The Mako Shark submarine.

"Hahaha, it's happy! It's really happy! It's finally open this time!"

Although it has been a few hours since the end of the battle, Major Taiming is still very happy.

The chief staff officer, who was busy counting the results of the battle, raised his head and smiled: "Yes, captain, we sank three big ships this time." All three ships are large ocean-going vessels, with a gross tonnage of 78,560 tons, according to the data. Among the 28 submarines participating in the operation this time, we are the first!"

"Hehe, at least half of the reinforcements from Australia and New Zealand will be reimbursed now, and we can be regarded as reducing the burden on the army. Three Australian divisions, one New Zealand division, a total of more than 60,000 people......"

"If they fall into the water during a storm, I think it's good that they can survive a third of it......"

"Then whether the Americans rescued them well or not. ”

"It's a pity that we can't fire at the Yankees this time, otherwise, we can leave all this escort fleet behind!"

"That's not going to work, we didn't declare war with the United States. ”

"Hmph, but those Yankees are relying on this to bias Australia and New Zealand. ”

"Hahaha. What's this, aren't we going to slap the Yankees in the face this time? Right under their noses, we killed all the merchant ships they escorted......

Officers and men, you say everything you say, and you love to discuss the battle just now.

It is not quite accurate to say that it was a war, because it was only a one-sided massacre. On that stormy night, 28 Chinese submarines rushed to the front of the ANZ convoy at full speed, laying a U-shape under the surface of the sea at 200 meters. When the ANZ fleet entered the ambush circle, they followed the pre-assigned target, which was directly a round of torpedo salvo.

In order to successfully complete this ambush, they used the latest and most advanced heavy anti-ship torpedoes, the "Yu-5" torpedoes.

This torpedo is improved on the basis of the "Yu-4" torpedo, and the guidance system of the "Yu-4" torpedo is very advanced, and it adopts a hybrid guidance mode, that is, line guidance + active and passive acoustic guidance + wake guidance. It also adopts an advanced computer processing system, which makes it have certain intelligent functions, which can not only automatically track, but also be controlled by human intervention to avoid bait, and can also set navigation points to make a low-speed detour of the torpedo to sneak attack, so as not to leak the direction of the submarine.

And the "Fish-5" torpedo goes even further, it completely cancels the wire guide, and it is no longer necessary to drag that wire tens of kilometers long. Because it uses a more advanced blue-green laser guidance mode, it can be guided by a blue-green laser launched by submarines, aircraft, or satellites. Moreover, it also has neutrino communication equipment, which can make real-time corrections to its course or target through neutrino communication.

More importantly, it has a better level of intelligence and can effectively distinguish the voiceprint characteristics and magnetic field characteristics of friend and foe, so it can specifically hit designated targets. Even if the two targets are very close together, it can't be mistaken. The voiceprint signature and magnetic field feature are like human fingerprints, each ship is different, even the sister ships of the same class have differences, not to mention the difference between merchant ships and warships, the difference is as obvious as black and white.

Therefore, Fletcher's practice of putting the merchant ship in the middle this time can only be effective against other torpedoes, and it will not work at all against this new type of torpedo.

The "Yu-5" torpedo can be used both against ships and anti-submarine torpedoes, and because of the use of new oxygen-rich fuel, it has the characteristics of high energy density, low noise, and few wakes. And the range and speed are excellent, up to 40 km at 60 knots and 55 km at 40 knots. The warhead weighs 300 kg and can be launched by an air turbine pump at a water depth of 900 meters.

At present, the torpedo warhead explosive used in China has also been updated, which is a high-power mixed explosive based on octanitrocubic ane, and its power is three times that of the first according to testing. A single mine hit can sink a large submarine or cruiser-class surface ship, and three or four torpedoes can sink the latest foreign battleships and large aircraft carriers.

Of course, this torpedo still has a big drawback, that is, it is expensive, especially expensive. The factory unit price of a "Yu-5" torpedo is 120,000 yuan, while the unit price of the "Yu-4" that was originally considered very expensive is only 46,000 yuan, and a Yu-5 is equivalent to two J-7 Red Hawks, and three Yu-5 can be used as a J-10 "Golden Eagle" jet fighter. So although this kind of torpedo is really good, Wen Deji didn't dare to replace all of them, this horse is smashing people to death with money. Therefore, now the PLA still uses a mixture of fish-4 and fish-5, which are generally rationed in a ratio of 2:1, with fish-four for ordinary targets and fish-five for important targets.

For example, this time. A total of 121 Yu-5 torpedoes were fired from 28 submarines, in other words, more than 14 million torpedoes were smashed in one go. It's a bit expensive, but you get what you pay for, and even in stormy bad weather, only one torpedo missed, and the hit rate was as high as 99%.

