After the report came out, Kato Yuzaburo's originally heavy heart did not feel a little relaxed, but extremely heavy.

If it is barely acceptable that the Japanese fleet suffered such losses in the Battle of Tsushima, it is impossible to say that it suffered such heavy losses in the face of the pitifully weak Chinese navy.

Somehow, at this time, Kato Yuzaburo always had an ominous premonition in his heart.

"It was determined to sink the Japanese ship 'Hanoi' and severely damage the Japanese ship 'Settsu'." There was an indescribable excitement in Lan Jianshu's voice.

Li He flipped through an atlas and found illustrations and data about the Japanese "Hanoi"-class battleships.

"Both ships are the main battleships of the Japanese Navy." Li He said, "This time it really gave them a slap in the face." ”

"Yes, this time, the Navy has finally given an explanation to all the people." Lan Jianshu sighed and said.

"That's not enough." After reading the report, Li Ding shook his head and said, "According to the report of the reconnaissance plane, there are still two Japanese battleships, which have been determined to be the 'Satsuma' and the 'Aki', and the firepower of these two ships is no less than that of the 'Hanoi' class battleships. ”

"That is to say, we must sink or damage these two Japanese battleships, and we must not allow them to threaten us again." Tang Qianming looked at several generals and said.

"That's right." Li Ding said, "In fact, even if these two Japanese battleships are sunk, the strength of the Japanese Navy is still far stronger than that of China, and if it comes eastward in a big way, we will still not be able to resist it, but if we can sink these two ships again, there will be a great shock in Japan, so that the Japanese Navy will not dare to send large ships to China easily, and the Japanese Sixth Army in China will inevitably have no support, and if our Sixth Army has a few more victories like Shandong, Japan will certainly retreat in the face of difficulties, and if it makes peace with China, then China will be invincible and victorious." ”

"Then we'll have to hurry up and strike again." Lan Jianshu thought for a moment and said, "However, I'm afraid I can't use submarines anymore this time." ”

"Why?" Li He listened to Lan Jianshu's words and immediately asked.

"Although the submarine attack this time was brilliant, it also caused a lot of problems," Lan Jianshu said, "According to the reports of the people who returned, due to the lack of direction in the dark, the No. 1 boat almost ran aground, and the No. 4 and No. 6 boats had mechanical problems in the process of engaging the enemy, and failed to complete the attack, and when they returned home, they ran out of fuel and were almost swept away by the current." If these problems are not solved, it is inevitable that a few of these submarines will suffer losses, and besides, the Japanese have suffered a big loss, and they are bound to strengthen their precautions, and we will immediately carry out another similar attack, which will be easily detected by them. ”

"Then what are you going to do......" Li He looked into Lan Jianshu's eyes, understanding that he already had an idea at this time.

"It's better to use drifting thunder this time." Lan Jianshu took out a drawing and handed it to Li Ding.

"This is a map of the ocean currents near Tianjin sent by Yang Zhenshou, and this one is about Caofeidian," Lan Jianshu pointed to the ocean current marking line on the map and said, "Now that the direction of the Japanese fleet has been basically determined, as long as the drifting mines are put down in these places, and the drifting mines enter the anchorage of the Japanese ships along the current, all the Japanese ships anchored here can be blown up and sunk." ”

"Is it that accurate?" Li Ding asked with some hesitation.

"I tested it twice offshore, and I hit both of them." Lan Jianshu said, "This time it should be fine. ”

"It's okay, once the bombing misses, it's better to let the submarine and torpedo boat make a joint attack." Li Ding said, "I have ordered the four boats of 'Chen', 'Su', 'Lie' and 'Zhang' to come to the fire, and I should be able to compete head-on with the Japanese again." ”

"However, our reconnaissance plane has already found them, and they will definitely be vigilant when they see the plane," Tang Qianming asked a question, "Will they change berths?" ”

"That's not a problem." Lan Jianshu said, "The drifting mines move with the ocean current, and we can put a few more in different directions to cover all the anchorage positions of Japanese ships." ”

"Since the drifting thunder can be attacked, why didn't we use it last time?" Tang Qianming thought for a moment and asked again, "Then we won't lose two submarines." ”

"Although this tactic is good, after all, it is not easy for people to control, and once it is discovered by the Japanese, so that they have a defense, the effect of reusing it will be greatly reduced," Lan Jianshu said, "The so-called surprise, attack it unprepared, take advantage of its ignorance, and make every effort to prevent our submarines, the use of floating mines, should be a great effect." ”,

"Wow, this time the Japanese have no return" Li He jī waved his fist vigorously, and his eyes lit up with eager fire, as if he had seen the scene of Japanese ships dying in the fire.

