? The defeat in the first air battle did not affect the Japanese's desire for a decisive battle.
In their view, the failure of the decisive air battle was just a small setback. Soon the "invincible" Japanese maritime fleet would teach the Chinese a heavy lesson.
April 26, 1.01 am.
After the air battle, the advance fleets of China and Japan encountered each other. A naval battle broke out.
1.:15, the Japanese destroyer "Asashio" bombarded the Chinese destroyer "Shanghai", and the "Shanghai" fought back.
The two sides fired at each other with naval guns, and the shells continuously stirred up huge water columns in the surrounding sea, trying to quickly destroy the other side's determination to fight in the shortest possible time.
Qi Chengcheng, the captain of the "Shanghai", was always calmly commanding the battle.
Although the current Chinese navy has almost become a world dominated by young people and young men, as the only remaining veteran general, Qi Chengcheng is not willing to disappear into obscurity in the public eye.
Although his superiors had talked to him a few months before the outbreak of the naval war and wanted to transfer him from the "Shanghai" to a lighter job, Qi Chengcheng refused without hesitation.
In his opinion, the ship is his life, no, more than life. His whole life has been tied to the warship. He lives on the ship and dies on the ship!
Moreover, everyone in the navy knew at that time that a decisive battle with the Japanese navy was inevitable. Who was willing to leave his warship at this time and lose this opportunity to create glorious history?
So, Qi Chengcheng appeared here...
The shells kept whizzing by, and sometimes it seemed as if they were about to hit him in the face. But Qi Chengcheng just stood upright, with no intention of dodging.
At this time, on the Japanese ship "Asashio", Kamejima Takesaburo's face was equally solemn. He knew very well what this decisive battle at sea meant to Japan.
Once it loses, Japan will really have nothing.
"Sink the Shanghai with all your strength!" Kamejima Takezaburo roared at the top of his lungs.
"Sink the Chaochao with all your strength!" Almost at the same moment, Qi Chengcheng, the captain of the Shanghai, shouted loudly there.
The "Shanghai" and the "Chaochao" were both trying their best. The naval officers on both sides had red eyes and shouted hoarsely. They kept stuffing the shells into the gun barrels and then smashed them viciously at each other——
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If victory could be achieved with willpower and spirit, then the "Shanghai" and "Chaochao" might have sunk countless times...
"The port side was shot, and the No. 2 turret was damaged!"
The bad news reached Qi Chengcheng's ears, but Qi Chengcheng still maintained a stern face: "No. 1, No. 3 turret, bombard with all your strength!"
Seeing that the "Shanghai" was hit, the "Chaochao", which originally thought that the opponent would flee in panic soon, unexpectedly encountered an even more fierce artillery fire from the "Shanghai".
While Kamejima Takesaburo was surprised, he also felt a sense of respect for all the Chinese navy on board the "Shanghai". The Chinese navy now is really different from the past.
The best way to respect your enemy is to defeat him completely!
All the artillery fire on the "Asashio" was concentrated and bombarded the "Shanghai" with overwhelming force. The "Shanghai" also showed no sign of weakness and fired back fiercely with its main guns and secondary guns.
1.:3., the Chinese destroyer "Xining" and the destroyer "Arasio" commanded by Commander Ogawa Hinomiya of the Japanese Eighth Destroyer Squadron also joined the naval battle.
The battle between the four destroyers changed the situation over the sea.
The sharp whistling of the shells is enough to make people who have never participated in a naval battle be devastated. The continuous roar of those machine guns is enough to make the fish in the sea sink into the deepest part of the sea in panic.
The battleships roared there, and the soldiers roared there!
Every naval officer and soldier was fighting hard for this naval battle. They were loading cannonballs like crazy, desperately trying to sink the enemy's ship as soon as possible.
The new destroyers "Xining" and "Huangchao" were fighting inextricably, but the "Shanghai", which had been injured before, gradually seemed to be unable to do what it wanted.
At 1.:35, the "Shanghai" was injured again, the No. 1 boiler was damaged, and the battleship lost part of its power.
However, the officers and soldiers on the ship continued to cover the "Asashio" with powerful artillery fire without fear. In their dictionary, the word "escape" did not exist!
At 10:45, the Japanese Seventh Heavy Cruiser Fleet "Kumano" and "Suzuya", and the Chinese Ninth Cruiser Fleet heavy cruisers "Luwu" and "Eizhao" arrived at the battlefield.
The naval battle suddenly became fierce...
The "Kumano" was somewhat unlucky. During a previous routine training, it unfortunately collided with the "Goshu Maru" transport ship, causing a large hole in the hull. Two boilers also had serious problems.
