Chapter 125 Burning Eda Island

- On the blue Pacific Ocean, a huge fleet is rushing against the dawn, and the stern of the ship is surging, leaving white tails on the calm sea.

There are seven small warships guarding around the fleet like hounds. At this time, the gun jackets on the warship have been lifted, and the deck is full of observation posts with telescopes and vigilance, and a tense atmosphere of the coming war.

There is no way not to be nervous, because in the center of them, there are 23 transport ships. For this operation, Lin Yongxiang mobilized all the forces that can be mobilized at present. This is the time, two army regiments and a marine regiment, a total of 15,000 people, together with their equipment and ammunition urgently needed by the fleet. Packed and stuffed together.

What's more, the fleet is still in a wartime state. Although the main fleet has been completely destroyed, they still have a large number of small ships, especially those torpedo boats with fast speed and small tonnage, so at this moment, every destroyer has several pairs of wide eyes on the mast.

Each ship is full, and with its own crew, the total number is nearly 20,000. If something goes wrong, I'm afraid no one can afford this responsibility. Even Li Yongxiang came to escort him in person. Even though he was about to reach the designated sea area, standing on the cruise ship bridge of the Western Pacific, he frowned and still did not dare to relax at all.

Compared with Lin Yongxiang's nervousness, the bridge of the destroyer Swordfish escorted on the left was relaxed. The captain took the cigarette he got after receiving the fleet and enjoyed it.

"Fang Jin, is it really that exciting?"

Of course, Zhang Shunwen was not a cigarette, but the naval battle not long ago. Seeing Fang Jin's comfortable face, he also curled his lips and pulled out a cigarette to catch Fang Jin's neck.

Fang Jin slammed his lips, snapped his fingers together, and vomited a few smoke rings in a row before he said endlessly, "My leader Zhang, can I lie to you about this? You didn't see the shivering look of the little calfs.

"At that time, I led the Flying Fish to hide at the end. When I heard the fight in front, I immediately rushed to the Langsu and sent two torpedoes in a row." Fang imported foam flew around and talked about the naval battle that took place not long ago: "You didn't see that after the torpedo explosion, the small ship was lifted high from the middle, just like being overturned by a big wave, and then hit the surface of the water heavily, breaking it in two! Damn, the wave almost overturned the boat!"

"No way, I don't think this torpedo is too big!" Listening to Fang Jin's words, Zhang Shun turned his head and looked at the position of the torpedo cabin on the bow and both sides of the ship, and shook his head in disbelief.

"Nonsense! I won't lie to anyone, and I won't lie to you, Leader Zhang!" Fang Jin sneered at Zhang Shun's suspicion. Recalling the scene, he couldn't help but palpitate and said, "But then, I didn't believe it at that time. When we were in Chile, we also had live ammunition training, but the power of British-made torpedoes could not be compared with our own. If I hadn't kept my mind, I'm afraid I would have I was buried with Xiao Yuben.

"Haha." Zhang Shun laughed and joked, "Then our fleet is missing a scourge."

"Say!" Fang Jin angrily stroked his middle finger and continued, "After sinking the Japanese ship, I wanted to do it twice, but I was pulled out by the first place by the Flying Fish. Later, our main force arrived. When we saw our battleship, I was immediately scared to pee. Their commander's name was Yi Dongheng, so I simply drew a knife and wiped it. The neck."

"No way, I heard from the young master that I committed suicide by cutting my stomach." Next to him, Du Dazhuang came over. He was entangled left and right in this operation, and finally let the young master promise him to act with the Marine Corps. At this moment, he was excited to visit the huge transport fleet. After hearing Fang Jin's mistake in his words, he interrupted.

"Is it?" Fang Jin touched the back of his head, then gave up thinking and said with a smile, "No matter whether he wipes his neck or cut his stomach!" Anyway, after the death of the commander, their fleet was even more chaotic. They were bombarded by our cannons and surrendered one by one.

"So fast?" Zhang Shun scratched his head, saw the big hole on the deck of the Swordfish, pointed to and asked, "Then why are you doing this?"

Seeing the big hole, Fang was angry and scolded angrily, "Fuck, I just wanted to do another vote at that time. I didn't expect that the Chicheng didn't wait to enjoy and dare to resist! I have no choice but to fight with him. That's how it's done!"

"Haha..." After saying that, several people in the bridge laughed and burst into tears. Then they pointed to Fang Jin and scolded, "It's time! You know how to be lazy, but you didn't expect to meet a prick!"

"Nonsense, I'm a destroyer, and I'm doing the job of stealing chickens and dogs. Do you want me to bombard the other party's battleships?" In the face of everyone's ridicule, Fang Jin not only didn't care, but also was proud of it. He smiled and said, "In case I am..., bah, crow's mouth, bad and bad spirit!" Finding that he had made a mistake, Fang Jin spit a few times before continuing to say, "In case I bombarded the battleship and robbed our commander's business, then his boss would not jump to find me desperately!"

