As night fell, the Japanese officers and soldiers occupying Davao Beach were still busy transferring supplies from the tugboat. Considering that the fighting in the city did not seem to be over, the Japanese troops who came ashore had no choice but to set up a temporary camp on the beach.

Originally, the Japanese planned to let the tugboat dock in the port that they had occupied, but when the tugboat drove over, it unfortunately encountered mines laid in the port. In view of this situation, the port is only afraid of being unusable for the time being.

The Japanese army, who had no choice but to use the beach to pile up the materials that had been transported. In order to deal with the remnants of the defenders in the city as soon as possible, the Japanese army sent another infantry brigade to the city. On this side of the beach, thousands of troops were also deployed to guard the guard.

In addition, there are warships in the sea to guard their surroundings, at least in the eyes of the Japanese troops who have landed, they should be safe. After all, based on what they have learned, it seems that there are not many US military forces in the entire territory of Davao.

Even if there is a battalion of defense troops in the city, it can add up to only about a thousand people. And at this moment, the troops they sent to the city, in addition to more than 2,000 elite infantry, there is also a squadron of chariots to cooperate with the attack!

Just when the Japanese reconnaissance plane, which was in charge of air patrol and vigilance, sent the last telegram before returning to the landing force to confirm that no enemy situation had been found in the vicinity, Zhao Tiehu issued a series of combat orders.

The first to be dispatched was a submarine detachment that had been cruising not far from the Japanese fleet. The officers and men of the Navy who stayed in the submarine also looked very excited when they saw the telegram sent by the base camp.

'Brothers, the wolf hair has sent a telegram ordering the wolves to attack! Inform the remaining five submarines and give me a little outflanking. There are only three large ships left nearby, and two submarines are responsible for one Japanese ship, so be sure to sink them all at once. ’

'Yes, Captain! ’

Compared with the submarine detachment when it was just formed, Zhao Tiehu only purchased four American-made submarines with not very good performance for the submarine squadron. Today's submarine detachment has 12 submarines of different types.

Among them, there are submarines specially responsible for monitoring the movements of the Japanese army in the nearby waters, and those submarines are ordered not to attack without authorization, and more are hiding under the sea surface to monitor the movement of the little devil navy in the nearby waters.

The six submarines commanded by Liu Liming were secretly purchased by Zhao Tiehu at a high price before the war. The US military has also deployed many military ports in Manila for submarines of the same type, and the performance and combat effectiveness of these six submarines are still good.

Knowing that the Japanese army was trying to occupy Davao City at one time, Zhao Tiehu only had more than 5,000 people when he learned that the Japanese army had landed in the city, and he was escorted by three large ships. Of course, there are also small ships that will have someone to deal with them.

As Liu Liming received Zhao Tiehu's order, he began to command six submarines to dive and approach the Japanese ships on the sea at low speed. The remaining five submarines were also very careful, and according to Liu Liming's order, the two submarines formed an attack formation.

The officers and men on the submarine all know that if a submarine fights a surface submarine, it cannot sink the other side at once. Then the fate that awaits the submarine is to be caught up by the surface submarine and drop a depth charge to completely sink to the bottom of the sea.

As a result, submarines often have only one chance to attack, which somewhat smacks of unsuccessful success. Therefore, from the time these officers and soldiers were assigned to the submarine, Zhao Tiehu told them that when they were submariners, they should be ready to be buried at the bottom of the sea at any time.

Fortunately, many of the officers and men of the navy recruited from China are not afraid of death but are afraid of uselessness. Although they are currently operating submarines, these naval officers and men know that such an opportunity is too rare.

From the very beginning of the training, they were ready to fight the Japanese warships. It's just that since the start of the war, Zhao Tiehu has always strictly ordered them not to attack. More often than not, they serve as patrol submarines to monitor the enemy around Mindanao.

During the earlier attack on Davao, Japanese naval vessels had already reconnoitred the nearby waters several times and did not find any submarines in the nearby waters. Therefore, seeing the successful landing of the troops, several large warships that cooperated with the attack sailed to other combat sites.

As for Davao, except for one cruiser and two destroyers, the rest were gunboats and patrol boats of smaller tonnage. These ships do not pose much of a threat to submarines.

Most importantly, the Haiphong Brigade, which had been hiding in the river earlier, was also ordered to sail out of the mouth of the river after night and began to outflank the port of Davao. As soon as the submarine formation moves, they will rush to support at high speed.

At this moment, in the dense forest, a brigade of nearly 200 wolf warrior special forces, and 500 guards deployed as a reserve nearby. Also stepping on the night, we began to march towards Davao City.

It's just that in tonight's encirclement and annihilation battle, the first shot was fired by the submarine formation. If we don't solve the Japanese fleet on the sea, we want to completely annihilate these Japanese troops on the island, but I am afraid that we will not be able to grasp it. After all, the threat of naval artillery is too great!

