() Just when Togo was busy committing suicide, the submarine's second round of torpedo attacks began again, and the submarine was still struggling to save itself. The "Naniwa" was hit by multiple torpedoes at the same time, and even the interior suddenly exploded. This submarine has a displacement of more than 3,700 tons.
The cruiser was blown into several large and small pieces, and sank into the sea with flames and thick smoke.
There are no more floating battleships, and the attack has stopped. The Japanese sailors who fell into the water are looking for various things that can float on the sea. Shouts of injury and cries of fear are coming one after another. Several Japanese sailors are crowding in.
A lifeboat that was blown into the sea looked for the drowning people who looked like they were alive on the surrounding water by the light of the burning fire.
On the bow of the lifeboat, a middle-aged Japanese officer was directing the sailors on the boat to use the picked wooden boards as oars to paddle towards a man in the distance holding a lifebuoy and calling for help. Just as he shouted slogans loudly
, suddenly stopped shouting, opened his mouth, and looked blankly at the sea ahead.
A few hundred meters away from the wreckage of the Japanese fleet, large bubbles suddenly appeared on the sea surface, like a cauldron boiling on the bottom of the sea. After a while, giant black objects cleared the waves and slowly emerged.
The round head and the towering forecastle.
The survivors of the Japanese sailors on the sea discovered these big black guys. Many of them were frightened and worshiped these monsters on the seabed. However, some mid-level and senior officers who had studied in the UK probably
I know this kind of thing. This thing is not an undersea monster at all. This thing is a submarine. The Japanese navy also has equipment, but its appearance is far different from these similar ones with round heads.
Submarines of that era, until World War II, were all in the shape of a ship, that is, the entire submarine was shaped like a ship, with a deck and a bottom. This shape was conducive to traveling on the sea, but it had great resistance when traveling in the water. It was limited by
With the power system and electric power system at that time, submarines could not submerge in the water for too long. Therefore, this method was beneficial to staying on the surface of the water.
The sailing shape was very suitable for the submarines at that time. The torpedo-shaped shape like the "Big Yellow Croaker" was only developed after World War II, mainly to increase the speed underwater, and after the war, the power systems of various countries have greatly improved.
With the development of submarines, the high speed of submarines in the water will double the combat capabilities of submarines, so that kind of surface shape gradually disappears.
"Idiot, bastard, stop worshiping. This is the enemy's submarine, and it was they who sank us!!!" The two officers angrily yelled, kicked and beat the sailors who were kneeling beside them.
The sailors had not yet recovered from their fear, and they silently allowed the officers to yell and scold them. They all looked up at the submarines not far away.
"There's someone up there... There's someone up there... That's really a submarine..." A lookout used his professional eyes to be the first to spot a figure emerging from the submarine's control tower, and excitedly shouted to his companions,
In his opinion, regardless of defeat or victory, people like himself should have been saved and survived, which is a happy thing for any nation.
"Turn on the searchlight, prepare the machine gun... and fire." Standing on the No. 005 submarine, Captain Wu Mingxue of the First Submarine Battalion scanned the sea surface with his binoculars and gave the order to fire without expression. This kind of
This is not the first time I have done this work, and the intolerance and sympathy I felt at the beginning have been exhausted.
The order issued by the staff department was to wipe out the enemy fleet and all personnel as much as possible without taking any prisoners. This order was reluctantly passed by Liu Fu after many arguments with the foreign staff officers of the staff department. Liu Fu did not hate the Japanese so much.
I am not born cold-blooded, but decided after considering the current situation in Taiwan.
Currently, Taiwan only has two types of defensive weapons: submarines and torpedo boats, and the numbers are not large enough and the combat power is not strong enough. If the outside world knows about this naval weapon and combat method, it is likely to be studied and used by other countries to attack the enemy.
fleet, there will be countless troubles and casualties. Let the enemy die or let your own people suffer casualties. This multiple choice question is easy to choose.
