Chapter 206: The Battle of the Diaoyu Islands (End)
During the fierce battle between the capital ships of China and Japan, 18 submarines of the three submarine detachments of the Chinese Navy had already come from behind the Japanese fleet, forming an "H"-shaped encirclement network at a distance of 2 kilometers behind the enemy fleet.
At this time, eighteen Type 32 "Fur Dog-class" submarines were quietly hovering underwater, waiting patiently like wolves ambushing their prey. Because Japan's anti-submarine technology is not good and there are no radar night vision devices, all Chinese submarines have periscopes and snorkels stretched out of the sea in a big way, as long as they are not all floating, it is difficult for the Japanese to see the two tubes on the sea surface at this distance.
Although the sound guided torpedoes they use have a fairly high hit rate, there is basically no aiming problem, and the choice of position is much more relaxed than that of traditional direct-sail torpedoes, as long as they are aimed in a general direction. But at that time, the Japanese capital ship was surrounded by light ships, and even if the torpedoes were fired, they could only hit those "bodyguards", and these torpedoes could not distinguish whether the target was a destroyer or a capital ship, and only an audio recognition signal that was not unique to their own side, that is, the enemy, and then we would sink it. After all, China's acoustic guided torpedoes are only a primary version, and at most they can only distinguish between friend and foe, and it is impossible to distinguish between targets and decoys like intelligent torpedoes.
Now, though, the opportunity has finally arrived.
Not long ago, the shared information from the chain of the battlefield was that Lieutenant Colonel Huang Guangxia, the commander of the Second Submarine Detachment, who was in charge of the submarine command task of this campaign, said that the battle line of the current Japanese fleet was disbanded, and the light ships suddenly moved forward quickly, and the originally complete protective circle was broken up.
At o'clock 33, Huang Guangxia's O17 submarine received an attack order from the flagship Fuxi.
"Hahaha, it's finally our turn to do it" Huang Guangxia laughed out loud after putting down the headset. He had just learned that the lightning strike of the friendly ship had achieved heavy results, and he was already gearing up.
He immediately ordered: "Order all boats, prepare for the attack." Assign the target now......"
Submarines O17 to O34 immediately began to carry out the order, they put away their periscopes and snorkels, and activated their engines to move towards the enemy fleet in a hurry. Although it is already within torpedo range, it is safer to get closer. Huang Guangxia is ready to start at 2 kilometers.
During the march, Huang Guangxia couldn't help but say: "Commander Gao is too cautious, our torpedoes are so good, the capital ship doesn't need to retreat at all to fly kites and bombard them directly with torpedoes......"
The chief of staff next to him said: "The order from above is to completely annihilate the enemy army, and the high commander thinks about how to complete the task given by the superiors, of course, it is better to be cautious." If you only rely on torpedoes, it is not safe, after all, the weather just now is too bad, and our torpedo is a new product, how much effect it can wield, I can't say before I hit it. Don't forget, according to the battle reports from Shanghai, there are examples of eight torpedoes hitting a cruiser at the same time. ”
Huang Guangxia nodded and said, "That's true, although our guided torpedoes have a high hit rate, if you are unlucky, it is easy to repeat attacks." Even if an enemy ship is hit by a mine, as long as the motive has not stopped, it will attract other torpedoes......"
After a pause, he said happily: "Anyway, judging from the current situation, there is no problem in completely annihilating the Japanese Combined Fleet......
"Boom, boom, boom...... Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"
After the Chinese capital ships stopped retreating, they lined up again in a battle line and bombarded the enemy ships with 2 main guns.
Due to the inconsistency of the Japanese capital ships, the fastest ships had 2 knots, while the slower Asahi, Mikasa, and Fuji had only 18 knots, and after they had been chasing for a while, the distance was widened. At this time, the closest distance of the capital ships of both sides is 2 km, and the maximum distance is 2 km.
As a result, the six battleships of the Chinese fleet concentrated their fire on the three armored cruisers Izumo, Iwate, and Azuma, which were running at the forefront.
The cruiser Izumo is probably one of the most familiar Japanese warships to Chinese, and it was the flagship of the Japanese naval fleet (Third Fleet) that invaded China in the original time and space. However, it never had this opportunity again on this plane, and after the battle line was re-deployed, the door O-mm main guns of the Qingcheng and Emei used two salvos, fed it shells, and sent the 976-ton cruiser to the bottom of the sea.
