"Have you ever seen a dozen kilometers of coastline burning and exploding at the same time on a rainy night? Unless you are a madman, you will be indifferent to this kind of picture. As it happens, our captain is a bold madman. ”

Inside the No. 05 Seawolf, Warrant Officer Taupeter, a descendant of overseas Chinese from the United Kingdom, looked nervous. Decades later, when he was writing his war memoirs, he thought about it for a long time, and finally wrote this passage in the most impressive description of the first naval battle. Although his words were strongly opposed by many old comrades-in-arms, because they all thought that Captain Bai Yutang was the best submarine expert in the world, in fact, in that "explosion night" full of explosions, blood, passion, death, and the fate of the country and faith, His Excellency Captain Bai Yutang was indeed very perverted, because he didn't even look at the heat on the shore, and the corners of his eyebrows didn't shake.

The 27-year-old Bai Yutang is originally from Jiangxi, and like most of the soldiers in the submarine force, he is also a descendant of overseas Chinese in France. The first 20 years of life were dull, until one day he saw a poster saying that the French Navy was recruiting sailors, so he went to the interview with the hope of trying it out, but he actually passed and received two years of naval training, and then guarded the colony for France for four years on an old gunboat off the coast of Africa. Until one day, the American Zhigong Court suddenly found him and told him that China was recruiting sailors with sailing experience to join the submarine force.

He thought for a long time that night, the motherland was actually only a symbol left in his mind, but in the end he agreed, in addition to the end of the service of the French Navy, there was also a curiosity about submarines and a yearning for the sea. During his one-year stay in Germany, he quickly became the second captain after Chen Shaokuan because of his experience in serving in the navy of a powerful country.

Chen Shaokuan's brilliant ambush in Lushun made the submarine famous all over the world, and the German colleagues who were still training together last year were even more crazy, and the feat of sinking three British armored cruisers in a single boat in one day made the British Empire afraid when they heard about the submarine. These wonderful examples made him unable to sit still, and immediately wrote a report to ask for departure, just at this time the Japanese army was about to land in Shandong, so he was ordered to lead the No. 03 and No. 06 boats to form the second submarine detachment.

As for why the Japanese spies saw two submarines in Sanduao, it was because one of them was just a full-size replica of wood floating on the surface of the sea, used to confuse the spies who were observing from a distance. After Rendezvous with Boat 06 in Zhoushan, the three Sea Wolves arrived in Qingdao with the cooperation of a support ship, when the Japanese had already landed in Laoshan Bay, and he was about to attack but received strict orders to continue to lurk.

He was very puzzled and unhappy with this order, if it weren't for the fact that the order was stated to be from the commander-in-chief's own generation, I am afraid that he would have played that little trick that would not be subject to military orders abroad. Seeing the army and the Japanese army fighting for attrition, no one would feel comfortable watching the Japanese fleet rampant on the sea, so in order to be out of sight and out of mind, they simply went south to avoid Langya, Taiwan and the area of Guzhenkou and waited for news. Time is grinding, waiting is even more difficult, especially in a completely closed world like submarines, it is even more painful, just when everyone is a little impatient, the order finally comes.

Cooperate with the army to fight back against the free hunting off the coast of Qingdao!

When the vague shadow of the Japanese Second Fleet appeared in the periscope, he finally understood why even the commander-in-chief had to give the order to wait for the right moment.

During the day, almost all the destroyers and cruisers that were still protecting the periphery like hounds went to the direction of Laoshan Bay, and only a few capital ships and a small number of destroyers remained in the shelling area set up by the Japanese Second Fleet outside Fushan Bay. What's even more incredible to everyone is that the enemies who were always on guard against the sea some time ago have all been attracted by the explosion of Qingdao! He had no way of knowing what the Army had done to attract the attention of the Japanese Navy, all he knew was that there was a big cake in front of him.

The navy has unusually strict rules and procedures for the shelling of the shore, especially when the enemy is entangled. In the case of low sea conditions during the day, warships should maintain boiler pressure and be prepared to respond at any time, and if they encounter high sea conditions, they need to lower the forward anchor to ensure the stability of the hull, otherwise the violent waves will greatly consume the precious heavy shells. If there is basically no threat from the enemy's shore artillery at night, the bow and stern anchors can be lowered at the same time to maintain maximum stability, and in this case, relatively high accuracy can still be guaranteed even in strong winds and waves.

