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The first skirmish between the Tang and Japanese navies ended in a draw, but in terms of casualties, the Tang army lost 25 killed and 73 wounded, while the Japanese suffered only 7 minor casualties.

After Li Haichen counted the casualties and damage management reports, he immediately reported the battle situation to the fleet headquarters.

Knowing that Li Haichen failed to completely annihilate the two Japanese ships, Zhang Meng was really a little unhappy, but he did not blame him. Because Zhang Meng was very aware of the huge gap in strength between the Tang Imperial Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy, for the newly established Imperial Navy of the Tang Empire, it was already commendable that it could survive the first battle to preserve its strength.

In Zhang Meng's view, if we want to really compete with the Japanese navy on the sea, we will need at least three or five years of arduous training.

But Zhang Meng was not interested in competing with the Japanese Navy on the sea, and it was not Zhang Meng's style to hit a stone with an egg, and he wanted to use his own advantages to defeat his opponent.

Fortunately, Zhang Meng did not expect to defeat the Japanese Navy through naval battles on the surface from the beginning, so he did not order or lease large surface warships such as super-dreadnought battleships and heavy cruisers. Zhang Meng has been actively developing asymmetric warfare, and he was Jihua using aircraft and submarines to crush the Japanese Navy's aggressive attempts.

Originally, jihua ambushed Aso Kotaro was six Tang Army V4 submarines lurking in the No. 5 sea area, but unfortunately jihua changed, because the V4 submarine was too slow, so after the combat jihua changed, he rushed to the battlefield in time to participate in the battle, and could not give full play to the advantages of submarine sneak attack.

But Zhang Meng will never let go of anyone who dares to provoke him, and naturally he will not let go of Kotaro Aso.

After receiving Li Haichen's report, Zhang Meng immediately ordered the Air Force to send a large number of reconnaissance planes to look for the Japanese ships.

Half an hour later, the reconnaissance plane spotted two escaped Japanese ships in the sea area 350 kilometers northeast of Yanjing.

It turned out that Kotaro Aso did not go far, he directly reported to Ono Sannori that he had successfully completed the provocation mission, he concealed the truth, and insisted that it was the Tang Army that fired first.

Ono Sannori was very happy and immediately reported to Kato of the Military Command Department. Kato, on the other hand, ordered the Tang Task Force to immediately launch an attack on the Tang Empire, and demanded that the battle must be resolved within three days, and the Marines completed the military occupation of the Tang Empire, creating a fait accompli before the British reacted.

Ono Sannori then ordered the fleet to speed up its march towards the Tang Empire, which was expected to arrive tomorrow afternoon. Aso Kotaro was praised by Ono Sannori for his first contribution, and was ordered to continue to approach the mainland of the Tang Empire, responsible for opening up a safe passage for the Tang Task Force.

"Report, the reconnaissance plane of the Don Army was found in the southwest direction!"

After getting the report, Kotaro Aso didn't pay attention to it, in addition to his contempt for the Tang Army, he also couldn't do anything with the plane in the sky, he would definitely not be able to beat it, and he couldn't outrun the other party, so he ordered the Tenryu and Tatsuda to continue to explore the nearby waters and open a safe channel for Ono Sanori's main fleet.

"Mine found!"

Hearing the shouts of the deminers, Kotaro Aso was so angry that his beard was cocked. After less than two kilometers of progress, he had already found at least nine mines, which was really maddening to him. According to this progress, if you want to open a safe passage close to the coastline of the Tang Empire in one day, you need to use at least 300 minesweepers to clear a safe passage.

"How many mines have the damn Shina people laid, they are a bunch of cowards!"

Kotaro Aso kept complaining, he didn't know how to explain to Ono Sanori, because he had just promised him that it would only take one day to carve out a safe passage.

The two Japanese ships continued to circle the waters around the Tang Empire, trying to find a safe passage, but they could not find a safe passage until sunset.

At this time, the Tang Army reconnaissance plane, which had been following the bow of the Japanese ship, had already flown away. In this era, planes could not come out at night to carry out reconnaissance missions, so the Tang Army's reconnaissance planes could only return home.

Aso Kotaro saw that the Tang Army's reconnaissance plane had been staring at it all afternoon, but none of the Tang Army warships had come, and he thought that the Tang Army was really afraid, so he was very bold to continue to quickly and safely sail.

