I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

The bombardment by the Japanese fleet was fundamentally for revenge and venting hatred, so it did not deliberately target the Chinese army on land at all, but purely bombarded the urban area of ​​Shanghai.

The bombed area was devastated, with dense bomb craters, a large number of houses were bombed, and civil buildings were scattered in a mess. A large number of civilians were killed or injured. , Some were burnt to death and injured by the fire caused by the explosion, and some died of the shock wave. The children were crying and howling beside the dead bodies of their parents, the cries of women and children were heartbreaking, and there were shocking and horrific scenes everywhere.

"This is a naked crime!" The foreigners in the concessions were all indignant.

"A bunch of beasts!" Zheng Dongguo, Qiu Zhiji, Huang Baitao, Zhang Lingfu and other officers were all furious.

Jiang Weiguo quietly touched a commanding height by the Huangpu River and looked out through the binoculars. He saw the atrocities of the Japanese army and the sufferings of the compatriots, but he was indifferent. This was not because he was cold-blooded, but because he Already mentally prepared, the Chinese are destined to pay an extremely painful price in this millennium catastrophe. As for the Japanese... They are a group of inhuman animals. Animals want to eat people. Do people still have to reason with animals?For animals, the only thing to do is to kill them.

On the surface of the Huangpu River, which was flickering brightly and dimly under the flashes of Japanese naval gunfire, several angry black spots appeared in the distance, followed by more black spots in strict formation. The Navy's torpedo boat formation attacked.

The attacking torpedo boat formation consisted of two parts. The 20 torpedo boats of the sixth brigade set out from the upper reaches of the Huangpu River, and the 30 torpedo boats of the fifth brigade set out from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. They attacked the main force of the Japanese fleet located in the lower reaches of the Huangpu River and joined the battle at the same time. There are also two minelaying ships of the Chinese Navy, namely "Pu'an" and "Ding'an". These two ships were originally German merchant ships. The German merchant ships stranded in China were seized, received, and transformed into warships, initially as transport ships, and later transformed into minelayers.

The displacement of Pu'an is more than 2300 tons, and that of Ding'an is more than 1200 tons. The two ships followed the fifth torpedo boat brigade from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and were responsible for laying mines at the mouth of the Huangpu River into the Yangtze River to completely block the Japanese fleet from escaping from Huangpu. River road.

A total of 50 Chinese Navy torpedo boats participated in the battle, including 250 torpedo boat sailors. Before departure, each sailor took photos and wrote suicide notes to their families, because they knew that their essence was a death squad at sea (on the river), and they would never return. .

Although the mission was very dangerous, the sailors were full of fighting spirit and morale, and they were not pessimistic or depressed.

"We may die. No one has died in life since ancient times. What's more, we are soldiers. What we have to do is to hit the torpedoes with our best efforts to hit the enemy ships before we die! If we die, we can lead a large number of small Japanese to die together. , Enough! A few torpedo boats weighing dozens of tons and dozens of lives can be exchanged for a Japanese warship of several thousand tons or even tens of thousands of tons and hundreds of lives. Isn’t that a good deal?” Ouyang Sihai Before the attack, he said, "The Japanese have always been proud of their Bushido spirit. The core of the so-called Bushido spirit is not to be afraid of death. The Japanese are indeed not afraid of death, and the Japanese think they are the least afraid of death in the world." And we can rely on this spirit of not fearing death to defeat other nations, but we have to tell them that we Chinese are also not afraid of death! The Japanese are ruthless, and we must be more ruthless than them! This is the only way we can defeat the Japanese!"

On the surface of the Huangpu River, the torpedo boat formation of the Chinese Navy rushed towards the Japanese fleet like a desperado.

The No. [-] and No. [-] targets of the torpedo boat formation of the national army are of course the armored cruisers Izumo and Iwane with the highest attack value. These two ships are not only the two largest warships of the Japanese Navy currently on the Chinese battlefield, but also the Japanese Navy's " If it can be sunk, it will be of great significance.

At this time, the Izumo and the Iwane were escorted by six destroyers and were cruising on the section of the Huangpu River in Yangpu District, Shanghai. Deep into the enemy's rear", firstly because he was angry and a little impulsive, and secondly because he did not think that the Chinese army was capable of sinking his powerful fleet.

