… Kuniliang did not know that his submarine had been targeted by a Japanese destroyer. He was still concentrating on directing the crew to maneuver the submarine down, and in any case, he had to get out before the mine-laying submarine operated, otherwise his submarine would be trapped in Port Arthur.

"Keep course! Flight to seven knots! ”

Rao Guoliang stood in the command cabin, checking the navigation self-will, and giving orders.

However, at the very moment when the periscope of the inshore defense submarine was put away, everyone in the submarine heard a dull bombardment, and at the same time, the whole submarine shook violently, and then the shouts of sailors were heard from the rear cabin.

"We are attacked! The engine compartment is damaged and flooded! The engineer asks to retreat! ”

Rao Guoliang was shocked, but he didn't have time to think about it, and immediately approved the engineer's request to retreat, and ordered the rear section to close all watertight doors to minimize losses.

But soon, the submarine was subjected to several more serious attacks, and even the command module was affected by the shock wave, and the hull made a strange "thump" cry under the shock wave.

"It's a cannonball!"

Rao Guoliang immediately judged the weapons used by the attackers, those that created the shock wave were high-explosive shells, and those that could penetrate the hull were obviously solid armor-piercing shells, this enemy ship commander was very cunning and very experienced, and was probably a veteran of naval warfare.

"Full sailing! Go ahead and go down! ”

Rao Guoliang calmly gave the order, but not every crew member can be as calm as the captain, the helmsman is too nervous, so that the dive is too fast, and the water in Port Arthur is shallow, so the submarine soon hit the bottom of the sea, the violent impact overturned all the crew on the floor, and the impact also made the torpedo's fixed cable break, the torpedo rolled down, knocked a watertight hatch of the boat, made it deformed, can no longer be sealed, and worse, the boat is likely to hit the reef, Both hulls were pierced by the reef, and the submarine's reserve buoyancy was soon exhausted.

Thankfully. The safety of the torpedo was strong, the torpedo did not explode, otherwise the submariners would have died here.

Rao Guoliang now has two options, either immediately float up and let as many crew members as possible leave the submarine before the watertight hatch completely fails, or continue to sit on the bottom of the sea and wait for rescue, but in this situation, rescue is almost impossible to arrive, and the submarine's watertight door has been deformed, and the sea water will eventually flood most of the cabin.

Rao Guoliang helplessly glanced at the sailors who were trying to survive, and then gave an order.

"Float! Abandon ship! ”

"Hiss

Compressed air was quickly poured into the tank, draining all the water inside, and the submarine, which was almost at the bottom, began to slowly float towards the surface of the sea, and finally appeared on the surface of the sea under fire.

Originally, when he saw that the Chinese submarine was still diving under the artillery fire, Takano 56 was very frustrated, and only out of anger did he still order the gunners to fire blindly at the sea surface, bombarding the sea with high-explosive shells and solid shells.

Just as Takano Fifty-six was about to retreat in despair, one of the gunners shouted.

"Look! Look! The submarine of the people of China floated! The submarine of the people of China floated! ”

Hearing the shout, Takano Fifty-six hurriedly ran onto the open bridge, looked to the left side of the ship, and sure enough, he saw a submarine emerging from the sea, and there were several holes in the rear deck of the submarine that had been pierced by solid shells.

"Soga!"

Takano Isoroku was very excited, and what made him even more excited was that there were no cannons on the deck of the small submarine near the shore, so he immediately gave orders to his subordinates.

"Get up there and take them prisoner!"

Under the command of Takano Isoroku, the destroyer "First Frost" sailed towards the submarine, and because the distance was too close, it had already entered the dead end of the ship's gun shooting, so Takano Isoroku specially ordered the sailors to take out rifles and pistols from the arsenal, and set up a machine gun on the open bridge, just waiting for the Chinese group of divers to come out and surrender.

But waiting left and right, all the hatches of the submarine showed no sign of opening, and the submarine was slowly sinking, which made Takano Fifty-six very strange.

