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"Your Excellency, Commander, it is...it is the light cruiser Tama. The bow of the ship hit a mine and broke a big hole. Now it is flooded with water...it seems to be sinking." Yoshida Zengo put down the phone and sighed softly. Reported the loss to Koichi Shiozawa in the tone of the eulogy at the funeral.

"What bad luck! Order to abandon the ship." Koichi Shiozawa lamented that the Tama was indeed unlucky.Right now, the entire First Expeditionary Fleet has formed an anti-mine formation.That is to say, the small ship is in the front, and the big ship is in the rear... A light cruiser is not considered a small ship, and there are minesweepers and destroyers in front. This mine was actually missed by the warship in front, and it hit the Tama.

"Your Excellency, it won't work like this. Why don't you slow down and turn on the searchlights..."

"No." Yanze interrupted Chief of Staff Yoshida, and said coldly: "In addition to mines, our danger is also submarines. Submarines are more dangerous than mines. They may look for important targets to attack."

"Tell Toyota Sadajiro that after the main force of the fleet successfully breaks into the Bohai Bay, he will command the advance detachment to control the entrance, and don't let the Chinese lay mines again. Let the armored cruiser Iwate also join the advance detachment, so that it should be able to deal with the two of the Chinese. a cruiser."

After the staff officer left with Shiozawa Koichi's order, Yoshida Zengo leaned forward, put his hands on the chart table, stared at it for a while, and shook his head slightly: "Your Excellency, two armored cruisers, one light cruiser, three A destroyer is enough to deal with the Chinese fleet, but will China's aircraft..."

"Are you worried that the Chinese will use planes to sink the Izumo and the Iwate, and then use surface ships to lay mines to block our retreat?" Yuki Shiozawa nodded, asked himself and answered: "The Chinese should be fighting This idea... However, the Army has already transferred an air wing to Lushunkou, with Baron Tokugawa personally in charge, which should be able to provide enough air cover for the Toyota detachment. And we will not stay in Bohai Bay for too long, at most You can complete the mission in two days and leave. There will be no problem supporting more than 100 fighter jets in an air wing for two days, right?"

"Can those idiots in the Army be trusted? What if..."

"No ifs!"

Before Yoshida finished speaking, Koichi Shiozawa interrupted him with a wave of his hand, and gritted his teeth: "This battle is a sea-land coordination. We must trust the army, and the army must trust us. Only in this way can we defeat the Chinese. So Please be absolutely assured of Baron Tokugawa. And I have a premonition, if we fail to defeat China and gain Manchuria this time, then the next war will be for the Chinese to attack Taiwan and take back what they lost!"

Zengo Yoshida involuntarily glanced at the small island in the lower abdomen of China on the sea chart, and felt panic in his heart. When the four "Karl Marx" of the Chinese were launched... it was time to regain their lost Taiwan, right?How did this world become like this!

Koichi Shiozawa, who was still immersed in his own thoughts, and Zengo Yoshida, who was full of worries, did not expect at this time that about [-] nautical miles to the north of them, there were six sea submarines floating quietly on the sea surface. waiting for the prey to come.

This is the first submarine detachment commanded by Rear Admiral Zhang Yiming, the commander of the submarine force. His task is to wait for the Japanese fleet on the only way north to Huludao, and give a fatal blow when the Japanese fleet passes through!

The atmosphere in the command cabin of the No. 018 submarine was very dull, and no one spoke. This submarine is the so-called "command boat".I don't know what went wrong, but in the secret method of submarine warfare taught by the German, the commander of the submarine force does not stay comfortably on land to command, but like the commander of the surface ship, he has to go to the front line and sit in the submarine The command...is a bit strange!

"Sir, do you think the little devil can come?" At this time, the captain of boat 018, Navy Captain Song Da approached Zhang Yiming and asked quietly.

"How do I know?" Zhang Yiming said angrily: "Theoretically, the fleet should take the Z-shaped route. Whether you can meet it or not depends on your luck. Just wait for it!"

Song Da was stunned for a while before complaining in a low voice: "I'm just anxious to find someone to ask. Why did you come out with a depth charge to curse me? You are also on this boat."

"Hmph!" Zhang Yiming snorted coldly, and his sharp eyes stabbed at Song Da like a sharp knife.Song Da was so frightened that he quickly shrank his neck, slipped aside and pretended to read the telegram he had just received.

"...Sir, the mine team and the Japanese army had a fight more than an hour ago! A 'Furutaka' class was sunk by a mine, and a 'Tianlong' class was severely damaged by artillery! Hehe, the first battle has been won! We The navy is really going to have a long face now..."

Hearing Song Da's laughter, Zhang Yiming on the side showed a bloodthirsty look in his eyes. He stood up slowly, walked to the front of the chart, stared at it for a while, and ordered: "Order all the submarines to stay around this channel." Lurk, we have work to do!"

