Are you sure it's the U.S. fleet? Tan Renhao didn't dare to believe it when he received the news.

"The telegram we received was very clear, it was indeed the American fleet." The colonel officer of the submarine unit who came from Kauai was very firm, "I found that the US fleet was the No. 371 submarine, and they also attacked the U.S. fleet, probably after sending a telegram to launch the attack, and now we have not received any news from the submarine, maybe ......" The colonel officer did not say any more, the submarine is impossible to contact the base when it is submarine, and the No. 371 submarine is very likely to be besieged by the US anti-submarine warships and aircraft after launching the attack, and may have been sunk by the enemy.

Tan Renhao frowned. Project 371 submarine again? ”

"Yes, last time it was also this submarine that discovered the U.S. fleet, but it didn't be able to judge the exact course of the U.S. fleet."

"Sit down, do you want to smoke?"

The colonel's officer nodded, and a staff officer immediately handed over the cigarette. And I gave it to him." After discovering the U.S. fleet, we sent a new ground order to all the submarines operating in front of us to find the U.S. fleet.

Because submarines will often dive, when the submarine base issues new orders to submarines on combat patrol missions on the front line, it will often send them at intervals of one hour or two hours, continuously for 12 hours to 24 hours, some to ensure that all submarines can be recharged when they float, or when they are ventilated, they will receive new orders.

"The telegram finally mentioned that they were going to attack, and then we tried to get in touch with them, but we never heard back." The colonel sighed. It's been almost 8 hours since the 57th attack was successful, and they have managed to get rid of the enemy's attack, so they should contact us."

"Not necessarily." Tan Renhao admires the officers and men of the submarine force very much, "Maybe they will hide for a day, but if the Fifth Fleet is going to Christmas Island, they will not deal with the No. 371 submarine, but will continue to go south. The destroyer will not stay forever.The possibility of the Project 371 submarine escaping is still very likely."

The colonel smiled reluctantly, and his affection for Tan Renhao increased a lot, but he knew in his heart that the hope of the project 371 submarine getting out of danger was very slim. A task force with three aircraft carriers has about 20 anti-submarine destroyers. If the Project 371 submarine is exposed, it is very likely to be besieged by multiple destroyers. As long as there are three destroyers hunting at the same time . Then the probability of survival of the submarine is less than 10%, and the US military will definitely send a large number of destroyers to deal with this submarine that launched a sneak attack.

"General......

Tan Renhao turned his head and immediately saw Zhu Rongzhe holding a telegram in his hand.

"I just received the ground." Zhu Rongzhe nodded at the colonel officer, "Submarine No. 371 just sent back a telegram, this is where your base forwarded it."

"Submarine No. 371 sent a telegram back?" The colonel's officer immediately stood up.

"Yes, it's true, it's the place where No. 371 was sent back." Zhu Rongzhe gave the telegram to the colonel.

After reading the message. The colonel's officer immediately laughed. Yes, it was indeed No. 371 that was sent back

Earth. Xu Lei's kid is blessed with a big life, and this time he let him slip back, it's a miracle."

Tan Renhao took the message and took a look at it. Because the submarine is used as a long-wave station, which is inefficient and needs to send two encrypted ground messages, the content of the telegram is not rich, and only a few important points are mentioned.

"Colonel, now you can rest assured, in addition. We're getting ready to go."

"Yes, yes. It's time for me to go back." The colonel reacted, and he saluted Tan Renhao and Zhu Rongzhe. Two generals, I'm really sorry to delay you for so much time, so I'll leave first."

"Where, we should say sorry, and we should thank you even more!"

The colonel nodded politely, and then went out with a staff officer.

"Send a telegram to the other two task forces, and ask Hao Dongjue and Chang Jianxin to come over immediately." Tan Renhao stopped Zhu Rongzhe, "Now that the Yankees have finally appeared, then we should also take action."

"Do you want to contact Huang Xiaotian?"

Tan Renhao hesitated. No, if the Third Fleet sends a message, you can inform Huang Xiaotian again."

