The battleship Hizen was attacked, kicking off the second wave of the Imperial Navy's submarine forces. After completing the preparations, the imperial submarines surfaced one after another to attack. Suddenly, one after another torpedoes on the sea quickly attacked the warships of the Combined Fleet, causing the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet to jump again.

"Boom! Rumble! "A destroyer that was sailing fast was hit by a 533-mm torpedo. For such a destroyer, which is only a few hundred tons, a heavy torpedo has the ability to easily destroy it. After being hit, the destroyer was blown to pieces in an instant, and it can be said that there are no bones left. The sunken destroyer was none other than the Japanese Navy's destroyer Akatsuki.

"Where is the enemy coming from? Not on the water? Is it underwater? Damn, did the people of China develop a warship capable of attacking underwater? "Admiral Goro Ijiin felt as if he was going crazy. In the face of this elusive attack of the Chinese Navy, he was about to drive him crazy.

Ijiin Goro never thought that the battle would be fought like this. The combined fleet of the Japanese Navy, which had as many as 12 battleships, had already lost so many capital ships before meeting the capital ships of the Chinese Navy. Moreover, this strange way of attacking the Chinese Navy is not over yet. Once the attack is over, they don't know how many more ships they will lose.

"Your Excellency Commander, the battleship 'Tango' was hit by a torpedo and was heavily damaged, and I request to evacuate the battlefield." The captain of the battleship Katori, Mano Sajiro Osa, reported.

"Allow the evacuation of the battleship Tango." General Ijiin Goro said with a dark face. However, after the withdrawal of the battleship "Tango", the capital ship of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet was once again reduced by one. But the battleship 'Tango', which had already suffered heavy losses, was obviously no longer of much use. Even if they continue to stay, it will be useless, and they may become the target of the Chinese navy.

"Yes. Your Excellency the Commander. Mano Sajiro nodded and was about to send a telegram to the battleship Tango. Suddenly, a huge fire erupted on the port side of the battleship Tango. Once again, a torpedo hit the battleship Tango. After being hit by two torpedoes in succession, the Tango, with a displacement of just over 11,000 tons, obviously had no hope of escaping.

Sure enough, a few minutes later, the captain of the battleship 'Tango', Misen-Bunzo Osa, sent a telegram. Request to abandon the ship. At this time, what else can Ijiin Goro say? After the sinking of the battleship Hizen, the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy lost another battleship. This brought the loss of the capital ships of the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy to five.

The attacks of the submarine forces of the Chinese Navy continued, and although they had already achieved brilliant results, they still did not give up the opportunity to expand their gains. In the face of the attack of the submarine forces of the Chinese Navy, the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy simply did not have the power to fight back. However, as more and more warships were sunk, the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy was also alarmed. In order to dodge torpedoes coming from underwater, these warships increased their speed. The speed of the submarine. It was originally their shortcoming. While the Japanese Navy was frantically searching the sea, it was obvious that the submarines could not rise to the surface of the sea and sail, which would undoubtedly make them the target of the Japanese attack.

The reason why submarines are so powerful is that they are hidden underwater, launching a sneak attack, which makes people unguardable. Once it surfaced, the weak shell of the submarine could not withstand even a small-caliber rapid-fire gun shell. Once the submarine hull is penetrated. Then there is only one dead end.

In such a situation, most submarines can only fire torpedoes at long distances. As for whether you can hit the target, it only depends on whether God blesses you. However, even so, the results achieved by the submarine forces of the Imperial Navy were already very impressive.

In the subsequent attack of the submarine forces of the Imperial Navy, the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy once again lost several warships. Although, the capital ship was not damaged. But it paid a heavy price for the sinking of an armored cruiser and the heavy damage of one. The sunken armored cruiser was the Iwate, and the heavily damaged was the Azuma, leaving only the Izumo and Asama armoured cruisers available to the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy.

In addition, light cruisers and destroyers lost several. These light warships. Once hit by a heavy torpedo, there is often no chance of survival.

The light cruiser Yoshino and the light cruiser Takasha, two old ships that had survived the Sino-Japanese Naval Battle, were sunk during a submarine attack by the Imperial Navy. In addition, the light cruiser 'Chitose' was sunk. Among the destroyers, the "Murayu", "Speedbird", "First Frost", "Mitsuki" and "Rutsuki" were also sunk one after another. This led to heavy losses for the Japanese Navy.

