Eleven minutes later, the enemy speedboat suddenly turned on its searchlight and opened fire. A string of 37 and 25 mm machine-gun shells rained down on the cargo. But as Chief Alves said, such a small boat
caliber shells do not have the ability to sink a 7,000-ton cargo ship like theirs, but this is just a prelude.
According to the classic tactics of small non-missile speedboats, the gunboat's surprise fire attack cleared the way for subsequent torpedo attacks. It was obvious that the opponent had already attacked Feng Nan and the others as armed freighters.
Captain Big Bell immediately ordered a counterattack, so the sailors, with the support of searchlights, used 12.7 machine guns, 7.62mm machine guns and even rifles to start firing back at the enemy speedboat. Only the No. 2 firepower point commanded by Feng Nan remained silent, even if Captain Bell was alone
I repeated the order to him again and again, but he just pretended not to hear it because he had his own ideas.
Since neither the 25-gun nor the 37-gun has the ability to sink a 7,000-ton freighter, let him attack it. The limited firepower must be reserved to deal with enemy torpedo boats, because that is the fatal existence.
In the rain of bullets, Feng Nan concentrated all his energy, using the searchlights of friendly and enemy forces and the flashes of gunfire to search for traces of enemy torpedo boats in the darkness. His sailors had long lost their patience.
His temper was suppressed by him. For an excellent soldier, forbearance is definitely the best quality among them.
Captain Bell sent a boatswain for this purpose and asked Feng Nan why he did not fire, otherwise he would take his place. Feng Nan did not answer because he saw Zheng Dachuan coming from the other side and shouted: "Zheng Dachuan"
Okawa!"
Zheng Dachuan understood immediately and knocked down the boatswain in one fell swoop. The sailor at the firing point almost went berserk, but thanks to Feng Nan, he pulled out his pistol in time and shouted: "Stick to your post! Stay to your post! Look around you!"
At this time, under the firepower of the enemy speedboats, most of the firepower points of the freighter have fallen silent. There are only occasional counterattacks, but each counterattack will be met with more violent artillery fire. If this continues, let alone waiting for the enemy's torpedoes
Attack, even if the enemy joins the gang to board the ship, I'm afraid there won't be many people who can effectively resist.
"But we can't just watch." The sailors were all sailors and knew how powerful this was, but they couldn't just sit back and watch their colleagues fight hard without being indifferent.
Feng Nan said loudly: "Calm down, everyone should pay attention to look for the enemy's torpedo boats!"
The battle continued. Faced with the scorching firepower of the enemy speedboat, most of the sailors on the freighter chose to hide temporarily after a round of resistance. The enemy speedboat fired at the freighter unscrupulously, and then changed.
The searchlights that were originally turned on were also turned off.
This tactical move was too obvious. It was to make room for the torpedo boat's attack. Feng Nan's palms became sweaty and he ordered: "Searchlights are ready! Machine gunners are ready!"
Before Feng Nan could take action, two searchlights in the middle of the freighter took the risk to turn on the lights again. The bright beams of light shot towards the sea, looking for the little sea devil who was about to attack.
When the enemy gunboats saw the cargo ship turning on its lights, they immediately rained fire on them. One of the two searchlights went out within a few seconds, but the other lasted for more than a minute before it went out. That was it.
After a few minutes, Feng Nan was given a chance.
"11 o'clock position! 3.5 depression angle, searchlight!" Feng Nan found a suspicious point and immediately issued the order.
The searchlight operator was impatient and immediately turned on the searchlight, and the bright beam of light just hit a white track.
"Caught!" The searchlight hand shouted excitedly, and immediately adjusted the angle to lock the torpedo speedboat firmly into the aperture.
"Machine gun! Fire!" In fact, there was no need for Feng Nan to give an order. The roar of the machine gun and Feng Nan's command sounded almost at the same time. The three machine guns concentrated their firepower and attacked the enemy's torpedo boat. Feng Nan even saw the enemy in the telescope.
The flashes of fire emitted when a torpedo boat was hit by bullets.
"Hit! One hit!" The sailors cheered and continued shooting. The other shooting positions were also encouraged. They replaced the deputy shooters and launched a second round of counterattack.
However, the enemy's torpedo boats had obviously been modified, and armor had been added to key parts. Although Feng Nan's precise and sudden attack from the gun emplacement caused casualties and damage to the torpedo boats, it did not damage its muscles and bones, and they immediately replaced them with replacements.
, not only used its own small-caliber guns to fire back at the gun position, but the surrounding gunboats responsible for covering also used 37
The artillery struck at the No. 2 gun position. Two of the 37 explosive shells accurately hit the shield armor of the 12.7 machine gun and blew it to pieces. The first and second shooters were also injured on the spot, and the searchlight position was also hit. Two consecutive shots were lost.
A sailor was replaced by a third operator, who always kept the enemy's torpedo boats tightly in the aperture.
"Machine gun! Machine gun!" The searchlight man's voice was hoarse as he shouted, and he didn't know how long he could hold on under such fierce firepower.
Feng Nan jumped out of the bunker and ran towards the shooting position. Fortunately, the 12.7 machine gun was not damaged, but the magazine was empty.
"Ammunition!" he shouted.
Zheng Dachuan jumped out of the bunker almost at the same time as Feng Nan. He grabbed a bullet chain and walked to Feng Nan in a few steps. He quickly pressed the bullet into the chamber of the machine gun, ignoring the rain of bullets flying around him.