"Well, just blow it!" Zhang Shun stretched out his middle finger contemptuously: "You little boat, how dare you challenge the battleship!"

"Why not!" Seeing that Zhang Shun looked down on his destroyer, Fang Jin hurriedly stalked his neck and said, "Don't believe it. Our fleet has really practiced destroyers against battleships, but it requires the cooperation of many ships, and the cost is quite high."

Fang Jin danced and was about to spread out the chart for a group of stupid birds in the bridge who didn't understand the naval battle. At this time, the second deputy suddenly broke in and said, "Report, I received the signal of the flying fish, and arrived at the predetermined sea in 30 minutes!"

"It's time to work!" Zhang Shun stood up, licked the corners of his mouth, looked at the horizon of the sea and sky and shouted in his heart, "Finally, I can have a good fight!" -

"Is it at full speed?"

Qiushan stood in the gunboat bridge cabin, looked at the hazy shadow on the horizon, and urged again. He has never been so eager to board Eda Island as soon as possible.

Since receiving the telegram from the base camp, he has boarded the boat and went to sea as soon as possible. The speed has exceeded the best result of Pingyu's practice, but all this is not enough! Osaka Kobe has been attacked. At this moment, I'm afraid it has turned into ashes. If I can't spread the news to Eda Island earlier, I'm afraid it's...!

Thinking of the Naval Academy on Jiangtian Island and those nearly a thousand naval cadets, his heart sank. It's all the damn bureaucrats. So far, there is no telephone line to the island, otherwise he doesn't need to be so anxious.

The small gunboat has been sailing at full speed. The gunboat feels quite fast, but at this moment, it makes him feel like a slow snail. But no matter how the soldiers stamped their feet and scolded, they could not turn this old gunboat into the latest high-speed fast ship. They could only bear to watch the virtual shadow become more and more solid, while praying that God's enemies would not patronize this island.

It's a pity that their wishes failed in a few seconds. When they were about to arrive at Eda Island, there was a sudden roar outside. Not before everyone could react, a burst of bullets had burst around the boat.

In the North Star Command Tower, Chen Ping squinted and held the coffee with a leisurely expression. Tan Xiaozeng couldn't get used to that thing. He ordered people to bring the rice wine seized in Osaka Port. He thought that he didn't seem to hear the rumbling gunfire outside.

Only Long Guozhang held a cigar in his arms and glanced at the Japanese gunboat, which was swaying left and right in the rain of bullets from time to time, and was about to be swallowed up. He nodded with satisfaction. After this period of high-intensity actual combat training, the hit rate of the gunners of each ship began to rise sharply. It seems that fighting is really better than training people.

For a moment, after the gunboat exploded a fireball, Long Guozhang walked to the two people and pointed to the chart and said, "Wu Gang is the second guard of the navy. It seems that it is not as good as Sa Sebo, but in fact, the defense is not bad, and there are also several forts on Jiangtian Island. Now I'm afraid I know our whereabouts. If we hit Jiangtian Island first, we will be disturbed by the Wugang garrison behind us. If we hit Wugang first, I'm afraid those Japanese navy students will run away.

"Hang Eda Island first, this must not be changed!" Chen Ping put down his coffee and walked to Long Guozhang: "Eita Island is the base camp of the Japanese Naval Academy. Nearly a thousand young elites are gathered here. If you want to completely destroy the future resistance ability of Japanese, you must completely destroy this place!"

At this time, Tan Xiaozeng also came over and added, "Wen Shou is right! The century-old navy relies not on giant ships and cannons, but on talents! It is an island country. They are born with a strong concept of the sea, so they specially selected those outstanding young people, received hard training in Eda Island, and constantly forced them to accept the thought of Bushido. For the sake of their bullshit emperor, they can even die! If we let these people escape, we will cause us a lot of trouble in the future!"

"Kone down here is to kill the most elite generation in Japan! Get rid of the hope of the next few decades!" Chen Ping decisively picked up the pen and ticked the position of Jiangtian Island on the map: "Let Longxiao cover, and all the other ships lean in and fight again! Be sure to destroy it completely!"

Long Guozhang nodded and was about to give an order. Tan Xiaozeng grabbed him, but his eyes narrowed into a thin crack, and his eyes were like a sharp blade of cold light. There was a trace of coldness in his teeth and added, "Let them use that kind of cannonball!" Don't forget that most of the buildings are made of bamboo and wood!"

"Yes! How could I forget that thing!" After listening to it, Long Guozhang suddenly patted his thighs, remembered the new shells that the equipment department had just made when he set out, and immediately shouted excitedly!

Eda Island, located in the western section of Hiroshima, is far away from Wugang.

If there is any base that Master Li can never forget, there will only be Yokosuka, Sasebo, Wugang and Jiangtian Island! The first two are the most famous naval bases in Japan, and Wugang is the new military base that Japan has been built for many years. It has a large number of arsenals, and later even developed into the most important shipbuilding bases in Japan!

