people, the most resolute ones who expressed their desire to live and die with the ship were those captains.

More than a dozen small boats rushed towards the burning ship, and suddenly, with a violent explosion of "boom", the ammunition depot of another gunboat exploded, and the bow of the gunboat poked up, and then fell directly to the bottom of the sea with the burning flames......

At the door of the conference room, Liu Kui turned his head and whispered to Ouyang Yun: "Commander-in-chief, all the devil fighters have flown away. ”

Ouyang Yun's hands had been clenched tightly, and his nails had sunk deep into his palms because of excessive force. People who have never been superstitious are only chanting one sentence in their hearts at this time: Bodhisattva bless, bless my Dongshan fleet! "What? The devil fighter flew away?! He paused for a moment before he came to his senses.

When he looked up, the first thing that caught his eye was Pier 3 -- the fire at Pier 3 was still raging, and in the midst of the raging flames, the sound of anti-aircraft guns continued to sound, and unfortunately, the enemy planes had already escaped into the night sky, and perhaps, they were already approaching the coast of the island of Taiwan. This made him have a tearless expression on his face.

The fire at the tail of the "Jinan" became bigger and bigger, making Chen Xing anxious. In order to evade the pursuing enemy aircraft, the ship had to maintain a high speed while constantly making sharp turns to avoid shells fired from the air. In the "S" state, it is a problem for the crew to walk on the ship, let alone put out fires. However, if the fire is not effectively controlled, once the fire burns into the engine room and draws fuel, then the "Jinan" will face a devastating blow.

The cannon fire finally stopped. Although Asakura Takashi was very unwilling, he had to admit that he had met an opponent today. The captain of the Shina man was too high in the management of the ship, except for being hit at the stern at the beginning, he was not given a chance at all in the future. "Eight squares! I want to see who this man is, and I will defeat him in the future!" With this in mind, he accelerated with all his might, and then flew around the "Jinan" twice.

He pressed the nose of the plane so low that Chen Xing could clearly see the number of the fighter. He didn't know that the devil had no more shells, so he continued to operate to the limit as a matter of course, and the "Jinan" was making an "S" shape movement under his full force, which made Asakura Eagle have the urge to crash headlong.

Chen Xing looked at the enemy plane that was almost close at hand, and gritted his teeth with hatred - the devils of the dog day are really rampant! At this moment, it would be nice to have a box, no, even an anti-aircraft machine gun bullet! In that case, at such a height, he was absolutely sure that the shooters on the ship would definitely be able to take the big bird down.

Asakura Takashi finally chose to leave, and he had already written down the number of the torpedo boat. "Fight it out later!" With this in mind, he turned the nose of the plane and flew in the direction of the island of Taiwan.

Seeing this fighter plane disappear into the darkness, Chen Xing exhaled heavily, and his tense nerves finally relaxed-the enemy plane should have no shells, so even if he was unwilling, he could only choose to leave.

"It's a pity! What if there were bullets!? He shook his head regretfully, suddenly realized something, and immediately rushed out of the cab and shouted: "Brothers, put out the fire!" We can't let our new warships burn down! After shouting, he went back and continued to shout into the microphone: "Lao Kun, the enemy plane is gone, stop the fire." Hey, the new engine is so fierce as soon as it comes up, and it will definitely be overhauled when it returns to the base! ”

The crew watched the fire raging and wanted to break out of the boat for a long time, but they couldn't walk on the boat before. Hearing the captain's order, everyone rushed out, twisted the faucet, pulled the hose, and quickly brought the fire under control.

Chen Xing walked out of the cab. Blown by the sea breeze, he couldn't help but shake for a moment, and then found that the military uniform on his body was so sweaty that he could wring it into the water. Recalling the previous experience of fighting wits and courage with the Japanese plane, the "Jinan" was almost hit again several times, and he didn't dare to think about it anymore.

The fire was quickly extinguished, and he was lucky that it did not cause major damage to the hull.

"Captain, our ship is fine!" Several warriors approached him and said.

Chen Xing's gaze was already attracted by a pile of burning flames in the distance. The crowd followed his gaze, and the joy of escaping the catastrophe sank and became extremely bad.

It was the wreck of a torpedo boat, and they were so sure because there were fish tubes in the burning hull. "Quick, go over and save people!" Chen Xing said and ran back to the cab.

"Brothers, prepare to save people!" The first and second officers shouted, and everyone began to look for rescue tools, ready to carry out rescue operations at any time.

The "Jinan" rescued officers and soldiers who had fallen into the water along the way, salvaged the bodies of their fallen comrades, and rescued a total of seven people and 34 bodies.

