Around seven o'clock in the morning, in the waters east of Diaomen Island, on the island of the Japanese aircraft carrier Minato, Egami Tomowatari was drinking hot tea while watching the ships under his command twist up their anchor chains and then join the sortie sequence. Originally, as a joint As a member of the fleet, the Watergate aircraft carrier fleet is just an extremely small combat unit. However, after the destruction of the United Fleet is imminent and the Watergate aircraft carrier has actually become Japan's last aircraft carrier in Southeast Asia, the existence of the Watergate fleet The meaning has nothing to do with the scale of combat power. To quote what Egami Tomodo said when he lectured his captains: "From now on, we will no longer just represent ourselves, we will also bear the honor of the United Fleet." Gentlemen, the Chinese have humiliated us time and time again. Even though we are weak now, we must let the Chinese see that the navy of the Empire of Japan cannot be humiliated. We will use bloody weapons time and time again. Revenge comes to tell the Chinese people that in Asia and the Pacific, the navy of the Imperial Japanese Empire was and is the absolute ruler."
Egami Tomodo's arrogant words were not purely "impulsive" and he could not distinguish the situation. Just like Hatoyama's ship ribs before the expedition, he also held a trump card in his hand, which was similar to the "Fifty Special Attack Plane" "Typhoon special attack torpedo", some people may say that special attack torpedoes appeared a few years ago, but in terms of their impact on the war, at least they were not able to exert much power against the Chinese navy. Now, the Japanese give this If a torpedo has a fancy name, can it instantly increase the submarine's attack power?
Of course this is not the case. Compared with the Japanese army's earlier special attack torpedoes, the current "Typhoon Special Attack Torpedo" has not only improved in speed, but also doubled in destructive power. The real reason why Egami Tomodo can boast so brazenly is that this Because this type of submarine is equipped with a small torpedo on each side, its combat methods have become diversified. For example, in a battle a week ago, the submarine force led by Liu Xiaoshen of the South China Sea Fleet was " As a result of the "Typhoon" plot, Liu Xiaoshen's troops lost two Ming-class ships and one Song-class ship in an encounter that lasted only about a quarter of an hour.
It is true that the development of Japan's high-tech weapons under the leadership of Koizumi Minichiro took a wrong path from the beginning, but what has to be admitted is that even if the path was wrong at the beginning, with the accumulation of time, the Japanese army has improved in related technologies. Many breakthroughs have been made. At least judging from the development of the "Typhoon Super Attack Torpedo", the Japanese have truly found an effective weapon that can target the Chinese Navy this time.
Unlike the training of pilots, which requires a lot of time and resources, the training of special attack torpedo pilots is relatively simple. Therefore, when the commander of the Japanese aviation force began to have a headache due to the shortage of pilots, Egami Tomodo did not have this aspect. What he is worried about now is that the shipyard is too slow to provide this new type of special attack torpedo in large quantities.
The encounter a week ago was destined to be a lifetime of pain for Liu Xiaoshen. There were no problems with early warning and reconnaissance, and he also discovered the opponent in advance. However, when the actual fight started, he thought it would be a one-sided massacre, but it turned out to be a one-sided massacre. Fang's two Ming-class boats were first inexplicably blown up by Little Devil's submarine. Then, when he felt something was wrong and wanted to retreat, something happened to a Song-class boat again.
It was also from this time that Liu Xiaoshen realized that the Watergate aircraft carrier fleet's blind avoidance seemed to be just an illusion. This aircraft carrier fleet, which was only one-tenth the size of the Japanese Combined Fleet, might be the biggest surprise in this South China Sea battle. .
"We must regain our position. The commander asked us to deal with the USS Watergate aircraft carrier fleet. He wanted to give us a great credit. When it comes to submarine warfare, will the little devil be our opponent? It's just a defeat. It's not a big deal." Although he made such wild words in front of his brothers, he became much more cautious in his subsequent command.
After receiving Xu Kai's order and learning that the Watergate aircraft carrier fleet had finally come out from Diaomen Island, Liu Xiaoshen thought about it seriously and still did not report the encounter that happened a week ago, which almost made him a big mistake. .
Because the Japanese army's protection of the military industrial base in the Gulf of Thailand is very strict, most of the time, Liu Xiaoshen and the others do not dare to surface easily. The large-scale dropping of depth bombs by the aviation force is always the biggest threat to submarines, and after losing three After losing one submarine, Liu Xiaoshen felt that they could no longer bear the pain of losing even one more submarine. How to adjust the morale of the troops in deep water operations for many years is a world-class problem. If they suffer another defeat, they will lose a few more submarines. Even if it is a submarine, Liu Xiaoshen is really not sure what will happen next.
"The headquarters called us and asked us to intercept the Watergate aircraft carrier fleet of the little Japanese. Let's talk about what we should do next."
"The Watergate has finally come out, sir. Now we have a chance to avenge Xiaosheng and the others."
"Before, the Japanese were hiding on Diaomen Island and we couldn't do anything about them. Now, of course, we must torture them severely."
Several people's speeches were meaningless emotional catharsis. Liu Xiaoshen frowned, cast his eyes on the face of the assistant next to him, and asked: "Chief of Staff Luo, what do you think?"
Chief of Staff Luo's full name is Luo Dayou. He is in his forties and is a colonel staff officer of the former Central Military Naval Command. Because of this original status, he is not popular in the South China Sea Fleet. As a squadron commander As a high-level figure, Liu Xiaoshen would not usually discriminate against his chief of staff because of this kind of thing. However, after all, they had different backgrounds, and they could not be said to be very close to Luo Dayou.
He should have a clear understanding of this situation, so unless necessary, Luo Dayou keeps silent most of the time and rarely expresses his personal views or opinions.
But this does not mean that he has no professional skills. As a real veteran in the Chinese Navy, the weakness of the Chinese Navy in the previous Battle of Songhu and later the Battle of Nanjing and even Wuhan was the most difficult and most difficult thing for Luo Dayou to face. It was a painful thing, and precisely because of this, when he learned that he had the opportunity to go to the front-line army and hold actual positions in the veteran navy fleet of the Xuebing Army, he immediately gave up the opportunity to stay in the naval headquarters and resolutely decided It came down.