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June 10 at two p.m., Nanwei Beach.

The light cruiser Kuma bowed to the west, and together with the two Blowing Snow-class destroyers, formed an outpost formation. Twenty nautical miles behind them, a formation of three battleships, the Kawachi, the Settsu, and the Izumo, slowly advanced at a speed of 18 knots along the passage they had carved out. On the flagship battleship Hanoi, lookouts searched the surroundings with wide eyes, and six turrets rotated from time to time, proving that the fleet was undergoing pre-war armament tests.

The historical Hanoi exploded in 1918 due to the Shimose gunpowder accident, but this time and space was put into combat readiness due to the outbreak of the Yellow Sea conflict at that time, and this low-level accident was avoided. After the southward expansion strategy, two Hanoi-class battleships and a large number of old warships were rearmed by the Japanese, and in the case of serious shortage of military spending, the Japanese navy also modified the Hanoi and replaced all the main guns with 50 times the diameter. This allows it to truly fire a salvo and has eight main guns when firing on one side. But there are many problems with this modification, don't look at the gun diameter is only increased from 45 times to 50 times, but the recoil is fully doubled when firing, in order to reduce the structural insufficiency caused by the recoil, the two old ships were pasted with thousands of tons of reinforced armor, so the speed after replacing the power again is only 20 knots, and the seaworthiness is extremely poor.

Hanoi and Settsu are already very old, and the Izumo next to it is an old armored cruiser during the Russo-Japanese War, so don't look at the Third Fleet's claim to have three battleships, in fact, Inoue Narumi's eyelids jumped vigorously after sailing. This was a very bad omen, and he was very superstitious and believed that the so-called Indian Ocean advance fleet was nearby. Just think of the three aircraft carriers and the two Anhai-class battleships in the opposing fleet, and one can imagine how much pressure he is on. So he could rely not on battleships, nor on the only good-looking heavy cruiser Kinugasa, but on the decisive weapon equipped on the ten destroyers that followed him, the Type 93 sour torpedo. OK. After a series of maneuvers, the fleet is now less than 300 nautical miles from the mouth of the Mekong River and will be able to arrive at noon tomorrow at the latest. And so far the Indian advance fleet has not appeared, so he believes that he has thrown off his opponent.

"Sugiyama-kun, when will the army's planes arrive?" Inoue wiped the corners of her eyes, picked up the binoculars and looked at the sky. The Battle of the Andaman proved that a fleet without the protection of aircraft is dangerous.

Sugiyama Rokuzo, the chief of staff of the Third Fleet, took the sailing schedule from the vice admiral's hand and looked at the sailing clock above his head: "The next batch should arrive in thirty minutes." ”

"Let them hurry. We give them Zero, not as toys! Inoue Narumi waved his hand angrily, the army pilot didn't know what an escort was. It stands to reason that at least five batches of fighters should be divided, and each handover should not leave gaps in the skies over the fleet. However, the army stubbornly had to wait for the escort planes to return to the airport before sending the next batch. This resulted in a forty-minute gap over the fleet every three hours. And as the distance gets farther and farther, the gap period becomes longer and longer.

"They can't fly well in zero battles, and I think Admiral Nagano made a bad decision." Sugiyama Rokuzo was equally dissatisfied. Because of pressure from the Chinese Air Force, the Zero fighter is the only cooperation between land and sea in decades. However, the navy is very dissatisfied with this cooperation, believing that the army is not able to use such advanced aircraft at all, so they always like to talk about this matter.

"So what's the solution? There was a big gap between the technological power of the empire and Europe and the United States, and the aircraft technology of the people of China was helped by Germany, France and Great Britain. The Zero is the only plane we can beat them. Inoue handed the telescope to the vice-minister, crossed her arms and sighed. He was the most staunch officer in the Japanese Navy who opposed the Sino-Japanese War, and his attitude was even more resolute than that of Yama Fifty-six. The anti-war iron triangle of him, Yama and Mitsumasa Mine, has always insisted that only Britain should be attacked, and conflict with China and the United States should be avoided. Also thinks. If a decisive battle between Japan and Britain and the United States is inevitable, they should resolutely take refuge in China and fight against Europe and the United States together with China in the name of the yellow race and Asian countries. Thus completely liberating the entire east of Suez and the southwest Pacific Ocean. However, he and all the Japanese officers have a wrong understanding, thinking that the snake is like a hurricane, the double-headed Jiao is like P38, the bomb is like JU88, and the Yun Wu is like DC3. It is one-sided that the rise of China's aviation technology depends on the support of Europe and the United States, ignoring the differences in internal structure and performance. Of course, this is also related to the fact that Japan has been unable to obtain information on the first-line fighters of the Chinese Air Force.

