With the defeat of Japan, the center of gravity of the Ming navy began to shift to the other side of the Pacific. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe fighting in Hawaii began to intensify, and the fleet sailing directly from the Ming mainland to Hawaii became the main target of the US submarine force.

Americans are very good at learning. The technology of the Ming Navy may not be able to learn, but they basically learn the effective tactics. Concentrating submarine forces to besiege large convoys at night is such a thing that they learned ten out of ten.

The Americans had only one hundred and sixty-one submarines before the war. When the war began, the submarine unit showed its formidable power, especially the incident in which Fang Renxu commanded the submarine to sink the battleship Shancheng in one fell swoop, which greatly affected the top of the US Navy.

The U.S. Navy is interested in this kind of combat ship that is very fast to produce, extremely inexpensive to build, can quickly build into combat effectiveness, and can basically recover all costs with a single blow.

Once the powerful industrial production capacity of the United States, which is only inferior to that of the Ming Dynasty, explodes, it will allow them to produce nearly 500 submarines of various types in two years. Again, this is because other naval projects are crowding out production resources. If the Americans were to push the boundaries of submarines in full swing like the Germans in modern space-time history, this number would be constantly turning.

However, the technical level of the Americans is not as good as that of Daming, let alone the help of Zhang Chengkai. In two years, more than 200 U.S. submarines sank across the Pacific Ocean.

As the U.S. Navy intensified its attack on the Daming mainland's route to Hawaii, the U.S. Navy's submarine losses also skyrocketed.

From July to September of '41, nearly 30 US submarines were sunk in just two months when attacking the Daming fleet, almost one in two days. This kind of loss made the Americans scratch their heads, but they could not help but continue. Because the Ming Dynasty is constantly strengthening Hawaii's military power. Numerous troops and equipment of all kinds are constantly being sent to the islands.

These weapons and equipment, as well as personnel and materials, can be used to strengthen the force defending the islands, and can also be used as a landing force to attack the American continent. Whether it is for offense or defense, the Americans must constantly attack this route to weaken the power of the Ming Dynasty.

The 9th Marine Division, where Song Tieniu and He Dazui were stationed, was attacked by a U.S. Navy submarine unit on their way from the Japanese garrison to the Hawaiian Islands.

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"Tighten up!" He Dazui, who looked nervous, shouted loudly to ask Song Tieniu, who was helping him tighten his life jacket behind him, to make the life jacket firm, he couldn't swim.

"Don't worry." Song Tieniu raised his hand and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, "It won't let go." ”

At this moment, the alarm bell sounded loudly on the entire troop transport ship, and many soldiers were busy preparing for emergencies. The flotilla was besieged by American submarine forces, and already two ships were torpedoed. One of them was loaded with divisional artillery, and all the division's heavy artillery sank to the bottom of the sea. On the other ship, the field hospital and communications battalion, were now tilted and on fire, and the soldiers on it were all jumping into the sea like dumplings in a pot.

It's a big sea, and it's still dark at night. Although the escort warships were like enraged hounds desperately chasing down the American submarines around the fleet, the strings of depth charges dropped in strings stirred up the entire sea into a boiling hot pot. But the threat of American submarines remains. No one knows when and from where a series of deadly heavy torpedoes will come in!

"Everyone's paying attention!" The company commander pushed open the hatch and walked in, shouting loudly: "Don't bring any weapons!" Everyone followed me to the deck with only life-saving supplies, food bottles, and first aid kits! ”

The scale of this attack by the submarine forces of the US Navy was very large, and the somewhat careless Ming Navy did not send too many escort warships, and suddenly encountered a powerful attack, and immediately fell into chaos. The fleet from Japan was very large, and it was easily spotted by the spies when they left Japan.

Song Tieniu and He Dazui, who looked nervous, followed their company and left the cabin. On their way to the deck, they met their comrades from other companies. People who are bound to make fun of a few words on weekdays are not in the mood to joke at the moment. The shrill sirens, the flashing warning lights, and the left and right swaying of the ship at high speed made everyone in no mood to speak.

After all, this is above the sea, and even brave soldiers on land have no way to reach the sea. For those Marines in the Corps, even if they can swim at this time, it is useless.

If you are forced to jump into the sea when you are really attacked, where can you swim to? The transport ships on all sides are busy dodging the attack, the escort warships are busy attacking the submarines, who has time to save people? And even if you want to save people, if you fall into the sea, the target is so small, and the sky is still so dark, can the ghost see you?

