Chapter 347: Combat Missions of the Submarine Force
Obviously, the fighters had received the order and were heading directly for here, and the target was naturally this large fleet of small Japan.
In a U-shaped submarine, a colonel commander gave an order with a calm face and full of energy: "Pass my order, order everyone to dive to the depth of the periscope and approach the enemy ship." β
As the order was given, one U-boat after another began to dive, and after diving to the periscope depth, the submarines headed towards the ships of Little Japan, and the distance between the two sides gradually narrowed.
On the surface of the sea, the periscopes moved slowly, and everything was silent. The small periscope is very hidden and difficult to spot.
As the distance between the two sides narrowed, through the periscope of the submarine, the fighters could see the figures of small Japanese ships in the distance, and even the plaster flags fluttering on the ships.
Colonel Ouyang Hong, the new commander of the 6th Army, who was in charge of commanding the battle, gave an order to the communication system: "Attention all submarines, now issue a combat order, everyone is free to attack, free to find targets, and use torpedoes to sink all these ships of small Japan." β
The small Japanese fleet consisted of 20 or 30 transports, with only a few small gunboats to escort them. On the deck of the largest transport ship, the commander of the 53rd Division of the Japanese Army, the lieutenant general and division commander straddled the command knife, and several officers of all levels were standing on the deck, looking at the endless sea.
These little devils are completely ignorant of the way, and in front of them, they have quietly ambushed more than two dozen U-shaped submarines, which are completely a huge submarine group, and these submarines are in scattered battle formations. Everyone was already preparing to launch torpedoes, and one by one the torpedo tubes quietly opened, and the sound of gurgling water sounded.
It's all there. The little devil was completely unaware. These 20 or 30 ships were all civilian transport ships and did not have a sonar system, and the small gunboats escorting the escort did not know whether there was a special sonar system in the corridor, and they were unaware of all this anyway.
Lieutenant General Devil, as well as a group of Devil officers at all levels who gathered next to Lieutenant General Devil, were all talking and laughing, completely unaware that the danger was approaching.
At this time. One of the submarines was the first to take aim and fired a torpedo at a small Japanese gunboat in the distance, which was like a sharp arrow off the string. Towards the goal, all this, the little Japan on the transport ships was completely unaware.
Suddenly, an earth-shattering loud bang came. Scared these little devils. They all looked in the direction where the voice came from.
I saw that a gunboat in the distance was attacked, and it made an earth-shattering explosion, and the explosion provoked the sea water almost completely submerged the gunboat.
The devil lieutenant general seemed to have some knowledge, and his face immediately changed, and he shouted loudly: "Baga! That's a torpedo! β
The rest of the devil officers at all levels were shocked when they saw this scene, especially the devil soldiers on the transport ships, these little devils had never been on the battlefield at all. I had never seen such a shocking scene, the power of this torpedo just now. Let these little devils be stunned on the spot.
Many little devils were dumbfounded, their mouths wide open, and they stared blankly at the gunboat in the distance.
The gunboat was hit by a torpedo, and was immediately hit hard, blown up almost to pieces, and a shocking hole in the hull, at least several meters in diameter, and a large amount of seawater poured into it violently. Many of the little devils on the gunboat were killed, and the remaining little devils were terrified.
The explosion just now was just a few seconds away, and most of the little devils were still in a sluggish state, and when they didn't come back to their senses at all, a terrifying explosion sounded one after another, and it was a torpedo that exploded after hitting the target.
Another gunboat, hit by a torpedo, "boom" with a loud sound, a large area of white flowers in the sky, flying dozens of meters high, this gunboat was completely covered by the seawater, when the sea water fell, the gunboat was already unrecognizable, the bow was almost blown off, and the hull was also a piece of sparse.
These escort gunboats of small Japan were obviously the first targets of the fighters, and these gunboats were torpedoed one after another, and all of them were scrapped in a short time, and one of them was even directly blown in two and began to sink to the bottom of the sea.
In addition to these gunboats of Little Japan, those small Japanese transport ships were also hit by torpedoes one after another, and the sound of explosions that shook the sky continued one after another.
These transport ships of Little Japan are completely like papier-mΓ’chΓ© in the face of powerful torpedoes, and they are simply vulnerable, and often one torpedo is enough to kill a transport ship with a displacement of several thousand tons, which looks very terrifying.
The sound of explosions made a large number of little devils look like earth, panicked, some little devils didn't even take the lifebuoy, and jumped directly from the boat into the sea, obviously, many little devils were scared stupid, just trying to escape.
This is the vast sea, far from the coastline, and even if these little devils jump into the sea, they are afraid that they will be exhausted and sink to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish.
