Xu Rui put down the pager, then turned back to Itagaki and nodded slightly, saying, "Thank you, Mr. Itagaki."
Itagaki Mori immediately averted his eyes with a face full of shame. Just now, Xu Rui threatened to cut off his lifeblood, forcing him to reveal detailed information about the naval fleet parked off the coast of Wusong. In the end, Itagaki Mori was unable to withstand the challenge.
The eunuch's fear revealed everything he knew the moment Xu Rui's dagger touched his lifeline.
Most of the junior officers and soldiers in Japan are not afraid of death, but most of the generals above the rank of colonel are afraid of death.
Xu Rui turned his attention to Hasegawa Kiyoshi again, only to find that Hasegawa Kiyoshi was looking at him as if he were a ghost. Obviously, this old devil could not imagine at all how Xu Rui could imitate his voice so realistically.
"Surprised?" Xu Rui said with a slight smile, "Haven't you heard of ventriloquism?"
Kiyoshi Hasegawa looked confused, ventriloquism? What the hell is this?
Xu Rui was about to explain, but Du Wanlin turned around and said: "Commander, we are arriving at Wusongkou soon!"
According to the information provided by Itagaki Mori, there was only one aircraft carrier, the Kaga, anchored off the coast of Wusong and cooperating with the Ninth Division. This made Xu Rui a little disappointed, because during the Jiangyin Sea Battle, the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet had a total of three aircraft carriers.
, in addition to the Kaga, there are also the Hosho and the Ryujo.
If all three aircraft carriers of the Third Fleet can be killed, then after the outbreak of the Pacific War, the strength of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet will be greatly weakened, and the entire history of World War II may be rewritten because of this. Unfortunately, now only
Even if the Kaga aircraft carrier was sunk, the impact on the Japanese navy would be extremely limited.
Because the Third Fleet of the Japanese Navy is not the main fleet. As the absolute main force of naval battles in this era, the Third Fleet does not have a single battleship. However, this is also the meaning of the question, because the only purpose of Japan's formation of the Third Fleet is to
To deal with the Chinese Navy, and to deal with the Chinese Navy, there is no need for battleships at all.
However, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. An aircraft carrier is an aircraft carrier after all. If the Kaga aircraft carrier can be killed, it will definitely be enough to give that little devil Hirohito a few days of pain!
At that moment, Xu Rui asked Du Wanlin: "Old Du, if you turn off the power now, is it okay?"
"No problem." Du Wanlin nodded and said, "Even if the power is turned off, the warship will not stop immediately. It can still sail a long distance based on inertia. What's more, there is still the driving force of the water flow at Wusongkou, which can definitely ensure Izumo
The Kuma, the Tianlong and the Tianlong enter the attack position! Of course, the premise is that the Japanese are not discovered in advance."
Xu Rui nodded and said: "Then turn off the power and then turn off all the lights!"
"Yes!" Du Wanlin agreed, then grabbed the phone and gave the order.
As soon as Xu Rui turned his head and saw Hasegawa Kiyoshi and Sakagaki Mori, he ordered Digua to tie up Hasegawa Kiyoshi and Itagaki Mori. This was not because he was worried that these two old devils would run away, but that they would cause trouble at the critical moment.
It would be bad if some movement made the Japanese on the Kaga aircraft carrier alert in advance.
As Du Wanlin's order was passed on, the three cruisers turned off their lights and power one after another. As soon as the lights went out, the power was turned off again. The three cruisers that were spewing black smoke from their chimneys immediately became dead silent, driven only by inertia and water flow.
It moved forward slowly, like a ghost warship from hell.
Time passed quietly in silence, and soon, a little light appeared in the endless darkness ahead.
Half a minute later, the light quickly enlarged into a ball, and finally transformed into a huge, brightly lit armored warship in the field of view of the telescope! Moreover, at the top of this armored warship, there was a long straight deck, and Huoran was
The aircraft carrier, obviously, is the Kaga of the Japanese Navy’s Third Fleet!
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At this time, the Japanese on the Kaga aircraft carrier were completely unaware of the impending misfortune.
Air Force Commander Mitsui Teizo has left. Since there is no need to dispatch the carrier air force, it is unnecessary for him to stay here any longer, so he went back to rest. Fujimori Seiichiro did not leave. I don’t know why, but Fujimori Seiichiro always felt that there was something wrong.
I was feeling uneasy, so I simply stayed.
The porthole in the command room was open, and cold wind kept blowing in.
Adjutant Doi felt a little cold, so he stood up and tried to close the porthole, but Seiichiro Fujimori reached out to stop him.
"Wait!" Seiichiro Fujimori stretched out his hand suddenly and stopped the adjutant Doi, then wrinkled his nose and sniffed hard twice. Doi then asked blankly, "General, what's wrong?"
Fujimori Seiichiro shook his head, stood up and walked to the window.
The sea breeze kept blowing in outside the window. In addition to the salty smell, Fujimori Seiichiro suddenly smelled a faint smell of smoke.
Does it smell like smoke?! Seiichiro Fujimori suddenly changed his expression. Now the wind is blowing from the northwest, and the chimney of the Kaga is behind the bridge. In other words, it is impossible for the Kaga's own smoke to be blown in.
