The Chitose patrol destroyer was moving forward calmly at a speed of fifteen knots. At this time, the more than 160 sailors on the ship did not expect that there was a deep-sea submarine on the flank three kilometers away from them.
The steel monster is eyeing it...
As a destroyer whose main purpose is escort and air defense, the tonnage of the Chitose is only a little over 2,000, and the largest artillery caliber is only 155 mm. On the contrary, it has a lot of anti-aircraft weapons. Today, the Chitose is still operating as normal
At a high speed, it walked at the forefront of the entire fleet with its head held high. At this time, it did not expect that a group of steel monsters from the bottom of the sea would launch a fatal attack on it.
"Chi..."
Seven meters under the sea, about three kilometers away from the Chitose destroyer, a deep sound sounded. The submarine, which had a displacement of more than 800 tons before, sank slightly. Then, a submarine with a length of 7.13 meters and a diameter of 533 meters sank slightly.
The millimeter torpedo jumped out of the detonator driven by the compressed gas, and then rushed forward at a speed of thirty-three knots.
Just as the torpedo was launched, Long Yunxiao in the command cabin immediately ordered into the microphone: "Dive down to twenty meters! Disengage and head to sea area 0112!"
"Understood, heading to sea area 0112, disengage!" The helmsman on the side immediately repeated the order!
Under the command of the sailors, the somewhat bulky submarine turned nimbly and headed towards deeper depths.
Long Yunxiao, who had put away the periscope a long time ago, nervously continued to issue orders: "Pay attention...maintain the speed and reduce the speed to 5 knots!"
"Understood! Reduce the bottom speed..."
"Target 156 is 2,350 meters away and is expected to make contact with the enemy ship in three minutes!" Long Yunxiao's deep voice sounded in the narrow command cabin.
"50,45,40,35...16,15...3,2,1..."
"boom……"
A low explosion sound followed by the underwater shock wave reached the hull of the U-36 submarine that was slipping away quietly, causing a slight tremor.
"Okay, hit!"
Long Yunxiao's trembling voice contained unconcealable surprise, and the first torpedo they launched hit the target.
At the same time, on the sea less than three kilometers away from the submarine, the Kaga, which was moving at high speed, seemed to have been kicked by a giant. The entire ship was suddenly pushed up by something, and then it suddenly jumped.
A white wave broke out of the sea.
When more than ten seconds passed, the destroyer that was moving at full speed emitted thick black smoke. The originally small destroyer tilted completely to the side, and a large amount of seawater began to pour into the cabin. The torpedo just now
It hit the middle of the ship's hull. After 420 kilograms of explosives exploded inside the ship's hull, the destroyer's keel was broken in several places on the spot, and dozens of sailors died on the spot.
When the explosion sounded, about 500 meters behind the destroyer Chitose, the Kaga aircraft carrier was having lunch. Endo Kiichi was dining with Ukanomao and other officers in the ship's small restaurant. When the explosion
When the sound rang out, Endo Kiichi was about to put a fish ball into his mouth. The sudden explosion startled him, and the thumb-sized fish ball was stuck in his throat.
"Ugh!"
Endoki, whose throat was stuck, didn't have time to question the sound of the explosion, so he bent over and kept making a whining sound in his throat. He put his fingers into his mouth and tried to pull out the fish balls, but he couldn't.
I found that I couldn't do it.
At this time, his face was red from suppressing it, and he was about to become the first general in Japanese history to choke to death on fish balls. Fortunately, Yu Huanmao on the side saw this and immediately stretched out his hand on Endo Kiichi's back.
He clapped his hands hard and made a snapping sound. Endo Kiichi's whole body felt numb, and then he spurted out the fish balls in his throat.
After finally getting the fish balls out, Endo Ki shouted loudly before he could scold her: "Baga Yalu, what happened just now? There was an explosion somewhere!"
How did the generals and colonels in the restaurant know what was going on? At this time, they could only look at each other, and no one could tell. But the answer soon came out, and a staff officer rushed into the small restaurant panting and shouted:
He shouted: "Your Excellency, Commander, what's wrong, the destroyer Chitose ahead has been attacked and is sinking rapidly!"
"Nani, how could this happen?"
"Hurry up and have a look!"
"Sound the battle alarm!"
Soon, the officers rushed out of the restaurant and ran towards the bridge. When Endo Kiichi and others came to the bridge, what they saw was a thick black smoke rising into the sky, and the ship was
The Chitose destroyer had its head turned up. At this time, anyone with a normal IQ knew that this destroyer was doomed.
Ki Endo opened his eyes angrily and shouted loudly to the staff officer on duty: "What's going on? Are we being attacked by an airplane?"
