4.42 On the Huangpu River (4)

As he spoke, the black ship approached the Japanese fleet a little closer, and it seemed that the people on board were hesitating, and they also felt that the gunboats cruising around the periphery of the 3rd Fleet were a big trouble, and they didn't want to attack such a small target, they wanted big fish!

But these gunboats were in front of the big fish, and they couldn't get around......

Vice Admiral Hasegawa was as excited as if he had hit a big chip at the table, he was not at all worried about the safety of his fleet, he had planned for several sneak attack methods that the Chinese could use, and now he was watching the show with the same interest as if he were sitting in the Uchihiman in Kyoto. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Captain Qingtian was quickly infected by the general's "bravery", and watched the black ship continue to act step by step according to the general's plan, and he began to learn to enjoy the night......

After another ten minutes or so, the black ship entered a better position to attack, and from here it accelerated and within five minutes it was able to stick to the hull of the "Izumo".

It's time to do it, and the Qingtian gun commander is also starting to get excited!

What Captain Qingtian didn't expect was that it was not this somewhat mysterious black ship that launched the first round of attacks on the 3rd Fleet, but the land-based artillery of Puxi.

The 99th Division concentrated all its mountain guns to cover the river, and shrapnel from the explosion flew around the deck of the Izumo, but the damage was limited.

"The people of China are really pedantic, how can they threaten the steel battleships of the Great Japanese Empire with these medium-caliber mountain guns, such shelling is just a waste of their already small number of shells, General, do you need to let our naval guns fight back?"

Vice Admiral Hasegawa ignored the explosion outside the turret, he carefully watched the black ship on the river, and said:

"Qingtian-kun, in fact, it's better to let the people waste some shells, in this way, you pass on my order to let the destroyers in the fleet fire back freely, but each ship must leave a few secondary guns to monitor the river, Huang Haoran's article can only be in the Huangpu River, and the rest are all smoke screens!"

The 75 mm and 90 mm mountain guns could only scratch the itch for a heavy cruiser like the Izumo, but it was still powerful for those gunboats with a displacement of only a few hundred tons, and the water area covered by the artillery fire of the 99th Division was very concentrated, and as the Japanese ships avoided the movement of the artillery fire, slowly, a passage appeared between the black ship and the Izumo, not wide, but enough to launch an attack!

"Soga! It turned out that the artillery of the 99th Division was attacking just to make such a passage, and the people of Shina really recognized the 'Izumo', and they were cleaning the runway for themselves! ”

Lieutenant General Hasegawa is looking forward to the next move of the Chinese, and he loves this game of braving mice!

"General! Are we going to let this Chinese ship do what it does? Do you want to start aiming? ”

Captain Qingtian was still a little worried, so he gave such a suggestion.

"Aota-kun, you are such a boring person! Well, order the secondary artillery to aim at this uninvited guest! ”

Lieutenant General Hasegawa felt that he could not repeatedly dismiss Aota's suggestion, as this would dampen the young officer's self-confidence.

The black ship suddenly began to move forward, but instead of heading towards the safety corridor created by the artillery, it plunged diagonally into the Japanese fleet, seemingly searching for a target.

Did they give up attacking Izumo? Lieutenant General Hasegawa found it a little boring.

At this moment, two high-speed torpedo boats suddenly appeared on the river in the distance, like two dragons rolling on the river.

Vice Admiral Hasegawa remembered the previous actions of the black ship and immediately had his judgment!

The black ship is a trick, a prop to cover the approach of the torpedo boat!

Due to the early appearance of this strange black ship, the 3rd Fleet was involved in too much energy by it, and it was actually approached by these two torpedo boats at a slow speed to the periphery of the fleet!

Do one thing as a front for another!

Huang Haoran is really a good means!

The two British MBT torpedo boats that came at a rapid pace only had a displacement of several tens of tons, but their engines were powerful and extremely fast, and they were killed with a single charge, Vice Admiral Hasegawa immediately ordered the fleet to open fire to block the river, especially the channel area exposed after the gunboats avoided, once a torpedo attack in this vacuum water, the Izumo would be very bad!

At the same time, Vice Admiral Hasegawa ordered Izumo to speed up the evasion and move the hull behind a Japanese gunboat, which was also a dead end for torpedo attacks!

