"Yours, the submarine's, sank, didn't you?" At the prompting of Yuzaburo Kato, the Japanese officer continued to ask in Chinese.

The two captives nodded.

"Yours, torpedoes, fired, huh?" The Japanese officer asked eagerly.

The two captives shook their heads.

The Japanese officer angrily stepped forward and grabbed a Chinese prisoner by the collar and asked loudly, "Then yours, come here, what are you doing?" ”

"Ours, come here, do the work of sightseeing." A mocking smile appeared at the corner of the mouth of a Chinese prisoner, and he replied in Chinese, following the tone of a Japanese officer.

"The man is dead," the Japanese officer punched the Chinese captor in the face in annoyance.

The Chinese captive fell on the deck, blood dripping from the corners of his mouth, but he still looked at the Japanese with contempt.

"Dog's Day...... If it weren't for something wrong with the pressurized water tank...... Don't want to catch Lao Tzu......" the captive muttered.

"Ask them if they have laid mines." Yuzaburo Kato noticed that the mouth of the ** person was moving, and Yīn said with a calm face, "If they set off mines, ask them to explain the location." ”

The Japanese officer nodded, picked up the prisoner he had just beaten, and asked loudly, "Have you released any mines?" ”

"I didn't have time to ......" the Chinese captive shook his head, a look of regret on his face, "It's all fucking sunk into the sea......"

The Japanese officer angrily pulled out his pistol and put it against the other man's head.

"Let's talk about where the mines work, when they explode, don't say dead, dead."

"I'm unlucky, there's something wrong with the submarine's pressurized water tank, and I didn't have time to release mines at all, if you don't believe me, just shoot me," the Chinese captive gasped, "If you don't kill me, I didn't complete the mission, and I'll still die when I go back, won't I?" ”

The Japanese officer got up and kicked him twice, and then went to ask another prisoner, and received the same answer.

"Take them away." Yuzaburo Kato looked at the two seriously wounded Chinese captives and ordered, "We need the military doctor to treat their wounds immediately, don't let them die, we need to know more from their mouths." ”

The Japanese officer agreed, gave a military salute to Yuzaburo Kato, and then directed the sailors to carry the two Chinese prisoners down.

Yuzaburo Kato held on to the railing with some annoyance, looking at the sea that had just been fought, at this time there was silence on the sea, only the sound of patrol boats searching back and forth, at this time the ships were alerted, and they all turned on their searchlights, shining back and forth on the sea, but no more Chinese submarines were found.

Although the Chinese captives said that they did not have time to release the mines, Kato Yuzaburo did not believe them, and at this time, under the orders of Captain Takayoshi, one after another divers in light diving suits jumped into the sea from the side of the ship and began to search for suspicious objects underwater.

After about half an hour, no one reported the discovery of suspicious explosives set by the Chinese.

Still uneasy, Yuzaburo Kato ordered Captain Takayoshi to have the heavily armed divers immediately go into the water to search for explosives.

The battleship "Settsu" was equipped with two types of divers, light-armed divers with breathing apparatus and frog flippers, and heavily armored divers wearing heavy diving suits using snorkels. Heavy divers can dive deeper than light divers, but it takes a lot of time to put on a wetsuit, put on a steel helmet, hang up a heavy lead block, and connect the air compressor.

Nearly half an hour passed, and divers reported that no anomalous objects were found.

After tossing for almost an hour, the divers still found nothing, and Yuzaburo Kato still didn't feel very relieved, he thought about it and ordered the captives to be brought back to the deck.

Soon, the two captives were carried up on stretchers by Japanese sailors, the bullets on their bodies had been removed, and the wounds were bandaged, but traces of blood could still be seen oozing from inside.

As a result of the effective treatment, the qi of the two middle ** people was significantly better.

"How many submarines have you come?" Yuzaburo Kato asked.

After listening to the question of the crappy interpreter, a Chinese ** man stretched out a hand, turned around the front and back, and said, "A total of ten." ”

Listening to the other party's answer, Kato Yuzaburo was secretly frightened, and he forced himself to calm down and asked again, "What weapon are you using?" ”

"Torpedoes, mines." The other party replied happily.

"Torpedoes and mines?" Yuzaburo Kato's brows furrowed involuntarily, "Do you have submarines that can launch torpedoes?" ”,

"Of course." A hint of mockery flashed in the eyes of the ** person, "And there are quite a few of them." ”

"You all produce these submarines yourself?" Yuzaburo Kato asked with some disbelief.