Both British and Japanese warships were designed in a "lighter" style, especially on their armored cruisers. The Izumo, which is produced by Niu Niu, is no exception, and although its main gun is a relatively normal 2-mm main gun, it also has 2 secondary guns stacked on both sides.
The Izumo is now tasting the bitter fruits of this design. As in the case of the previous unlucky ships, the Izumo was also killed by two shells that penetrated the ammunition depot of the gun's secondary gun. The Izumo's hull was torn apart in the middle by a violent explosion, and after breaking in two, it sank in a hula. Because it sank so fast, the Japanese officers and soldiers above didn't even have time to abandon the ship and escape, and not even a single person was picked up afterwards.
The Iwate is the sister ship of the Izumo, and its fate is slightly better than that of the Izumo. It was fed 328o mm shells by the Taihang and Qinling within ten minutes, and the entire superstructure was set on fire, the two main guns were completely destroyed, and the bridge was bombed in two. At the same time, 4 underwater bullets pierced its underwater structure, destroyed its transmission system, caused a large amount of water ingress, and collapsed on the sea surface like a huge torch blazing.
The Azuma was hit by a combination of Fuxi Nuwa's "two siblings", and after a 3o mm shell fell vertically from the top of the bridge, it penetrated two decks and exploded in the conning tower, killing all the officers and men inside, including the captain. At the same time, a cannonball fired by the Nuwa pierced the entire aft deck of the Azuma and exploded in the aft engine room, destroying the gear mechanism and causing the Azuma to lose power.
In the ensuing rounds of shelling, the Qingcheng and Emei, which had dealt with their opponents, also joined the ranks of besieging the Azuma.
At o:47, after judging that the opposite Pante had lost its combat effectiveness, the Taihang and Qinling also turned their guns and joined the group fight.
As a result, the Azuma became a situation of single-handedly taking on six Chinese capital ships. At 6 o'clock, the Azuma, who could not move, was hit by 4 shells in a row, and could no longer hold on. I saw that the hull of the Azuma suddenly exploded into a huge fireball, and the front main turret and bridge were blown away, and the ship was completely disconnected from the position of the main turret. Then it plunged headlong into the sea.
When the Chinese fleet had taken out three armored cruisers, the slow-moving old Japanese battleships also rushed over.
At this time, the distance between the two sides has been shortened to 15 kilometers, but the maximum range of the main guns of the Shikishima class is only 137oo meters, and the Fuji-class guns are even shorter, less than 1o kilometers, so they still have no way to fire at this distance.
The Fuxi and other battleships had just turned their guns around, ready to send the remaining dreadnoughts to the sea. But at this time, the Chinese officers and soldiers suddenly saw that the three battleships Asahi, Mikasa, Fuji and the last armored cruiser, the Yakumo, all rushed up behind their butts with several huge water columns. Then they heard a muffled thunderous sound coming from there.
The torpedoes of the submarine forces have arrived.
According to Huang Guangxia's order, eighteen submarines aimed at the remaining four Japanese capital ships and fired all four torpedoes from the boats. A total of 2 torpedoes chased after them from behind at a distance of 6 knots like deep-sea sharks.
The Fuji was originally the last in line, and the slowest degree, far behind, so it became a detonator. A whole eleven torpedoes hit its stern and both sides one after another, and even one torpedo actually hit its ship. Where could this 2-year-old old ship withstand such enthusiasm, and it was directly blown to pieces. According to those who cleaned up the battlefield afterwards, the warship was basically restored to a parts state.
The Yakumo was torpedoed by four torpedoes, and the rear half of the hull was blown up. Mikasa was hit on the side by five torpedoes in succession, breaking in two from the middle. The Asahi was the luckiest, only taking two torpedoes, but it also began to sink.
"Damn, Huang Guangxia's hands are too fast, can't their submarine force do it later?" the captain of the Taihang complained sullenly on the public channel.
"That's it, that's it, these guys are too good at robbing" The captain of the Emei was also very depressed.
Gao Yujie, commander of the Pacific Fleet, said with a smile: "Hahahaha, now the overall situation has been decided......"
He didn't hear the captain's complaints. As the supreme commander of this campaign, his first consideration was to complete the tasks assigned by General Wen and achieve a comprehensive victory. Instead of thinking about the results of the battle like those captains, sinking and damaging a few enemy ships was far less important to him than achieving the goal of the campaign. That's what the ass decides the head.
