When the war completely imprints the hatred of the nation, who will abide by the constraints that are like a piece of waste paper.————"Kongchen Quotations"
Twenty nautical miles away from Hainan, a formation of five submarines was sailing under the water. They were the submarines that had withdrawn from the northern coast of the Philippines.
Because they often transport supplies to the Philippine rebels, they have traveled this route from southeast to northwest several times.
Affected by the weather at night, a slight mist gradually appeared on the sea, but this did not affect the navigation of the submarine formation. For submarine operating soldiers, this route can be said to be very familiar.
Perhaps because of the obstruction of the mist, the navy soldiers who used periscopes to observe the movement of the sea did not notice the two destroyers approaching from the north.
This may be a sudden encounter. Whoever discovers the opponent first may be the first to sink the opponent.
The submarine formation knew nothing about this and was still sailing slowly underwater. Their huge and hard bodies slowly pushed forward underwater, scaring away the swimming schools of fish.
The positions of the two sides were getting closer and closer, and the soldiers in the submarine were careless and did not detect the encountering Japanese warships in advance. In the end, the Japanese destroyer, which had been monitoring underwater movements, was the first to discover its own submarine.
A low siren sounded on the Japanese warship, and the Japanese sailors were busy carrying weapons and ammunition in preparation for combat.
"Enemy submarine discovered! Predict the enemy's course and prepare depth charges!" The Japanese warship captain commanded the soldiers to prepare for the attack.
"Report! Depth charges are ready!"
"Ready, release!" the Japanese captain immediately issued a military order to the soldiers.
"Plop!" Following the order, those depth charges that looked like beer barrels were shot underwater by the launcher, causing waves to splash.
"Boom!" The depth charge sank to the bottom of the water and exploded near the submarine formation. The impact caused by the explosion shook the interior of the submarine violently and awakened the officers and soldiers inside the submarine.
The red warning light inside the submarine kept flashing back and forth. The submarine arrived at the command room, and the other naval officers and soldiers quickly returned to their respective combat positions.
"Enemy attack! It's depth charges!" a navy soldier shouted at the top of his lungs.
Depth charge is a type of bomb specially designed to deal with underwater submarines. It relies on ejection and self-weight projection into underwater attacks. It looks like a steel beer barrel and attacks by relying on the impact and pressure generated when it explodes in the water.
All in all, it poses a great threat to submarines.
"Raise the periscope immediately!" The submarine captain lay on the periscope to observe the sea surface conditions, and immediately discovered the Japanese destroyer on the water. They were located above the third ship of the submarine formation.
The situation was urgent. The captain of the submarine formation made a prompt decision and issued an order to the other submarines: "Ship No. 1 and No. 2 are moving forward at full speed to get rid of the Japanese attack. Ship No. 3 is full of left rudder to avoid depth charges. Ship No. 4 and No. 5 are proceeding.
Reverse the car and float up to attack after a distance of 200 meters!"
The special operations forces were already awakened when they were attacked by depth charges for the first time. However, because they belonged to different branches of the military, they, the elite marines, could not help much. They just tried their best not to affect the naval officers and soldiers at work.
It was the first time they were on a submarine and they encountered an emergency. Especially in such a closed environment, the special operations soldiers couldn't help but feel a little nervous, while Niu Meng was busy calming down his nervous subordinates.
"Major, what happened?" Niu Meng turned around and saw Lin Yanran walking out of the cabin in a panic.
"Ms. Lin! The navy submarine encountered the Japanese army and we are in the process of getting rid of it! Please don't worry!" Because Lin Yanran was the special envoy of the Philippine resistance this time, Niu Meng told her the true situation.
After receiving the order from the chief captain, the propellers of the No. 1 and No. 2 ships sped up and rushed forward regardless of their concealment, attracting the Japanese warships.
The No. 3 ship of the special forces was attacked first and was slightly damaged by depth charges. Not only was it directly under the Japanese destroyer, but the submarine was also carrying important personnel. So the captain ordered her to turn to the left.
Turn around and withdraw from the order of battle.
The No. 4 and No. 5 ships received orders from the chief captain to retreat because they received less force at the end of the formation.
"Speed up! Chase the enemy submarine!" The Japanese destroyers were indeed attracted by the accelerating No. 1 and No. 2 ships, and one of the destroyers pursued them. Only one destroyer was left to continue attacking the injured No. 3 ship.
The command room of the fourth ship.
"Captain! We have escaped the attack of Japanese warships!" The deputy captain reported to the fourth captain after observing on the periscope.
"Come to the surface immediately! Send the order to the torpedo room and load the attack torpedoes!" Captain No. 4 ordered.
The order was quickly transmitted to the torpedo room, and the submarine torpedo crew immediately jumped into the intense battle. Soon, the adjusted torpedo was put into the torpedo tube.
"Torpedo loading completed! Please give instructions!"
During this time, the No. 5 ship was also ready and floated together with the No. 4 ship.
Lying on the periscope, Captain No. 4 stared closely at the Japanese destroyer that was attacking the No. 3 ship, calculating the data in his mind.
"Aim at the side of the enemy ship, at a depth of two meters, and launch at a wide angle." The deputy captain measured the launch data.
