Now, this Japanese fast fleet will face this new tactic.
Just when Japan's fast fleet was less than 10 nautical miles away from the sea area where the bombardment was scheduled to launch, the destroyer and cruiser formations located on the left side of the battle patrol formation suddenly issued a combat alert, and their "submarine detectors" detected
We came across traces of multiple submarines, and the direction was right ahead.
The Japanese officers and soldiers on the "King Kong" battle cruiser, who had planned to start bombarding Keelung Port in half an hour, immediately woke up from the longing for victory and discovered the submarine at night, and more than one of them was in enemy waters.
ship, this already shows that they have been exposed and it is impossible to enter the bombardment position. The only thing they can do now is to escape for their lives.
The commander of the "King Kong" battle cruiser responded very quickly. Two minutes after the alarm was sent out, the battle cruiser turned on the return light, and then the 40,000-ton battle cruiser began to violently attack without slowing down.
Turning the rudder to the right, the huge ship began to tilt with the huge inertia, and the angle became larger and larger. Until its port side was almost close to the sea, it offset the forward force, and then it started to tilt again.
fell back to the sea.
At this time, Japan's fast fleet changed from the original two columns to a pyramid formation. The "King Kong" battle cruiser took the lead, located at the top of the pyramid, facing due east and began to evacuate at full speed. The two cruisers followed.
Its body is leaning back, guarding its two wings, leaving only
The five destroyers were divided into two parts. One wave consisted of three destroyers. They rushed towards the sea area where the submarine was found at high speed, intending to use their own speed to drive away these damn killers in the sea. The other two destroyers followed closely behind the cruiser.
Far away, protecting the rear of the fleet.
r The reaction of the commander of the fast fleet was not unpleasant, and the method he adopted was also the most correct and appropriate method. In this case, if 3 destroyers can be sacrificed in exchange for the safety of the entire fleet, it is still very cost-effective. Besides, these
The speed of British-built destroyers can reach 36 knots. At such high speeds, submarines of the Japanese Navy cannot conduct torpedo attacks on them. Therefore, the three destroyers responsible for destroying submarines may not necessarily be attacked.
But it was a calculated calculation but not intentional. The submarine of the Federation Navy was the one setting up the ambush, and the Japanese fast fleet was the one being ambushed. The initiative to launch the attack was generally in the hands of the one setting up the ambush. Just when the "King Kong" completed a beautiful turn
, when a semicircular white water mark was drawn on the sea, several white tracks appeared from its starboard front. The torpedo was coming.
Since the discovery of the federal submarine, Japan's fast fleet has canceled the lights. They understand that on this dark sea, no matter how you hide, when you look out of the periscope, the surface ships will always have the sky as the background.
, only when dark clouds are gathering, can
Hide the tall figure of the warship. Otherwise, turning on the lights or not is not very important to the observation effect of the submarine. As long as it catches your shadow, it can launch torpedoes, and if you don’t turn on the lights,
If so, it is very likely that you will not be able to avoid those torpedoes scurrying on the sea surface.
The torpedo fired at the starboard side of the "King Kong" was quickly discovered by the lookout on the battle cruiser. The rapid siren instantly resounded throughout the sea. The "King Kong" twisted its huge and slender body and fought for its life.
He turned the rudder to starboard and cut the bow into the torpedo.
After reaching a direct angle of attack, he quickly turned the rudder to the left, causing the torpedo to pass over his side. Before the sailors on the ship could cheer for this wonderful evasion action, the lookout sent another alarm, and another one appeared behind the starboard side.
The torpedo track was discovered.
Even if the best helmsman in the world were to control this 40,000-ton battle cruiser, it would be impossible for him to make such large-angle evasive maneuvers in a short period of time. After all, this is a heavy and long ship.
It's a battleship, not a launch. Now it can only count on the two cruisers following it to sacrifice its life as its savior.
The Japanese cruiser on the right side of the "King Kong" did think so and did so. It turned on all the searchlights on the ship, and while determining the torpedo's track, it turned the rudder to the left, intending to turn its body sideways.