"Boom !!"
A torpedo accurately hit a transport ship of three or four thousand tons, and there were at least a thousand little devils on board, and a loud sound sounded that shook the sky, and the little devils on this ship suffered heavy casualties, many of them were directly killed, and many of them were thrown out of the distance by the huge force of the explosion, and fell far away on the sea, not knowing whether they were alive or dead.
The torpedo easily passed through the hull of the transport ship and exploded inside the ship, and after the explosion, a huge hole was made in the hull of the ship, and the inside of the ship was in shambles, and a raging fire burned up, and many little devils in the cabin were killed alive.
This steamer was not far from the 5 or 6,000-ton steamer on which the commander of the 53rd Division was riding, and many of the seawater that had just exploded in the sky even splashed on the deck of this steamer, and the commander of the Devil Division was also drenched in seawater.
The commander of the devil division's face turned a little pale, the corners of his mouth trembled, and he stayed for a few seconds before he said miserably: "Quickly send a report to His Excellency Okamura Ninji, the 53rd Division was attacked by the submarine force and suffered heavy losses. β
A devil Shaozuo, with a pale face, stumbled towards the command room not far away, ready to send a report to Okamura Ningji.
As one torpedo hit the target after another, it didn't take long for this large transport ship of 5 or 6,000 tons to be hit by torpedoes, and with a loud "boom", the entire steamer was shaken, and the commander of the devil division fell on the deck in embarrassment and almost fell into the sea.
The officers of all levels next to the commander of the Devil Division also staggered and almost fell on the deck.
This torpedo easily penetrated the hull of this transport ship, and exploded inside this ship, killing many little devils, and soon, the ship was full of smoke, and the raging fire inevitably burned.
"Boom !!"
Just a few tens of seconds later, another torpedo hit the ship, which also penetrated the hull and exploded directly into the ship, blowing the ship even more to pieces, and even the keel was blown off.
A large amount of sea water poured in, and the ship tilted at a speed that could be seen. A devil Dazuo supported his division commander and said sadly: "Your Excellency the division commander, our steamer is finished. β
The commander of the devil division looked at the steamer that had tilted, and saw the little devils who were fleeing for their lives and jumping into the water one after another, and said miserably: "Abandon the ship, dripping quickly!! β
After speaking, under the leadership of a group of devil officers, they hurriedly got off the boat, and on a rubber boat, there were already many little devil officers at all levels, and when they saw their division commander coming down, these devil officers hurriedly helped the old devil onto the rubber boat.
The rubber boat was full of little devil officers at all levels, including the commander of the devil lieutenant general division, and the violent explosions that were still coming from around him made these devil officers' faces a little pale.
"Your Excellency Division Commander, our 53rd Division is finished!"
A devil major general, looking at the transport ships that were full of smoke and burning flames, said with a miserable face.
The commander of the devil division looked at the miserable images around him and was silent, his face was unusually ugly, and at this point, the commander of the devil division knew that his 53rd division was finished, this is the vast sea, and it is still far from the coastline, even if he was not killed by the torpedo just now, he was only afraid that he would drown in the sea after the worst.
The 53rd Division of Little Japan has just been formed, and it is really unlucky that it will be finished before it officially enters the battlefield.
The sound of the explosion was short and intermittent, and it was possible that there was an afterexplosion on some of the ships, and at this time, the submarines of the fighters had almost stopped firing torpedoes, and all the small Japanese ships on the sea were hit by torpedoes, and none of them missed.
In some submarines, looking at the small Japanese ships with thick smoke through the periscope, and seeing the little devils looming in the waves, the soldiers were inexplicably happy.
Navy Colonel Ouyang Hong, who was in charge of this mission, was also happy, personally looked at the situation on the sea in the distance through the periscope of the submarine, and saw that the little Japanese ships were almost all finished, and it was only a matter of time before they sank to the bottom of the sea. β
A few minutes later, the Zhoushan Port Naval Base sent a message agreeing that all submarines would return to Zhoushan Port and return to Zhoushan Seaport.
In the waves, on the rubber boats, and even on some steamers that were slowly sinking, many little devils finally saw the submarine group of the fighters.
"Yaga! That's a submarine group of the Chinese army! β
The commander of the devil division saw the black figures of the submarines in the distance, and immediately shouted angrily.
There was a sudden strong wind on the sea, and the waves were higher and higher, and many little devils who were struggling on the surface of the sea were hit into the bottom of the sea by the waves, and the rubber boat that the head of the devil division was riding was also overturned by a wave several meters high. The devil officers of all levels on the boat fell into the sea one after another. (To be continued......)