Looking at the swollen bodies of many soldiers soaked in the seawater, Chen Xing and the others shed sad tears. When they returned to Pier 1, everyone was stunned by what they saw.

On the dock, more than a dozen dinghy galloped back and forth, bringing back several or even a dozen corpses each time. And the ships that returned to the dock, plus the "Jinan", were only three - in this battle, the losses of the Dongshan Navy were great.

Niu Minggui looked into the distance, hoping to see more ships return, but as time went by little by little, half an hour later, only waiting for the three ships including the "Jinan" to return, his heart sank completely.

At this time, Ouyang Yun walked over accompanied by Chen Yuanyang.

Ouyang Yun was unscathed, which made the naval officers of the Dongshan Department led by Chen Yuanyang secretly breathe a sigh of relief. However, when they saw the bodies of the sacrificial officers and men piled up everywhere on the wharf, and then looked at the three warships that were the only remaining warships, among which the "Jinan" and another torpedo boat had also suffered heavy damage, everyone's faces immediately turned pale, and they no longer had the ease of traveling.

Ouyang Yun felt his heart trembling, and he calmed down and asked Niu Minggui, who came up: "How much did you lose in total?" ”

"There are only three ships left, and the 'Jinan' has suffered heavy damage, and the commander-in-chief ......" Niu Minggui didn't finish speaking, and he couldn't cry, and tears rolled down. This stout and strong man has shed tears for the first time today.

When the air raid sirens were lifted, power to the main base was restored. The lights on Pier 1 were restored, and several 3,000-watt searchlights illuminated the entire pier almost as bright as day.

I don't know when the road began, the originally bright moon was covered with a faint layer of mist - is it that the moon can't bear to see the tragic scene on the dock and secretly weeps?

The Dongshan Navy originally had 26 ships, plus the "Jinan" that had just been launched, and there were only three of the 27 ships of various types left in total. For the Cadet Corps, which was already short of naval resources, the damage was as great as the huge losses of the Japanese Combined Fleet in the "Sunken It" operation.

"Only three left? Impossible, how can it be? Chen Yuanyang ran to the edge of the dock, staring into the distance with wide eyes, he muttered, unable to believe his eyes.

"The little devil is too deceitful!" An officer roared, tears of pain. More people began to wipe their tears, and at this moment, they were as fragile as children. For the officers and men of the navy, ships are their second life, and no one can bear the huge blow of 24 ships, if they say they don't, they will be gone.

Ouyang Yun understood them, he looked into the distance, and he also had the same expectation in his heart, hoping that the battleship would be able to return with a whistle.

"No, sooner or later, how could the Japanese choose this time to attack us? Commander-in-chief, there must be spies within us! Zhu Hailiang, who was standing behind him, suddenly gritted his teeth and said.

This air raid really came very suddenly, and with the reconnaissance ability of the Cadet Army, it was unusually that no signs were found at all. The Japanese do not yet have radar, so it is actually quite difficult to carry out such a large-scale long-range air attack at night. As far as the information we have at present, it can already be determined that these enemy planes came from the island of Taiwan, which is not too far from Dongshan, and the moonlight tonight is conducive to flying at night, so these Japanese planes were able to fly to Dongshan Island so smoothly. However, even so, their air raid could not have succeeded without the guidance of the ground forces, so the previous infiltration of Japanese spies must have something to do with this air raid. The Cadet Army has been operating Dongshan Island for quite a long time, and the defense setup and defense system are very complete, and it is not easy for Japanese spies to infiltrate them. Ouyang Yun came to Dongshan, there were very few people who knew about it, and it was impossible for there to be spies among these people. The timing of the Japanese air raid was so ingenious that if it wasn't for Ouyang Yun, no one would believe it at all—then it would be too likely that there were spies within the Dongshan Navy, otherwise it would not be possible to explain the fact that the Japanese chose this time to carry out the air raid. It's just strange that the Japanese air raid process doesn't seem to have anything to do with targeting Ouyang Yun, because after they found out that they were deceived, they did not continue to search for ground targets, but decisively pounced on the port wharf - according to this analysis, this air raid may also be an action planned by the Japanese army for a long time, and it was not specifically aimed at him Ouyang Yun, so the theory that there is a spy within the Dongshan Navy is not valid. This is a good thing, but at the same time, it also exposes the huge loopholes in the security of the Dongshan base - Ouyang Yun tried to calm down as much as possible, analyzed carefully, and after a few minutes, he made a decision and said: "Things have happened, what we should do now is to try to find a way to make up for it." Deputy Commander Chen, I am also sad that I have lost so many ships this time, but compared with it, I feel more sorry for the loss of naval officers and men in this battle. With the current level of financial resources and science and technology of our military, it is still difficult to build those giant ships of tens of thousands of tons, but there is no problem in building torpedo boats of several hundred tons and gunboats of more than 1,000 tons. The first thing we should consider now is how to seize the time to build an air defense dock and train reserve troops. In addition, the security work of the base should be strengthened - the Dongshan base has been established for a while, and the security should be foolproof, but it was actually mixed in by Japanese spies, which is simply a great shame! "The Xuebing Army has been in the army for so long, except for being touched into the depth by the Japanese once when he was in Renqiu, nothing like this has happened since then, which makes Ouyang Yun feel more and more annoyed the more he speaks. He clenched his fists, and his eyes were very frightening, scanning Chen Yuanyang and the others.