Obviously, there is no more law-abiding elm pimple in the world than Japan! In a situation where the enemy's shore artillery could not threaten itself, the visibility was not high, the sea conditions were rough and extremely chaotic, in order to ensure the accuracy of the hit as much as possible and not waste the already few heavy shells, the Japanese Second Fleet led by Kato Kenkichi lowered the bow and stern anchors at the same time! What does this mean? People who don't understand the navy and haven't been to sea may not understand, but Bai Yutang, who has served in the French Navy and has been trained in the Eight Classics system, is about to burst open!

Could it be that there is green smoke rising from the ancestral grave in Jiangxi's hometown that has not been cleaned for decades? No, as a devout Christian, God must be helping me.

The front and rear iron anchors were lowered at the same time, which meant that all the capital ships of the Japanese Navy that were being shelled could not move! Even if the boiler is still under pressure because it needs electricity, it will take at least four to five minutes to retract the anchor chain and maneuver as quickly as possible when attacked. That is, there is a no, a bunch in front of yourself! A super delicious big cake that can't be moved in four or five minutes! Mary, I love you to death.

"Yes, God said that. If you want to destroy a man, you must first make him mad. Bai Yutang pinched the armrest of the periscope with both hands, and slowly turned to search for the first target. Behind him, the second officer, who was also a child of overseas Chinese in the United States, scratched his head: "Captain, what does this sentence have to do with God?" Didn't the ancient Greek archaeologists say it? ”

Bai Yutang's gaze in search of the target suddenly dispersed: "Okay, it was Herodotus who said it, but what does it matter?" Captain Maniac pursed his lips and refocused his gaze. It was already difficult to distinguish the target through the low periscope, not to mention the bad weather with extremely poor visibility, even with the guidance of the muzzle flame, the shadow of the King Kong was not found for a long time. He was not to blame, because he did not know that the King Kong and Kurama had left in the middle of the night last night to support Korea and Arthur. Since the submarines could not communicate with each other, in order to avoid wasting precious torpedoes by hitting the wrong target, it was discussed before departure that if he met the fleet, he would be the first to attack and sort them according to their size, so by comparing the length of the reflection of the warships, the No. 1 and No. 4 prey that were lined up and belonged to him were determined.

The armored cruiser USS Tsukuba with a length of 137 meters and the battleship II-2 Iwami.

The sea wolf slowly approached a battleship that was firing fiercely, and if Bai Yutang knew that this prey that he had set as the No. 3 target belonged to the No. 06 boat, it was actually the Tango, the flagship of the Second Fleet, he would definitely abandon the Iwami. It's a pity that the sea conditions are too bad to see the flagship logo on the deck, so the bow is deflected a few degrees. Kenkichi Kato, who was directing the artillery battle, did not know that while a tragedy was caused by heavy rain and wind and waves, he was lucky enough to escape for the same reason.

The German 450-mm black-headed torpedo had a range of 3,000 meters, but in order not to be disturbed by the big waves to ensure that it hit, Bai Yutang actually sailed with the No. 5 boat until it was 700 meters away from the target before stopping, and then glanced at the Tango, which was just 300 meters away, and decided to use two torpedoes at once: "No. 1 and No. 3 torpedoes are ready, the distance is 770 yards, the depth is 3 meters, and the azimuth angle is 110." His voice wasn't loud, but it was clear inside the submarine, where he couldn't even breathe. When the shout of preparation came from the torpedo cabin, Bai Yutang burst into flames!

"Launch!"

"Launch."

"The left rudder 3 degrees re-determined the bearing, the No. 3 target distance is 1100 yards, the azimuth is 130, and the depth is 3 meters 2 and 4 ready!"

At the same time that the two torpedoes rushed out of the torpedo tubes like arrows from the string, preparations for the second wave of attack began, and the two white waves that were noticeable in the periscope did not attract the attention of the Japanese Navy, since at this time their entire attention was on the shore.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!" The sailors kept shouting in their hearts while they were busy. 700 meters is just a moment for a 30-knot torpedo, but for the sailors who are driving a submarine for the first time and can see outside without a periscope, it seems to have passed for decades, until a sailor on the deck of the Tsukuba in the periscope jumps and waves, and the corners of Bai Yutang's mouth suddenly hook up an arc.

"Boom!"

