Before Li Yong's order was delivered to the Gulf of Aden, Tian Aijun had already taken action.
Because the Imperial Somalia Radar Station and the Imperial Yemen Radar Station simultaneously intercepted and deciphered a telegram sent from the Lu to Djibouti, the telegram requested the John Bull Imperial Squadron stationed in Djibouti to send warships to a certain sea area in Arabia to escort the Gallic Roosters.
The freighter Lu uses the John Bull Empire's first-level encrypted radio waves.
Although no specific things were mentioned, the fact that there was such an unusual thing in such a sensitive period means that something abnormal must be a monster.
After receiving the notice from the radar station, Tian Aijun immediately led his flagship Hero 30 and another D-class submarine to the surface and headed towards the sea area at high speed. Before leaving, he asked other ships of the Skeleton Fleet to stay behind and must
Guard the "gate" of the Gulf of Aden.
In fact, the Gallic Rooster is a secret cargo ship of the country's military. Although it has two 76mm cannons and four 20mm machine guns, it does not dare to cross the Gulf of Aden and the waters of Somalia alone. Because, recently,
For a period of time, ships often disappeared in this area, and pirate fleets were suspected.
For this reason, the Xianggang Squadron, which was once stationed in Muscat, and the John Bull Squadron, which was stationed in Djibouti, were deployed to ambush for a period of time. But they were never able to capture the shadow of the so-called pirates. When the Empire made a surprise attack on Malacca
, the Xiang Hong Kong Squadron was transferred to Aozhou, and the plan to catch pirates was forced to be shattered.
Therefore, the cargo ship Lu, which contained the fragments of the Imperial Locust aircraft, which was a highly confidential material, had to anchor in a certain area of Arabia and requested the Djibouti squadron to escort it.
Unfortunately, they did not wait for the so-called savior, but instead waited for the disaster star.
Four days later at dusk, Tian Aijun's Hero No. 30 submarine and another Skeleton Fleet D-type submarine appeared in the sea area. Through radar search, the specific berth of the freighter Lu was determined. The cunning ghost man berthed the Lu at a deviation.
The sea area of the waterway, therefore, Li Yong and the others missed each other.
"Commander! Should we sink the Gui Lao ship immediately, or force the Gui Lao ships to surrender?" The captain of another D-class submarine of the Skeleton Fleet sent a telegram asking Tian Ai for military advice. Since the Gui Lao Lu freighter did not have the ability to capture telegrams
, Tian Aijun and the others can use radio waves to communicate without any worries.
"Did you ask that? We are a submarine. Do you think it is Commander Li Yong's D-type torpedo leader!? Of course we will wait until dark to get close to the opponent. (.._&书&) launch torpedoes to sink the opponent
!What if after we show our heads, the enemy still doesn’t wait for us with artillery shells?!”
"I order to quickly approach the opponent's sea area, hide in the 8-kilometer sea area, and wait until 10 p.m. to attack the opponent's left flank!" After receiving the report, Tian Aijun immediately replied to the local authorities.
Since the Lu ship is anchored in the sea, waiting for reinforcements to escort it, it is relatively stationary and not in a moving state.
This provides Tian Aijun and the others with an excellent shooting opportunity. You must know that the moving state and the non-moving state are completely different. No matter how fast the torpedo is launched, it must have a movement time, plus the evasive action of the opponent's hull, it will
This causes shooting errors, and relatively stationary targets are excellent ambush targets.
The Imperial soldiers finally arrived at ten o'clock in the evening. Two Imperial submarines fired two torpedoes at the freighter Lu at the same time in a sea area of 8 kilometers. This is the bow of the two ships after modification.
No. 1 torpedo launcher, launching a total of four 356 mm large torpedoes.
Because Tesla invented the artillery accelerator, all the original main artillery guns of 406 mm or above in the empire were converted to 356 mm caliber, and the torpedo launch tubes of each fleet were no exception. But after adding the artillery accelerator, they
The killing rate and speed increased geometrically.
The Skeleton Fleet far away in Somalia is no exception. The only exception in the world is the Lu Bing Corps in the Empire's Middle East. Until now, they are all equipped with the Empire's earliest A-level equipment. There is no way around this. Who knows this?
In a complex area, when will leaks occur?…
A total of 4 torpedoes launched by Tian Aijun and others accurately hit the left side of the freighter Lu below the waterline at an alarming speed. This kind of strike force was not something that an armed freighter like the Lu could withstand.
.
The powerful impact and penetration force caused several torpedoes to penetrate into the hull on the right side of the Lu before suddenly exploding. The huge force of the explosion caused the Lu to fly into the air, and then flipped to the left and flipped upside down.
On the sea surface, because the bottom of the boat had been torn apart by the huge force, it quickly sank to the bottom of the sea in a matter of seconds.
No one on the freighter Lu survived, and everyone was pulled and swallowed into the seabed.