The submarine formation is undoubtedly familiar with the underwater situation in the port of Davao. The sailor reports the depth of the submarine and the distance it has traveled from time to time so that the commander can give the order to ascend.

In doing so, it is more also to avoid being discovered by the Japanese destroyers in advance and the submarines that are secretly approaching them. After all, at this time, the sonar technology used to search for submarines has been applied to ships, so submarine sneak attacks must be carried out with extreme caution.

Driving to a position about five kilometers away from the Japanese ships, Liu Liming immediately said: "Stop advancing and maintain the current depth!" Get into combat and get ready to carry out a torpedo attack! ”

'Yes, Captain! ’

Another disadvantage of submarine warfare compared with surface ships is that they cannot communicate with each other normally when they are fighting underwater. If a submarine wants to receive a signal, it often needs to surface before it can receive or receive a telegram.

Before diving, Liu Liming gave the other five submarines an order to attack and also set the time for attack. As for the other five submarines, whether they can be on time or not be discovered in advance depends more on luck.

Fortunately, the commanders of the other five submarines were all trained by Liu Liming. In addition, when they fought against pirate ships earlier, they also conducted corresponding underwater wolf pack encirclement and suppression combat training.

Therefore, Liu Liming believed that the other five old subordinates were doing the same thing as him at the moment. Quietly lurking underwater, waiting for the final ascent to deliver the most fatal blow to the three Japanese warships floating on the sea.

'Attention all, count down to the surface, and prepare for a mine attack!' Three, two, one, float! ’

Under Liu Liming's order, the submarine, which had stopped advancing, began to slowly float. When the submarine floated to the point where the periscope was just above the surface, it paused again. The soldier in charge of the periscope began to search for the location of the Japanese ships ahead.

The azimuth angle of the Japanese warship was quickly reported, and the helmsman of the submarine also quickly adjusted the angle at which the submarine launched the mine. Everything was ready, and Liu Liming, who had been holding his breath and urging 'hurry up', shouted: "Torpedo, launch!" ”

The torpedo that accompanied the submarine's equipment finally escaped from the submarine's torpedo tube, like a swift shuttle swordfish heading straight for the Japanese warship not far away. And the searchlight on the warship soon spotted this wave getting closer and closer.

Seeing this scene, the Japanese soldiers who were in charge of observing the situation on the sea immediately exclaimed: "Torpedoes, there are torpedoes!" There are submarines under water, there are submarines underwater! Pull the alarm! ”

It's a pity that when the soldiers saw the torpedoes coming towards the warship, the fate of the warship seemed to have been sealed. Compared with the time it takes for a warship to turn its rudder, the time it takes for a mine to hit a warship is undoubtedly shorter.

When the Japanese sentries on the cruiser sounded the battle alarm, the other two destroyers who were nearby were also shocked by the sudden siren. In their opinion, is there anything here that could threaten their ships?

It wasn't until the cruiser was directly hit by a mine and made an earth-shattering explosion that the other two Japanese destroyers were still not moving. Liu Liming, who was observing through the periscope, gritted his teeth and said: "Fire another torpedo and sink this cruiser!" ”

'Yes, Captain! ’

Even the soldiers next to them knew that according to the regulations, they had to dive out of the combat area immediately. But Liu Liming is the commander, and since he gave this order, what they have to do is to fire the second torpedo according to Liu Liming's password.

To Liu Liming's delight, when the submarine he was sitting on was about to launch its second torpedo, the sound of torpedo attacks on the other two Japanese destroyers was also heard one after another.

Even the cruiser that was attacked by Liu Liming had an explosion on the other side. This means that another submarine, which was working with it, also fired a torpedo at the cruiser.

Seeing that the three Japanese ships were hit by at least one torpedo, Liu Liming naturally looked very happy and laughed: "Beautiful! Torpedo launch, is it ready? ”

'Report to the captain, you're ready!' ’

'Okay, launch!' ’

As the second torpedo flew out of the submarine, it didn't take long for it to hit the damaged cruiser on the left and right of the Japanese again, and Liu Liming could see that the cruiser had begun to tilt. This means that the cruiser has lost its combat effectiveness.

The fate of the other two destroyers was not much better, and each destroyer suffered at least two torpedoes. It's just that Liu Liming, who saw this scene, couldn't help but scold: "These guys are completely messed up!" Dive down and get ready to get off the battlefield! ”

'Yes, Captain! ’

Although he wanted to see the scene of the cruiser sinking into the sea with his own eyes, Liu Liming knew that he had to leave. You can't just want to see the sinking of the Japanese warship and take the lives of the entire submarine officers and men.

When the six submarines began to dive one after another and began to leave the battlefield at top speed, a team of gunboats commanded by Sun Hao, all of which began to accelerate towards the warring waters after hearing the explosion.

The last knife to send the little devil ship into the sea still has to be made up by their gunboat team. Cut off the retreat of the little devils on the shore, and the rest of the things, I believe that the troops on the shore will also repair those little devils who dare to boldly land in Davao!