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It's a pity that the cruel wolf only bites sick ducks. After being shot down four torpedo planes one after another, a squadron behind approached a distance of 600 meters. The straight waterline rushed towards Haruna's flank.

At this time, the Haruna was unable to turn at all, and the Japanese sailors could only watch helplessly as three of the torpedoes hit the port side accurately.The violent explosion completely tore apart the side armor of the Haruna.Despite being touted as a battleship, the unarmored Haruna was just one of the Kongo-class battlecruisers.Its armor is relatively thin, how can it withstand the continuous blows of 533 mm torpedoes.

After the three torpedoes hit again, many cracks and damage appeared in the hull, and the swarming seawater could not be blocked by the damage control personnel. This giant ship of more than 7000 tons turned over helplessly. , upside down in the sea water.

The sinking of the Haruna seemed to sound the horn of the end of the Japanese navy.As torpedo planes desperately approached to release torpedoes, more and more battleships and cruisers were severely damaged.When the ammunition of the four aviation divisions of the West Army was exhausted and they had to return, the sea was already in chaos.

Kirishima, Hiei, Kongo, and Fuso were sunk one after another. Ise was pierced through the front deck by an aerial bomb, and the bow was hit by a torpedo.The Hinata was even worse. An aerial bomb blew up its No. 3 turret, and another bomb smashed a large hole in its rear deck, and a boiler room was blown out.

Of the thirteen cruisers, only two were still afloat, while there were still thirteen destroyers.Looking at the severely damaged United Fleet, Lieutenant Admiral Tsuchiya Jin Guang's face was ashen, his mouth was bitter, and his heart was heavy.Who would have known that the aircraft in the Western Special Zone had developed to such an extent that they almost wiped out the Japanese navy at a very small cost.

Tsuchiya Jinguang knew that he couldn't stay for long, although it was almost dusk, who knew if the enemy had any new moves.After letting the destroyer rescue his own soldiers who fell into the water, Tsuchiya Jin Guangjin hastily ordered the fleet to return at full speed.

Rear Admiral Mitsuo Kinoshita, the already terrified troop carrier fleet commander, received the order that the troop carrier fleet does not have to follow the navy, and immediately turned its bow and returned as quickly as possible.For this order, Mitsuo Kinoshita is very willing to carry out, leaving this dangerous place no matter where to go, this is a true portrayal of his heart.

After receiving the order, without saying a word, the troop transport fleet immediately turned its bow and sailed towards the direction of Wa Kingdom, without any intention of waiting for the navy at all.Tsuchiya Jinguang sighed, the reason why he issued such an order was to keep the navy.

The Japanese navy's combat power was greatly damaged, and it had no power to fight again.There are still two hours before dark, in case the Seat Air Force goes and returns, how will they resist.What's more, who knows how many air forces there are in the Western Special Zone, maybe the second wave of attack echelons is on the way, or even arrives in a blink of an eye.If dragged down by the very slow troop carrier, the navy has no hope of escaping at all, so Lieutenant General Tsuchiya Jinguang had to get rid of the burden and lead the navy fleet to flee back to Japan as quickly as possible.

Facts have proved that Tsuchiya Jinguang's worries are unnecessary. In order to teach the United Fleet of Japan enough lessons this time, the Naval Air Force of the West Special Army dispatched all dive bombers and torpedo planes, and they have no backup force available.

If Tsuchiya Jinguang could think about it calmly, he would have realized that no matter how many planes the West Army had, it would be impossible to deploy so many planes in Guanghai City. More than 400 planes is already the limit, otherwise where can we find so many airports.It was because of Tsuchiya Jinguang's restless evacuation plan that the troop carrier fleet suffered undue losses.

Fifteen minutes after the troopship fleet withdrew, the remnants of the Wa Kingdom United Fleet also embarked on their way home. They did not sail directly to the Wa country coastline, but turned to the Ryukyu Islands.Many warships of the Japanese Navy were severely flooded, and they had to go there for simple repairs before returning home.In addition, Tsuchiya Jinguang was also afraid that the opponent's follow-up planes would chase along the route and make them suffer again.Rear Admiral Kinoshita of the troopship fleet didn't know that the main fleet had abandoned them and was heading for Naha Port in the Ryukyu Islands at a speed of 15 knots.

A few minutes after the Japanese navy left, a large group of Type A seaplanes arrived on the battlefield, and they quickly slowed down and landed on the sea.These seaplanes of the West Special Army came to clean up the battlefield and rescue their own pilots who fell into the water.The four rescuers on each plane risked stepping on the buoys and pulled the pilots back one by one with life buoys tied with ropes.After half an hour of busy work, all seven surviving pilots of the West Army who fell into the water were rescued on the plane.

