Chapter 150: The Sea Wolf Strikes (Part II)
After confirming that the target was the battleship Shancheng, the excited Captain Fang Renxu waved his fist vigorously. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoThis is a capital ship in the truest sense of the word.
"Lean in." Captain Fang Renxu's voice carried a hint of excitement that could not be concealed. It was as if he had seen the glittering medallion beckoning to him. He knew that the time had come for him to become famous!
Captain Fang Renxu commanded the Tiger Shark to get close to the Shancheng that was quietly parked at the berth, about eight hundred meters away. After setting the speed depth of the torpedo in the front, Captain Fang Renxu took a deep breath and suddenly shouted loudly, "All fire!" ā
"Torpedo one, fired. Torpedo II, launched. Torpedo three, launched. Torpedo four, launched. "The sound of a torpedo firing smoothly came from the torpedo compartment in the front of the submarine.
Unlike naval aviation, which uses light torpedoes because of the lack of power in the aircraft itself, warships and submarines use real heavy naval torpedoes. This heavy torpedo was unusually powerful, enough to tear through the battleship's full heavy armor.
Captain Fang Renxu bit his lip, his eyes wide as copper bells, staring at the stopwatch in his hand. I don't know when sweat stains gradually oozed from my sideburns. Since the start of the war of the Ming Navy, no, it can even be said that the single-ship battle results of the largest tonnage since the establishment of the Ming Navy are about to be born in his hands!
The pilots aboard the Akagi blew up and sank the provincial capital-class battleship Guiyang, becoming the record for the largest tonnage sunk by a single ship in the history of the world's navy. This record made all the soldiers of the Ming Navy feel very ashamed. At the same time, it also aroused the anger of the officers and men of the navy, and this anger was bound to completely burn down the Japanese navy. And the Yamashiro will be the first target.
"Hit!" The submariners operating the hydrophones shouted loudly, which will immediately make the entire submarine boil!
"One, two, three, four. All hit! Captain Fang Renxu shook his fist excitedly, and even wanted to jump up because he was too excited but crashed into the bulkhead.
"Medic, Medic!" The first mate on the side saw a wisp of blood flowing from Captain Fang Renxu's forehead, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Fang Renxu up.
"I'm fine!" Captain Fang Renxu hurriedly straightened his hat again, ignoring the pain in his head and hurriedly ordered, "Hurry up, turn around, and fire the torpedo at the tail!" ā
The target of the attack was a battleship known for its heavy armor, even an old battleship. Captain Fang Renxu didn't want to let his gains slip away in vain. It's going to be hard to get this kind of opportunity again.
After turning 180 degrees, the Tiger Shark quickly launched two torpedoes at the stern. Immediately, Captain Fang Renxu didn't even wait to run the stopwatch, and directly ordered to leave at full speed! This is a criterion that submarine units must abide by.
The captain of the Yamashiro, Ozan Nagazaemon Osa, felt in his sleep that he suddenly flew up, and rolled in mid-air several times in succession. When he suddenly woke up from his dream, he found that he had fallen to the ground, and his nostrils were still dripping with blood. Confused, he got up from the ground and scratched his bald hair, not knowing what was going on.
Opening the hatch of the captain's room, Osa Oza had just wanted to call the adjutant to ask what was going on, when the whole battleship suddenly remembered the crazy siren!
In an instant, nearly 1,200 Japanese naval officers and sailors on this ship woke up from their sleep and prepared to enter their positions. When Oza Chozaemon Osa put on his military uniform and hurried to the bridge. The Yamashiro was hit by two torpedoes again, and the violent shaking caused many Japanese officers and men to suddenly stagger, and the drowsiness in their minds was quickly awakened.
In fact, Captain Fang Renxu adjusted the set depth a little too deep when firing the torpedoes, and four torpedoes hit the bilge in a row. After the destruction of the power compartment led to a large amount of water ingress.
And the two torpedoes that followed were even more terrible. Both of these torpedoes, which had been changed to the set depth, hit the Yamashiro's swollen waterline, tearing through the Yamashiro's side armor with great force, causing a massive flooding on the mine's side and flooding most of the motors and backup generator sets on the side. Because it was not in combat readiness, most of the cabins on the Yamashiro were open. The raging waters filled the Yamashiro at an alarming rate, and it was still on one side.
Odan Chozaemon Osa, who was running towards the bridge, hit the bulkhead headlong, and Goku's figure rolled and fell down the aisle. With the support of the adjutant, he stood up with difficulty: "Quick! Go to the bridge! "As an old navy, Ota Nagazaemon can already feel that his battleship is gradually falling to the side!
The battleship flooded too quickly, and six heavy torpedoes tore through the heavy and solid armor on the side of the battleship, leaving six huge holes. Thousands of tons of seawater poured into the Yamashiro in a very short period of time, and by the time the disheveled Otan Choemon Osaku finally rushed into the bridge, the Yamashiro was clearly tilted.
