"Hey!" Koba Daoyi saw that Koga Fengyi was in a bad mood, and immediately nodded in agreement. But before he could turn around and leave, after two loud bangs in a row, the hull of the Nagato swayed violently, and Kogamine, who was caught off guard, fell to the ground.

"Submarines! There are submarines! A staff officer ran in and shouted.

"What's the panic? Don't panic! Koga Feng, who was helped up by Koba Daoyi, shouted in annoyance. He was also flustered in his heart at this time, the appearance of a submarine at this time was probably premeditated by the vanguard army, otherwise it would not be such a coincidence.

All this is indeed directed by Meng Xiang. The devil's navy came to attack, if it was only blocked in Weihai, it would be too passive. It's better to bring in the devil's ship and hit him hard, so as to win a period of peace. Seeing that World War II is approaching, it is impossible to always ink here with me.

Shore artillery and giant artillery were arranged in Weihai, Yantai, Miaodao Islands and other places, forming a triangular formation, any of which was enough to break a few teeth of the devil, while the other two sides were robbed by submarine forces. In order to ensure the safety of the submarine, the giant cannon began to destroy the destroyers escorting first. Whether they attacked from Weihai or Tonji Island, they were the first to be cleared of the destroyers.

Although two huge cannons were blown up, the results were remarkable. At this time, there were only two destroyers around the Nagato and Mutsu, which obviously could not stop the attack of the sea wolves.

Together, the four VIIC submarines were targeted, while the other two were each aimed at a destroyer. Only the dying Mutsu was spared. There is only one chance to sneak attack, and it is a bit wasteful to use it on the Mutsu.

The devils have been paying attention to the sea, but the submarines have long been ambushed near their retreat route according to the radar information, and with the interference of the giant artillery bombardment all the way, he has not noticed anything abnormal. But even as dusk approached, the traces of torpedoes on the surface of the sea were still clearly visible. The VIIC submarine had four torpedo tubes in the bow, and in this sneak attack, they all fired two torpedoes at once.

The massive Nagato dodged six, but still took two heavy hits. A large hole was cut 2 meters below the waterline on the left side of the Nagato, and another shot was near the waterline at the bow. The Xia Yun dodged the attack, but the Feather Wind was hit right in the target, and the hull of the ship was lifted high in the violent explosion, and when it fell, it had already poured into the sea, and it had sunk into the sea in less than three minutes.

"Call them to come and hurry to rendezvous!" Koga Mine commanded. The only remaining Xiayun could not stop the attack of so many submarines, and the only hope was that the destroyers who were more than twenty kilometers away from them arrived quickly. But they will need twenty minutes at the earliest, and the Nagato will need to survive those twenty minutes.

As one of the Asahio-class destroyers, the Xiayun was refitted after the start of the Pacific Campaign with anti-submarine equipment such as depth charges, but at this time it only had minesweeping and anti-mine equipment. At this time, it could only bombard with naval guns, but it could not block the sea wolves' attack again. Sometimes the waterlines of whitewashed flowers come towards the Nagato. The Zero fighters on alert in the air did not carry bombs this time, and they could only use the cannons and machine guns of the planes in vain to attack the speeding torpedoes, and even the artillery fire on the Nagato and Mutsu was bombarded against those white lines.

"Boom!" One torpedo was detonated by cannon fire and artillery fire on the Nagato. But more torpedoes were fired towards the Nagato.

The Nagato accelerated and turned sideways to dodge three, but the others could no longer dodge, and the Xia Yun rushed over and blocked two for it. One swept past the bottom of the ship, and the other hit its stern.

The sound of "boom boom" continued, the two torpedoes in Xia Yun's body directly disintegrated and sank, and the two huge holes of the Nagato continued to swallow the seawater, and a small whirlpool was formed around it.