The bridge porthole, that is to say, the smell of smoke hidden in the sea breeze belongs to other warships!
Hey guys, a warship is approaching from covertly!
"Baga!" Fujimori Seiichiro shouted sharply, "Searchlight, turn on the searchlight quickly!"
"Hai!" Doi suddenly nodded, then turned around and shouted loudly, "Your Majesty the General has ordered, turn on the searchlights..."
Doi gave an order, and several high-power searchlights above the bridge of the Kaga aircraft carrier immediately turned on. Then, several huge beams of light shone toward the northwest, almost at the moment when these beams of light shone past.
, Seiichiro Fujimori discovered three dark warships!
In an instant, Fujimori Seiichiro's pupils suddenly shrank.
Seiichiro Fujimori not only saw three dark warships, but also saw the rising sun flags flying on the bridges of these three warships! Baga turned out to be a warship of the Imperial Navy! And Seiichiro Fujimori recognized it at a glance, the one in the middle.
The largest warship is clearly the Izumo, the flagship of the Third Fleet!
"Izumo, it's the Izumo cruiser!" Doi also shouted in surprise.
In the command room, more than a dozen officers and sailors were also stunned. They were all confused. What was going on? As the flagship of the Third Fleet, why did the cruiser Izumo turn off the power, turn off the lights, and approach the center silently?
Congratulations? What does General Hasegawa want to do? Conduct an exercise?
In the end, Seiichiro Fujimori was the first to react.
"Alarm!" Fujimori Seiichiro shouted sternly, "Sound the alarm quickly!"
Doi, the staff officers in the command room, and the sailors just woke up from a dream.
The next moment, a shrill siren sounded in the sky above the Kaga aircraft carrier.
Hearing the piercing siren, the sleeping naval officers and soldiers woke up one after another, including Mitsui Teizo who had just fallen asleep. Mitsui Tezo quickly got up, turned around and rushed out.
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As soon as the searchlight of the Kaga aircraft carrier turned on, Xu Rui knew he had been discovered.
At that moment, Xu Rui grabbed the pager and shouted: "Power cabin, turn on the full power, rush up!"
The silent cruiser Izumo trembled slightly, and then the chimneys towering in the sky began to spit out black smoke. Almost at the same time, the chimneys of the light cruiser Kuma and the light cruiser Tianlong also began to spit out thick black smoke.
Then there was a distant and loud whistle.
"Quick, hurry up, speed up, speed up for me!"
Xu Rui waved his arms, wishing that the cruiser Deyun could increase its speed to the maximum limit in an instant. However, this was just Xu Rui's fantasy after all. It was definitely not a task for a warship of tens of thousands of tons to increase its speed.
It was an easy thing, even though Xu Rui shouted at the top of his lungs, the Izumo still just moved forward unhurriedly.
At this time, Du Wanlin said: "Commander, we can't wait any longer, fire quickly!"
Although we have not yet entered the ideal attack range, we can't wait any longer and must fire immediately!
Originally, according to Du Wanlin's idea, the Izumo, Kuma and Tianlong could use the cover of night to silently approach within a kilometer of the Kaga. At that time, the three cruisers suddenly turned on their lights.
, and then fire at the same time to ensure that the Kaga aircraft carrier is sunk before it can react.
But now, due to being discovered in advance by the Kaga, this idea has come to nothing, so Du Wanlin believes that the gun must be fired immediately, otherwise when the dozens of bombers carried by the Kaga take off, the three cruisers under our control will be
There will be a fatal threat. At that time, let alone sinking the Kaga, self-protection will be a problem.
Xu Rui was a complete layman when it came to naval warfare, so he accepted Du Wanlin's suggestion without hesitation.
At that moment, Xu Rui grabbed the intercom and shouted loudly: "Each artillery position, target Kaga aircraft carrier, free fire!"
Xu Rui gave an order, and the four 203mm caliber main guns and fourteen 150mm caliber secondary guns on the Izumo cruiser turned their firing angles one after another, pointing the black barrels at the Kaga seven or eight kilometers ahead, almost
At the same time, the light cruiser Kuma and the light cruiser Tianlong accompanying both sides also began preparations.
However, it was the torpedo that was completed and launched first.
"Let go!" Following Du Wanlin's roar, two 450mm-caliber torpedoes were immediately ejected from the dark launch tube and poured into the water. After a moment of silence, a violent vortex suddenly shot out from the tail of the torpedo, like
It was a flying fish that entered the water, dragged out a clear trajectory under the water, and swam quickly toward the Kaga ahead.
Then, the four 203mm-caliber main guns on the Izumo cruiser also fired fiercely.
"Boom, boom, boom!" Accompanied by four huge explosions, four huge red lights suddenly sprayed out from the muzzle of the main gun. The dazzling red light illuminated almost half of the sky and also illuminated the entire sea surface.
It was as bright as day. Under this strong light, one could clearly see the obvious trajectory of the Izumo's huge hull as it moved sideways.
The four main guns fired at the same time, and the huge recoil force actually caused the Izumo to move sideways!