Before the naval battle broke out, it was rushed into the war without complete repairs.
It is like a patient who has not yet recovered from his injuries, and its point was quickly captured by the heavy cruiser Lu Wu... 1
The "Kumano" soon became the target of the "Rikugo"!
The "Kumano" performed very fiercely, blocking the artillery attack from the "Rikugo" while supporting the "Asashio" in its fierce attack on the twice-wounded "Shanghai"!
This is a contest of willpower between the two sides. Whether it is the "Kumano" under attack or the "Shanghai" that has been injured, whoever is forced to withdraw from the battlefield first will have a great impact on the outcome of the battle.
The "Kumano" is persisting, and the "Shanghai" is also persisting...————
"Captain, pot block No. 2 is also damaged!"
The mate's hurried report made Qi Chengcheng's facial muscles twitch: "Tell the brothers, hold on, hold the 'Asashio' to prevent it from reinforcing the 'Kumano'!"
"Understood, hold on to the Chaochao with all your might!"
The officers and soldiers on board the "Shanghai" are very aware of their current situation. With the "Shanghai" suffering multiple injuries, sinking the "Asashio" has become an impossible task. And now the whole ship
What the officers and soldiers have to do is to assist their friendly ships to sink the "Kumano"!
With two boilers damaged and most of the power lost, the officers and soldiers on the "Shanghai" calmed down. They knew what they would face soon, but they didn't care.
In their opinion, exchanging a destroyer for one of the enemy's heavy cruisers is a good deal.
Kamejima Takesaburo on the "Asashio" quickly discovered what the officers and soldiers on the "Shanghai" wanted to do. But faced with the nearly desperate "Shanghai", Kameshima Takesaburo had no choice.
The only plan is to sink the "Shanghai" as soon as possible and join in the assistance to the "Kumano".
I scolded those damn naval commanders in my heart. Why was a heavy cruiser that had not been repaired so easily sent to the battlefield? Do the people in the naval command think that a heavy cruiser is completely useless?
Is it worthy of attention?
Or do they underestimate the Chinese Navy too much?
Only those who have been to the battlefield will know that today's Chinese navy is no longer the Chinese navy with little combat effectiveness in the past.
The current Chinese navy is powerful enough to complete a world-famous naval battle!
The shells flew towards the "Shanghai" more ferociously. The "Shanghai" tried its best to repair the ship while using its last ability to fight back. If it can delay for one more minute, there will be more hope.
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At this moment, the situation of "Kumano" is no easier than that of "Shanghai"!
They were not fully prepared for the sudden appearance of the "Lu Wu". When the battle actually began, they discovered that the Chinese heavy cruiser was far superior to them in terms of tonnage and firepower.
And what's even more terrible is that "Kumano" is still a patient
The artillery fire covered the "Kumano". In just a few minutes, the "Kumano" had been injured in two places. The Japanese naval officers and soldiers on the "Kumano", which lacked power, were also constantly firing at the "Kumano" like Kamejima Takesaburo.
Curse those damn incompetent commanders of the Japanese Navy!
The fate of the "Kumano" will be ruined here today.
At 10:55, a shell fired from the "Asashio" accurately hit the "Shanghai" again. More than ten officers and soldiers on the "Shanghai" were killed and injured.
Among them was their captain Qi Chengcheng.
"Fight hard, fight hard, 'Shanghai'..." Qi Chengcheng opened his eyes from the coma, regardless of the severe pain in his body, shouted loudly: "Shanghai, fight hard, fight hard!"
This loyal and excellent captain, even at this point, still did not forget to loudly call on all his officers and soldiers to fight to the end.
And everyone on the "Shanghai" is as loyal and outstanding as their captain!
Fight hard! "Wang Hai", fight hard, fight hard!
"What an outstanding sailor." After witnessing all this, Kameshima Takesaburo couldn't help but murmured.
The enemies on the opposite side are completely worthy of respect. Even in desperate situations, they have never given up from beginning to end. Even now, they are still fighting tenaciously.
He glanced at the naval battlefield and closed his eyes in despair...
Yes, the "Shanghai" was about to sink, but thanks to the efforts of the "Shanghai", the Japanese heavy cruiser "Kumano" also reached its last moment.
Under the violent bombardment of the "Lu Wu", it had lost the ability to continue to resist. All that was left was just waiting for the final order to arrive.
It's too late, it's too late to rescue, Kamejima Takesaburo kept telling himself in his heart.
A heavy cruiser for an enemy destroyer? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, and then slowly shook his head.
"Shanghai", fight hard, fight hard! (To be continued