1890 King of Southeast Asia

Huang Shuai aimed hastily. It was dark and time was tight, so it was difficult to choose a target calmly. Huang Shuai simply chose the two largest and closest ships.

One was about four kilometers away, and the other was only more than two kilometers away. Huang Shuai could not tell what type it was because he could not see it clearly. He only knew that the two ships were very big.

After the battle, it was even more impossible to get up and confirm the target and the results. The distance was so close that surfacing would be a death sentence.

"Almost done, turn the rudder and head northeast." After sailing in the water for more than half an hour, Huang Shuai turned the direction again and headed north of the Japanese fleet.

"Captain, should we find a place to report the situation first? After all, there are several submarines behind us, and we have already alerted them." The first mate looked at the route and was a little worried.

"Okay, then surface and report the situation." Huang Shuai thought about it and agreed with this statement.

Of course, not now. The Squid is only five or six kilometers away from the Japanese fleet. After being attacked, the Japanese will definitely look for the murderer everywhere. It is very dangerous to surface at this moment.

However, if it is underwater, the Japanese will have no way to deal with it. It will take some time for the British to install sonar on the ship, and practical detection sonar will take another 10 to 20 years to mature.

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Japanese Combined Fleet, Fuso-class battleship No. 2, Yamashiro.

"Where is the water gun? There is a fire here, and we need a water gun..."

"There are wounded here, and we need to transport them up, don't block the way here!"

"The plugging failed, and the water has spread to the No. 2 ammunition depot. Go and rescue the propellant!"

"Pump, we need a pump here!"

Yamashiro was one of the two Japanese battleships hit by torpedoes. At that time, it was dawn, and Yamashiro was slowly accelerating according to the fleet's orders.

The first torpedo fired by the Squid hit the port side of the accelerating Yamashiro, facing the No. 2 turret.

At this time, none of the Japanese naval battleships were designed with underwater protection in mind, and the underwater structure was a mess.

The only protection is the anti-torpedo net, which is the railings on both sides of the warship. The anti-torpedo net is somewhat effective, but it is impossible to open the anti-torpedo net while moving.

533 mm medium torpedo, as the name suggests, has a caliber of 533 mm, weighs 2 tons, and the warhead is charged with 265 kg of double-base composite explosives.

It is driven by an internal combustion engine, with a maximum speed of 42 knots, about 78 kilometers per hour. At this speed, the torpedo has a range of 4,500 meters.

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The range is 7,600 meters at 32 knots, and 15,000 meters at 20 knots.

A torpedo looks so big, but in fact 80% of the space is given to the power system. To travel such a long distance, the fuel required occupies almost 60% of the space.

Torpedoes must not only consider the amount of fuel they carry, but also the counterweight. Otherwise, as the fuel is consumed, the weight is reduced, and there is air inside, and the buoyancy increases. If the design is not balanced, the track is likely to be crooked.

This is a new type of submarine torpedo from Nanhua. The ship torpedo is larger, reaching 5 tons, and its performance in all aspects has been improved.

265 kg of double-base explosives, the explosive performance is equivalent to 2 times TNT, which is twice as powerful as the Mark 2 torpedo that was newly produced by the British Royal Torpedo Arsenal this year.

(Mark 2 has a caliber of 533 mm, a charge of 151 kg, 4,100 meters at 44 knots, 13,500 meters at 24 knots, and 16,915 meters at 19 knots.)

With the underwater protection in a mess, being hit by a torpedo with a charge equivalent to 300 kg of TNT will definitely not end well.

This is the case with the Shancheng. The torpedo hit the position of 4.5 meters underwater. This is the unprotected area of ​​the Shancheng, with only one layer of steel plate defense.

After the torpedo touched the hull, the huge explosion easily tore the hull apart, and at a depth of 4.5 meters, a huge hole more than 4 meters long and more than 80 centimeters wide was torn open.

For a warship with a displacement of 30,000 tons, a length of more than 200 meters, and a draft of nine meters, such a hole is not big at all.

Although the explosion was directly facing the No. 2 turret of the Yamashiro, it did not affect the No. 2 turret, but only blew up the port cabin.

At this time, as long as the damage control works normally and does not encounter other attacks, it can be handled in half an hour.

The final result is nothing more than the loss of several cabins. The hole is too big to repair, so just close the surrounding cabins.

But! Things did not develop in this direction.

After the explosion, the lower deck was in chaos. A group of newly added recruits were busy dealing with the wounded and carrying supplies, and then successfully blocked the road.

After a few minutes, the Yamashiro, which had taken in hundreds of tons of water, began to tilt. At this time, the Japanese damage control was reluctant to close the hatch, and while pumping water with a small pump, they sent people to rush forward to check the situation.

The Japanese damage control was dedicated. After being delayed for more than ten minutes, the Japanese spent three lives to figure out the damage and then tried to close the watertight door.