Unbeknownst to Takano, the Chinese sailors in the submarine were now busy arming themselves.

China's "Sea Wolf-class" coastal defense submarines have a gun case, which is equipped with five rifles, five submachine guns, some grenades, and some life-saving equipment, although this kind of submarine has no deck guns, but if in the case of close conflict, China's submariners are not powerless, in fact, after Rao Guoliang gave the order for the submarine to float and abandon the ship, the first thing he did was to open the gun box in the command cabin, take out guns and ammunition from it, and distribute them to the crew. Prepare for surface battles with the enemy.

After distributing the guns and ammunition, Rao Guoliang searched the sea surface through the periscope, and found the "First Frost" approaching, because the front compartment of the submarine was flooded, it was impossible to shoot torpedoes, so he decided to wait for the other party to get closer.

Soon, the destroyer "First Frost" of the Japanese Navy approached the submarine, and seeing the heavily armed Japanese sailors on the Japanese warship, Rao Guoliang knew that this would be a tragic surface battle, and as the captain, he had to rush to the forefront.

"Hear me" rush. At the word command, the first hatch and the second hatch were opened at the same time, and after rushing out, he immediately jumped into the port side of the sea, opened fire with submachine guns, and covered the others from the cabin. ”

Rao Guoliang chose one of the bravest sailors, then lifted a submachine gun, climbed the No. 1 gangway, unlocked the No. 1 hatch, then took a breath and shouted "rush"

"Boom! Boom! With two sounds, the No. 1 hatch and the No. 2 hatch opened at the same time, and Rao Guoliang and the sailor were armed with submachine guns, and at the moment of opening the hatch, they raised their guns and fired at the Japanese destroyer on the starboard side.

Taking advantage of the brief confusion of the Japanese sailors, Rao Guoliang and the sailor jumped into the diversion point. Leaning on the hull, he fired at the right boat with a submachine gun. The quasi-head is not a public worker. However, it was these two submachine guns that allowed several submariners to climb out of the submarine and jump into the sea on the port side.

However, the counterattack of the Japanese sailors also began quickly, rifles and machine guns poured bullets on the submarine, several submariners who had just climbed out of the submarine were hit by bullets, some fell into the sea, blood stained the sea red, and the remaining submariners were blocked in the submarine by the fire of the Japanese sailors. Unable to leave the submarine.

Seeing that the Chinese submariners were so tenacious, Takano 56 was very annoyed, and he had no intention of catching the prisoners, so he immediately ordered the destroyer "First Frost" to turn around and turn the rudder, sail away from the submarine, and return to the waters outside the dead end of the naval guns, preparing to use the naval guns to sink the submarine.

However, at the moment when the "First Frost" turned the rudder, a sailor on the bridge shouted in horror.

"Torpedo! Torpedo! On the starboard side! On the starboard side! ”

This shout made Takano Fifty-six very frightened, and before he could react, an eighteen-inch torpedo slammed into the starboard side of the "First Frost", and the violent explosion instantly tore the destroyer in half, and Takano Fifty-six was also shocked by the shock wave, and fell to the deck, his head hit the turret hard, and fainted, if he had not been rescued by the midshipman, he would probably have sunk with the warship here.

The destroyer "First Frost" broke off at the waist. Quickly sinking to the bottom of the sea, this scene made Rao Guoliang breathe a sigh of relief, and hurriedly beckoned the crew in the submarine to come out quickly.

When the last crew member left the submarine, just behind Rao Guoliang, a "Seawolf-class" submarine appeared ghostly to the surface, the hatch opened, and the captain showed his head.

"Rao Guoliang, hurry! Come up! The captain shouted at Rao Guoliang.

"Zheng Leizi, is that you?"

