The southeast wind is blowing strongly, and the rainy season in Indochina and the subcontinent is slowly coming.
Four "Songhua River" class destroyers, two frigates, and one escort aircraft carrier depart from Sattahip Military Port. They will pick up the transport fleet departing from Yaoting City in the eastern waters of Nanhua Bay, pass through the Anron Canal, and then
It starts from the Tenth Strait between the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to the southern sea of Ceylon, then sails northwest through the Eighth Strait into the Arabian Sea, enters the Persian Gulf from the Gulf of Oman, and ends at the mouth of the Arabian River.
The total length of this voyage is 3,600 nautical miles. The fleet sails at a speed of 8.5 knots. If nothing unexpected happens, the escort mission can be completed in 18 days. In the Persian Gulf area, the escort ships entered Huoguang Port (i.e.
The former Khorramshahr Port), Tianhaiguan Port (former Bandar Abbas Port) or Macheng Military Port (former Muscat Port) rest for a week, and then escort the fleet consisting of large fully loaded oil tankers and empty cargo ships.
Escort and return to Nanhua Bay.
Due to the sudden attack of the storm, it took a day for the escort fleet to join the transport fleet. The transport fleet consisted of forty freighters, divided into eight columns, with each fleet separated by 800 meters, and five rows at the front and rear, with a distance of 500 meters between each row.
On the vast ocean, a huge rectangular formation is formed.
Originally, the fleet was escorted by ten destroyers of the Third Fleet. Once the official escort fleet arrived, the task was handed over to the escort fleet. Then the destroyers of the Third Fleet returned to Yaoting Port, ending the "sea training" in name.
escort mission.
The fleet is heading west, and all cargo ships are loaded with food, ammunition, weapons and equipment and other supplies.
The Anjia Army's huge consumption in West Asia and the supplies sold to the Allied Forces require nearly half of them to be met by sea transportation. In addition, the oil produced from the Khuzestan region of Persia also needs to be transported back to Indochina by sea and turned into various products.
fuel and industrial products.
Before the Enron Canal was opened to navigation, Sunshine Port (formerly Yangon) and Maocheng Port (formerly Mawlamyine Port) in southern Myanmar were usually the departure and destination ports. But now with the opening of the canal, the port is directly from Nanhua Bay.
Or the ports in Beibu Gulf and South China Sea are the departure and destination ports, which greatly saves railway and highway transportation capacity.
In a sense, like the North Atlantic route, the Indian Ocean route is also a maritime lifeline that determines the outcome of a war.
Since the Anjia Army launched the Indian Ocean War this year, the conflict with the Japanese Navy has become increasingly fierce. In order to combat China's war potential, under the mobilization of the Military Command and the Navy Ministry, Japanese submarines began to increase their activities in the Indian Ocean.
A battle of life and death began between escort and anti-submarine warfare.
The transport fleet passed through the Enron Canal one by one, entered the Andaman Sea, and formed again.
The destroyers and escort carriers entered their respective patrol positions. Among them, the "Mohe" and "Xunhe" separated to the left and right, clearing the way for the fleet 3,500 meters ahead. The "Tonghe" and "Jinhe" moved at the same distance.
, shielding the two wings of the fleet. The escort aircraft carrier is at the rear of the transport fleet, and the accompanying frigates "Mianyang" and "Deyang" are responsible for blocking the rear of the fleet.
In the early morning of the fourth day, the fleet safely passed through the Ten Degree Strait and entered the Bay of Bengal. It was getting farther and farther away from the Nicobar Islands where the Japanese army was entrenched. All members of the fleet breathed a long sigh of relief.
At this time, heavy fog began to cover the sea surface, and visibility decreased rapidly.
As a precaution, the fleet formed a strict queue and sailed southwest at normal speed, while the surrounding escort ships only searched and moved forward at a speed of 12.5 knots, taking a zigzag route. From morning to afternoon, the fleet was safe and sound.
, a ship swayed on the crest of the waves, and the tall chimneys threw black smoke into the air.
In the evening, when the fleet arrived in the waters south of Ceylon, the high-frequency direction finder installed on the lead destroyer "Mohe" received a set of radio signals. After verification, it was proved that it was a Japanese Navy submarine sending and receiving signals, and this signal was immediately transferred
Report abnormal situations to fleet command.
