Admiral Middle Age

"Then, it wasn't until the last minute that they recognized that it was a mine-laying submarine!"

"Giggle!" O'Bannon laughed, leaning back and forth, as if the destroyer in the story that hit him might blow him up was not himself: "Do you think I'm lucky? Just say, am I lucky enough?" Alright! Go out to perform a mission, and when you come back, you can meet a submarine that ran to the surface of the sea to breathe."

Sitting in the seat, if Lexington hadn't forced her to fasten her seat belt and fixed her in the seat, O'Bannon would definitely be able to jump up: "Originally, they were all going to directly The submarine was hit and wounded, and then there was a chance of catching a live one. But who knows! It was discovered at the last minute that the submarine was a mine-laying submarine."

"Hey, do you know! Do you know? The torpedo tubes of the submarines that lay mines are all filled with mines." Even though he was fixed on the seat, Little Potato said aloud It's still dancing with all its strength--really dancing with its hands: the two small hands are constantly waving in the air, and the two feet that can't reach the ground are also doing irregular Brownian motion.

In other words, when your two little feet knock on the steel plate under the seat, does it really not hurt at all?

Anyway, Lin Jianguo looked a little distressed.

So he also played along and helped Little Tudou continue to expand the topic: "And then? How about you?"

Then her captain ordered a sharp turn to avoid a collision, so in this way, she was right next to the Japanese submarine and sailed side by side-although I knew the matter, but as a joker, shouldn't this be the idea at this time? The protagonist expresses himself to his heart's content.

Showing a very interested look, Lin Jianguo also deliberately poked his head forward, for-well, that's it: Little Potato O'Bannon also stuck his head out with excitement, and pulled Lin Jianguo's head closer The distance between them: "Then, we turned the rudder in an emergency, a full rudder, and almost collided with that submarine."

"Really, we got so close all of a sudden, the water splash when I turned so close fell on the submarine inside, do you think it's close? Do you think it's close! Hahaha." The excited little boy Potato leaned back violently, lying happily on that chair... If she wasn't tied up with a safety belt, she could really roll out of the chair.

The seat belt on the chair still looks a little bigger: helicopter passengers are generally adults, like Little Potato O’Bannon, who really never considered her safety and tightness, which led to Oban’s Even if the farmer is bound by a safety belt...the one with a large internal gap is enough for a little girl to get out from below, from above, from the left and right sides at any time-it will not be difficult at all.

Lexington's teeth were itching, and he really wanted to go over and take the safety belt on that girl's body to the smallest one... let's not talk about comfort or discomfort, your two feet just now almost kicked someone Yes, do you know!

Fortunately, Lin Jianguo's reaction speed was fast enough. At that time, he leaned back urgently and threw himself on the cabin behind him, avoiding those two sudden kicks: "At that time, we saw those Japanese Wearing shorts and blue hats, especially the two sitting on the top of the bridge in charge of watching, after being woken up, they suddenly saw an American destroyer appearing in front of them, so tall and so big , A whole shadow covered their heads, and they were stupefied with fright at that time."

A little timidly glanced at Lexington, who was staring round his eyes, the little potato O'Bannon restrained a little, and continued to show off happily to Lin Jianguo: "That's right, it's a pity, because we are too close No. I don’t have a cannon on my side that can hit this submarine with a depression angle, but at that time, I didn’t have any guns or other light weapons to use.”

Shaking his head with regret, O'Bannon also clicked his lips, looking very regretful.

But immediately, she became happy again: because then came her most glorious legendary moment: "The good thing is that at that time, the Japanese also had no weapons in their hands. At that moment, both of us stared at each other. know what to do."

The words were very devoted, and O'Bannon directly brought himself into the emotions of the soldiers of the two warships at that time. The whole face was surprised for a while, surprised for a while, and the joy of some personnel on the ships at that time , Surprised, and bewildered expression performances come alive.

"It's just that we don't have any weapons on our ship that can reach them, but they have a three-inch deck gun on their submarine. After the first moment of panic, someone on the submarine came back to their senses and yelled to let them go." People go and shoot with the deck guns."

"Oh, you don't know. When we saw those Japanese rushing to the deck guns, those people on our deck were panicked and forced. At that time, someone ran into the storage room next to them and touched what was what. , swung it up like that submarine was smashing it hard." The little ship girl smiled a little shyly, but also a little proud, and even her little eyebrows trembled up and down twice: "Then, you guys in the back will also We all know."

Yes, someone on the destroyer picked up potatoes from the storage room and threw them at the submarine.

The specific reason is unknown, but the purpose is obviously to stop the Japanese, at least to prevent them from running so fast... However, this round thing the size of a fist was thrown in the dark, and it was very difficult Apparently, those on the submarine thought these were grenades.

Then they were panicked for a while, and the whole nest was busy kicking these potatoes into the sea, and even boldly picked them up and threw them at the destroyer, forcing them to have no time to operate the deck guns.

Just when the people on the two ships were in a hurry, the destroyer and the submarine finally opened up a little distance.Then there was enough distance for the artillery to fire: "At that time, my shell hit the bridge of the submarine, but the submarine still dived urgently behind me."

After the secret was revealed, Little Tudou's excitement passed, and she lay lazily on the deck chair: "Then I chased after her, passed straight above her, and dropped the depth bomb."

"Later, a strong explosion occurred underwater. The intensity of the explosion should be stronger than the power of the depth bomb itself. It is estimated that the ammunition inside the submarine may have exploded."

"Then search with sonar, and you won't be able to find her."

After a short period of laziness, O'Bannon became more excited: "After dawn, a plane flew over that area and found a large area of ​​oil stains. It is the final confirmation of the record of sinking this submarine."

