Li Guang was very bold and reckless. He didn't even think about where he was. The Pixiu has a good sailing distance, that is, about 3,500 kilometers. But it's not due south, it's southwest.

That is, in the direction of Midway. Midway is an island of Polynesia and an unincorporated territory of the United States. Located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, 2,100 kilometers (1,300 miles) northwest of Honolulu, Hawaii. As the name suggests, this coral island is located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean shipping route.

It is a U.S. naval base, but it is also a merchant shipping route. However, in fact, at this time, there are no American [***] ships on the island, except for an airfield.

In fact, before World War II, the United States did not pay much attention to the strategic location of the island. This also had to do with the natural environment of Midway, where the harsh conditions led the United States to place the main forces of the Pacific Fleet in Hawaii, further south of Midway.

At present, the special cruiser Awata Maru, the capital ship of the 22nd Brigade of the Fifth Fleet, is nearby.

Whether it is strategy or escort, it is an important node. Around Midway there was not one, but three. It's just that the distance is far away, and the Pixiu can't see far enough in the gloomy weather to see it. If it was a sunny day, it would have been clear for a long time. Three destroyers and one ad hoc cruiser were less than twenty nautical miles from the Pixiu.

In fact, the Pixiu is now in extreme danger. And Li Guang, who didn't know whether he was alive or dead, didn't realize the danger at all, and he was making up his mind to kill this destroyer. The successive victories made Li Guang a little optimistic, and he was full of confidence in taking out the destroyer in front of him.

If a submarine wants to take out a destroyer, there are generally three scenarios. The best-case scenario, of course, is that the opponent is defenseless and at a standstill. But now it's clearly impossible.

The second situation is to pinch the opponent's route, set up an ambush on the route, and surprise it to deal a fatal blow. Similar to the last time you sank the Windbreaker.

The three situations are to approach the opponent in the sport and take a risk. This is the most risky, and the least graspable surname.

The first scenario is unlikely, while the third scenario is not certain to win. Then there is only the second possibility left for Li Guang.

But in fact, the second possibility is not much chance now, the destroyer is now circling at high speed, and even if it appears within three kilometers of the Pixiu, it will be difficult for the torpedo to catch up.

Li Guang was ready at this time and wanted to find a more ideal opportunity. Half an hour later, the situation on the sea changed dramatically. What appeared in the periscope was not a warship, but three destroyers and a huge ship, the Awata Maru special cruiser.

The Awata special cruiser, this strange ship came into Li Guang's sight for the first time. The Awata can reach 16,000 tons at full load. The oddity is that it has two high decks in the front and rear. On these two decks, several water reconnaissance planes can be clearly seen.

This warship is very different from the aircraft carrier in Li Guang's concept, although it is not small, but it does not have a deck that runs through the hull.

The huge hull of the Awata Maru's special cruiser put a lot of pressure on Li Guang.

In fact, there is no essential difference between a ship like Awata and the two seaplane carriers of the Fifth Fleet, but its position in the fleet is actually very important - it can act as a supply ship.

The force of the special cruiser was not very strong, with only four 140mm naval guns as the main gun. The white spot of its role is that of a reconnaissance ship and a supply ship. Counting on this battleship for naval battles, it is better to have a couple of destroyers. The destroyer has speed, and this four, unlike the maximum speed of only nineteen knots, does not have any advantage in naval battles. If it is a confrontation with the Anglo-American cruisers, then it is pure waste.

Even if it's waste, the Pixiu can't fight head-on.

It was only then that Li Guang discovered that the transition between hunter and prey was so fast.

Don't say anything, the plan for now is to think about detachment. As for whether we can find a counter-attack, it will take time.

The Pixiu silently dived into the water and continued to escape from underwater. This time, Li Guang didn't dare to raise his head again, and the sound of propellers came from time to time on the sea.

After the previous experiments, Li Guang came to the conclusion that the Pixiu's six-knot underwater speed was difficult to detect at a distance of two nautical miles from the warship. In fact, Li Guang's conclusion is that he has taken a high view of the devil. The little devil's Fengfeng-class destroyers are equipped with sonar. But there is no active sonar at all, only passive sonar - that is, a listening device. Although the active sonar on the Pixiu can be very poor, it is better than nothing. And passive sonar, that is, the earpiece, is equipped with forty-nine energy converters, while the little devil's earpiece only has sixteen energy converters, which is very backward.

After more than two hours, the Pixiu could no longer hear the sound of the battleship at all, so it secretly surfaced and looked out through the periscope.

I saw that on the sea in the distance, several naval ships were wandering back and forth. Although the circle of search has been expanded again and again, it is difficult to catch the traces of the Pixiu, and it can only be a waste of effort.