Finally stepping out of the oppressive corridor, stepping out of the hatch, we came to the deck of the troop carrier. The turbid air inside the ship suddenly became fresh, and the cool sea breeze blew the smell of fishy smell mixed with gunsmoke. Looking up at the stars in the sky, Song Tieniu couldn't help but take a deep breath. It's so uncomfortable inside the cabin.

At this time, although the transport ship was still maintaining the same formation and speed as the ships around it, the officers and soldiers crowded on the deck looked at the huge white water columns and searchlights that were constantly rising in the distance around them, and then listened to the dizzying sirens, and everyone's hearts were heavy.

"What now? Brother, I don't know how to swim. He Dazui looked at the situation around him and spoke nervously.

Although they are marines, there are still people who can't swim. After all, such as kicking recruits directly into the water, this way of training swimming may not be able to train everyone.

"You can't swim." Song Tieniu shook his head: "At this time, unless you can board a lifeboat and wait for the rescue after dawn, you will inevitably be exhausted if you fall into the sea." The sea was cold at night, and I froze to death. ”

"And sharks!" The comrades-in-arms on the side seemed to be in a good mood, and laughed and threatened, "Maybe the shark medicine on your life jacket has no effect, and it will be eaten by sharks!" ”

"Don't talk nonsense, you haven't read a book, have you?" He Dazui rolled his eyes and glared at his comrade-in-arms who had just spoken out, "Where did the shark come from here?" The nearest Midway Island here is more than a hundred nautical miles away, and there are no sharks on the island? ”

"Now isn't the time to dwell on that, is it?" Song Tieniu said with some tears and laughter: "We should believe the crew, where can it be so easy to be hit by a torpedo." ”

"Torpedo !!" As soon as Song Tieniu's words fell, a terrible howl sounded from the lookout post overhead.

The desperation in his voice startled the hundreds of Marines on deck. The troop transport that Song Tieniu's battalion was riding on was located relatively close to the periphery of the fleet. When the flotilla was attacked before, it was panicked, and it didn't know when it ran to the outskirts of the fleet.

"Boom!" Before the Marines could react, the stern part of the troop carrier was hit by a heavy torpedo. Song Tieniu and the others felt as if the steel steamer under their feet had suddenly jumped, and hundreds of marines fell to the deck one after another.

Even a battleship with thick skin and flesh would not have felt good if a heavy torpedo was hit, let alone a transport ship. These transport ships are made of standard marine steel, not to mention a torpedo attack that the armored deck can't handle.

At the stern of the ship, there were several white waterlines, which were torpedoes flying by.

'Woo~~~' A more poignant siren sounded on the transport ship, and at the same time, the captain's voice came from the loudspeaker, "Attention everyone, attention everyone." Start abandoning ship now, start abandoning ship now! ”

A huge opening was made in the stern of the transport ship, and tons and tons of raging sea water poured in, and several compartments were quickly filled. The transport, which had no watertight compartments to speak of, soon began to slowly tilt to one side and sink, in which case even pipe damage was not necessary.

"Keep your teams and no one is allowed to run around!" Officers at all levels began to maintain order.

If there is any panic at this time, most of the people should not want to abandon the ship and leave safely. After all, people instinctively want to avoid danger when they are in crisis. Once there is a scramble, it will inevitably waste a lot of valuable time.

The good thing is that they are all well-trained and disciplined soldiers. Under the command of officers at all levels, they did not panic too much, and boarded the lifeboats and left the transport ship one after another according to the command.

"Let the wounded get into the lifeboat first." The officers worked hard to maintain order and arrange for the soldiers to leave the ship. However, the number of lifeboats on the ship was not enough to fit all of them, so many officers and men could only jump directly into the water and wait for rescue on the side of the lifeboat.

"What's going on?! Bah! He Dazui, whose hands were tightly clasped on the edge of the lifeboat, spat vigorously: "My throat and eyes are salty!" ”

"Isn't that what the sea is all about?" Song Tieniu, who got on the lifeboat, grabbed his hands tightly, "It's not like you haven't been to the sea!" Are you still a Marine? ”

All the officers and men on the ship did not carry excess supplies, weapons and ammunition, and no one cared about them at this time. Armed with only water bottles, dry rations, first aid kits, and life jackets, the Marines jumped into the icy waters.

"We're not going to just keep drifting, are we?" He Dazui, whose face was beginning to turn yellow, looked at the navy beside him that was dyed yellow, and shouted in horror: "Is it me who is dazzled?" How did the sea turn yellow!? ”

"Alright." Song Tieniu couldn't help but laugh and said, "That's the coordinates on your life jacket, the dye and the anti-shark medicine!" We don't just have one ship! Don't be nervous, it won't be long before someone comes to our rescue. (To be continued.) )