Hearing the sigh, Sugiyama Rokuzo frowned and asked, "Inoue-senpai, are you worried?" ”

Sugiyama Rokuzo is a graduate of the 38th class of the Navy, and Inoue Narumi is the 37th class, so this senior representative is a private conversation. Inoue Narumi nodded: "We have lost the smartest friend in the army, after the martyrdom of General Nagata, no one in the army knows the terrible military power of China. That's a bad thing, Admiral Shan and I have been avoiding involving our navy in the Third China War, but now we need to go and reinforce those brainless horse manure! They have kidnapped us. ”

"But seniors, we don't have many options. Annam, Laos and the Khmer were of great significance to the empire! If the Chinese occupy this area, as long as some aircraft are placed along the coast, Siam and Malaya will be threatened, and there will be no way to block the South China Sea shipping lanes if necessary. ”

"You're right, but why should we occupy? General Shan made it very clear that the ultimate interests of China are on the mainland, and the interests of the empire are on the sea. Even without the Philippines and the French East Indies, the previously occupied territories would have allowed the empire to remain strong. In that case, why do you want to offend the people of the United States and China? We are Asian countries like the Chinese people, and we are on the same page in terms of our big goals. If, as General Nagata suggested, he and China shared Malacca and oil and minerals, they could allow the people of China to concentrate on fighting in India, Central Asia, West Asia, and the Persian Gulf, and the empire would have at least three to five years of stability, and it would also provoke conflicts of interest between the United States and China in the Pacific. At that time, the empire will not be under the same belly and back as it is now, and it will even be able to have the support of both countries at the same time. ”

"You're right, the Indian advance fleet in China is supposed to be there to support the French, what should we do if we encounter them?"

"As soldiers, we must obey orders, but Sugiyama-kun, do you think we can defeat the advance fleet of Shina? General Shan is fighting in the Indian Ocean. The Second Fleet's four Kongo battleships and four aircraft carriers needed to be on guard against the United States at Rabaul, Nagato and Mutsu were on guard against the Shina Beiyang Fleet, and the Yamato would not be delivered until early next year. Inoue Narumi narrowed her eyes and looked at the sun overhead: "They chose the best time, and this time was given to the people of China by the army." ”

Sugiyama Rokuzo nodded, the Third Fleet belongs to the coastal defense fleet, and it is impossible to confront the 22nd Fleet, which has two Yaskai-class battleships, three aircraft carriers, and two heavy cruisers. Just as he was asking what to do next, a nervous shout suddenly sounded from outside the cabin.

"It's a Shina reconnaissance plane! Ten o'clock position! ”

Sugiyama Rokuzo was the first to rush to the window, picked up the binoculars and saw it. Two "Blue Swans" sailing in formation appeared in the sky. "Your Excellency Inoue, it should be a water reconnaissance plane from Huangshan Majiao." After judging the type of target, Sugiyama Rokuzo immediately turned his head.

"They must be nearby! Be prepared for air defense. The reconnaissance plane was released and reconnoitred in two directions to the northwest. Contact the Army, fighters must arrive within twenty minutes! "Inoue Narumi is reluctant to go to war. But they also don't want the fleet to be attacked. But what he was most worried about still happened, just when the fleet was preparing for air defense, four Haijian-5 "Lightning" rushed over from the north.