At 4 o'clock in the morning, the Sixth Torpedo Boat Brigade of the National Army officially went down the Huangpu River, about 10 kilometers away from the Japanese fleet.

At the same time, the fifth torpedo boat brigade of the national army and the minelaying ships Pu'an and Ding'an sailed to the mouth of the Huangpu River in Baoshan District, about 6 kilometers away from the Japanese fleet.

In order to prevent surprise, the Fifth Battalion's action time should be delayed, because if the Japanese fleet finds the Fifth Battalion, it is likely to flee from the Huangpu River to the Yangtze River quickly, and the Sixth Battalion will not be able to join the Fifth Battalion to launch an attack.

Although Lieutenant General Hasegawa made a major premise mistake in this battle, he did not really let his fleet "full nest" drill into the Huangpu River. There are still some ships on the nearby section of the Yangtze River for cover and vigilance.

At 4:7 in the morning, the Japanese gunboat "Hiliang" 500 meters upstream of the mouth of the Huangpu River, with the help of flickering flames, discovered that "two suspicious large ships, suspected of being warships, were approaching from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River", and Immediately reported to the Izumo.

The minelayers Pu'an and Ding'an discovered by the gunboat Hira were actually beside the Pu'an and Ding'an, the [-] torpedo boats of the Fifth Battalion were moving rapidly, but due to the small size and fast speed of the torpedo boats, At this time, the visibility of the sky was not high, so the Biliang did not find the torpedo boat of the national army.

Lieutenant General Hasegawa who received the report was not negligent. He believed that these were two warships sent by the Chinese Navy's fleet in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. He was very dismissive of the old warships of the Chinese Navy, so he ordered Pan The hand number and the destroyers Yakaze and Yukaze, which were in charge of guarding the Iwate, sailed out of the Huangpu River to destroy or repel the two Chinese naval warships that came.

Following this order from Lieutenant General Hasegawa, the destroyers Iwate, Yakaze, and Hakaze began to sail out of the Huangpu River, while the Izumo, Minekaze, Sawakaze, Okikaze, and Shimakaze remained In the Huangpu River.

At 4:10 in the morning, Ouyang Sihai, standing on the No. [-] torpedo boat of the Fifth Brigade, lit a cigarette with trembling hands in the blowing river wind, because he saw the target.

All the ships in the Japanese fleet were bombarding the land with all their strength at this time, and the dazzling fire from the shells made the Japanese ships a living target for self-exposure on the river under the night, which made Ouyang Sihai and other officers and soldiers boil His blood was almost on fire.

In the extreme excitement and excitement, the officers and soldiers could hardly believe their good luck. Obviously, the Japanese army was defenseless against the torpedo boat attack of the national army.

The Japanese were so busy that they never thought that such a group of sea light cavalry would be killed on the Huangpu River and the Yangtze River.

"God bless!" Ouyang Sihai suddenly pressed a button at hand.

The tail signal light of the No. [-] torpedo boat suddenly changed from green to red, which was a signal to attack.

Jiang Weiguo, who was watching the battle on the bank of the river not far away, saw a series of red signal lights flashing suddenly on the dark river, which made his heart beat wildly.

In the wind and waves, twenty sea knights in strong and sharp clothes raised their spears together, and the wind and thunder billowed and launched the final sprint.

All the torpedo boats are moving at the maximum speed, the bottom of the boat is almost scraping the water surface and rushing forward, the tail sweeps away the strong wind-like water vortex, like a group of fighter jets diving in the clouds, the torpedo tubes on the boat have already drawn their bows Up arrow, ready to go.

2000 meters, the Japanese army did not notice;

500 meters, the Japanese army is still unaware;

At 1000 meters, the Japanese army was still unaware.

Ouyang Sihai said afterwards: "...1000 meters is already within the range of the torpedo, and the Japanese army has not found us at all. Logically, we can launch the torpedo. This distance is relatively safe. After shooting the torpedo, we can turn around. Fleeing quickly, the Japanese cruisers and destroyers could not catch up with our torpedo boats, but we did not launch torpedoes, because we wanted to get closer, so that we could hit more accurately, harder, and more stably. Of course, The closer we get, the greater our own danger will naturally be, but we don't care about this anymore, we don't even think about it, and we really put life and death aside.

We all participated in this battle with the mentality of no return, just thinking that death is more valuable.