Liu Fu didn't care about the chivalry advocated by the Europeans. When he was strong enough to ignore the enemy, he could also choose to show his tolerance and compassion. It was safer to be cold-blooded now.
, As for how long the secret of the submarine can be kept, that is not a question that I should be concerned about. I will do my best to let fate.
On dozens of submarines, 12mm heavy machine guns roared one after another, and dozens of high-power searchlights were like the eyes of death. All suspicious objects in sight on the sea surface would be scanned several times for dozens of minutes.
After that, the sea surface became calm again, and the submarines slowly sank into the water without knowing their whereabouts. There were only some burning debris and countless floating corpses on the sea surface that had been ravaged by machine guns.
At Ryukyu Naha Port on June 18th, more than 20 Japanese naval transport ships and auxiliary ships gathered here were quietly moored in the port. Since no news of the attacking force was received, the entire follow-up fleet was filled with a sense of uncertainty.
There was an ominous atmosphere. In the Army's temporary command post at the port, Kanjiro Nishi, the commander of the Sendai Division of Japan's Fourth Division, sat at the table and asked the staff officer with a serious face.
Since the attack fleet set off yesterday, there has been no news until now. According to the prior plan, Dongxiang should send a warship back to Ryukyu when it arrives in Hualien and notify the subsequent landing troops to set off by boat. However, according to time calculation, the return
The ship should have arrived long ago, but there was not a single returning ship in the port.
Kanjiro Nishi had heard rumors about the disappearance of the previous two fleets, but as a Japanese army lieutenant general, he would not use any mysterious excuse to cover up the failure. In Kanjiro Nishi's view, it was the navy's mistake.
Thereby using various mysterious reasons to shirk responsibility.
This time the empire's most powerful fleet sets off. They will destroy all resistance on the small island of Taiwan. Then they will lead the warriors of the division to land on Taiwan, and then use a series of victories to build the foundation for Japan.
Our army hangs a medal of Taiwan.
The landing fleet waited for another two days at Naha Port, but still did not receive news of the attacking fleet. However, it did wait for a telegram from Japan. The telegram was sent by the Ministry of War. The telegram ordered Nishi Kanjiro to quickly assemble his troops and board the ship to return.
Japanese, and the wording is very harsh.
The Taiwan General Staff has been paying attention to the movements on the Ryukyu side. Liu Fu hesitated for a long time, and finally did not send a submarine force to intercept the landing fleet returning to Japan. There are two reasons. First, the distance is too far, and the submarine force
It is necessary to have an oil tanker to follow to ensure a safe return after the attack is completed; secondly, the enemy must
Return, and there are so many ships on that route that it is difficult to complete the attack and clean up the battlefield without being discovered by other ships. Instead of risking discovery and chasing down thousands of soldiers, it is better to let them return home. After all, they are
Army, and Taiwan is an island. Without warships, they will never be able to set foot on Taiwan. They will return to China when they return.
The destruction of the third expeditionary fleet shocked the whole country of Japan. Facing the empty port and the thousands of troops who returned to the country, they could not cover it up even if they wanted to. All the main battleships of Japan were lost. Japanese Ito
The cabinet fell immediately, and the successor Okuma Shigenobu immediately called for
All Japanese citizens raised funds for the country and passed a budget for ordering four more cruisers from Britain. Although the new cabinet successfully stabilized the domestic situation, cabinet members all understood that Japan would no longer be able to send troops to Taiwan in the short term.
, and this short term is not short, Taiwan’s du
I'm afraid Liri could only watch.
After ambushing the Japanese fleet three times, Liu Fu roughly counted the various types of warships sunk, and also learned about the approximate size of the Japanese navy from David. One plus and one subtraction, Liu Fu was happy, it was a good deal for the Japanese navy.
The family fortune has basically sunk to the bottom of the sea. Now Liu Fu is completely at ease. According to the speed of building warships in this era, at least within 3 years, the Japanese will be half-disabled. Let alone forming an expedition fleet, it will be good to be able to take care of their family.