At night, Caofeidian, the temporary anchorage of the First Fleet of the Japanese Navy.

A Japanese patrol boat drove slowly across the sea, occasionally sweeping the surface with a searchlight.

A Japanese sailor at the lookout post may have been so sleepy that he dozed off at his post, only to snort and immediately attract a scolding from a Japanese officer.

"Hún eggs are not allowed to doze off, my eyes are wide open, I can see it carefully, if you let go of the submarine from under your eyes, you are all sinners of the Empire, I will let you all go to court-martial"

"Hey," the Japanese sailors agreed in unison.

Probably in order to make his subordinates sober, the Japanese officer actually stepped forward and slapped each of them.

Covering their hot faces, several Japanese sailors stared at the pitch-black sea with wide eyes.

Probably because the sky was not beautiful, it was a big yīn day that night, the moon was completely obscured by thick dark clouds, and there was a thick fog on the sea, and the visibility was extremely low, even with a searchlight, it was difficult to see a little farther away.

In order to prevent further dozing off and attracting a beating from the commander, several Japanese sailors began to distract themselves from their sleepiness with small talk.

"It's incredible that the people of China actually have a submarine."

"It's not something too advanced, it's a very primitive submarine, and it can only be operated by three or four people."

"How do you know?"

"The wreckage of the submarine that we sank has been found by divers, and I know the diver, and he said that this is a very, very small submarine, similar in shape to the American 'Holland' type submarine, which cannot shoot torpedoes, but can only lay mines or cast frogmen."

"The people of China will get these things that steal chickens and dogs, and I heard that their navy did not dare to fight us after knowing that our battlefleet had arrived, and they all hid in Shanghai."

"Despicable and cowardly Chinans"

"I'm just wondering how the people of China built submarines with such backward technology."

"Of course, I got the technology from the people of the United States. Didn't you hear what he just said? The shape of that small submarine is almost exactly the same as the 'Holland' submarine of the United States, which is the proof that the people of the United States helped the people of China."

"Nasty Mi people"

"The people of the United States have been helping the people of China. When the Ministry of Foreign Affairs submitted the '21 Articles' peace proposal to the government of China, the people of the United States were biased towards the people of China, and even forced us to cancel Article 5 of the peace proposal, which is crucial to the relations between Japan and China. It's so damnable."

"It was at the instigation of the people of the United States that the government of China rejected the imperial government's peace proposal and provoked the war."

"The 6th Army of the Empire fought with the Chinese army in Shandong, and the battle situation was very fierce, and I heard that the Chinese army had a lot of heavy artillery, and it seems that the people of the United States secretly supported the Chinese people."

"This is really a great shame for the empire, and we should declare war on the United States"

The more the Japanese sailors spoke, the more angry they became, and the drowsiness they had just felt swept away.

The patrol boat continued to move forward, and very, under the illumination of the searchlight, a series of anti-submarine nets appeared on the surface of the sea.

In order to prevent another sneak attack by Chinese submarines, under the order of Yuzaburo Kato, the Japanese fleet not only changed the anchorage position of all its ships, but also increased the number of anti-submarine nets and anti-torpedo nets.

The searchlights swept over the anti-submarine nets, and the Japanese sailors stopped talking, opened their eyes wide, and carefully looked at the anti-submarine nets and anti-torpedo nets, searching for possible gaps on them.

After looking at it for a long time, after making sure that there was nothing wrong with all the protective nets, the Japanese sailors let out a long breath and continued to talk about the topic they had just started.

The sea breeze blew, and the originally heavy sea fog appeared thinner, and by the light of the searchlight, the tall shadow of a Japanese battleship not far away could be vaguely seen.

On this huge battleship, not even a of light can be seen now.

Fearing a sneak attack by Chinese submarines, at night all Japanese warships were subject to strict lighting control.

But at this time, the Japanese sailors could not have imagined that even with such strict precautions, their destruction would still be inevitable.

If the Japanese sailors who had just been on the patrol boat had been more careful and patient, and had stayed a little longer, they would have seen a slight tremor in the anti-submarine net they had just had.

If they could see underwater, they would see that a large round steel ball had touched the anti-submarine net, but it was not caught in the net, but under the touch, it bounced off some kind of device, and the rotating blade of the device spun on the ground, and it quickly cut a large hole in the anti-submarine net. And this large steel ball, driven by the current, easily drilled through the cut gap and slowly approached the Japanese battleship.