freenovelworld Chapter 219: The First Japanese Destroyer Sunk
Chapter 219: The First Japanese Destroyer Sunk
219 The first Japanese destroyer sunk
It was the night of the 21st, but the fighting on the Yangtze River and on both sides of the river still showed no sign of stopping.
The Japanese 116th Regiment was still trying to break the situation from the river.
At the same time, the other two battalions of the Japanese 116th Regiment were preparing to move south along the river from the other side.
As a result, they encountered tenacious resistance from two divisions of the National Army on land and failed to achieve their goal.
"Sir, we've sent another batch of soldiers over."
Ye Qingshan stood by the river, listening to the fierce gunfire and explosions coming from downstream.
Xiao Wusheng appeared behind him and reported.
"Ah."
At this time, Ye Qingshan could do nothing except continue to send reinforcements.
Time goes by like this, minute by minute.
Ye Qingshan stood by the river all the time. Xiao Wusheng came over to persuade him to take a rest, but Ye Qingshan waved his hand.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to sleep, he just can’t sleep.
"Remember, if you get a telegram from Commander Chen, send it here as soon as possible."
Ye Qingshan was not only waiting for the outcome of the downstream battle, he was also waiting for news from Chen Cheng regarding the delivery of torpedoes.
What happens on these two sides will determine whether they can win the next battle.
If Lu Dahai and his men downstream cannot defend the minefield tonight.
If we can successfully clear the mines and open up the waterway, the Japanese fleet will be able to escape.
If there is a problem with the torpedoes transported by Chen Cheng, Ye Qingshan will really be helpless against the three Japanese warships.
By then, these three Japanese warships will become hot potatoes.
It was past two in the morning when Ye Qingshan sent over the second batch of reinforcements.
There are more than 300 militiamen with good swimming skills and more than 50 fishing boats.
Boom!
Boom!
Rumble!
Suddenly, around three in the morning, three huge explosions were heard downstream.
After hearing this, Ye Qingshan suddenly became energetic.
He turned around suddenly and shouted to the surprised little Wusheng not far away, "Quick, send someone to check downstream.
Is it the Japanese warship that triggered the water ghosts again? "
Of the three explosions just now, the first two were very familiar. They didn't sound like the sound of Japanese artillery shells or other explosives exploding.
It's more like the sound of a water mine exploding.
The third noise was louder, but it was not the sound of a mine exploding.
When Ye Qingshan heard the two explosions, his first reaction was that it might be the Japanese warships that broke into their minefield.
A new type of mine was triggered, causing an explosion.
This triggered the explosion of the Japanese warship's ammunition depot, causing the third explosion.
If that were the case, the Japanese battleship that triggered the torpedo would be finished.
"Yes!"
When Xiao Wusheng heard Ye Qingshan's order, he ran to send someone to verify it.
More than half an hour later, the soldiers who went downstream to verify the news returned.
At the same time, it also brought Ye Qingshan good news.
"Sir, good news.
A Japanese destroyer broke into our minefield and triggered two new types of mines, causing an explosion.
The explosion caused the Japanese destroyer's ammunition depot to explode.
The soldiers who returned said that the huge explosion directly blew the Japanese warship into two pieces.
It’s sinking.”
The young martial artist ran over excitedly and reported the good news to Ye Qingshan.
"Haha, it's true!"
After hearing this, Ye Qingshan knew that his guess was correct.
"Mr. Zhang, did you hear that?
The new type of mine you developed actually sank a Japanese warship.
You can rest in peace now.”
Ye Qingshan looked at the night sky and said in a deep voice.
"Send someone to deliver the news to the battlefield radio station in the city.
Let them tell this exciting good news to the people of the whole country tomorrow morning.
At the same time, the headquarters was also informed.
Tell them that a Japanese warship has been sunk.
I, Ye Qingshan, have said that this time, none of these three Japanese warships will be able to escape.
This one is just the beginning.”
Ye Qingshan was also unusually excited at this moment.
In the past two days, on the Yangtze River, he was under tremendous pressure to deal with the Japanese battleship Kirishima.
Now, a Japanese destroyer hit a mine and sank.
Finally, they achieved their first victory.
Once the news gets out, it will be enough to inspire people and boost the morale of the national army.
"Let's go, little Wusheng.
Let’s go downstream.”
After a while, Ye Qingshan could no longer sit still, and took Xiao Wusheng's guard platoon and went downstream along the river.
When Ye Qingshan was about to reach the downstream minefield, he heard the sound of gunfire in front of him, which was still very intense.
It is obvious that even if a Japanese destroyer hit a mine and exploded.
It still failed to stop the battle between Lu Dahai's troops and the reinforcements of the Japanese 116th Regiment.
Instead, it made the soldiers of the Japanese 116th Regiment fight even harder.
Soon, Ye Qingshan also saw the Japanese destroyer that had hit a mine and exploded.
At this time, the Japanese destroyer had been blown into two sections and caught fire.
Because Ye Qingshan and the others arrived late.
More than half of the rear part of the ship has sunk into the river.
The front half of the ship had already partially sunk, causing the bow to stick up high.
The surrounding river surface was in even greater chaos.
Around this Japanese destroyer that was sunk by a mine, there were many Japanese soldiers who fell into the water.
They are calling for help.
The Japanese soldiers of the 116th Regiment went to rescue by boat.
Lu Dahai, Zhao Dongsheng and others, with the Kuomintang soldiers, took a boat over and crazily fired at the Japanese soldiers and officers who fell into the water.
"Hahaha, that's right.
Beat them up for me, don't let them rescue the Japanese who fell into the water."
Lu Dahai held a Thompson submachine gun, put one foot on the side of the boat, and fired wildly at the Japanese soldiers who fell into the water.
Shouting with excitement.
The battle from this afternoon to late night made them very tired.
And they paid a huge price in casualties.
However, now when Lu Dahai and others saw the Japanese destroyer sunk by a mine.
They felt that it was all worth it.
As for those Japanese soldiers who fell into the water, we would naturally take the opportunity to beat them up.
“Damn it, let you guys bombard us before.
If you still want to be rescued, you’re dreaming.
I'll send all of you beasts to the bottom of the river to feed the fish."
Da da da!
Dense bullets swept past, and several Japanese soldiers who were still swimming towards another Japanese destroyer were all shot.
The blood immediately dyed the surrounding river water red.
"Haha, what a pleasure.
Let’s go to the next one.”
Lu Dahai is already having a blast.
"Baga! How could this happen?"
The battleship Kirishima was not far away at this time, and they were even farther away from the downstream minefield.
The Japanese Colonel Miyazaki looked ahead at the sunken Japanese destroyer "Hazabi" with an extremely grim expression.
“That guy Yoshimaru Takumi is just an idiot.
Didn't I tell him not to go near the Chinese minefields?
What the Chinese used this time is a new type of mine. It is extremely powerful and not easy to detect!
Why did it still trip a mine? "
The demon Colonel Miyazaki cursed.