"Continue to prepare ammunition! Hold on to the searchlight!" Feng Nan shouted, adjusting the angle of the machine gun, aiming at the cockpit of the torpedo boat and firing violently. After firing a chain of 150 rounds of ammunition, the enemy
The torpedo boat finally swayed and lost its correct course.
"Keep an eye on him! Ammunition! Ammunition!" Feng Nan shouted. The first order was for the searchlight, and the next order was for Zheng Dachuan.
But Zheng Dachuan did not respond. The person who put the ammunition chain on Feng Nan was an injured sailor. He had lost most of an arm and his leg was injured. He dragged an ammunition box with one hand with difficulty.
Feng Nan knew that Zheng Dachuan was in danger, because his accurate shooting not only caused a fierce counterattack from the torpedo boat, but the nearby enemy gunboats responsible for covering also concentrated fire on his gun position, and the other two machine guns had been fired.
Dumb.
"I'm the only one left..." Feng Nan gritted his teeth, loaded the ammunition again, continued to aim at the deck position of the fuel tank in the middle and rear of the enemy torpedo boat, and opened fire violently.
Feng Nan majored in naval special boats and knew the general structure of various small ships. His only hope now was to have an eye-opening armor-piercing incendiary bomb to penetrate the temporary armor of the enemy torpedo boat and enter the torpedo boat.
Ignite the fuel tank to completely destroy a torpedo boat that poses the greatest threat to freighters.
He kept shooting, but with a crisp "click" sound of the gun, the roar of the machine gun suddenly stopped.
"Ammunition!" Feng Nan shouted, but no one answered him, and as a string of artillery fire came, the strong searchlight of the No. 2 gun position finally went out.
Feng Nan fell down on the deck, crawling and groping on the deck, looking for ammunition. He crawled forward five or six steps, and found a string of ammunition chains on a dead sailor. He just took it off with difficulty, and a string of 25 mm
The shell hit the firing position of the 12.7 machine gun. Feng Nan watched helplessly as the deformed machine gun flew up and landed somewhere.
"I'm so fucking lucky." Feng Nan praised, throwing the bullet chain in his hand on the deck. If he hadn't gone out to look for ammunition, he would still be in the shooting position, and he would be torn apart with the machine gun.
.
At this time, there was an explosion a few hundred meters away. Feng Nan's desperate shooting was not in vain. One of the enemy's torpedo boats was completely scrapped.
"Well done, Major! Are you there?" A call came from Feng Nan's radio. It was Captain Big Bell.
"I'm still here, but after I finished shooting, the machine gun was destroyed..." Before he could finish his words, a huge muffled sound came from the stern of the ship, and at the same time the ship's hull shook violently, and Feng Nan had to grab a pipe string.
He barely managed to maintain his body's balance, but even so, he still felt his ears buzzing, and his internal organs seemed to have been displaced due to the violent vibrations.
"It's been struck by lightning!" Feng Nan secretly screamed inwardly.
He stabilized his body, endured the pain and swallowed a mouthful of fishy saliva, and was about to stand up when another huge explosion sounded. It was louder than the previous one, closer, and the vibration was louder, 7000
The huge hull of the ton-ton ship first seemed to jump upward during the strong vibration, and then began to tilt upward. Needless to say, it was hit by another torpedo, and the ship was doomed.
But Feng Nan now has no strength at all, and has a splitting headache. He feels indescribable discomfort all over his body, and his ears are buzzing. It is a typical symptom of vertigo. If the environment permits, if the symptoms are mild, it will be relieved for a while.
It can recover, but now the hull has begun to tilt up. If it is hit by a torpedo again, it is likely to sink within a few minutes. Feng Nan does not have much time left for her fate.
He struggled to get up, but failed twice in a row. Then he saw a figure staggering over and running over, shouting his official title and pulling him up from the deck, but the man was also injured.
The two could only support each other and climb hand and foot on the gradually sloping deck.
The middle and rear part of the freighter caught fire, almost turning the freighter into a torch floating on the water. Feng Nan suddenly regained his hearing, and suddenly there were the sounds of gunfire, people's cries, the wails of the injured, and the shrill sirens.
The sound of the sound and the whistling wind filled his ears within a second, and people were running around in front of him from time to time, making him dizzy.
"What's going on!" he shouted loudly.
"Abandon ship! The captain ordered to abandon ship!" The man supporting each other shouted and told him. Feng Nan recognized that it was the boatswain sent by the captain to take over his duties just now. This guy was killed by Zheng Dachuan.
Knocking him unconscious and falling to the ground allowed him to escape the hail of bullets.
"Where's the captain?" Feng Nan asked again.
The boatswain didn't answer, just shook his head. Feng Nan understood that sinking with the ship was an inalienable honor for a captain. He subconsciously glanced in the direction of the bridge, but saw nothing. He could only imagine
An old captain with a gray beard, wearing a crisp captain's uniform, stood in the blazing cockpit, completing the last voyage of his life.
"Even if you kill me, I won't be a captain in this life." Feng Nan said to himself, and he and the boatswain supported each other and continued to run to the port side of the freighter. They had to jump into the sea before the freighter sank, and swim as much as possible.
They must be farther away, otherwise the huge whirlpool caused by the sinking of the cargo ship will pull them into the deep seabed, and then they will be truly doomed.
They finally made it to the port side, but just as they were about to jump into the sea, a stray bullet from a large-caliber machine gun flew in and broke one of the boatswain's arms at the elbow joint. He suddenly lost his balance and almost
It fell into the sea against the hull of the ship.
When Feng Nan saw that he was still struggling after falling into the water, he shouted: "Hold on!" Then he jumped into the dark and cold water.