Explosions of depth charges exploded around the submarine. Although it did not hit the submarine, the powerful shock wave still caused the submarine to stagger like a baby in swaddling clothes. Everyone grabbed hold of something that could steady them.
Object, at this time the only thing they could do was to pray that their luck would not be so bad and be hit by a depth charge.
"Order, dive to a depth of three hundred meters."
"Yes, the depth is three hundred meters."
As the water tank filled, the pitch-black submarine slowly but surely continued to dive into the deep sea. Above their heads, five destroyers formed a circle, and depth charges poured down like dumplings.
Not far from them, a raging fire broke out on the battleship Fuso, and countless damage control sailors were desperately carrying out damage control rescue operations. Three of the six torpedoes launched by Long Yu just hit the middle and tail of the port side of the Fuso, causing the Fuso to collapse.
The ship was severely damaged, and a large amount of fuel bubbled out, floating on the surface of the ocean like a dying whale.
Colonel Ozawa Jisaburo, whose face was covered with blood, did not bother to bandage. He stood on the bridge and directed the sailors to rescue the ship. At his feet lay a corpse with the head dented on one side. He was Lieutenant Commander Fukuda.
He was hit on the head by hard objects flying around during the strong vibration of the explosion and died. But at this moment, Ozawa Jisaburo was not in the mood to pay attention to this former loyal subordinate. Now he only had one thought in his mind, and that was
We must not let this 30,600-ton battleship sink in our own hands.
"Fight the fire, everyone must put out the fire. The Fuso must not sink in our hands." Ozawa Jizaburo's voice echoed on the ship through the loudspeaker.
The efforts of Colonel Ozawa Jizaburo paid off. With the efforts of 1,351 sailors on the ship, the Fuso finally brought the fire under control, and the hull stopped tilting. It seemed that the Fuso was saved, although
This cost the lives of more than 300 sailors, but in the eyes of Colonel Ozawa Jisaburo, it was all worth it.
When the Fuso put out the fire, several destroyers that went out to search for the submarine also returned to the formation angrily. In the nearly hour-long attack just now, they did not even touch the submarine's skin. This made the angry destroyer captains
In their hearts, they feel even more shameless.
After seeing the destroyers returning to the formation, Ozawa Jisaburo did not hesitate to issue the order to return. It would be dark in a few hours, and there might be many submarines approaching nearby. At that time, it was the world of submarines.
, he didn’t want to pilot a wounded warship and play hide-and-seek with those undersea killers in the dark. This was not what a battleship captain should do in the first place.
The battleship Fuso sailed away. The battleship was so scarred that it didn't even fire a single shot of the twelve 360mm main guns it was equipped with.
In the deep sea of 300 meters, the sonar soldier who had been monitoring the Japanese fleet could not restrain the joy in his heart and said in a low voice: "Report, the Japanese fleet has retreated, speed is 13 knots."
Long Yu, who had been holding on to the armrest tightly, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and cursed in a low voice: "Damn it, it's better to play less exciting things in the future. If I hadn't dived to 300 meters earlier,
Everyone has already met the Sea Dragon King together."
The first mate on the side also nodded with lingering fear. If it weren't for the fact that most submarines in the world now have a diving depth limit of two hundred meters, and no one in Japan expected that their opponents would be lurking on the seabed of three hundred meters, with the depth bomb just now
Considering the density, their chances of escaping are extremely low.
Shaking his already soaked vest, Long Yu ordered in a low voice: "Submarine surfaced, heading 302, and notified the other submarines at the same time to return to their respective areas to continue patrolling."
Since receiving eight new R-class submarines, Long Yu took these eight new submarines and the original four UIXB-type ocean-going submarines, a total of twelve submarines, divided into two teams to start operations from Peter the Great Bay to the distant mountains of North Korea.
In order to engage in unlimited submarine warfare, the stations attacked Japanese merchant ships. Under the command of Long Yu, they brought the wolf pack tactics they learned in Germany to the extreme.
The key point of the wolf pack tactic is: once an enemy ship is discovered, send a signal immediately. After receiving the signal, other submarines will quickly come to attack in a group. After success, they will quickly disperse and evacuate. Usually each group consists of about six submarines, and the submarines should be kept apart.
At an interval of 12 nautical miles, it is deployed in the sea area perpendicular to the enemy convoy convoy. The submarine that first discovers the convoy convoy will immediately report the target's location, course, speed and formation to the shore command post, and at the same time follow closely and
Continuous reporting. The shore command post directs the guided boat group to a certain sea area in front of the target route to assemble, occupy an attack position, and conduct torpedo attacks simultaneously from the water surface at night. Then, the submarine dives underwater to avoid the counterattack of the escort ship;
At the same time, the reloaded torpedoes rushed to the front of the target route again, occupied the next attack position, and attacked again at night.