"Anti-aircraft guns ready! Don't fire first! After Sugiyama Rokuzo finished shouting, he handed the telescope to Inoue Narumi: "It's the new fighter of the Shina people." ”

Although the Haijian-5 "Lightning" was put into service earlier than the Air Force version of the "Thunderbolt", the Japanese Navy first discovered that it was in the Yellow Sea in early March this year, so it did not know anything about the performance and data of this fighter, and only knew that this fighter was forbidden to be deployed on islands and coastal airfields. It can only be seen on aircraft carriers. This shows that the 22nd fleet, which Inoue Narumi feared the most, was somewhere nearby.

Sure enough, a few minutes later, the Ball Mill sent a telegram that they were blocked by two Anhai-class battleships and six destroyers.

All of a sudden, the situation became tense. With more and more thunder and lightning in the sky, Inoue Narumi and the Third Fleet, who lacked air protection, fell into crisis. "Your Excellency, there are no ship storms (dives) and ship attacks (torpedo planes), and there are no bombs." After the Vice-Minister of Aviation discovers the anomaly. Reminded loudly.

Hear that there are no dive and torpedo machines? The lightning also did not hang a bomb? Inoue Narumi frowned, subconsciously thinking of something. Ordered: "Let the ball mill move on." ”

"Nani?! Your Excellency, in front of them are two battleships of China! Sugiyama Rokuzo and the officers were horrified when they heard this. The Ball Mill is just a light cruiser, and if it continues to move into the range of two Anhai-class ships, I am afraid it will not be able to hold out for even five minutes.

But Inoue Narumi didn't hesitate, picked up the binoculars and walked to the window, and said in an affirmative tone: "Keep going!" The fleet maintains speed, keeps course! "Officers, you look at me, I look at you, you can only bite the bullet and order the ball mill formation to continue to advance.

The news that the Ball Mill formation and the main force of the Third Fleet would not slow down was also immediately sent by reconnaissance planes to the Liaoning, which was 60 nautical miles away. "What the hell is Narumi Inoue doing? Does he really think he can defeat us with three broken ships? After landing in the Persian Gulf, Pan Duheng, who had been transferred to the captain of the Liaoning and served as the vice minister of fleet aviation, squinted his eyes at the deck, looked at the full load of torpedo planes and dive bombers, and said: "Just, let me kill him!" ”

"To kill him is to declare war." Zhu Binhou waved his hand, the navy wanted to fight, but the General Staff didn't want to, so he had to look at Deng Haoqian, who was holding the phone and waiting for orders, and nodded: "Don't you just want to know which two Anhai ships are in my hand?" Tell him! Ordered Zhenhai, Ninghai, warning shooting. ”

Pan Duheng suddenly understood: Commander, what do you mean, Inoue Narumi doesn't want to fight? Just want to figure out which two Anhai are opposite? ”

"Inoue Narumi is not a fool, he wants to find out which two Anhai are in our hands." After Deng Haoqian finished giving the order, he put down the phone and walked over with a smile: "An experienced lookout can distinguish the type of shell based on the sound of the shell and the column of falling water, so he wants to know which two ships we have." If it is Dinghai and Ninghai, it means that our main force is still in Zhanjiang, and the Qingye in the Gulf of Siam will not be in much danger. ”

"This guy is so cunning!"

"Hehe, that's the experience." In Deng Haoqian's laughter, An Hai and Zhenhai, who were transferred from the First Fleet, fired a salvo at the same time. "It's a 305mm naval gun! Not the battleships of the South Sea Fleet in China, they were transferred from the North Ocean Fleet. As expected, after the shell fell into the water, the lookout and the chief of fire of the Ball Mill immediately identified the type of shell and sent the message to the flagship behind.

"Nani? Not 330 mm? Did you see clearly! Sugiyama Rokuzo jumped.

It is known that the four Anhai-class battleship cruisers of the Chinese Navy are the same as the King Kong-class. All have undergone a major overhaul and have been upgraded to fast battleships. The Dinghai and Ninghai of the Second Fleet were refurbished with stronger 330 mm/L55 naval guns, so they stayed in the dock for two and a half years, and the full load displacement increased from 35,000 tons to 38,000 tons, and the speed was 30 knots. However, Anhai and Zhenhai, which belonged to the Beiyang Fleet, did not change their guns for some reason, but only replaced their armor, modified the bow and underwater lines, and changed their anti-aircraft firepower to eight twin 120-mm high-level dual-purpose naval guns, sixteen twin 40-mm anti-aircraft guns, and 24 single-barreled 25-mm machine guns, with a full load tonnage of 36,000 tons, and became an aircraft carrier guard with a speed of more than 33 knots.

