Chapter 268 Burning Yokosuka

In the sky, the remnant moon has gradually fallen, and the ground under your feet is dark. Looking down from the sky, the mountains are stacked, the water is hazy, and the whole Tokyo Bay is chaotic.

The short-wave radio station is still ticking every ten seconds, receiving signals from the submarine force and three radio stations carried by Nighthawk. These radio stations scattered in specific corners provide the most important navigation signals for the air force, and he also believes that there is no problem with the new radio navigation calculation method. Unexpectedly, this is what the young master gathered Tesla and many experts from the Academy of Sciences. The fleet also relied on it to locate the Japanese return fleet on the vast Pacific Ocean, which has been tested.

But the problem is that because I strictly blocked the entry and exit of Yokosuka Port, and I was afraid that the secret of the radio station would be discovered, I couldn't do accurate guidance!

Yokosuka Port is not big. According to intelligence, there are only four docks and eight berths, as well as two empty docks left after being vacated last time and some warehouse barracks. Therefore, to find the harbor accurately at high altitude has become the most important part of whether the bomb can be successfully dropped this time.

If this is daytime, then Xue Muhua can be sure to find it there, but it is in the middle of the night. Tonight, the clouds are thick and the moonlight is not too bright. Although the gray shark reported not long ago that I was cleaning up the wounds of the four battleships overnight, the three sides of Yokosuka Port are covered by mountains, and it is not as bright as Ryukyu Port. Such a pervert, it really takes a little effort to find it.

Where the hell is Yokosuka?

Xue Muhua looked at his watch, and his face was full of eagerness.

The most worrying thing is the buzzing noise of the engine. It can be transmitted far in such a quiet night. If you don't find and complete the positioning as soon as possible, you will be found by me sooner or later. In case they rush to the port first to notify the evacuating warships and troops, the previous achievements will be wasted!

The observer and bomber next to

were also anxious. He looked around with a telescope in the general direction. He just wanted to find the damn Yokosuka as soon as possible and throw down the heavy bomb in the magazine!

Just as Xue Muhua had gradually lost his patience and was ready to use the last resort to throw out the flare to find the target, "Boom." A earth-shaking loud noise came from a few miles away, as if the world had been shaken, and even the airship seemed to be suddenly stagnant.

Xue Muhua suddenly raised his telescope and looked at the sound. He was immediately stunned by the scene in front of him, but before he closed his mouth, there were several consecutive loud noises, which made him and all the sailors who saw this scene stagnant.

At the other end of the lens, a cruiser with about three or four thousand tons docked on the berth and still emitting light ash smoke in the chimney, as if it had been poked by something from the water. Thousands of tons of hull suddenly arched in the middle of the ship, like a balloon that was blown up and burst, suddenly cracked from the middle, and a huge splash from two The middle of the truncated ship's body rushed straight to the sky and fell on the surface of the water, making the raised ship suddenly turn over, revealing the bulging bottom of the ship.

Before this strong picture disappeared from his eyes, a few kilometers away from the berth, there were a few loud noises. The explosion brought a huge wave of water masses, which directly overturned the three warships. When the water gradually dispersed, he saw the huge hole with a diameter of several meters at the bottom of the ship, staring at the palpitating wound, even He, the commander of the air force, was also stunned by the means of the navy.

"Commander, Yokosuka!"

The firelight brought by the explosion suddenly appeared in front of the Hengxu Port, which had been searching for. Without observers shouting, Xue Muhua had also seen clearly that four huge battleships slowly climbed into the camera from behind the hillside less than one kilometer away from the anchorage where the explosive cruiser was moored.

"Left rudder ten degrees!"

"Signal!"

"Unlock the ammunition!"

"Third and three formations!"

"Prepare to drop bombs!"

Xue Muhua's roar suddenly messed up the pod. After the correspondent sent out instructions by telegram, he immediately grabbed the heavy electric storage signal and sent a different rhythm of light signal to the formation behind him.

The observer Jane bomber has thrown down the telescope, drilled into the magazine and stood next to the three layers of bombs. After pulling out the bolts with eye-catching white ropes on the tail of the bomb, he began to check whether the projectile window covered with a thick steel plate was normal.

The pilot pulled the steering gear hard, let the two huge rudders on the tail swing, and formed three or three groups with the partners next to him little by little, rushing to Yokosuka Port a few kilometers away.