But what he never expected was that there were submarines of the Tang Army staring at him all the time under the sea.

"Float up for breath!"

In order to track the two Japanese ships, the silver carp submarine has been in a state of submersion, and the air in the submarine is getting less and less, and if it is not for the dark sky, it will not dare to float up for ventilation.

At this time, the second ship of the Tenryu and the Tatsuda had been looking for a safe passage and were also worried about running into mines, so the speed had been very slow, so the silver carp could keep up with them at a diving speed of eight knots.

"What time is it?" Captain Shao Yingnan, captain of the silver carp, asked.

"Ten minutes to go, eight o'clock! Sir! ”

"It's getting dark, and it's hard for the Japanese to clear the mines, so they'll soon leave and hide on the open sea."

"Our fleet and submarines are quietly coming."

"When they came, the little devil ran away!" Thinking of this, Shao Yingnan immediately ordered: "Dive 1 meter deep, prepare for battle!" ”

"Yes! Ready for battle! ”

All the personnel in the boat entered their respective combat positions one after another, and it was only then that they understood that Shao Yingnan was going to make a move on the warship of Little Japan, and they suddenly became excited one by one.

"Dive to a depth of 1 meter, speed of 6 knots and 2 chains!"

"Search for the Tenryu!"

"Target Draco, report to the sea

"Azimuth 080, distance 700 meters, speed 7 knots 2 chains!"

"8 knots! Enemy ships seem to be accelerating! They're leaving! ”

If the Japanese ships plan to leave, it will be difficult for the silver carp to catch up with them, and they will inevitably lose their target.

Thinking of this, Shao Yingnan once again affirmed his thoughts. Quickly calmed down, using the pencil and triangulation in his hand to sketch and calculate the advantageous position of the attack.

"Left rudder five! Combat speed! ”

"Yes! Left rudder five, full speed ahead! ”

The silver carp quickly approached the route where the Tenryu was, and the Japanese sailors on it did not dare to turn on the lights for fear of being discovered by the Tang army, which greatly affected the reconnaissance ability of the Japanese army, especially at night, and the visual distance was 100 meters away and nothing could be seen clearly.

"Target Tenryu, report the search results to the sea!"

"Azimuth 260, distance 500 meters, speed 8 knots!"

The Japanese ship is turning, and Shao Yingnan thinks that this is the most haode opportunity after calculation. Immediately ordered: "Keep the course, keep the distance!" ”

Soon, the Chong Fish maintained the same direction, the same speed, and the diagonal distance of the Tianlong at about 300 meters.

"Torpedoes No. 1 to No. 4 are ready, set to a depth of 2 meters!"

The lightning strike chief repeated the order: "Set the depth 2 meters!" Prepare for the launch of torpedoes No. 1 to No. 4! ”

The order was given, and the operator quickly opened the torpedo compartment and took out the torpedo.

The 533-mm torpedo was a massive torpedo weighing 900 kilograms, which could not be carried by human beings, and needed to be mounted on a pulley through a slide and then fed into a torpedo tube.

I saw the operator spin the roulette wheel vigorously, and the torpedo slowly moved towards the torpedo tube with the sound of creaking metal track sliding.

Type V4 submarines do not have torpedo loaders, so the process of loading torpedoes alone takes a long time.

Several torpedo crews quickly fused the torpedoes, and after calibrating the depths, they sent the four torpedoes into the torpedo launch bays No. 1 to No. 4.

Click! The torpedo compartment is locked.

"Number one is ready!" Torpedo Corpsman No. 1 reports.

"Number Two is ready!" Torpedo No. 2 reports.

"Three ready!" Torpedo No. 3 report.

"Ready for Four!" Torpedo No. 4 report.

"Four torpedoes are ready!" The lightning strike chief reported to Commander Shao Yingnan.

Shao Yingnan suddenly shouted: "Left full rudder!" ”

"Yes! Left full rudder! The helmsman quickly struck the steering gear to the left, and the submarine quickly turned 90 degrees to the left, perpendicular to the course of the Tianlong.

So the crew tightened on to the handrails to prevent falling until the submarine had turned.

"Azimuth 065, distance 200 meters, speed 8 knots" The observer made a correction before the attack.