Say. It is likely that the two ships of the Second Fleet have already gone south to the Gulf of Siam!

"Your Excellency, Aoba." Sugiyama Rokuzo was sweating profusely, and Inoue Narumi also felt like ice water was poured from head to toe, and a chill instantly spread all over his body. There were only two ways in front of him and the Third Fleet, either to force their way through the attack of two Anhai-class and three aircraft carriers. Or turn around immediately before the opponent attacks. However, whether it is Anhai Zhenhai or Dinghai Ninghai, it is impossible for the Third Fleet to win. It's not a question of the thickness of the muzzle, the root is a gap of an era! Even with the powerful 93 sour torpedoes, the opponent had quite a few destroyers and light cruisers, not to mention three aircraft carriers and two heavy cruisers.

The most damning thing is that the army planes have not come yet.

"Retreat! Send a telegram to Osaku Suzuki. Let him retreat at once! Inoue Narumi closed her eyes in pain, and the things she had been worried about still came! The navy, finally kidnapped and involved in the Third Sino-Japanese War! The only thing that can be hoped for now is that the Dinghai and Ninghai have not yet reached the Gulf of Siam. Or the Aoba and Nagara can use their speed to get away from the pursuit.

On the Ninghai, Xu Zengtang, the commander of the 21st battleship formation, who went to Germany to study with Bing and fought in the torrential waves of the Arctic Ocean, never thought of letting go of the Aoba from the beginning! It has a 330-millimeter naval gun with a power comparable to that of a 381-meter naval gun. The displacement is more than three times larger than that of the other side, not to mention the Oujiang light cruiser (Xiangjiang class) and 3 Taishan-class (domestic utopian class) to help. If he let an old-fashioned heavy cruiser slip under his nose, he wouldn't have the face to go back.

"The Oujiang is dealing with Changliang, and the destroyer protects from letting the Japanese rush in."

"Full speed, maintain steam pressure, keep the turret turning, and fire sharply in five minutes!"

"Captain, the French Biguet has sent a signal asking us for purpose."

Objective? Xu Zengtang, who was directing the attack on the Aoba and was sweating profusely, almost fell into the sea when he heard the words of the navigator. Objective? What other purpose could Lao Tzu have? Angry and stomped his feet: "Tell the French that Lao Tzu's purpose is to save them!" Let them stop putting smoke! Damn, I can't aim at it! ”

"Stop releasing smoke, stop, stop!"

"God, ours is saved!"

"Well done, let the Japanese taste great!"

After the Ninghai's mast lights signaled, the Lamotte Biguet and the Admiral Charles thundered with joy, and hundreds of French sailors who had survived the death whistled, shouted, waved their hats, and vented their anger vigorously. Only Brangil and the officers sneered bitterly to help? It's right to rob the French East Indies! But now they are helpless, at least the Ninghai has saved themselves, and the Admiral Charles has begun to tilt, and the Ramot Bigai has been beaten into the water, not to mention the battle, without rescue, I am afraid it will be difficult to even drive back.

So they simply don't want the country to surrender in the future, and whether they can keep the colony can only depend on the faces of others.

When Brangir gave the order to stop releasing smoke and moved closer to the Admiral Charles to save the people, Suzuki Sosaku, who was still beaming with joy just now, was already full of iron, and his mouth was broken: "Yaga! Yaga! I'm going to kill the intelligence officer! Why are the people of China here? Didn't they go to the Indian advance fleet ?! ”

"Release the smoke, retreat, retreat!"

