Chapter 287: Pacific Hunting Grounds
Yang Kang, who had been adrift here for another three days in the sea where the Sea of Okhotsk meets the Pacific Ocean, finally received a combat order from the submarine command center.
"The main forces of the submarine force have all withdrawn from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific region, and the next stage of combat missions is to cut off Japan's sea lines of communication and conduct unrestricted submarine warfare in the Pacific Ocean......"
The order also stated that the submarine force must do a good job in engaging Japanese surface warships, and when encountering Japanese warships, destroy Japanese warships as much as possible on the premise of preserving themselves.
This was the first order received by the Red Alert Navy's submarine force to attack the enemy's surface ships after entering this world.
The issuance of this order means that the target of the Red Alert Navy's submarine force will no longer be the same as in the Atlantic theater, only targeting merchant ships and cargo ships, but including the enemy's main warships.
After all, here in the Pacific Ocean, there is no bad weather like the North Atlantic, at least the combat environment is relatively flat, and the Pacific Ocean is a vast area, which is convenient for the movement of submarine forces.
The submarine wolves who received this order took action one after another, and according to the tactical chart of the command center, they rushed straight towards the target like a cat smelling fish.
From now on, the Pacific Ocean will become the most primitive hunting ground.
The Japanese merchant ships that were already sailing in the Pacific waterways did not have perfect anti-subconscious awareness at all at this time, and there were almost no Japanese warships guarding the merchant ships.
In this area, Japan has not yet encountered a real adversary, and because of the Red Alert Empire, the Japanese have not tasted the threat of American submarines.
It's like a peaceful and tranquil grassland, where only the sheep live a carefree life, but when a group of hungry wolves enter this grassland, it must be a scene of rivers of blood.
After the last day of the ultimatum, the Red Alert Empire officially declared war on the Japanese Empire, and the Japanese Empire followed suit by declaring war on the Red Alert Empire.
The puppet government countries controlled by Japan also declared war on the Red Alert Empire.
In the Pacific theater, war broke out.
And on this day, in the Pacific Ocean, the first hunt of the wolves, achieved amazing results.
In total, more than 300 ships of various kinds were sunk by the unsuspecting Japanese merchant ships, half of which were cargo ships of more than 1,000 tons.
When the Japanese Navy Ministry received a large amount of relevant information, it immediately ordered all the merchant ships that had just sailed to return to the sea, and issued an order that the merchant ships could not go to sea without the escort of the navy.
The attack of the Red Alert submarine force caught the Japanese Navy Ministry by surprise, and they did not expect that submarine warfare in the North Atlantic would be staged in the Pacific Ocean.
In just one day, the Japanese side can be called a heavy loss, after all, Japan does not have so many merchant ships.
Although it doesn't hurt the muscles and bones, it can already be called a heavy blow.
But if you want to say that you are depressed, Yang Kang is the most depressed, and he now has deep doubts that his head has been caught by the door.
On this day, the submarine's radio receiver kept receiving good news from other submarines.
In the past 12 hours, Yang Kang's old acquaintance was stunned, and in the North Pacific, he destroyed eight Japanese cargo ships, with a total tonnage of more than 20,000 tons.
There was also a submarine belonging to the same combat detachment, which actually sank eighteen Japanese merchant ships, although these merchant ships were all of a displacement of less than 500 tons.
But for Yang Kang and others, who can only wander here and watch the sea view, it is the biggest blow and suffering.
If it weren't for the fight for this task, they would now also be able to ambush Japanese merchant ships in the Pacific Ocean.
After all, the intelligence department, with information on the location of Japanese merchant ships, and the Japanese fleet without any protection is simply a sheep's mouth, and they can be killed casually.
After the action, Yang Kang received a greeting message from the three stunned people, and when he saw the content of the message, Yang Kang was once again depressed and wanted to hit his head against the wall.
As a submarine force coming from the North Atlantic, Yang Kang was as stunned as he was, and proudly claimed on the telegram:
"The battle was too easy, and it was not at all difficult for these Japanese ships to attack, but it was much easier than attacking the merchant ships of the British."
Britain has already learned enough lessons and experience in its two-year anti-submarine warfare, and now, the British merchant ships will install catapult devices on cargo ships of nearly 10,000 tons or more, which can catapult off planes carrying depth charges to counterattack submarines.
This also makes submarine warfare in the North Atlantic more and more dangerous.
And these Japanese merchant ships have nothing that can threaten the existence of submarines, and there are not many 10,000-ton merchant ships in Japan that have the potential to be rearmed.
Therefore, the current Pacific Ocean is a paradise for the Red Alert submarine force.
There were also submarines that simply surfaced to the surface, seized the loot looted from the Japanese transport ships, and called other submarines to come and share the fruits of victory.
The largest robbery was the robbery of a transport ship escorted by the Japanese army, on which there were hundreds of precious historical relics, hundreds of tons of gold, and tens of millions of precious metals.
Even many captains of the Red Alert submarine force felt that it was more refreshing for these unarmed Japanese transport ships to be attacked by German submarines.
Because there were no weapons installed on Japanese merchant ships, the 88-mm guns on German submarines were enough to destroy most of the Japanese merchant ships.
Of course, this is only hypothetical, because such an unscrupulous attack cannot be sustained. For a long time, the Japanese, who reacted, will inevitably strengthen their defenses on the transport ship.
However, the submarine force of the Red Alert Navy is not afraid, after all, the advanced degree of the Anonymous submarine is completely beyond the Japanese can confront it.
At the edge of the Pacific Ocean, when Yang Kang looked at the telegram in his hand with envy, the first mate who was watching the surrounding situation with a telescope on the enclosure hurriedly shouted into the submarine: "Captain, there is a surface ship ahead, and it is very far away. ”
When Yang Kang heard this, he quickly threw down the telegram and ordered: "Everyone return to the cabin, dive quickly, and maintain the height of the periscope." ”
One by one, the submarine sailors on the enclosure quickly returned to the submarine, and the last first mate to leave closed the hatch as soon as possible and closed the main valve in the submarine enclosure.
The submarine made a rapid descent, remaining at the height of the periscope.
Raising the periscope, Yang Kang took out a cigarette and lit it, took a puff, then leaned on the periscope and looked in the direction ahead.
On the sea in the distance, in the mist, a figure was faintly visible.