At around 8 o'clock in the evening of the same day, on the South China Sea, 1,200 kilometers due east-north of Singapore and about 50 kilometers away from Bandar Seri Begawan, Malaysia, a Japanese transport fleet of about ten ships was escorted by two frigates.
The train is heading towards Singapore from east to west. Flying
On a 20,000-ton merchant ship named "Fuyun", two Japanese sailors in their thirties and forties were looking at the dark ocean and talking about what?
"When the Empire occupies the Southern Peninsula, this will be our inland sea. At that time, we can have nothing to worry about like sailing in the Tsushima Strait."
"Futian, this day won't be too far away——"
"Empty - Po La La -"
"Futian, look quickly!"
"Ba Ge, what is that?"
"We hit him!"
"Boom!" There was a violent explosion. The two Japanese sailors only saw a dazzling flash of light, then felt a burning pain, and the next moment they were torn into pieces by the explosion.
A heavy torpedo hit the starboard side of the moving "Fuyun" and blasted a big hole there. The "Fuyun" immediately broke into two pieces and fell into the cold water.
A shrill alarm sounded, and the two frigates immediately rushed to the ocean to the right of the "Fuyun". In about ten minutes, they had just witnessed the sinking of the "Fuyun". The most forward-looking merchant ship
Suddenly someone exclaimed: "Torpedo! Torpedo!" Then a huge fireball exploded on the starboard side of the ship, and there was another loud noise. The ship then tilted to the right, and then turned upside down.
In the captain's room of the forward frigate, the captain named Sujin Doi immediately yelled into the intercom: "The enemy is attacking, we were attacked by a submarine, and all the ships immediately moved closer to me." He continued to yell.
Twice, he threw the microphone on the table and shouted:
"Depth charges, throw depth charges immediately!"
"Hai!"
The one who attacked the Japanese transport fleet was naturally the Xuebing Army submarine force under the command of Xu Kai. It was completely different from the last time he went to the coast of Singapore to wait for an opportunity to sneak attack the "Kaga" aircraft carrier.
Seduced from the coast of Singapore, Chen Ce was ordered to send out all the submarines that could participate in the war. Chen Ce carried out the order without compromise, so including the two Song-class boats, the Xuebing Army dispatched a total of eleven submarines this time. There had been
An actual combat experience, Xu Kai's command this time was much more experienced. In order to completely disrupt the Japanese's sight, he organized eleven submarines into three teams and began to control the submarines from the coast of Manila. Then he caught a big fish.
As the ship with the largest carrying capacity in the transport fleet, the "Fuyun" is carrying key equipment that Koizumi plans to use to build a shipyard. Its giant portal-type crane with a maximum lifting capacity of 180 tons
Cranes are the core equipment for building large ships, and there are only two of them in Japan.
The one that sank the "Fuyun" was a Song-class submarine under the personal command of Xu Kai. Xu Kai did not know that the torpedo he had just ordered to be launched had delayed Koizumi's idea of building a large shipyard in Southeast Asia by at least half a year.
, feeling the tremors caused by the explosion of depth charges in the submarine, he ordered to flee the combat sea area while silently praying that nothing would happen to the other two Ming-class submarines. At the same time, he also thought: I don’t know if this will be enough to save the submarine.
The main force of the little devils was attracted to build a group.
The "Fu Yun" was sunk around eight o'clock, and Koizumi received the report around ten o'clock. The little devil was confused at that time - "'Fu Yun'? Why 'Fu Yun'?" He shouted in a hissing voice.
He wanted to cry without tears. The next moment, he remembered the attack and sinking of the "Kaga" aircraft carrier. He took it for granted that it must have been done by the Americans. He gritted his teeth and said: "Uncle Sam is really as domineering as ever. I
They just killed two of his nuclear experts, but they actually dared to sneak attack on our transport ship. They must have done it under the flag of the British in Ba Ge and the Kaga. They thought they could hide it from the public, but I knew it very well.
Knowing that submarines are not the British's strength at all..." After the confusion, the little devil calmed down and immediately asked Hatono to call Doi back, asking him to stay put and wait for the support of the main fleet. Then he ordered the Fengxiang aircraft carrier fleet and Longxiang
The aircraft carrier fleet immediately weighed anchor and headed for the South China Sea. The former stayed in the area where the accident occurred and was on guard, while the latter was responsible for bringing the transport fleet to Singapore.
After finishing this, the little devil thought for a while, carefully drafted a telegram, and asked Hatono to send it to Yamamoto. At the end of the telegram, he wrote: Americans dare to be so sensitive.
They sent submarines to sneak attack our merchant ships, which shows that they are ready for a battle with the empire. Once its Pacific fleet enters Southeast Asia, our army will have no chance of winning. Not only that, the heart of the empire will also lose its support from Southeast Asia.
The replenishment of fresh blood. So I thought that Operation "Tiger Tiger Tiger" was inevitable.
Ouyang Yun did not expect that the assassination he launched against the Japanese in order to expand the size of his navy would actually promote the occurrence of a major event in the history of World War II - he did not know this until after the war.
At the same time, in the vast ocean of the Bay of Bengal, in the captain's room of the battleship "Richelieu", Guo Kui stood behind Qi Minghao and was chatting with him.
"Commander Guo, this is the eleventh time you have asked this question since dark. We are still at least thirty hours away from the target sea area. You should go and rest first - you have been here with me for five hours, right?
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"Can't sleep."
"Count sheep. I couldn't sleep when I first got on the ship, so I counted sheep. I counted sheep for about half a month and then I got used to it."
"Xiao Qi, you teach the ship."
"This is not something you can learn in a short while."
"It doesn't matter, we can learn as much as we can. In the future, we will definitely attack the Japanese mainland. I will sail a ship there by myself. How majestic will that be?!"
When Guo Kui brought up this topic, Qi Minghao became interested and asked, "Will we really invade Japan?"
"Of course, the Commander-in-Chief has not spoken about it once or twice in front of us."
"I really hope that day can come soon!"
"It's not too far away - Xiao Qi, tell me the truth, if that guy Xu Kai can't draw away the Japs' main battleship, can we win the battle?" Guo Kui suddenly changed the subject again.
Qi Minghao fell silent.
The Xuebing Army Navy has not been established for a long time, and has always developed small ships, so there is a shortage of combatants for large ships. For example, this time, although they have gathered a team of about 700 people, in fact they only have
It can only guarantee that the seven large ships of the Far East Fleet will be launched. If the Japanese main fleet is not diverted, it is not a question of whether the fight can be won, but that it is impossible to fight at all.
"Commander Guo, you should know that the people we come to Chittagong this time are all non-combatants with driving and engineering expertise."
Guo Kui has been busy with the training of the helicopter brigade and really didn't pay attention to this matter. Hearing this, he couldn't help but said: "You mean, if there is a fight, we will only be beaten passively?"