"Sir, there's a situation!" Fang Renxu, who was dozing off at the corner of the bridge in a thick windbreaker, suddenly opened his eyes after hearing the words of the star officer, and jumped up in an instant. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Where?!" On the narrow bridge of the submarine, Fang Renxu lay on his stomach on the telescope and asked the star officer where the target was found.

Submarines in this era have very poor underwater capabilities, and they generally need to float to charge their batteries after traveling dozens or hundreds of nautical miles underwater. It can't be compared to the advanced submarines of modern time and space. Not to mention nuclear submarines, which rarely surface.

As a result, submarines of this era spent most of their time on the surface, especially at night. This will increase the speed and give the crew some fresh air, and on the other hand, it will recharge the batteries.

"Good boy, big guy." Not long after adjusting the telescope, Fang Renxu faintly saw several dim shadows from the telescope, and there were many of them. This is absolutely impossible to be a civilian ship. This is the hardest hit area of the activities of the submarine unit of the Ming Navy, and the civilian ships of the Japanese have basically disappeared in the waters around here, let alone at night.

"Dive, quick!" Fang Renxu immediately ordered his submarine to dive immediately. It was obviously a naval fleet that came over, and at this time it was only the Japanese fleet that could appear in this area.

The submarine, which had sunk a large battleship and still holds the record for the sinking of the largest military warship in the world's submarine force, quickly disappeared from the sea. After a short while, a black periscope rose from below the surface of the sea.

"I'll go, the Japanese navy belongings are here?!" Fang Renxu, who was lying on the periscope, looked at the fast-moving fleet in the distance with a shocked face.

At this time, the sky had gradually begun to brighten, and Fang Renxu, who was familiar with the legends of the naval ships of various countries, quickly identified four Kongo-class battlecruisers, two Xianghe-class aircraft carriers, at least two top-class heavy cruisers, and a large number of destroyers. As for those faintly large figures in the distance, Fang Renxu couldn't see it clearly. However, he could judge from the size that it was at least a heavy cruiser or above.

"We must immediately send a report to the headquarters of the Navy." After leaving the periscope, Fang Renxu said to his first mate with a solemn expression.

A naval warship group of this size is certainly not here for sea fishing, they must be carrying out large-scale naval combat missions. And the direction in which they are moving is still towards the mainland. The goal is self-evident.

Fang Renxu is just a small submarine commander, like a fleet-level operation, he will definitely not get news. It is impossible for the Ming Navy to do such a bad job of secrecy. Although he didn't know what the Japanese were aiming for, Fang Renxu knew very well what he should do at this time.

It is simple to send a message to the command of the Navy, there is a wireless antenna on the periscope. However, in this era, there is radio detection technology, and once the report is made, it means that the target is exposed. Under the technical locking of triangulation, the large number of destroyers he just saw would rush over and feed themselves a meal of depth charges. You might just sink to the bottom of the sea.

However, at this time, Fang Renxu and the officers and soldiers on the entire submarine all showed their sense of responsibility as soldiers. They will not choose to take refuge temporarily because they fear for their own safety.

"Send a telegram, write specific. Then let's dive. Fang Renxu pursed his lips and said in a deep voice, "Maximum depth!" ”

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"Sir, there's a telegram from the radio listening department saying that an unknown ship has sent an unknown telegram near our fleet." The communications staff officer hurried into the Wyvern's bridge and informed his commander of the emergency.

Yamaguchi, who closed his eyes and recuperated, shook his body slightly and was silent. And his chief of staff quickly spoke, "Have you found out the specific location?" Did you ask about the ships? Did someone violate the military order of radio silence?! Well?! "Speaking of the later days, Onishi Takijiro almost always yelled at the staff officers.

It is no wonder that Onishi Takijiro is anxious, this is an extremely important juncture, and if the position of the fleet is exposed at this time, it will bring irreparable danger to his fleet.

"I've already asked!" The communications staff officer hurriedly responded: "All ships said that they did not turn on the wireless telegraph. ”

"Alright." Just when Onishi Takijiro was about to roar something, Yamaguchi Wenta slowly opened his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Things have already happened, what are you going to do with those things?" Go and do your own thing. ”

"Yes." As if granted amnesty, the young communications staff officer hurriedly saluted and left the bridge. After sighing often, Onishi Takijiro on the side turned around and arranged a destroyer formation to sink that hateful submarine!

As for why it can be judged that it is a submarine and nothing else, is there anything else in the vicinity of the Japanese naval fleet at this moment that they cannot see, besides submarines?

Several destroyers of the Second Mine Squadron quickly rushed out of the formation and headed towards Fang Renxu's location.