Due to the bad weather conditions, the Awata did not release a water reconnaissance aircraft. The Pixiu had no fear, watching the fleet from a distance like hide and seek.

That night, the Atlantic Ocean was calm, the moonlight was like water, and the stars were shining. The Pixiu secretly surfaced, and after ten days, it finally used the sextant to determine its position.

Midway.

The Pixiu actually reached Midway, deflecting its course by thousands of nautical miles.

Li Guang knew about this place, and wondered in his heart, isn't this the territory of the Americans? How can it be said that my naval fleet is sailing in this area, don't the Americans know?

The fact is that the Americans knew that there was a warship in the nearby waters, but they didn't care about it at all. He even had a deal with the U.S. Navy to escort the ship here. And not only that, but the Navy was able to get fresh water supplies from Midway.

Midway's location is important, it is in the center of the Pacific Ocean, and almost all routes across the Pacific Midway pass through here. But at this time, Midway was far less famous than later generations, and was only an unimportant base for the United States in the middle of the Pacific. Midway is also famous because during the Pacific War, the United States and Yamatoto fought a large-scale naval battle here.

It doesn't matter what the Americans are, how they are. Li Guang thought of a hidden way, and the Pixiu quietly approached Midway that night.

Although the Pixiu can hide under the surface of the water for up to three days, it is still difficult to lurk for a long time. In the vicinity of the land-based Midway Island, the devil's fighter planes can't be reconnoitred again and again, presumably the little devil still has to take care of a little bit of the Americans' face. Flying around on American soil, do you really think the Yankees will tolerate it? Once this kind of matter involving a territorial dispute was spread by the press, it immediately caused an uproar. Li Guang even prepared a camera, and if the devil's plane really flew over Midway, he would rather take a risk than leave the photo. If it is sent to a certain newspaper in the United States, it may be possible for the United States to immediately sever its business relations with the United States.

In the next few days, Li Guang did not find such an opportunity, and the little devil was obedient, and did not send fighters and destroyers to reconnoiter near the island at all.

Li Guang, who was out of danger, did not intend to leave quietly, but was ready to ambush the little devil here.

For submarines, many times the fighters are not sought, but to a greater extent waited. Li Guang has become more and more experienced in submarine warfare. No matter how careful the little devil is, the four battleships can't hold together forever. As long as they are separated, then the opportunity for Pixiu has arrived.

On the charts, several officers on Li Guang's submarine unanimously judged that the waters of Midway were more suitable for the Pixiu operation. The first few times the pickup chose the ambush site close to Panama, because the pickup was not actually very well suited for ocean-going operations. The Pixiu is comparatively more suitable for operations in the central region of the Pacific Ocean, after all, the submarine has one of the biggest advantages, it is not afraid of wind and waves. Even if it is a 12-level typhoon, as long as the submarine stays in the deep sea of tens of meters, it will hardly even shake. And the pickup number is not good, not to mention the typhoon, even the bigger wind and waves are a great threat to her.

And Midway, located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, as long as the Pixiu can get out of the field of view of the warships after the attack, then it is absolutely safe. In the vast ocean, it is almost impossible to catch the Pixiu just by relying on fighter reconnaissance.

Seven days, after a long seven days of waiting. The hard work pays off, and it is estimated that the little devil thinks that the submarine has long run away, or that it is an American submarine. With the arrival of several merchant ships, the fleet finally separated.

This time, the Pixiu really encountered a big piece of fat, a full ten merchant ships, and the devil used two destroyers to escort it.

It was not at all expected that there was a behemoth staring at this fleet under the calm sea.

The merchant ships now understand that they are mainly facing a threat from the Chinese side, and most of the people in the navy do not believe that China can have a submarine at all, and until this time, the navy was mainly guarding against attacks from warships.

The submarine discovered by the destroyer a few days ago was judged by a naval officer to be a US submarine, and he did not think that it was Chinese at all. They have always regarded the U.S. Pacific Fleet as an imaginary enemy, but they do not believe that the U.S. military would dare to risk a war between the two countries to attack a merchant ship. Therefore, the threat from submarines is almost ignored by the Navy.

But not everyone in the Fifth Fleet did not think of the possibility of being a Chinese submarine. Among them was Rear Admiral Tabun Yamaguchi, chief of staff of the Fifth Fleet aboard the flagship Awata Maru.

This Yamaguchi is not a simple person, he is now forty-seven years old. He was born in a civilian country, and with his own hard work, he was promoted step by step after graduating from the military academy, and he has been in the army for more than 20 years until he has become the current major general.

