The final decision of the Imperial General Staff is to remain unchanged in response to all changes: increase the reconnaissance frequency of reconnaissance aircraft; move all the first-line main fleets to the island chain bases to increase naval patrols; speed up the battle in Southeast Asia and strive to free up power.
Use all your strength to deal with the incoming Uncle Sam fleet.
For this reason, Zhou Yu also specially sent the Shenlong to the skies over Southeast Asia to constantly monitor the movements of Uncle Sam and the John Bull Empire.
But other aspects are better, such as increasing troops on the island chain, supporting supplies, and raising the alert level. However, it is not possible to quickly fight in the southern theater. This is mainly limited by the special geographical conditions of the theater, with dense jungles.
There are many tribal forces, and large-scale troops cannot be deployed here.
Once they encountered uncooperative black natives who hid in the jungle and continued to use guerrilla warfare to attack the imperial troops, the troops could not advance quickly. Therefore, the idea of quickly ending the battle in the southern theater of the empire came to nothing, and everyone had to scatter into the sea.
Like a net, it moves forward slowly.
But in another area, there are people who have more headaches than the Southern Theater Command, and that is the John Bull base camp in Yin China. These ghost guys have lost their temper due to guerrilla warfare, but the one who fights guerrillas is a warship. This ship
The warship is led by Li Yong, the No. 1 torpedo leader of the Skeleton Fleet.
Torpedo Ship No. 1 is just an inconspicuous warship when placed in the sea. But it shines brightly in the Yindu ocean, and its light overshadows most of the 10,000-ton battleships that are much more powerful than it.
Its mysterious attacks frightened the Indian Ocean shipping of the Allied Powers and nearly paralyzed it.
Li Yong's final goal, besides disrupting the Yin-China Sea, is to force out the other two sets of Imperial Locust aircraft fragments.
The equipment of the No. 1 D-class torpedo leader is not outstanding, but it was designed by Zhou Yu to cooperate with the aircraft carrier group to implement anti-submarine, air defense, escort, and cruise. Although it is extremely fast, with a cruising speed of up to 30 knots, in the Empire
Among all ship types, its endurance is the lowest, about 5,000 to 6,000 nautical miles;
The most terrible thing is that its firepower is very average. Just like when Li Yong and his four ships faced off against two 8,000-ton enemy cruisers under extremely favorable conditions, they "battled" for a full three hours.
After that, the two enemy ships were sunk, but they were equally weak;
Its hull has a total length of 110 meters, a width of 11 meters, and a draft of 3.3 meters; the standard displacement is 2,200 tons, and the full load is more than 2,800 tons. The main guns are 6 single-barreled, 126 mm D-type anti-recoil rapid-fire naval guns, which are configured separately
The single gun mounts at the bow, stern and sides are protected by new armored gun shields;
It is also equipped with 14 76mm full-angle rapid-fire high-level dual-purpose guns as secondary guns, and several large-caliber auxiliary firepower machine guns; under the waterline, it is equipped with two 356mm torpedo launch tubes.
This kind of firepower is too thin compared with the John Bull light cruiser, which is generally equipped with a main gun with a caliber of 152 mm or more and is heavily armored. Even if a single ship encounters a John Bull cruiser, it lacks the ability to completely defeat the opponent and retreat.
But such an insignificant "ant ship", under the perfect command of Li Yong, the deputy commander of the Empire's Pacific Fleet and the commander of the Skeleton Fleet, exerted a huge power far beyond that of a fleet. It almost paralyzed the entire Yindu Ocean transportation line.
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When Li Yong safely delivered the three ships and the prisoner ship to the waters of Malacca, he did not bring any supply ships, but single-handedly killed the Indian Ocean, which had almost become the "inland lake" of the John Bull Empire, performing a battle that shocked the world.
maritime guerrilla warfare.
The news of Li Yong's single-ship attack in the Indian Ocean was brought to the empire by the other three ships. After learning about it, Ye Fu and Yan Bing unanimously cursed Li Yong as "nonsense." They had reasons to be angry and uneasy. You know,
Li Yong's No. 1 ship does not have any fuel or material supplies. Such behavior is undoubtedly suicide!
However, when Zhou Yu learned about this situation, he smiled and said something to everyone that was so puzzling that he said: "Commander Li Yong will bring an 'unexpected surprise' to the world!" The Empire said
The senior executives didn't know where Zhou Yu's confidence came from, but it turned out that Zhou Yu's words came true. Everyone was extremely worried at the time...
But their worries are unnecessary, because Li Yong has his more mature ideas: one is electronic warfare. That is, he plans to use the radio transmitter on the No. 1 ship to transmit a powerful wireless signal to simulate the intervention of an electronic ship.
The communication and distress-calling behavior of the other party’s ship;
Second, in a difficult environment far away from the rear and deep into the enemy's lair, Li Yong prepared to use fuel and supplies obtained from the enemy to maintain the survival of the No. 1 ship. In order to have the enemy's "cloak" behind the enemy's rear, Li Yong
Yong did detailed camouflage work on the No. 1 ship.
