(81) Underwater critique operations
At this time, this large warship was quietly moored on the sea, like a sleeping man-eating beast.
Zhang Qifan stared closely at the warship in front of him, and his hands holding the periscope crossbar turned white from exertion.
It was the first time that Zhang Qifan, who knew nothing about the navy, carefully looked at the battleship built by Yuben at such a close distance.
This is a huge warship built with all its might, a huge mast, a huge body like a mountain, and a huge rotating turret, which makes this steel monster extremely terrifying, and deeply shocks Zhang Qifan's heart.
This is the most terrible killing machine that a deformed industrial country can create, and its design and construction cost incalculable labor, time and money, and he himself built such a monster for only one purpose, and that is to conquer and kill.
For a Chinese teenager who is only thirteen years old, there is nothing more terrifying. Although he was now underwater, through the periscope, Zhang Qifan could still feel the cold killing intent emanating from his body.
Although he felt an unprecedented shock, Zhang Qifan at this time did not mean to be afraid at all, but ignited an extremely high fighting spirit.
As soon as he thought that he would destroy it with his own hands, Zhang Qifan had a feeling of blood boiling.
"How does it feel? Brat? You've never seen a ship this big, have you? ”
Zhang Qifan returned the periscope to the captain Wei Lunze, who noticed the strangeness of Zhang Qifan's expression and said with a smile.
"I haven't seen it." Zhang Qifan nodded and said, "However, it will soon be destroyed in our hands." ”
Little by little, the "Weaver Girl Shuttle 5" approached the battleship. "Weaver Shuttle 5" sailed at periscope depth, and on the calm sea, it left a not obvious tail of the waves. His patrol boat and lookout post may have noticed this wake, but they did not pay enough attention to it. Due to his long-standing contempt for the Chinese, the careless Yu himself completely underestimated the imagination and adventurous spirit of the Chinese nation.
The submarine "Weaver Shuttle 5" approached about 400 yards from the battleship and encountered an anti-torpedo net. The net is dragged all the way to the bottom of the sea, where it can be drilled seamlessly. Chen Fu immediately put on a diving suit and dived into the water, and soon used a special net cutter to cut the anti-torpedo net, opening a way for the submarine.
After Chen Fu returned to the submarine, Lin Moqian drove the submarine through the gap quickly, and now, there are no obstacles between the "Weaver Girl Shuttle" and the battleship.
According to Ping's tactical exercise, the "Weaver Girl Shuttle" had to place two huge time bombs on the bottom of the ship under the main turret of the battleship, which was the ammunition depot of the battleship. As soon as the ammunition depot is detonated, this unstoppable monster will die.
The "Weaver Girl Shuttle 5" quietly approached the battleship, and through the porthole, Zhang Qifan clearly saw its rough bottom, which was overgrown with seaweed and barnacles, and the "Weaver Girl Shuttle 5" was close to the bottom of the battleship, and Wei Lunze quickly unloaded the giant bomb on the port side, and at the same time turned on the countdown timer of the fuse. His movements were slow and gentle, and he gently and skillfully glued the time bomb to the bottom of the battleship, and did not collide to surprise him. This can be said to be a miracle, and the reason why such a perfect situation has occurred is that on the one hand, the Chinese submarine officers and men have worked hard to conduct drills, and on the other hand, they have benefited from the good surname of this kind of pocket submarine.
Wei Lunze turned around the "Weaver Girl Shuttle 5" and activated the timing device of another giant bomb. He once again sucked the bomb firmly on the bottom of the battleship.
Zhang Qifan watched all this intently, he almost couldn't believe that the task could be completed so easily.
Everything has been done. The explosion of two bombs would have killed the 10,000-ton battleship.
Zhang Qifan knew that he and his comrades-in-arms had completed the most difficult task in the history of modern Chinese naval warfare to date.
When this difficult task is completed, it seems so simple.
At this time, Wei Lunze ordered the other three crew members to join him, regardless of the sweltering heat in the boat, to put on the uniform of the Chinese Navy, and the reason why he asked to do this was because he was afraid that if he was captured by himself, according to the Neiwa Convention, he would be able to treat them as regular soldiers and ensure their safety at least.
This was actually an order from Li Dingxin, commander-in-chief of the Chinese Navy, to take precautions, but in fact, neither Wei Lunze nor Li Dingxin could be sure that he would treat them like this.
After completing this preparatory work, Wei Lunze unloaded the heavy burden of the "Weaver Girl Shuttle 5" and began to retreat quickly, preparing to evacuate safely.
In another hour, the battleship would have been blown to pieces.
