In order to deal with the Japanese fleet, the People's Navy sent all 36 submarines out to form a wolf pack tactic. In order to achieve maximum concealment, the submarine force did not use a snorkel, but used drugs for internal circulation. Originally, the air in the enclosed space of the submarine was poor, and the taste was even worse after using the potion. However, the commanders and fighters of the army just quietly endured.

There were several Chinese submarines under the combined fleet of Britain and the Netherlands, but fortunately the troops were quite cautious and did not launch a direct attack, and the comrades of the unit were surprised to see through the periscope that many of the warships on the sonar were actually British and Dutch warships. The original plan did not envisage the British and Dutch going to war. This was not the time to make their own decisions, and the submarine forces were ready to fight at any time, but did not attack. On closer inspection, there were no signs of the British and Dutch fleets entering the battle, which made the comrades of the unit breathe a sigh of relief.

At this time, the battle on the surface of the water had entered the final stage, and with the firing radar, the accuracy of the artillery bombardment of the battleships of the People's Navy was greatly improved. And the three Japanese battleships also knew that the situation was extremely dangerous, and all the guns began to shoot with their lives. Including the Hiei, which was tilting, also gave up the plan to continue sailing, and while the damage control personnel were trying their best to control the water ingress, the main and secondary guns of the Hiei were desperately firing.

The British were really surprised by the level of shelling of the Chinese battleships, they thought that the Chinese navy's firing level would be relatively limited, but what they saw was that the direction accuracy of each gun of the Chinese naval guns was much higher than the British imagined. The positions of both sides in naval battles are constantly changing, and the distances are at least tens of thousands of meters apart. The British observed that every gun landing point of the Chinese Navy was within 200 meters of the enemy, and it had excellent accuracy in direction, which was not at all the level of a navy that had been built for more than ten years.

The level of artillery bombardment, which surprised the British, was a disaster for the Japanese, as the approaching Chinese battleships concentrated their fire on the depleted Hiei, and the first shell hit the mast of the Hiei. One of the next eight shells hit the bow of the ship, and three missed. In the midst of the soaring water column and the violent explosion, the two gun emplacements at the front of the Hiei were silent.

The King Kong was the first to hit the torpedo, but because of this, it had the longest time to adjust. At this time, how could the navy of the Great Japanese Empire choose to retreat, and the Kongo rushed in the direction of the Chinese battleship with all its might, trying to join the battle group. This choice has led to the wrong results. The Kongo thought that its actions could get rid of the Chinese submarine it came across by chance, and for the Japanese, this was true. The mistake was that the commander of the King Kong thought that the number of Chinese submarines was not large, and he was just unlucky.

In fact, the Kongo was very lucky, there were only two submarines in the vicinity of the Kongo, and one of them was quite far from the Kongo. With this turn, he went straight to the location of the four Chinese submarines. Where would the commanders of the four submarines let go of such an opportunity, according to the difference of 3 degrees, all four submarines fired torpedoes at a distance of 600 to 900 yards towards the rushing Kongo. By the time the Kongo's observers spotted the torpedo's trajectory, it was too late. Five of the eight torpedoes hit the King Kong, four of which were detonated. The Kongo waterline hit the left side of the torpedo and was blown out four more large openings, and the sea water rolled in.

The King Kong was an old battleship before World War I, or British technology, and it was already poor in terms of protection against torpedo attacks, let alone five torpedoes in a row. Looking at the rapid tilt of the King Kong, the commander of the British fleet had mixed feelings in his heart. The war-weariness he made under his ass was also an old battleship built before World War I, modified to include a protruding compartment against torpedoes. Japan had originally planned to do so, but after Japan lost its iron ore source, steel production plummeted, and in the end, such a plan came to naught. If it had been modified, it might have been better.

The King Kong is now unable to fight, or even sail. The problem of water ingress on one side was beyond the control of the damage pipe, and the result of barely firing the cannon with the hull tilting more and more was to accelerate the sinking.

Ten minutes after the King Kong lost its combat effectiveness, the Hiei's luck also came to an end, and the Chinese submarine force leaned in with the help of a smoke screen to make up for it. Six torpedoes hit the Hiei, three exploded. The Hiei was hit by three high-explosive misses and three torpedoes when the Chinese battleships were firing at each other, and after a shock, the Hiei was cut in two, with the bow and stern raised high, and sank into the sea. Observers in the British Navy had a good eyesight and could even see the unexploded torpedo stuck in the butt of the Hiei.

At this time, the only one who could continue the artillery battle was Haruna, and Haruna's bad luck was that the propeller was damaged, and the power was greatly damaged, but Haruna did not give up. Because the Haruna received the telegram, the other warships chasing the Chinese transport fleet were rushing over after receiving the telegram.

After receiving the news that the Chinese fleet had landed in southern Taiwan, the Japanese Combined Fleet immediately set off, and some warships unloaded the army's horse manure in the north, and the fleet with three Kongo-class ships as the core headed south to look for the Chinese fleet. As a result, they were really found, and the Chinese battleships met the enemy for a while, and when they saw that the situation was not right, they immediately abandoned the transport fleet and fled.

