RPAGF Chapter 228 Night Siege
Chapter 228 Night Siege
228 Night Siege
“It really is a 450mm torpedo.
Our torpedo boats can be loaded."
At this time, the two torpedo boat captains Lu Anmin and Zhang Renze, who heard the news, looked at the torpedoes being moved off the ship and went forward to check.
They all showed surprised expressions.
“Haha, that must be a 450mm torpedo.
Before I bought them, I learned about the caliber of torpedoes that your two torpedo boats can fire."
Ye Qingshan said with a smile.
At this time, the two Kuomintang torpedo boats sent by Chen Cheng, the "Longjing" and the "Longtuan", were each equipped with a twin 450mm torpedo tube.
When Ye Qingshan and Sister Pete purchased it, they naturally had to check the caliber of the torpedo.
It would be funny if you bought the wrong one and it couldn't fit into the torpedo tube.
“Commander Ye, the torpedoes are arriving now.
Let us begin our attack tonight."
Lu Anmin was so excited that he didn't want to wait any longer.
"Ah."
Ye Qingshan nodded.
He didn't want to wait any longer, as the longer the night, the more trouble he would have.
In order to sink the three Japanese warships, he had left Jinling City for several days.
If he didn't go back, Ye Qingshan was worried that something might happen.
In particular, Chen Cheng sent his adjutant to come in person to meet Tang Shengzhi.
It made Ye Qingshan even more alert.
At this time, Ye Qingshan would absolutely not allow the national army in Nanjing to split.
Therefore, he must return to the command center in the city as soon as possible to stabilize the situation.
“You guys get ready.
One hour later, you will launch the first wave of attacks on the Japanese Kirishima."
Ye Qingshan thought for a moment and said to the two torpedo boat captains.
"Yes!"
The two responded excitedly.
"Don't worry, Commander Ye, we have not been idle during these two days.
We have carefully studied the water depth, current and other issues in this area.
We have found the most suitable way to attack the Japanese battleship Kirishima.
Just wait for the torpedo to arrive.
Now, Commander Ye has really brought us the torpedo.
The rest, leave it to us.”
The two torpedo boat captains, Lu Anmin and Zhang Renze, were also full of fighting spirit and were ready to fight.
"You, bring four torpedoes over here first!"
Then, Ye Qingshan didn’t need to give any orders.
The two men commanded the sailors on the torpedo boat to install four torpedoes on the torpedo boat.
For safety reasons, the remaining torpedoes were temporarily hidden on the shore.
There was no other way. Each of the two torpedo boats of the National Army could only be equipped with two 450mm torpedoes.
After all, this thing is a torpedo boat. It would be better if it was a destroyer, which could carry more torpedoes.
But Ye Qingshan also knew that if he wanted to use four torpedoes, he would have a 100% chance of sinking the Japanese battleship Kirishima.
Not very likely.
Therefore, when Ye Qingshan purchased torpedoes from Sister Pete, he bought thirty at once.
In this way, their two torpedo boats will have the ability to launch multiple rounds of attacks.
If one round of attack fails to sink the Japanese battleship Kirishima and destroyer Akikaze.
At worst, we can just launch a few more rounds of attacks.
As night fell, on the Japanese battleship Kirishima, the commander Colonel Miyazaki became uneasy.
“Miyamoto, I always feel uneasy.
Do you think the Chinese have other means of attacking our battleships?"
At this time, Colonel Miyazaki no longer had the arrogance and domineering attitude he had when he first arrived.
Some even become worried and suspicious.
First Mate Miyamoto next to him sighed and said, "Colonel, even if they are Chinese, there will be further attacks.
We can only improvise.
But I believe that with the powerful performance of our Kirishima battleship.
And with the heroic efforts of all our soldiers, we will surely win."
At this time, First Officer Miyamoto could not think of any other way except to comfort the Japanese colonel.
Wasn't he worried in his heart?
After nine o'clock, at the Xiaguan Ferry, there were only two torpedo boats with torpedoes installed.
There was also a group of other ships of similar size to torpedo boats gathered here.
"Let's go."
Ye Qingshan looked at the two torpedo boat captains and gave orders.
"Yes!"
Two torpedo boats set off slowly.
Around them, ships that were about the same size as torpedo boats also set off.
Sailing around two torpedo boats, the visibility was unclear at night.
At a distance, it is impossible to tell which one is the torpedo boat.
"Haha, Commander Ye, you have a good idea.
Let our torpedo boats blend in with this group of ships and get close to the Japanese battleship Kirishima.
In this way, the Japanese on the Kirishima battleship will definitely not be able to tell which one is our torpedo boat.
This will ensure the safety of our torpedo boats.
High! "
Chen Junlan, the adjutant beside Chen Cheng, stood next to Ye Qingshan and also gave a thumbs up.
"There's nothing we can do, we only have these two torpedo boats.
I don't want to see them being sunk by the Japanese warships."
Ye Qingshan responded.
Soon, the fleet that appeared upstream of Shimonoseki attracted the attention of the Japanese battleship Kirishima.
"Emergency assembly, the Chinese attacked at night."
An alarm sounded on the Japanese battleship Kirishima.
All the Japanese soldiers rushed out and returned to their respective battle positions.
"What's going on? The Chinese are attacking at night?
Is it the same stupid attack as before?"
After receiving the report, Colonel Miyazaki rushed to the deck and looked upstream.
But because it was night, even with some moonlight, he could only vaguely see a number of boats coming down from upstream.
But they are all about the same size, so I can't see more details.
Moreover, the Japanese colonel also thought that these ships that appeared this time were from the National Army.
They were going to repeat the charge launched against the Kirishima battleship by a fleet organized by the National Army on the other side during the day.
In the eyes of Colonel Miyazaki, the charge organized by the National Army on the other side during the day.
It's just stupidity.
For their Kirishima battleship, they are not afraid of any number of such ships coming, as they are seeking death.
"Something's not right. Something's not right."
Only the ghost first mate Miyamoto felt something was wrong when he looked at the shadow of the ship coming down from upstream.
Soon, the ships coming down from upstream passed through the shallow waters on both sides.
Then, they formed two semi-fan-shaped arcs and surrounded the Japanese Kirishima from the left and right sides.
"Damn it, we're out of shells.
Let the high-angle cannons placed horizontally hit me hard."
The Japanese colonel gave the order to attack.
The horizontal high-angle guns on the Japanese battleships began firing.
"Send a signal light to the Autumn Wind and have them come over to provide us with fire support."
The Japanese colonel ordered the remaining destroyer, the Akikaze, to be transferred over.
Behind their battleship Kirishima, providing them with artillery support.
The shells on the destroyer Qiufeng have not been used up yet.