The Japanese like cherry blossoms, because the cherry blossoms bloom very gorgeously and will wither soon after blooming. This is very in line with the Japanese values ​​of life and death. Life is very short. They only want the most gorgeous bloom in their short life, and finally wither beautifully. .

We were the same, we thought we were a swarm of wasps, a swarm of bees, stinging and dying, when in reality we were more like a swarm of moths, fighting a moth-to-flame battle.

Well done brethren, really.

Moths jumping at a flame may seem stupid, but the moths keep jumping on it and put out the fire!"

The Izumo has a displacement of nearly 200 tons, and each of the four destroyers has a displacement of more than [-] tons. Therefore, the Izumo is very obvious on the river under the bright light. The four destroyers are guarding this [-]-ton giant ship. Minekaze and Sawakaze are at its front, Okikaze and Shimakaze are at its rear.

The torpedo boat formation came from the upper reaches of the Huangpu River, so it first encountered the Mine Kaze and Ze Kaze.

When the torpedo boat had sailed to a distance of more than 400 meters, Minekaze finally found an uninvited guest (in fact, there were more behind) rushing at a high speed like a charge, and then turned on the searchlight to shine on it.

The Japanese sailors on the Minekaze saw in disbelief that a wolf-like torpedo boat was approaching in the beam of searchlights.

After a second or two, the captain of the destroyer Minekaze finally came to his senses. Frightened, he hastily sent a radio message: "Alert! An unknown number of enemy ships are attacking from upstream!"

On the No. [-] torpedo boat in the formation, Ouyang Sihai flicked the cigarette butt in his hand, and yelled through his teeth into the tweeter microphone the words that condensed countless struggles and endured countless sufferings, and finally he was able to vent completely at this time: "Let go!" ——!”

The three leading torpedo boats spun three arc-shaped waves in the direction of the head, middle, and stern on the port side of the Minekaze, all the while shuddering with excitement, chattering mechanical sounds and metal grinding sounds. Firing torpedoes from torpedo tubes.

Among the six waves of boiling spray sprayed by the head of the torpedo, the six torpedoes that jumped into the river from the launch tube roared through the waves like arrows leaving the string, and rushed towards Fengfeng at high speed, with an attack distance of only a short distance. more than 300 meters.

Due to the short time, only a small number of Japanese sailors on the Minekaze understood what had happened and fell into unprecedented panic and confusion, "Torpedo! Torpedo!" In his horrified eyes, the six torpedoes carrying water waves and trailing the wake of the water waves looked like six comets flying from the bottom of the water to the surface of the water, arriving in a blink of an eye.

The Minekaze had no time to make evasive actions. When a small number of naval guns and machine guns spewed out sporadic flames, the six torpedoes that flew away like lightning had all hit Minekaze, with a hit rate of [-]%. One hundred, which is astonishingly high, because the distance between the two sides is too close, and the national army sailors driving the torpedo boats have practiced their skills unremittingly for a long time, and all six torpedoes have been fired without fail.

The Japanese sailors on the Minekaze stared blankly, and the national army sailors on the torpedo boat also stared blankly. Both sides were stunned by the unprecedented psychological shock.

"I really saw the torpedo flying to only half a meter away from the Japanese ship... maybe ten centimeters, I felt the blood all over my body flowed back to the top of my head and then solidified. The Japanese were in a daze, and we were also in a daze, although the time was very short. It's just a second, but it feels like a century.

The Fengfeng is doomed, we are about to get the first result, the reality seems a little unreal, there is a sense of illusory blur!" Ouyang Sihai described it like this afterwards.

At this moment, time seemed to be frozen, but then it was torn apart by the huge energy of the torpedo explosion.

In an instant, the river suddenly turned upside down, the sky collapsed and the earth cracked. The vision of the sailors on both sides was flooded by the strong light, and there was a vast expanse of whiteness in front of them. In the thunderbolt, Qiqi exploded violently on the ship of Minekaze, and the fireball expanded rapidly and merged with each other, almost engulfing the entire Minekaze, causing Minekaze to fall into a purgatory of water and fire at this moment, forming a magnificent but magnificent scene. Another horrifying scene.