After all, the opponent is a battleship, and a light cruiser and a destroyer frigate cannot withstand a single shot. Light cruisers and destroyers are more suitable against China's fleeing transport fleet. The Japanese Navy is three-on-one, and as long as it engages in a grappling fight, it will naturally win. This was the first time the British saw the pursuit.

Having received the news that the battleships had been torpedoed, the Japanese fleet, which was chasing the Chinese convoy, could not catch up with the transports that had escaped from the Chinese-controlled shore artillery range, and instead rushed towards the battlefield. Although it is doubtful how useful those light cruisers and destroyers will be in the face of a fleet led by Chinese battleships, it is good to have even one more gun and one torpedo tube at this moment.

"What a good target!" The commander of the British fleet sighed in his heart. The Japanese Navy was so unlucky that if it weren't for the fact that the Haruna actually broke the propeller, the whole situation would probably have been very different. However, no matter how much you sigh about the creation of people, the reality is that the Hiei has sunk, and the Kongo is in the process of tilting and sinking, and the Haruna hull and the front and back of the hull are constantly exploding. Ten minutes after being heavily bombarded by the battleships of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, the Haruna suddenly rose from below deck a huge flame of more than 100 meters, which was supposed to be the result of the explosion of the powder magazine after being hit by a shell. Looking at the huge pillar of fire of hundreds of meters and the trajectory drawn by the two batteries that were blown up into the sky, all the British and Dutch naval officers and sailors gasped.

However, the Chinese battleship did not stop firing, and the Haruna, which had completely lost power, received several more 360-caliber shells one after another, and in the blink of an eye, it broke into four knots and sank in the sea.

"It's cruel!" Most of the officers and men of the combined British and Dutch fleets saw a battle between battleships for the first time, and for the first time in their lives, a battleship was sunk. With the exception of the captain, who was eagerly awaiting the end of the Kongo, the other officers and men were uneasy. Everyone eats the food of the navy, and they are relatively close to Japan, and the feeling of sadness for the death of a rabbit and a fox cannot be ruled out at all.

However, then they finally saw the real "culprits" of this naval battle, and China's submarine forces surfaced according to the pre-planned plan and began to withdraw from the battlefield.

"Here's one! There's another one over there! ”

"There are three ships in the northeast!"

“…… My God! How many submarines are there in China! ”

One by one, the black-and-gray submarines surfaced and began to move in a northwesterly direction. The surface of the sea, still shrouded in smoke that has not been dispersed by the sea breeze, seems to be full of Chinese submarines. The British and Dutch officers and men finally understood that the destruction of the Japanese fleet was not due to bad luck, but was tricked by the Chinese navy into a killing array laid by submarines. Not to mention the three Japanese battleships, even if the British and Dutch fleets broke into this position, the end would not be much better.

Some of the officers and men in charge of photography have begun to take pictures of Chinese submarines, especially those that are very close to the British and Dutch combined fleets. When these submarines surfaced, they frightened the officers and men of the British and Dutch combined fleets. They didn't expect the Grim Reaper to be so close to them.

The submarine of the People's Navy did not float to frighten the British and Dutch, the submarine had a very low speed under water. If you want to reach the highest speed, you have to float up and sail on the surface. At this point the battle is over, and it is time for a great retreat. Even if you want to fight again, you have to replace the foul air inside the submarine.

There was no special attack on the King Kong, which was constantly leaning, and the deck was almost close to the surface of the water at this time. The Chinese fleet sent a signal to the British fleet of the Netherlands to advise them to save the Japanese overboard forces. Then, with the battleship as the core, the destroyer and submarine followed the battleship and left the battlefield in a northwesterly direction.

"Didn't the Chinese battleship get hit?" The commander of the British fleet asked his staff officers beside him.

"Uh...... Yes. The staff officer sobered up from the shock and thought for a moment before replying. This was supposed to be a battle that deserved careful study, but the hearts of the British naval staff officers were filled with negative emotions. Originally, he believed that no matter how hard the Chinese worked and how strong their combat power was on land, they were not a force worth taking seriously at sea. Now that thinking is gone. The elusive submarine force has always been a headache for the surface forces, and judging by the huge size of those Chinese submarines, the tonnage of these warships is at least 500 tons or more, and some of them are extremely large and are afraid that they are close to or even more than 1,000 tons. If such a submarine were to strike from North Vietnam or even Cambodia, the entire South China Sea would be within their range. This was by no means good news for the British Far Eastern Fleet.

The British and Dutch fleets also had no sages, and after the Chinese fleet left, they began to send destroyers to salvage the Japanese officers and men who had fallen overboard. As soon as the salvage operation was nearing its end, a large number of Japanese warships were seen coming from the north. It was also at this time that the King Kong completely capsized, the deck was partially sunk under the water, and the bottom of the ship was exposed. After another moment, the flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet sank in the waters south of Taiwan.

The British captain who had won the money was grinning to his ears, and he had pressed £5 on the gamble, and now he would earn £2,500. Even for British naval officers, this is a huge amount of money.