"About 50 nautical miles behind, an enemy aircraft carrier was found, suspected to be the original Canglong of the Empire. No other escort ships were found around, and no warplanes were found on the deck. "The signal came from the Hydro 3 on the battleship Mutsu, and it swept over the Soryu without encountering a single interception.

"Sure enough, there it was! Go sink it! Nanyun Zhongyi said angrily, and the staff officers immediately sent out a command signal, and the damage to the command room made some signals require two more procedures to transmit.

The battleship Kirishima and the destroyers Manshio and Arrashio, who were guarding the rear, turned around and headed for that side under a series of orders from Nagumo. They couldn't help in the battle ahead, so they could only watch the planes in the sky constantly bombing the three aircraft carriers.

"Prepare for shelling!" When the water reconnaissance planes on the Kirishima found the rear aircraft carrier Soryu, with the order of the captain of the Kirishima Masao Kanazawa, according to the coordinates provided by it, the four twin 45 times caliber 356-mm main guns on the Kirishima raised their muzzles. The Full Tide continued forward, preparing for a torpedo attack at close range.

There was a "boom", and before the huge cannon on the Kirishima could fire, three shells fell to its side first, raising three tall columns of water.

"The ship of the Vanguard Army has been found in the left front, and it is suspected that the original Ashigara!" The water reconnaissance plane quickly exerted reconnaissance information, and almost all the devils knew about the vanguard army's salvage and repair of the Ashigara and Izumo.

"Defend the Dragon!" Shen Honglie also led the fleet back behind the devil. He had planned to take advantage of the chaos to attack, and after receiving the battle report from the front, he changed his mind. The battle report ahead is already very clear, as long as the Canglong is guarded, it is equivalent to keeping the core of the attack. Those planes can slowly grind the devil's ship round by round.

The Ashigara was in the direction of the Kirishima's advance, and the ten 203 guns were fired at full speed, and they bombarded the Kirishima one after another. Although these guns were not very effective against the 230 mm armor of the Kirishima's frontal turret, the 70 mm armor on the deck could not withstand such a bombardment.

The Ashigara was still a bit of a threat to the Kirishima battleship during World War I. The Wild Tide next to it was even more undulating and swaying by the waves raised by a cannonball that fell nearby, making people unsteady on their feet.

The other destroyer, the Full Tide, shuttled through the bombarded column of water and headed straight for the Canglong. On the way, he was intercepted by the Spring Rain, which is also of the White Dew level. This is the only destroyer repaired by Meng Xiang, and the other old battleships are not worth repairing. The strength of the two sides is about the same, but it is obvious that their technical level is higher, and they are more familiar with the surname of the ship. After two rounds of exchanges, the Spring Rain was hit by a 127-mm shell and fought and retreated. The Manchao took the opportunity to follow and pressed straight in the direction of the Canglong.

A 94 ship exploded in the smoke on the Longxiang, and after dodging the fire net intertwined with the 12.7 mm machine guns, it actually flew towards the side of the Canglong. Under the cover of the downing of two warplanes on the Akagi, a 96 shipburst also flexibly flew and followed together. It doesn't do much for them to stay here, and it's best to sink the opponent's aircraft carrier.

The Long Xiang suffered another torpedo and two bombs, and the Fengxiang also suffered another torpedo, and the surrounding destroyers were too busy to take care of themselves, only the repaired Myoko approached, using the anti-aircraft guns above him to continuously drive out the torpedo machines around him. But his apparently massive body immediately became a target for a torpedo, and a torpedo exploded next to him, exploding a crack in the water.

Meng Xiang was bombarded by the French cannons, but it was a pity. This time the site of the battle was closer to each other, and the large-caliber shore guns that were deployed could also play a role. It's a pity that this time, the main force of the devils is the aircraft carrier, and they can attack from a distance. Just in case, Meng Xiang still decided to launch it in advance.

In this way, the shore artillery could not hit the ships of the devils, and the battleships of the devils could not hit the buildings on the shore.

However, just when Nagumo Tadaichi was about to give the order to retreat, gather in the direction of the Canglong, and solve the Canglong together first.

The Mutsu first took the battleship Kongo and the Furutaka Heavy Patrol to speed up and continue to march towards the port of Qingdao in the distance. What Nagumo Tadaichi feared finally happened, the guys of the battleships always refused to obey his orders, and they planned to rely on heavy artillery to bombard Qingdao Port first to vent their anger, especially to find the giant cannon that attacked from a distance to destroy it.

But the vanguard army also had army planes, and thinking of those planes that had begun to attack, Nagumo felt a trace of chagrin in his heart. How could he, who had always been cautious, be so eager for quick success, was it just to prove it to these guys who advocated battleships?