Seeing Endo Kiichi's eyes that looked like he was choosing someone to eat, the staff officer on duty was so frightened that he trembled a little and quickly replied: "Your Excellency, Commander, no, we have not found any trace of the plane."
"It's not a plane?" Endoki rolled his eyes and shouted loudly: "Baga Yalu, submarine... this must have been done by a submarine!"
The surrounding officers were also startled, "Submarine, where did the submarine come from? Do the Chinese have submarines?"
Yu Huanquan reacted faster. He shouted loudly: "Come here, send a destroyer immediately for anti-submarine warfare. We must find that damn submarine and blow it up!"
"Hai!"
Soon, more than a dozen destroyers immediately began to spread out in all directions, sailing quickly towards the surroundings to begin exploring. But it has to be said that the Japanese's anti-submarine capabilities are really poor, and many of them were originally responsible for anti-submarine warfare.
The important destroyer was not even equipped with sonar. The result was that more than a dozen destroyers were wandering around like headless flies.
At this time, the Japanese Navy was the same as in another time and space. In the early days of the war, ordinary destroyers were not equipped with radar sonar at all. Even if radar and sonar were installed, they could only detect a few hundred meters due to the backwardness of the model.
.In this way, it is not as far as searching with the naked eye. Even so, the radar sonar often fails.
Another main reason is that Japan lacks resources and pursues the theory of giant ships and cannons. The Japanese Navy spends all its limited resources on manufacturing battleships, battlecruisers and aircraft carriers. Those destroyers and cruisers either use old ships that have overaged their service or have advanced technology.
The cost has been greatly reduced. Not only that, these limited auxiliary ships also have to bear the multiple uses of a ship with dual or even three uses. This has also resulted in Japanese destroyers being versatile in everything but sparse in everything.
In addition, Japan has never paid attention to the research of submarine technology and tactics, and they have never been attacked by a submarine and have no experience in this area, which led to the current situation.
Seeing the destroyers circling around like headless flies, Endo Kiichi's eyes widened with anger and he shouted to the communications officer beside him: "Baga Yalu, a bunch of stupid pigs, order them to drop depth charges immediately!"
"Hai!"
Depth charges are a must-have item on every destroyer. Following Kiichi Endo’s order, in the sea area around the fleet, accompanied by dozens of dull loud noises, the sea surface rose and released dozens of waves with a height of more than ten meters.
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Although more than a dozen destroyers worked hard to salvage the fallen sailors, half an hour passed and still nothing was recovered. In desperation, Endo Kiichi ordered the fleet to continue moving forward. But the fleet was five kilometers away.
At that place, a periscope quietly emerged from the sea. Looking at the fleet in the distance, Long Yunxiao smacked his lips with some regret. At this time, he really felt regretful in his heart. He was thinking about what if he had just
If you try to fire a torpedo at the cruiser further behind, you might be able to gain another victory.
At this time, Yu Huanmao was also making suggestions to Endo Kiichi: "Your Excellency, Commander, the torpedo just now must have been launched by a Chinese submarine. Apart from them, I can't think of anyone else who would attack our fleet."
Endo Kiichi rolled his eyes and said impatiently: "Who doesn't know, if they are not Chinese, they are also Americans? Unless they want to go to war with the empire, the Americans will not mess with us at this time. Now
The question is when did the Chinese have weapons like submarines? If this is really done by the Chinese, what if they lurk on this route for a long time and attack our transport ships or troop carriers?
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When Endo Kiichi said this, Yu Huanmao also fell silent. Although the Japanese advocated the doctrine of giant ships and cannons, it did not mean that they did not understand the dangers of submarines. In the late World War I, the Germans came up with
The unrestricted submarine warfare shocked the world. Even the British, who claimed to be the first maritime power, were disgraced. They knew this very well. If the Chinese followed the Germans in such a move, the Japanese Navy would
But it's too passive.
Some people may say that the Japanese Navy is not known as the third largest navy in the world. It can dispatch a large number of destroyers and aircraft carriers for escort. But please don’t forget that Japan is not the British Empire that claims to never fall. They have a huge
The fleet was squeezed out by all the citizens through their teeth. They did not have Britain's colonies around the world to support their huge expenses. If they really escorted all transport ships and cargo ships, it would probably not take half a year.
The government will go bankrupt.
After this attack, the frowning Endo Kiichi began to be cautious when commanding the fleet to advance. He ordered the destroyers to form an anti-submarine formation and move forward carefully. Although the speed was much slower, at least safety was guaranteed.
Is it really safe to just do this? (To be continued.)