"That's right, it's all produced by us Chinese." The ** person replied loudly.

"This is impossible" Yuzaburo Kato sneered and shook his head, "The Chinese simply do not have such advanced technology, and the most advanced country in Asia is Japan and Japan"

"Do you think we swam here?" The ** man sneered.

Hearing this, Yuzaburo Kato was silent for a while.

After about ten minutes, the ** person suddenly asked, "What time is it?" ”

Hearing the interpreter explain the other party's request, Yuzaburo Kato's face immediately changed.

"You planted timed mines?"

The ** man smiled slightly, and asked again, "What time is it?" ”

The Japanese officer who served as the translator stammered the time in Chinese, and the two Chinese **** people who got the answer looked at each other and laughed loudly together.

"You have one minute left to run for your life." A mid-** man looked at Yuzaburo Kato and the Japanese officer beside him with a frightened face, suddenly restrained his smile, and said coldly, "To tell you the truth, you can't find a mine under the water, because it fell into the sand at the bottom of the ship and did not attach to the bottom of the ship." ”

"Quickly lift anchor, let's get out of here," Takakishi, the captain of the "Settsu", shouted, and the Japanese sailors immediately became a mess.

Although the order has already been issued, the "Settsu" at this time does not have any power, and it is too late to turn on the main engine immediately. Captain Gao Ji ordered to call a tugboat, but the tugboats in the vicinity were too small, and the high-powered tugboat was parked in the distance, and it could not come for a while.

Yuzaburo Kato broke out in a cold sweat.

The explosives set up by the Chinese would explode at any time, making him feel a chill through his spine and straight to his head. At this time, the two small tugboats received the signal and were hurrying to arrive, and just as they were approaching the "Settsu", a huge explosion suddenly came from underwater.

"Tom tom"

With two loud bangs in succession, the "Settsu" shook violently, and the powerful underwater momentum lifted it out of the water, and then fell heavily into the water, splashing a huge column of water almost dozens of meters high.

Yuzaburo Kato reflexively hugged his head and curled up in a ball. The jolt threw him against the wall, his head and shoulders slammed into the armor plates, and he was thrown onto the deck.

The "Settsu" shook incessantly for a long time, and the Japanese sailors on the surface of the ship were shaken to the ground, and some were even thrown into the sea.

After a long while, the "Settsu" stopped shaking, and Yuzaburo Kato struggled to get up and gave the order: "Immediately find out the damage, immediately plug the leak, search the sea, and destroy the enemy submarine."

Just as he finished speaking, a loud explosion was heard again in the distance, and Yuzaburo Kato's face immediately turned pale, and he turned his head and looked in the direction of the explosion with a frightened gaze.

I saw that the battleship "Hanoi" moored in the distance rose a huge ball of fire, and then the ammunition depot of the starboard main gun in the front began to appear sporadically small explosions, and then again began to an earth-shattering explosion, long brown fire snakes erupted from the turret and chimney, and for a time thick smoke billowed from the portholes and decks, and for a time large and small explosions began to spread throughout the ship.

Looking at this terrifying scene, Yuzaburo Kato felt a wave of dizziness and almost fell.

The explosion continued, and the battleship "Hanoi" began to tilt rapidly to the right, and in a few moments the bottom of the ship, propellers, and rudder on the port side were out of the water. As the angle of inclination increased, many Japanese sailors on the deck of the ship fell into the sea.

Soon, the "Hanoi" capsized at anchorage.

From the beginning of the explosion to the overturning, the entire process took less than 10 minutes

Looking at the hopeless "Hanoi" and the many Japanese sailors struggling for help on the sea, Yuzaburo Kato couldn't help but burst into tears.

At this time, the Japanese naval officers and men on the "Settsu" looked at the battleships "Satsuma" and "Aki" at the anchorage in the distance with frightened eyes, as if they were worried that the same thing would happen to these two battleships, but after a long while, the two battleships still stood there quietly, without any abnormality.

The noisy mooring ground finally returned to calm, and only the massive "Settsu" was left lying on the water like a wounded beast. Now it's starting to sink slightly.

Holding back the grief in his heart and remembering his duties, Yuzaburo Kato began to give orders one after another, instructing his subordinates to check the damage and save themselves. After giving these orders, Yuzaburo Kato suddenly discovered that the two Chinese captives were nowhere to be found.

"Who saw where they went?" Yuzaburo Kato asked loudly.

"It looks like it was thrown into the sea when it exploded." A Japanese sailor replied cautiously.