Chapter 958 Unprotected Fleet

It was almost dusk, and in the era without radar, it was very dangerous for an airplane to fly at night, especially at sea, where there was no reference point.The crew of the seaplane abandoned the Japanese sailors who were asking for help in the water, and one by one the seaplanes quickly lifted off and returned to Guanghai City.

The expected pursuers did not appear, but the Japanese army did not dare to slow down their retreat at all.Admiral Kinoshita knew how dangerous it was in the coastal waters of Hualan Country, so he urged the captains to speed up and return to Wa Country as soon as possible.It's a pity that these troop carriers are all merchant ships temporarily recruited. Merchant ships have to consider economy and cargo capacity, and they don't have much pursuit of speed.These merchant ships are not strong enough to sail at a high speed regardless of their power or size. They can only slowly move towards the Wa country at a speed of twelve knots.

Major General Kinoshita sat anxiously in the cabin, secretly praying that it would be best not to encounter the plane of the West Army, but he didn't know that the danger did not only come from the sky.At this time, a periscope was quietly sticking out of the water, observing the huge troop transport fleet not far away.

Born out of the U135 submarine drawings exchanged between the Western Special Zone and the Teutonic State during the war, the Seawolf 3 submarine has been greatly optimized, and its surface endurance has exceeded 1 nautical miles.Six powerful 533 mm torpedo tubes are enough to quickly launch torpedoes that make opponents fearful.In front of such a world-class submarine, a fleet without an escort is like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

This time, in order to severely attack the Japanese fleet, Colonel **, the deputy commander of the submarine force, personally led the team, leading sixteen Seawolf 3 submarines, ambush the opponent on the only way back home.Because it was already evening and the visibility on the sea was not high, the submarine No. 03012 approached with a periscope for reconnaissance, and was not afraid of being discovered by the other party.In fact, there was no need for a sneak attack to deal with such an unguarded troop convoy.

** Standing in the No. 03012 submarine, observing the huge fleet with a periscope, he frowned and said: "Oops, it seems that we missed the main fleet of the Japanese army. They may have diverted to return home."

"Could this be a merchant fleet?" Captain Ning Hua frowned.

**Shaked his head: "The Japanese flag is hung on the ship. Since they want to sneak attack on us, they will suspend the domestic shipping to avoid accidental injury. Besides, the merchant fleet is impossible to be so large. Firstly, it is unnecessary, and secondly, it is so More cargo, and unlikely to be destined for the same destination, looks more like a troop convoy to me."

"So, the Japanese are not only planning to attack Guanghai City with their fleet, but also plan to land and fight." Captain Ning Hua asked.

** nodded: "It seems so. I just received a land communication, and the opponent's fleet has suffered heavy damage. It seems that they are planning to retreat. With so many large ships, there should be many Japanese troops on board. Give me a warm farewell. Inform all boats to prepare for an attack."

The sixteen Seawolf 3 submarines all have small buoy antennas. These antennas have very few parts out of the water, making it difficult for the enemy to find them. Moreover, because of their unique shape, even if they are seen by the enemy, they will probably think they are shark fins.The power of these antennas is not high, but they can at least maintain communication within tens of kilometers, and at this moment, the army relies on these antennas to issue commands.

After the order was issued, submarine No. 03012 recovered the buoy antenna immediately.Radio communication cannot be used underwater, and from now on, they will fight on their own.Under Ning Hua's order, the submarine began to turn, turning its bow towards the direction of the fleet.The speed of the fleet is not fast, and the formation is very dense. Such a live target is very simple for submarines.

Ning Hua took over the captain and stood by the periscope. He calmly issued instructions one by one: "The water depth is three meters, the heading is 045, maintain the speed and depth. All the torpedoes in the bow are loaded and ready."

Under Ning Hua's order, all crew members started to move. Several people in the torpedo room quickly put heavy torpedoes into the launch tubes and tightened the hatch cover, and then began to pressurize the launch tubes with compressed air. "No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 torpedo tubes are all ready." The news from the torpedo room was transmitted to the cockpit through the internal circuit, but Ning Hua's eyes were fixed on the periscope all the time.

"No. 1 is ready to launch." Ning Hua gave an order, and the operator in the torpedo room pulled the handle. With a pop, the No. 1 torpedo tube opened the hatch and spit the torpedo into the sea water.The torpedo entered the sea and the engine started working immediately. With the bulging water bubbles surging, the torpedo rushed straight ahead.

