Chapter 182: Three Battles in One Day 4
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In the evening, Ji Kelian contacted three other submarines to follow the Japanese merchant ships. Tikerian was very patient, he did not believe that such a large Japanese fleet did not have an escort fleet, and he suspected that the Japanese had warships or submarines lurking around. But the four submarines tracked the Japanese convoy all night, and Ji Keliang personally led the Pixiu No. 1 to cross the flotilla, and then quietly lurked in front of the route, secretly exposing the periscope in the middle of the flotilla. Not only that, but he even photographed the entire fleet with a camera through a periscope before dawn.
However, no anomalies have been found.
If things are abnormal, Ji Keliang doesn't believe that the Japanese devils will be so careless. But he couldn't find anything abnormal, and Ji Keliang was a little skeptical that he was nervous, but a little uneasy feeling in his heart lingered.
"There's an airplane." The sonar soldier reported.
Ji Keliang is a sonar master, took the earpiece and listened carefully, and sure enough, he found that there were planes hovering over the fleet.
The little devil was cunning, and a seaplane carrier crashed far behind the fleet. If it weren't for the fact that the submarines of the Maritime Resistance Force could sail underwater for a long time, it would certainly be difficult to escape the patrols of Japanese seaplanes.
Tikerian immediately informed the other three submarines to pay attention to air defense.
The submarine of the Maritime Resistance Army is now equipped with a new type of walkie-talkie, which is very convenient for communication within 300 kilometers, but it is worried that the Japanese will find radio signals, so they are rarely used on the battlefield.
Ji Kelian was very greedy, these thirty-five Japanese merchant ships, he wanted to eat them in one bite. Several combat plans churning in his mind have been worked on several times, but Ji Kelian still has no complete strategy.
With a fleet of such a size, the little devil has obviously worked the formation. The flotilla formed four columns over the ocean, with ships up and down a kilometer apart from each other. Thirty-five ships have a width of four or five kilometers on the surface of the sea and a length of ten kilometers, such a huge range.
It's easy to sneak attack, but it's not easy to take it completely.
In addition, four submarines can only fire 32 torpedoes in a short time, and according to the results of the naval resistance army's torpedo firing exercises, according to the speed of the fleet and the distance of the firing, it is very good to be able to hit 20 torpedoes.
Tikrian drew several attack formations on the drawings, but in the end he rejected them all. At present, the officers and men of the four submarines are not veterans of the past, and more than 70 percent of the soldiers are on the battlefield for the first time, and the gap between the technical and tactical level and the officers and men of the Atlantic tour is not at all. Tikrian gave a pertinent estimate of the results of the fleet's first assault - twelve.
Time is on the side of the Naval Resistance Army, and Ji Keliang is not worried that the little devil will be out of his sight. After thinking carefully for a day, Ji Kelian finally decided on a battle plan.
When midnight came, the Pixiu No. 1 submarine appeared like a ghost in the middle of the Japanese fleet. The sky was a little overcast over the sea, but the clouds did not completely obscure the moonlight. A periscope suddenly appeared in the center of the sailing fleet, which looked strange and inexplicable.
In the periscope, Ji Kelian carefully observed the surrounding situation, and all the members of the Pixiu No. 1 submarine were ready for battle within ten minutes. As the minutes ticked by, the clock hands on the command bulkhead rotated steadily.
Two o'clock in the morning.
"Attention boats, fire immediately." Tikeryanliso gave the order.
Immediately all four submarines opened fire.
Ji Keliang was careful, ten thousand careful, but he still misjudged the situation.
If you look closely at the layout of the Japanese fleet, he will see that the Japanese fleet is actually not four columns, but six.
The two columns in the inner circle were actually four columns, but the separation was not obvious, and the distance between the front and rear ships was the same as that of the outer two columns, about a kilometer. But the subtlety is that the merchant ships are separated from each other inside and outside, faintly forming two columns, and the columns are two or three hundred meters apart.
In this way, the Japanese fleet was actually six columns, the outermost two were ordinary merchant ships, then armed merchant ships, and the innermost two columns were still ordinary merchant ships. Assuming that the sneak attack is on surface ships, even a few destroyers may suffer a big loss in a single shot.
From the explosion of the first torpedo to the launch of the last torpedo, it took only five minutes for the four submarines to be fired. In just five minutes, the Japanese merchant ships had already reflected it.
This speed is extremely terrifying, and it is not worse than that of the army. You must know that this is a civilian ship, and the reaction speed is a few points faster than the navies of some countries.
As soon as Tikrian fired the last torpedo, he heard the sound of heavy gunfire in the midst of the continuous torpedo explosions.
The devil's shooting must be blind, but there are many guns and many guns, and it is also a very threatening thing for four submarines.
According to the tactics of the Naval Resistance Army, the torpedo was fired, and there was no doubt that it immediately dived. The whole battle process of Pixiu No. 1 went smoothly, and the submarine quickly dived to 150 meters below the surface of the sea, and the cooperation of the soldiers in this process was almost comparable to that of the veterans. Tikrian was very satisfied with the performance of his subordinates in battle, but this was not the time for praise, and the submarine had to quickly leave the battlefield.
Both the Pixiu-class submarines and the Furious-class submarines had one flaw - reloading the torpedo was time-consuming. The interior of the submarine was compact, and Li Guang originally planned to equip it with a hydraulic filling system, but the space really did not allow it, otherwise the total load of torpedoes would have to be sacrificed. The torpedoes were all lifted by simple chain hoists and loaded by manpower, which was really slow enough. Without half an hour to an hour, it is difficult to complete the operation of reloading the torpedo.
The submarine had just turned its bow underwater, and the sonar man whispered to Ji Kelian. Ji Kelian knew that in such a situation, the sonar soldiers would not disturb his command without major discoveries.
Ji Kelian took the headset and quickly confirmed the sonar soldier's findings.
The submarine of the Maritime Resistance Army actually engaged in an artillery battle with the Japanese merchant ships on the sea.
THE MOST FAMILIAR ARTILLERY OF ALL THE SUBMARINERS IS THE GERMAN-MADE 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN, WHICH IS THEIR DECK GUN, AND THE SOUND PRODUCED BY THIS CANNON IS VERY FAMILIAR TO TIKRYAN. Ji Keliang's heart suddenly lifted.
Less than a minute later, Ji Kelian reconfirmed that it was the Pixiu No. 2 submarine fighting. At this moment, Pixiu No. 2 has increased the power of the diesel engine to the maximum and is running wildly on the sea.
In the battle arrangement of Tikerian, Pixiu 1 was followed by two Yakyi submarines at the front of the Japanese fleet, and Pixiu 2 submarine in the tail. At present, the distance between Pixiu 1 and Pixiu 2 is more than five kilometers, and they are more than 100 meters underwater, and there is no telecommunication connection, and even the Morse code method of knocking on the hull of the boat is very unstable. For a moment, it was difficult for Ji Kelian to judge what had happened.
Tikryan immediately made a decision and ordered the submarine to immediately start loading torpedoes.
Submarines and surface ships only fight, torpedoes are the mainstay, and artillery is only a small auxiliary. At this moment, Pixiu No. 1 has surfaced, and fighting with deck guns will not help, and will even make the situation worse.
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