Commodore George, commander of the U.S. Asia Fleet, has a close relationship with the Far East Navy Fleet. He had some brief confrontations with the South China Sea Fleet as early as the Spanish-American War. When he saw the Yellow Sea Fleet sailing into the Bohai Bay, he hesitated, but
He couldn't ignore the Japanese's request for help, but under the repeated orders of Marshal Wade West, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, he still chose to obey according to the habits of soldiers. Maybe this was the death of someone at the high official level!
At 16:45 on June 24, 1900, just as the U.S. Asiatic Fleet returned to the Bohai Bay, the Japanese New Combined Fleet escorting the transport fleet had entered the ambush circle of the Far East Fleet and the Shark submarine formation, although they were not involved at this time.
I don't know that the Yellow Sea Fleet is buying time for them at this time, but their mission is to end this naval battle that resolutely attacks little Japan within three hours.
It has been 20 minutes since the Far East Yellow Sea Fleet appeared in the Bohai Bay. Except for the Italian commander who suggested taking the initiative to attack and eliminate the main military strength of the Far East Navy, the other countries expressed the need for a long-term plan. Although Waldersee is the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, he can
Becoming a German field marshal did not depend on opening your mouth, so he also realized with the analysis of his staff that there must be an unusual reason for the appearance of the Yellow Sea Fleet in the Bohai Bay.
But for a while, he couldn't find the answer. There were only two speculations. First: the Far East wanted to join the coalition and invade Beijing together; second: the Far East was demonstrating with other countries in an attempt to provoke armed provocation.
However, both of these speculations are unlikely. Just after the U.S. fleet returned to its position, and when George came to the coalition command room at Dagukou, a new century war of annihilation in the Yellow Sea broke out.
At 16:56 on June 24, 1900, in the Yellow Sea of Asia, 132.198 East Longitude, 39.33 North Latitude, the Far East Navy, the Shark Submarine Formation, 12 Z-2 attack submarines, under the order of the formation leader Lin Taizeng, and at the same time according to the established
The target ship launched 24 533mm large attack torpedoes.
At the same time, the commander of the Far East Fleet, Huang Tao, ordered the entire fleet to form a fan-shaped attack formation and launch an attack at full speed towards the Japanese Combined Fleet 15 nautical miles away. Three minutes later, when the first submarine-launched torpedo hit the Japanese Combined Fleet,
, the left-hand deck of a 6,000-ton armored cruiser, Japanese Combined Fleet Commander Stray Dog Sasatsu realized that they were surrounded by the Far East.
At this time, Isoroku Yamamoto, who seemed to be less calm than Isoroku Yamamoto, hurriedly ordered Japan to jointly attack the underwater shark submarine formation. But at this time, Isoroku Yamamoto said: "Your Excellency, Commander, I think the Far East
It is a premeditated attack, and it is difficult for us to win, so I think we have immediately separated from the battle and entered the Bohai Bay at full speed. Only in this way can the combined fleet not be destroyed again!"
Hearing what Yamamoto Isoroku said, Wild Dog Sazu actually had this idea in his mind, but this time under the order of the military headquarters, he needed to escort a 250,000-ton cargo ship. How could he abandon 50,000 army officers and ships?
What about the fleet? But if there is a naval battle, they not only need to protect the fleet, but also attack the enemy, which is simply difficult to win.
However, before deciding on this matter, Wild Dog Sasa first ordered the operator to send a distress telegram to the US fleet, but just as he was sending the telegram, the first wave of 24 torpedoes from the Far East Shark submarine formation successfully hit 6
Four of the targets directly hit a new armored cruiser that Japan purchased from Germany. Suddenly, the armored warship, which seemed to be extremely sturdy, was blasted with four large holes by torpedoes. It was too late to make repairs, and it sank in less than a few minutes.
, hundreds of little devils went to the seabed to feed the turtles.
At the same time, another torpedo directly hit a troop carrier. I don’t know whether it was the luck of the Far East Shark submarine formation or the unlucky troop carrier. One torpedo completely tore apart the 8,000-ton carrier.
The warship, with a loud bang in the sky, the 60-meter-long Japanese troop transport was detonated by high explosives, causing it to break in the middle. A large number of Japanese soldiers saw the King of Hell directly before they had time to think.
The rest were either swallowed up by the flames of the torpedo explosion, or were directly knocked away, and some were directly killed instantly. And just after the first wave of torpedo attacks, the Far East Shark submarine formation, which had already installed the second wave of attack torpedoes, was already in
Adjust your position and be ready to launch the next wave of attacks.
But what about the Yellow Sea Fleet far away in the Bohai Bay? The Far East Fleet had already begun to leave the Bohai Bay a minute before the war started. The movement speed of all ships was adjusted to the highest level. The coalition forces who were still discussing were stunned for a while.
But just when everyone didn't understand which song the Yellow Sea Fleet was singing, an American sailor broke into the coalition conference room.
Seeing such a scene, Commander-in-Chief Waldersee had a dark look on his face, but it was still much better than Commodore George of the U.S. Navy. Then after George told the contents of the telegram he received, all the commanders from various countries finally understood.
The Far East Yellow Sea Fleet behaved strangely for nearly an hour just now, but just when US Navy Commodore George ordered the US Navy Asia Fleet to sail out of the Bohai Bay again, the Yankees discovered a problem.
That is, when the Far East Yellow Sea Fleet was leaving, it unexpectedly left a large number of mines irregularly in the Bohai Bay channel.
A mine is an explosive weapon deployed in the water. It can explode due to mechanical collision or other non-contact factors, such as noise, water pressure, etc. It is used to damage ships or hinder their activities. The cost of mines is low, but its
They are very powerful and easy to deploy, but very difficult to detect and remove. The main function of mines is their flexibility.
After discovering such a conspiracy in the Far East, various countries immediately discussed countermeasures and immediately called the Far East to ask for an explanation as to why such an undeclared war was a violation of the international laws of war.
However, Bismarck, the diplomatic representative of the Far East, immediately gave a reply: "First of all, the Far East did not attack any warships or ships; secondly: the Far East only fought back in its own territorial waters, because it was Japan's new combined fleet that launched the attack first, and the Far East
Just passively resisting!”.
Such a diplomatic reply from the Far East left all countries unable to do anything, because they all knew that it was Japan's new combined fleet, but they did not know that the ships were all Japanese soldiers.
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