The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

"Boom!" Another shell fell on the front deck of the "Ise" battleship. Even with the addition of 135mm of horizontal armor, it still couldn't resist the powerful blow of the 1225kg armor-piercing projectile. The first layer of armor with a total of 85m was easily destroyed Torn, together with the teak board on the surface, split the big mouth, forming a big black hole with miserable corners!

Three minutes ago, after being pierced by an armor-piercing projectile from the left side of the bow, turret a was completely paralyzed. Fortunately, the relatively straight ballistic trajectory of the shell smashed the bomb lifter from the middle, and passed through the middle of turret b. , The explosion caused temporary irreparable damage to the former, the shells and propellant charges below could not come up, and more than half of the members in the turret died, making it impossible to continue fighting, but it did not cause unspeakable tragic consequences such as the explosion of ammunition.

However, the impact position of this shell was too straight, almost brushing the main gun and penetrating in from the center. Due to the deviation of the shooting angle, a large hole the thickness of a person was torn out in the lower structure of the right part of the turret, and penetrated one after another. Two layers of ship boards fell into a corner of the ammunition depot, and suddenly exploded in the next moment!

This time, not so lucky.The hurricane storm caused by the explosion swept across the entire confined space first, and the five soldiers who were busy inside turned into scum on the spot, and then the propellant was ignited. The two turrets ab and ab together sat on the soil plane at the same time, and the whole thing was blasted upwards from the root. The two 86.4-ton big guys were thrown obliquely for more than 50 meters like the wind blowing eggshells. [-] meters high.When it disintegrated in the air, most of it crashed into the sea water!

On the deck widened to 33.83 meters, a large hole sprayed with flames, steel, wood, and human body fragments erected a mushroom cloud column hundreds of meters high towards the sky. The installed 127mm anti-aircraft gun, or the clumsy garbage soldier with three 3mm anti-aircraft guns, trembled under his feet at the same time.Involuntarily followed and flew into the air!Beside, the anti-aircraft guns that had never been used after refitting were all broken into twisted parts, and they were scattered into the turbulent sea like fireworks and hailstones!

A thick 356mm gun barrel was blown away from the turret and turned somersaults towards the rear.The thickened root hit the high bridge, and there was a loud "boom", and the whole bridge, which had been trembling and tottering from the explosion, shook violently in an instant!

In the command room.Captain Yamaguchi Tamon was commanding the main gun to counterattack with a hiss and roar, when the heavy gun barrel suddenly smashed across the outside reinforced explosion-proof bunker and steel ladder cables, etc., and slammed it firmly on the window Suddenly, a large piece of glass exploded with a "crash", erupting towards the inside like shell fragments, large and small, like a nest of exploded hornets, smashing on Yamaguchi Yamaguchi!

The sharp fragments are like knives, even if it is toughened bullet-proof glass, they hit at the speed of the bullet at the end of the flight, cutting dozens of holes in the upper half of Yamaguchi Duowen's body in an instant.The worst thing was that a large number of finger-sized pieces hit his face, as if he had been kicked face to face with football spikes, big and small blood holes covered his face densely, and the blood flowed all over his face!

Yamaguchi Duowen let out a scream, knocked over the chair headlong and fell down with a "boom".I couldn't see anything with my eyes!

The people next to them were not much better, they were knocked down by their buttocks, or hit their heads on the wall, table, or door frame, their arms and legs were broken, their heads were smashed, or their front teeth were knocked out. have!

The two staff officers, who were lucky enough to be left intact, scrambled to get up.Throwing on Yamaguchi Duano and hugging him, he shouted anxiously: "Master! How are you, Master?!"

Yamaguchi Tamon shook his head vigorously, wiped off the blood stains on his face with his backhand, and picked out at least five shards of glass, but the one embedded in his right eye was squeezed in, causing him to howl in pain, But the stubborn nature of him not only was not crushed by the pain, but instead stimulated the ferocity in his bones, he even gritted his teeth and squeezed the glass with both hands, pulled it out with all his strength, and threw it aside casually. With a bright light, he shouted at the staff officer: "What are you doing around me! Hurry up and help, continue to fight!"

His chubby face was full of blood, and his one-eyed gleamed gloomyly, like a vicious man who had just climbed out of Huangquan Biliangsaka. The two staff officers were so frightened that they almost fainted, and they couldn't help shivering all over their bodies, turning around to rescue the others without saying anything. wounded.