At this time, the huge Japanese First Expeditionary Fleet has passed the entrance of the Bohai Bay, which is "densely covered" with mines, and is slowly heading north.Since two more Haifeng-class destroyers and one minesweeper sank while passing through the minefield, the fleet lost four destroyers, two light cruisers (one of which was seriously damaged and sailed to Lushunkou), two A minesweeper and a heavy cruiser, in addition to two armored cruisers, a light cruiser, and three destroyers formed the Toyota detachment and was left at the entrance of Bohai Bay.As a result, only 25 ships remained in the main force of the First Expeditionary Fleet, and only [-] destroyers, light cruisers, and minesweepers used to protect the capital ships remained.

At this time, the entire fleet has adjusted its formation to an anti-submarine formation. Four battleships, battlecruisers and three heavy cruisers are in the center, and eighteen light cruisers, destroyers, and minesweepers surround the capital ship. The front searchlights were turned on.The entire formation slowly moved northward at a speed of about eleven knots.

"Your Excellency, do we still have to divide our forces into two groups now?" Fleet Chief of Staff Yoshida Yoshigo said to Koichi Shiozawa worriedly: "Now there are only nine destroyers and six light cruisers that can be used for anti-submarine warfare. If they are divided into two , it is not enough to form a strict anti-submarine security circle..."

"But..." Shiozawa Yuki hesitated for a moment before nodding his head: "Okay, then there will be no division of troops."

The anti-submarine technology of the Japanese Navy in this era is quite bad, and their destroyers don't even have a sonar!Anti-submarine warfare can only rely on a pair of "perspective eyes" of watchmen to see submarines lurking under the water or the spray of torpedoes advancing.If you can't see it, anti-submarine warfare relies on blind cats to kill mice, throwing depth charges indiscriminately to scare enemy submarines!Of course, the performance of the submarines in the hands of the Kuomintang is also not very good. The speed is slow, the tonnage is small, and the ammunition load is low.If those mines hadn't caused too much threat to Koichi Shiozawa and forced him to order the minesweepers to turn on their searchlights, Zhang Yiming's six submarines might not have been able to spot the Japanese fleet.

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"There is a situation ahead! The Japanese fleet is found! The Japanese fleet is found! The number is unknown!"

Sentinels watching with the opening hatches yelled the alarm. "Woo! Woo! Woo..." The alarm sounded.

"Dive! Dive! Emergency dive!"

Suddenly, Captain Song Da's urgent order sounded on the No. 018 submarine.With the emergency dive order issued, the deck that was still floating on the water began to rush straight into the water.The sailors at the surveillance post jumped into the boat, followed by the officer on duty who fell in from the lift hatch, and the last one to come down was the flight signal officer. He closed the sealed hatch door with a bang, and then tightened the sealing wrench.

At this time, there was a hissing sound and the sound of the motor turning in the boat, and the small submarine seemed to be transformed into a terrifying deep-sea killer, and plunged into the water.The long-term rigorous training has seen the effect at this time, the entire submarine has entered the ready state in an instant, all the crew members are in their positions, and the attack can start only after the captain gives an order.

"I found the main force of the Japanese fleet. They are coming towards us. Immediately notify the rest of the submarine team to go this way. Now dive to a depth of five meters and keep sailing horizontally." Hastily issued a series of orders.

"Yes!"

"It's the captain." The crew also replied calmly.

At this time, the level helmsman was holding the big steering wheel, and was staring at the depth gauge calmly, and the whole boat was filled with a tense atmosphere of the imminent battle.

"Raise the periscope!"

The periscope rose slowly, Song Da pulled the hat back sideways, and put his eyes on the periscope.

At this time, the torpedo captain and his subordinates in the torpedo cabin were nervously following the torpedo head. These torpedoes all use compressed air as propulsion power, and after launch, a large number of air bubbles will be generated due to the air leakage from the tail, exposing the wake , so that the enemy's observation post can find the general position of the submarine, which is currently the only way for Japanese destroyers to find the submarine.

Although it has been simulated and installed countless times on weekdays, and it has also fired many live ammunition, the torpedo chief still carefully checked whether the torpedo is ready according to the training manual.This type of submarine can only carry five torpedoes, and they have to go back to the base to replenish them after the battle is over. Therefore, each torpedo is a valuable opportunity to obtain results, and it will never tolerate losing the opportunity to wipe out the enemy due to operational errors.After all the inspection procedures were completed and the depth was determined, the three torpedoes were sent into the torpedo tubes.

After hearing the torpedo chief's report, Song Da nodded, and ordered in a calm voice: "Speed ​​at five knots, move forward slowly! Be careful not to speak loudly!"