The two torpedo boats did not release the torpedoes after rushing to the distance of the effective range of the torpedoes, but continued to cruise separately, such a move was very abnormal, Vice Admiral Hasegawa did not have time to think about it, he ordered the commander of the Qingtian gunners to organize the fire of the fleet to bombard the torpedo boats of the Chinese army, and he wanted to sink these two dangerous boats to the bottom of the river!

To hell with Huang Haoran and his plans!

The Chinese Navy's torpedo boats under fire were extremely agile, and they moved back and forth through the water column set off by the ship's artillery shells, as if they were playing in the water.

Something is wrong!

Lieutenant General Hasegawa had such an instinct, but he couldn't remember what was wrong for a while!

"Yaga! The torpedo boats of the Shina people are really fast! It's faster than our Imperial Army's! Qingtian Gun Commander scolded and said, he ordered the main gun to fire 5 rounds in a row, but none of them hit the target!

The torpedo boats of the Chinese army are really outrageously high!

Fast! Really fast! But why was the torpedo boat so fast? It's just two wooden-hulled boats!

Vice Admiral Hasegawa suddenly felt bad, and he roared loudly: "What about the black ship! Where is the black ship of the people of China? ”

Commander Qingtian immediately ordered to turn on the searchlight and search the river, but he soon found that the smoke screen of the Chinese people ---- the black ship was gone!

Vice Admiral Hasegawa was in a hurry, he understood the reason why the torpedo boats of the Chinese army could run at such high speeds, that is, there were no torpedoes on the boats at all!

Vice Admiral Hasegawa guessed correctly, the two torpedo boats not only did not carry torpedoes, but also lost all the equipment that could be discarded, and the crew was only the minimum number required.

That's why there is such a high speed!

Torpedo boats are the real smoke screen!

And the original smoke screen turned into poison!

The black ship took advantage of the brief confusion of the Japanese warship and approached the central waters, and if you look closely, you will find that there are two ropes dragging behind the black ship, and now these sunken things pulled by the ropes slowly surface, and without the resistance of the water, the speed of the black ship is immediately more than doubled!

It turned out that there were several rubber rafts under the underwater objects, and these objects floated in the water when the rubber raft was not filled with gas, and now the rubber raft is full of gas, and the thing is floating on the water!

You don't have to ask to know that the object on the rubber raft is a lot of explosives!

Its goal is to point straight to the clouds!

The "loyal" Japanese naval officers and men showed a fearless spirit, and a destroyer came at high speed, blocking the way of the black ship!

For the sake of their flagship, the destroyer is ready to sacrifice!

Rumble! A huge fireball rises into the air, and the destroyer is heavily damaged! The black ship also turned into debris and scattered on the river!

Lieutenant General Hasegawa is sweating!

It's dangerous! Just a little bit, the Izumo will become a replacement for the destroyer, and the Japanese Navy will lose face in Shanghai again!

The Japanese warriors on the destroyer, they should be honored!

Just when Vice Admiral Hasegawa thought he was out of danger, the Izumo ship under his feet shook violently, and then there was a continuous violent explosion! Vice Admiral Hasegawa immediately judged that it was the warship that had been hit below the waterline!

Could it be a torpedo? Do the Chinese have submarines?

In April 37, China's Minister of the Navy, Chen Shaokuan, himself, through the relations of the general counsel of Falkenhausen, ordered 5 submarines and 1 submarine carrier from Germany for 99 million marks. But these Type IIB submarines are still on the slipway of the FlenderWerft shipyard in Lübeck, Germany! The first ship would not be completed until the end of 1938.

Vice Admiral Hasegawa couldn't figure out what attacked the Izumo, and the bad news came one after another, the hole in the Izumo's hull was blown open was huge, and the sailors were no longer able to stop the influx of seawater, and now, Vice Admiral Hasegawa needed to give the order to abandon the ship!

The co-captain and other senior officers on board the ship rushed to the front main gun turret, and they needed to get orders to start the action!

The speed of the warship entering the water is very fast, but in a few minutes, the stern of the ship has been completely immersed in the seawater, and if you don't abandon the ship, you will have to go to the bottom of the river to feed the fish!

Vice Admiral Hasegawa gritted his teeth and gave the order to abandon ship.

In less than ten minutes, the 3rd Fleet lost a destroyer and a heavy cruiser, and this heavy cruiser was their flagship!

What the hell happened in those 10 minutes?

Lieutenant General Hasegawa's face is like ashes!

He couldn't give himself a satisfactory explanation!

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