Chapter 438: Strangulation Battle
Tang Lin's uncle is Tang Yisheng, who was the first to follow Qiao Yu, and has been in control of the power of infrastructure, but don't underestimate this right, as China's economic development enters the fast lane, the demand for infrastructure is getting higher and higher, cities need to be planned and constructed, roads and railways need to be repaired, waterways need to be cleaned, ports are also expanded, farmland and water conservancy facilities are also increased, and the governance of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River is also in hand.
Any one of them is a big project, and the oil and water in it are simply outrageous, and almost everyone covets this position, but Lao Tang can sit in this position with his integrity and outstanding work ability, coupled with Qiao Yu's unconditional trust.
Tang Yisheng has only one daughter and no son, so he takes great care of Tang Lin, a nephew, and directly sends him to the National Defense University developed from the Southwest Frontier University, and Tang Lin himself is not weak, and he is very interested in the navy, so the old Tang wasted a lot of effort to send him to the Chinese Naval Academy.
Over the years, Tang Lin has become China's first batch of submarine captains, but his identity in the army is strictly secret, and he doesn't want to rely on his uncle's status to seek anything for himself, a real soldier should rely on his military exploits to get enough honor.
He and Wu Kaijie and Cheng Hailiang just met in the club, but they were very temperamental, and they became friends, since the sinking of the Ancient Eagle, the status of China's naval aviation has become higher and higher, and the commander of the navy, Chen Shaokuan, has regarded air power as the best weapon against Japan.
However, as a submarine commander, Tang Lin still believes in his submarine the most, thinking that this is the underwater sword, the key to defeating the strong with the weak, after getting the order to go to sea, Tang Lin seemed very excited, he knew that some of his other comrades-in-arms have been at sea for a long time, maybe they have begun to attack Japan's sea lifeline, so he is also very urgent, eager to show his skills on the ocean.
Tanglin's submarine is the latest one developed by China. It is a submarine of the Qianlong Ding type. With a displacement of more than 800 tons and a cruising range of more than 7,000 nautical miles, it was able to easily attack any of Japan's maritime trade routes.
After setting out from Quanzhou, Tang Lin traveled all the way to the east, and Tang Lin had already planned an attack plan long before the departure, and Japan now had a total of four most important sea lifelines, a northern route. The main thing is to transport the resources of the Far East to Japan, and one is the shipping route with Korea.
At this time, the northern route was basically stopped due to the problem of the freezing period, and although the Korean route was busy, it was very close to the Japanese mainland, and the defense force was not weak. It's not easy to attack.
The other two are the Southwest Passage and the Eastern Route, the Southwest Passage is mainly a line connecting Japan, Okinawa and even Taiwan, which is also where the Japanese Combined Fleet hoards heavy troops, and the supplies sold to Japan by Britain and France from Southeast Asia are also along this route.
The eastern route is the connection between Japan and the United States, and since the declaration of war, American oil and scrap steel have been continuously transported to Japan. Although the United States shouted the slogan of peace loudly. But this kind of good thing to make money will never be let go, and those powerful conglomerate tycoons have too many ways to avoid the control of the US government.
This time, Tang Lin chose the target of the attack on the eastern route. He knew very well that the southwest route was the easiest route, after all, it was very close to China, and China was familiar with the hydrological situation of the sea, so it could strike the Japanese very well.
However, because of this, Japan is also the most concerned here, concentrating more than eighty percent of its anti-submarine forces here, and the submarine itself is playing the role of an assassin, so it should be even more unprepared to attack it by surprise, and the southeast route can also mobilize Japan's troops, forcing them to deploy valuable forces to the southeast, so that China's other submarines will have a much greater hope of success.
The current submarine is far from being able to compare with the nuclear submarine of later generations, can go underwater for more than ten days, or even more, all the submarines are very limited in the underwater time, because the submarine is a diesel engine and a battery two kinds of power, the use of diesel engine above the water surface, the speed is relatively fast, can reach more than a dozen knots, and under the water can only use the battery, can only last a few hours, and the speed is only three or four knots, so when the submarine goes to sea, it is usually above the surface, only when there is a dangerous situation, Or you will dive into the sea when you have to enter the attack position.
Tang Lin led his submarine quietly approached the Ryukyu Islands, which were originally a subject of China, but were illegally stolen by Japan, and from the location of the Ryukyu Islands, they are located in the east of China, separating China from the vast Pacific Ocean.
Now the Ryukyu line is the area that Japan is strictly defending, but no matter how tightly they defend, there will always be flaws, Tang Lin and his submarine are looking for these flaws and keep moving forward, but there are also many dangers along the way, there are three times almost found by Japanese patrol ships, especially when approaching the strait between the Amami Islands, Tang Lin's submarine was almost discovered by a small cargo ship, which really scared Tang Lin a lot, he doesn't want to conflict with Japan too early, he has a more ambitious plan, Therefore, the submarine was hurriedly ordered to dive into the water and pass through the strait from under the water.