Afterwards, Tian Aijun and the soldiers who had surfaced looked at the empty sea in shock. Tian Aijun wanted to cry without tears. He originally had the same idea as Li Yong, that is, after sinking the enemy ship, he would definitely
There are "lucky ones" floating on the sea, and these ghost guys will be everyone's "tongues."
But the result was that there was not even a so-called "tongue", and everything was lost in the sea. Tian Aijun was quite upset about this. Because he could not be sure at all whether there were fragments of his target Imperial Locust aircraft on the cargo ship No. Lu?!
Just when Tian Aijun was feeling depressed, he received a telegram order from Li Yong on his way back to Somalia. To Tian Aijun's surprise, the freighter No. Lu he sank was one of the targets that everyone was looking for. At this time, he felt that the sky was blue.
Blue Sea Blue Blue is in a super comfortable mood, and there is no regrets like when I came back.
However, after Tian Aijun arrived in the waters of Somalia, he began to change his strategy, and his maritime robberies became more intense and more frequent.
After Li Yong safely sent the three injured torpedo leaders and several captured ships to the waters of Malacca, the No. 1 ship replenished its fuel and then headed to the Bay of Bengal alone to carry out what he planned.
The "dance" went.
When the three damaged torpedo leaders led the prey safely through the Strait of Malacca, the empire's battle against Malacca, code-named Operation Thunder Slash, was coming to an end, and the entire Malacca waters, and even the entire Southeast Asian waters, were
under the control of the empire.
At that time, on the sixth day of the Malacca Naval Battle, everyone got the news that the fragments of the Imperial Locust aircraft were possessed by the enemy. After that, after emergency discussions, the Imperial Southern Theater Command and the Imperial Dongwanlu Staff Headquarters made an emergency decision.
The combat idea is to increase the intensity of the attack and speed up the attack rhythm.
On the seventh day of the Battle of Malacca, the empire dispatched a fleet of more than 1,200 aircraft to conduct a devastating bombing of the enemy's main base in Singapore. The bomber fleet used a large number of explosive bombs, incendiary bombs and napalm bombs against the enemy's strong positions.
.The aircraft fleet is no longer calculated based on accuracy, but carries out coverage bombing.
Except for the enemy fortifications next to the civilian buildings, all other buildings were bombed violently by the Imperial bomber group regardless of the consequences, not to mention the cost. The bombing lasted for a full 8 hours on the seventh day, and the fires were even more intense.
It burned for a whole day and night.
The artillery groups of various imperial troops that had logged into the enemy's original port defense area also roared closely behind them. The empire's artillery groups were even sharper than the bomber groups, and their bombardment did not stop until 9 o'clock in the evening.
.The ones they use are also loaded bombs.
The consequences of multi-faceted comprehensive bombing are extremely serious! Those Imperial aircraft groups performing missions at high altitudes were originally flying beyond the effective shooting range of enemy artillery. But after they all returned to the base, they discovered that each fighter aircraft
The abdomen was all blackened by smoke.
The Imperial bomber group is the biggest nightmare for the John Bull Empire soldiers who live deep in the Malacca area. Once they hear strange sounds, these ghosts will reflexively scream in panic: "The bomb is coming, the bomb is coming!
"….
The seventh day was the busiest day for the logistics department of the entire southern theater of the empire. A large number of bombs, incendiary bombs and artillery shells were sent to the most forward airports and positions. Rows of thick ammunition were piled up in the open space, like hills.
high.
At 4:30 in the morning, in each aircraft carrier formation, "Time's up! Pilots get on board!" A rapid and harsh voice came from the loudspeaker. After a while, the roar of the engine, the crash and tearing of the angry sea waves, the soldiers
The cheers gathered together, causing the huge aircraft carrier to shake continuously.
The same situation is happening at all front-line shore airports at the same time.
At 5 o'clock sharp, Mahan and the others saw the enemy defense group in the mist in the morning light. The aircraft quickly lowered its flight altitude towards the intended target until it was determined that it was outside the enemy's fire range. The pilots of the aircraft group pressed down according to their own bombing zone.
The flashing red bomb release button was pressed, and heavy bombs roared down one after another.
At this time, in the sky above the enemy's defense group, the shrill air raid siren sounded rapidly, and the ground was flashing with brilliant firelight. The enemy was in vain firing artillery shells into the sky that could not hit the aircraft. Until bursts of violent explosions came from the defensive position.
Sound, fire, smoke and dust covered half of the sky.
Those ghost soldiers were hiding in a seemingly solid defense group, trembling all over their bodies, praying to the so-called God to bless them for their safety.
But what they prayed for was a larger group of bombers and a violent barrage of artillery shells from the imperial artillery group.
At six o'clock in the morning, all the warships of the Empire's First Task Force in the South China Sea, the First Task Force in the East China Sea, and the Empire's Shallow Water Heavy Artillery Fleet; as well as all the warships of a total of 10 heavy artillery regiments that have landed on the land base of the Singapore Naval Port.
Firepower, they launched firepower attacks on the Japanese positions together. Bullets rained down and the ground shook. (To be continued...)