In more than two months from April to June, Chahar's submarine fleet sank a total of 38 Japanese merchant ships of 150,000 tons. Although these losses did not damage Japan's transportation industry
It's bone-breaking, but it's not disgusting, and the psychological pressure it puts on the Japanese ship owners is also heavy. After all, no one wants to be sent to the bottom of the sea by a batch of torpedoes that don't know where they came from in the middle of the night to feed the sharks.
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The fierce attack of the submarine brigade almost frightened Japan's merchant ships. The Japanese business community's calls for the navy to send a large number of warships to escort are getting louder and louder. This also makes Japan's political ax pain. A large-scale armed escort is
It's an extremely money-burning thing. The daily fuel consumption alone is an astronomical figure. Japan is not a resource-rich country. Those precious oils are all bought with precious foreign exchange. In addition, Japan has been buying oil since last year.
The export share of raw silk, Japan's main export product, was suppressed to an outrageously low level by Chahar's strong introduction of silk stockings and nylon. The fall of the Northeast was even worse for Japan. If every batch of merchant ships had to be escorted like this
It won't be long before the Japanese navy will go bankrupt.
The angry Japanese government had to issue an ultimatum to Chahar through a clear telegram. If Chahar did not stop this despicable submarine warfare, the Japanese government would have to take countermeasures to deal with it.
All Chinese merchant ships also conducted submarine offensives.
Regarding this, our Chief Su's attitude is: It's up to you. Anyway, I really don't have much demand from overseas, and most of them are under the banner of foreigners. If you have the ability, just go ahead and do it. I'm not afraid.
The Japanese government had no choice but to send a telegram to the Japanese troops in China that it was advisable to raise food and materials for the troops in the occupied areas themselves.
As soon as this order came out, the senior Japanese generals in China complained endlessly. What do you mean by raising funds on your own? Isn’t it just plundering the occupied areas? It’s okay to do this in the first place. The occupying army is not here to imitate others and do good deeds.
If we don't search the occupied areas, we would be sorry for the word "occupying army". But these are extraordinary times. Since Chahar's Seventh War Zone regained the Northeast, they have been busy resting and mobilizing troops in the past two months.
Launched an offensive against the Japanese army in North China. But Su Tong was not idle. In the past two months, he had deployed 600,000 troops in Tangshan, Peiping, and Baoding, and also announced to the outside world that he would recruit troops again on a large scale.
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Under such circumstances, the Japanese garrison in China really did not dare to provoke the already very sensitive nerves in the occupied areas. If they continued to impose excessive levies, this powder keg might explode at any time and blow the Japanese to pieces.
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Gen. Gen. Sugiyama, the commander of the North China Expeditionary Force who was under the greatest pressure, sent telegrams to the base camp three times a day to request for recruitment of troops and the transportation of ammunition and supplies. In the telegram, Gen. Sugiyama claimed that the telegram from the base camp was extremely unreasonable and that it was extremely difficult now.
During this period, affected by the defeat of the Kwantung Army, more and more people in the occupied areas were hostile to the imperial army. If the sensitive nerves of the people in the occupied areas were further stimulated, it might have unpredictable consequences. In addition, Sugiyama Gen requested to be redeployed.
Central China dispatched part of its troops to reinforce North China to resist threats from the north.
After receiving Sugiyama Gen's telegram, the base camp was a little bit dumbfounded. Originally, the original intention of the base camp was to allow the Japanese army in China to reduce the pressure on the mainland. But now both dispatched armies are reaching out to the base camp for troops and supplies. This can
Prince Kanin Miya Zaihito, who served as the chief of general staff, was so angry that he cursed Sugiyama Gen and Hata Shunroku in public as two idiots who only asked for things from the empire.
But after scolding, the problem will eventually be solved. In desperation, the base camp has no choice but to continue to dispatch supplies to the two dispatched armies in China. Fortunately, Chahar currently has a relatively small number of submarines, and its tentacles cannot reach the Yellow Sea.
This can be considered a great blessing among misfortunes.
Just when everyone's attention was focused on Peiping, another war broke out on the land of China. This time, the one who took the lead in launching the offensive was neither the Seventh War Zone led by Su Tong nor the Japanese army, but our Commissar Chiang Kai-shek.
Central Army led by the commander.
Stimulated by the victory of Taierzhuang and the aggressive posture of the 7th Theater Command under Su Tong, the Chairman finally couldn't sit still and issued an order to the Commander-in-Chief of the 5th Theater Command, Li Zongren, to conduct the Xuzhou Battle.
On June 6, 1938, under the strict orders of the Chairman of the Generalissimo, General Li Zongren commanded the 300,000-strong army of the Fifth War Zone to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army outside Xuzhou. Since the Japanese army was caught off guard at the beginning
Unprepared, they retreated more than 30 kilometers in a day. However, the Japanese army quickly responded and organized a counterattack. The war in Xuzhou that had just subsided began to burn again.