But fortunately, the other party didn't seem to find out, there was no danger all the way east, and finally entered the vast Pacific Ocean After arriving here, Tang Lin also became extremely excited, he knew very well that this was his hunting ground for a period of time, but the submarine could only carry fourteen torpedoes.
There are not many of them, he must use them reasonably, only in this way can he achieve greater results, the most important thing a good submarine commander needs is calmness and patience, sometimes it takes a few days to be able to find a valuable prey, of course, more often it is nothing.
However, at such a time, there can be no impatience at all, on the contrary, as a captain, he has to constantly comfort his brothers, the submarine is very small, the environment is not good, all kinds of strange smells are full of it, because they can't take a bath, all the sailors are bearded, and their bodies will emit some unpleasant smells.
The physical torture is still a trivial matter, more of a psychological emptiness and irritability, they are on the most vast ocean, and they can only survive in an extremely narrow environment. And all kinds of dangers can arise at any time. These test everyone's nerves.
In addition to commanding the battle, Tang Lin's task was to appease these soldiers who participated in such a long-distance battle for the first time, but this time it seemed to be the favor of heaven, and while they were waiting, they could see various ships on the water through the periscope from time to time, and it seemed that this route was still relatively busy.
After two days of waiting, Tang Lin finally found a 10,000-ton oil tanker, although Japan was able to get some oil from the Far East. However, because the cost of extraction is very high, especially now that the weather is at its coldest, it is extremely difficult to extract and transport, so Japan still relies mainly on American oil for its maintenance.
The tonnage of this oil tanker has exceeded 10,000 tons, and he is a big guy who does not choose to be a card, so Tang Lin chose him as the first prey. The submarine silently surfaced, the torpedoes were quickly stuffed into the launch tubes, and two torpedoes were fired towards the Japanese tanker with a brilliant splash.
And Tang Lin quickly commanded the submarine to dive into the water, the people on the tanker did not realize that the danger was in front of them, these Japanese have blind confidence in the powerful combined fleet, and the Chinese can only toss near the coast, and there is no way to go any further, let alone the vast Pacific Ocean!
At this moment, the crew on deck suddenly noticed two fast-moving water marks on the water. Could it be a shark? Would these big guys be stupid enough to hit their heads on his ship?
While the Japanese were still unaware of the situation, both torpedoes hit both of them, one of which hit the middle of the tanker. One hit the tail, and the sound of an instantaneous violent explosion shook the heavens and the earth, and the oil tanker was torn open with a large hole several meters in diameter, and this kind of civilian ship could not withstand the attack of the submarine at all, and even the battleship with thick skin and thick skin could not avoid the fate of explosion and sinking after being hit by a few torpedoes.
The huge explosion brought about a fire, and then the whole tanker was engulfed, which was the worst thing, the ship was full of oil, and soon there was a bigger explosion, the fire went straight to the sky, hundreds of meters high, black smoke billowed out, flames soared, it looked like a huge torch, not to mention how spectacular, this is a fireworks display that only submariners can afford.
It was too much of a luxury, thousands of tons of oil were burned, a huge heat wave seemed to boil the seawater, and a large number of fish and shrimp around it quickly died, and the crew members were even more miserable, not burned to death, but cooked by the boiling seawater.
Not far away, Tang Lin and his subordinates were admiring their masterpiece through the periscope, Tang Lin was not a cruel person, and he couldn't bear to see this situation, but who called the two sides enemies, he could only continue to look for the next target and replicate this tragedy again.
China's sea strangulation war against Japan has already begun, the main battlefield is still concentrated in the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea, and even the South China Sea, as long as it is a Japanese merchant ship, it can not escape the care of the Chinese sea wolf, just less than 10 days after the start of the war, China sank nearly 70,000 tons of various strategic materials, in addition to an old ironclad ship was sent to the bottom of the sea, this kind of blow is very fatal to the Japanese who are not strong in the family.
They do not have the colonies of Britain that can quickly replenish supplies, and every ton of materials that Japan imports from foreign countries costs more than double the usual price, and now because of China's threat to the sea, Japan has to pay a greater price, hire foreign cargo ships to help Japan transport supplies, or simply hang the flags of other countries on their own ships, relying on this method to obtain urgently needed strategic materials.
However, China will not let Japan have a good time, Qiao Yu in the name of China's high command sent a strongly worded diplomatic note to all countries, demanding that all countries must strictly abide by neutrality, refuse to provide strategic materials to Japan, if you can't give up this kind of war behavior to fund Japan, China will carry out unlimited submarine warfare, and all merchant ships that deliver supplies to Japan are included in the scope of strike! (To be continued.) )
PS: I typed a wrong word in the title of the previous chapter.,The small one apologizes to everyone.,And then there's everyone who can subscribe as much as possible.,Give a little motivation to the small.,The current results are really miserable!