"The direction is due south, the speed is twenty knots, each post takes turns to rest, and the cooking class has lunch at noon. ”

Li Meng came to the telegram station after arranging everything, and the trio of telegraphers were faithfully sending repeated telegrams according to Li Meng's orders.

"Take a break, what telegram have you received?"

"Receive the telegram, Commander, how do you receive it?"

Li Meng seemed to have forgotten that these people only knew how to send telegrams, and did not know how to receive telegrams.

The telegrams sent from dozens of telegraph machines have been crowded into a swarm, and everyone wants to know if the messages sent by this telegraph are true, and where are they now? Is it from the destroyer Arrow?

Li Meng had to patiently teach them how to receive telegrams, but this kind of thing needs to practice hand speed, ears, and brain reaction speed, not all at once, it is not bad to be able to send telegrams, at least now that the telegrams have been coherent, Li Meng naturally can't talk about higher requirements.

There were a total of two transmitters that could be used, Li Meng asked the transmitter to rest for a while, and finally prepared another telegram, which said that it was the results of the expedition and the latest battle report, that if the enemy reconnaissance plane was shot down, the enemy's directional monitoring should be able to find them, and since this reconnaissance plane had discovered them, the enemy would obviously be able to quickly determine where they were.

"Let's take turns to rest, reduce the number of reports, we have to go into a state of wireless silence, and it's not too late to send reports at night or when the enemy is attacking on a large scale. ”

"Yes, Commander. ”

Li Meng sent out the newly drafted telegram and then dropped the transmitter, at this moment, the sonar soldier reported that the unknown signal was approaching, and Li Meng hurriedly walked from the transmitter to the position of the sonar system.

A constantly approaching sonar signal approached the destroyer from the left front at a speed of 15 knots, and the signal was getting faster and faster!

Li Meng: "Unknown signal in front of the left, direction eleven o'clock, distance of two kilometers." ”

Lookout: "No target found, the sea is calm!"

Today's weather is not bad, despite the cold wind of four or five levels, the waves are about one meter high, but the sea surface within ten kilometers is endless, and everything is in full view.

Li Meng: "It's an underwater target! The secondary artillery enters the combat mode, the direction is eleven o'clock, the distance is two kilometers, two salvos! Two salvos!"

Two salvos of nine secondary guns immediately shot out 18 shells, and a huge wave of more than ten meters immediately broke out in the distance.

The point of light on the screen was still there, and it immediately turned north, seemingly like a frightened rabbit speeding up and running backwards. ”

"In the direction of nine o'clock, at a distance of two kilometers, the secondary artillery will fire a salvo! Let go! The speed of the ship is 22 knots, rush over!"

……..

The submarine withered, the speed could not catch up with the destroyer, and when it came from the side, it was scared away by the secondary guns, and before the fish/pedo could be fired, it passed by the destroyer Arrow.

The destroyer Arrow miraculously passed the first day without a large enemy.

At dusk, the destroyer had sailed more than 200 nautical miles, less than 400 kilometers, and had already reached the northern area of Haicheng, the largest city in the country.

The radar soldier reported: "Commander, we have found three targets in front of us coming towards us, suspected to be warships, about a hundred kilometers away, due south. ”

Almost at the same time, sonar men reported: "Commander, there are three targets coming towards us under the water, in the direction of 12 o'clock, 1 o'clock, and 3 o'clock, suspected to be submarines, at a distance of 5 to 3 kilometers. ”

It was at this time that the lookout loudly reported: "At six o'clock in the direction, there are no less than twenty enemy aircraft." ”

Li Meng: "Commander Li Erdan is responsible for air defense command, two salvos of the main gun and secondary guns, in the direction of 12 o'clock, at a distance of four kilometers, put!"

Li Meng: "The drone is ready to attack, three targets, 100 kilometers ahead, 10 minutes to prepare!"