Chen Yuanyang drooped his head, others, you look at me, I look at you, one by one I didn't dare to make a sound.

They had very little contact with Ouyang Yun, and they didn't know much about his temperament, so they had more fear in their hearts.

Seeing the sad expressions on the faces of Chen Yuanyang and the others, Bai Tassel couldn't bear it, so he reached out and gently pinched Ouyang Yun a few times. Ouyang Yun exhaled heavily, and finally did not continue to be angry. Rescue and patrol dinghys were still cruising, but the interval between their returns was getting longer and longer. Ouyang Yun took a few heavy breaths before calming down his anger, he looked at Niu Minggui and asked, "This time, how many people have we lost?"

Niu Minggui's already pale face suddenly turned completely pale, and he raised his dry lips and said, "We are doing our best to rescue, but judging from the destruction of the ship, the loss, the loss will be great!" ”

The damage was indeed great, and by one o'clock in the morning of the next day, the remains of more fighters were recovered. Ouyang Yun had been standing quietly on the dock and waiting, when he saw a soldier whose legs were blown off, and he was still holding an empty fire extinguishing canister in his hand, his nose was sore, he could no longer control his emotions, and tears rolled down.

There are a total of 1,361 officers and men on the 27 ships, and according to the statistics so far, 335 corpses have been recovered, 412 officers and men have survived, including 102 lightly and seriously wounded, and the number of missing has reached an astonishing 614. In the vast ocean, there is almost no difference between missing and dead, that is to say, this time, the Dongshan Navy actually lost 949 officers and men-Ouyang Yun shed tears of pain again after learning about this series of figures. He crouched on the dock with his hands over his face, acting like a child in front of people for the first time.

Chen Yuanyang's grief was not under Ouyang Yun, but at this time, he walked to his side, patted him on the shoulder and whispered: "Niu Minggui is still leading people to search, and among the missing people, there should be some rescues." Commander-in-Chief, the deceased is gone, please mourn. ”

The white tassel's temperament was the hardest among Ouyang Yun's three women, and when he saw the soldier who was holding a fire extinguishing canister when he was dying, he couldn't help but be moved, and he couldn't cry anymore. Suddenly, she raised her head and sang in a hoarse voice while weeping: "O night in the military port! Quiet......

This song was familiar to Ouyang Yun, it was originally a light ballad, but at this time, it made him feel endless sadness. He stood up and walked over to her, and gently wrapped his arms around her. His gaze swept over the corpses of the soldiers, and suddenly shouted in a hoarse voice: "This revenge, Lao Tzu must be doubled back!" ”

Ouyang Yun was really angry, it was the first time that he had suffered such a big dumb loss after dealing with the little devil for so long.

Liu Kui had been with him for a long time and understood the temperament of his commander, so he followed: "The Japanese seem to have healed their scars and forgotten the pain, hmph, have they forgotten the lesson of the Combined Fleet?" ”

The naval officers of the Dongshan Department did not know much about this young commander-in-chief, and most of them thought that he was just talking casually to vent his anger, but Liu Kui knew that since the commander-in-chief had let go, targeted measures would definitely be introduced soon.

More than a dozen dinghy were still busy at sea, but everyone knew that as time went on, even those who were lucky enough to survive at the beginning would have no way to survive at this time. Although it is still summer at this time, the sea water is still very cold at night, which is a great drain on people's physical energy. Moreover, struggling on the vast sea is a completely different concept than swimming in a small river, and the former is a huge blow to people's confidence. Just imagine, seeing that everything is dark and misty as far as the eye can see, and not knowing what awaits you in the road, this fear will make people crazy. Niu is precious to them, at this time, they are just doing their best, salvaging the bodies of their sacrificed comrades-in-arms as much as possible, and not letting them bury themselves in the belly of the fish.