At half past two o'clock in the afternoon of the 28th, the Dutch fleet entered the encirclement of the submarine fleet of the Lanfang Navy, with 8 U-21 submarines, 2 for each against 1 Dutch battleship, and each U-XXI submarine against 1 Dutch battleship. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Both U-XXI submarines fired 3 torpedoes in sequence, of which 4 hit the Dutch battleship, 1 missed, and 1 hit 1 troop carrier.

The first to be hit was a 5,000-ton Dutch battleship, which was hit by 3 torpedoes one after another, making 3 earth-shattering explosions, and the battleship was directly blown into 2 pieces and gradually sank to the surface; The other 1 was a 3,800-ton cruiser, which was hit in the boiler compartment and was blown open with a large hole with a diameter of more than 2 meters, and the boiler compartment was flooded, and with the continuous influx of seawater, the battleship lost power and floated on the sea, sinking sooner or later.

The other 8 submarines also opened fire one after another, but only 2 were damaged, and the side waterline was broken through, but the opening was not large, and the loss was being stopped. Two more were lucky not to be hit, but two torpedo boats that followed him were hit, and it was the torpedo boats that blocked the torpedo attack for these two battleships, and these two torpedo boats were reduced to pieces at the moment of the torpedo explosion, and no one on board survived.

After the first blow, the eight U-21 submarines immediately dived and fled, regardless of the results.

In such a short period of time, 2 battleships were sunk, 2 battleships were damaged, and 2 torpedo boats were blown to pieces, and the Dutch thought that they had encountered the mines laid by the Lanfang people, and did not pay much attention to them.

Hearing the explosion, it was the signal for the start of the battle, and the two battle cruisers immediately sailed out from the hidden north of Patong Island and seized the T-shape, but at this time the two fleets were still far away and could wait for work; The other torpedo boats reached speeds of more than 30 knots and rushed towards the Dutch fleet.

The Dutch fleet at this time did not realize that a greater danger was approaching them, but stopped sailing and began to rescue the overboard crew.

The two U-XXI submarines, which did not escape, saw the opportunity to act, quietly adjusted their direction, and after mutual radio contact, at a distance of about 700 meters from the two Dutch battleships, the two submarines released six torpedoes in turn in turn at about the same time, and then quickly dived and left, without anyone noticing.

People of this era did not realize that submarines could also attack battleships, and it was impossible for anyone to think in this direction.

Just when the torpedo was about to reach the 2 battleships, the people on the battleship still found the torpedoes, 12 torpedoes, like 12 giant whales, dragging a long wave, quickly rushing towards the 2 battleships, at this time there was no way to make evasive actions, everything was too late, and they could only watch the torpedoes crash into the battleships and could not do anything.

Of the 6 torpedoes launched by the No. 1 submarine, 2 hit the 5,000-ton battleship, one hit the bow, and immediately blew up half of the bow, and the other hit the waterline, and the explosion caused a large hole of more than 2 meters, and the sea water poured into it frantically. Two minutes later, the captain reluctantly gave the order to abandon the ship, and the battleship sank 10 minutes later, and many Dutch naval officers and sailors who did not leave in time were taken to the bottom of the sea; The other 4 torpedoes stuck to the 2nd side of the battleship missed, without any success.

3 of the 6 torpedoes fired by submarine No. 2 hit a 3500-ton battleship, first of all, 1 torpedo hit the battleship's three-bladed propeller, which is really a coincidence, and in an instant the battleship lost power, and then 2 torpedoes were hit in the bow and under the waterline of the ship, and the battleship was scrapped.

The Dutch at this time also knew that it was not a mine, it should be a torpedo, and as for how the enemy attacked their own battleship, it is not clear.

At this time, all the merchant ships began to scatter and flee for their lives, and all 6 warships were sunk or damaged, and the enemy would definitely not let go of these merchant ships. Although some of the Dutch officers on board asked for the rescue of the Dutch sailors who had fallen overboard, how could these merchant ships obey their orders in order to escape for their lives?

Fifteen minutes later, the first to arrive at the scene was the G5 torpedo boat, which was first ready to strike the 2 wounded battleships, at which time the Dutch on the battleship also saw these small torpedo boats and began to attack with secondary guns to prevent these small torpedo boats from approaching, but these secondary guns were single-shot and single-loaded, and there was no threat to the small speedboats with a speed of nearly 50 knots. The G5 torpedo boat fired torpedoes at a distance of 1,500 meters, and it was fired in groups, so that the 2 Dutch warships could not have avoided all of them anyway, and they were still wounded, but they were still hit by 2 torpedoes, and the huge explosion made the soldiers operating the secondary guns thrown up. The other G5 torpedo boats seized the opportunity to get closer, launched, and were hit again, and soon the two Dutch battleships were flooded by the sea one after another, and the soldiers who were lucky enough to escape from the battleship struggled desperately at sea, but the Lanfang Navy did not save them, but accelerated the pursuit of those fleeing merchant ships.

After 20 minutes, the S6 torpedo boat passed the place where the Dutch battleship had sunk and continued to chase south.

Twenty-five minutes later, 1935 torpedo boats and destroyers passed by, and found that all the Dutch warships had been sunk, and the sea was littered with floating objects of Dutch sailors and warship debris. Li Jiang ordered the torpedo boats to continue to chase south, and at the same time sent a telegram to the two battle cruisers: All six Dutch warships have been sunk by submarines, and there is no need to wait for the T-shaped prefix.

After receiving the telegram, Zhang Wei scolded angrily, "What is this, I originally prepared 10 tables of dishes, but when the dishes were ready, I found that the adults were gone, leaving only some children at the table." ”

Li Zhaoshui said: "Young master, this is a very good result, it is better than you arranged 10 tables of dishes, but 20 tables of guests came." ”

"yes, since there are no adults, let's entertain these children." Zhang Wei said: "Send a telegram to the torpedo boats and destroyers, and let them go all out to chase these merchant ships, and if they surrender, all the merchant ships that do not surrender will be sunk." Let them all turn into points. “

Li Zhaoshui said, "Yes, young master." If they don't surrender, let them all become points. “

"Oops, it's not fierce at all, this naval battle is really not interesting."

Li Zhaoshui said: "Young master, as long as you win, it doesn't matter if he is fierce or not, isn't it better if there is no loss in this way." ”

Yang Yili asked, "Young Master, then do we still save the person who fell into the water?" ”

"I remember that during the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle, the Japanese not only did not save the people who fell into the water, but also used machine guns to shoot the Beiyang officers and soldiers who fell into the water. No one condemned them anyway. ”

"I see, young master"

Half an hour later, all the torpedo boats and destroyers of the Lanfang Navy gradually caught up with these merchant ships, as long as they did not raise the white flag, they would directly fire or launch torpedoes, and resolutely eliminate them. In particular, the speed of the G5 and S6 fast torpedo boats is several times the speed of these merchant ships, and these merchant ships cannot escape the pursuit of the Lanfang Navy at all.

There was no need for the battle cruisers to take part in the pursuit of these merchant ships. The Dutch merchant ships and small torpedo boats alone were more than enough to deal with, and there was no need for the battlecruisers to participate in the battle and grab the insignificant merits.

It's just that the 2 battlecruisers bought at a high price have not opened, which makes Zhang Wei very depressed.

Through this naval battle, Zhang Wei realized the tremendous power of submarines, especially since there is no sonar equipment yet, and his submarine forces are basically invincible.