The War of Resistance Against Japan: Special Operations Battalion Traverses Shanghai and Slaughters

After confirming that all the Japanese soldiers who had abandoned ship had been killed, Long Fei ordered the remaining two torpedoes to be loaded into the launch tubes and then immediately returned to port.

Previously, they traveled from the seawall town to the designated location, and then followed the Japanese warships all the way. Now, the torpedo boats are as far as six or seven hundred kilometers away from the seawall town.

In order to conserve fuel and ensure that the torpedo boats could return to the seawall town, Long Fei ordered the speed to be kept below 20 knots.

Although this would significantly increase the return journey time, it would prevent everyone from being stranded at sea due to running out of fuel.

The torpedo boat slowly moved forward on the vast sea, and time passed from morning to evening, with the sky gradually darkening.

We were about to change course in about a hundred kilometers.

At that moment, one of the observation team members suddenly reported.

"Commander, this is bad! Two Japanese warships have appeared ahead. I can see the Japanese flag flying, but I can't make out the names of the warships."

The fact that the Japanese warships could be seen through the team's binoculars indicates that the Japanese warships were above sea level and the distance between the two sides was less than five kilometers.

The Japanese warships had obviously spotted Long Fei's torpedo boats and reacted quickly.

The Japanese warships ahead accelerated and charged straight at the torpedo boat.

The other warship turned to the left, not only in an attempt to outflank the torpedo boats from that direction, but also to block their path toward the coastline.

The most dangerous thing was that the Japanese warships, charging straight at the boat, were firing shells at the torpedo boat with their cannons as they went.

More than a dozen shells landed around the torpedo boat, two of which were very close and exploded less than ten meters from the port side.

Fortunately, everyone bent down in time, which prevented them from being hit by shrapnel.

Given the current situation, Long Fei knew there was no way to avoid it, and he had no choice but to fight with all his might.

Long Fei made a quick decision to use the speed advantage of the torpedo boat to charge head-on, quickly launch torpedoes to take out the warship, and then deal with the second one.

"When two armies meet on a narrow path, the brave shall prevail. Speed ​​up immediately and charge toward the Japanese warship in front of us."

"What……"

Everyone was stunned for a moment after hearing Long Fei's order, but they hesitated for only a second before immediately obeying.

After the torpedo boat reached its maximum speed and launched its attack, Long Fei issued a second order.

"Open fire immediately on the bow guns of the Japanese ships, and prepare the torpedoes on the left side for launch at any time."

"Da da da……"

The 20mm machine gun at the front of the torpedo boat immediately opened fire, and the bullets swiftly struck the foremost gun turret of the Japanese warship.

The Japanese warship "Chasing Wind" was clearly bewildered by the torpedo boat's actions.

Captain Ryosuke Oshima held up his binoculars and muttered to himself.

"What?! Are they trying to ram my destroyer with a torpedo boat? That's incredibly overconfident."

"Report to the captain: the bow gun has been destroyed by the enemy, and all five gunners have been killed. The gun is no longer able to fire."

Ryosuke Oshima frowned, then ordered, "Notify the 'Hayabusa' to concentrate all its guns and sink this torpedo boat."

"Hai..."

After receiving the message, the destroyer "Hayabusa" was positioned with its starboard side directly facing the torpedo boat.

Captain Masao Shimaki then ordered all ship guns to turn to the right and fire at the torpedo boats.

Although Long Fei destroyed the bow gun of the "Chasing Wind" and eliminated the frontal bombardment,

However, the shelling from the right side of the "Hayabusa" was extremely fierce.

"Boom...boom...boom..."

Dozens of shells rained down around the torpedo boat like hail. If the torpedo boat hadn't been fast enough, it would have been hit by the shells long ago.

However, Longfei did not give up easily. The twin 20mm and 37mm machine guns at the stern of the boat also launched a fierce counterattack against the "Hurricane".

All of this happened in just a few minutes, when the torpedo boat was less than two kilometers away from the destroyer "Chasewind".

Long Fei shouted, "Full left rudder..."

Soon, the torpedo boat arrived on the right side of the "Chasing Wind".

At this moment, Long Fei shouted again, "Hard to starboard..."

The torpedo boat quickly adjusted its attitude, and its bow immediately aimed at the starboard side of the "Chasing Wind".

"emission……"

At Long Fei's command, the torpedoes in the port torpedo tubes were launched with a "boom".

Upon seeing the torpedo boats launch torpedoes at his "Okaze," Ryosuke Oshima panicked and ordered, "Full speed...full speed ahead immediately..."

At such close range, the "Chasing Wind" had no time to turn and evade to avoid being hit by a torpedo; the only way was to move forward at full speed to avoid it.

At the speed of a torpedo, it would take less than a minute to hit the "Chase Wind" at that distance.

Although the "Chasing Wind" immediately went into full speed mode, the engine acceleration process still took some time.

So once the engine was running at full speed, the "Chasing Wind" also moved forward rapidly.

When the torpedo boats launched their attacks, they aimed at the bow of the "Chasewind" (or "Chasewind").

Thus, regardless of whether the "Chasing Wind" accelerates forward or turns to evade, the torpedo could still hit the midsection or stern of the ship.

Of course, the "Chasing Wind" can activate the emergency reverse mode.

However, the engine takes longer to switch from forward to reverse than to accelerate, so Long Fei was certain that the other party wouldn't choose that option.

As Long Fei had predicted, the Japanese chose the best strategy: to accelerate their advance.

Unfortunately, even after the "Chase Wind" accelerated to evade, the torpedo still managed to hit the stern.

With a loud "boom," the torpedo, which used a light-sensing fuse, exploded about ten meters below the stern of the "Chasing Wind" ship.

The blast wave lifted the seawater dozens of meters high, and the "Chasing Wind" was also lifted high up, its tail facing upwards and its head downwards.

Immediately after the stern fell, the ship could not withstand the enormous pulling from the back and forth.

The keel at the stern of the ship was torn, and a crack, wider at the top and narrower at the bottom, was also found in the hull.

The widest part of this crack is nearly two meters, and the crack below the waterline is nearly one meter wide.

A large amount of seawater immediately rushed into the ship's interior through the crack, and the engine room was located in the stern area of ​​the ship.

At this time, due to water ingress, the engine was submerged by seawater, causing the "Chasing Wind" to lose power.

The lower part of the warship has many watertight compartments, so even if water enters the stern of the ship, it will not cause the entire warship to sink.

However, because the "Chasing Wind" was lifted up, the entire hull was subjected to abnormal stress, which caused many compartments to deform.

Now, not only have most of the watertight compartments lost their seal, but many ship compartments are also unable to be opened due to deformation.

There are many Japanese soldiers trapped inside these cabins. If the "Chasing Wind" eventually sinks, these Japanese soldiers will be lost forever at the bottom of the sea.