Listening to the shrill siren, a look of despair flashed in his eyes and looked at the chief of staff on the night shift. The sweaty chief of staff leaned on the intercom and shouted, "Pipe loss!" Tube loss! Hurry up, hurry up! ā
"How's it going?" Sayne's voice trembled uncontrollably. He could already clearly feel that the battleship was slowly falling to the left, getting faster and faster.
"Captain!" The microphone in the chief of staff's hand suddenly fell, his lips trembled, and he said with a pale face, "The bilge can't get in, and the cabins below are all filled with seawater!" ā
"Boom!" Ozan Nagazaemon Osa sat on the ground, his hat and sword scattered. Throwing his hand and pushing away the adjutant who stepped forward to support him, he looked at his body that had obviously leaned to the left, and looked up at his chief of staff miserably, "Abandon the ship!" ā
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The end of the sea and the sky is covered with a shallow layer of fish belly white. The fiery red sun gradually rises from the rippling blue sea, and the brilliant colors coat the whole world with a brilliant golden light.
In the golden morning light, thousands of Ming civilians and many high-ranking naval officers with golden epaulettes on their shoulders gathered on the wharf of Qingdao Military Port. Countless pairs of eyes looked expectantly at the end of the distant sea and sky. They are all waiting for the return of the hero.
In the early morning of July 18, 1939, the Tiger Shark, a submarine unit of the Ming Navy, successfully infiltrated the Yokosuka Military Port, the main military base of the Japanese Navy, under the command of Captain Fang Renxu, and sank the main Japanese battleship Yamashiro in one fell swoop! It has created the largest single-ship battle record since the establishment of the Ming Navy! And it is also at this important moment when the Ming Navy is not performing well and is being blamed by many parties.
The significance and impact of this incident were far beyond Captain Fang Renxu's imagination. It was a brilliant result for him. But for the Japanese who had a smooth ride after the war, it was a slap in the face! It dealt a huge blow to the morale of the Japanese army.
At the same time, because of a series of defeats, the cohesion of the Ming people and the morale of the army were instantly boosted. The brave soldiers bravely fought into the enemy's lair and inflicted heavy damage on the enemy in one fell swoop, and returned without incident. What could be more inspirational than that?
Even Zhang Cheng, who was far away in Seoul, deliberately took time to fly to Qingdao Port to welcome the heroes who returned with honors. According to the order of Lord Shousuke, the submarine unit is now under the command of the Western Pacific Theater of Operations. As the commander of the Western Pacific Theater and the initiator of this operation, Zhang Cheng, wearing an army general's uniform, appeared here without violating the harmony.
The Yamashiro, which had a standard displacement of 35,000 tons and a full load displacement of nearly 40,000 tons, was hit by several torpedoes one after another. The large amount of water in the left compartment eventually led to the capsizing of the battleship.
At that time, the Yamashiro was on standby at the berth. The boiler did not start, and naturally there was no main power supply. Relying on backup power alone will not be able to activate all the pumping machines to save the battleship in any case.
Not to mention that the boiler compartment is flooded in a very short time, and even if it is not flooded, the time it takes to start up is calculated in hours. It is not surprising that the Yamashiro, which was completely defenseless, with most of the people sleeping and almost all of its equipment in a state of cooling, was sunk. It's like when the Japanese raided the home fleet at the start of the war.
Less than ten minutes after being hit by the first torpedo, because the left compartment was too badly flooded. The Yamashiro flipped directly on its side and capsized on its berth. Nearly 1,200 officers and men on board, in addition to the small number of crew members who left the ship after the captain gave the order to abandon the ship, about 1,000 crew members followed their warship into the bottom of the sea. Among them was their captain.
After writing a suicide note and a summary of his war, he handed it to the chief of staff to take away. He himself, with the help of his lieutenant, tied himself to the rudder of the voyage, sang the March of the warship and sank with his battleship to the bottom of the sea.
After receiving the news, the entire Japanese Navy fell into a frenzy. A capital battleship, which had taken countless painstaking efforts, fell on its berth without firing a single shot. The huge amount of investment was all in vain in the face of several torpedoes. The blow to the morale of the military was enough to drive the Japanese mad. Tokyo Bay is not safe!
The whole of Tokyo Bay was in turmoil, and countless Japanese warships turned Tokyo Bay upside down. It's a pity that Captain Fang Renxu, who had already seen it and accepted it, had quietly left the battlefield under the cover of night and rainy night with his Tiger Shark and embarked on the journey home.
The Japanese finally felt the pain and fear of the war, but this was only the beginning.
"I really didn't expect it." Marshal Yang Zhuo, who was dressed in a straight marshal uniform, said softly with some emotion: "A few torpedoes for a capital ship." This exchange is better than a submarine. ā
"It's not too late." Zhang Cheng smiled and turned his head to look at Marshal Yang Zhuo: "The submarine force made a large-scale sortie to blockade the Japanese shipping and cut off their lifeline. This will become an important link in the rapid destruction of the Japanese. ā
"The Navy will seriously consider it." Marshal Yang Zhuo nodded vigorously.
"Here !! come" With a shout from the lookout post, thousands of people looked out to sea with their necks held high. They know that the hero is home. (To be continued.) )