The Japanese have very good radio detection skills, and there is not much difference in the positions they are looking for. Several destroyers were pulled into a platoon to comb this sea area on a large scale. Strings of depth charges were thrown into the sea, and after the formation, the entire sea surface was like a huge hot pot roaring. The momentum is staggering.

After dropping hundreds of depth charges, the Japanese destroyers, who were still responsible for escorting the ship, left satisfied. The Japanese believed that the Daming submarine could not have escaped an attack of this magnitude and must have been sunk.

"It's over?" Fang Renxu, who was holding the handrail tightly, asked out loud after not hearing a sound for a long time.

"It should be." The voice of the first mate sounded in the darkness. When it was attacked by depth charges, there was a problem with the lighting in the boat, and the whole submarine was pitch black. Add to that the terrifying sound of water pressure squeezing the hull of the submarine when the depth charge explodes. The previous twenty minutes or so made Fang Renxu feel like a century long. Fortunately, this terrifying moment is finally over.

"They may still have important escort missions, or they may think we've been sunk." The first mate, who was also greatly relieved, said loudly.

"Good." Fang Renxu nodded vigorously, this feeling of escaping death is really good.

"What are we going to do now?" The first mate asked aloud.

"What should I do?" Fang Renxu's cold voice sounded in the darkness: "Hurry up and repair the submarine, float, let's catch up!" I have a feeling that this time we are going to hit the big luck. ”

The telegram sent by Fang Renxu at great risk was soon transmitted to the submarine base on Qingdao, and then forwarded to the Admiralty.

The staff officers of the Admiralty's telecommunications department would not dare to delay such important information that directly indicated the enemy fleet. Just over an hour later, this brand new telegram had been delivered to Lin Luo and Tong Haifeng.

"To the north?!" After a quick glance at the telegram, Lin Luo shouted, "They're not in the Ryukyus? Is there a mistake in the intelligence? ”

No wonder Lin Luo was shocked, this was different from everyone's judgment before, and his reconnaissance planes had already been dispatched, and now he was completely passive.

"There are the number of warships named and the type of warships, and there is also a clear course direction and speed." Li Ru shook his head, "This must be true." ”

"Huh~~~," Lin Luo closed his eyes, looked up to the sky, sighed, and then ordered in a deep voice, "All the reconnaissance planes in the far north have turned around and conducted a comprehensive reconnaissance according to the direction indicated on the telegram. The combat staff officer was ordered to immediately determine the approximate position of the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet at this time according to the time, orientation, and speed. Once you have the results, immediately send out all the attack planes! Send a report to Task Force 11 and the Admiralty explaining where we are now. The radar is turned on, and the whole fleet enters the air defense operation! ”

"Isn't it too early to break the radio silence?" Li Ru frowned and said, "After all, the reconnaissance plane hasn't sent a telegram back yet." ”

Lin Luo pursed his lips and raised the telegram in his hand, and said with a somewhat gloomy face, "This is not the correct information?" It's not the time for sails! A few minutes at night could have lost the entire war! ”

"Yes!" Li Ru's expression was awe-inspiring, and he immediately nodded vigorously and quickly went to carry out the order.

The second-generation improved shipborne radar, which had been turned off on the warships, was turned on, and it was soon discovered that something was wrong.

"The escort aircraft carrier USS Bombay sent a telegram that their radar had spotted an unidentified warplane in the airspace near the fleet." Li Ru hurriedly ran over to report the latest situation.

"Watch me do what?" Lin Luo's expression was sharp: "Order the air defense fighters to go over!" ”

The weather conditions in the sea area where the 12th Task Force is located are average, and the low-pressure clouds are relatively thick. Soon after the radar of the Ming Navy was turned on, a number of warships sent telegrams to the Taihu Lake, saying that they had found an unknown target near the fleet. Several anti-aircraft fighters quickly approached and rushed into the clouds, quickly forcing a three-seat reconnaissance plane out of the clouds.

"Fuck! Is this a reconnaissance aircraft?! How do you fly so fast?! The open communication channel was filled with the shouts of surprise from the fighter pilot.

This Japanese carrier-based reconnaissance plane is the famous Caiyun. The biggest characteristic of the Caiyun carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft is its high speed. A speed that once made the P51 Mustang unattainable in modern time and space. At this time, the Ming Navy was equipped with improved Fighting Falcons, which were even more unable to catch up.

“...... There are talented people in Japan, too. Looking at the Japanese reconnaissance planes that were still able to rely on the unimaginable speed to fly away under the encirclement and interception of several Fighting Falcons, the officers of the Ming Navy in the bridge of the Taihu Lake were all dumbfounded.

"Our location has been discovered, let's get ready for battle." After the short air battle, Lin Luo pursed his lips, a touch of inexplicable excitement flashed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "The carrier-based aircraft unit is attacking." (To be continued.) )