Yamaguchi Tamon took out his handkerchief, wrapped his muddy right eye indiscriminately, and shook his military uniform vigorously. More than a dozen pieces of glass shattered with a "thump, bang, bang" and the buttons were all "boom, bang, bang". The bullet flew away, revealing the shirt and vest that were soaked in blood. They were tied up in such a random way, rushed to the porthole, jumped up, and kicked the gun barrel that had smashed into it a few inches.

I don't know if the power he erupted was too heaven-defying, or it just happened that the barrel of the gun couldn't hold it at all. The deformed 356mm cannon swayed and fell all the way.

Yamaguchi Duowen held the porthole frame with both hands, stared fixedly at the billowing smoke with one eye, and then the "Taishan", which was looming behind the billowing smoke, but was firing and approaching obliquely, shouted with all his strength: "The battleship turns right seven times!" Ten degrees, the remaining main guns are fully fired, kill!"

The deputy captain rushed up, pulled his belt down hard, and shouted: "Captain! The No. [-] and No. [-] turrets were completely destroyed, and the bow of the ship is flooding. The casualties are very serious. We should withdraw from the battle!"

Yamaguchi Tawen turned around and grabbed him by the collar, spitting all over the opponent's face, and shouted loudly: "Our task is to attack the Chinese warship as much as possible, and buy enough time for other warships. Apart from dying in battle, there is absolutely no possibility of retreat, you, understand?!"

"Ming...understand!"

The deputy captain was terrified by his appearance!The already shattered face looked like a steamed bun that had been trampled on so many times, and the edges of the bloody holes were uneven, which was extremely creepy.The blood dripped and splashed with his vigorously shaking lips, splashing all over people's faces at every turn. He looked like a mad dog in a hurry!

Yamaguchi Tamon didn't even think about what would happen to his face, so he pushed the other party away.Twisting around, grabbing the frame of the porthole and sticking out his head, he refused to waver despite the billowing smoke below.

The "Ise" was hit by five shells within 10 minutes, all of which were 406mm armor-piercing shells. Except for the two shells on the bow, one of the shells broke the main mast, and one shell exploded near the port side. Open a three-meter-long opening.However, the water ingress is not very serious, and the 305mm armor at the waterline is strong enough to withstand the blow.

But one shot went over the side of the chimney, and the explosion destroyed the smoke extraction system.The resulting gap ran wildly in the power cabin, and the soldiers inside choked to death like mice for dozens of people, and the repairs have not been completed yet.It seems that it is almost unable to move, and the water in the bow is slowly making the whole ship stick up!

In such a field, under normal circumstances, they would choose to withdraw from the battle, but Yamaguchi Tamon had no choice!He must insist on standing at the forefront of the battle. Behind him is the "Rixiang" of the same model that is quickly changing direction to escape from the opponent's attack area. In front are the "Nagato" and "Land" carried by Commander Yamamoto. "Ao" two Chrysanthemum emblem ships representing the dignity of the Imperial Navy!

And the "Nagato" that Commander Yamamoto himself was on was responsible for actively engaging the enemy.The important task of covering "Mutsu" into a superior combat position!

Your Excellency the Commander did so desperately. How could he, Colonel Yamaguchi, run away and give up so easily? !The big deal is to live and die with the battleship in the end, and die as a country with fearless courage.If you fight to the end, you will definitely become a military god and be admired by generations to come!

The "Ise" adjusted its direction with difficulty, and gave up the delusion of going straight to the opponent or competing for speed. Regardless of the danger of being surrounded by two battleships if it stayed in place, it slowly turned the ship around.The two 356mm dual-mounted turrets at the rear finally entered the maximum shooting angle. After the soldiers tried their best to stabilize, they opened fire on the approaching "Taishan"!

"Boom! Boom!"

The two turrets fired at the interval of less than a second, and the four shells flew towards the target with the hope of more than a thousand soldiers alive. About 30 seconds later, the nasty opponent with simple and beautiful lines appeared in the telescope. Set off a strong firework!

The Japanese army on half the boat was stunned for a moment, and suddenly cheered and shouted: "It's a hit!"

Finally hit it!From the beginning of the war to the present, in ten minutes, more than 100 shells were fired, and finally hit the opponent. Two to three hundred lives were sacrificed, and half of the firepower and power were abolished. In the case of serious injuries, he actually hit it!All their hard work has paid off!

"Quick! Aim at that guy and keep shooting! Hit! Don't stop!"