"Continue to attack the Nagato or attack the Michinoku?" This made Jiang Dacheng, who commanded this time, a little embarrassed. At this time, it was very time-consuming to reload the submarine, at least there was no chance until my reinforcements arrived. The VIIC submarine had four torpedo tubes in the bow and one in the stern. There were only a chance of a torpedo attack with a maximum of five shots. The Nagato was badly damaged, and the Mutsu was dying. If you concentrate on one, it is possible to sink it, but you can only sink one, and it is impossible to sink both.

"All attack the Mutsu!" Jiang Dacheng, who was still staying on the number to leave, did not hesitate much, and said decisively. Two birds in the forest are not as good as one bird in hand, and attacking the Mutsu is the safest.

Six torpedo trails slashed straight towards the Mutsu.

"Boom, boom!" Unable to dodge, the Mutsu was bombarded with three more torpedoes, and finally the sea began to flood its deck.

"Boom!" Hearing that his reinforcements were only five or six kilometers away, Jiang Dacheng immediately ordered the last four torpedoes to be replenished again. After two shots, the Mutsu could no longer hold on. At this time, the three destroyers who rushed to the rescue from a distance happened to see the bridge of the Mutsu sinking into the sea little by little. In the distance, only the shadows of the masts and chimneys swaying on the sea surface with the undulations of the waves, became the last memories of the Mutsu in their hearts.

In the negotiations to restrict the Navy in Washington, the Mutsu was saved in the name of all the elementary school students, and now the elementary school students have finally lost their beloved toys.

The submarine of the Vanguard Army urgently dived and immediately withdrew in the direction of Yantai.

The destroyers who rushed over did not dare to pursue, and immediately guarded the surroundings of the Nagato, lest other submarines sneak attack. They also need to salvage the survivors of the Mutsu, and the captain of the ship, Goto, has sunk with the Mutsu, and there are less than 300 survivors floating on the sea. That's not enough for a fraction of the more than 1,300 people on the Mutsu.

The captain of the Nagato, Fukuru Shigeru, breathed a sigh of relief, although the Nagato had two big holes on its body, as long as there was a rescue, its own power was not lost, but it was not too critical.

But Koga Mine is blushing with an iron face, this attack, only the Mutsu sank, he can't bear this responsibility, but I'm afraid that his downfall will be worse than Hasegawa Kiyoshi.

"Retreat to Lushun!" He again ordered that the danger in the vicinity was too great, and until now the air force of the vanguard army had not appeared. The last time Hasegawa Kiyoshi and Nagumo Tadaichi were planted in the vanguard air force, the Nagato was heavily damaged, and the destroyers guarding it were heavily sunk. The air defense force has been greatly reduced, and it is not appropriate to fight again at this time.

As soon as his order was given, the sirens of the air defense began to sound.

"It's still here!" He sighed in his heart.

In order not to accidentally damage the submarine, the aircraft of the vanguard army waited until the submarine was withdrawn before starting the attack. Of course, this is also thinking that the Zero plane escorted by me should also be tired, so they set out.

Although the voyage of the Zero was very long, and the planes on the aircraft carrier Kaga took turns to take off for duty, the pilots were already tired after most of the day. And the pilots of the Vanguard Army have been waiting impatiently for most of the day. Although the airport in Weihai is not used for the time being, there are more airports in places such as Yantai and Penglai.

Hearing the alarm, the Zero immediately greeted it, and even the plane on the Kaga, which had just landed, took off again.

For this time's air defense, most of the aircraft on board the Kaga were carrier-based fighters. Fifty Zero aircraft brought 45 units.

The sky was filled with the roar of airplanes, and the 36 thunderbolts of the vanguard army first confronted the 18 planes escorted by the devils over the Nagato. The numerical superiority and the momentum of the new army made the vanguard army shoot down two Zeros when they came up.

With the sound of the Stuka logo, 12 Stuka Ds began to drop 1,814 kg of bombs at the Nagato. In the case of short flights, each Stuka could carry one such 4000-pound aerial bomb, which was originally a small cabinet bomb used by the British against the submarine bunkers of the Germans. At this time, it was used against the Nagato.