The two black-headed torpedoes hit the starboard side of the Tsukuba almost at the same time, the torpedoes of the First World War era were still relatively small, the speed was not fast, and the power of the charge could not be compared with the large torpedoes of the Second World War, but what about the armored cruisers of the First World War era that could defend against two torpedoes in a row? The sudden and violent explosion shook the hull of the Tsukuba, which had a standard displacement of 13,750 tons, and the sailors who were busy on the deck were caught off guard and fell to their heads and bled out, and before they could react to what had happened, the deck was already rapidly tilting to the left.

"Hit! Hit! Ha ha. Inside the cramped and crowded submarine, sailors hugged each other and high-fived each other.

Kenkichi Kato, who commanded and supported the 18th Division, was also stunned by the sudden explosion, and his first thought was that the unstable Shimose gunpowder was in trouble, but when he saw the explosion, a cold air suddenly drilled from the center of his foot! But before he could shout, the port side of the Iwami second-class battleship next to him also raised two huge water columns of tens of meters. The torpedo tore through two large holes with a diameter of two meters, and after a huge amount of seawater poured in, the hull of the ship began to tilt at a speed visible to the naked eye. Iwami turned out to be the Russian Navy battleship Eagle, which was seriously injured during the Russo-Japanese War, so the seafaring performance has been poor after repair, and after encountering such a violent explosion again, the tilting speed was suddenly faster than that of the Tsukuba, and after a while, the battleship with a displacement of 13,500 tons and a clear French top-heavy bloodline suddenly let out a squeak, and the deck quickly perpendicular to the water not only threw hundreds of unprepared Japanese sailors directly into the sea, but also began to sink rapidly.

"It's the submarine that turns on all the searchlights and searches the sea."

Kato Kenkichi's face suddenly changed drastically, and he shouted and screamed like crazy! He never thought that his two capital ships would be attacked under his nose at the most critical moment! The Japanese sailors on deck, who claimed to be the most rigorously trained in the world, were also in disarray, one or two of them were as overwhelmed as headless flies. While the heavy iron anchor that was in the way was quickly raised, there was another explosion on the surface of the sea that alarmed them.

"General, it's Zhou Fang and Yakumo!"

Amaterasu!

How so!

A group of naval officers who were frantically shelling to try to save the army did not expect to be attacked from under the water just as they were doing their best! Torpedoes are not shells, as long as they tear a little gap in the weak underwater position, the sea water will rush into the ship, and the hundreds of tons of sea water will make the battleship tilt and sink a little bit.

The destroyer that was not attacked reacted immediately, and the searchlight began to scan the sea surface repeatedly, at this time the No. 3 and No. 6 boats also quickly completed the second round of shooting, and the two torpedoes of the No. 3 Seawolf hit the Iwate armored cruiser, while the No. 6 boat aimed at the Tango was spotted by the destroyer, causing the torpedo to deflect, and only one of them hit the iron anchor that the Tango was raising and exploded, and finally the Tango only suffered minor damage to the bow.

But even so, the violent explosion still made Kato Kenkichi unsteady and fell down, and by the time he got up, the remaining battleships had begun to evade the open sea, and one of the destroyers locked onto the periscope of Boat 6 and fired a string of shells.

"Dive! Dive in! ”

Bai Yutang in the No. 5 boat didn't care whether the No. 6 boat was still safe, quickly retracted the periscope and ordered to sink rapidly. Compressed air and seawater hissed along the pipes, the numbers on the depth disc increased little by little, and the explosions overhead, although gradually muddy, the shells still terrified everyone, although it was very difficult for the shells to hit the underwater submarine, but they could cause tension and pressure. The explosions became more and more intense, every heart inside the submarine hung in the throat, and the excitement and excitement of hitting the enemy were all left behind for the time being.

They can't see the sea, but they can imagine what the chaos is like there. Flames, explosions, sirens and lifeboats scrambling to drop are exploding and burning all over Fushan Bay! The most terrifying scene finally appeared, the seriously injured Iwami due to the rapid tilting speed caused the shells in the ammunition compartment to hit each other, and the extremely sensitive Shimose gunpowder could not withstand this kind of serial impact, and finally a big explosion occurred!