And the results were also brilliant, a total of 110 large and medium-sized merchant ships were directly sunk, 108 were directly sunk, and the last two were also heavily damaged, almost losing their ability to maneuver. Basically, it's a torpedo for a merchant ship, which is still cost-effective. Not to mention, the armies carried by the fleet, these four divisions were the ace troops of Australia and New Zealand, and as a result, they were now largely emigrated to Haiti.

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The next day, in the waters north of Henderson Island.

After a night of storm, the battlefield of last night has been completely cleared of the traces of battle, and all the changes have sunk, and the oil, wreckage and blood stains on the sea surface have also been wiped out by the storm. If it weren't for the two merchant ships towed by the destroyer, it would be impossible to see that there was a massacre here last night.

Now this sea area is busy, dozens of US warships and dozens of planes are circling around the sea, some of them are searching for people who have fallen into the water, and some are continuing to search for submarines. Well, the latter is just going through the motions, it's been seven or eight hours since last night, and those submarines have long since run out of sight.

USS Colorado battleship.

At this time, the deck of this battleship was already crowded with Australian and New Zealand soldiers and crews who had fallen overboard, not only the flagship, but also other warships. However, due to the bad weather and night at that time, the US warships also had to search for submarines, so the rescue effect was not ideal. Originally, this fleet carried most of the officers and men and equipment of the Australian Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Divisions, as well as the New Zealand First Division, and a total of more than 63,600 crew members, but so far only about 18,000 people have been rescued by American warships and aircraft.

On the bridge, the chief of staff reported to Rear Admiral Fletcher: "Reinforcements from the Seventh Fleet will join us around five o'clock in the afternoon, and they have collected dozens of civilian ships in the annex, but they are slower, and they will not be able to join us until at least tomorrow evening or in the background......"

Major General Fletcher's face had been gloomy since last night. No way, this time my face was swollen. was completely wiped out by the escorted fleet under his nose, but he didn't even touch the shadow of the other party, and this face can be said to be thrown to Mars. He's in a good mood to have a ghost.

In fact, not only his face was not good-looking, but the White House was also stunned after receiving this bad news. According to the wishful thinking of the White House, this operation is to use US warships as a shield to send Australian and New Zealand troops back to their hometowns to block China. Of course, this kind of risk is a bit big, and if China fights with American warships, it will not end well.

However, according to their thinking, if they have not yet torn their faces with China, then they will definitely not attack US warships in the usual style of Wen Desi. Although the relationship between China and the United States is now drifting apart, it is only political, and economically the two sides are very close, and both sides are each other's largest exporters and largest importers.

Ghana and Wendesi are not middle two, both sides have a large number of assets in each other's countries, and the largest share of import and export materials are in each other's hands, in this case, it is obviously impossible for the two countries to really fight, Australia and New Zealand do not have such a big face. The United States will not fight with China for the sake of Australia, New Zealand, and vice versa.

It is based on this consideration that the Yankees will come up with such a way to play the side ball. After repeated deductions, they all believed that under such heavy protection, neither Chinese planes nor submarines could exert their combat effectiveness under the trap of throwing rats, and there would not be many opportunities for attack. And Fletcher is a very good general, with rich experience in anti-submarine warfare, so even if this ANZ fleet does have losses, it will not be too much. Anyway, the Yankees didn't plan to send these kangaroos back intact, so what does it matter how many people die? It's not the Americans who die.

But the facts gave Ghana a slap in the face. They did not expect that the Chinese submarine would launch an attack at night when it was difficult to distinguish the target, and not even a single hair of the American warship was rubbed off, but the Australian and New Zealand fleet, which was heavily protected, was not spared and all hit. Even the two merchant ships that survived were each torpedoed, and although they did not sink, they also lost their mobility and could only be towed by destroyers.

"Haven't you found the Chinese submarine yet?" Fletcher said with a grimace.

"Nothing was found......"

Fletcher thought for a moment and said: "Then let's get out of here first, leaving two, not three, leaving three destroyers to continue the search and rescue, and we will continue to go to New Zealand and Australia as originally planned...... I don't think they dare to attack this time!"

At this time, a communications non-commissioned officer came running: "Mr. Rear Admiral, the Naval Operations Department has called, asking us to go to French New Caledonia and not to approach the ...... of the territorial waters of Australia and New Zealand"

The telegram was sent by the Naval Operations Department, ordering them not to take any more risks. This was because the War Department was frightened by this wolf pack attack. Since China can hit those Australian and New Zealand ships so accurately, it also means that they can also accurately hit American warships. Why put yourself in for the sake of kangaroos, it's better to be a temptation anyway.

"Hmph, well, go to French New Caledonia ......" Fletcher had to give up his original adventure plan, and the bigwigs of the White House and the War Department had to think about the whole strategy, but they didn't dare to be as chic as him. If we really get into trouble with China, how will it end? We are still at war with the Germans. Now that we have understood China's bottom line, let's take the opportunity to close the tent.