The "Weaver Shuttle 5" once again floated to the periscope depth and quickly returned the same way, but when the submarine approached the gap in the anti-torpedo net, a searchlight suddenly shone on.
Seeing the patrol boats gathered there, Wei Lunze's heart couldn't help but sink.
"We have been discovered by the enemy!" Chen Fu said with some annoyance.
"Whatever it is! Rush over! Wei Lunze turned his heart and said loudly.
Wei Lunze rode the submarine and rushed straight to the gap in the anti-torpedo net, and he obviously did not expect the Chinese to do this, and in order to avoid collision, the two patrol boats quickly retreated and gave way to the road. The submarine quickly passed through the gap in the anti-torpedo net, and then began to dive.
There was a sound of shells exploding on the sea, and Wei Lunze knew that the other party might be firing at him, but he didn't think much about it, but drove forward with the submarine at the fastest speed.
"Report to the Commander! Discover the submarine of the China Navy! ”
At this time, Yuzaburo Kato, who had just been awakened by the sound of the alarm, was still in a state of not being very clear, so that when his subordinates reported to him, he did not hear his subordinates clearly at all.
"What did you say?" Yuzaburo Kato shook his head, trying to sober himself up.
"Sir! The submarine of the Shina people is coming! The officer who came to report said with some panic.
"Nonsense! Where did the people of China come from? Yuzaburo Kato glared at his subordinates in annoyance and asked loudly, "Which bastard said this?" ”
"The patrol boat reported that the Chinese submarine had broken our mine protection nets and had just escaped." The officer replied. "I was just as incredulous as you were at the time, and I repeatedly asked them if they were wrong, and they said it was true, absolutely true!"
"How could the people of China have submarines?! Their submarine designers haven't been born yet! Yuzaburo Kato still wouldn't believe it, "Let's check again, did they think the seals were submarines?" ”
And just as Yuzaburo Kato's words fell, there were suddenly bursts of shelling outside.
"What's going on?" Yuzaburo Kato didn't bother to get dressed, so he rushed out of his cabin and came to the deck, where he saw the 150-mm secondary gun and 12-pounder rapid-fire gun of the "Setzu" firing continuously, firing continuously at the sea.
"Look there! Sir! The officer who came to report pointed in the direction of the shelling, "Did you see that?" That's great! We've hit them! ”
Yuzaburo Kato saw an object like a whale tumbling on the boiling sea, and several shells from the 12-pounder cannon hit it, and the explosion made Yuzaburo Kato confirm that the report of his subordinates was true.
"See the torpedo track?" Yuzaburo Kato broke out in a cold sweat for a while, and asked in a hoarse voice.
"No torpedo tracks found, sir!" The subordinate understood what Yuzaburo Kato was worried about, and immediately shook his head and replied.
Yuzaburo Kato stared at the sea, and a few more shells hit the object, which shook a little, and then quickly sank, stirring up a huge spray, and soon, in the middle of the spray, four swimming figures appeared.
When the sailors spotted them, they immediately howled and picked up their rifles and fired fiercely into the water, while some of the officers also ran to the side of the boat, pulled out their pistols and shot at the figures in the water.
"You idiots! Stop me! Yuzaburo Kato jumped to his feet and cursed.
Hearing the commander's shouting and scolding, the sailors stopped shooting, the officers lowered their pistols, and Yuzaburo Kato looked at the bloody sea and found that two people had disappeared into the water.
The other two were struggling to swim forward, but they also appeared to be injured, their movements becoming slower and slower, and the water around them began to turn red.
"Catch them! To live! An officer seemed to understand the commander's intentions and commanded loudly.
A patrol boat came and scooped up the two men who had been wounded in the sea, and sent them to the deck of the "Setzu", both of whom were shot in the body, and when they lay down on the deck, the water mixed with blood flowed down and stained the deck red.
Both men were dressed neatly in the uniforms of the Chinese Navy, and one of them had a medal on his body, and they were all badly wounded, lying there looking very weak, and several Saimoto sailors brought ropes and tried to tie them up, but were stopped by Yuzaburo Kato.
Seeing the unyielding gaze in the eyes of the two Chinese naval soldiers, Yuzaburo Kato's heart couldn't help but rise with a trace of admiration.
"You're here by submarine?" Yuzaburo Kato asked.
The two [***] people shook their heads in unison, as if to indicate that they did not understand the language, and as if they had given a negative answer.
Kato Yuzaburo called an officer who knew Chinese with some annoyance, and the officer repeated Kato Yuzaburo's question in broken Chinese, and the two [***] people nodded, a hint of pride flashed in their eyes.
(To be continued)