Although, there are still quite a few remaining warships in the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy, and the strength still exists. However, the loss of so many warships at one time made the Japanese Navy a frightened bird.

After the commander of the Combined Fleet, Admiral Goro Ijiin, got the battle damage report, his whole face was already black, as if he was the bottom of a pot. He never imagined that the Japanese Navy would pay such great losses. Originally, he thought that the strength of the Japanese Navy, even if the Chinese Navy was completely annihilated, would not pay much loss. But now, before the main fleets of both sides had met, the Japanese Navy had already paid the price of five battleships sunk, five armored cruisers, one armored cruiser heavily damaged, five light cruisers sunk and 11 destroyers sunk. As a result, the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy has lost nearly half of its combat strength.

Originally, the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy had an absolute advantage over the Chinese Navy. However, at this moment, the gap in strength between the two sides has been rapidly narrowed. Even Admiral Goro Ijiin didn't know whether they had the strength to defeat the Chinese Navy. Perhaps, not only will they not win, but they will pay a heavy price.

Looking at the battleships that were burning with fire and sinking on the sea, the heart of General Goro Ijiin seemed to sink into the sea with these warships. He suddenly had the urge to order the fleet to return and leave the sea. In this way, it may be possible to preserve enough strength for the Japanese Navy to wait for the opportunity to rise again.

At this time, the battleships on the periphery of the combined fleet suddenly sounded the battle alarm. This was the alarm of an incoming large number of enemy ships, and it quickly woke up Admiral Goro Ijiin from his contemplation.

"What's going on?" General Goro Ijiin asked.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, a large number of destroyers of the China Navy are rushing towards us." Mano Sajiro Osa reported.

"Damn, the attacks of the people of China are really wave after wave, and they don't give us a chance to defend at all!" General Goro Ijiin sighed. After being attacked by the submarines of the Chinese Navy, the formation of the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy has been completely disrupted. Originally, the battleships were located at the very center of the fleet, surrounded by light cruisers and destroyers. However, because of the attack, the Japanese Navy's battleships have accelerated away in order to avoid the attack from underwater. This undoubtedly gave the destroyers of the Chinese Navy the opportunity to launch a lightning strike.

As early as when the submarine forces of the Chinese Navy launched an attack, the lightning strike formation of the Chinese Navy had already left the military port and rushed to the battlefield. Although the battlefield was more than 20 nautical miles away from the military port, the speed of these destroyers only took an hour.

At the end of the attack of the submarine forces of the Imperial Navy, the lightning strike formation of the Imperial Navy had already reached the periphery of the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy.

On the destroyer 'Jia-1,' the flagship of the lightning strike formation, Commander Li He saw the current chaotic formation of the Combined Fleet and immediately realized that this was definitely the best time to launch an attack.

"Order all ships to attack at high speed and try to deal with a few more Japanese capital ships." Rear Admiral Lee and Rear Admiral gave orders to the destroyers by radio.

Immediately, 12 'Class A' destroyers rushed towards the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy. Each destroyer increased its speed to more than thirty knots. Inside the torpedo tubes, the torpedoes had already been filled.

The combined fleet of the Japanese Navy, which reacted, began to quickly carry out anti-lightning operations. The battleship began to turn, ready to return to the heart of the fleet. And those light cruisers and destroyers desperately wanted to intercept the destroyers of the Imperial Navy.

Merely. In the confusion, the Japanese Navy did not react so quickly. In addition, it is not yet five o'clock in the morning, and the sky is still dark. When the Japanese Navy discovered the Imperial Navy's lightning strike formation, the lightning strike formation was still less than five kilometers away from the Japanese Navy's combined fleet. The blazing battleships, and the lights on the battleships, became the best target guidance for the lightning strike formation of the Imperial Navy. The Imperial Navy's lightning strike formations have always been subject to light control, which makes it very difficult for the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet to discover the Imperial Navy's lightning strike formations.

For a destroyer sailing at high speed at a speed of thirty knots, a distance of five kilometers takes only ten minutes. In addition, the Imperial Navy's 533-mm heavy torpedoes have a range of up to two thousand meters, which means that the Imperial Navy's destroyers only need to get close to the target at a distance of one kilometer or 1.5 kilometers before they can attack. (To be continued.) )

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