Faced with a battleship, Suzuki knew he had no chance. Moreover, he can't even call for plane support now, because the nearest bomber in Japan, Wu Chunli and Bangkok, is too far away to fly over for at least an hour. Therefore, ignoring the Siamese Navy, which was dragging behind and knew nothing, he immediately ordered the release of smoke and turned around to the southward islands, trying to use the smoke and the islands to cover high-speed detachment. But Sosaku Suzuki forgot that the Chinese Navy is already massively equipped with radars. So the Ninghai is not afraid of smoke. However, Xu Zengtang is not without trouble, the speed of the Aoba is 33 knots, the Changra is as high as 36 knots, and even the three Rifengfeng-class destroyers have 37 knots. His Ninghai can only reach 30 knots after refitting, and the Oujiang is only 33 knots, and he also needs to face the threat of Japanese aircraft at any time. Of course, he also has a killer feature! That's three Tarzan-class destroyers.

"Captain, the Aoba has turned." On the Ninghai, radar and lookouts simultaneously captured the movements of the Aoba. When they told the news to Xu Zengtang, who had a goatee, he immediately patted the navigator: "You want to use the island to block my shells?" All right! I'll play with you. Left full rudder! Stop firing! The order was given to the destroyer detachment to block the front directly to the north, and immediately after seizing the position, it fired torpedoes to force him to turn. Ordered the Oujiang to approach the Changliang and not to fight after driving away. Inserted into their starboard side to continue the pursuit. Speaking of this, he smiled slightly: "Look how you turn!" ”

Soon, the order was radioed to the three Tarzan-class destroyers. As the highlight of Sino-French naval cooperation after the economic crisis in 1929, Yang Qiu, who did not understand the navy, was interested in the speed of the utopian level. Slightly different from the French prototype, in addition to using the same hull and power, the Tarzan class was equipped with the Navy's own three 120-mm twin-link semi-automatic high-level dual-purpose guns, with two front and one rear layout, and four twin 40-mm anti-aircraft guns. A quadruple 550-mm torpedo launcher was also installed, the standard displacement increased to 2750 tons, the average speed was 37 knots, and the limit was 42 knots. The most powerful thing is. Although the French power pack consumes fuel, it allows the destroyer to maintain a full 3 hours at 42 knots!

It is conceivable that when the order was received, the three Taishan-class power cabins were overloaded and accelerated to 42 knots to catch up. How wide the eyes of the Japanese sailors were.

"Yaga!" Sosaku Suzuki was in trouble, and the plan of the three Tarzan-class ships that were speeding up and asked him to send destroyers to intercept them fell through before they could be implemented. This led to the fact that the Aoba was likely to be torpedoed. So he immediately ordered the Nagara to speed up and prepare to block the destroyer formation with light cruisers. But at this time, the Oujiang also began to accelerate, and the firing conditions of the light cruiser with speed were not so harsh, so at a distance of 20,000 meters, twelve 155-mm naval guns opened fire fiercely at the Nagara.

As the third type of light cruiser, the Xiangjiang class absorbed the experience of the first two stages, and the standard tonnage was enlarged to 10,350 tons, with a full load of 13,500 tons. Four triple 155 mm / L55 naval guns with a maximum range of 28,000 meters were used, and all guns were equipped with optical fire control. Although it could not be compared with the 203 mm naval guns, the artillery speed was fast, and the amount of shells thrown per unit time was much higher than that of the seven 140 mm naval guns of the Changliang, not to mention that the Oujiang also had six twin 120 mm Gaoping dual-purpose semi-automatic naval guns (one in the front and one in the front and one on the left and two on the left and right) to cheer up, so it soon forced the Changliang to turn around and give up the pursuit.

After forcing away the Nagara, the Oujiang did not continue to pursue, but turned to the northeast, cut into the starboard side of the Aoba and rushed straight up. "Fooled! They want to be close to Suzuki Daisa! When Nagara found out that he had been deceived, he immediately sent a telegram to Sosaku Suzuki.

