Fierce artillery battle

"Boom boom boom..." A series of violent explosions sounded around the three ships. The entire shelling area, which was still calm just now, immediately became rough.

A large amount of sea water was directly rolled onto the deck of the warship amid the explosion of shells. More importantly, every few seconds, there were always one or two shells that landed very accurately on the heavy decks of the three ships, raising up rolling smoke and airtight shell fragments.

Amid the dense explosion, the three warships, which were as stable as Mount Tai, began to shake violently.

"Boom..." Another violent explosion came from the stern of the ship. Yin Teng Zhongzuo, who felt the violent vibration of the cruiser, turned his gaze directly to the direction where the explosion sounded.

The stern of the ship, less than fifty meters away from his command platform, was already covered by a burst of strong smoke. Although it was not particularly clear, the wreckage of a large number of soldiers and the ruins of a sub-cannon that were completely exploded by shells were still looming in front of Yin Tengzhongzuo.

Less than five seconds after the explosion sounded, a combat staff member with a smoke on his face rushed in panting and reported in great horror: "Captain, the second deputy cannon was hit by the enemy's shells, and now it has lost its combat effectiveness and has lost 14 gunners..."

As soon as the words fell, the communications staff responsible for contacting the other two destroyers followed closely and rushed into the command table, reporting in a terror: "Captain, the destroyer Qiufeng reported that the ship's deck had been hit by three shells. One secondary gun was destroyed. The personnel losses exceeded 10%. In addition, water leakage in the ship's cabin, but it has been blocked by the damaged personnel..."

"The Yufeng destroyer reported that the deck was hit by two shells, a secondary gun was destroyed, and 25 people were lost. At the same time, the deck leading to the power cabin was seriously damaged and repaired immediately..."

"Baga, what do the intelligence departments do for? When did the Chinese equipped so many large-caliber coastal defense guns? Why didn't we have any news? Why.... Retreat, all ships retreat immediately, hurry up... In addition, order all ships to find the Chinese coastal defense gun positions immediately, fight back, and destroy it..." The angry Yin Tengzhongzuo ordered loudly in a bad tone.

"Hayi, Captain..."

"Boom boom boom..." As the dense explosion of shells, the three ships, like wounded old men, began to dodge left and right in this sea full of crisis and death, and slowly retreated to the rear. At the same time, the remaining dozen guns also began to change their black holes under the control of the gunners, preparing to fight back.

"Fire the cannon..." When the huge ships of the three warships could not help but tremble with the sound of cannons, more than a dozen naval artillery shells, directly carrying the anger of hundreds of Japanese soldiers, flew out of the cannon barrels and flew into the sky.

A few violent explosions sounded on the shore defense artillery positions, and several turrets that took the initiative were immediately shrouded by the strong smoke from the explosion of the shells. The sound of the cannon had just ended. The commander Jiang Qiwei, a slightly anxious command, rang out: "I don't know how much the endurance of these turrets is. Contact the four turrets 6, 7, 8.9 immediately, if the turrets are damaged. Can the artillery continue to fight..."

The reinforced concrete bunker with a thickness of far more than one meter is definitely not comparable to that of dozens of millimeters of armor on warships. The explosion of more than a dozen naval gun shells only exploded a few small pits on the turret, which did not affect the gunners in the turret.

"The regiment seats, the four turrets are intact, and you can continue to participate in the battle..." The staff officer in charge replied excitedly.

"Very good, order all the turrets, follow Major Jim's orders, continue firing and sinking the Japanese warships..." Commander Jiang Qiwei, who had a nervous look on his face, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and ordered with murderous intent on his face.

At this moment, it was already bright. With the help of the high-power telescope, the sea area where the three Japanese Navy ships were located was clearly visible to the eyes of the regiment command headquarters' observation post.

I saw three Japanese Navy ships carrying rolling smoke, dodging left and right in the dense rain of shells, as if they were ready to retreat to the rear. The anxious sound of the observation post quickly rang out in the command room: "Reporting the group, the Japanese Navy warship is retreating quickly..."

As soon as the words fell, Major Jim, who had rich combat experience, quickly rushed to the lookout. While observing, he issued the latest order to the German instructor behind him: "Immediately measure the speed of the Japanese naval warship... Calculate the new shooting numbers, move forward 500 meters towards the direction of the Japanese naval retreat, shoot two rapid fires, and fire guns..."

"Boom boom boom..." There were dozens of excellent German instructors serving as gunners, and the firing speed of more than a dozen naval guns was significantly accelerated a lot. In less than five seconds, a new round of naval gun shells had already roared out of the shore defense gun positions and flew into the sky.

Because of two shells hit, on the cruiser that was completely covered by gunpowder smoke, Yin Teng Zhongzuo looked at the large amount of sea water that was constantly rolled onto the deck by shells, while hoping that the shells that exploded around him would not land on the deck of the ship he was on.

As the speed of the three ships accelerated, they finally left the predetermined artillery area of ​​China's coastal defense artillery. Captain Kondo Nakasa directly let out a long sigh, and said as if he was re-released, saying: "Yoxi, Amaterasu's blessing, we finally left this dead area smoothly... Now, it's my turn to show our power and order all ships to concentrate their firepower during the retreat, aim at the Chinese coastal defense artillery position, shoot with all their might, and shoot the other side's arrogance."

