() The one that was hit by the first torpedo was the flagship "Saikyo Maru" of Shiki Kayama. The two torpedoes accurately hit this substitute cruiser, which was actually a passenger ship equipped with guns. At the moment of the violent explosion,
Huashan Ziji was bounced up and hit the bridge heavily, and then nothing happened. The entire bow of this passenger ship with a displacement of more than 2,900 tons was blown off, and within a few minutes, it began to sink.
The stern of the boat is raised higher and higher.
It seems that the Japanese landing fleet has not yet reacted. Several destroyers are trying hard to turn to the right, preparing to drive away a large group of unknown ships rushing at high speed from the north. The remaining troop transports and ancillary ships are
Some of them still didn't know what happened, while others planned to get close to the sinking "Saikyo Maru" and rescue the people on it.
Just a few minutes after the first explosion, several ships in the Japanese landing fleet began to explode. Some smaller ships were directly blown into several pieces, and the larger ships were not much better, broken,
It turned sideways and the sea became a mess.
"Fire...fire..." On a Japanese destroyer, the secondary gun commander was waving his command knife, directing the sailors on the gun positions to fire at the speeding boats, but except for a few gun positions
Although they can fire a few shots, most of the gun positions are not fully ready yet. First,
These speedboats were moving so fast that they could no longer be called ships. The sailors saw that several speedboats had left the water and were almost flying. Second, these boats were thrown out nearly a thousand meters away from the fleet.
He hit two torpedoes, then turned around beautifully and fled in an S-shaped trajectory.
These speedboats escaped, but white tracks on the sea rushed towards the fleet at a high speed of more than 30 knots. The tracks of nearly 90 torpedoes painted beautiful white lines on the blue sea. Due to the angle
The difference is that some of these white trajectories are parallel and some cross, like a large net several miles long directed towards the landing fleet.
Most of the Japanese landing fleet has been lost within a few minutes. The remaining ships are turning desperately, trying to avoid these deadly white lines, but those lines are too dense. Not only is there a large area in the north, but also in the south of the fleet.
Several ships appeared from time to time, and they were closer to the landing fleet, some were almost 200 meters away. Many ships were hit and exploded before they had time to turn, and then sank in pieces.
The sailors on the troop carrier and the army troops of the Guards Division were all frightened by the sudden attack. They grabbed each other for anything that could float and jumped into the sea. They didn't care whether they could swim to the shore or not. They just had to avoid it first.
Let’s talk about this fatal broken ship.
Compared with submarines, the attack efficiency of torpedo boats is much lower, but it is better because of their large numbers. The first ones to bear the brunt are the destroyers that rush up. Less than half of the torpedoes are directed at them, and only 1 out of the 4 destroyers
One of them turned slowly and followed the other destroyer to avoid the torpedo attack. The remaining three destroyers were all destroyed, and the least one was hit by three torpedoes.
When all the torpedoes lost their tracks, there was only one destroyer, two torpedo boats, and three sinking troop carriers left on the sea. The other ships had disappeared and were replaced by the sea full of
of rags, oil, flames and people.
In the end, the three boats turned to the east at the fastest speed and ran away towards the road at full speed, hoping to leave this death-like waters. However, things did not work out as expected, and the escaping torpedo speedboats circled back again, just like a group of
Vultures snatching corpses compete with each other
Rushing towards them, the distance of several kilometers was within sight almost instantly. This time, these speedboats were divided into three groups, one large, two small, and three, corresponding to destroyers and torpedo boats respectively. Braving less intense gunfire, they approached within 500
Then they fired torpedoes one after another and then turned.
This time the torpedoes were denser and more crisscrossed. There was a white line of death from almost every angle. The three Japanese ships twisted their bodies at a speed of 20 knots, but they were still hit one after another, smashed and sank.
The entire Japanese landing fleet was wiped out, and not even a sampan escaped.
The torpedo boats reduced their speed, dispersed into a straight line, about 100 meters apart, and began to sail like a net on the sea. As long as there were objects and people floating on the sea, whether they were alive or dead, they would be swept away by heavy machine guns.
,12mm gun cartridge handle
Most of the items were torn to pieces. The Japanese army and crew floating on the sea could clearly see some sailors on the enemy's speedboats firing heavy machine guns while starting to vomit, but there would soon be sailors next to them.
Take the machine gun and continue to sweep her.
It took a total of 51 minutes from the first torpedo explosion to the last Japanese ship sinking to the bottom of the sea. 22 Japanese landing fleet ships, nearly 8,000 Japanese amphibious officers and soldiers, a naval vice admiral and a royal prince all sank.
There was no one alive on the bottom of the sea. From the beginning to the end, no submarine in the south showed up. After all the ships were sunk, they put away their periscopes and disappeared on the sea. The remaining cleaning tasks were performed by torpedo boats.
"The Japanese fleet was completely wiped out in the waters 30 nautical miles south of the Diaoyu Islands. A total of 22 ships of various types, including 2 cruisers, 3 destroyers, and 4 torpedo boats, none of our ships were lost, and 2 were slightly damaged and have returned.
"I was anxious in the Keelung command room.
The anxious Liu Fu finally received the statistical report from the returning submarine. After reading it, he laughed loudly and lit a cigarette. He half-lyed on the sofa in the command room, smoking and laughing. Several Chinese and foreign staff officers nearby were crowded.
When he came up to read the telegram, he immediately burst into cheers.
"Liu, you are a genius. Your inventions and creations will change the history of the navy. I congratulate you." This is the congratulations of a retired officer of the German Navy.
"Chief of Staff, we have won, Japan is doomed..." This was the cry of the Chinese staff officer.
"Congratulations, young master, do you need to prepare for the celebration ceremony? We can arrange it." This was the low voice of the stormtrooper.
"Hey, we are all happy. These are also the fruits of your labor. Without you, I can't be a person. Don't take it easy. We still have bigger battles to fight." Liu Fu said to the Germans.
"We won, but the Japanese are not finished yet. Their main fleet is still there." This was the answer to the Chinese staff officer.
"Celebrate...celebrate...No, there is no need to celebrate. Arrange people immediately to block the news. The returning personnel are not allowed to leave the base. We cannot stimulate the enemy too much now. Our strength
It's not big enough yet, let them guess slowly first, and we can still buy some time." Liu Fu said to everyone present, and immediately stopped the stormtroopers who were walking out.
"Wait a minute, come back and tell the people at the base that we will hold an internal celebration party for those who have returned. It will only be within the fleet. I and the staff will go."
That afternoon, the submarine force and torpedo speedboat force that returned home victoriously did not see cheering crowds. They only saw the staff of the staff and Liu Fu on the dock. At the celebration that night, there were only a few people including the staff and the president.
Senior generals attended, the president delivered a brief congratulatory speech, and Liu Fu announced to everyone the discipline of temporarily blocking information. Then there was eating and drinking, and Liu Fu led the staff of the staff around the table to toast, which ended very late.