As the suddenly bright Yokosuka Port is getting closer and closer, the hearts of Xue Muhua and all the soldiers beat violently. Whether the newly formed air force raises its eyebrows or is a flash in the pan, it will be decided in the next few minutes! --

When Suzuki Zircon was wearing shorts and led his shirt to push the door and rushed out of the dormitory, there was already a mess next to him. Countless figures rushed to the dock. At the same time, more sleepless soldiers walked out of the barracks in a daze, looking around blankly, as if it was not clear what had happened.

Suzuki Zirconium did not run forward with the soldiers, because he did not belong to the navy. He was just a temporary technician from Yokohama Shipyard. He was afraid of war.

Against the flow of people, he retreated to the former site of Yokosuka Shipyard and ran to a low wall.

At the age of 34, he was once sent to France to study shipbuilding, but now there are only a few ship technicians left in Japan who still stick to their posts. Most of his companions who were in high spirits and vowed to revitalize the Japanese shipbuilding industry were dismissed because of the lack of work in the shipyard. Many people are now living the most miserable life. Some of them have even joined the huge begging team in order to survive.

After ten years of innovation, the whole nation is single-minded. It was once known as the empire where the sun rises vigorously, but now it is called Muxi Mountain. He is not a soldier or a senior official in the base camp. He just wants to end this meaningless war as soon as possible.

In his opinion, since he lost the last naval battle, he should not gamble as if to bet on the national fortune again, borrow money to rebuild the ship to rearm to provoke the opponent. Instead, he should take a long-term view, make every effort to do a good job in domestic affairs, and then challenge the opponent when the economy recovers.

But obviously, the base camp and the upper class did not think so. They thought that the empire had been insulted, and the great powers were armed again with the help of the high-profit arms trade.

Of course, the cost of arming is also huge. Ten years or even for a long time in the future, Japan will become a slave to others and repay a huge amount of foreign debt.

But even so, when the four capital ships returned to Yokosuka, when the news came that the huge returning fleet set sail from Britain, he cheered like all the citizens. Whether it was right to mortgage the country or not, at least the emperor and the base camp had done their best, and many people Even after starting to fantasize about defeating the Pacific Fleet, capturing Hawaii and Ryukyu, and even North Korea and the whole northeast of China, the idea of paying off the loan to build a super empire!

But all this was broken this afternoon. The dock in the distance was like a mirror. When the four broken capital ships with smoke all over their bodies leaned and leaned against the dock with the help of tugboats. When the four capital ships that went to meet him lost one after just a few hours of journey and dragged his tired body back to Yokosuka, he seemed to feel that he had been slapped in the face!

He can't imagine that this country, which is still waiting for the fleet to return, immersed in the base camp's shouting to defeat the enemy, and establishing a new Japanese declaration, has been like a pressure cooker, but it has been covered by the huge fleet's return to the dream. What will happen when he hears the fact that the fleet has been disabled again?

Of course, this scene may never appear, because the base camp has issued an order. No one, including a shipyard technician like him, is allowed to talk about the return and failure of the fleet. Obviously, some people still want to cover it up.

But can it really be covered?

Suzuki Zircon sighed and climbed up the wall. After all the shipbuilding equipment purchased on the land under his feet had been pulled to pay off debts three years ago, although the base camp had the intention to restore the prosperity here, it finally issued an order to suspend the new construction under the embarrassment of financial and economic pressure.

After he climbed up the brick wall, he was stunned by the scene in front of him before he straightened up and took a breath!

What happened?

He only saw that in order to make room for the four battleships, he chose to berth outside the port. The An Yun, which was entrusted with hope, seemed to have encountered a tsunami, and the belly of the ship was exposed, and the horizontal deck had been vertical to 90 degrees.

The fire broke out from all over the battleship of more than 10,000 tons, and the explosion spewed out from under the deck. The torn steel plate and parts such as the magma of Mount Fuji were pushed into the air and then hit down heavily. There were countless figures in the firelight, holding the railing, the barrel and everything he could see, trying to maintain balance, calling for help, and shouting even a few kilometers away, he could hear it very clearly.

The Satsmo and Ikumo next to it could not even see the bow. The high stern of the ship were sinking rapidly. As for the second-class cruiser Gaosha built by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it seemed to be torn by a giant beast, and the two hulls crossed and sank little by little.

What the hell happened?

Suzuki Zirconium tried to search for the sea, but no matter how hard he tried, he did not see any shadow of any enemy ships. Was it an explosion in the ammunition depot? But why do four warships have this problem at the same time?

The chaotic sea suddenly gave Suzuki zirconium a terrible feeling, as if it was a black devil's mouth that could not be seen to the end, swallowing the Japanese book into the abyss little by little.