Fleet Commander Lieutenant Colonel Yue Haining, who was on the escort aircraft carrier "Aolaifeng", instructed the destroyer "Tonghe" to leave the formation and go to the sea area where the incident occurred to check. As a result, the "Tonghe" rushed to the sea area indicated by the direction finder to search
For more than an hour, no trace of the Japanese navy submarine was found, and it was probably that it had already submerged and escaped.
As night fell, in order to avoid losses to the transport fleet, the "Tonghe" had to return, and together with the "Jinhe" were ordered to sail from the fifth row to the first row of the fleet and enter the night patrol position. In this way, from
From left to right, they are the "Mohe", "Tonghe", "Xunhe" and "Jinhe". They formed an arc formation in front of the fleet and moved forward cautiously.
At the same time, the frigates "Mianyang" and "Deyang" moved forward to escort the aircraft carrier to ensure the absolute safety of the fleet headquarters.
At 2:15 a.m. the next morning, the sonar of the "Mohe" received a vague signal, which was confirmed to be the sound of a submarine, and immediately sounded the battle alarm. The radars of several destroyers were fully activated to detect the location of the Japanese submarine, but no one was found.
Target. After just three minutes, the sonar signal disappeared.
Approaching the transport fleet was the Japanese submarine "I-284", captained by Lieutenant Kazaki Kuniji.
Japanese submarines are named "I, Lu, and Bo" based on large, medium and small sizes, which are similar to A, B, and C in Chinese. Japanese submarines are divided into levels one to three. The standard displacement of first-level submarines is more than 1,000 tons, and the standard displacement of second-level submarines is more than 1,000 tons.
The standard displacement of submarines is less than 1,000 tons and more than 500 tons. The standard displacement of third-class submarines is less than 500 tons. The I-type submarines are first-class submarines, the Lu-type submarines are second-class submarines, and the wave-type submarines are third-class submarines.
The "I-284" submarine is a C-1 submarine with a displacement of 2,100 tons. It can perform ocean combat missions. Due to its large tonnage and large reserves of living and combat supplies, it can operate continuously for two or three months outside. It is Japan's
The navy's main submarine.
Lieutenant Kuniji Kazuaki has been looking for opportunities and made every effort to eliminate Chinese transport ships traveling in the Indian Ocean and boost the morale of the Japanese people and military. After a long period of observation of the fleet commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Yue Haining, Lieutenant Kuniji decided to take advantage of the situation alone.
Enter. Attack the weak link of the fleet - the ship located at the left rear of the rectangular formation.
The submarine "I-284" boldly followed up underwater and launched two torpedoes about two thousand meters away from the fleet. The first torpedo hit the 5,000-ton cargo ship "Zi-396".
The ship's hull trembled violently and a raging fire instantly ignited. The second torpedo hit the 2,500-ton merchant ship "Shang-567". Only five minutes later, the "Shang-567" disappeared from the sea.
The surrounding ships that had undergone strict attack drills immediately fired red and yellow flares into the sky. The destroyers "Mohe" and "Tonghe" received the warning and quickly turned around. Returning at a high speed of 33 knots, countless flares
The sea surface was illuminated translucently.
At the moment when the "I-284" submarine launched a torpedo, the radar on the waiting escort aircraft carrier "Aolaifeng" locked its position, and the two helicopters quickly flew to the relevant sea area. At this time, the "I-284"
The submarine was making an emergency dive. Countless rockets pounced on it like meteors, and the waves caused by the explosion rose more than ten meters high.
The frigate "Mianyang" with a displacement of 1,500 tons approached the sea area designated by the fleet headquarters, came to the top of the submarine's escape position, and dropped a series of depth charges. Kunji Yiming never expected that the Chinese would react so quickly, and the submarine would descend
to twenty
When it was more than 10 meters away, the hull of the submarine was severely damaged. The power unit failed under the continuous attacks of rockets. Then, in the attack of depth bombs, the armor on the surface of the submarine was penetrated. The hull of the submarine was flooded and quickly sank to the bottom of the sea.
A large amount of debris and oil stains floated on the sea.
