() In May 1896, after a year, the Japanese government finally had its hands free, and the second batch of troops began to gather in Ryukyu. The number of ships entering and exiting Naha Port every day suddenly increased, which made the Japanese people pay close attention to them.
The moving patrol submarine was discovered, and the second anti-landing war began again.
This time the Japanese were much more cautious in their actions. They not only dispatched the cruiser "Hashidate" as the flagship, the cruisers "Yoshino", "Akitsusu" and "Chiyoda" as the main force, plus an escort fleet of 6 lightning boats.
, more than 30 additional transport ships were also dispatched, carrying some officers and soldiers of the Osaka Fourth Division, a total of more than 11,000 people, led by the second Taiwan Governor Katsura Taro, and arrived in Ryukyu in a mighty manner.
However, based on the lesson learned last time, Katsura Taro did not rush to Taiwan in a hurry. Instead, he sent several fast destroyers from time to time to cruise on the route from Ryukyu to Taiwan to test Taiwan's reaction.
After several days of reconnaissance, and after confirming that there was no large fleet near Taiwan, Katsura Taro set out from Naha on the evening of May 11th, leading the landing fleet straight to the northeast of Taiwan at a speed of 13 knots.
Liu Fu's side is much more stable than last time. It is said that the war is getting worse and worse. This is true. After the ambush battle last time, it was much easier to deploy troops and formations this time.
The ambush plan this time is basically the same as the last one. The first and second submarine brigade will send 30 submarines eastward to the northern part of Yonaguni Island to lurk, and another 50 torpedo boats will be sent to the southern part of the Diaoyu Islands to ambush. The only difference between the ambush plan and the last one is that
The difference is that Taiwan has a much larger number of submarines and torpedo boats this time, and 11 submarines have been deployed as a second ambush circle 100 nautical miles west of the first ambush circle.
However, this time the Japanese fleet did not go together. Katsura Taro asked the three fast cruisers "Yoshino", "Akitsusu" and "Chiyoda" to lead the four lightning strike ships as the advance force and set off first. He himself took the "Hashidate"
The cruiser No. 2, two torpedo ships and more than 30 troop carriers followed 50 nautical miles behind.
Japan's change of formation was quickly discovered by the Taiwanese submarine following the Japanese fleet. A telegram was sent to the ships participating in the war and the Taiwanese staff. After receiving the telegram, Liu Fu did not pay attention. The navy of this era had not yet
means of remote communication, oneself
Without the audio amplifiers on the fishing boats, we would not be able to research the electronic tube thing. We are 50 nautical miles apart, at least more than 3 hours away. By the time the follow-up fleet comes up, the ambush battle ahead will have been over long ago. It is estimated that they will not even have the dead bodies.
Can't catch it.
To be on the safe side, Liu Fu still sent advice to the ships in the first ambush circle, that is, when the torpedo boats attack the advance fleet, do not send out all the torpedo boats, leaving the torpedoes to attack the large forces behind, because a torpedo boat only has 4 torpedoes, and it can hit 2
Once all of them were gone, they were gone.
At about 8 o'clock in the morning on May 12th, seven ships of Japan's advance fleet sailed into the ambush circle. The weather conditions that day were very good, the wind was very light, the waves were not high, and the visibility was good. The seven ships lined up in three columns.
, advancing hand in hand at a speed of 13 knots. In the middle is the "Yoshino" and 2 lightning strike ships, in the north is the "Akitsusu" and a lightning strike ship, and in the south is the "Chiyoda" and a lightning strike ship.
The first to launch the attack was the No. 005 submarine of Wu Mingxue, captain of the First Submarine Group. The target was the "Chiyoda", the lead ship of the southern column. However, this time due to good weather and high visibility, the torpedo was fired not long after it was launched.
It was discovered by the highly vigilant Japanese lookout post. As the alarm sounded, several other Japanese warships began to speed up.
However, I discovered that a torpedo with a maximum speed of 35 knots can travel more than 1,000 meters in one minute. It launched from 800 meters and had already traveled more than half of it by the time it was seen. The remaining 300 meters only took 20 seconds. At that time,
Warships are still powered by steam boilers. If you want to increase the ship's speed, you need to burn more coal and first increase the pressure of the boiler. With this process, it takes a few minutes to increase the speed, and these few minutes are fatal time.
Although the cruiser "Chiyoda" tried its best to turn to avoid it, it was still hit by a torpedo in the rear of the hull. With the explosion, the more than 2,400-ton hull was almost overturned by the water pressure, and the entire rear half below the waterline was
It was blown away, like a piece of cake with a big bite taken out. Tons of seawater rushed into the bottom of the ship without any hindrance. Within a few minutes, the bow of the ship left the water and tilted upwards.