The first to fire was the anti-aircraft artillery, and more than 20 planes flew densely in the rear, and as soon as the lookout found that the target had entered the firing range, he immediately reported it, and Li Meng immediately asked Li Erdan to open fire, there were too many targets, and it was impossible to carry out centralized command, and the incoming planes had at least ten bombers, and the others were smaller fighters and reconnaissance planes, and Li Erdan immediately opened fire under his command, and immediately attacked the clear target from two kilometers.

"Fifteen degrees to the left rudder, two rounds of fish / tordo ready, coordinates (102, 42), that is, a little direction due south, one o'clock direction, ten seconds ready, 9, 8...... 1. Launch!"

Li Meng constantly shuttled between radar, sonar systems, and observation windows, holding a megaphone microphone and walkie-talkie in his hand, not only listening to and watching everything that was happening, but also constantly giving instructions and commanding.

Li Erdan is also very busy now, more than two dozen planes are attacking from the rear, the sky is dense, the planes are ready to dive, and the anti-aircraft guns have begun to shoot into the sky!

"Ammunition warehouse, I need twenty mm shells. ”

"Thirty-seven mm shells have been fired, hurry!"

"The first pair of cannons is in urgent need of shells, and there are two more rounds, hurry!"

Sonar: "Fish/Mine strikes, direction two o'clock." ”

Fish/Mineman: "2 Fish/Mineoes fired." ”

Li Meng: "The speed is 24 knots, the direction is 15 degrees to the right, the fish/mine is ready for three rounds, the direction is eleven o'clock, and the main gun and the secondary gun are fired in a salvo." ”

"Fish/Mine Launch!"

A violent explosion was heard, and the entire giant ship trembled violently.

"The No. 9 gun position on the port side was attacked by an air raid, the medical guards, someone was injured, the gun position was on fire, come and put out the fire!"

Hong Changhe, the commander of the third regiment, felt a lot of pressure, almost every artillery position called for ammunition supply, and there were casualties among the soldiers caused by the strafing of the aircraft, first of all, we must put out the fire, and we must not cause the ammunition to explode, and after more than a day of preparation before the battle, and countless times of training, they were still in a hurry, and although the soldiers were not afraid of sacrifice, they were still messed up when they encountered such a complicated scene.

"Fish/Mine fired, ready for the second shot!"

"Stuck! Can't launch!"

"Do it again! Open the pressure valve!"

Thousands of times of training, when it comes to actual combat, there will still be problems.

What the fish/mineman team leader didn't know was that it was precisely because of this momentary delay that the launched fish/torpedo hit a submarine attacking from a distance.

The battle continued, and the biggest threat was still from the sky, with fighter planes constantly strafing various air defense positions, bombers constantly diving and dropping bombs, bombs constantly exploding near the destroyer, and waves and water droplets of more than ten meters rose from the sea to the destroyer.

"Fire 3 smoke grenades, directly in front of the target, at a height of 60!"

He Sanshui: "Take off the drone, in the direction of 12 o'clock, and the estimated contact time with the enemy is 20 minutes." ”

Six drones carrying bombs immediately flew out of the destroyer, and the three targets on the opposite side were coming at high speed, most likely destroyers or cruisers, Li Meng guessed that this was an aircraft carrier, and the speed of the aircraft carrier should not be so fast.

Sonarman: "The submarine disappeared at 12 o'clock, suspected to have been destroyed by our fish/mine, the submarine fled east at 3 o'clock, and the submarine is rushing towards us at 11 o'clock!"

"In the direction of 11 o'clock, at a distance of 3 km, 3 salvos from the main and secondary guns!"

Li Meng regarded the destroyer's main gun and secondary guns as the main weapon for attacking submarines, and the fish/torpedo soldiers had already fired the fish/pedo before they could give the order after hearing the enemy's situation, and there was almost a fire cover in the direction of 11 o'clock.

The battle lasted for half an hour, and for the first time, the destroyer Arrow was attacked by a fish/pedo that did not come from 11 o'clock but at 3 o'clock.

Blind shots.

"Damage management! Cabin 37 has been penetrated, damage pipe! Come and put out the fire!"