() Just as the navies of the six countries set off from Hong Kong, Taiwan received the news. Along the way from Hong Kong to Taiwan, underwater Taiwan submarines sent the whereabouts of the joint fleet of the six countries to the General Staff Headquarters from time to time.
During the journey, the fleet changed its direction three times, first heading northeast, then turning due east, and finally not far from the 30-nautical-mile territorial waters declared by Taiwan, turning northeast again and heading straight into the hinterland of Taichung. The fleets of the six countries did not
Choosing the closer Tainan area as the landing point was also to create opportunities for the Japanese Army and attract most of the Taiwanese defenders to Taichung, so that it would be more convenient for the Japanese Army to land in Tainan.
Due to the presence of submarines monitoring the whereabouts of the combined fleets of the six countries, Taiwan's army did not mobilize as frequently as the six countries imagined, but stayed at their respective stations. However, Taiwan's navy, especially its submarine force, was harder than the army.
They have to adjust their positions at any time according to the course of the fleets of the six countries. Fortunately, the underwater speed of Taiwan's submarines is much faster than that of the fleets of the six countries. And they communicate with each other through radios. Basically, the submarines of the six countries have different underwater speeds.
When the fleet approached Taiwan's territorial waters, most of the submarines were in place. Since the fleets of the six countries were deployed this time, the Taiwan Navy did not reserve too much reserve force. In addition to several submarines patrolling the main ports of Keelung and Tainan,
In addition, most of the main submarines are concentrated in the waters near Taichung.
At 6 a.m. on March 18, the Six Nations fleet crossed Taiwan's 30-nautical-mile territorial waters and headed toward Lugang, located in the southern part of Changhua County. The Keelung-class destroyer "Tsui", which had been lingering in nearby waters, discovered the Six Nations fleet.
In response to the invasion, they immediately fired artillery warnings to the front of the fleets of the Six Nations. However, they were counterattacked by the battleships of the fleets of the Six Nations. However, neither side hit the other side. From then on, the first battle to defend Taiwan began.
Although the "Tsui" destroyer's main gun and armor are not enough to compete with the battleships of the six-nation fleet, the Taiwan Navy, which is not afraid of tigers, still uses the high speed of the Keelung-class destroyer to get out of the attack range of the opponent's battleship while using its own
The 120mm rapid fire cannon fired at the destroyers on the periphery of the Six Nations fleet and hit one of them.
Although the fleets of the Six Nations saw that their own destroyers were unable to defeat "cruisers" such as Taiwan, which were large and fast, they did not change their formation to attack the "Tsui", but only sent a light cruiser to help.
Despite the destroyer confrontation, the large force continued to maintain its formation and advanced towards Lukang at full speed.
The exchange of fire between the "Tsui" and the Six Nations fleet was just a distraction. Before opening fire, the Tamsui had already received a telegram from the submarine force. About 10 nautical miles in front of the Six Nations fleet, more than 30 submarines had already assembled.
There are Taiwanese submarines, and more submarines are about to arrive. The risky attack of the "Tsui" is just to arrange the trap more perfectly and reasonably.
At 7:15, Taiwan's submarine launched a torpedo attack against the six-nation fleet that had entered the ambush circle. Within a few dozen seconds after the attack began, nearly 40 submarines launched more than 100 533mm and 450mm torpedoes in one breath
of torpedoes. Suddenly, countless white tracks appeared in front and starboard of the Six Nations Fleet. Some of these tracks were parallel, some crossed, like a big net, and the high-speed net hit the dozens of ships of the Six Nations Fleet.
Large and small ships.
Although naval officers and soldiers from various countries have already known that Taiwan may have such mysterious underwater warships, hearing is believing and seeing is believing. High-speed, high-power torpedoes have allowed naval officers and soldiers from various countries to see the powerful raiding capabilities of submarines for the first time.
In the first wave of torpedo attacks, 3 battleships, 2 heavy cruisers and 3 cruisers of the six-nation navy were hit. Among them, 1 battleship and 2 heavy cruisers were hit by too many torpedoes.
, the keel was broken on the spot, and it sank into pieces in the Taiwan Strait in Chunri.
Except for the injured ships, the remaining six-nation fleets all chose to turn around, turn around, and accelerate. They abandoned the troop transport ships behind them and fled in the direction they came from. However, if they wanted to escape at this time, it would be very difficult for them to escape.
For most ships of the Six Nations, the difficulty is already quite high. Although the submarines have launched the first wave of saturation attacks and are busy reloading underwater, more than 40 petrels from two torpedo boat brigades came from nearby.
-class torpedo boats have arrived outside the battlefield. Due to the lack of tacit understanding of timing, the torpedo boats arrived more than 10 minutes later than the expected attack time.
Originally, the torpedo boats were responsible for supplementing the second wave of attacks immediately after the submarine launched an attack. However, due to various reasons, the torpedo boats were late. As a result, the ships of the Six Nations fleet had turned around or turned around and began to disperse and escape, unable to collectively launch a second wave.
Torpedo attack.
However, the commander of the torpedo boat did not hesitate for long, and soon issued an order to use two boats as a unit to disperse and pursue the enemy ships. Then, pairs of petrels, accompanied by the rumbling engine sound, followed closely
Landing on the sea surface, it flew towards the Six Nations ships that were speeding away.
