Dark clouds gathered in the sky, and the storm carried huge waves that beat against the hull, causing the cruiser to rise and fall.
In the captain's room of the Hainan Army No. 107 cruise ship, Captain Sun Feng frowned and kept calculating the navigation chart. It happened to be a rainy night, and the radar on the ship malfunctioned due to the storm, and they deviated from the original patrol.
route.
"Look! It's land!" The first mate standing nearby suddenly screamed.
After hearing this, Sun Feng immediately picked up the telescope and observed. Without markers, he could not determine his current position.
As the cruise ship approached, a faint coastline appeared not far ahead.
"That's...?" Captain Sun Feng said in confusion as he looked through the telescope.
"Turn the helm! Keep approaching!" Sun Feng ordered. He needed more information to determine where this place was.
He was already certain that this place was definitely beyond the Hainan Navy's military defense zone! Could it be that he had wandered too far? Xiao Feng thought uncertainly.
"Found it! We were actually brought to the Batan Islands by wind and waves!" After a long time, Sun Feng found this location in the corner of the South China Sea navigation chart.
The Batan Islands are about 310 kilometers north of Luzon Island in the Philippines. They are separated from the Chinese Taiwan Island by the Bashi Strait to the north. It is a volcanic island with desolate land, and is rarely known even in the Philippines.
Although he was a little curious about the Batan Islands, Sun Feng knew that now was not the time for exploration. He must immediately start returning to the patrol route of the Dongsha Islands.
At this moment, the lookout suddenly shouted: "A large number of unknown ships were discovered on the right front!!"
"What!?" Sun Feng asked in surprise, how could there be a large number of ships in this place, and the other party's flag appeared in the telescope: "Japanese Navy?!"
"It's a Japanese ship! Sound the alarm and prepare to fight!" Sun Feng immediately ordered and shouted after seeing clearly that it was the plaster flag of the Japanese Navy.
The shrill sound of battle sirens tore through the dark clouds, and the task of steering the ship was handed over to the first mate. Sun Feng personally came to the deck of the patrol ship, and the sound of running footsteps merged with the chief's loud orders.
Soon, the sailors and artillerymen on the ship were ready for battle. Cannonballs were moved out of the magazine one by one by the sailors, while the artillerymen were shaking the gears to adjust the scale of the ship's gun.
Half a minute later, due to the speed of both sides, the other side quickly appeared in the sight of the cruiser. The size of the other side's formation caused a commotion among the naval soldiers.
"Damn it! It's the aircraft carrier fleet! Turn the rudder and we retreat!" Sun Feng cursed secretly and ordered.
Although he knew that retreating without fighting was not the proper style of the navy, military orders allowed temporary retreat when encountering an enemy that could not be resisted.
Following the captain's order, the cruiser drew an arc on the sea, turned its bow and retreated at full speed.
At the same time, in the Japanese Navy flagship headquarters, a major officer was reporting to Yamamoto Isoroku: "Your Excellency, Commander! An enemy Hainan Army patrol ship has been discovered! The other party is preparing to turn around and flee!"
"Deploy the plane and sink it!" Yamamoto Isoroku immediately ordered.
He had a somewhat blurry photo on hand. It showed that the Japanese intelligence organization had lost a lot of intelligence officers, but from the outline it could be vaguely seen that it was the Longteng aircraft carrier that had just been launched by the Hainan Army.
Looking at the voyage to Hainan Island, Yamamoto Isoroku gradually fell into deep thought. According to intelligence, the Hainan Army's naval force is expanding at a speed that shocks the world, and the rise of the Hainan Army has also seriously threatened the empire's power in Southeast Asia.
Benefit.
"Buzz...buzz...weng...!" Several Japanese mosquito fighter jets jumped out of the aircraft carrier deck runway and quickly rushed towards the Hainan Army cruise ship.
"Da... da... ding... ding!" The Japanese pilot pressed the trigger, and the cannon rained bullets on the Hainan cruiser. The warheads were mounted on the deck and made a sound of copper and iron.
"Anti-aircraft gun! Shoot it down!" Sun Feng roared loudly after dodging a hail of bullets.
The cruiser had two twin anti-aircraft guns at the front and rear for air defense. When the Japanese carrier-based aircraft attacked, they had already opened fire.
Cruiser No. 107 was like an elegant gentleman who took off his disguise and fired wildly at the Japanese aircraft. The crossed bullet chains instantly shredded the right wing of an aircraft.
I saw that the out-of-control Japanese plane scraped the top of the warship and plunged into the sea on the other side of the cruiser, then exploded into a column of water more than four meters high.
After the first battle was successful, the Hainan officers and soldiers on the ship suddenly cheered and continued to fire the bullets at the Japanese fighter planes again.
"Boom~!" Luck did not always accompany the Hainan Army. An aerial bomb fell on the deck of the cruiser, and fire began to rage around it.
"Quick! Where is the damage control officer? Go put out the fire!" Sun Feng, who was standing on the bridge to direct the operation, ordered when he saw that the cruiser deck was hit by bullets and the fire began to spread.
As the battle continued, the cruiser did not slow down due to deck damage, and the anti-aircraft guns continued to engage in fierce exchanges of fire with Japanese aircraft.
On the deck of the warship, Hainan military damage control officers worked in small teams, holding fire extinguishers and desperately putting out the fire. From time to time, soldiers who could not escape were shot and fell down as the rain of bullets swept across.
"Telegraph operator! Call the headquarters immediately and send back the news of the Japanese navy's attack!" Sun Feng ordered to the telegraph operator.
He did not think that the Japanese navy came to the South China Sea to "make soy sauce". Then the only purpose of the Japanese army was to sleep with the Hainan Army, so he needed to convey the news back to the Navy Department immediately, otherwise the Japanese Navy would be caught off guard.
Hearing this, the telegraph operator turned around and reported loudly: "Captain! The distance is too far and the signal cannot be received at all!"
"Then keep calling until the Navy Department receives it!" Sun Feng also knew that this place is still far away from the mainland of Hainan Island. Coupled with the harsh weather, the signal cannot reach Hainan Island at all.
"Boom!" Suddenly an aircraft bomb fell on the side of the ship, causing the water column to rise higher than the side of the ship. The sea water poured down like a heavy rain, soaking Sun Feng's clothes.
The battle lasted for more than ten minutes, and the cruiser still sailed firmly through the waves. It was faster than the Japanese aircraft carrier group, and the cruiser, which was going all out, gradually widened the distance between the two sides.
Soon after, except for a few that were shot down by Hainan military anti-aircraft guns to feed the fish, the rest of the Japanese carrier-based aircraft also returned due to lack of fuel. The sharply declining number of Japanese carrier-based aircraft had no choice but to defeat the cruisers.
From the Japanese aircraft carrier headquarters, the Major reported: "Report to Commander! The enemy cruiser was injured and escaped. The carrier-based aircraft group requested whether to pursue it?"
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I had a fever yesterday and felt unwell, so I didn’t update! There will be another chapter tonight, thank you for your support!