Although the rapid response this time eliminated the threat of Japanese submarines in time, the fire on the "Zi-396" was not extinguished. The orange-red flames danced wildly, turning the night sky red. An hour later, "Zi-396"
No. 396" sank into the sea, but fortunately most of the sailors rescued it in time.
This raid resulted in the loss of two transport ships and more than 5,000 tons of cargo. Fleet Commander Lieutenant Colonel Yue Haining was very upset about this, but there was nothing he could do about it.
The fleet continued to move forward and successfully crossed the Eighth Strait on the eighth day and arrived in the waters near the Amindivi Islands in the southwest of the subcontinent.
In the evening, the sky was filled with dark clouds and heavy rain poured down. Due to the rain curtain, the visibility was almost zero. Such a night was a good opportunity for Japanese submarine operations. All the officers and soldiers of the escort fleet were tense, but unexpectedly, the fleet was
None were attacked by submarines.
The next morning, the sky cleared and the sun cleared. After noon, the "Xunhe"'s sonar found the target and immediately rushed over to drop a set of depth bombs. The shock wave of the explosion caused the sea water to churn, but no fragments of the submarine were found to surface.
At sea, it was clear that the attack had failed.
The "Xunhe" searched back and forth around this sea area unwillingly, but the fleet's own noise was too noisy and the sonar did not capture the target.
The situation was reported to the fleet headquarters. Lieutenant Colonel Yue Haining was sensitively aware that he was being targeted by Japanese submarines again, but he did not know whether it was a lone wolf or a group of wolves this time. He immediately increased his vigilance and dispatched mosquito carrier-based bombers.
, to provide warning for the surrounding fifty nautical miles.
The Mosquito carrier-based bomber is low-cost, uses foldable wings, four-blade propellers, has a hook, is equipped with a 20mm cannon, can carry 1,000 kilograms of bombs and torpedoes under the fuselage, and is equipped with a new sea-to-air search radar.
As long as the submarine surfaces to recharge, it will inevitably be unable to escape the attack.
However, during the cruise that lasted for more than two hours, the two waves of mosquito carrier-based bombers found no trace of the Japanese submarine. In this case, the bombers were withdrawn to the escort aircraft carrier and replaced by two reconnaissance aircraft.
Helicopters fly at low altitudes in the surrounding waters to provide early warning.
The "Xun River" radar that guides the fleet on the right front is widely opened, and has been scanning the large area of the right side nervously, but no goal is found.
On the sea, Senna captured a very weak signal, and immediately rushed to throw two deep water bombs.
Two or three minutes later, Senna captured the target again. This time the "Mohe" did not miss the opportunity. He cast eight deep water bombs in one breath, and a thick water column was standing on the sea.
The water surface was lifted up with large oil stains, turbid air bubbles and submarine residues everywhere on the sea. It seems that the Japanese army, a submarine that peeketed with the fleet, sank before it had time.
After that, the Japanese submarine disappeared, and the fleet arrived at Oman Bay safely all the way. Seeing that you could enter the Holmus Strait, fully entered the Anjia Army Sea, the Persian Bay controlled by the Air Force.
Just as everyone relaxed the vigilance, at 1 am on the 16th, the 5,000-ton cargo ship "from -452" was hit by a torpedo from there, the ship sagged, and then the hull began to slowly take the slowness of the hull slowly.
Shen, the mast rose to the red victim signal.
Although all the forty-five crew members on the ship of the "-452" were rescued, the loss of ships and supplies was still extremely heavy.
Although the sound of several destroyers has been opened since then, it has not found the location of the Japanese submarine. It is estimated that it quickly closed the engine engine after launching underwater.
Several destroyers could only drop a few deep water bombs.
After dawn, the fleet entered the Strait of Holmus safely.
Since the Anjiajun Navy set up an anti -submarine network and large -scale sound device at the Straits Exit, two to three destroyers patrol the whole weather in the sea, and the land -based fighters and helicopters of the surrounding airports are at any time.
The endless hunting, so the Persian Bay at this time is even better than Nanhua Bay. From this point of view, the task of the escort fleet by Lieutenant Colonel Yue Haining has basically been completed.
Of course, from the perspective of the loss of losses, this escort is obviously unsuccessful, but in the long run, this is a major battlefield for the Sino -Japanese Navy. The crisis is in rigidity.
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