Rao Guoliang recognized the captain, who was short-tempered, so he was nicknamed "Leizi" because of his short temper and his popularity was very bad. Even Rao Guoliang tried his best to avoid this person, but this person has an advantage, that is, he can shoot torpedoes very accurately, and he is a "sharpshooter" in the submarine unit.

Although the situation in the military port is chaotic now, it is not a no-man's land, although the destroyer "First Frost" has sunk, but other light warships have already sailed this way, so Rao Guoliang Xun ordered the surviving submariners to get on Zheng Leizi's submarine, and he was the last to enter the submarine of Captain Zheng.

"Dive! Torpedo men reload torpedoes! ”

Zheng Leizi immediately gave the order to dive, and then manipulated the submarine to go around in a circle, ordering the torpedo crew to load the last torpedo into the torpedo tube.

"What do you want to hit?" Rao Guoliang Ran said.

Zheng Leizi glanced at Rao Guoliang and snorted, "What is the target?" Hit your sub, of course! ”

Rao Guoliang wiped his face and became depressed. However, Zheng Leizi can't be blamed for this, the submarine is a high-tech weapon, and it really can't fall into the hands of the Japanese Navy intact, so he can only close his eyes and wait for the torpedo to explode.

"Bang!"

Soon there was a torpedo explosion on the hull, Zheng Leizi glanced through the periscope, and then muttered: "Rao Guoliang, this matter, after you go back, you have to report to the upper head first, what is going on, you have to talk about it well." ”

Where does Rao Guoliang have time to deal with Zheng Leizi now, he is now depressed, although he sank the armored cruiser "Asami" and severely damaged a battleship, but his submarine was also lost, this kind of deal is not cost-effective, and. Accepting an investigation by a military tribunal is a trivial matter, and the key point is that he is likely to sit on a cold bench for some time to come, because of his command mistakes, and because of the limited number of submarines, the loss of one submarine will be one less.

Zheng Leizi was distressed, and Confucian Guoliang was even more distressed. But the distress is the distress, and now it is really necessary to retreat.

"Put away the periscope! Dive down to five meters! Full sailing! Close all watertight hatches! Everyone sticks to their posts, without orders, not allowed to speak! ”

Zheng Leizi gave the order to retreat, of course, he didn't know that when he had just ventured to the sea to rescue Rao Guoliang's crew, on a high ground in the military port, an Australian had already recorded the scene full of courage and confidence on the negative of the camera.

Closing the lens cap of the camera, Morrison sighed, turned his head, and glanced at the French captain who was pouring whiskey into his throat.

"To tell you the truth, Mr. Besson, I thought that the submarine would also be attacked. I admire the courage of the captain who rescued his comrades, and I believe that there is such a group of brave and resourceful soldiers, and I believe that this war. The Chinese will win, because victory is inseparable from courage and resourcefulness. ”

The French captain squinted at the surface of the sea, then threw the empty bottle in his hand towards the surface.

"Honestly, Mr. Morrison, I also admire your courage to be able to carry your camera around in the midst of bombs and torpedoes to take pictures of the battlefield, and for that alone you are entitled to receive a salute from others. If you manage to get these battlefield photos out there, I think you can take over the post of editor-in-chief of The Times, but the Japanese will probably not let you succeed. ”

What do you mean by that? Morrison was a little strange.

"What do you mean? Can't you see? Regardless of the outcome of this war, at least the battle of Arthur is over, and the Japanese Navy has suffered heavy losses, do you think that the Japanese government and army generals will allow you to put out photos that would damage the image of the Japanese Empire? The French captain shook his head and sighed.

"You don't have to worry about this, since I dare to take pictures here, then I have a way to deal with the Japanese. Believe it or not, at least by the afternoon of the day after tomorrow, these precious photos of the battlefield will be published in the newspapers, though not necessarily The Times. ”

Mo Lixun smiled slyly, and then looked at the devastated military port, he understood that this battle was won by the Chinese, but he also understood that the retaliation of the Japanese Empire was also coming, and for the Chinese ** people, the real challenge was still to come.