In the brutal murder of World War II, few soldiers, including the enemy, could be unanimously praised, and Yamaguchi should be one of those few people. Yamaguchi Tabun was the leading aviation expert in the Yamamoto Navy, who had studied the use of naval aviation and was considered by the U.S. military to be the best naval commander in the U.S. military. Due to his excellent leadership skills, he has a high reputation among his subordinates. Recognized as the heir to the Combined Fleet after Isoroku Yamamoto.

At present, most of the navy has no interest in such escort missions, but Yamaguchi Tabun sees it as a good opportunity to experiment with his tactics.

If Li Guang had any knowledge of the war history of the Yamamoto Navy, he would have known that Yamaguchi Tamon was not an unknown figure in the Yamamoto Navy, and was even hailed as the successor of Yamamoto Isoroku. In this case, the navy is already a mature branch of the military, and there are quite strict rules and regulations for the promotion of officers. Although this kind of praise is only a kind of word-of-mouth evaluation in the army, it also shows that Yamaguchi is not a mediocre talent. And now Li Guang, a rookie in naval warfare, has met such a famous general.

The chart in front of Yamaguchi Tawen shows the attacks on the merchant ships of the previous period. If Li Guang knew about Yamaguchi's analysis, he would definitely be scared into a cold sweat.

This mountain pass has a lot of smell and super analytical skills. From the situation of several attacks by the Naval Resistance Forces, one conclusion was drawn - the Chinese Navy has bases in the South Pacific. Even the possible locations of the base have been analysed, among which are Robinson Island and Easter Island.

You must know that these two islands were just obtained by Li Guang. There is no way for the outside world to know.

After discovering the submarine, Yamaguchi Tawen felt that all his previous doubts had been solved. According to the intelligence description, the pickup number simply does not have the ability to sink several merchant ships in half an hour.

You must know that with just the four 88mm guns on the pickup, if you want to sink a merchant ship with a displacement of thousands of tons, it will take half an hour no matter how fast.

In the pre-Christmas attack, in more than half an hour, he lost one destroyer and six merchant ships. No other weapon could do this, except for a submarine sneak attack, and even a battleship could not sink so many ships in just over half an hour.

After Yamaguchi heard his thoughts clearly, he analyzed more thoroughly, and from all kinds of clues, he came to a conclusion that the Chinese army only had one submarine. Now that this submarine has appeared on Midway, this route is undoubtedly to cut off the American trade route here.

At this point, Yamaguchi has heard a lot of things and thinks highly of Li Guang, and the Pixiu is purely a trek before it hits Midway.

Compared with the Navy, there is a huge gap between the Navy and the Navy in terms of equipment and personnel. It is said that the escort mode chosen by the Fifth Fleet of the Navy is not at all like Li Guang's imagination, escorting the entire process. Rather, it is an escort of 800 kilometers in Panama and 800 kilometers in Midway.

The Navy's analysis is very clear that as long as it is outside these two key points, it is difficult to search for a merchant fleet even if there is a small destroyer or submarine, even if there is a seaplane carrier. Therefore, the Fifth Fleet is taking a key voyage escort.

For several days, Yamaguchi Tabun has been struggling to figure out how to strike submarines.

Li Guang thought he was clever and hid the Pixiu near Midway. However, Yamaguchi also judged the possible hiding place of the submarine, but he did not have the right to search the vicinity of Midway.

In addition, Yamaguchi Tawen, like Yamamoto Isoroku, belongs to the more sober-minded category of people in the navy, and does not advocate joining the Axis powers, let alone going to war with the United States. Unlike those fanatical big-ship gunners in the navy who believed that "the Imperial Army is invincible," Yamaguchi was firmly opposed to the idea of a war with the United States, and Yamaguchi Tashi, who had both served as military attachés to the United States as Isoroku Yamamoto, believed that in the event of a war with the United States, he might be able to gain a certain strategic advantage initially, but as long as the United States formally switched to the war system and relied on its huge industrial machinery, as long as the war was prolonged, he would definitely lose. He also believes that in order to start a war with the powerful United States and win, it is necessary to strike suddenly, strike first, and collapse the other side at the beginning of the war, so that there may be a chance of victory.

Therefore, Yamaguchi did not recklessly send warplanes and destroyers to reconnoiter around Midway, so as not to arouse the hostility of the Americans.

But this does not mean that Yamaguchi Tarumi would be careless enough to allow submarines to threaten merchant ships. In this way, Li Guang and Yamaguchi Duowen, two opponents with unknown surnames who do not know each other, began to calculate each other, which is the praying mantis and which is the yellow finch will be revealed soon.

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