Kaguyama Noriichi stood in the middle of the forecastle of his submarine wearing a dark green waterproof coat, listening to the submarine soldiers around him chattering about the beautiful ambush two days ago and praising his wise decision.
This feels really good, this
At that time, he even felt that his height had grown from 168 centimeters to 186 centimeters. In order to confirm the authenticity of his feeling, he even turned his head and looked at the soldiers around him. Unexpectedly, it seemed a bit condescending.
"General, where should we go next? We haven't gotten the Taiwan offshore data that the military asked us to survey and map, and our next supply location is no longer here." Navigation Commander Wang, who has been standing next to Huashan Ji, said
When his commander turned around, thinking that he wanted to listen to his opinion, he quickly leaned his head over and whispered.
"Ueda-kun, don't be so careful. Our submarine can sail continuously for 40 days without relying on supplies. Although the conditions are a bit more difficult, isn't that what we need to train for? During the war, we all have to search every five days.
Supply ship! As for the chart, don’t bother me. Those things should be merchant ships and
What spy ships are supposed to do is that we are the Imperial Navy's submarine force, a combat force. Could it be that the Imperial Navy builds these expensive ships just for drawing pictures?" Noriichi Kawasama's condescending feeling was suddenly shaken by the navigation officer.
The voice interrupted, and he was so angry that he almost roared in response to the captain's question.
"We can no longer get close to Taiwan Island. Although we have killed all the people who fell into the water, a naval supply ship is missing. They will not just let it go. Maybe they are looking for answers everywhere now, so we must
We need to find a relatively safe place to hide for a few days. Ueda-kun, where do you think we should go?" Noriichi Kayama immediately felt that his attitude was a bit rough, so he tried to adjust his tone to be gentler and asked his sailing captain
ask.
"Perhaps we can hide in the waters near Hong Kong and Guangzhou for a few days. The federal navy rarely goes near there, and there is a British naval base in Hong Kong." The navigator somewhat confused his commander. He did not understand himself.
Why did a very normal question lead to such severe criticism?
"Don't always think about supplies. We came out this time for actual combat training, so we can't just think about safety and a smooth life. We also need to teach those damn Chinese people more lessons. So we should go deeper into the federal waters.
.For example, the Celebes Sea!" Kaguyama Noriichi was very dissatisfied with the timid behavior of his navigator. He faced the wind, letting the wind blow up his coat, and then raised his right hand high
.He struck hard at the front right side of the submarine.
"Celebes Sea!!!??? But...but..." Navigator Jean Kaguyama Kiichi's answer frightened him, and he quickly recalled the name of the place in his mind before making sure that he was thinking of the place.
After that, I wanted to talk about what to do with supplies, but I remembered the commander's dissatisfaction with his constant remarks about supplies, and swallowed the word "supplies" abruptly.
"Don't worry about us replenishing. We can notify the supply ship to pick us up west of Palau. After replenishing, we will enter the Celebes Sea. Where there are no important commercial routes, our chance of exposure will be much lower, and there are
Although we can't get too close to their two naval bases, we may not be able to find an opportunity to teach them a lesson." As soon as Huashan Ji saw the captain was a little shocked, he explained his plan.
.
"I support the commander's suggestion. We still have enough torpedoes. If we just bring them all back home, it would be a shame. We have to shoot them all here." The torpedo commander didn't know when he got up from below and heard
The conversation between the two suddenly interrupted.
"I also support the commander's suggestion. The boys are very motivated. Our machines are in good condition now. I can guarantee that we can travel 5,000 nautical miles in one breath." A loud voice came from below again, the head of the chief engineer
I also got out. Because the noise in the engine room was very loud, ordinary voices could not be heard at all, so people who were born in the engineering ranks all had loud voices.
"Then I'll do some calculations and decide on a supply point." Seeing that everyone supported Kiichi Kawasaki, the navigator no longer worried. He threw away the cigarette butt and got back into the cabin to plan the submarine's route.
"He is too careful, but we also need such meticulous officers. Okay, it's dawn soon. Everyone, hurry up. We are preparing to submerge. One day, the submarines of our Imperial Navy no longer need to be as sneaky as they are now.
!!!" Huashan Ji looked at the blue sky in the east and said bitterly as he got out of the cabin.
Facing the first ray of light at dawn, five Japanese submarines slowly dived into the sea. Except for the sea breeze, there was nothing on the entire sea surface.
The Celebes Sea is located between Mindanao, Kalimantan and Sulawesi. If you want to enter here from the east, you must pass through the Talao Islands and the Sanger Islands, and these two island groups are like a
The sentinels arranged in the north and south direction, with their hundreds of small islands, add an eastern sentry line to the Celebes Sea.
Both Talao Islands and Sanger Islands are volcanic islands, and there are still active volcanoes today. In order to prevent casualties caused by volcanic eruptions, the federal government moved all the residents of the islands away when they occupied them. These islands have since
After that, it became military land. Because this place
Facing the Pacific Ocean, it is the east gate of the South China Sea Federation. Many of these small islands, which are blocked like iron chains for hundreds of nautical miles, are equipped with naval observation posts, and mines are laid in the waters between the islands, leaving only two channels.
, for the South China Sea Federation’s own naval ships to enter and exit.
S-1 is an unnamed island belonging to the Sanger Islands closest to southern Mindanao. Since a naval radar station was established here, code-named S-1, the island was also named S-1. The radar on the island
The station is a 3-story building
The tower-like building is made of rocks and cement from the island. The walls are 2 meters thick and can withstand the bombardment of large-caliber naval guns. It stands on the top of the highest mountain on the island, with a dozen or so heads on its head.
A huge antenna that is one meter high and rotates back and forth.
There are only 15 naval soldiers stationed at the radar station. 10 of them are guards and are responsible for the safety of the radar station. The remaining 5 are radar operators. They are divided into 4 shifts and scan and monitor the surrounding sea areas 24 hours a day. If
If an abnormality is discovered, they can
It is connected to the Federal Navy Pacific Fleet Base in Davao Port through undersea cables and radio stations. There are 4 radar stations like this in the waters here, 2 of which are on desert islands in the strait, and the other two are respectively.
Located in the Davao Port Naval Base and the northern part of Halmahera Island.
The S-1 radar station is installed with the federal latest "Poseidon-2" road-based radar system. With the help of powerful transmission power and giant antenna, this radar can detect surface ships 200 nautical miles away and 40 nautical miles away.
A small boat on the surface was found outside, and a submarine's periscope was discovered 2 nautical miles away. It then used its own semi-electronic computer to calculate the detailed parameters of these targets.
The radar operator on duty at the S-1 radar station that night discovered a signal on the radar at 23:04. The signal was located 40 nautical miles east of the radar station. The signal reflection was very strong, and it was judged to be a large surface vessel.
It was heading due west and was approaching at a speed of about 10 knots. After asking the Pacific Fleet base, the radar crew judged that the secondary signal was not from their own ship, so they sent an alert to the base.
An hour later, the S-1 radar station discovered that the signal was gradually divided into five small signals, and then changed the content of the previous alarm, changing a large surface ship into five small surface ships, with a speed of 10 knots.
The course was still due west. Half an hour later, the Davao Port Naval Base
The local radar also discovered this target. After multiple confirmations, it was finally determined to be an unidentified ship and the alarm was upgraded. After receiving the alarm, two killer whale-class and one orca-class submarines immediately set off from the Davao Port.
, relying on the command of the radar, approaching the target. (To be continued...)