In the face of the strength of Takagi Takeo and others this time, Nagumo chose to compromise, he led a part of the people to retreat to the Soryu first to relieve their worries, and the Mutsu and other ships relied on the air defense network intertwined in the sky over the formation, blocking the attack of the vanguard aircraft, heading forward, only need to travel for more than ten nautical miles, let them bang for a while, and they will come back.

Nagumo didn't want this attack to be fruitless, at least the bombardment of Qingdao was half of the mission. Takagi Takeo also thinks the same, the honor of the Mutsu cannot be stopped in front of the wings of these small flying insects, he must continue to complete the task of shelling Qingdao, and let the vanguard army see the power of the battleship's giant cannons.

"The shelling came from that direction." The Naval Reconnaissance 3 aircraft on the battleship Mutsu reported the location of the French cannon in time. At this time, Meng Xiang ignored the small red dots running from the radar, and continued to bombard the big red dots that were evacuated in the distance.

The Akagi received another shell, blowing up three planes, and Meng Xiang recognized the biggest red dot bombardment.

"That's almost forty nautical miles, and that cannon can still hit it?" Nagumo Zhongyi was a little shocked, what kind of technology did they use to fight so far? I wonder if it can be installed on a warship?

At this time, the Haguro that followed next to the Akagi cooperated with the Myoko and four other destroyers to establish an air defense network, and the Vanguard planes were not as easy to surprise as at the beginning. As his anti-aircraft fire intensified, the Vanguard Army's aircraft losses increased, one Avenger torpedo and four dreadnought dive bombers were shot down, and two Hellcats around the Akagi were also shot down.

But after all, the air defense force of the devil navy in this era is still very weak, and the thin air defense network they have formed still cannot stop the continuous onslaught of the vanguard aircraft, especially the bombardment of the French giant artillery.

Every minute, a shell fell on time. Every time I heard a scream from the sky, the hearts of the people on the Akagi couldn't help but contract. The plane has a way to stop it, how can this shell stop it?

"Boom!" This time, the shell did not fall on the head of the Akagi, but on the Fengxiang that slowed down and fell on the Fengxiang behind. Meng Xiang found that this backward big red dot was easier to lock, not far ahead, the Chicheng had just passed, and the muzzle of the gun did not need to be greatly adjusted, so Meng Xiang bombarded it directly.

The shell penetrated three decks and landed in the power compartment of the Fengxiang, detonating a boiler, and then a continuous explosion in the power compartment sounded, giving another fatal blow to the battered Fengxiang. The power was lost, the seawater in the two large gaps could not be drained in time, and the spread of the fire could not be stopped.

"Abandon ship!" Nagumo Tadaichi decisively gave this order. The Fengxiang, which lost power, could only stay there as a target, and there was no hope of rescue. The destroyer Jiang Feng next to him leaned over to rescue the officers and men on the Fengxiang, while the others continued to block the attack of the aircraft.

In the sky, there were not many battles left in the sky that forced their take-off at the cost of half of the loss, and even if they could fight again, their numerical inferiority could not save them from defeat.

It was now 4 to 28 in the sky, and another bomb was eaten on the deck of the Akagi, which damaged part of the deck, and two large holes were placed there, and even the ship could not fly. The devils on the Akagi can only rely on anti-aircraft guns to constantly cover the air.

"That damn Takagi Takeo!" Nagumo regretted his compromise at this time, and committed the taboo of dividing the troops, with these ships, they were still a little unable to stop the attack of the vanguard aircraft. If they had been tougher just now, they might have to listen.

The Vanguard planes did not split off to pursue the Mutsu as he had imagined, and some of them did not withdraw to the Guardian Soryu, but only a few of them returned to replenish their ammunition after they had run out of ammunition. As it stands, they still have to endure some bombardment. At first, no one expected that the swarm of planes would attack together and be so powerful.

"It seems that what Yamamoto said about the aircraft carrier attack is correct, but the current aircraft carrier ......" Nagumo Zhong looked helplessly at the Fengxiang that fell behind.

The Fengxiang, which had stopped, received another huge cannon shell, and the sawdust splashed on the deck hit the evacuated soldiers one after another, like pins. But at this time, these soldiers couldn't take care of it, and after taking so many hits, the Fengxiang began to sink at an accelerated rate. There was a muffled sound of an explosion inside its hull, and everyone knew what it meant as someone shouted that the bottom of the ship was in the water.

The Fengxiang is about to sink.

Something kept slipping on its tilted hull, the shouts of people and the crash of objects were drowned out by the continuous sound of explosions, the sea had overflowed the sloping deck, and the huge thruster on the other side exposed the corner of the propeller, and the corpse of a devil hung on it, but it was still not moving in the air.