This set of combat procedures was completely taught by German naval advisers, and they all took advanced countries such as Britain, the United States, and France as imaginary enemies, and the Kuomintang navy never thought of its opponents. The powerful Japanese navy would have no sonar!At this moment, the crew on No. 018, not to mention talking loudly, even if they were holding a concert underwater, those Japanese watchmen would definitely not be able to hear them!

At this time, under the hazy moonlight, a huge fleet slowly came into the eyes of Song Da who was using a periscope to observe the enemy's situation!

Chapter 0560 is a torpedo!There are submarines!

The 25 warships of Japan's First Expeditionary Fleet sailed from afar, and the searchlights on the leading minesweepers kept sweeping back and forth, illuminating the surrounding sea like daylight.

Captain Song Da, the captain of the 018 boat, could not help but be overjoyed after carefully observing the formation of the Japanese fleet. This fleet actually has seven large warships!Under the hazy moonlight, they seemed to be moving slowly like seven floating islands. There was only a thin layer of security around them, and it seemed that it was easy to slip in!

Song Da held back his excitement and told Zhang Yiming in a low voice: "It seems that there are seven big guys. With the lights off, it is hard to tell whether they are battleships or heavy cruisers."

"Seven?" Zhang Yiming frowned, and muttered: "The result of the aircraft reconnaissance is that there are four warships and four heavy cruisers; the intelligence personnel also found two armored cruisers at Lushunkou... the report said that one heavy cruiser was sunk ...There should be nine big ships."

Song Da smiled lightly and said, "Couldn't it have hit a mine? If so, the Japanese would be really unlucky."

Zhang Yiming sneered and shook his head: "No, if three battleships were hit by mines and sunk in half a night, the Japanese would have gone home long ago, and would not come here to die." He paused and asked. Said: "Can you slip past the sentry circle of the destroyer and go inside to kill the big guy?"

Song Da said softly: "Give it a try... There should be no problem, we often do this kind of thing in the Nanyang Fleet..."

"Okay, order No. 019 and No. 020 to go in with us, and the other three submarines will cover the periphery. After the explosion inside, they will attack the destroyers on the periphery." Zhang Yiming issued the final combat order in a few words.

"Understood!" The communications chief replied without turning his head, and started to send the message with a tick-tick of the transmitter, and the antenna floating in the sea immediately transmitted the latest order.

At this time, on the battleship "Fuso", the commander of Japan's first dispatched fleet, Koichi Shiozawa, stood in the command tower, watching the huge fleet under his command slowly sailing under the moonlight, not knowing what was going on in his heart, suddenly There was a burst of uneasiness, but I couldn't think of the reason.

The anxious Lieutenant General Yanze couldn't help pacing up and down in the command tower.The Chief of Staff Yoshida Zengo on the side saw the restlessness of his old classmates (both from the 32nd class of Haibing, and Yamamoto 56), and comforted him in a low voice: "Mr. Shiozawa, our fleet is safe now. A mine has been discovered, and it should have passed the minefield. It is so dark that the planes of the Chinese people cannot take off, and the warships... I am afraid that they will not come, our forty [-]-inch cannons are enough to destroy the entire Chinese navy! What else do you have to worry about?"

"Yeah!" Shiozawa Koichi sighed, and said with a wry smile: "Eight warships have been lost, and one is seriously damaged... After I go back, I should enter the reserve service, right? The admiral or something is the same as me. Missed. Yoshida-kun, now I really envy you!"

Yoshida Zengo also smiled wryly: "Shiozawa-kun, you will be unlucky when you go back as a commander, and I, the chief of staff, can still get away with it? Maybe we will go to the reserve service together." His tone was abrupt as he spoke. Emphasis: "However, if you can do your best for the great cause of the empire to seize Manchuria, let alone a reserve, you will have no regrets even going to Kuduanzaka."

"Yoshida-kun, why do these words sound like those animals in the army? We are the elite of the navy!" Shiozawa Yuki shook his stiff head and walked towards the chart table.

At this time, under the black water, there are six Chinese Navy's latest 2D submarines, which are advancing quietly at the slowest speed against the Japanese fleet.Everyone on the boat didn't even dare to show their spirits, for fear of being discovered by the non-existent Japanese sonar soldiers, and then they would attract a lot of damn depth charges...

Watching the Japanese warships pass by the periscope, Song Da murmured in his heart: "His grandma, so many big guys are really good things! Tsk tsk, that big black guy should be a battleship, right? Look." It looks pretty good on the top, let’s deal with you first, and don’t sue me in front of the Dragon King when you get down, even if you sue, I’m not afraid! The Dragon King is our Chinese god.”

Song Da also knew that it was not easy to destroy a Japanese battleship with the fifteen torpedoes on his 018, 019 and 020 boats.The best tactic is to severely damage the two Japanese battleships, so that the progress of the entire Japanese fleet will slow down, and the other three submarine squadrons may catch up with them.