, blocking the only way between torpedoes and battle patrols.
"Boom...boom...boom..." Three consecutive dull explosions echoed on the sea. The front half of the British D-class cruiser's hull had been blown into pieces, weighing nearly 5,000 tons.
A displacement cruiser is like a small QQ hitting it head-on
The train suddenly stopped on the sea, and then began to sink slowly. Everything on the deck, as long as it was not firmly fixed, including the sailors, had been thrown out at the first moment of the explosion.
Flowers fell on the sea around the ship.
Although this heroic cruiser used its own body to block torpedo attacks for its own battle cruiser, it was still a step slower. It only blocked 3 of the 4 torpedoes, and another torpedo grazed not far from its bow.
It passed by and crashed straight into the rear of the "King Kong" battle cruiser.
At this time, the commander of the "King Kong" battle cruiser made a fatal mistake. He did not face the side with the anti-torpedo compartment in the direction of the torpedo, but chose to continue accelerating. No matter how fast the battle line was,
The cruiser couldn't outrun this kind of high-speed torpedo fired from a submarine at close range. In less than 1 minute, an explosion occurred under the stern of the "King Kong". The huge hull that was trying to accelerate only shook slightly. It seemed to have nothing to do with it.
But its speed dropped at a speed visible to the naked eye.
This torpedo accurately hit the propellers on the left and right sides of the "King Kong". Not only did the blades fly off, it also bent the drive shaft of the other propeller next to it, and affected one of the tail rudders. Now the "King Kong"
"The ship was in big trouble. The original speed of 30 knots suddenly dropped to less than 20 knots, and the steering was not very flexible. Fortunately, its bow was facing the east, so it only needed to work hard to escape quickly.
Seeing that their battle cruiser had been damaged, the destroyers of Japan's fast fleet and the other remaining cruiser abandoned their positions one after another. Under the command of the battle patrol's light signal, they gradually surrounded the battle cruiser, except for the main battle cruiser.
Outside the front, an anti-submarine line was established in three directions: left, rear and right of the "King Kong", and depth charges were still thrown into the sea.
It has to be said that the quality of the officers and soldiers of Japan's navy is still very high. In this kind of surprise attack and the main ship was injured, there was no big chaos, and the formation could be changed in a pattern under the command of the flagship's light.
Yes, and the tactics they used were also very effective. Those randomly thrown depth bombs not only interfered with the hydrophone equipment of the federal submarine, but also seriously blocked the submarine's path.
, the slightly injured battle cruiser, protected by destroyers and cruisers, drove farther and farther east, and the submarines could only follow and were unable to carry out effective attacks. Although some submarines also launched several torpedoes from a long distance,
They tried to interfere with these destroyers scurrying back and forth, but because they were too far away, they were all hit by the small-caliber naval guns on the destroyers. Even if they managed to break into the anti-submarine circle, they could not correctly aim at the position of the battle cruiser.
As a result, a very interesting sea chase was staged on the sea more than 30 nautical miles east of Keelung. The escaping party was a battle cruiser with 6 men. These men surrounded the war patrol for most of the circle, and still
From time to time, a destroyer is sent out to take a circle behind the fleet.
, to drive away the approaching submarines. The chasing side is composed of more than 10 submarines. They are tracking the fleet in front of them at the highest speed underwater, and from time to time they have to deal with the destroyers coming to drive them away. Since the speeds of both sides are about the same, those who escape also run away.
If it cannot fall, neither can the pursuer catch it.
This rare naval battle lasted for less than an hour and was ended by a buzzing sound from the sky. It was already bright, and this naval battle that started at around 3 o'clock in the night had continued.
For 2 hours, I have been stuck unable to do anything at night
The attacking Federal Air Force bombers were finally ready to take the field. Six AB-1 horizontal bombers turned the two large propellers on their wings and rushed to the battlefield from an altitude of 1,000 meters at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour. (To be continued.
