Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal

The destructive power of the 410mm shell is terrifying. The two-ton warhead is accelerated to the speed of sound by the gun barrel. The kinetic energy it carries alone makes it a terrifying weapon.

In addition, the merchant ship had no armor, and the shell penetrated directly from the front side of the hull, smashing into the cargo hold like tofu, penetrating several layers, hitting the relatively solid boiler room, and then causing a shocking explosion!

The upper floors of the Japanese freighter were blown apart, and all kinds of messy metal were thrown everywhere.

The entire ship was shaking, the Japanese crew suffered heavy casualties, everything in the boiler room turned into mud, and those who were farther away were also knocked unconscious or killed.

After losing power, the Japanese merchant ship slowly slowed down. The observer on the Nagato noticed this and informed Li Ruinian of the situation of the Japanese merchant ship.

Li Ruinian felt that the training objective had been achieved and there was no need to waste precious large-caliber ammunition here, so he ordered his troops to approach quickly and give the opponent the final blow.

Ten minutes later, the Nagato approached to within 10 kilometer of the Japanese merchant ship. From this position, even Li Qinwu's grandmother could hit it.

"Main gun No. 1, aim at the middle of the enemy ship, single shot burst!"

Li Ruinian issued an order, wanting to see if one shot could destroy the Japanese merchant ship. He wanted to save as much shells as possible.

With a loud bang, a shell flew out from the No. 1 turret and hit the ship, causing a violent explosion. The ship had been attacked by a shell before, and now another shell came. The ship was directly destroyed in its structure, as if you had dug a spoon into a banana and it was about to break.

"One more shot!"

Li Ruinian wanted to speed up the enemy's sinking, so he ordered the artillery to fire again.

The second shell flew out and hit the middle section of the Japanese merchant ship. After three hits, the Japanese merchant ship was completely destroyed. A large amount of seawater poured in, the hull began to twist, and then sank. Even if Amaterasu came, it would sink, Li Ruinian said.

Li Ruinian was very satisfied. This encounter greatly improved their artillery dispatching capabilities, and he was more confident about the upcoming Jeju Island operations.

He wanted to order the troops to leave, but the side gun position reported that there were two Japanese lifeboats next to the sunken merchant ship. Li Ruinian ordered the big machine gun to weld the Type 85 anti-aircraft machine gun on the deck and fire.

Upon receiving the order, the Type 85 twin anti-aircraft machine gun opened fire immediately. After the gun was mounted on a heavy gun mount, it could steadily fire bullets into a 700-centimeter circle within 30 meters, and the dispersion data was very good.

Several Type 85 twin-mounted anti-aircraft machine guns fired simultaneously, with a firing rate of over 800 rounds per minute, instantly creating a barrage of bullets.

The two Japanese unpowered lifeboats in the distance were blown up by 12.7mm bullets before they could react. Their bodies were easily torn apart, and the lifeboats under them were covered with dense holes. They sank to the bottom of the sea in a short while, leaving only a trace of blood and wood chips on the sea.

The Nagato left quickly and sailed smoothly until 8 o'clock in the morning. During this journey, no merchant ships came to the door. Li Ruinian realized that the Japanese had already responded!

Sure enough, around 10 o'clock in the morning, a Japanese reconnaissance plane flew in from the direction of Jeju Island. It spotted the Nagato sailing on the sea and immediately began to circle.

It circled 3000 meters above the Nagato, looking very anxious.

Li Qinwu looked at the tiny plane and asked, "Can we shoot it down?"

Li Ruinian replied: "There are four twin-mounted Type 127 8000mm anti-aircraft guns on the ship. The gun has a firing height of meters, so it can reach the target, but it is difficult to hit.

There is no proximity fuse at this time, at most there is a delay fuse, it is not easy to hit the plane, wait and see if it will lower its altitude for reconnaissance, we will use anti-aircraft machine guns to shoot! "The Type 127 mm anti-aircraft gun on the Mutsu The Japanese reconnaissance plane circled in the air for several times, perhaps it was eager to understand the situation of the Nagato, and actually began to descend.

2800 meters, 2500 meters, 2100 meters, 2000 meters.

At this point, the Nagato did not launch an attack, so the reconnaissance plane relaxed a lot and continued to descend.

The pilot of this plane also knew that the Nagato did not have very powerful anti-aircraft weapons. As long as it was careful and made irregular maneuvers, the heavy 127mm anti-aircraft guns would not be able to hit it.

It descended all the way to below 1500 meters. The Japanese in the back seat of the plane had been observing the Nagato with the onboard telescopic equipment. In his opinion, there was nothing abnormal about the Nagato and the hull was not damaged. Why did it say that the Nagato was hijacked by the enemy?

The observer wanted the pilot to continue to descend so that he could see directly into the bridge.

But before he could open his mouth, a squeaking sound came from the plane.

Before he realized what was happening, the pilot cursed "Baka" and quickly climbed the plane. Only then did the observer hear the sound of gunfire like popping beans.

He frantically used his sighting equipment to check the Nagato. The 30 twin-mounted Type 85 machine guns on the Nagato were firing at full force. The dense firepower almost scared him to death.

"May Amaterasu bless you!"

He began to pray, but unfortunately Amaterasu could not control the affairs of the Punishment Army. Just as he finished his prayer, a barrage of bullets swept over like a whip, leaving a row of bullet holes on the left wing of the reconnaissance plane.

This was a wooden biplane. After a row of holes were punched in the wing, the structure became unstable. The pilots were still speeding up and then they met with tragedy.

With a click, the two left wings broke off, the plane stalled, and then spiraled towards the sea.

The Japanese pilot and observer screamed in agony, and the plane spun like a washing machine. The two unlucky guys couldn't even parachute out, and crashed directly into the sea, which was no different from hitting the concrete ground. Both died instantly, and the plane disintegrated and slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.

Li Ruinian was very satisfied and he could now draw an airplane pattern on the Nagato.

The Japanese reconnaissance plane was just a small episode. The Nagato continued to sail at full speed towards Jeju Island. At 12 o'clock, the Nagato arrived 20 miles away from Jeju Island, and everyone on the bridge could already see the island.

The Japanese on the island also saw the Nagato and the destroyer Kikuzuki, which was following the Nagato and was released from the island space by Li Qinwu.

When two enemy ships attacked, the Japanese on Jeju Island were on high alert. They had already received the news that the Nagato had been captured by the enemy, and they all rushed into the coastal defense artillery batteries.

At the same time, the Japanese also sent out three destroyers to try to intercept the Nagato.