Yamaguchi was so excited that he almost jumped off the bridge and hit the side of the porthole with his fist. He was scratched bloody by the glass stubble. Maybe he was in too much pain, or the medical soldiers rushed up to get the injection of morphine. After the effect, I didn't feel any pain at all, I just screamed happily, waved my fist vigorously and roared endlessly!

On the "Taishan", Wang Wenda looked at the fireworks rising outside, and blurted out: "Fuck me, the little devil's luck is too bad? You can hit me even if you are so virtuous?! Hurry up and see, what a loss!" How is it? Does it matter?"

Not long after the damage control report came up, an armor-piercing projectile hit the root of the A turret that was about to fire, and almost hit the deck. As a result, the very low-speed, 673.5-kilogram shell did not do any work, and it did not even break the composite surface of the turret. The armor was rebounded by the high-strength alloy on the surface. After falling, it rolled out more than ten meters and exploded. Instead, a double-mounted 127mm secondary gun on the right front was blown up on the spot. The explosion failed to destroy the armor protection. The people inside It's okay.

On the base of the turret, the dent caused by the collision was about an inch deep, but it was slowly repaired under the tension of the metal layer itself...

"It's okay! Tch, I thought the devil was lucky, but it turned out to be like that, just ignore him and keep fighting! Until he is sunk!"

When Wang Wenda heard that there was nothing serious, except that the 50mm thick basalt fiberboard on the surface of the front deck was broken by an explosion, the deck below was intact, and the main gun was safe and sound. He was greatly relieved, and then felt very uncomfortable. fire!

The Japanese army found that the torpedo attacks of light cruisers and destroyers were not very effective, and being dragged down by two heavy cruisers and destroyers of other task forces could not help at all. It's just a foil, and you can only watch the two sides throw tons of steel and explosives at each other.

One shot made Wang Wenda furious. Originally, he planned to leave the aircraft carrier and destroyer to clean up the other party after he was disabled. He followed the flagship to chase other Japanese ships. This time he was hit, so he quit and simply pocketed it. Keeping a distance of more than ten kilometers in the circle, they fired continuously at high speed.

Two minutes later, another round of simultaneous shots passed, and two shells hit the "Ise" from the front and back respectively. One shot hit the stern and smashed a propeller, and a large hole was pierced under the tail keel, " "Boom" with an explosion, one propulsion spindle was completely destroyed, and the associated main engine was damaged, and the deformed bearing of the other main spindle next door was jammed, and the chrysanthemum exploded in all seriousness.

Another shell broke out with Wang Wenda's usual level of shit luck, and it went right into the middle of the bridge. A slanted leg was pierced through a transparent hole. The shell pierced into the main structure of the bridge and exploded violently, destroying On one side, the heavy upper half moaned, crooked and about to break!

Yamaguchi Tamon squatted at the wide-open window and stared out, suddenly a flash of fire flashed in front of his eyes, a large piece of steel frame was spit out horizontally like chewed garbage, and the violent tremor under his feet made him uncontrollable and rolled to the ground again. When he got up, there were two more big lumps on his head, and the billowing smoke choked the commander's room full of coughing.

The next moment, the piercing sound of steel twisting and breaking came from the bridge, and all the members of the headquarters who barely got up suddenly changed color with their feet. They knew that this place they were staying in was definitely not safe!Even without waiting until the battleship sank, they would fall from a height of tens of meters at some point when they would "snap" off, and they would definitely be smashed into sandwich pies by hundreds of tons of steel!

Part of the command organization hit by the shell was completely destroyed, and the lookout post and shooting command system were basically paralyzed. Even if the turret below wanted to aim and shoot, it didn't know where to fire. For the most part, look at the billowing smoke constantly rising from the rear, the strange noise from the main engine being broken, the strong water vapor rising up when the boiler exploded to push away the sea water, and the hull that is slowly balancing. The waves on the upper deck….

He knew that the lives of himself and the ship had come to an end.

Even if there was a shooting commander, the two turrets were unable to aim and fire under the violent shaking. Instead, Yamaguchi Tamon calmed down and waved to the deputy captain: "You all leave! Tell the others to evacuate immediately and stop attacking again. Being able to go one more is the greatest help to the Imperial Navy."

The deputy captain was choked with tears streaming down his face, coughed and shouted: "What about you?! Captain, keep your body useful, and you will avenge your shame in the future!"

Yamaguchi Tamon shook his head firmly: "No! I can't be the escaped captain, it will be a shame for my life! I want to live and die with the battleship!" (To be continued)rq