Shao Yingnan shouted, "Target Tianlong, two shots at the same time!" ”

"Two torpedoes fired in parallel! Preparation! Launch! "The lightning strike chief ordered.

The two torpedo crews quickly pressed the trigger in the shape of a handle.

There were two muffled 'bangs', and the torpedo ignited in the launch pipe and was ejected. With the sound of exhaling air, two torpedoes quickly fired in the direction of the enemy ship with a long bubble-like tail.

"Torpedo No. 1 fired!"

"Torpedo No. 2 fired!"

Shao Yingnan suddenly pressed the pocket watch in his hand to measure the seconds, and there was silence in the submarine, only the sound of the stopwatch ticking and ticking was heard.

After a few seconds, a huge roar sounded, and the observer saw from the periscope that the mine in the bow of the Longtian had exploded violently, and immediately reported: "One launch!" One hit on the Tatsuda! ”

All the crew members suddenly roared happily, but Shao Yingnan's smile stopped abruptly.

Only one of the two torpedoes was hit, but it was not the Tianlong that was aimed, but the Longtian in the back, and Shao Yingnan's face suddenly turned red.

Soon, all the crew members also thought about this problem and immediately fell silent.

Shao Yingnan hurriedly grabbed the periscope to observe. Sure enough, the bow of the Ryutian behind was blown to pieces, and the thick flames soared into the sky, illuminating most of the sky.

Shao Yingnan understood the problem, because it was the first time to carry out such a practical mission. His British teacher was a bit picky and didn't teach him more practical experience, so Shao Yingnan forgot that he hadn't calculated the speed of the nearby currents as soon as he was nervous, which caused the torpedo trajectory to deviate.

At this moment, the Longtian was sinking rapidly, and the Tianlong in front turned around and turned on the searchlight.

Shao Yingnan hurriedly ordered the periscope to be put away, and at the same time, the searchlight of the Tianlong also swept over, but nothing was found.

About a few minutes later, Shao Yingnan raised the periscope again.

I saw that the sea was covered with thick smoke, and the searchlights of the Tenryu were still shining everywhere, but most of the time they were shining on the sinking Longtian to help save people.

The Longtian sank rapidly, and the dozens of sailors who escaped from the Longtian were being rescued by their colleagues on the Tianlong.

The incident happened suddenly, Aso Kotaro thought that the Tatsuda had hit a mine, so he was organizing a manpower rescue, and Shao Yingnan saw that the Tenryu stopped to save people and immediately ordered to lock the Tenryu again.

In the night, the silver carp quietly approached the moored Tianlong, and when the distance was less than 200 meters, Shao Yingnan ordered the No. 3 and No. 4 torpedoes to be fired.

The two torpedoes crashed straight into the starboard side of the Tenryu and exploded, and only the waterline belt protected by less than 30 millimeters of dome armor was instantly blown open more than 20 meters, and more than half of the facilities of the Tenryu were blown to pieces.

In the night, I saw the smoke of a fire several hundred meters high rising from the Tianlong, and then the ship's ammunition depot was launched, and the entire warship was instantly blown into two, and the sea water violently poured into the hull and sank at a speed that could be seen. The Japanese sailors who had escaped from the Ryuta had just climbed onto the Tenryu and suffered another catastrophe, and along with the sailors on the Tenryu, they were swallowed up by the flames and sea water before they had time to react.

The Tenryu sank faster than the Ryuta and sank into the sea in less than thirty seconds. Hundreds of people on Aso's ship died in the sea.

Of course, there were still a couple of Japanese sailors alive, fluttering in the sea.

The silver carp quickly surfaced, and more than a dozen Tang sailors armed with M1 submachine guns fired at the sea without saying a word, and it was too late for Shao Yingnan to come out to stop them.

"I said you bastards, but you have a chance to live!"

"Report sir! Our hometown is Jinan! ”

Several sailors were already choked up before they could continue, and Shao Yingnan suddenly understood that the Japanese army had caused the Jinan tragedy three years ago, and these sailors were afraid that some of their relatives had been killed.

"Don't worry! Didn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince say that the debts owed by the little devils are to be paid with blood! ”

"Blood debt and blood payment!"

Everyone immediately burst into applause in unison, and the voice was a anger that had been suppressed for a long time from the depths of their hearts.