Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal

Chapter 329: Bombardment of Jeju Island

The Japanese sent out three second-rate Peach-class destroyers, which were mainly equipped with three 120mm guns and six 6mm torpedo tubes.

The three of them hesitated 25 kilometers away and dared not move forward. The 410mm root of the Nagato was too fierce. Given the small size of the Momo-class destroyer, the entire ship would have to report to Amaterasu if it was hit by one.

Li Ruinian ignored the three destroyers that only dared to stay at a distance. He ordered the Nagato to maintain the highest speed and began to circle in place.

As long as the Nagato maintains its maximum speed, they will have time to respond even if the three destroyers in the distance fire torpedoes.

While the Nagato was circling, all the guns on the ship were aimed at Jeju Island, and then they fired at full force without saying a word!

These shells were not interested in the coastal defense batteries on Jeju Island. They fell into the small towns on the shore behind the bombarded batteries, causing the greatest damage to the Japanese pioneer groups and Korean obedient people.

Four main guns and more than ten secondary guns fired at the same time, and the firepower they unleashed was stronger than that of an artillery regiment. The small town on the shore suffered greatly and was hit by dense artillery shells.

A series of explosions went off in the residential area, and the wooden houses were destroyed instantly. The 410mm artillery shells could completely destroy the houses within 30 meters of the explosion point. The shock wave could still be felt even beyond a hundred meters, and a big hole was created with each explosion.

The Japanese rebels and the Korean civilians suffered heavy casualties, and the seaside town fell into chaos.

While firing, a small boat was quietly lowered to the side of the Nagato. Li Qian took the small boat and rushed quickly to the reef area of ​​Jeju Island. He wanted to go ashore to guide the artillery of the Nagato and find valuable targets for attack.

The Nagato fired at full power, causing panic among the Japanese and the enemy on Jeju Island. The Japanese would not tell them that their ship had been captured, as that would be too humiliating. Therefore, the locals continued to live their normal lives, without any preparation, and suffered the full damage from the artillery shells.

The various types of artillery on the Nagato fired round after round, and in a blink of an eye, nearly a hundred shells were fired. The small town on the shore of Jeju Island was visibly in ruins and suffered horrific damage in a short while.

However, even in the face of such an explosive attack, the three Japanese destroyers and coastal defense batteries did not move at all, and not a single shell was fired at the Nagato.

Now the Japanese have confirmed that the Nagato has indeed been captured by the enemy, but the problem is that they dare not attack!

Are you kidding? This is the Nagato! Their national battleship, the Nagato! The embodiment of their national totem, the sustenance of their souls. How dare they attack such a battleship?

Since the Nagato was built, it has been widely publicized by the Japanese government. The Nagato was a very advanced strategic weapon at that time and now. The Japanese people are proud that the country owns such a super battleship.

There is another reason why the Nagato was so loved by the Japanese people. During the Great Kanto Earthquake, Yokosuka was severely affected and urgently needed relief supplies. The Nagato unloaded all its weapons and rushed to Yokosuka at full speed with relief supplies.

Because of this incident, the Nagato also revealed the secret that its speed was 26 knots.

The Japanese had previously claimed that the Nagato had a speed of only 23 knots, but to rescue the disaster, she went at full speed, reaching 26 knots, and was seen by a British merchant ship, which exposed her performance.

This incident was repeatedly publicized by the Japanese government, who said, "Look, the government cares about the people so much that it is willing to provide disaster relief even if it means exposing its weapons and strength."

When the Japanese people saw it, they were so moved that they shed tears of joy. The Nagato then became a true national ship.

Now that our national warship has been hijacked, the Japanese homeland is in an uproar and even the Emperor is alarmed. Several key senior officials of the Japanese navy have been up all night, thinking about how to resolve this issue.

But in such a short time, the Japanese high-level officials obviously could not come up with any suggestions for how to deal with the situation. The Japanese front-line fighters had no idea what to do. They could only watch Jeju Island being bombed and could only worry.

When the Japanese were at a loss, each gun of the Nagato fired more than 10 rounds, and the small towns along the coast of Jeju Island were transformed into a Middle Eastern skin.

Li Ruinian saw that it was almost time, so he ordered all the artillery to stop firing, let the cannons cool down slightly, and wait for Li Qian to come ashore and guide them to bombard more valuable targets.

"Captain, the enemy destroyer has sent us a communication request. Do you want to respond?"

While waiting, the telegraph operator reported.

Li Ruinian said without thinking: "Reply, the Punishment Army refuses to communicate with the devils, scold them harshly with the quintessence of Chinese culture!"

The telegraph operator made a statement and sent messages frantically. His hands were fast and skillful, and it was obvious that he was a native of Zuan.

The Japanese on the destroyer were almost vomiting blood after being scolded. Dirty! So damn dirty! It was totally unbearable to hear. They felt that the telegraph machine was about to grow tentacles.

Although they were angry, the order to attack had not been given from above, so they could only continue trying to establish communication and even ask who they were.

Li Ruinian suddenly had an idea to disgust the other party, so he asked the telegraph operator to make the following reply.

"We are the Punishment Army. From now on, Nagato-chan is our child. Don't worry, she will live well with us.

Oh, by the way, Nagato asked me to tell you guys not to contact her anymore. Nagato is afraid that the Punishment Army will misunderstand her.

Also, from now on, she will no longer be called Changmen. She voluntarily changed her name to Changcheng. Don't call her the wrong name!"

This remark made the Japanese furious. They even thought of a new ship name, right? This is too inhumane!

The Japanese on the destroyer cursed the Punishment Army as thieves, but what could they do? Nagato was already in the Punishment Army's hands.

What made all the Japanese present unbearable was that they all felt like there was something fishy going on on their heads, as if Wang Taro next door had ruined his girlfriend.

The destroyer quickly informed the rear of this information and let the bigwigs make a decision. What should be done?

While the Japanese were thinking about countermeasures, the time came to 1:30 in the afternoon. Li Qian landed on the island from the uninhabited reef area by small boat. After he got on the island, he found the main road and ran along the road looking for valuable targets.

Li Qian felt that the better and wider the road was, the more likely it would connect to high-value targets.

He rushed into the seaside town that was bombed by the Nagato. At this time, the town was already on fire and there were shell craters everywhere, especially those caused by 410mm shells. The deepest one was more than 5 meters!

The streets were full of dead bodies and people fleeing in panic everywhere. Li Qian, a guy who could run at 30 kilometers per hour, did not attract anyone's attention.

He ran out of the town and continued along the road deep into the interior. He suddenly heard the roar of an engine in the distance. After a while, an airplane slowly took off from the distance.

Finally finding the target, Li Qian immediately ran towards where the plane took off. After running for nearly 5km, he finally saw the airport.

Li Qian was overjoyed and immediately reported the location of the Japanese airport to the Nagato.

After a short rest, the heat of the Nagato's artillery had been almost dissipated, and the barrel was warm, which was just the best condition for shelling.

Li Ruinian immediately ordered all artillery to adjust their firing parameters and bomb the Japanese airport!

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