But at this time, Suzuki Sosakuni couldn't dodge the Oujiang that rushed at high speed. At 3:50 a.m., three Tarzan-class destroyers rushed all the way to the front of the Aoba, turned 18,000 meters away and fired 12 torpedoes. "Torpedo! Avoid! Twelve distinct white tracks frightened the Aoba lookout shouting again and again, and Suzuki Sosaku had to choose to turn painfully when he learned about it. In fact, even if the Aoba does not turn, it will be difficult for twelve torpedoes to hit the Aoba at this distance, because the 550-mm heavy torpedoes of the main force of the Chinese Navy do not have such a large range. Yang Qiu took the German and Italian routes, and in recent years his main efforts have been to develop a new generation of electric torpedoes and sound self-guided torpedoes, so the 550 mm torpedo has a range of only 5,000 meters at 47 knots, and the maximum range is only 12,000 meters.

But people have blind spots, and since the 93 oxygen torpedo, the decisive weapon, was equipped, the Japanese Navy always felt that the torpedo technology on the other side of the sea should also be very powerful. In particular, the Chinese and Japanese navies have not fought each other for more than 20 years, and neither side can figure out each other's hole cards. So after Sosaku Suzuki gave the order to turn, not only did the speed of the battleship drop to 25 knots, but at the same time, the course had changed to east, and the bow of the ship was pointing towards the coast of Vietnam. At this time, the situation changed to three Taishan-class ships on the port side, the Oujiang on the starboard side, and the pursuing Ninghai in the back. His own Nagara followed behind and needed to face the 330 mm guns of the Ninghai. As for the three Fengfeng-class destroyers, they were blocked by the Taishan-class on the periphery.

In order to escape, he immediately chose to break through from the weakest destroyer, so after confirming that he had avoided the torpedo, he turned the rudder to the east. However, it took more than 20 minutes to turn and change gears twice, and taking advantage of this opportunity, the Oujiang took the lead in catching him at four o'clock in the afternoon.

After the battle, the Oujiang did not hesitate to fire from 20,000 meters away, and twelve 155-mm naval guns poured shells at a rate of 72 per minute. Hundreds of forests of water columns forced the Aoba to slow down (battleships and heavy cruisers needed to slow down in order to gain accuracy during shelling, and light cruisers and destroyers did not rely on accuracy to eat).

I saw the Aoba slowing down for the battle. The Nagara, which was following behind, was anxious to protect the heavy cruise, and took the initiative to deflect and use the high speed of 36 knots to insert between the two ships. But just as it left its position, Xu Zengtang stomped his feet, and the officers who knew him well knew that this was the signal for a decisive battle! "Left full rudder! Firearm. Recalculate the shooting of the Yuan Yuan cannon preparation! When the sailors grabbed the nearest fixture, the steel behemoth of more than 30,000 tons drew a huge arc on the sea surface at a high speed of 28 knots, and in the creaking and squeaking sound of steel friction, the hull of the ship tilted greatly, and countless debris rolled down the deck. After a few minutes of sharp turns, the bow of the Ninghai was already parallel to the Aoba, and it was positioned behind the opponent's side! This means. The Ninghai, which could only be pursued with six main guns just now, can now use all nine main guns.

"Yaga, you've been fooled! Let Junan Zhongzuo turn around, turn around quickly! "The Nagara appeared at the same time as the starboard side. Sosaku Suzuki realizes that a big mistake has been made! Because after the Nagara was inserted forward, the port side of the Aoba was suddenly exposed. But it was too late, and the main engine of the Ninghai was running at full speed again after a few minutes of deceleration, and took advantage of the harassment of destroyers and cruisers. Quickly close the distance to 22,000 meters. At this distance, the 330-mm gun could penetrate 343-mm homogeneous steel plates. Even the Beijing class did not dare to try it easily, and the power was even higher than the 381 mm main gun used by the Hood!

"Wang Kun, if you can't hit again, Lao Tzu will throw you into the sea! Fire! ”

When Xu Zengtang turned his head and roared at the gunner, the nine main guns opened fire at the same time, and the huge recoil directly pushed the battleship several meters away. While the muzzle wind was raging on the deck, the gunners had already quickly stuffed in the second shell. After just three salvos, a new generation of optical fire control developed from the Lombo system captures the point of impact, and then the ballistic computer calculates a new trajectory based on data such as the speed and wind direction of the Aoba. After the new ballistic data was sent to each gun position to fire the fourth salvo, the faces of the Japanese naval officers and men on the Aoba had changed greatly! At least three shells, which exploded on the right side over the Aoba, formed a straddle fire! This shows that the Ninghai has already aimed at itself, and the rest is to look at luck. "Speed up, hide on Damaar Island." Under the command of Sosaku Suzuki, the Aoba spewed billowing black smoke and rushed left and right to resist stubbornly, seeing that the battleship was about to avoid the shadow zone of Dama, but a 330mm armor-piercing shell still accurately hit his stern.