Because the No. 1 ship is different from all the warships in the John Bull Empire in appearance. First of all, the tonnage and appearance. The closest thing to the No. 1 ship is the early John Bull small armored cruiser ~ the Gemstone-class cruiser. But only
The No. 1 ship with one chimney is obviously inconsistent with the Gem Cruiser with two chimneys.
The second is the sails and cables, and the color of the hull logo. In response to these differences, Li Yong made careful camouflage. After camouflage, the No. 1 ship no longer had the appearance of the previous Imperial D-type ship, but became a gem-class cruiser.
appearance.
By coincidence, when Li Yong led the camouflage ship on the Madras-Yangguang route, he encountered a real Jade-class cruiser ~ Tourmaline. The Tourmaline was performing normal cruising missions in this channel.
of.
When the two ships met, the captain of the Tourmaline was particularly surprised. He really couldn't figure out what was going on with this "cruiser" that was "of the same class" as himself and had no markings. So he ordered the flag signal to be sent out.
Ask the other party which warship belongs to your own country?!
However, the other party's answers were always evasive and there was no very precise explanation. When the two parties were close to about a thousand meters, the captain of the Tourmaline finally saw something unusual. Because he found that the other party's artillery positioning was different from that of anyone in his country.
All types of cruisers were different, so he issued a warning and asked the ship's guns to point at the opponent and fire warning shots.
Unfortunately, at such a close distance, the Li Yong ship's torpedoes became powerful. Two 356 mm torpedoes were launched under Li Yong's order. The 356 mm torpedoes with the gun accelerator pierced the cruiser Tourmaline like lightning.
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Originally, according to the positioning, the cruiser Tourmaline occupies the most advantageous T position, and all the artillery on the ship can effectively cover the No. 1 ship. However, the Li Yong No. 1 ship used the bow torpedo launcher. At such a close distance, it used
A torpedo fired after hitting the gun accelerator.
Therefore, before the Tourmaline could make any effective evasive response, it was hit hard by two high-speed torpedoes below the waterline on the starboard side.
How could the old Tourmaline withstand such a huge force? It was instantly cut into three pieces by two torpedoes. Before even a single shot could be fired, the Tourmaline was quickly dismembered and sank. No one in the ship was spared, and all were martyred.
Li Yong and the soldiers stood on the deck of the No. 1 ship. They all looked at the maelstrom in front of them in stunned silence for a long time. This was the first time to launch torpedoes against the enemy since the torpedo tubes were modified. They did not expect that the speed was so fast.
So fast, yet so powerful?!
After a long time, Li Yong looked up to the sky and laughed: "God is really helping me! This is it!"
Wang Zhongqiang asked inexplicably: "Commander, what do you mean by that? Why do I hear it so confused?"
"Hahaha...haven't you discovered that the 'Tourmaline' is our best 'coat'?"
After Li Yong laughed, he continued to explain: "There are 6 John Bull, Guilo, and Gem-class cruisers. To date, only one exists, the Tourmaline. The other ships have either been sold and disintegrated, or have sunk into the sea. And we want to
If you want to successfully sneak into the enemy's lair, you can only use a 'cloak' like a gem-class cruiser."
"Because, no matter in terms of appearance or tonnage, the only thing that is most similar to the John Bull warship is the Gemstone-class cruiser. And now we are very lucky to have killed the only Tourmaline here. Isn't this a blessing from God?
Us?”….
When Wang Zhongqiang and the soldiers heard this, they all suddenly realized: "Oh... it really is wonderful!"
With the Tourmaline as a "coat", the newly disguised No. 1 ship swaggered deep into the depths of the Bay of Bengal.
The Bay of Bengal is a very busy bay, known as the "inland lake" of John Bull's empire, and patrolling by cruisers is extremely normal.
When Li Yong and the others encountered the first prey ship, the other party was unprepared, and the soldiers successfully took control of the entire ship. This was a 3,400-ton cargo ship "River" from the John Bull Empire, and all the cargo on it was shipped to Europe.
of high-quality coal.
This situation gave Li Yong a headache. If he ordered to sink the opponent, he felt that it would be a pity. After all, there were thousands of tons of high-quality coal. After careful consideration, Li Yong decided to take the risk and escort the "River" freighter to Malacca.
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After careful interrogation and screening, after controlling a very small number of John Bull and its cargo ship captain, several soldiers with loaded guns were sent to escort the "River" to sail to the Malacca Empire-controlled area. This was an extremely risky behavior, because the soldiers who boarded the ship
Too little can easily cause the situation to get out of control.
Fortunately, after the die-hards on the freighter were controlled, the "River" freighter arrived in Malacca without any incident. The freighter and the supplies on it also became spoils of war. All the sailors on board were captured one month later.
freed.
Soon, Li Yong and the others once again captured the Birch, a John Bull Empire cargo ship of more than 4,000 tons.
This tanker is loaded with various refined oils. This time Li Yong did not follow the method of the "He" cargo ship. He wanted this tanker to become the "cow" of the No. 1 ship for a long time.
Replenish the fuel of the No. 1 ship. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to (.) to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)