All the warships of the Japanese Second Fleet were moored outside the port of Shanghai, and there was a problem here: the water depth of the bay was too shallow, and the East China Sea was a marginal sea in the eastern part of our country. It is bounded to the north by the mouth of the Yangtze River and borders the Yellow Sea. The continental shelf of the East China Sea is one of the widest in the world, wide in the north and narrow in the south, with an average water depth of 72 meters, but the water depth of most of the sea is 60 to 140 meters, and the outer edge of the shelf is at a depth of 120 to 200 meters.

The complex terrain and shallow water depth made many of the advantages of the submarine unable to be brought into play, and it was not suitable for the submarine to fight with the Japanese fleet there, so Lin Haichao finally decided to let the submarine exist as an external attack and hunting force, and the main force of the battle became ships and speedboats.

Although the Guandu-class submarine is equipped with advanced attack missiles, Lin Haichao is really reluctant to use it on Japanese warships, and good steel should be used on the blade, medium-sized SS-N-5 missiles, with a range of 1,400 kilometers, and great power, which is now the home weapon of the Huafu Navy.

However, as long as the submarine is close to 10 nautical miles, it launches torpedoes to attack the Japanese fleet, because of sonar guidance, the hit rate is still guaranteed. However, if you exceed 10 nautical miles, the attack accuracy will be greatly reduced. Therefore, the strategy that Lin Haichao studied before was to let the submarine drive to an area 5 nautical miles away from the Japanese warship, in a fan-shaped position, to form a large submarine net, and the first round of strikes would be handed over to the submarine, and then he would be responsible for the fish that slipped through the net, of course, if there were any fish that slipped through the net.

The night is silent, and the night on the sea is accompanied by the moon and the sea breeze, which is a little more lively. Because the three battleships of Shufang, Iwami, and Tango have completed the task of bombing the coast of Shanghai, Commander Yashiro Rokuro specially instructed that they could relax.

The captain of the Iwami, Mimura Nishizaburo Osa, was in the bridge at this time, setting up a dining table and drinking with his chief of staff and several supervisors on the battleship. These people are very relaxed, because they know that the Republic of China does not have a decent navy. Moreover, with the consistent weakness of the government of the Republic of China, it absolutely did not dare to take the initiative to provoke the Imperial Navy. And there was also the permission of the commander, so several people had to eat and drink, and the atmosphere was very warm.

"Your Excellency, Captain, I would like to give you a drink, it is really a pleasure today, and it is really interesting to look at those people who are scattered and fleeing under the cannon." Deputy Captain Xiong Bin Er said.

"Haha, the people of China are a flock of sheep. Sheep who don't know how to resist. A staff officer said.

"Do you still remember the shelling of Qingdao City a few years ago, it was a pleasure at that time, the shells hit directly into the city, and the ignorant people didn't know how to lie down and dodge, they only knew how to run blindly, and they were killed a lot in the end." Another supervisor also said.

"It is better for the Empire to also issue an order to bombard Shanghai, and at that time also let the people of Shanghai see the power of our artillery. I still remember when I was near Qingdao City, I saw a beautiful girl, and as soon as I said that I was the staff officer of the battleship, I was stunned. ”

Then you dragged them into the inn. Then I got on the woman. A staff officer quipped.

"Not to mention, it's still a lot of aftertaste, but it's a pity that the woman hanged herself in the hotel the next day. When I woke up in the morning, I was shocked when I saw it. ”

These people chatted happily on the bridge, and the soldiers below also had a rare opportunity to relax, and they all grinded the secretary to take out the wine and food, eating, drinking, and laughing.

"Fukuda-kun, how long have you been on this ship?"

"I've been assigned to this ship since I captured it after the Battle of Japan, and it's been 10 years."

"I've been around for 6 years, and I've heard that you've been hoping for a promotion recently, so let's hear about it."

Two main gunners on deck. Leaning on the boat gang, one person holds a bottle of sake in his hand. Talking while drinking.

Suddenly, the gunner named Fukuda saw a lot of shadows in the sea and rushed over quickly. "Look what that is. Is it a dolphin? ”

The other person looked in the direction of Fukuda's finger, and saw that under the sea level, he could faintly see a lot of dark shadows in the moonlight, and he was rapidly approaching the battleship, "It can't be a torpedo handle." He had just muttered something in a low voice, and suddenly realized that something was wrong, that there might really be a torpedo attacking the battleship, and immediately shouted: "It's a torpedo, we were attacked by an enemy ship." ”

The camera pans to the Huafu fleet.

"Report to the commander, the submarine forces have arrived at the designated attack position." A staff officer stood straight beside Lin Haichao and reported loudly.

"How far is our fleet from the Japanese fleet?" Lin Haichao turned his head to Chief of Staff Zong Huaishan and asked.

"There are still eight nautical miles, if you get closer, I am afraid that it will be discovered by the Second Fleet, although it is dark now, but there is a moon today, it is not easy to get too close." Zong Huaishan said.