In the thunderous explosion that pierced through the sky, the shock wave that almost completely released the energy because the river water would not be compressed easily blasted through the main armor belt on the port side of the Minekaze that was hit at the waterline, and the explosion shock wave was swift and violent on the river. Pushing away six arc-shaped three-dimensional water walls, roaring and converging into surging waves, amidst the roar of thousands of galloping horses, they swept across the river like dragons, and several terrifying giants appeared among the waves. The vortex fell down the river like a black hole. It was because six almost hideous large holes were blasted on the main armor belt of the Fengkaze. When entering, each large hole radially extended countless cracks in the explosion force, interweaving and weaving together, causing the main armor belt on the port side of the Minekaze to be blown to pieces and completely cracked.

On the hull of the Fengfeng, the six fires burned for only a second or two before being extinguished, and then turned into six whirlwind-like pillars of smoke.

In the raging fire and black smoke, fragments flew across the sky. Countless mechanical fragments and human body fragments were thrown into the sky in the shock waves like cherry blossom trees, and finally fell to the river.

When the torpedo exploded, it not only blew through the main armor belt, but the impact force was like a sledgehammer, and the hull was sunken and bent in many places. Dozens of Japanese sailors at the explosion point were all killed, and those who got too close Either their bodies were smashed to pieces or their flesh and blood flew, and those who were farther away were either shaken to death or smashed to death by mechanical debris flying like a sandstorm. The steel and iron pipes were twisted into twists, and the river water poured into the bilge of the Minekaze through the explosion hole like a giant whale sucked water, and soon the warship began to tilt to the left. The corpses of Japanese sailors in the bilge Some of them were complete but deformed, some were incomplete, and were sucked back into the Huangpu River by the influx of river water. Some Japanese sailors who had no time to escape in the bilge drowned one after another, and some Japanese sailors on the upper part of the warship had already died. , blood dripping, corpses lying on the ground, some were injured, screaming, wriggling and struggling, more Japanese sailors began to rescue the warship like crazy, because there were too many dead and injured, and there were not enough manpower to continue to control the weapons on the ship. The HMS basically did not fight back against the torpedo boat of the national army. In fact, the warship had already begun to be slowly swallowed by the Huangpu River.

After all, Minekaze is only a destroyer of more than 1200 tons, and it has exceeded its hull resistance to withstand six torpedoes. Its main armor belt on the port side was completely blown up, and the mechanical equipment in the bilge was also severely blown up. , especially the power system at the stern of the ship. Both steam turbines were blown up in the explosion, and the river water pouring into the bilge extinguished four boilers one after another.

Just over ten minutes later, the Fengfeng, whose ship was disintegrated, sank into the Huangpu River, killing more than 148 of the 80 people on board.

The Mine Kaze is the first "new generation destroyer" of the Japanese Navy and the first Japanese warship officially sunk by the Chinese Navy.

Seeing that the Minekaze was certain to die in the torpedo explosion, the sailors on the torpedo boat of the national army cheered almost crazily.

"Don't get complacent too early! We haven't killed the Izumo yet!" Ouyang Sihai shouted while laughing.

The torpedo boat formation did not waste any time in the raging flames of Minekaze, and continued to brave the wind and waves. In fact, when Minekaze was attacked by torpedoes, Zekaze, which was a little further away, also ushered in the same fate.

The three torpedo boats also fired six torpedoes angrily at the Zefeng, four out of six, and the Zefeng also flashed, thundered, and burst into flames in the big explosion.

The six torpedo boats that finished attacking Minekaze and Zekaze and fired torpedoes did not leave, but continued to participate in the battle. Although they no longer had torpedoes, the Japanese army could not tell whether there were any of the national army torpedo boats rushing over. Torpedoes, so the torpedo boats of the national army after shooting torpedoes can attract the attention and firepower of the Japanese army, sacrifice themselves in great danger, and create attack opportunities for brother torpedo boats.

The Izumo had already fully understood what was going on. Lieutenant General Hasegawa, who was extremely remorseful, angry, and unwilling, hurriedly ordered the Izumo to leave the Huangpu River and flee into the Yangtze River. The remaining Chongfeng and Shimakaze The No. hurriedly turned to the tail of the Izumo and deployed the rear cover.

The Izumo with a displacement of nearly [-] tons is like a giant whale monster on the river. Behind this behemoth, more than a dozen torpedo boats with a displacement of only a fraction of the Izumo are chasing fearlessly like a pack of wolves chasing a bear.