"Hayi..." The combat staff left with excitement.

In Yin Teng Zhongzuo's eyes, even if the Zhong** team is equipped with a certain number of shore defense artillery, it is impossible to build a high-intensity protection turret in such a short time. Without turrets and even if they cannot move, these shore defense artillery will definitely become its best target for shelling.

However, what Yin Teng Zhongzuo did not expect was that the Zhong** team actually used the former German shore defense artillery position, which had been consumed by the Japanese Navy for a large amount of ammunition but did not attack. At the same time, what he did not expect was that directly in front of him, two rounds of shells from the shore defense artillery regiment were waiting for his arrival.

"Woooooooooooooo..... Boomoooooooo..." The sharp whistling sound of the air broke through the ears of Yin Teng Zhongzuo just reached Yin Teng Zhongzuo's ears. Yin Teng Zhongzuo's face was still relaxed and had not had time to change. The densely packed naval artillery shells arrived and landed on the decks of the three ships and on the sea around the ships.

Because the shells came too suddenly, the three ships were retreating quickly to the rear at a very high speed. The decks of the three ships that could not hide were directly baptized by five large-caliber naval shells.

Two violent bomb explosions sounded again on the front and rear decks. The ship that had just stabilized was directly blown up and shaking violently. Even Yin Teng Zhongzuo, who was standing on the podium, was directly thrown to the ground in the face of violent shaking.

With the protection of his heavy deck, the two naval artillery shells did not affect the performance and firepower of the entire cruiser except for leaving two huge craters on the deck and the bodies of officers and soldiers everywhere. However, once again, the Yufeng destroyer with two naval artillery shells and a caliber of more than 200 mm was not so lucky...

A giant cannon shell with a caliber of more than 200 mm was unexpectedly landed less than one meter away from the point of a shell a few minutes ago. Even if the deck of this destroyer is thick, it will be directly blown out after being baptized by two cannon shells at the same point.

More importantly, this big hole was not badly abolished, just above the ship's power compartment. The whistling shells passed through the hole without any accident and hit the ship's power compartment without any surprise.

"Boom..." A violent sound of naval gun explosion sounded in the power cabin, and the entire power cabin, including dozens of Japanese soldiers, was instantly torn to pieces. At the same time, the boiler deployed in the power cabin was torn apart by the tearing of powerful blasting force...

The boiler with strong steam pressure was torn apart, and the result can be imagined.

"Boom..." Another violent explosion sounded in the power compartment, and the huge steam boiler, followed by the explosion of the shells...

When the boiler explodes, the entire ship will lose its only power. Suddenly, the Yufeng destroyer, which was still constantly avoiding shells, stopped slowly due to the loss of power.

Looking at the stagnant destroyer of the Yufeng, when he saw a thick stream of black smoke rising from the tail of the Yufeng destroyer, a trace of bad premonition gradually emerged in Yin Teng Zhongzuo's heart. After reacting from the shock, he roared loudly at the communication staff behind him.

"Baga, why are you still standing there? Contact the Yafeng destroyer immediately. Why did the destroyer stagnate? What is the fault? Contact us immediately..."

Yin Tengzhongzuo, who was frowning, held up his telescope and kept paying attention to the every move of the Yufeng destroyer, waiting for it to start again. The anxious figure of the communications staff finally appeared in front of him. At the same time, a news that almost made him despair and vomited blood also reached his ears.

"Report to the captain, the Ushio destroyer reported: the power compartment of the ship was devastatingly hit by Chinese naval artillery shells, and the entire ship had completely lost its power and could not move forward...Master Fukuda requested to lead all the officers and soldiers of the Ushio destroyer to counterattack on the spot, cover the remaining two ships of our army, and quickly withdraw from the combat waters..."

"Nani, the power cabin was destroyed..." Yin Teng Zhongzuo, who looked shocked, knew very well what the final result would be when facing the attack of the shore defense artillery of the Zhong* team and waiting for the Yufeng destroyer.

Since the other party voluntarily asked to stay to cover him, Yin Teng Zhongzuo certainly had no opinion and directly decisively ordered: "Contact Major Fukuda immediately and tell him that I will report all the officers and soldiers of the Yufeng destroyer to the military headquarters to reward him. I wish them good luck in the next battle. At the same time, I told Major Fukuda that at the critical moment, I allowed him to surrender to the Zhongzhao team. With the current national strength of the Great Japanese Empire, what our navy lacks is not warships, but officers and soldiers with rich combat experience. Therefore, we must make Major Fukuda avoid it. For the Great Japanese Empire, we must survive as much as possible..."

"In addition, notify Major Yokoyama. He immediately gave up the Yafeng destroyer, advanced at full speed, and quickly left the combat waters."

Since they could no longer go back, the Japanese officers and soldiers on the Yufeng destroyer who had experienced the Bushido spirit were temporarily kept and not sent, with the determination to die, and at the cost of being sunk at any time, they began to counterattack. The remaining two main guns and two secondary guns were controlled by the elite Japanese gunners. At the fastest firing speed, they concentrated their firepower and continuously fired shells at the 9th Army's coastal defense artillery positions.