"With deliberate calculations or unintentional intentions, we will teach the Japanese fleet a profound lesson and inform all ships that in ten minutes, they will launch an attack according to the original plan." Lin Haichao gave the order.

"Yes," the staff officer was ordered to go down and inform.

The various departments began to get busy, collecting radar signals, giving feedback, and coordinating the pace of operations, and everyone tensed their nerves, after all, this was the first naval battle in the true sense of the Huafu fleet, and there was always some nervousness in the face of the Japanese fleet, which was also known as the first navy in the Far East.

The observer inside the Guandu-class submarine began to report the coordinates,

"The target has been locked, the torpedo launcher is ready"

"Torpedo navigation sonar ready"

The manhole cover of the torpedo tube slowly opened, and the seawater entered the launch pipe, making a gurgling sound of water entering the water, and the dark and thick hole was like a cave that could release fierce beasts at any time.

"The scheduled time for the attack has arrived, please ask the captain for instructions."

"Launch."

With an order, all 18 submarines began to fire torpedoes and attacked the Japanese Second Fleet, the thick 533 mm torpedoes, with a total length of more than 6 meters and a weight of 1,400 kilograms, and a torpedo warhead mass of 260 kilograms, as long as one hit, a battleship of about 3,000 tons was sunk without any problem at all.

Each submarine fired two torpedoes at the same time, and at a speed of 90 kilometers per hour, these big guys directly hit the Japanese Second Fleet.

At a distance of 5 nautical miles, it only took 4 or 5 minutes for these big guys to appear in front of the Japanese fleet, showing their hideous and terrifying fangs.

I have to say that the Japanese Second Fleet is still very high, although it is a little slack, but the formation of the garrison in Hong Kong is still very in place, several armored protection ships in the periphery of the entire fleet, sticking to their mission, the first wave of torpedo attacks directly hit these armored protection ships.

"Boom, boom, boom." An explosion resounded through the bay,

I saw huge fireballs spraying into the sky, and the reflected sky was not all red, and the entire fleet was already ringing alarm bells at this time.

Yashiro Rokuro was also shocked by the sudden explosion, but he was also a battle-hardened general, so he immediately calmed down and said loudly to the staff officer: "Hurry up and find out what happened, is it the fleet of the people of China attacking us." ”

"Hay." The staff officer took the order in a panic.

After a while, the staff officer ran back in a hurry and said to Yashiro Rokuro: "Your Excellency Commander, we have telegraphed to contact the ships, but the telegram suddenly failed, and it was not sent out at all, and we could not receive the telegraph signals from other warships. ”

Yashiro Rokuro said very angrily when he heard this: "Why is this happening, where is the situation, it is impossible for every battleship to make mistakes, it must be damn that the people of China used some method that we don't know, it's really damned, hurry up and use the signal light to contact the ships, and let the ships organize a counterattack." ”

"Hay, I'll organize someone to use the traffic light to make contact." Then he hurried out again.

The explosion continued, and at this time, among the 13 warships of various types anchored in the harbor, the outermost Okinoshima, Matsue, and Mijima had been directly hit by torpedo attacks.

The bow of the Okinoshima was hit by a torpedo, and a large hole more than two meters wide was directly blown out, and in the violent explosion, the steel main beam was bent and deformed, and after a few seconds of cavity, a large amount of seawater poured into the interior of the battleship, and only a few minutes later, the battleship became crooked, and due to its own weight, the stern of the battleship was raised high, like a duck waiting to be kicked, and only where to wail was left.

"The Okishima is sinking, please disembark quickly, Your Excellency Captain." The chief of staff of the Okinoshima shouted to the captain inside with one hand on the bridge hatch.

"You go, I won't go, the sinking of the Okishima, as a soldier of the empire, you should be with the battleship, long live the empire." The captain of the Okishima shouted. Suddenly, there was a violent shake, and the captain, who was still stepping on the command platform, was thrown out directly and fell into the sea.

The chief of staff saw that there was no help, and the huge whirlpool suction when the battleship sank was not something that ordinary people could dodge, and it was important for him to escape for his life, so he hurriedly used all his strength, grabbed the hatch and went out, optimistic about a position that would not be affected, and jumped directly, hoping that he could escape with his life.

It is not only the Okishima that has the same fate, but the Matsue is more unlucky than the Okishima coastal defense ship, during the first round of attacks, the Matsue was directly hit by two torpedoes, one hit the stern of the battleship, and the most deadly one hit the middle of the battleship, directly provoking the battleship two meters high, and then one turned over and fell into the sea, because the damage was very strict, the battleship did not give all the officers and soldiers a chance, after a few sounds, it sank directly to the bottom of the sea, Along with the sinking of the ship, more than 200 Japanese naval soldiers on board the ship.

Yashiro Rokuro looked out of the window of the bridge, watching his warships being sunk one by one, and at this time, he didn't even know who the opponent was, and he didn't know where the enemy was attacking, so how did the fleet fight back, and a bad feeling suddenly rose in his heart. (To be continued) R466