At this time, there were countless white lines on the sea. The submarines that followed the attack launched torpedoes one after another. Several Japanese warships in the encirclement were shot one after another. They either ignited fires or began to break and sink.
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The northernmost "Akitsusu" was the farthest from the submarine and was not attacked by torpedoes from the south. It was lucky enough to avoid a few torpedoes coming from the front and left. The "Akitsusu" was
A new cruiser with a displacement of 3150 tons, it is also the fastest ship in the Japanese fleet. After escaping the first wave of torpedo attacks, the ship immediately turned to the northeast, retreated at full speed, and ran towards the torpedoes while running.
Fire in the direction.
The "Big Yellow Croaker" submarine has a maximum speed of only 16 knots. It has no way to deal with the "Akitsusu" which has begun to accelerate. Although the torpedo can hit 2,000 meters, it is still a target traveling irregularly at high speed at such a long distance.
The probability is almost zero.
The captain of the "Akitsusu", Uemura Hikonoshima, stood on the command tower with a pale face, looking at the messy sea behind him, covered in cold sweat. This man graduated from the Japanese Naval Academy and climbed up from the navy to the navy step by step.
The Marine Major, the backbone of the Japanese navy who participated in all the naval battles of the Sino-Japanese War of 1898-1894, felt fearful and powerless for the first time. How can we fight a naval battle without the enemy? Our own artillery technology
No matter how superb it is, it still needs to be aimed. But the enemy is underwater, and the cannon loses its power. Resisting the guilt for his fellow fleet members and the self-blame for running away before the battle, Captain Uemura Hikonoshima ordered a retreat. He knew very well that the enemy was a submarine.
The message must be sent back to the rear fleet, otherwise they will face a massacre. The last landing fleet was definitely not a hurricane, they were all bombed and sunk like this.
Just when Captain Uemura was about to return home, a warning came from the watchtower, and another enemy was spotted on the left front. No longer using binoculars, Uemura could see more than a dozen black spots several kilometers ahead on the left with the naked eye.
It was like stepping on white waves, rushing towards me at a speed that I couldn't understand.
"Fire to intercept, full right rudder, full speed..." Uemura roared. He knew in his heart that the odds were against him. The incoming ship was much faster than his own, and he hoped to intercept and defeat the opponent's attack in a short time.
It would not sink him, but he vaguely felt that the speeding boat would not engage in an artillery battle with him. They would probably use fast torpedoes.
Captain Uemura's feeling was very correct. 15 "Petrel-class" torpedo boats surrounded the "Akitsusu" in a fan shape from the port side. When they were 1,000 meters away, they dropped their torpedoes, split into two directions, and turned around.
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The torpedo trajectories at various angles are dazzling. Although the ship is already traveling at full speed, if the ship wants to avoid the concentrated attack of 30 torpedoes at a speed of 35 knots at a speed of 26 knots, it can only rely on Amaterasu. Unfortunately, today, the Amaterasu family
Something happened and I didn't come to work.
As the cruiser "Akitsusu" was hit by 4 torpedoes, the first phase of the battle ended, taking a total of 31 minutes. The rest was to follow the usual practice of the torpedo boat pulling the net to find survivors who fell into the water, and receiving follow-up tracking records.
A telegram was sent from the fleet's submarine, which retreated before the arrival of the follow-up fleet.
Four hours later, the cruiser "Hashidate" led a large group of slow troop transports and ancillary ships into the ambush circle. Due to the current, some floating objects and oil were discovered by the lightning strike ship ahead and salvaged.
After coming up, I was sure it was Japanese water.
The soldier's clothing. This news shocked the fleet commander Katsura Taro. Something must have happened to his advance fleet. Should he rush to the rescue or let the troop transport return to Naha first? Just when Katsura Taro was hesitant, another streak appeared on the sea.
White tracks.
After Liu Fu confirmed that the ambush was still a total annihilation, he ordered again to only commend and reward the participating troops, block news of the naval battle, and pretend that it had never happened. Having won two ambushes, Liu Fu felt confident that he
The submarines and torpedoes in hand are quite useful as defensive weapons in this era, Japan
The Chinese navy is also considered battle-hardened. Although it may be weaker than the British navy, it is already the leader in Asia. After defeating it, Liu Fu cannot think of any other navy that can threaten Taiwan. Britain
And the French Far East Fleet? Together, they are only at the level of the Japanese fleet, not to mention that I don’t intend to mess with them.