Four rounds of naval artillery shells were quickly poured into a corner of the shore defense artillery position at a rate of eleven rounds per minute. Several artillery batteries that were mainly attacked by the Yufeng destroyer were also shrouded in a flash by thick smoke.

In order to avoid these several artillery being breached by the continuous bombardment of Japanese naval guns. While launching attacks on two Japanese naval ships, Commander Jiang Qiwei had to draw one-third of the artillery. The attack seemed to be in trouble, but it was like a crazy Japanese destroyer.

The shells on both sides came and went, and when everyone thought that the Yufeng destroyer, which had lost power, could not hold on for a few rounds, an accident happened when the onshore defense artillery regiment had a fierce attack of several heavy artillery pieces on the shore, could not hold on for a few rounds...

The Yufeng destroyer, which had been hit by at least ten shells, had no effect at all because the shells fell on the non-lethal deck except for causing a large amount of damage to the Japanese naval officers and soldiers on the deck.

The four turrets that were mainly attacked by the Japanese Navy Ushibe destroyer collapsed continuously because the turrets were outdated and had not been repaired for a long time, and one after another lost their combat effectiveness...

"The regiment seat. All four turrets lost contact..." Looking at the four turrets that still showed no signs of counterattack, the communications consultant reported with a solemn expression.

"Bastard..." Jiang Qiwei clenched his fist and slammed hard on the table in front of him, cursing loudly.

When the inquiring eyes were on Major Jim, he was holding a telescope and observing the specific enemy situation. Major Jim spoke: "Order the three double-unit large-caliber naval guns of the Third Battalion. Concentrate firepower and bombard the destroyer that has lost power in the Japanese Navy. The rest will continue to bombard the remaining two ships of the Japanese Navy. All artillery will be fired with all its strength..."

The order was issued, and two groups of artillery staff quickly reported the specific artillery coordinates to each artillery position.

In five seconds, all the gun gun muzzles were adjusted to the position. A new round of 15 naval gun shells, with a sharp whistling sound of breaking through the air, quickly swept across the sky and appeared over the Japanese Navy fleet.

"Boom boom boom..." Six consecutive violent explosions sounded around the Yufeng destroyer. The large number of waves rolled up by the shells directly made the destroyer shake violently. At the same time, a shell, unfortunately, happened to land next to the main gun located at the bow of the Yufeng destroyer...

The charge amount of naval gun shells with a caliber exceeding 200 mm is dozens of kilograms more than the 150 mm naval gun shells. And these charge amounts of these dozens of kilograms instantly tear the armor of the main gun, which was just invincible, into pieces.

In addition, the main gun had not had time to fire several shells inside the main gun, which were directly detonated by the explosion. The main gun weighing more than ten tons was like a toy, driven by huge air waves, and was thrown high into the sky.

"Boom..." A dozen tons of main guns smashed heavily from a high altitude, and the bow of the entire warship was directly pressed toward the sea under the action of a huge impact force.

The bow of the ship sank, and under the influence of the buoyancy of the seawater, the stern of the ship was raised high accordingly. The Japanese naval officers and soldiers who were standing on the deck of the warship were instability, like dumplings, were thrown into the sea one after another. Finally, around the ship, the continuous explosion of the ship cannon shells, were quickly broken into corpses...

The entire ship, more than two-thirds of the naval officers and soldiers, all the officers and soldiers who were standing on the deck, were buried in the sea. After the ship, which had lost power and was swaying from side to side, slowly stabilized, there was almost no living person on the huge deck of the entire ship.

Although the Yufeng destroyer had two secondary guns left after the attack just now. However, without artillery, these two secondary guns could only block a decoration without any threat.

In this way, under the attack of the Third Battalion of the shore defense artillery, although the Yufeng destroyer, which was full of holes, maintained a complete ship. However, because he lost all his resistance, he could only let the waves slap their broken ship, and swung and drifted on the sea surface with the waves...

The Yufeng destroyer fell silent in an instant. The nervous Jiang Qiwei immediately found a huge fighter plane in front of him. Before Major Jim could remind him, he decisively ordered the combat staff behind him.

"Order, the Third Battalion of the Shore Defense Artillery Regiment (three double-connected 205mm caliber naval guns attacking the destroyer of the Yufeng), immediately turn the guns, concentrate firepower, and attack the Japanese rear cruiser. The First Battalion continues to harass and attack the remaining Japanese destroyer. The Second Battalion, together with the Third Battalion, concentrate firepower and attack the Japanese backward cruiser. In short, be sure to sink the Japanese ship before it leaves its range..."

Six double-column large-caliber naval guns, including three giant cannons with a caliber of more than 200 mm. Under the control of German instructors, they kept pouring shells into the waters of the Japanese cruiser as if they had eyes.

Suddenly, the thick water columns that had risen into the air were constantly rolled up by shells, like an indestructible water curtain, blocking directly in front of the cruiser. (To be continued...)
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