The Hammerhead submarine finally arrived at the harbor pier. When the officers on the submarine walked down the gangway, the naval officer who greeted them hurriedly stepped forward and asked about the situation of the combined fleet.
There are so many things they need to confirm, so they cannot let go of any detail: "We have received the messages you sent, but intermittently. What happened to the combined fleet?"
After hearing the other party's inquiry, the captain of the Hammerhead submarine was obviously stunned for a moment. He had already sent the message back. Isn't the content of the message not detailed enough?
He waved to the crew members who were on duty on the hull at the time, and then explained to his superiors: "We saw a battleship of the United Fleet being hit and bursting into flames."
"Our battleship HMS Formidable was injured, and we saw it very clearly. In addition, we also saw several sunken battleships." The captain of the submarine USS Hammerhead answered truthfully.
He recalled what he saw. Frankly speaking, it was a complete disaster! The entire fleet seemed to be fleeing for their lives. Their routes were different. Except for the battleship that was hit and caught fire, the other ships soon
Disappeared at the end of Hammerhead's sight.
It was only then that the captain of the Hammerhead realized that the atmosphere at the dock was a little different from usual.
In the bunker made of sandbags, the soldiers inspected their weapons as if facing a powerful enemy. The machine guns had already been hung with ammunition belts, and the anti-aircraft guns added after the war started were pointed at the sky.
In the open space not far away, the garrison troops were forming their ranks. There were about one battalion of soldiers arranged in a square formation, listening to their commander's instructions.
There are still P36 fighter jets flying in the sky from time to time. Although these old-fashioned aircraft are no longer the main force, they still play a role in the Qin Air Force.
The Qin Air Force has many types of fighter jets, which are very mixed. They have P-36 fighter jets purchased from the Tang State, P-36s produced by themselves, and P-40 fighter jets purchased from the Tang State, which they can also produce themselves.
Aircraft of the same model.
Of course, in addition to the P-40 fighter jets, Qin also has the advanced jet fighter TA-183, which is the real main force of the Qin army.
Most of the better-performing Type 40 and Type 183 fighters were fighting against the Tang Air Force on the front line, so along the coast of Shu, the Qin Air Force mostly used the backward Type 36 fighters.
These aircraft made up for the shortfall in the number of 183 fighter jets, but they did have little combat effectiveness.
"Sir! What happened here?" the captain of the Hammerhead asked curiously.
"The Tang Army attacked the port headquarters. Now General Sun Guang is wounded and the communication equipment has been destroyed. There is news that the Tang Army has landed on the beach in the west." The officer who came to greet him said worriedly to his subordinates.
"Tang Jun? Landed in the west?" the captain of the Hammerhead submarine repeated in disbelief after hearing the news.
He didn't know the size of the Tang Army's fleet, but he really didn't believe that the Tang Army would assemble a large landing fleet behind the main fleet...
"We still don't know what happened...what is the situation of the combined fleet." The general of the Qin army sighed and said.
Until now, they have not actually discovered the Tang Army's main fleet, and the information about jet carrier-based aircraft is only rumors and has not been confirmed.
The enemy's fleet was like a ghost, as if the fog of war hung over the Qin army, making the opponent completely unaware of what was happening.
But this kind of crushing news blocking also helped the Qin army overcome part of their fear. They didn't know what they had lost, nor did they know that they had lost the most critical battle.
Ignorance leads to fearlessness. These Qin generals still don't know that the combined fleet has been completely wiped out, so they still have illusions about victory.
"With all due respect, sir... I'm afraid the combined fleet is in dire straits." The captain of the Hammerhead expressed his view very pessimistically: "I have said before that submarines are the key to victory. Count on those warships.
It won’t work.”
He was not far-sighted, he simply exaggerated the role of his submarine force. In fact, he did not know that the submarine force had also suffered heavy losses.
Along the way, the Tang Army fleet discovered many Qin Army submarines that were on missions or on guard duty. In order to ensure the safety of the fleet, Bernard ordered the sinking of all enemy submarines discovered.
Five Qin Army submarines were sunk by the advanced Tang Army destroyers. After all, the backward World War II-level submarines had no ability to escape in the face of anti-submarine helicopters and sophisticated sonar equipment.
In fact, the Qin army deployed a submarine warning circle outside the combined fleet anchorage. Unfortunately, this warning circle did not play any role at all and was broken through by the Tang army.
Electromagnetic interference cut off communications, and no one received the warning message sent by the submarine force at the risk of death. On the contrary, the submarines whose positions were exposed were all sunk by Tang Army destroyers.
The Tang Army's new destroyers are equipped with advanced wire-guided torpedoes, which can easily hit the slow-moving Qin Army submarines.
"Let's go! Go to the hospital first..." The leading general walked towards the car parked at the end of the pier.
Following him, the captain of the Hammerhead submarine was a little confused: "Why are you going to the hospital?"
"Go and report the latest situation to General Sun Guang. I don't know if he has woken up, but we must tell him what happened as soon as possible...let him make an idea." The general said as he got into the car.
On the other side, on the beach, the Qin sailors who came ashore had already made the basic situation clear: the combined fleet was finished, almost all the warships had been sunk, and the rest were only small boats.
For example, the lucky Courage was unscathed and kept rescuing those who fell into the water. But those large battleships were sunk almost without exception.
All 10 aircraft carriers were sunk; 10 battleships were also sunk. The Tang Army's fleet was unscathed, creating a horrific history.
They almost annihilated the naval fleets of two countries at almost zero cost! This brilliant record is probably beyond the reach of anyone except the Tang Navy itself.
"You said all our aircraft carriers were sunk?" an arriving army officer asked in disbelief.
"Not just ours, Dorne's aircraft carrier... was also sunk." The drowned rat replied tiredly: "And all the battleships... and... In short, our fleet is finished."