The 572-kilogram armor-piercing projectile effortlessly penetrated the Aoba's less than 100 mm main armor belt, and after a terrifying clang, the shell went all the way to the bottom of the stern shaft compartment before exploding. Rumble! The heavy cruiser, which was nearly 10,000 tons, seemed to have been struck by something in the stern, and then quickly lifted after sinking suddenly. The violent explosion extended from one bilge to the deck, and the copper propeller weighing dozens of tons on the left side could not withstand the impact force, and barely turned a few times before detaching from the main shaft. The loss of a propeller also announced the death sentence of the Aoba.

The speed of the Aoba, which entered the water in the stern, suddenly dropped to less than 15 knots. Although struggling to avoid the shadowy areas of the island, it was only a matter of time before it was sunk. At the same time, after completing the attack and harassment mission, the Oujiang also gave up the Aoba and fought with the Changliang. As an old ship commissioned in 1922, Nagara could not be compared with the new in 1938, and the seven 140-mm guns were crushed by twelve 155-mm guns. The raging shells continued to explode on the deck, and the Japanese sailors, who had no armor to protect them, were torn apart! Seeing that the battleship was not safe, the captain of the Nagara decided to use a secret weapon and launch a lightning attack.

93 oxygen torpedoes!

Eight 610-mm spears hit the Oujiang in a fan-shaped coverage in thirty seconds. Needless to say, the power of the 93 oxygen torpedo, just this figure of 42 energy saving and maintaining 25000 meters is enough to defy all torpedoes in the world. However, the Oujiang, which had already received information that it had come up with an ultra-long-range high-speed torpedo, had been guarding against the opponent's lightning strike tactics, so when it saw the torpedo tube on the amidships of the Nagara hull turning, it immediately broke away at a high speed of 33 knots.

Oxygen torpedoes no matter how fast they are. It was also impossible to appear 18,000 meters away in an instant, so the Oujiang quickly broke away from the torpedo fan. The failure of the lightning strike tactics also meant that the Nagara was no last resort, and when the Oujiang resumed firing, the shells quickly hit the canvas-covered lifeboat. Although the Japanese sailors struggled to cut the cable, a fire broke out in the amidships. The flimsy shells entered the hull through the gap, causing the boiler pressure tube to burst, causing the ship's speed to drop to 23 knots in an instant. A light cruiser without speed was the target, and the Oujiang immediately took the initiative to pull closer to 13,000 meters when it saw this, and it was in the fire for five minutes. Although he received 7 shells, 42 armor-piercing shells hit the Nagara.

At 4:20 a.m., the captain of the Nagara, Toshi Hase, immediately ordered the ship to be abandoned, opened the sea valve, and sank in the deep sea 20 kilometers east of Tozhu Island with 37 officers and 171 sailors who had not evacuated in time. After the Nagara sank, the Oujiang did not stop chasing after eating the black smoke emitted from the shells. Immediately turn around and cooperate with the Ninghai to attack the Aoba. The three undamaged Taishan-class continued to chase after the three Rifengfeng-class destroyers, and finally sank two of them an hour later, while the other escaped, but sank itself after being stranded in Kampong Xun due to heavy injuries.

"Look how you run, fire!" At the same time, the Ninghai also circled east of Datsu Island and spotted Sosaku Suzuki, who was hobbling north trying to reach Phu Quoc Island to wash the stall and run aground. Facing nine 330-mm naval guns and the Ninghai, which was covered in thick armor. Sosaku Suzuki knew that he was finished, because his 203-mm guns could not cause damage to the battleship even at 10,000 meters.