At this time, the water had spread to the compartment where the propellant was stored. A group of people were trying to rescue the propellant and ignored the wounded.

No matter how the damage control shouted, they didn't listen. However, the doors of the first few compartments were damaged by the explosion. Now they couldn't be closed for long, so they had to abandon this ammunition warehouse.

"Sir, the water is about to spread. If you wait until the water rushes over, you can't close the watertight door. Everything will be too late, sir!" A damage control soldier went up to argue, wanting to let the officer know this truth.

Slap!

"Stop! Do you know what this is? This is all the propellant of the No. 2 turret. Once we give up, we will lose one-sixth of the propellant of the entire ship, do you know?" The gunner of the No. 2 turret will not reason with you. He came up and slapped him twice.

"It's on fire! Captain, the fuel in the front cabin is on fire, and the fire is out of control." A damage control officer covered in black ran over and grabbed the damage control captain and shouted.

The damage control captain, a second lieutenant, stood up and saluted the gunner.

"Captain, the fuel in the front cabin is on fire. If you don't close the watertight door quickly and inject water actively, the whole ship will be in danger!" The second lieutenant said helplessly and stopped talking.

Damage control had a very low status on Japanese warships, and was not even performed by officers at one time.

In theory, damage control was directly commanded by the first mate and was responsible for the safety of the entire ship, so it should have a high priority, but in Japan, no one looked down on this group of non-combatants.

Their position was only slightly better than that of the sailors who burned boilers. In particular, many people in Japan did not think that boiler burners were part of the navy, but rather coolies.

It was common in Britain and the United States to dislike boilermen, but Japan was unique in disliking damage control. (There used to be a big blue to accompany it.)

The reason why the Japanese army did not care about damage control was because of its tactical guiding ideology. The Japanese army was extremely enthusiastic about strategic decisive battle tactics and liked to go all-in the most.

In this case, the victory or defeat would be decided in a very short time, and the role of damage control was infinitely weakened.

Especially after winning two victories with decisive battle tactics, the Japanese regarded strategic decisive battles as treasures, built larger ships, carried more guns, and defeated the enemy at one time.

Historically, the Japanese found that the decisive battle tactics were not effective in the vast Pacific Ocean, and they also lost a large number of naval aviation due to the failure of the Battle of Midway, and then changed their tactics.

Now, the Japanese have fought two battles with China, but China did not fight a decisive battle with them. They just relied on grinding. When they had almost gained some advantage, they would release smoke and torpedoes and withdraw.

This tactic made the Japanese extremely uncomfortable, but reality forced them to adapt, so a larger-scale all-in appeared.

The Japanese no longer had many resources, and there was nothing to talk about in the negotiations. They hoped that the navy would make a wave of attacks, cause enough damage to China, and then cease fire.

Of course, this was the Japanese's own idea, and the Japanese also knew that this might be wishful thinking, but there was no way.

In addition to this method, they had no other way to use.

"Fire! Fire! Such a big fire! Burning in the water, flowing with the water, it can't be extinguished!" More and more damage control ran back in shock.

This proves that the fire is completely out of control. The most important thing now is to connect the sea valve and seal the ammunition depot with water, otherwise the fire will spread and the Yamashiro will be in danger.

"Baga!" The captain shouted and hit the wall hard.

"The Chinese haven't come yet, and our unit has lost one-sixth of its firepower. It's really..."

"Everyone, retreat!"

"The safety of the ammunition depot is in your hands."

Although he was unwilling, the captain was just afraid of punishment, not wanting to die. The captain threw a word to the second lieutenant and ran away with his men.

"Start injecting water, close the watertight door, how is the fire..." The second lieutenant took a breath and wanted to explode, but thought about it and exhaled.

"You guys, use a water gun to cool the hatch." Walking to the slightly damaged hatch, the second lieutenant could feel the heat wave without touching it, and sighed.

In this situation, they were powerless. They could only wait until the treatment was completed and then inject water into it. Only when there was enough water to isolate oxygen and occupy all the space, the flame would go out.

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“Captain, eleven compartments were lost, mainly on the third deck. The propellant chamber of the second turret was flooded. Now there are only six groups of propellant bags inside the turret and fourteen groups of propellant bags that have been rescued.” The first mate hurried to the bridge.

Four standard propellant bags form a group. When loading normally, one shell is equipped with a group. Twenty groups are only enough for ten shots. (Twin turrets.)

“I have ordered water to be poured into the starboard side to keep the ship balanced. It seems that we cannot participate in the next thing.” The captain said calmly.

“What is the situation on the Hiei?” The captain asked again, turning his head.

“The torpedo hit the tail, and the left shaft stopped. It is currently being repaired.” The first mate looked at the distance behind him.

The sea water over there is not blue, but yellow-brown, which is the color of heavy oil leakage…