Soon, four or five tugboats rushed out of the dock and sailed to the soldiers shouting at the anchorage, but Suzuki Zirconium, who was familiar with the ship, was very clear that even if they could save these warships, they could no longer serve, and the only thing waiting for them was to return to the furnace.

Suzuki zirconium jumped off the wall quickly. Although he was tired of this kind of life, he could not let himself stand by and stand by. After all, it was his compatriots who shouted in the firelight.

When he just jumped off the wall and found that his clothes had fallen on it, he quickly reached for it, but as soon as his fingers touched the shirt, his whole body seemed to be frozen.

I only saw more than a dozen giant egg-like things appeared in the distant sky. They flew very fast and came to my eyes in the blink of an eye, like a few buzzes around their ears, constantly drilling into the brain.

Suzuki zirconium stared at these huge black eggs passing overhead and quickly drove towards the dock. Suddenly, a strange and sad throbbing surged in his heart, as if something would happen.

With the continuous spread of buzz, the crowded Hengxu Port suddenly exploded. Everyone looked left and right to find the source of the sound, but when everyone finally locked the source of the sound and raised their heads one after another, three "giant eggs" had neatly swept over the port area, and a series of black spots were sprinkled under them. .

The soldiers stared at the black dot in a daze, watching it get bigger and bigger in their eyes, and then fell on the crowd.

Boom.

"Bomb!"

Suzuki zirconium was not a fool, and the sound of the explosion was clear, but he did not realize why those "big eggs" would spit out bombs. He saw a mass of white smoke spreading in the port area as the explosion began to spread around the explosion.

"What kind of bomb is this?" Suzuki Zircon subconsciously stopped, trying to see what those bombs were, and why they brought not fire and gunpowder smoke, but these white fog.

But the scene that frightened him soon appeared. The bursting white fog suddenly lit up and turned into silk sparks in the air. The explosion shock wave pushed these tiny sparks around, and soon the sparks were stained with the soldiers' bodies, houses and warehouses.

The flames spread at an incredible speed. Countless soldiers and workers who had just prepared to save people shouted in the sea of fire. Their hair and clothes disappeared in the blink of an eye, and their bodies were burned into coke almost in an instant.

What made his eyes wide open and he couldn't believe that after several soldiers who were covered with flames jumped into the sea, the flames attached to them had not been extinguished, and they were still stubbornly emitting orange light on the sea.

What kind of flame is this?

Suzuki zirconium's scalp suddenly exploded, and a cold current rushed into his brain along his spine, making his whole body tremble and he hurried to the barracks in the distance.

In just a few minutes, all the soldiers who were ready to save people became coke, but all this was not over. Three and three. When these big eggs kept passing through the port area, when they kept spitting out bombs, the whole Yokosuka was ignited!

Turning his head and looking at the burning harbor, Suzuki's face turned whiter and ran desperately to the barracks built on the mountainside, because he knew that there were thousands of naval soldiers who had just returned, soldiers ordered to be stationed, and cannons and rifles that could protect him.

Suzuki zirconium gasped heavily, and his forehead could not tell whether it was the cold sweat from the strange flames or the heat after running, but when he was about to arrive at the barracks, a buzzing sound above his head suddenly stopped him.

The sound made all his cold hair explode, and bursts of gunfire immediately blew up from the barracks, but the dense gunfire not only did not make Suzuki zircon at ease, but also made him more uneasy, because he knew better than anyone that the sparks from the muzzle would attract more bombs-- —

In the telescope, after a 250 kg incendiary bomb with a charge of 120 kg landed, it first suddenly exploded, and then released white phosphorus smoke. Then the phosphorus powder with a very low ignition point burned one after another before it landed, spreading out along the shock wave. When all Mars landed, it was within 10,000 square meters. It is a sea of fire.

Three rows of airships swept over the target. After throwing down a series of incendiary bombs, they pulled them back to the sky under the strong wind. When this scene was constantly repeated in Xue Muhua's eyes, he seemed to feel that his whole body was about to explode. There is no doubt that this is the perfect first battle so far!

Before Xue could shout excitedly, suddenly hundreds of lights lit up on the mountainside in the distance. The sudden sound of gunfire made him tight. Although the airship was at a height of 1,000 meters and the bottom of the pod had also been specially treated, the huge hull could not avoid bullets, especially the hull was full of flammable hydrogen, although However, bullets hitting those leather and cotton cloths will not cause Mars, but there are some steel wires for reinforcement, in case?

"Drop the bomb quickly, pull it up!"