Zhu Rongzhe nodded, and what he meant was very clear that the US military was a task force, which was not enough for the First Fleet to plug the gaps, and if the Third Fleet was involved, it would be even more useless.

After Zhu Rongzhe went out, Tan Renhao read the contents of the telegram again, and he couldn't believe it, the project 371 submarine not only hit two American warships with torpedoes, but also avoided the encirclement and suppression of at least five destroyers, and this submarine was really a little too lucky.

One of the main points in the telegram is that it has hit at least two large American warships, and most likely one aircraft carrier. The submarine was heard after the dive and the keel broke to the ground. Subsequently, the No. 371 submarine was besieged by U.S. destroyers, to be precise, it began to evade the attacks of U.S. destroyers.

The Project 371 submarine was able to escape the encirclement and suppression of the US destroyers, and it was not luck that relied on the ground, but its performance. At that time, Xu Lei was firing torpedoes at an undesirable angle in the left rear of the US fleet, and the distance from the first target, that is, the aircraft carrier at the rear of the fleet, was about 3000. Therefore, the Type 650 torpedo could only use the high-speed mode in order to catch up with the ground fleet in front. However, when the torpedo sails in high speed mode, the ground noise produced by it is quite loud. It is easy to be detected by a destroyer and thus raise the alarm .

Immediately after firing the torpedo, the 371st submarine descended to a depth of 150 degrees, turned 120 degrees, and rapidly increased its speed to 16 knots. This is the best way for submarines to evade destroyer attacks. That is, to get out of the absolute search range of the destroyer before it arrives, and try to escape as far as possible. To do that, you have to be fast enough." None of the previous "D" class submarines possessed this capability, and only the submersible speed of the "D" and "Xu" class submarines could make them leave the dangerous sea area smoothly after the attack.

The U.S. destroyer arrived at the site where the No. 371 torpedo was launched 25 minutes later, and the No. 371 submarine had already escaped about 7 nautical miles and was still rapidly escaping. The submarine can sail under the surface of the sea for four hours at a speed of 16 knots, and under normal conditions, as long as the submarine can escape more than 30 nautical miles without being detected by the destroyer within two hours. In this case, it will be difficult for the destroyer to detect the submarine .

Xu Lei did exactly that, the No. 371 submarine ran at a speed of 16 knots under the sea surface for 2 hours, and the speed was reduced to 8, which can reduce the power consumption and extend the diving time. After completing the attack. The submarine had to stay in the sea until at least it was dark before it had a chance to surface and recharge. And it's best to wait until the enemy has left before going up, so it's important to use electricity sparingly. An hour later, the submarine's ground speed was reduced to 4.371, and the submarine had left the U.S. fleet about 45 nautical miles, even if the U.S. military had more than a dozen destroyers to find the No. 371 submarine in such a large area of water. Four hours later, that is, almost eight hours after the attack. It's starting to get dark. Xu Lei also determined that the U.S. military destroyer left the nearby waters. This allowed the submarine to reach the depth of the snorkel while charging the battery. He sent a second telegram.

It can be said that this was a rather beautiful ambush, a typical example of a submarine ambush fleet. The only drawback is that Xu Lei did not use the periscope to determine the result of the torpedo attack, in fact, he had already begun to flee for his life before the torpedo hit the enemy battleship. He didn't want to joke with his own life and the life and death of his 65 brothers for a victory. If he really kills the U.S. aircraft carriers. Then it won't be long before other troops will help him confirm that there is no need to stay and take risks.

"We've been connected." Zhu Rongzhe returned to the conference room ten minutes later, "Hao Dongjue and the new general will be here immediately. There's a message from the Third Fleet asking if we want to help, and I haven't called back yet."

Tan Renhao nodded, he was still thinking about the issue mentioned in the telegram.

"General Tan, do you want to call back the Third Fleet now?" Zhu Rongzhe asked again.

"No, don't worry." Tan Renhao turned his head, "Sit down, when will Hao Dongjue and Chang Jianxin arrive?" ”

"Soon, half an hour at most."

