In the early morning of November 14, on the sea west of the Taedong River estuary in North Korea, a fleet of nine large transport ships and four destroyers was slowly sailing in the morning light. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

On the deck of the "Tokyo Maru", many soldiers from Hiroshima, known as the Fifth Division of Japan's most elite army, were lying on the railing and looking at the sea in boredom. The sea is not new to them, but they prefer to spend their time in the present way rather than sitting in a boring cabin during their trip.

"That's right, Kobayashi-kun." A recruit, who looked childish, leaned his back against the railing and asked his companion, "Aren't we going to Kanto Prefecture?" Why is it now diverted to North Korea? ”

"Who knows!" The soldier named Xiao Lin shook his head, and continued: "It's the same everywhere, it's all for the empire and for His Majesty the Emperor. ”

"Yes, Kobayashi-kun. When I get to the battlefield, I must kill a few more people. When the recruit said this, his eyes naturally revealed pride and perseverance.

Xiao Lin smiled, patted the recruit on the shoulder and said, "Yo Xi! That's it, let the cowardly Shina people tremble at the feet of our soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire! ”

Tatsu and Shinsuke Daisa, who were the co-captains of the 22nd Wing, stood behind the soldiers and listened to their laughter and pride in his heart. As a high-ranking officer of the Empire, he naturally knew a lot more information than these soldiers at the bottom, even now that he was sailing on the sea in a transport ship.

After the outbreak of the war, the Japanese government was able to mobilize the troops of three divisions in a short period of time, and it can be said that it took a lot of effort. Originally, the Fifth Division and the Eighth Division were going to land directly in Kwantung Prefecture, but they didn't want the Navy to suffer a big defeat at such a critical moment, and the Second Fleet was almost completely wiped out. The War Department, which was deeply afraid of the navy's ineffective escort, had no choice but to let the Fifth Division take a shortcut and land in Korea in order to prevent the transport ships from being intercepted by the Chinese fleet along the way. After all, the current situation in the DPRK is also extremely tense.

"A bunch of navy red deer who only know how to compete with the Imperial warriors for military expenses!" Most of them walked to the railing with Shinsuke, looked at the naval destroyers escorting not far away, and said with some disdain in their hearts.

In the opinion of Da and Shinsuke, the reason why the war got off to a bad start was largely due to the incompetence and arrogance of the navy. If it hadn't been for their defeat in the first battle, the Fifth Division and its wing, just like during the Russo-Japanese War, would have landed in Kwantung Prefecture, broken through Liaoyang, and slaughtered Shenyang, bringing the entire Manchurian and Mongolian regions into the empire's pocket for His Majesty the Emperor. Thinking of this, how can you make most of them happy with the Navy in their hearts? Not to mention, there are still many irreconcilable contradictions between the two branches of the armed forces.

Most of them were resentful with Shinsuke, but they didn't notice that several nautical miles away, two small black dots that were rising and falling in the waves were constantly approaching the fleet.

Under the surface of the sea, among the People's Army Navy submarines with the board number 618, the captain Zu Haitao was lying next to the periscope, and he couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart at this time. Four Japanese merchant ships, five leased foreign freighters, and the ubiquitous Japanese soldiers walking around on the deck, if it weren't for the four Japanese destroyers escorting the escort, he would have jumped forward and torpedoed him a few times! Fat, this is a real big fat!

In the silence, Major Zu Haitao, the captain of the boat, who had been observing for a long time, spoke: "First mate, where are the other boats now?" ”

"614 is two nautical miles to my left, 621 is west of the enemy fleet, 624 and 625 have also moved to the front of the fleet, and 616 and 622 are still on their way." Captain Peng Jiming, the first officer, wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead. There is no soldier who has experienced war for the first time who is not nervous.

"Five of them? That should be enough. Zu Haitao's eyes slowly lit up, and he said excitedly: "Contact the boats and assign the tasks." Take out the escort destroyers first, break the bones of the fleet, and then eat the meat slowly! ”

"Yes! Captain! ”

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The Japanese fleet, which was only eight knots per hour, was slowly advancing in a straight line along the course opened by the destroyers.

The air in the 618 boat seemed to have frozen a little at this moment, and each sailor clenched his fists tightly. There were three loaders and firing men in the torpedo compartment, one moment looking at the pressure gauge and the other at the snorkel.

Pressure, that's the pressure before the war!

However, under this pressure and anticipation, a violent explosion was finally heard in front of the Japanese fleet. Even if he had been looking forward to this explosion for a long time, when he really heard it, Zu Haitao was still stunned. When he quickly put his eyes on the periscope, he saw that on the two destroyers that opened the way for the fleet, many sailors had not had time to escape, and the bow of the ship had already been lifted out of the water, and then smashed down again, submerging below the surface of the sea.