The Yu-2 torpedo used by submarines is a submarine-launched version of the Hongying-1 aviation torpedo, which is longer, heavier, and has a more powerful warhead.Although it has the same caliber of 533 mm, the total length of this torpedo is as high as nine meters, the weight is close to two and a half tons, the TNT charge of the warhead exceeds 48 kg, and the speed is [-] knots.Because it is a thermodynamic torpedo, this torpedo can reach a range of [-] kilometers when it is warmed up, and it can also have a range of [-] kilometers without warming up.

Now that the Japanese navy is close at hand, there is no need to use the time-consuming method of warming up the torpedo to increase the range, so Ning Hua ordered the torpedo to be launched directly.For the Japanese troop transport fleet, the speed of these torpedoes was too fast. In addition, the track of this new type of torpedo belonging to the oxygen torpedo species was not obvious, so it was difficult to prejudge. case, was hit by a torpedo.

There was a loud bang, flames shot up into the sky suddenly, and the outermost [-]-ton giant merchant ship suddenly tilted.The turbulent sea water poured into the cabin in an instant, and before the sleeping Japanese infantrymen could react, the whole ship was turned upside down on the sea surface, stuffing everyone in the cabin.

A [-]-ton ship was sunk by a torpedo. This does not mean how powerful the Hualan torpedo is, but it is actually determined by the nature of the ship.In order to increase the resistance to sinking, warships not only have thick armor protection, but also have a large number of watertight compartments.Once the hull is hit by a torpedo, only part of the compartment will be damaged.After these damaged compartments are filled with water, they will no longer be invaded by sea water, so the loss of the warship will be much smaller.

In order to increase the carrying capacity of merchant ships, the number of watertight compartments is very small. Such a [-]-ton ship only has six to eight segmented compartments, while a warship of this size requires more than [-] compartments. Sex is naturally not the same.

The large load capacity and low sinkability of the merchant ship made it difficult to withstand the attack of large-caliber torpedoes. As a result, only one torpedo exploded on the middle side of the ship, causing the entire merchant ship to sink. Submarine 03012's attack was the signal, and soon fifteen other Seawolf 3 submarines emerged one after another, firing torpedoes at the troop convoy.

Chapter 959 Sea Wolf Feast

The 2mm large-caliber torpedo with a large charge and high-explosive warhead, even the [-]-ton Japanese battleship can only carry three to five at most, let alone these thin-skinned merchant ships.The unprotected troop carrier fleet is like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, watching its own ship being sunk, as long as it encounters a torpedo attack, no ship will be spared.

At first, Major General Kinoshita thought the bombers were coming again.But there was no buzzing of the engines in the air, and it was now completely dark, so it was impossible for the plane to fly at this time.Major General Kinoshita took a closer look and found that the merchant ships under attack were all on the outermost side, which means that such attacks can only come from the sea.No trace of any warship was found with searchlights, so the attack could only come from underwater.

Major General Kinoshita is indeed an experienced veteran soldier. From these few signs, he quickly judged that the attack came from a submarine.It's a pity that knowing it is one thing, but being able to deal with it is another.These troop carriers are conscripted merchant ships without any weapons and equipment. Although the army carries guns and artillery, they cannot be used for anti-submarine warfare.After the opponent's submarine hunted and killed them, the only thing they could do was to escape.

The situation was so critical that more than [-] merchant ships had been sunk in just ten minutes, and Major General Kinoshita did not dare to delay to issue orders to the ships immediately.All the ships were no longer in formation, they all scattered to break through, and sailed to the coastline of the Wa country at the fastest speed.

Major Admiral Kinoshita's idea is very simple. The entire fleet has more than one hundred ships. If they can break through separately, the opponent cannot all pursue them, so that there will be survivors.When there is no resistance, this method is also the method that can minimize the loss.

The clumsy merchant ships began to adjust their direction, trying to avoid the surrounding companions who were on fire and exploding, and rushed into the night.Because of the slow speed and slow turning of the merchant ships, they were again baptized by two rounds of torpedoes during the time they left the fleet. As a result, more than 40 of their companions stayed here before they dispersed.

Seeing the opponent scattered to break through, the captains did not need the commander to speak, and consciously began to disperse and pursue. ** Secretly admired the calmness of the opposing commander. At the same time, he also knew that the previous idea of ​​total annihilation might not be realistic, so he immediately ordered the submarine to float up, and requested the support of his allies by radio.

The ally that ** thinks of is the coastal defense formation belonging to the Eastern Ocean Fleet.This formation includes the cruiser Feihong, the cruiser Yingrui, the destroyer Jingbo, the destroyer Longtuan, seven 021-class large torpedo boats, and four minelayers.