The anti-aircraft guns on the Nagato were swept by the blasting shells of a giant cannon, and the air defense was greatly reduced. This time the bombing did not require low-altitude bombing, so the three Stuka Ds, with their thick armor and the high speed of high-altitude diving, broke through the anti-aircraft fire network framed on the Nagato and the three destroyers at once, and dropped bombs.

"Boom!" Even with the increased bombing altitude, Stuka's accuracy still allowed one of the three bombs to hit directly. The explosion of this aviation bomb, which surpassed the guns of the Yamato, directly lifted the gun turret in the bow into the air and smashed it into the sea. The ammunition under the turret was detonated, and the entire bow almost broke.

At this time, the Myoko and Kaohsiung had already arrived quickly, and hurriedly formed a prevention and control network to fill the vacancy in the air. But when they were protecting the Yamato, they neglected their own protection.

Deng Congkai saw that there was an air defense gap on the Kaohsiung, and without hesitation, he directly dived down from the sky and rushed into the air defense network that the Kaohsiung hastily set up.

Deng Congkai suddenly felt his body tremble, his wing had been hit, but he still continued to rush down, and it was not until he reached the most suitable attack position that he dropped the bomb.

As soon as the bomb in the modified magazine fell, the plane slammed into the air, dragging the black smoke on the wings into the air again, and behind him was a column of smoke rising from the Kaohsiung. The Nagato would be paralyzed by such a bombshell, not to mention the Kaohsiung, which only has 13,400 tons.

The bomb dropped from high altitude directly penetrated the deck, and then exploded inside, directly smashing the bottom of the Kaohsiung ship and blowing up a large hole. The sea water sprayed up like a fountain straight from a large hole in the deck.

In the distance, the planes on the Kaga flew up, and except for some of the ones guarding the aircraft carrier itself, the others joined the protection group here. Haruna also dragged his stump to join the anti-aircraft battle group.

Deng dragged the black smoke from Kai's Stuka to fly towards Yantai together with another Stuka with a damaged tail and two other Stuka who had already dropped bombs, escorted by two lightning planes. At this time, there was still an umbrella flower floating on the sea, and when the vanguard shot down the third Zero, a thunderbolt was shot down, and the pilot parachuted to escape. For the time being, there was no one to help him, and the inflatable airbags he carried could protect him from drowning, but he was surrounded by his own ships, and it was difficult to escape.

But they are also constantly evacuating, and they dare not stay in that sea area. Thirty-six Thunderbolt B types flew up in the direction of Yantai, and even these old models could still withstand the attack of the Zero type. However, these pilots are not as good as the elite pilots who fly the Zero. The tactics they use are to rely on the speed and thickness of the lightning to hit with a single hit. If you miss a hit, you will rush away, and you will never fight with the devil's zero-style entanglement.

The Myoko was also breached by a Stuka and dropped a bomb. But it was lucky to dodge it, and the giant bomb burst into a water column of more than 80 meters that exceeded the two planes in the struggle. But its luck didn't last long, as two more Stukas rushed in, and a giant bomb exploded in a storm of metal shards at its bridge.

Although there were two cracks in the hull, there was no large-scale water ingress after all. On the other side, the stern of the Kaohsiung took another blow, blowing up most of the stern, and the huge propellers were blown into the sky. Waters poured in from the broken stern, and the Kaohsiung was finished.

The worst thing was that the Kasumi, which was also a Chaoshio-class destroyer, was also hit by a huge bomb on the periphery of the air defense network, and after only one hit, it sank directly into the sea with a huge explosion and flames.

The devil of the zero type was also anxious, and constantly rushed out of the interception of the thunder and lightning, and rushed towards Stuka, but the thunder and lightning occupied an absolute numerical advantage, and more than sixty planes against more than thirty devils. Thunder and lightning are blocked from time to time, so that the zero type has no chance to take advantage of. And the two Stukas roaming around the periphery leaned in the direction of the Kaga from time to time, forcing the eight Zeros guarding the surrounding area not to rush over.