A 457mm caliber torpedo, even if it is a battleship with rough skin and thick flesh, it will either be killed or injured, not to mention that it is now a destroyer with a displacement of only more than 1,000 tons?

"Duh... Honk... The sound of the rapid whistle instantly resounded across the sea. On the "Tokyo Maru", most of the jaws of Shinsuke were about to drop, and he grabbed the captain who rushed out and roared, "What's the matter! What's going on here? ”

"Torpedo, this must be a torpedo!" The captain was retired from the Navy, and he immediately realized the source of the trouble: "The submarine, it's the submarine of the Chinese people!" ”

Most of the shinsuke's faces turned pale in an instant. Although he was an army general, he had heard a lot of news in the past two days, and he knew what a submarine meant to an unsuspecting transport fleet. Especially now, with the loss of two escort destroyers for the entire fleet.

The sudden attack soon made the entire transport fleet become agitated, especially the five Anglo-Dutch merchant ships hired behind, and they began to evade. Although according to the Lend-Lease contract, in the event of damage, the Japanese government will compensate according to the price, but in the eyes of the British and Dutch sailors, life is priceless after all! If you bury your life here for the sake of that little bit of money, you are even more stupid than a fool.

"Go to the bow, go to the bow, everybody put me on deck to watch underwater! Damn it! These damn Japanese monkeys! Let's get out of this damn place! The Dutch captain at this time, regardless of his former image, rushed into the bridge and cursed. While directing the sailors to observe the sea, he snatched the rudder of the ship and carefully operated it. The merchant ship had cost him most of his life savings, and he didn't want to lose it now, let alone bury himself in the sea.

The Dutch captain was quick, but the British captain behind him was not slow, and these experienced captains who had been crisscrossing the seas all year round were quick to deviate their ships from the course of the fleet. At this moment, the other two destroyers, which were speeding forward from the rear, also suddenly made a violent explosion.

"God! Torpedoes, it's torpedoes! Left full rudder! Hurry up and fill the rudder left! "The experienced captain of a British 10,000-ton steamer could not have imagined that two torpedoes would appear next to him. If he could go back and do it all over again, he would definitely not take the deal, but it was too late to say anything.

"Submarines, there are at least three more submarines here." Before he finished speaking, two torpedoes hit the 10,000-ton ship full of Japanese Army soldiers.

After being hit by two torpedoes, the merchant ship quickly tilted. Thousands of Japanese soldiers clung to everything around them that could hold their bodies in place, or jumped into the sea like dumplings. Just a few minutes later, with a tooth-squeaking sound, the merchant ship suddenly turned over, revealing the cyan bottom covered with parasitic carapace and submerged into the sea.

In this way, after losing the escort of the warships, the transport ships began to be hit by torpedoes that suddenly appeared on the surface of the sea. Even if a ship raised the white flag in the middle, it was finally sunk by a merciless Chinese Navy submarine. No, because this is war, and these are some transport ships full of Japanese soldiers.

From the sinking of the destroyer at the front of the convoy to the sinking of the final British merchant ship to the bottom of the sea, although it all seems long, in reality the whole process takes less than twenty minutes.

The massacre, this is really a one-sided massacre!

Under the sea, Zu Haitao, who was still lying next to the periscope, nodded with great satisfaction with the results caused by his own side and ordered: "The speed is 12 knots, the course is 11 o'clock, and we are ready to return." ”

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North Korea, Pyongyang, Headquarters of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army.

Looking at the staff officers who came in and out of the division and regimental headquarters, Lieutenant General Nagaoka couldn't hide the anxiety on his face. It has been two days since the outbreak of the war, and although the Manchurian Front has been established in the country and the commander of General Terauchi Masatsuki has been appointed, but now the Shina Army is attacking one after another, and its own side is losing and retreating, and it seems that it is about to be attacked by others into Pyongyang, and this first batch of reinforcements is still floating on the sea.

Just when the commander of the Nagaoka Division continued to feel sorry for himself in his heart, a junior officer suddenly rushed into the headquarters.

Seeing this, Nagaoka asked with some dissatisfaction, "What's the matter?" ”

"Report to Your Excellency General! The transport fleet of the 5th Division was attacked by the submarine of China on the sea, and the two wings survived less than a thousand people! Shao Zuo said with a frightened face.

Hearing this, Nagaoka felt a softness under his feet, and then he was dizzy. Thinking that he had misheard, he paused and continued to ask, "What did you just say?" ”

Seeing this, this young man hurriedly shouted: "Your Excellency, the transport fleet of the Fifth Division has been attacked on the waterway and has suffered heavy casualties!" ”

Nagaoka, who heard it clearly, suddenly went dark in front of him. Before he fell, he had only one consciousness in his mind: North Korea, I'm afraid he won't be able to save it!