These miscellaneous warships are the only naval force in Guanghai City after the main force of the Eastern Ocean Fleet left.This time, in order to attack the remnants of the Japanese fleet, Zhu Daizhen sent them all out after the fleet returned.

Originally, these warships were not too far away from the theater, but it was only because of the difficulty in communicating between the submarines and the ships that they failed to coordinate operations.Now seeing the flames exploding in the distance and receiving a telegram from **, the fleet turned around and rushed towards the theater at full speed.

When this near-shore formation arrived, the backs of those breakout merchant ships could still be seen in the distance, and they rushed up without saying a word.The underwater speed of the Seawolf [-] submarine was only [-] knots, and it was impossible to catch up with the merchant ship. Anyway, the opponent had no resistance, so they simply surfaced and caught up with the merchant ship at a speed of [-] knots.

Those Seawolf [-] submarines were all on the water, and the ships in the offshore formation could see their friendly forces clearly. After communicating with the government, they also dispersed and chased the fleeing troop carriers separately.

The speed of the 31-class torpedo boats was as high as [-] knots. They rushed up with full power, and quickly solved several targets with torpedoes.Seeing the opponent's surface ships also arrived, the Japanese were even more flustered, and the two merchant ships even collided with each other in a hurry, and sank slowly together helplessly.

Because of the wrong order of Lieutenant General Tuwu Jinguang, the Japanese army paid a heavy price. More than 100 merchant ships were hunted and killed on the sea, and the army soldiers could only wait to die.

The next morning, the "Zhongchuan Daily", which is the mouthpiece of the Western Special Administrative Region Government, published the news on the front page that the Wa Kingdom had undeclared war and sent a fleet to attack the Hualan Kingdom.Under this headline, the newspaper introduced in detail the size of the Japanese fleet's sneak attack and the news that the Western Special Zone used the air force to counterattack.It also details the Japanese tradition of war without declaration, saying that this despicable and shameless national policy has finally suffered retribution.Just one day ago, at the cost of losing 27 aircraft of various types and killing [-] pilots, the heroic West Air Force sank a total of five Japanese battleships, damaged two ships, sank eleven cruisers, and thirty destroyers grades.

This battle greatly promoted the country's prestige and dealt a heavy blow to the despicable Japanese navy.In addition, the West Special Army submarine formation also launched an attack on the Japanese army's attempt to occupy Guanghai City, and the specific results are still being counted.

Although Zhao Shouhong issued an ultimatum to the Wa Kingdom in his televised speech, the Wa Kingdom has not yet sent a clear signal of war after all, which means that neither side has officially declared war.Under such circumstances, the Japanese country actually sent out a naval fleet to sneak attack, and at the same time, they also wanted to land with the army. Such a despicable and shameless approach naturally aroused the righteous indignation of the majority of Chinese people.

After the massacre of foreign nationals from other countries, the Japanese government did not think about how to make amends and apologize, but instead bullied the weak, hoping to rely on a powerful navy to sneak attack the victims.Under such circumstances, if anyone in the country speaks good things about the Wa country, it is estimated that he will die on the street when he turns around and goes out.

Those literati who were bribed by the Japanese kingdom shut up one after another, and most of those who were just following the trend changed their direction, attacking the Japanese kingdom in the newspapers, calling it a despicable and shameless nation, which is simply intolerable between heaven and earth.Those organizations that originally donated money to the earthquake in Wa country raised the banner of raising donations for the war one after another, and various donations began to be sent from all over the country to the government of the Western Special Zone in solidarity and support for the West Special Army's attack on Wa country.

The ministers of various countries also got the newspapers of this day one after another. When they saw the statistics of the results, they not only took a breath.At the beginning, they thought they were wrong. The battleship, known as the most powerful force at sea, was defeated miserably. As many as five ships were sunk, while the loss of the West Air Force was only 27 aircraft.

What is the concept of such a battle loss ratio? Even the cheapest destroyer in Japan can cost as much as [-] aircraft.In other words, the Western Special Zone destroyed most of the strength of the United Fleet of the United States of Japan without paying any price. Such news is almost subversive.

9 Chapter Sixty

Of course, because the newspapers were vague and only said that the plane came from the airport in Guanghai City, the ministers of various countries mistakenly thought that it was a masterpiece of land-based heavy bombers.After this information was sent back to various countries, the militaries of all countries came to a general consensus that the Western Special Administrative Region already possessed a powerful heavy bomber, powerful enough to threaten battleships.However, the military also stated that this situation is not a cause for concern. The range of the aircraft is limited. If it is in the open sea, it cannot threaten the battleship. Therefore, it can only be regarded as a defensive weapon, and it is mostly an extension of the fort.