"Launch!" Following the captain's command, the torpedo rushed out of the launch tube.
The torpedo launch angle of a submarine is divided into narrow angle launch and wide angle launch. When the torpedo is launched at a narrow angle, the torpedo attack range is relatively narrow. Although it is easy to avoid, if it hits the target, it will be more powerful.
The wide-angle torpedo launch makes it easier to hit the target, and because the attack range is larger, it can attack better and prevent the opponent's ship from moving to avoid when it discovers that its own torpedo is launched.
The two submarines fired eight attack torpedoes from the Japanese destroyer. The advancing torpedoes drew white marks on the sea and rushed towards the target Japanese destroyer.
The Japanese destroyers still knew nothing about this, and perhaps they did not expect that there were two submarines lurking nearby.
The searchlight installed on the top of the Japanese warship swept across the sea, and suddenly found white water marks approaching on the sea.
The Japanese sentry who discovered the torpedo had a look of horror on his face, and shouted like his throat was being torn, "Torpedo! Torpedo! Get out of the way!"
"Baga! Full right rudder, avoid torpedoes!" Upon discovering the torpedo, the captain of the Japanese destroyer quickly directed the warship to turn to starboard.
"Boom!" Although he discovered the torpedo fired by the submarine in advance and evaded it, in the end a torpedo hit the stern of the ship. He felt the hull vibrate violently, and then the speed dropped suddenly. The Japanese destroyer captain's heart sank!
"Captain! The stern of the ship was attacked! The propeller was damaged and the engine was flooded and stalled!" the chief mate on the Japanese destroyer reported the damage to the warship.
"Immediately! Send someone for inspection! Hurry up!" Upon hearing this, the captain turned pale and shouted loudly.
The submarine captain immediately discovered that the propeller of the Japanese destroyer might have been affected and its speed dropped. He thought to himself, God help me!
"Load the torpedoes and prepare for the second round of attack! Switch to a narrow angle to launch!" A series of orders quickly flew out of the captain's mouth, while the soldiers inside the submarine continued to prepare busy.
Waiting for the torpedo to be loaded, Captain No. 4 never felt that these short few minutes would be so long, and his palms were sweating nervously.
"You bastards! Hurry up! You sank the little Japanese warship. I will personally take credit from you!" The middle-aged captain's majesty and demeanor had long been thrown into an unknown corner by him.
Since the establishment of the submarine formation, no submarine has sunk a Japanese warship. Usually, it only attacks Japanese cargo ships, and the best of them is just an armed merchant ship. It seems that this honorary leader will be taken away by himself.
Got it!
Soon, he heard a voice that had never felt so good during training: "The torpedoes are loaded!"
"The depth is three meters, launch immediately!" Captain No. 4 suppressed his excitement and carefully adjusted the launch data and ordered.
Carrying the expectations of Captain No. 4, the two torpedoes rushed towards the destroyer that had lost power in the distance. As it gradually approached, the torpedoes were still detected by the Japanese searchlight. However, this time the destroyer had no ability to evade.
Seeing that the situation was irreversible, some desperate Japanese sailors climbed over the ship's railing and jumped into the sea to escape. The captain of the Japanese warship watched with despair as the two ships hit the ship one after another.
With two loud noises, the Japanese destroyer's side was torn into two huge holes. Then, seawater continued to pour into the belly of the warship along the gap, and the hull gradually tilted to one side.
The other Japanese destroyer discovered what had happened behind it and hurriedly turned back, but was held back by the No. 1 and No. 2 ships that turned around. In the end, it could only watch the sinking of its comrades!
After sinking a Japanese destroyer, ships No. 4 and 5 immediately pounced on another destroyer. The captain of the Japanese warship also discovered that his situation was not good. There were enemy submarines on both sides, so he decisively abandoned the ship.
The soldiers floating on the sea accelerated their advance and broke out of the encirclement.
Submarine No. 1 and Submarine No. 2 then pursued for a certain distance. However, they eventually turned back after fearing an ambush and being unable to catch up.
In this encounter, the No. 3 submarine that was attacked first was seriously damaged and floated on the sea, unable to continue submersing. The other four submarines were slightly injured. Fortunately, we are not far from Hainan Island, so be careful.
You can reach Hainan safely.
This time, the special soldiers and Lin Yanran who carried the No. 3 submarine were very frightened. If the submarine really sank, there would be no way to escape in such a narrow place. If the land combat elites were drowned in despair,
In the sea, it means dying before leaving the battle.
"Captain! What to do with those Japanese soldiers floating on the sea?" the vice-captain asked the commander of the submarine formation beside him.
"The Japanese blockade fleet may come over at any time, and there is no time to take prisoners! The army on the third ship must be very angry, leave it to them!"
"***! Uncle, I had nothing to do with my life in the Philippine jungle, but I almost died on the way home! Uncle, I won't teach you a lesson!" Wu Qiang climbed out of the submarine cabin door with a murderous look on his face, and looked at the sea swimming.
The Japanese soldier sneered cruelly.
Then he lifted up the cannon installed on the outside of the submarine and pulled the trigger with red eyes.