The speed of the torpedo boats was much faster than that of destroyers and cruisers. When the Okikaze and the Shimakaze turned away, six torpedo boats had already caught up with the stern of the Izumo, which was fleeing in a hurry, and quickly seized the attack position. But the Izumo is not just a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. Its four 4mm main naval guns, twelve 203mm auxiliary naval guns, twelve 12mm rapid-fire guns, and eight 152mm rapid-fire guns quickly deployed like a thousand arrows. The bombardment and strafing of the naval guns was breathtaking and dense like raindrops, and the firepower points were as dense as stars and dazzling, converging into a hemispherical and almost impenetrable firepower net covering the warship itself, and the water column on the river around the warship was like a forest. , It set off countless ripples like a torrential rain.

Unexpectedly, the Izumo, which was overturned in the gutter, opened fire frantically, and the torpedo boats of the national army who charged forward were willing to risk their lives and looked at death as home.

At 4:22 in the morning, the first bolt of lightning shot across the sky on the steel body of the Izumo, which was more than 130 meters long. A torpedo boat successfully completed the attack. Three and fourth bolts of lightning hit the Izumo one after another, and the speed of the Izumo was significantly reduced, and many places on the ship were full of flames and thick smoke.

Amidst the thunder that resounded through the Huangpu River, violent and intensive explosions caused the waves on the river to roll, and the raging flames dyed the river and the night sky red.

"Brothers! Good fight!" Seeing this scene, Ouyang Sihai danced excitedly. Of course, he knew that his brothers would not be able to hear his voice.

Sounds of wind and rain, waves, explosions, naval guns and machine guns bombarding and strafing... converged into majestic and huge waves of sound on the river, and the Huangpu River was already boiling.

"Boom!" A ball of fire suddenly rose from the river not far from the Izumo, with debris flying and corpses dancing.

Ouyang Sihai was heartbroken suddenly, because he clearly saw that it was a torpedo boat that was hit by the Izumo's auxiliary naval gun, and exploded to pieces. The five sailors on it must have been killed in battle, and it is impossible to survive down.

The torpedo boat is too fragile, and it will die if it is shot.

At the beginning of the battle, the torpedo boats of the national army attacked the Japanese fleet, but at this time it evolved into a head-on confrontation between the two sides.

"Let it go!" Going crazy like a wild boar bitten by a swarm of hornets, but every bit of progress was bought by the sailors of the torpedo boats of the national army. One torpedo boat after another fell on the way to charge or cover the charge of comrades-in-arms. The body of the Izumo Exploding continuously, fireballs are constantly blooming on the river surface beside the Izumo.

The number and speed of national army torpedo boat losses are rising sharply.

The first damaged torpedo boat was directly hit by the shell of Izumo's 152mm auxiliary naval gun. The sailors were blown up without a trace; the second damaged torpedo boat crashed head-on into the Chongfeng which was protecting the Izumo during high-speed maneuvering and evasion, knocking the Chongfeng out of a group of pits and smashing itself into pieces The third damaged torpedo boat was caught off guard by the 80mm rapid-fire gun of the Izumo, and the hull of the boat was riddled with holes, and the five sailors on it were all smashed into flesh; Five, sixth... The torpedo boats of the national army are constantly smashing their halberds and sinking into the sand, and the sailors of the torpedo boats are constantly spilling blood on the battlefield.

"We must sink the Izumo! Otherwise, the brothers in front will die in vain!" Ouyang Sihai shouted with tears in his eyes.

The Huangpu River in the battle area is burning, the Izumo is covered in fire and smoke, the Mine Kaze has sunk, the Sawakaze is sinking, the Okikaze and the Shimakaze have been hit by a torpedo by accident, and the hull has been damaged. It must have been damaged and smoked. The river was full of burning debris, garbage, and incomplete corpses. The wreckage of the killed national army torpedo boats were scattered around the Japanese warships. , The remaining torpedo boats of the national army launched wave after wave of heroic and tenacious attacks, advancing one after another, seeing death as home.

After being attacked for 15 minutes, the Izumo, which had suffered seven torpedoes, finally couldn't hold on anymore. Its superstructure was basically intact, but the main armor belt on the side of the warship was completely devastated and fell apart.