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    The Chitose patrol destroyer was moving forward calmly at a speed of fifteen knots. At this time, the more than 160 sailors on the ship did not expect that there was a deep-sea submarine on the flank three kilometers away from them.  The steel monster is eyeing it.  .

    As a destroyer whose main purpose is escort and air defense, the tonnage of the Chitose is only a little over 2,000, and its largest artillery caliber is only 155 mm. On the contrary, it has a lot of anti-aircraft weapons.  Today, the Chitose was still walking at the forefront of the entire fleet at normal speed. At this time, it did not expect that a group of steel monsters from the bottom of the sea would launch a fatal attack on it.

    "Chi"

    Seven meters under the sea, about three kilometers away from the Chitose destroyer, a deep sound sounded. The submarine, which had a displacement of more than 800 tons before, sank slightly. Then, a submarine with a length of 7.13 meters and a diameter of 533 meters sank slightly.  The millimeter torpedo jumped out of the detonator driven by the compressed gas, and then rushed forward at a speed of thirty-three knots.

    Just as the torpedo was launched, Long Yunxiao in the command cabin immediately ordered into the microphone: "Dive to 20 meters! Disengage and head to sea area 0112!"

    "Understood, heading to sea area 0112, disengage!" The helmsman on the side immediately repeated the order!

    Under the command of the sailors, the somewhat bulky submarine turned dexterously and headed towards deeper depths.

    Long Yunxiao, who had already put away the periscope, nervously continued to issue orders: "Pay attentionmaintain the speed, and reduce the speed to 5 knots!"

    "Understood! Reduce the bottom speed"

    "Target 156 is 2,350 meters away and is expected to make contact with the enemy ship in three minutes!" Long Yunxiao's deep voice sounded in the narrow command cabin.

    "50, 45, 40, 3516, 153, 2, 1"

    "Boom"

    A deep explosion followed the underwater shock wave and reached the hull of the U-36 submarine that was quietly slipping away, causing a slight tremor.

    "Okay, hit!"

    Long Yunxiao's trembling voice contained unconcealable surprise. The first torpedo they launched hit the target.

    At the same time, on the sea less than three kilometers away from the submarine, the Kaga, which was moving at high speed, seemed to have been kicked by a giant. The entire ship was suddenly pushed up by something, and then it suddenly jumped.  A white wave broke out of the sea.

    When more than ten seconds passed, thick black smoke came out of the moving destroyer. The originally small destroyer tilted completely to the side, and a large amount of seawater began to pour into the cabin.  The torpedo just hit the middle of the ship. After 420 kilograms of explosives exploded inside the ship, the destroyer's keel was broken in several places on the spot, and dozens of sailors were also injured.  died on the spot.

    When the explosion sounded, about five hundred meters behind the destroyer Chitose, the Kaga aircraft carrier was having lunch.  Endo Kiichi was dining with Yu Huanmao and other officers in the small restaurant on the ship.  When the explosion sounded, Endo Kiichi was about to put a fish ball into his mouth. The sudden explosion startled him, and the thumb-sized fish ball was stuck in his throat.

    "No!"

    Endoki, whose throat was stuck, had no time to question the sound of the explosion, so he bent over, making a whining sound in his throat. He put his fingers into his mouth and tried to pull out the fish balls, but failed.  I found that I couldn't do it.

    At this time, his face was red from holding back, and he was about to become the first general in Japanese history to choke to death on fish balls.  Fortunately, when Yu Huanmao on the side saw this, he immediately stretched out his hand and slapped Endo Kiichi hard on the back, making a snapping sound. Endo Kiichi's whole body felt numb, and then he spurted out the fish balls in his throat.

    After finally getting the fish balls out, Endoki shouted loudly before he could scold her: "Baga Yalu, what happened just now? There was an explosion somewhere!"

    How do the generals and commanders in the restaurant know what¡¯s going on?  At this time, they could only look at each other, and no one could tell.  But the answer soon came out. A staff officer rushed into the small restaurant panting and shouted: "Your Excellency, Commander, it's bad, the destroyer Chitose ahead has been attacked and is sinking rapidly!"

    "Nani, how could this happen?"

    "Hurry up and have a look!"