"Later, when this matter was known by the Potato Growers Association of Maine, they sent a metal plaque with the words: In memory of this

Destroyer USS O'Bannon

brave officers and soldiers

in the spring of 1943

Smart use of our proud potatoes

"Blow up" a devil's submarine

potato growers of maine

Tribute

1945. 6, 14

This sign was placed near the crew mess. "O'Bannon proudly showed the sign to Lin Jianguo, expressing that he really did not lie."

"Later, this story was first published in domestic newspapers, and the details were published in Reader's Digest shortly thereafter." Lexington had heard of some of the latter things—her silent time was in In 1942, so regarding this matter: "There is still that issue of Reader's Digest in San Diego. It is quite detailed."

"Really? I have it here too. Is it the same as mine?" To hear such news from Lexington's mouth is enough to make Little Potato O'Bannon proud, especially when he heard that he This deed—the book describing his deed is still in San Diego’s collection... Anyway, this is enough to make Little Potato excitedly break away from the last bondage: "Boom~"

Under the 'torture' of Little Potato O'Bannon, the four seat belts restraining her finally loudly issued their own 'protest', expressing their 'resolute' attitude. Rage' - it, broke!

"Stop!" Suddenly breaking free, Little Tudou staggered and rushed forward.

Then she bumped into a hand...

It's Lexington.

The best secretary, Jian Jian Niang, stretched out a hand at this critical moment to block Little Tudou's 'head hammer'.Stopped her at Lin Jianguo's...

Still did not stop!

Lin Jianguo stretched out his hand at the same time, supporting Little Tudou's shoulder: "Hey, be careful!"

"Ah, be careful!" It was Little Potato O'Bannon who yelled.

With her head and shoulders supported, the little girl stomped heavily on the cabin of the plane, and tried her best to stop her forward body...

"..." In the driver's seat, Akagi turned his head and glanced silently.Then without saying a word, he turned around again.

Feeling the strength of his hand, Lexington also closed his mouth, silently withdrew his hand, and then his eyes fell, landed on the ground, on the fine steel bulkhead, on the clear footprints.

This girl, it's settled.

"Oh, your body is quite light, too!" Lin Jianguo didn't feel anything, instead he supported Little Tudou's shoulder, feeling the light impact force from his hand, with a surprised expression on his face.

Hehe, the strength is all on the feet.

Lexington rolled his little eyes speechlessly, and smoothly put on the safety buckle in his hand: This little girl, don't worry about her anymore.

"Ah, this plane of yours is quite strong." With a thin smile, O'Bannon gently broke away from Lin Jianguo's hand, took a small step back, and looked at the plane. The imprint under the feet quickly faded gradually, and converged...until there was no trace left.

It seems that today's matter is not so easy.

O'Bannon, what kind of purpose do you have?

Seeing the imprint gradually recovering on the cabin under his feet, and the cautious girl, Lexington smiled, covered the other hand with one hand, and sat upright solemnly: Who is it? Yes, you were sent to spy on us so early?

"Miss Lexington." Sitting obediently on the seat, she glanced up at Lexington who had a serious smile on her face.

O'Bannon lowered his head seriously.

"Well, what's the matter?" The admiral is here, there are some things that can't be said too clearly - fear of scaring him is one aspect.

In addition, I also don't want him to be exposed to too much dark side - to protect the admiral, we must protect the integrity as much as possible.

However, I believe O'Bannon should be able to understand what she is asking-if she really wants to play crazy.

I am not polite either.

It is estimated that if he doesn't do it, Chicheng, who is in the pilot seat, will find a way to get her to speak out: Dare to destroy the helicopters of the fleet in front of her, is the love of a little mother of an aircraft carrier really unlimited?

"I," hesitant and timid, Little Tudou raised his head and glanced at the smiling Lexington again, and finally decided to lower his head.

"……"Um.

The corners of Lexington's mouth were raised coldly, revealing a icy smile: "Chicheng,"

In the driver's seat in front, a black head turned to the side, which was the news from Akagi.

Outside that everyone didn't see, the helicopter group began to change rapidly: the Hercules helicopter that had been flying in front began to descend, covering the lower part of Jiu Ye, and the two accompanying Samson helicopters also accelerated forward and rose , forming two prominent positions.

The entire fleet seems to have formed a Pippi Shrimp with its claws erected—operation code name: Pippi Shrimp!

A guard formation that can counterattack and protect Admiral Lin Jianguo with the highest probability.

"No, don't." Xiao Jianniang suddenly raised her head, her little face turned pale: "We, are we not malicious?"

"What." Lin Jianguo, who was a little confused about the situation, looked left and right, and frowned in doubt: "What's the matter?"

"It's nothing." Lexington had a bright smile on his face, and nodded to his admiral: "With us here, you don't need to worry so much."

"Oh." Does that mean something is wrong?

Lin Jianguo nodded, and sat back in his seat obediently, trying not to cause trouble to the girls as much as possible - he has always been conscious of this.

"Tell me, you, who are you trying to test us for?" It couldn't be Diana and the others that I had seen before.

Those who have been on their own hulls should have a little bit of self-knowledge anyway.

At that time, those 1130s and so on on his own hull were presented in front of Royal Ark without any disguise.

Although I don't know what that is, but I believe in the intuition of an aircraft carrier mother.She should know: some air defense weapons that she has never seen before should be able to pose a huge threat to her - even if she doesn't have this intuition, then she should believe: Lexington, technology, has always been strong!

If she really doesn't even feel this at all... Lexington doesn't mind letting her 'get to know'.

I believe that she will convey her meaning to the ears of some people on the island-the large group of carrier-based planes that 'escorted' Diana away did not fly in vain.

Then,

Who the hell is now?

Now that you are here again, do you want to try yourselves?

In the Hercules helicopter, everyone looked a little cold.