Commander Gao finally relaxed now. Although he also knew that with his own advanced technology, there would be no problem in achieving victory. But he really didn't know how much price he would have to pay, and whether he would be able to completely annihilate the Japanese Combined Fleet. So he kept his face stiff just now, as if someone else owed him a lot of money.
Now that the Chinese capital ships have disbanded the battle line, they have begun to encircle and suppress the remaining light ships of the Japanese army with light ships.
In fact, Japan still does not have many light ships with combat effectiveness, and there are four protector cruisers in total, Hirado, Shintaka, Tsushima, and Tsugaru, as well as two destroyers. The number of destroyers this looks a little more, but except for the two Sea Breeze class and the two Sakura class that are slightly larger (1o6 tons for the Sea Breeze class and 6o tons for the Sakura class), the others are all small guys of more than 3o tons.
Twenty-seven Chinese light ships quickly overtook the capital ships and, after firing a wave of torpedoes, rained shells on their targets with their 156 mm, 13o mm, 1o6 mm and 3 mm medium-caliber guns.
These medium-caliber guns all used a new loader, which fired more than similar guns of the same era. Coupled with the radar and fire control computer, the hit rate was also so high that the Japanese Navy on the opposite side wiped away tears. Even six capital ships followed, named with their 13omm secondary guns.
It was a simple duck-and-duck game, ravaged by a dense artillery and torpedo, accompanied by aerial surveillance and radar staring at the sea. The Japanese light ships did not even have a desperate chance to charge over the lightning strike, and one after another they were beaten into torches or sieves, and the most unfortunate thing was that they were restored to a state of parts on the spot.
Fuxi.
"Xiao Li, draft a letter of persuasion to surrender, send a telegram to the Japanese fleet, and persuade them to surrender" Gao Yujie put down the binoculars and ordered Li Ang.
"Yes, Commander......"
It took Leon only a few minutes to write, and it was drafted separately in Chinese and English at the same time. Gao Yujie and Liu Haifeng and several other leaders looked at it and had no opinion, so they immediately asked the telecommunications officer to use the clear code.
Hanoi.
At this time, Shigetaro Yoshimatsu had already been rescued, but after seeing the scene in front of him, he preferred that he hadn't woken up.
"The navy that the empire has built up for decades has been wiped out overnight," muttered Shigetaro Yoshimatsu, who seemed to be ten years older.
"Your Excellency, Commander, China...... The Chinese Navy sent a telegram urging the Chinese Navy to surrender...... "The Japanese telegraph officer has inadvertently even changed the name of China
Shigetaro Yoshimatsu took it and glanced at it, and then said to everyone, "Gentlemen, I have decided to surrender. ”
Although the "Your Excellency" and everyone were already mentally prepared, they still exclaimed in surprise when they heard the commander say the word "surrender."
"If you continue to fight, you will not fight, but you will die...... The Imperial Navy cannot be completely lost here, and I must leave the seeds of the Navy to future generations......" Shigetaro Yoshimatsu ordered to the signal officer: "Immediately order all ships to ...... The Chinese Navy surrendered. ”
Then he said to the chief of staff, Tetsutaro Sato: "Sato-kun, please be sure to bring back the lessons of this battle in the future, and I will bear the responsibility for this battle......"
With that, he left the bridge and returned to his room with the adjutant. Everyone on the bridge knew what he was going to, and under the leadership of Chief of Staff Tetsutaro Sato, everyone bowed to him and said goodbye.
At 1:02 a.m. on April 1o, the Hanoi, the flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet, hoisted the white flag, and the remaining ships also hoisted the white flag, lowered their guns, and surrendered to the Chinese Navy's Pacific Task Force.
"Oh, Shigetaro Yoshimatsu committed suicide by seppuku. Unfortunately, I haven't met him yet...... Okay, I've got it, so let's deal with it according to the rules. After learning of the death of the opponent's main general, Gao Yujie shook her head and smiled.
Then, he continued to order: "Order all light ships, after controlling the Japanese ships, and start salvaging the people who have fallen into the water and help the Japanese to treat the wounded......"
"Also, call the headquarters. At 1:02 a.m. on April 1o, the remnants of the Japanese Combined Fleet surrendered to our Pacific task force without any loss of our warships, so be it......" With that, he left his seat and walked to the bedroom, yawning and saying to everyone: "I'll leave the rest to you, I'll go to sleep." Don't wake me up until nine o'clock without bad news......"
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