Looking at the No. 7 airship that flew into the barracks area, he stamped his feet and shouted, but without waiting for a few words, the most worrying scene appeared. After a series of bombs flew out of the pod of the No. 7 airship, the thin steel plate of his pod was also splashed with bullets, although after throwing away six tons of bondage, the airship suddenly It began to run up, but in the end, a bullet hit the engine, and a flame immediately appeared in the engine compartment on the right.

It's gone!

This scene made all the remaining captains who were waiting to drop bombs worried. After the engine compartment was hit and caught fire, the No. 7 boat pulled out a large amount of thick smoke. Fortunately, the captain also knew that nothing could happen here and hurriedly flew to the sea.

When the airship just arrived at the sea, the flame suddenly rushed to the skin, and the body full of hydrogen suddenly turned into a huge fireball and fell to the sea.

"The submarine has passed."

The fall of the No. 7 airship made everyone worried. Looking at the pod falling rapidly, they suddenly smashed a huge splash on the sea, and everyone rushed to the porthole.

Fortunately, the fire group attracted the attention of a blue and white croaker-class submarine and immediately accelerated to the landing.

The first time he entered the actual battle, he lost an airship, which made Xue Muhua's eyes red. He pushed the pilot away and personally drove the No. 01 boat to the barracks that hit the No. 7 airship. When he arrived at the sky, there was also a sparse jingling sound at the bottom of the pod, which scared everyone nervous.

"Drop a bomb!"

After Xue Muhua shouted, the bomber pulled the handle hard, the bottom hatch opened, and 24 incendiary bombs rushed out of the ammunition compartment like raindrops.

In an instant, six tons of bondage was missing, and the airship rushed up in the wind as if it had just untied the cable, and quickly left the barracks.

Just before the joy of hitting an airship spread, Suzuki zirconium saw a series of black spots falling overhead again. Suddenly, countless white fog rose and turned into a spark splashing around. This small barracks made of wood was ignited almost in an instant, and the air began to fill with a pungent and unpleasant smell.

This explosion happened a few hundred meters away, which made Suzuki zirconium finally see a lot clearly, but the more so, the more scared he was, because the orange flames were attached to the brick wall that could not be burned, which was thrown into the fire. This scene only made him feel creepy.

He didn't know what kind of fire it was. All he knew was that these terrible flames burned whatever they encountered. They were attached to the surface for a long time. Not far away, several sentries who had just raised their guns and shot were stained with flames and rolled on the ground in a row. One of them even grabbed a basin of water and poured it. The flame was not extinguished, and it still emitted a faint light until it burned the clothes, melted the muscles, and finally scorched the bones.

Standing high, the whole barracks was shrouded in this terrible flame. Countless soldiers screamed and rolled to hide in the middle of the flame, but no matter where they hid, as long as they were stained with fire the size of their fingers, there was only a pile of charred bones in the end.

Suzuki zirconium has forgotten to run. He stared at a steel barrel under his feet slowly melting in this flame, and his scalp seemed to explode. Looking up, those "eggs" were still throwing such terrible bombs.

Looking back, the whole Yokosuka Port seemed to be covered with a layer of flame. With the strong wind, the flame seemed to be alive and flowed to a wider area.

The house turned into coke, the warehouse turned into ashes, and the buildings full of bamboo and wood structures contributed to this kind of fire. The screams sounded from every sea of fire. When the last stored shells broke out in the sea of fire, the last naval port completely disappeared!

Looking at this hell-like scene depicted in the novel, Suzuki Zircon finally couldn't help running to the top of the mountain quickly, but the pungent smell wrapped in the wind made him feel more and more uncomfortable. When he was ready to run down the mountain again, a stream of foam flowed from the corners of his mouth, and his body shook a few times and suddenly came from the mountain. The top rolled down and fell into the sea of fire that began to look into the mountains.

"Report to the commander, each ship has dropped bombs."

"In addition." The correspondent paused and slowly lowered his head: "The Blue Fish sent a signal, and all the No. 7 boats were sacrificed."

The sound calmed down in the pod. Xue Muhua also pinched his fist hard and walked to the small window. Yokosuka Port in the distance was still a sea of fire.

"Please ask the navy to help find their bodies as much as possible and blow up the No. 7 boat."

"Yes."

"Power generation to all boats, tell everyone that we are the air force, and I am proud of the No. 7 boat!"

"We are the air force, and I'm proud of the No. 7!" The soldiers responded with their eyes shining.

Twenty minutes later, when there was a violent explosion from the sea, the formation of 17 airships had been completed and slowly flew out of the Uraga waterway. At the same time, under the leadership of the Fired Duke and the Prince, the fleet finally drilled out of the Uraga Waterway

(to be continued)