When Nimitz was issuing various orders in succession, on the sea less than three thousand meters away from him, following Huang Haiqiang's order, three Song-class submarines opened fire at the same time, and twelve heavy-duty torpedoes jumped out of their launchers and fired at them. The aircraft carrier Nimitz was on flew away. In the other direction, the same three Song-class submarines, with the same twelve heavy torpedoes, attacked another aircraft carrier of the Atlantic Fleet.
At a distance of three thousand meters, not to mention that the Americans had not noticed it before, even if they knew in advance, it would be very difficult to escape this disaster. The heavy torpedoes made a loud noise, and they were discovered by American sonar soldiers almost as soon as they entered the water. The attack position chosen by Huang Haiqiang and the others was in the air of the US aircraft carrier and escort ship. When many US sonar soldiers suddenly discovered through sonar that a torpedo suddenly appeared between the ship they were on and the escort aircraft carrier, their first reaction was not to He couldn't believe it, and then he howled like a slaughtered pig: "Report to the commander, torpedoes, torpedoes found."
Almost at the same time, the sonar troops on the two US aircraft carriers also detected torpedo signals. The six Song-class submarines led by Huang Haiqiang used anti-sonar detection skins just developed by Xuebing R&D Institute, so , to the US military's sonar troops, these torpedoes seemed to appear out of thin air, and the terrifying atmosphere created by the weapons can be imagined.
After Nimitz issued the order, he was considering whether he had made any oversights. His adjutant suddenly shouted with a pale face: "Your Excellency, Commander, the sonar has detected torpedoes, nine o'clock direction, a total of twelve. ." The adjutant finished the above words with some difficulty, and then subconsciously swallowed and spit.
"Torpedoes, nine o'clock direction." Nimitz was worthy of the title of famous general. He was not shocked when he heard the sudden change. Instead, he immediately turned his attention to the defense map in front of him. Then, he quickly made a decision, first ordering other troops nearby. The ship immediately approached the San Francisco aircraft carrier in the nine o'clock direction, and then ordered all searchlights to immediately shine on the sea in the nine o'clock direction and continuously fire flares. When he learned that another aircraft carrier had also been attacked by a torpedo, he changed the order , requiring the ships near the two aircraft carriers to immediately put the protection of the ships as their top priority, requiring all gunners and machine gunners on the two aircraft carriers to be alert to the sea in the direction of the torpedo attack, and to fire freely according to the situation. After doing this, he took a deep breath In a tone of voice, he asked the first mate on the side: "Johnson, it's up to you now."
Johansson was a middle-aged man. He nodded, held the rudder with both hands, and called the engine room phone at the same time: "David, from now on, you listen to me."
After everything that needed to be arranged was arranged, Nimitz found time to pay attention to the specific situation and asked the adjutant: "How far away was the torpedo from us when it was discovered?"
"Three thousand meters."
"Three thousand meters,."
"Yes."
Nimitz was about to take out his cigar and smoke it, but when he heard this, he loosened his hand and the cigar fell to the ground, three thousand meters away. Based on Nimitz's understanding of the performance of the torpedoes produced by the Xuebing Army, that is to say, if there is no accident If so, ten seconds later, the aircraft carrier he is on will have close contact with the torpedo, and because the aircraft carrier is not sailing at high speed at this time, the possibility of suddenly accelerating away or making a sharp turn can basically be ruled out.
"Where are the submarines? Have you found any Chinese submarines?"
"No, the enemy's torpedoes seemed to suddenly fall from the sky."
"Chinese submarines are able to evade detection by our anti-submarine sonar,"
Ten seconds is not a short time, but it has absolutely nothing to do with how long it is. As all the front lights of the San Francisco aircraft carrier were almost concentrated on the sea at nine o'clock in front of the aircraft carrier, the ferocious figures of the twelve torpedoes immediately appeared. Uncovered and exposed to the eyes of Americans.
Seeing these torpedoes cutting through the wind and waves clearly, Johansson immediately took a breath of cold air, "They are heavy torpedoes, full left rudder, fast, fast, son of a bitch, the speed of the torpedo is too fast, there is no way to avoid it." ." He shouted loudly, hysterically.
"The moment the ship shook violently, time seemed to have stopped. Then, as a ball of fire rose from the port side of the aircraft carrier, the violent explosion almost deafened my ears..." This is a name A passage written by a U.S. Navy lieutenant named Gru in his memoirs a few years later described exactly what happened when the San Francisco aircraft carrier was attacked by a Chinese submarine force.
The real situation is far crueler than what Gru described, because not one of the twelve heavy torpedoes launched by Wang Haiqiang and his team went wrong, and all hit the USS San Francisco. There were explosions one after another, and in the flames and water, San Francisco The aircraft carrier immediately began to tilt to the right and began to sink.
At the same time, another aircraft carrier of the Atlantic Fleet was also hit by nine heavy torpedoes at the same time. Because one torpedo directly hit the ammunition depot of the aircraft carrier, what was even worse than the San Francisco aircraft carrier was that this aircraft carrier directly It was blown into two pieces, and in less than five minutes, the stern part of the ship sank towards the sea due to too much water.
When the first ball of fire broke out from the San Francisco aircraft carrier, all the Americans were stunned. Then, without Nimitz's orders, they immediately turned around and moved closer to the San Francisco aircraft carrier, regardless of their own safety. At this time, the United States People no longer think about how to thwart the Chinese raids and counterattacks. They now only think about rescuing as many people as possible, especially Nimitz.
When two U.S. aircraft carriers were torpedoed, other U.S. ships also began to attack six Chinese Song-class submarines.
Among all the ships participating in the siege, several American destroyers were the most active.
As the most important anti-submarine force in the fleet, six Chinese submarines actually broke into the safety circle. Not to mention how the officers and soldiers of the US destroyer would be held accountable afterwards. Out of the military's sense of honor alone, they would definitely He cannot tolerate Chinese submarines continuing to wander around under his nose.
Brigadier General Buckley, the commander of the destroyer squadron, shouted on the command channel: "I don't know how the Chinese deceived our sonar, but now, they are all going to die, and I want the sons of bitches to feed the sharks."
Through the periscope, Huang Haiqiang witnessed the entire process of the San Francisco aircraft carrier being hit by a torpedo and tilting. After he judged that the US aircraft carrier could not escape the torpedo attack, he did not order to continue firing torpedoes at the San Francisco aircraft carrier, but instead set his sights on The battleship Oklahoma was seen a little further away.
What the Americans didn't know was that from the moment they received the combat mission, the submarine officers and soldiers led by Huang Haiqiang never thought that they could escape unscathed after completing the mission, so they faced the menacing US destroyer. The squadron had no intention of diving to escape, but just continued to search for valuable attack targets according to the pre-war arrangements.