Chapter 1,292 Sneak Attack 3
Chapter 1292 Sneak Attack 3
"Fuck!" As soon as the Urakaze destroyer, which thought it was well hidden, rushed out, it saw a huge fireball like a meteorite flying towards it. Less than 1 second later, a huge wave of water came from here. A battleship rose from the left chord less than 20 meters away! The entire battleship seemed to be held back by a pair of giant hands, sliding to the right.
The shock wave generated after the high-explosive bomb exploded hit the tail of the destroyer. The rudder at the tail was like paper, torn to pieces by the seawater mixed with shrapnel, and a propeller was also destroyed by shrapnel! The destroyer Urakaze, which was originally intended to win by surprise, was destroyed by the unexpected disaster.
Subsequently, the destroyer Urakaze, which lost control, began to drift with the current, and its slender hull was directly exposed to the side string gun array that looked like shark teeth. The distance is so close, and the lighting is very good due to the fire of a transport ship next to it. So, in this case, who will hit you if not you? !
The four 150MM cannons and three 88MM anti-thunder cannons on the left side of the Scharnhorst quickly aimed their muzzles at this Japanese sword!
"The barrage should be thicker! Those Junkers just said that we are not powerful enough!" the gunner of a gun position shouted loudly. What responded to him was the roar of his men and an even crazier battle! So, with four 150MM artillery guns firing at a rate of up to 10 rounds per minute, the Urakaze completely fell to its knees...
At the same time or even at the same time, 5 huge fireballs rose on this unlucky Japanese destroyer! A destroyer with only a few millimeters of hull plating is as fragile as a small tree struggling in a violent storm. A few minutes later, with a loud noise, a pillar of fire tens of meters high rose from the sea. At this time, the captain of the Gneisenau discovered that his battleship was fighting a destroyer... ..
"What happened?" the captain asked.
"A destroyer just touched it and was killed." The vice-captain said lightly, as if killing Ura Feng just now was such an inconspicuous thing.
Just when the Gneisenau increased its record to 5 ships (including the destroyer Urakaze), the Scharnhorst, which started relatively late, gained the most brilliant record today! Su Xiong's flagship directly captured the personnel transport ship Awa Maru at the end of the team! This is a 7,000-ton passenger ship with 2,000 Japanese army officers and soldiers and 1,500 Japanese workers preparing to go to France. Originally, they thought it would be safest and fastest to be escorted by the battleships of the invincible Combined Fleet of the Japanese Navy. However, what is unexpected is that most of these people embarked on a road of no return. !
Originally, the Scharnhorst did not notice this target because the Awa Maru was located relatively far forward. However, when the captain of the ship asked the ship to speed up and escape the battlefield quickly, the more than 140-meter-long hull quickly sailed across the sea. The movement caused by the incident immediately attracted Su Xiong's attention!
The Awa Maru could have reached a speed of 15 knots.
However, when facing German fast battleships, this speed is still too slow! This fast cruise ship with a graceful hull and much larger than other ships around it immediately became the target of German battleships!
The two huge twin turrets on the bow of the Scharnhorst were aimed at the target 9,800 meters away. As the firing order was issued, the four artillery guns simultaneously sprayed out fire dragons that were more than ten meters long, and the shells roared towards the target. The target in the distance, more than ten seconds later, four huge water columns enveloped the target battleship!
In the second salvo, the Scharnhorst's main gun scored the first hit! A 635KG high-explosive bomb directly hit the huge superstructure of the Awa Maru, penetrated all the way, and exploded after entering the interior of the bridge!
As the fuse ignited the charge, more than 50 kilograms of picric acid explosives detonated instantly, and tens of thousands of shrapnel and flames flew in all directions! This explosion could even be observed by other Japanese ships several kilometers away. Inside the hull, an extremely bright light ball suddenly appeared, and then the middle part of the superstructure was directly torn into countless pieces by the huge shock wave! A huge dent appeared on the Awa Maru.
This shot happened to hit the restaurant of the Awa Maru. At this time, hundreds of people were having dinner. This time, more than three figures of people had their last dinner... After the shell exploded, the flames spread along the teak deck of the ship, because this was a luxury cruise ship. There are a lot of decorations on it, and these decorations are all flammable. Under the yellow-green flame caused by picric acid, the flame spreads around like a green snake!
The Awa Maru struggled to sail deeper into the night, its broad and strong bow streaking across the sea, and even smashed many Japanese officers and soldiers who fell into the water on other ships into pieces! But unfortunately, no matter how hard it struggles, the final outcome is certain! The Scharnhorst was as close as 7,000 meters at its closest. At this distance, the Scharnhorst's starboard secondary gun opened fire, and a series of orange fireballs roared and hit the poor transport ship. Continuous explosions came from the hull, the shattering sound of the deck, the tooth-grinding noise when the metal twisted, and the hysterical wailing of the dying people, turning the ship into a real hell!
"We seem to be attacking a ship transporting people." Redel frowned as he looked at the Awa Maru in the distance.
"If there were only us and our opponent on this battlefield, I wouldn't mind stopping after the opponent surrenders. But now, two Japanese battleships are right next to us. We have no choice but to kill them!" Su Xiong paused and then continued. He said somewhat self-deprecatingly: "Maybe after today, the Allied Powers should call me the Blood Marquis?"
"Then you must be canonized by His Majesty the Kaiser first." Redel joked.
"Other kingdoms can also ennoble marquises, but this is a good suggestion. I will consider running it." Su Xiong said with a smile. This thing actually has nothing to do with morality. The opponent's personnel transport ship is also a military target. If you don't surrender, we will sink you. As for whether to save you after sinking, it also depends on the situation at the time. If the German fleet is in danger, naturally there will be no one soon. Moral accusations, after all, soldiers have to fight the war first. Historically, after the Bismarck was sunk, the British left immediately because they were worried about submarine attacks.
The happy time is always so short. When the Awa Maru broke into several sections with flames all over its body and sank into the sea, Kanji Kato's main fleet finally arrived...
Two updates for today. Third update tomorrow~~~! To be honest, it’s sad to follow up on the order--!