Boom, a series of explosions louder than just over Qingdao spread from the sea to all sides, and in the firelight, the battleship's 300-ton twin-mounted 305-millimeter naval gun and turret were swept up more than ten meters high, and flames and debris rushed out of the bottom ammunition compartment, as if a volcano was erupting. How could the Iwami, which had already been seriously injured and had huge flaws in its design, withstand such damage, the unbalanced stern of the ship suddenly sank, and the entire battleship was like a sharp sword inserted into the sea, and quickly disappeared into the 80-meter-deep sea with 755 Japanese naval officers and sailors.

Immediately afterwards, the first armored cruiser built by the country, the Tsukuba, which was hailed as the pride of Japan, followed the British large watertight tank design of the 13,750-ton ship, which was really filled with too much seawater, although it tried its best to save it, but finally sank with the captain who was unwilling to leave until death and more than 400 officers and soldiers who did not have time to escape.

Kenkichi Kato only felt that his heart was slashed by something, and the Iwami exploded! The Tsukuba sinks! In just a few minutes, the Second Fleet of the Empire was horribly assassinated, and the sailors were completely stunned. When the Beiyang Navy fell, when the Russian Navy was completely destroyed, the whole of Japan considered the Imperial Navy to be the most powerful in the world. But tonight, in Qingdao Fushan Bay, where the water depth is 80 meters, their confidence, pride and honor were all destroyed in just ten minutes!!

"Leave. Get out of here! Continue the search after the destroyer covers the withdrawal, be sure to catch them. Looking at the 18th Division that was suffering under artillery fire in the distance, Kato Kenkichi shook his body twice after shouting, and then sat down down: "We lost Qingdao by sending a telegram to Tokyo. ”

The scene of the Iwami explosion made the Qingdao fortress cheer, especially the naval shore gunners jumped up excitedly.

"Let's go! It's our turn, come on! ”

"Stormtroopers! Tick tock. ”

"Wehrmacht attack!"

In an instant, the entire Qingdao resounded with the sound of a charge, and thousands of soldiers rushed out of cover to their respective targets. Dense bullets replaced the explosions and weaved into a fire net to shuttle back and forth, and the Japanese soldiers, who had finally survived the shells, also realized that there was no way back, and began to fire frantically to try to block the attack. But they soon found that the squadron that they had always thought would only hide in the fortress suddenly seemed to have changed troops, and it was like a terrible tide going crazy.

"Machine guns, Japanese machine guns!"

"I'll come."

As soon as the Japanese machine-gun bunker appeared in front, two soldiers carrying cluster grenades rushed forward with red eyes. The bullet pierced their bodies and detonated the grenade with inertia. While the explosion tore the body apart along with the machine-gun position, the comrades behind him, already in tears, plunged their bayonets into the chests of the remaining Japanese soldiers. The blood and qi completely burst out! Each soldier tensed his muscles, and the shouts of killing squeezed out of his chest never stopped, and only when streams of blood came out of the enemy's body could they vent their humiliation and evil anger that they had been holding back for a hundred years!

A Japanese second lieutenant whose face was covered in blood saw that his trench was flooded with more and more Wehrmacht soldiers, and slammed his blood-stained saber into the ground: "Gentlemen! Kudanzaka section. He then drew his grenade and rushed towards the densest Wehrmacht, only to be hit by several bullets when he was a few steps away, and the grenade exploded in the palm of his hand and completely tore his body apart. When Fang Yuqiu saw it, he laughed and continued to pounce forward, but he was quickly hit by a Japanese 75 shell, and the person was thrown high and then smashed on the stone.

Crazy, totally crazy!

Everywhere there are traces of shell explosions. Corpses were scattered all over the ground, with severed limbs, rags, and all sorts of damaged weapons. The crater was filled with blood, and even the heavy rain could not be washed away. There is strangling everywhere in the position, and even the dead and the living can't tell the difference, only killing! Kill! Kill Kill Kill!!

What kind of war is this! Jiang Baili, who was looking at this scene from Shuangfeng up the mountain, was short of breath, turned his head to look at Cai Yi with a calm face, and then looked at Yang Qiu, who was also cold, but moved his mouth but never said it. "Brother Baili, I know what you want to say, but I just want to say that if you want to awaken the last bit of great power dream hidden in the hearts of those people who have been enslaved for hundreds of years, you can't do it with your mouth! Only blood, hatred and victory! ”

"Go on the offensive, one regiment will die and another regiment will go on! Throw away all the casualty figures for me, and drown the 18th Division for me! Yang Qiu raised his head and slowly walked towards Qingdao with the corpse and blood in his footsteps.