The only ones that the Six Nations fleet can run are the destroyers cruising around the periphery and a few cruisers with great luck. The captains of each ship, including the sailors, have been shocked and numb by the shocking scene just now. Only
In less than a minute, the six-nation fleet's main ship, which was still majestic just now, had been bombed beyond recognition. Except for the few that were directly disintegrated and sunk, there are still several battleships and heavy-duty ships floating on the sea.
The cruisers were all tilting at a speed visible to the naked eye. There were also a few unlucky destroyers and light cruisers, which faithfully fulfilled their responsibilities. Regardless of whether they were active or not, the battleship behind the double blocked the torpedo attack, but at their own cost.
It was directly blown into two pieces and plunged into the seabed with thick smoke.
The fleets of the Six Nations include not only Britain, the maritime hegemon, but also rising stars like France and Germany. However, no naval officers and soldiers from any country have ever seen this kind of collective massacre of warships. Moreover, this kind of massacre has no warning and is unclear.
At some point, you will find that damn white track on both sides of your warship.
Run... run far away... run back quickly... This is the voice of all the remaining captains of the Six Nations fleet. They can't stop their yearning for life, such as rescuing their compatriots or waiting for opportunities to counterattack.
This kind of naval battle is unfamiliar to them, and this kind of massacre is something they never want to see again. Even the most experienced British captains cannot come up with any means of counterattack, so instead of waiting here
If you get bombed, you might as well run back to the base and do what you want.
However, their wishes were good, but the reality was cruel. Although the torpedo tracks did not appear again, a group of extremely fast boats rushed over from the northeast of the battlefield. The bottoms of these boats seemed to have wings.
Things held up the hull of the ship, causing most of the hull to fly in the air on the sea. Only when it passed the waves did it create pieces of white water spray on the sea.
These small boats rushed towards the remaining warships of the Six Nations that were escaping one by one at a speed of nearly 40 knots. At the beginning, the Six Nations warships also deployed manpower and used some of their rear-firing artillery to attack these small boats.
Interception of firing, but due to the speed of the ship and the extremely flexible steering of these small boats, they appeared on the port side for a while and floated to the starboard side for a while. The shells that were not dense in the first place could not hit them at all. As these small boats moved
As they got closer, some naval officers on the six-ship ships recognized the true colors of these small boats. Although they were different in shape and size from the torpedo ships of various countries, the two thick and long torpedo tubes
But they can't hide it from these experts who have been dealing with various warships for a long time.
Torpedo ships!!! This is Taiwan's torpedo ship. They must also carry the kind of torpedoes that are extremely powerful and fast. Moreover, because Taiwan's torpedo ships are very small and very fast, they can't operate in the originally unstable sea.
Sometimes it appears on the crest of a wave, and sometimes it sinks into the trough of the wave and disappears, making it difficult for various caliber naval guns on the warship to hit.
As the distance got closer, some torpedo ships had already chased their targets. However, under the command of the experienced captain of the Taiwanese torpedo speedboat, they did not throw out torpedoes in a hurry, but continued to accelerate and rush to the target.
The two sides of the warship then turned transversely to the bow of the target warship, and fired two torpedoes at the target warship from a very short distance from the side.
Since the speed of the torpedo boat is very high, the torpedoes fired from it gain a higher speed by virtue of the speed of the boat. The distance of several hundred meters can be reached in an instant, and because the torpedoes are not fired at once, but in sequence,
Therefore, the angles are slightly different. The two torpedo boats fired four high-speed torpedoes with different angles. These torpedoes basically blocked several main avoidance directions of the target ship through slightly different trajectories. And these torpedoes
The commanders on the target warship only have a mere ten seconds to complete calculations, issue orders, turn and other evasive actions. Most captains have just issued the turning order, and before the helmsman can turn the rudder, the torpedoes have already left the ship.
The sidewall rushed into the bottom of the ship, and then there was basically nothing more. The torpedo boats fired were all 533mm heavy-duty magnetic detonation torpedoes. For warships of less than 3,000 tons, such as destroyers and light cruisers, as long as one torpedo hits and explodes,
The entire ship was almost broken. Although this kind of magnetic detonation torpedo can not open a big hole in the hull like the collision detonation torpedo, it can use the strong pressure of water to cause more serious damage to the hull and keel.
Injuries are just like the human body. If a bullet does not punch a hole in a vital part, it will basically not lose all combat capabilities immediately, and as long as the treatment is timely, the possibility of survival is still very high; but if the spine or main bones
If the person is interrupted or seriously injured, then the person basically has no fighting ability. Even if he can be treated in time, it will be difficult to return to his pre-injury state. If he is not disabled, he is lucky.
As the torpedo boats chased them one after another, they were finally able to escape from the ambush circle. However, less than 5 destroyers successfully returned to Hong Kong. Even after these 5 destroyers escaped into the naval base in Hong Kong, it is not known whether they could escape.
After another attack: the reloaded submarines have followed the course of these escaping warships and pursued them to the vicinity of Hong Kong. The largest British naval base in the Far East will usher in its first submarine sneak attack in history.
