The Republic of Heroes

Myoko's desperate counterattack gave the Izumo a chance to breathe. Matsuno Shozo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and ordered the warship to turn right at full speed. As long as there are 10 minutes left, he will definitely make those stupid Chinese people try the Imperial Navy's attack. The fire of anger.

At the same time, Fleet Commander Yoshisaburo Nomura sent three telegrams for help to Huangpu Port, where the cruiser Hirado and the aircraft carrier Notoro were docked.Especially the Notoro aircraft carrier, which can carry three seaplanes, can take off at one time to attack Wusong Fort in all directions without sailing out of Huangpu Port.

Requesting reinforcements is definitely not good news for the captain of the Izumo, Matsuno Shozo, because if he has to rely on the support of friendly forces when fighting against the weak Chinese, it can only prove that there is a serious problem with his ability. It is a shame and a great shame for the Japanese military circles, whose abilities are judged by their strengths and weaknesses, but it also means that the future is bleak and bleak.Therefore, after Yoshisaburo Nomura sent a telegram asking for help, he decided to put all his eggs in one basket, either to defeat the Chinese to keep his honor, or to fight vigorously in the festival of all samurai.

In an instant, Matsuno had already thought up a nearly perfect plan.

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The command bunker of the Wusong Fort was covered with concrete debris from the shelling, but otherwise the bunker was unscathed.An officer suddenly pointed at the river and shouted excitedly: "Look, the Izumo has escaped, the Izumo has escaped!"

Yu Sanhe hurriedly picked up the binoculars to look, and sure enough, the Izumo was fully powered, and soon disappeared into the river fog.He couldn't help but wonder, in his impression, the Japanese army had always fought to the end, and it was almost unimaginable to run away, but now the Japanese ship slipped so neatly, disappearing without a single shot. trace.Yu Sanhe had no doubt about him, and immediately suggested:

"Right now, all the firepower should be concentrated on the lying Miaoko."

The artillery captain nodded repeatedly. Originally, the two Japanese warships echoed each other, posing a great threat to his fort. It seemed difficult to win a complete victory. Now there is only one Miaoko that can't drive, which is not easy to catch ?

"All artillery positions are ready, target Myoko, fire!"

With an order, the eight-inch gun and the four-inch gun immediately spit out dazzling red flames, and several shells weighing hundreds of kilograms shot out quickly.A few seconds later, there was a sigh of regret in the bunker, and there was no harvest again, and no shells hit.

Seeing this result, the artillery captain became impatient, "Has the No. [-] gun been repaired? How long will it take to fix it?"

"Report to the company commander, it will take at least half an hour!"

This is tantamount to announcing that the cannon has actually withdrawn from the battle. Maybe half an hour later, the outcome of this naval battle will be decided, but it is still too early to guess who will win and who will lose.

The poor performance of his subordinates finally made the artillery captain fly into a rage, and began to call the artillery positions one by one. After connecting, he opened his mouth and cursed: "Do you have glasses growing under your nose? If you can't hit it, you will jump into the river and feed your bastard!"

Originally, there were semaphore commands between the artillery positions and the command post, but after Deng Zhenquan took over as the commander of the fortress last year, he added a lot of new equipment to the fortress, including telephone lines and telephones laid between the command post and the artillery positions.Of course, its subjective original intention was to take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune, but in any case, objectively, it also laid a good foundation for the Ninth Regiment's defense of Wusong Fortress.

Wusong North and South Forts launched another volley, and the artillery captain's curse seemed to have worked. A four-inch artillery shell hit the armor belt on the port waterline of the Myoko, but it was not powerful enough, and it only tore a small gap in the armor belt. mouth.

Everyone in the headquarters could even faintly hear the happy and excited cheers of the Miaoko navy on the river.This time, not only the artillery captain was impatient, but even Yu Sanhe was anxious, "Damn it, what kind of shit luck is Little Japan doing today, he missed so many times, hit me again, give me a hard hit! "

Yu Sanhe was a landlubber who didn't know anything about naval warfare, so he could only shout a few words like beating drums to cheer.In fact, he didn't quite understand that a warship artillery battle in a naval battle is largely like two people throwing dice. The luck factor accounts for a large proportion, so the continuous flying of the Wusong Fort does not mean that the artillery skills are not good, but luck too bad.

As soon as the words fell, a puff of black smoke rose from the bridge of the Miaoko, and then the mast slowly fell down. Without warning, a four-inch gun fired behind successfully hit the Japanese ship.Thunderous cheers and applause erupted in the headquarters.

"Good job! Let's shoot him again and sink him!"

Yu Sanhe shouted excitedly, he was a little out of control for the battle that he could only watch from afar but could not personally participate in. Sweat clung some long hair to his forehead.

He picked up the binoculars and looked towards the surface of the river. He wanted to see how much damage this gun had caused to the Miaoko and whether it could sink it.The observation results made him very frustrated. Except for the hull tilting a little and the black smoke getting thicker, there was no sign of the Myoko sinking at all. Instead, several flames were ejected from the Miaoko's muzzle.He knew that this was the Japanese ship firing shells.

As soon as the thought fell, the ground trembled again, and the sound of the shell explosion seemed to be exploding around him. For a minute, there was a buzzing sound in Yu Sanhe's ears, but he couldn't hear anything.

Looking at the top of the bunker, a gap as thick as the child's arm had already been cracked, and the shot was extremely accurate. The artillery captain wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and secretly rejoiced that it was not the [-]-inch gun, otherwise the concrete building The old bunker is where everyone is buried.

Yu Sanhe had completely lost his patience. After half an hour, he couldn't even sink a lying warship. He was greatly disappointed that the training of the Wusong Fort defenders had deteriorated so badly.

Turning to the adjutant next to him, he said: "Go let our artillery company support the friendly army, and let our 120mm howitzer show off its prestige."

The artillery captain couldn’t laugh or cry. The 120mm caliber howitzer is already considered a heavy artillery in the army, but it is nothing in the navy. The power of the [-]-inch gun on the turret far exceeds it, not to mention that the armor-piercing projectiles used to attack warships , The high-explosive bombs suitable for land warfare are definitely getting twice the result with half the effort.But he was an officer, so he naturally didn't dare to talk too much, and even showed a look of relief.

"The regiment artillery company has been brought out earlier, and I don't have to fight so hard!"

Yu Sanhe waved his hand, even though he knew it was a big compliment, he still accepted it gladly.Suddenly, he found that there seemed to be a shadow of a ship looming in the fog on the far right of the fortress.