"That's good, don't call back the Third Fleet just yet." Tan Renhao sent the telegram to Zhu Rongzhe, "No. 371 reported that it hit two U.S. warships, and it is very likely that one aircraft carrier was killed. How credible do you find it? ”

Zhu Rongzhe shrugged his shoulders. It's hard to say, there is no clear mention of hitting the US aircraft carrier, and the land is 'possible', that is, it is possible that the aircraft carrier was not hit, and we have no other way to confirm this, at least not yet."

"I thought so, too, but it didn't matter." Tan Renhao took a chart over, "The U.S. Fleet ground route is determined.371 ambushed the Fifth Fleet on the route from San Francisco to Christmas Island, and the Fifth Fleet should not have made an anti-submarine turn at that time, that is, they are sailing in the direction of Christmas Island. Now there is only one doubt, the sea area where the Fifth Fleet was ambushed does not correspond to the time they left San Francisco."

"Maybe it was because I had been training in the open sea for a few days, or maybe there was some other reason that delayed the fleet's southward movement, so I was ambushed by submarine No. 371 here."

This is the only explanation, or rather. That's what we want." Tan Renhao nodded, "Then let's follow this idea, if the Fifth Fleet is going to Christmas Island, then we can intercept it before it reaches Christmas Island."

"What if not?" Zhu Rongzhe heard another meaning.

"That's what I'm thinking about." Tan Renhao sighed. If the Fifth Fleet is Christmas Island, then we can intercept it alone, and we don't even need to let the Second Task Force do it. Any of our task forces can defeat the Fifth Fleet. But the problem is, if they don't go to Christmas Island, it's going to be very difficult for us to intercept them."

"And the Third Fleet, you mean ......"

"It seems that Huang Xiaotian has already taken this into account, otherwise he wouldn't be so positive." finish

Zhu Rongzhe laughed, Tan Renhao definitely didn't want to share the results with the Third Fleet, but Huang Xiaotian was not stupid. And I don't want to miss the opportunity to hunt the US Fifth Fleet, otherwise I wouldn't be so active.

Tan Renhao pondered for a while. Go and call Huang Xiaotian back, without the assistance of the Third Fleet, we are really not completely sure, and if we don't let him participate. This kid must say that I am not enough buddy, then we will hunt together, who is lucky, it depends on their respective performances, and then the Third Fleet will miss the opportunity, then I can't blame it."

"But the battle plan ......"

"Contact Huang Xiaotian first, let him get ready, and before dawn, we will send him the relevant arrangements." Tan Renhao stood up, "I'll wait for Hao Dongjue and Lao Chang, this battle will definitely be dominated by us, the Third Fleet has three aircraft carrier task forces, and we only have two, I don't want to be shortcut by Huang Xiaotian."

Zhu Rongzhe smiled and nodded, Tan Renhao still kept a hand, if the first fleet determines the battle plan, it will definitely be beneficial to the first fleet, and the third fleet is just a supporting role, but Huang Xiaotian will not object, right?

After Zhu Rongzhe went to the command cabin, Tan Renhao thought about it for a while. This is indeed the best opportunity to annihilate the last task force of the US military in the Pacific, as long as this fleet is killed, then the US military in the Pacific Ocean will be completely finished, and then it will not even have the ability to defend its own land. But the question is, how to give the First Fleet the upper hand? Tan Renhao really didn't want to share the results with Huang Xiaotian, so he dispatched six task forces to deal with a task force fleet with only three aircraft carriers, what is the difference between this and a latte hammer knocking eggs?

I thought about it for a while. When Hao Dongjue and Chang Jianxin were about to arrive on the ground, Tan Renhao came to the ramp on the right side of the ship island, and soon, a bomber landed on the aircraft carrier, and Hao Dongjue sat in the navigator position behind. Then, a seaplane flew over, and Chang Zhixin also arrived. The two of them are also quite active, probably waiting to deal with the Fifth Fleet, so that they can complete this mission and enter the Atlantic without any worries.