The badly damaged Nagato was still the focus of the entire air defense network, and the last two Stuka could not find a chance to take advantage of, so they finally had to drop their bombs, wound one destroyer again, and evacuate safely under the escort of several thunderbolts. By this time, it was already dark, and the two sides slowly began to break away from the grappling.

If it continues, it will be a night battle, and the planes of both sides will not have the ability to fight at night, so they can only separate.

"Alright, it's almost over!" Meng Xiang said with a smile. This time, the results have exceeded his expectations, and if he refuels again, the vanguard army will be able to achieve better results, and it is likely to directly sink the Nagato. But what followed was a fight with the annoyed and angry Ayamoto Navy.

"The Mutsu was sunk, isn't it a bit too much?" Meng Xiang touched his chin and said that he hadn't cleaned up the newly grown stubble.

At this time, it is not the right time to completely anger the navy and start a decisive battle with it. Although they only had two aircraft carriers, the Akagi and Kaga, there were still seven battleships and a dozen other heavy cruisers. If they come together with the army and a large number of Zero planes to attack the vanguard, the losses of the vanguard will be great. The giant cannon is not omnipotent, and when air supremacy no longer has an advantage, it can only be passively bombed in the face of its own bombers.

The Nagato was not sunk, and at least the navy still had a fig leaf in front of the people. Until new ships and better opportunities arise, they will endure until they are sure of taking on the vanguard.

"However, it seems that they are all attacked, and they can't bargain much." Looking at the outstanding achievements of shore artillery and giant artillery, Meng Xiang couldn't help but have such a thought in his heart. In later generations, influenced by the concept that the combined fleet was too powerful, Meng Xiang had always had some scruples about the navy. But at this time, he calculated that although the Fifth Fleet of the Vanguard Army could not fight a decisive battle with Yue himself at sea, it was difficult for Yue himself to bargain in front of the Vanguard Army's giant artillery and shore artillery. Even though the production of the zero type of the army is constantly expanding, the number of planes of the vanguard army is also increasing, and there are more and more qualified pilots, and with the cooperation of anti-aircraft artillery, a large number of planes against the devils will not be left behind.

"After all, we still need to say that the Navy will be a gunner, even if they are allowed once." Meng Xiang untied a knot in his heart, and said happily.

"We're going to get revenge!" Vice Takeshi Toyoda was removed from his post again, and at this time he still shouted wildly even in front of Nagano Shushi.

"How?" Yamamoto Fifty-six has never been at odds with him.

"Let's all attack it!" Toyota's vice president also did not give in at all.

"With what? How to attack? Yamamoto asked rhetorically, "Neither the Nagato nor the Mutsu have the upper hand in the face of the shore guns of the vanguard army, and how many Nagato ships are there in the Empire?" More than 450 mm shore artillery, what are you going to counter with it? And the vanguard army is not yet arranged. It is certain that they also arranged such shore artillery fortresses in Qingdao, Qinhuangdao and other places. Even if the empire captures them, how many ships will be left of the empire? ”

"Are we just going to be humiliated like this?" Yamamoto Fifty-six's series of rhetorical questions made Toyoda's vice takeshi a little embarrassed, and he slapped the case in front of him and shouted.

"Enough!" Nagano Xiushen said in a low voice, but this low drink made Toyota's vice takeshi stop drinking and sit back stupidly.

"Now is not the time to attack the Vanguard. The Nagato is a little old, and the new battleships of the Imperial Navy are already halfway complete. Our new aircraft carrier is also about to be launched. The Imperial Navy is experiencing a chance of nirvana, the old ships are gone, and our new ones will be produced very quickly. As long as there are more funds, our Imperial Navy will be stronger. Nagano said as he shook his fist.

"However, the empire was mired in the war in China, and the navy's funds were becoming more and more strained. How can we get more funding? Nagano Shu said with some bitterness in his body and mind.