Zhang Dingbian's idea was a good one. He would use the advantages he had now to compress the Japanese warships into a smaller space as much as possible. In this way, the Japanese warships in the center would be unable to play a role. If they forced their guns to fire, due to the problem of shooting range, the first ships to be damaged would be their own warships.
On the other side, Yamamoto Ningji at the port rubbed his eyes hard. The distance was too far and he could not see some things clearly. He didn't know that Kojima Mitsuru's command ship had been sunk. He couldn't believe that all of his fifty gunboats had been sunk.
But he vaguely felt that some of the dense black spots on the sponge seemed to have disappeared.
Why does this happen? .
Yamamoto Neiji could never imagine that the reason he couldn't see those black spots was simply because the fifty gunboats had already been below the sea level. Yamamoto now just suspected that his eyesight was not very good.
After rubbing his eyes, Yamamoto asked a capable person beside him: "Watanabe, what do you think?"
The man called Watanabe was named Watanabe Zan. Like Kojima Mitsuru, he was a capable subordinate of Yamamoto.
Of course, this kind of effectiveness is not reflected in the war, but in other things. For example, Kojima Mitsuru and Watanabe Zan often secretly sent some girls to Yamamoto's mansion. They did a lot of such shady things.
Watanabe Zan knew what Yamamoto was asking: "Marshal, the location where the battle started is the limit of our visual range. Even our large ships can only see vague outlines now. As for those small boats, either they are too far away and we can't see them at all, or they have already rushed into the battlefield. In short, under your wise command, we will not lose this small battle before the decisive battle, and there is no reason for us to lose."
After hearing this, Yamamoto nodded first, and then said softly: "Yoshi."
On the sea, let’s not talk about how fierce the battle between the two armies’ warships was, let’s just talk about the small island holding a pig skin.
Although he is a naval admiral, this is the first time he has experienced such a thing.
He felt fear. He was on the sea, and in the most central place on the battlefield. Looking around, he saw the wreckage of his own gunboats everywhere, and there were also many soldiers on his own command ship around him. They were all struggling hard on the sea, and only in this way could they hold on for a while longer.
War is cruel. When facing death, these Japanese finally understood what real war was. They no longer had the courage they had before. They even forgot how to shout "Give it up!" while charging their warships.
Some people don't want to live, but no one is not afraid of death. The Japanese who are still struggling on the sea have only one idea in their minds, that is to find a way to survive. As long as they can survive, they will never play this dangerous game again.
And it was at this time that the inflated pig skin in Xiaodaoman's hand would inevitably become a hot commodity.
This thing is actually not rare. All the Japanese did not expect that they would fall into the sea, so they did not prepare much. As a result, there was only this one on Kojima Man's command ship.
As navy officers, even though all Japanese can swim, it does not mean that all of them have the physical strength to swim to the shore.
Therefore, under the fear of death, the blown-up pig skin on Xiaodao's body is the hope of survival for many people.
Countless Japanese people who fell into the sea swam towards where Kojima Man was: "General, General, I will help you."
Xiaodao was deeply moved. He had never expected that even at this point, the soldiers around him would still be so loyal to him.
He was a little puzzled, however. These soldiers were clearly already in dire straits, so what did they mean by wanting to help him?
In the following time, Mitsuru Kojima will understand what human nature is.
The first Japanese soldier who approached Kojima Man immediately hugged the deflated pig skin tied to him and said: "General Kojima, we cannot stay here for long. Let's swim to a safe place."
Kojima Mitsuru said: "Well, that's exactly what I meant."
However, then the second and third people surrounded him. It was not until this moment that Kojima Mitsuru realized what was going on. It turned out that the soldiers who had made him grateful for their loyalty just now were just coming for the pig skin tied to his body.
Some of them held on to the pig skin tightly, and some even held on to Kojima Man's collar tightly, for fear that they would sink.
Take the current situation as an example. It might be better if this group of people did not gather together. Once they gather together, they will pin all their hopes on the inflated pig skin. They will not remember that even they themselves can struggle in the water for a while. After all, they are navy. Regardless of whether they are good at swimming or not, they can always swim for a while.
But now everyone has placed their hopes of survival here, which means that more people will die here.
Xiaodao Man just felt that he was choking on water. If it weren't for the dead pig skin tied to him, he would have sunk to the bottom long ago.
"Baga, baga, baga..."
In order to keep the hope of life for himself, a Japanese soldier actually used the short knife that had not yet been thrown into the sea to cut the rope tied to Xiaodaoman's body.
Poor Kojima Man, as a general, he was wearing armor and could float on the water before, and the pig skin played an indispensable role in this. But now, the connection between him and the pig skin has been cut off, and his fate can be imagined.
After choking on a few mouthfuls of water, Kojima Mitsuru gradually lost consciousness. Now thinking about it, it seemed that he was still full of pride half an hour ago, but now, his body was sunk to the bottom of the sea. Unknowingly, he ended up with the same fate as Nanyun Chuuji.
According to the standards of the Japanese navy, Kojima Mitsuru died young, but things have come to this point, who cares about his life or death? In a crisis, his life is far less valuable than that inflated pig skin.
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