It was five o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun was about to start to set west, and the sunset was sprinkled on the sea, a golden yellow, and the sea level was still quiet at the moment, without any strong winds and waves. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Since arriving yesterday, the submarine of the Jiaolong task force has been moving forward on the sea for nearly a day and a night.

Of course, their speed was extremely slow, and they had to be responsible for searching more than 300 nautical miles of water, and they only advanced less than 70 nautical miles in a day and a night.

By this time they were more than two hundred nautical miles from the coast.

Since it was getting dark, the Air Force's Zero fighter group was already preparing to return.

At this moment, an XXI submarine at the forefront of the entire task force suddenly discovered the anomaly.

"Captain, Captain, look, there's a situation ahead." An lookout suddenly said urgently.

At this time, their submarine was in a semi-floating state, and the lookout glasses were out of the sea.

Since there are waves from time to time, it is generally difficult to spot.

The captain's name is Liu Taoyun, twenty-five years old this year, and he is one of the most outstanding sailor cadets in this batch of sailors, so he was directly promoted to the captain of an XXI submarine.

Liu Yuntao walked quickly to the lookout glass, grabbed the lookout and looked at it for a while, then immediately turned his head and ordered: "It's not good, it's the Japanese naval fleet, dive immediately, and at the same time immediately notify the other submarines, quick!" ”

The officers and men inside the submarine were busy, and soon the XXI submarine quickly dived into the sea.

Ives was now on the same submarine with Wang Yunhai, the captain of the first Jiaolong task force, and the British's casual personality was due to the casual nature of the British, who was leisurely drinking drinks and reading books on a bed.

Wang Yunhai and his subordinates all conscientiously stuck to their respective posts, and a telegraph operator suddenly came over and reported to Wang Yunhai: "Captain, report No. 001, the enemy fleet has been found ahead, and the nearest is less than five nautical miles away from our department. ”

"Huh?" Wang Yunhai was shocked when he heard this. The Englishman Ives also quickly ran over and asked in stiff Chinese, "Wang, captain, what's wrong?" ”

"The Japanese fleet has been discovered." Wang Yunhai said a little nervously.

"Dive, dive, right now! Fast! Ives reacted as quickly as if he had been electrocuted.

"Do as Instructor Ives said, quick, pass the order, and in addition, order all units to move closer to us at once, we are going to meet the enemy." Wang Yunhai immediately commanded.

"Yes!" The telegraph operator agreed. He immediately turned around and took the order.

The fifty XXI submarines soon received orders and warnings, and began to dive rapidly, and all disappeared into the sea in a short time.

On Wang Yunhai's flagship, Ives suddenly said to him: "Captain Wang, you can't attack at this time. ”

"Why? If they do not attack again, the enemy will most likely take off to attack Nanjing. Wang Yunhai, who was just about to give the order to attack, asked puzzled.

"First of all, you should immediately report this situation to your headquarters, that is, our Commander Zhang Xinghan, and ask him to find a way to inform Nanjing City to prepare for air defense.

Second. Now that the sun has set, it will be dark in another hour at most, and the Japanese are still two hundred nautical miles away, and they will not take off at this distance. Because the round-trip distance is already beyond the effective combat radius of their aircraft.

So they will at least go fifty to a hundred nautical miles before taking off the plane, and by then it will be dark, so they will definitely choose to launch an air strike tomorrow morning.

I suggest that you should dive to a safe depth first. Hide and follow them for two or three hours. When it's completely dark, it's even more beneficial for us to attack them again.

Because it will be harder for them to find us in the dark. Ives explained.

"Oh, that makes sense." Wang Yunhai nodded, changed his attention, and turned his head to re-order the signal soldier.

In fact, Ives's caution was somewhat redundant for the equipment level of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet and the excellent performance of the XXI in this era.

Because with the level of equipment of the Japanese at this time, they don't even have radar, so it is impossible to detect the whereabouts of the Jiaolong task force, and the XXI is an advanced submarine that can directly attack underwater.

It is completely possible to quietly sail to the vicinity of the Japanese ships and launch a direct attack from the bottom of the water, which can also inflict heavy damage on the Japanese fleet.

Of course, Ives's caution is not without its benefits, that is, the officers and men of the Jiaolong Task Force are a group of rookies who have not experienced actual combat.

If they attack underwater, there is no difference between day and night.

And if it is night, they can rise to the surface of the sea and attack, which is more conducive to their actions.

For rookies, it is still more difficult to attack underwater than to attack on the surface, where they can fire torpedoes more directly and accurately, until the front line witnesses the target being hit and sunk.

This is more for their rookies, which can increase their confidence in winning and actual combat experience.

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Dalian, headquarters of the 4th Army.

The cooking class had just made dinner, and Zhang Xinghan was eating with Jiang Baili, Zhao Zhenfan and others.

A communications staff officer suddenly ran in in a hurry, and before he could stand upright, he said, "The main seat, the Jiaolong task force is in an emergency." ”

"Huh?" When everyone heard this, they immediately stood up, Zhang Xinghan stepped forward directly, took the telegram in his hand, and hurriedly read it: "The Japanese have appeared, and Jiaolong is preparing to attack." ”

"So what should we do?" Zhao Zhenfan asked.

"It's almost dark, and the Air Force can't rush to the war, so Jiaolong asks us to notify Nanjing as soon as possible to prepare for air defense." Zhang Xinghan said and instructed the communications staff officer: "You immediately go and call back Jiaolong and tell them that when attacking, don't be greedy, just attack the devil's biggest warship, which must be their aircraft carrier or battleship."

After the first blow is successful, we will immediately take advantage of our depth of dive and evacuate, and there is no need to fight, as long as we take out the enemy's aircraft carriers, their air raid operation will end without a hitch. ”

"Yes, let's go." The communications soldier responded, and quickly turned around and ran away.

"Zhongzi, you go and inform Shen Xingye immediately, and ask him to arrange someone to notify the Nanjing side and prepare air defense immediately." After the communications staff officer left, Zhang Xinghan instructed Guo Zhong again.

"Okay, I'll go." Guo Zhong nodded in response, and also got up to leave.

"Mr. Zongza, can Jiaolong succeed? The Japanese navy has always been the first in Asia and the third in the world! Jiang Baili was a little worried, after all, it was the first battle of the Jiaolong Task Force, and you must know that they had only been in the army for less than half a year. (To be continued......)