At this time, Suzuki Sosaku's last hope finally came. Eight Army Type 97 heavy bombs rushed to support with 500 kilograms of bombs, but before they could drop the bombs, they were discovered by the Oujiang radar, under powerful anti-aircraft fire. Three were shot down quickly, and the remaining four hurriedly dropped their bombs in a hasty attempt to escape north. However, it was shot down by 12 lightning planes that came from outside Da Nang.

At five o'clock sharp, the deadliest shell was fired from the No. 2 turret of the Ninghai, and the 572-kilogram cap-piercing shell penetrated through the main armor belt, penetrated deep into the torpedo storage depot in the amidships, and exploded there. Although the torpedo here has not yet been oxygenated, the 550-kilogram charge of the thunderhead is detonated, and the power is greater than that of the 406-mm high-explosive shell. The violent explosion tore a large sixteen-meter-long hole in the port side of the Aoba, and at least 3,000 tons of seawater poured into the hull in a matter of minutes. The design style of the Japanese navy with small tonnage and large firepower led to a serious lack of hull structure and redundancy, not to mention 3,000 tons, even 1,000 tons of seawater is enough to kill. So in less than five minutes, the Aoba began to tilt, and Suzuki Sosaku could not save the battleship despite all his efforts, and finally the Aoba sank in shallow waters less than 10 nautical miles south of Phu Quoc Island half an hour later.

After sinking the Aoba, Xu Zengtang aimed his guns at the Siamese Navy, which was already frightened, and the first to suffer was the Ayutthaya Ayutthaya. This shallow-water heavy gunboat, with a displacement of 2,263 tons and two twin 203 mm/L50 naval guns, was ordered from Japan and had a displacement of 2,263 tons, but it was equipped with two twin 203 mm/L50 naval guns, and it was designed to reach Phu Quoc Island with amazing power but a speed of only 15 knots. When the captain was about to flee from the shore, he was caught up by the Ninghai and sent to the bottom of the sea with two salvos at a distance of 10,000 meters.

Seeing this, the Thonburi of the same type that followed closely behind was so frightened that he hurriedly raised the white flag, and Xu Zengtang, who did not want to waste shells, sent more than a dozen sailors to capture the shallow water heavy gunboat completely. Then, according to the Thonburi's instructions, he continued on to Long Island off Kampong Son Bay, where he encountered two Ratnakosin-class shallow heavy gunboats and the Palo destroyer, which were supporting the army. Again, the ship's guns fired only three rounds, and there was no one in the three Siamese warships that were in the air of the three Siamese warships, and the white flag was raised straightforwardly.

While the three shallow water heavy gunboats escaped, the two destroyers of the Siam Navy, the Yegong River and the Ta Jin River, were not spared, and after being quickly caught up by the Ou River, they washed it from head to tail with 155-mm shells and sank with a crisp explosion. As for the remaining few torpedo boats and gunboats, Xu Zengtang was not interested, so after the other side hung up the white flag, he asked three destroyers to escort the long prisoner formation to join the main force, and he protected the cruiser La Motte Bigai back to Cam Ranh Bay (the Admiral Charles was abandoned and sunk), after all, there were still four submarines in the Siam Navy that did not show up, and it was very dangerous to let the battleships operate in the enemy's coastal waters at night.

After converging with Blanjir, Xu Zengtang sent a report to Bing, informing him of the end of the Battle of Jinoujiao. At the cost of damage to the Oujiang, the Ninghai formation sank the Aoba and Nagara, and also sank five Japanese and Siamese ships, captured nine, destroyed the Siamese navy, and successfully rescued more than 600 French soldiers, including Brangil, and opened the passage for the landing formation to go south in one fell swoop.

The Battle of Jinoujiao was a typical asymmetrical sneak attack, so neither the Chinese and Japanese navies considered it a reflection of the naval strength of the two countries afterwards. And to the disappointment of the navy, Inoue Narumi was not impulsive in the end, and after judging the 22 ships of the Anhai class, he immediately retreated to Bandar Seri Begawan under the protection of army fighters, so that the navy's hopes of destroying the Third Fleet in one fell swoop were dashed by taking advantage of the war