And the reason why Eda Island is remembered by Li Mo is entirely because Yamamoto 56, who is probably still wearing open crotch pants these days, because he is a generation of leaders who came out of the cradle of Eda Island's navy. As long as he thinks of this name, it is enough to make Li Mo determined to destroy the island at all costs!

Eta Island is alone in the western section of Hiroshima, with a total area of 100 square kilometers. If it hadn't been for the relocation of the Naval Academy, I'm afraid it would still be a barren beach.

Suddenly, the rumble of cannons from the sea woke up the young students who were doing it in twos and threes in the classroom. They stood up their ears one by one, frowned, and even climbed onto the roof in a hurry to see what had happened.

With several huge figures appearing on the sea, a strange feeling suddenly rose from everyone's heart, but they didn't know that a disaster they had never thought of had fallen from the sky--

Bullets of various calibers were carefully hoisted out of the magazine. Unlike the common shells, these big guys were painted with three obvious horizontal bar signs in red paint, which seemed to remind everyone how dangerous they were.

Most gunners don't know why this kind of shell used by the first supply fleet is painted with such an obvious red line. Only the captains and senior officers of each ship know how terrible these big guys who seem to be no different from ordinary shells are.

As early as after the self-made shells at the Honolulu Arsenal, Li Mo asked Tang Xiao to quietly start developing this kind of shell mixed with a certain proportion of phosphorus powder. Although this thing is not a incendiary bomb of later generations, after being mixed with phosphorus powder, the ground shells up to 50 kilograms of ground are still used by the officers who had seen the experiment at the beginning. It's cold.

When the prepared voice was transmitted to the gun officer's ears, when a gun officer stared at the captain and waited for the order, Chen Ping nodded to Long Guozhang.

"Boom..."

The main guns of the five capital ships burst out with a huge roar at the same time, and the violent recoil even made the hull of more than 10,000 tons slightly crooked. The huge shells roared across the ocean and hit the small island in the distance!

At the same time, there were a few shore cannons on Jiangtian Island that were usually used for training, but as soon as they played a round, they were completely submerged by the more fierce secondary guns of their opponents.

Some students, dressed in neat and straight navy uniforms, stared at the shells and forgot to hide. Some lay down quickly, and more began to run desperately, hoping to escape from this small isolated island.

But the pace is fast, and it can't be compared with the roaring shells. As they ran, they looked up at the black spots in the sky, which were enlarged little by little in their pupils, and finally fell to the ground, bursting a huge fire mass that they had never seen before.

The fire ball opened the soil, smashed the school building, and tore up the bodies of those partners who had no time to leave, but this did not end. Countless sparks splashed from the growing fire mass and fell on their heads, clothes and shoes and hats.

They subconsciously slapped the seemingly small Mars with their hands. At this time, they found that no matter how hard they slapped, those Mars were like life, and even if they jumped into the sea, they would not be extinguished.

Some people who were not burned by Mars were helping, but no matter how hard they tried, the flame was still getting bigger and bigger on their partners' bodies, burning through the skin and flesh, rotting bones, and spreading little by little in the hoaring shouts. In the end, they could only watch their partners leave a pool of ashes!

The young Japanese naval elites began to be afraid. They were scattered, hoping to avoid these terrible flames, but their opponents no longer gave them any time.

After the concentrated destruction of the shore cannons, the rain began to extend into the island. Countless shells were like meteorites sprinkled by extraterritorial demons, hitting the ground with terrible flames from hell. Rows of neat school buildings not far from the coast were even turned into ashes in less than half an hour.

As night gradually fell, the whole Eda Island was like an erupting volcano. The sky turned red, and the pungent smoke began to permeate with the flames. Even the students who escaped the shelling finally fainted after taking a few mouthfuls of smoke, and were swallowed by the sea of fires all over the island like magma.

On the flying bridge, Chen Ping held up his telescope and looked at Jiangtian Island, which turned into a sea of fire, like hell. Looking at the figure who faintly jumped in the sea of fire and dodged and finally fell down, his heart rose and sighed. He really didn't expect that just adding a certain proportion of phosphorus powder to the shell could cause such great damage! Especially when he thought of what the young master had said, the real incendiary bomb was more than ten times more powerful than this primary product, and his heart was a little trembling!

"More than ten times more powerful?! What is this concept? I'm afraid that even the steel armor of the battleship under its feet can be burned with a thickness of hundreds of millimeters!" Looking at the red island in front of him, he couldn't help but have a trace of expectation, hoping to see the real incendiary bomb one day!

When the naval elites of this generation were buried by fire, a roar broke out on the other side of the guarded Longxiao. I, who was stationed in Wugang, said that I knew that I could not fight against the Pacific Fleet in the daytime, so I chose to save Jiangtian Island after the night curtain opened, but I'm afraid they would not expect that this carrying country. The island of hope lasted less than an hour and completely turned into ashes.

"Turn the rudder, let's go to Wugang!" ......

(to be continued)