Cross the Songhu battlefield and rise to become the most powerful warlord

Chapter 231 The Sinking of the Kirishima

231 Kirishima sinks

After all, the Japanese battleship Kirishima is a large ship with a displacement of over 30,000 tons.

The draft is deep.

Before, he only dared to sail on the main channel of the Yangtze River.

Unlike the Kuomintang’s small boats of several hundred tons, they can freely travel through any waterway and have no obstruction in shallow waters.

At this moment, the captain of the Japanese ship Kirishima was really anxious.

He didn't dare to let the Kuomintang torpedo boats hidden in these fleets go back, so he forced them here.

As a result, the bottom of the ship touched the river bottom, causing the Kirishima to stop moving forward.

Otherwise, further progress might be stranded.

Then it will be just as bad for them.

After running aground, the battleship would probably be a sitting duck and would never have the chance to leave.

"Baga! Open fire, hit hard.

Don’t let a single ship go.”

In desperation, the Japanese colonel could only let the firepower on his battleship continue to fire at the Kuomintang ships.

However, the Kuomintang fleet dispersed and accelerated its breakout.

There are dozens of ships scattered across the vast river, and their firepower is extremely dense.

I can’t take care of it all.

In the end, most of the ships were able to escape.

Among them, the Dragon Whale was mixed in.

On the other hand, the Longtuan was safer when it returned.

The Kirishima could only blockade the shallow water area on one side, blocking the Ryugei. The Ryutun went through the shallow water area on the other side and could not meet the Kirishima.

"Commander Ye, we are back."

After Lu Anmin's Dragon Whale returned, Ye Qingshan also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Can the torpedo boat be damaged?"

Ye Qingshan asked urgently.

Just now, Ye Qingshan also saw the scene where the Japanese ship Kirishima was madly shooting at their ships.

At that time, Ye Qingshan was worried that nothing would happen to the Dragon Whale.

“Fortunately, the hull was hit by the Japanese bullets in several places.

But it’s OK, I can still fight.”

Lu Anmin replied.

"That's good.

Then load the torpedoes immediately and start the second wave of attack.

Tonight, we must sink the Japanese battleship Kirishima to avoid any more trouble.

When it gets daybreak, if the Japanese call in their fleet of planes to bomb us, things will be troublesome.

Therefore, the battle must end tonight."

Ye Qingshan looked at Lu Anmin and Zhang Renze and said with a firm attitude.

"Yes!"

"Bring the torpedoes over here."

As Ye Qingshan gave the order, a group of soldiers worked in groups to carry out the hidden torpedoes.

Reload the two torpedo boats again.

The two captains, Lu Anmin and Zhang Renze, discussed with Ye Qingshan how to carry out the second wave of attack.

“The situation has changed and we need to change our battle plan.

We originally thought that in our first wave of attack, four torpedoes would sink the Japanese destroyer Qiufeng downstream.

Then, focus on dealing with the Japanese battleship Kirishima.

But unfortunately, the Japanese destroyers were more durable than we expected.

Three torpedoes failed to sink him.

Oh no, but fortunately we damaged the propeller of the Japanese destroyer, making it unable to sail.

But the Kirishima was blocking the way upstream, as you saw when we came back just now.

The Kirishima can use its firepower to block your passage through shallow waters.

We can't take any more risks.

Then we should first destroy the Japanese battleship Kirishima, and then deal with the seriously injured Japanese destroyer Akikaze."

Ye Qingshan looked at the two torpedo boat captains and said this.

The Dragon Whale’s return was too dangerous just now, and Ye Qingshan would not let him take such a risk again.

Then let’s sink the Dragon Whale first.

"I agree!"

"I have no objection either."

The two torpedo boat captains also nodded.

Half an hour later, the four 450mm torpedoes on the two torpedo boats were installed again.

Just like before, two torpedo boats mixed in the fleet and set off again.

"Commander, look.

The Chinese fleet is coming again."

After a while, on the deck of the Japanese battleship Kirishima, the Japanese First Mate Miyamoto pointed at the vague outlines of ships appearing on the river in the distance, and his hair stood on end.

"Baga! Could it be that this time, Amaterasu will no longer bless the empire?

Is our Kirishima really going to be sunk by the Chinese?

No, I won’t give in.”

The devil Colonel Miyazaki was going crazy at this time.

He already regretted accepting this damn task.

"Damn you Army idiots, it's all your fault."

The devil Colonel Miyazaki did not forget to curse their army colleagues at this time.

Indeed, Colonel Miyazaki was not wrong to call him the devil.

If there were no Japanese army, the battle in Nanjing would be at a disadvantage.

There would be no need for their three warships to come for support, and this would not have happened.

Soon, the fleet dispersed and slowly surrounded the Kirishima battleship.

All the firepower points of the Kirishima opened fire crazily, attacking the surrounding ships.

Unfortunately, they still couldn't tell which one was the torpedo boat and could only attack indiscriminately.

dong dong!

The Longjing and Longtuan fired two torpedoes almost simultaneously from two different directions.

The torpedo was rapidly approaching the Japanese ship Kirishima.

"Torpedoes incoming!"

Then, not long after, the shrill shouts of Japanese soldiers were heard on the Japanese battleship Kirishima.

However, the reports of the Japanese soldiers were of no use.

The Kirishima battleship had a damaged power system and was moving very slowly.

There is simply no ability to dodge the incoming torpedoes.

Otherwise, Colonel Miyazaki would be in despair at this moment.

Boom boom boom!

This time, the four torpedoes fired by the Longjing and Longtuan all hit the Japanese battleship Kirishima.

The steel plates of the Japanese battleship Kirishima were blown up, allowing the river water to pour in crazily.

There were four big holes, and even if the Japanese damage management officers on the Kirishima worked frantically to repair them, they couldn't plug them.

"Partition No. 3 and No. 5 ship area."

Colonel Miyazaki quickly issued orders based on the damage to the ship.

Separate the space inside the hull where the hole was blown, which can also effectively prevent water from entering the hull.

It’s a pity that all this is just the last dying struggle.

After the two torpedo boats fired four torpedoes, they quickly returned to Shimonoseki.

Reload the torpedoes and attack again.

"Damn it, the Japanese battleship Kirishima is really resistant to bombing.

All four torpedoes hit the ship, but it didn't sink."

Lu Anmin exclaimed as he looked at the Japanese ship Kirishima still on the river in the night.

However, at this time, the Japanese ship Kirishima was obviously tilted, which was caused by a large amount of water entering the hull.

"What are you afraid of? Four torpedoes can't sink him.

Then let's have two more rounds of attacks.

Fire more torpedoes.

I just don’t believe that we can’t sink the Japanese battleship Kirishima.”

Zhang Renze said with a sneer.

At this time, on the Japanese battleship Kirishima, Colonel Miyazaki was completely desperate.

Originally, they should have sent a farewell telegram to home at this time.

However, the radio on their warship had been destroyed long ago, so they could not send telegrams.

The only thing they can do now is to wait for death.

This kind of torture made the Japanese suffer a fate worse than death.

Boom boom boom!

In the second half of the night, the third wave of attack from two torpedo boats came.

Because the battleship Kirishima has come to a complete stop.

The two torpedo boats became sitting ducks, so they no longer needed to get close enough to fire torpedoes.

They could launch torpedoes from a great distance and hit the Kirishima accurately.

Four more torpedoes caused a series of explosions on the Japanese ship Kirishima, with flames shooting into the sky.

Then, the boat began to take on a lot of water and slowly began to sink.

Finally, eight torpedoes hit the enemy, and the Japanese battleship, with a displacement of over 30,000 tons, could no longer withstand the attack.