    ¡°Sound the battle alarm quickly!¡±

    Soon, the officers rushed out of the restaurant and ran towards the bridge. When Endo Kiichi and others came to the bridge, what they saw was a thick black smoke rising into the sky, and the ship  At this time, anyone with a normal IQ knows that this destroyer has already turned up.?.

    Endoki opened his eyes angrily and shouted loudly to the staff officer on duty: "What's going on? Are we being attacked by an airplane?"

    Seeing Endo Kiichi¡¯s eyes that seemed to be preying on others, the staff officer on duty was so frightened that he trembled a little and quickly replied: "Your Excellency, Commander, no, we have not found any trace of the plane."

    "It's not a plane?" Endoki rolled his eyes and shouted loudly: "Baga Yalu, a submarine this must have been done by a submarine!"

    The surrounding officers were also startled, "Submarine, where did the submarine come from? Do the Chinese have submarines?"

    Yu Huanquan reacted faster. He shouted loudly: "Come here, send a destroyer immediately for anti-submarine warfare. We must find that damn submarine and blow it up!"

    "Hai!"

    Soon, more than a dozen destroyers immediately began to spread out in all directions, sailing quickly towards the surroundings and began to explore.  But what I have to say is that the Japanese's anti-submarine capabilities are really poor. Many destroyers that were supposed to be responsible for anti-submarine are not equipped with sonar. The consequence of this is that more than a dozen destroyers are flying around like headless flies.  Wandering around.

    At this time, the Japanese Navy was the same as in another time and space. In the early days of the war, ordinary destroyers were not equipped with radar sonar at all. Even if radar and sonar were installed, they could only detect a few hundred meters due to the backwardness of the model.  .  In this way, it is not as far as searching with the naked eye, and even then the radar sonar often fails.

    Another main reason is that Japan lacks resources and pursues the theory of giant ships and cannons. The Japanese Navy spends all its limited resources on manufacturing battleships, battlecruisers and aircraft carriers. Those destroyers and cruisers either use old ships that have overaged their service or have advanced technology.  Costs have been greatly reduced.  Not only that, these limited auxiliary ships also have to bear the multiple functions of dual-purpose or even triple-purpose ships. This also leads to the fact that Japanese destroyers are versatile in everything but sparse in everything. In addition, Japan  They have never paid attention to the research of submarine technology and tactics. In addition, they have never been attacked by a submarine and have no experience in this area. This has led to the current situation.

    Seeing the destroyers circling around like headless flies, Kiichi Endo opened his eyes angrily and shouted to the communications officer beside him: "Baga Yalu, a bunch of stupid pigs, order them to drop depth charges immediately!"

    "Hai!"

    Depth charges are a must-have item on every destroyer. Following Kiichi Endo¡¯s order, in the sea area around the fleet, accompanied by dozens of dull loud noises, the sea surface rose and released dozens of waves with a height of more than ten meters.  .

    Although more than a dozen destroyers worked hard to salvage the fallen sailors, half an hour passed and nothing was recovered. In desperation, Endo Kiichi ordered the fleet to move forward.  Five kilometers away from the fleet, a periscope quietly emerged from the sea. Looking at the retreating fleet, Long Yunxiao smacked his lips with regret.  At this time, he really felt regretful. He was thinking that if he had just tried to launch a torpedo at the cruiser farther behind, he might have gained another victory.

    At this time, Yu Huanmao was also making suggestions to Endo Kiichi: "Your Excellency, Commander, the torpedo just now must have been launched by a Chinese submarine. Apart from them, I can't think of anyone else who would attack our fleet."

    Endo Kiichi rolled his eyes and said impatiently: "Who doesn't know, if they are not Chinese, they are also Americans? Unless they want to go to war with the empire, the Americans will not mess with us at this time. Now  The question is when did the Chinese have weapons like submarines? If this is really done by the Chinese, what if they lurk on this route for a long time and attack our transport ships or troop transports?  ?¡±

    When Endo Kiichi said this, Yu Huanmao also fell silent.  Although the Japanese advocate the doctrine of giant ships and artillery, this does not mean that they do not understand the dangers of submarines. In the late World War I, the unrestricted submarine warfare launched by the Germans shocked the world. Even the self-proclaimed first  The British, a maritime power, were disgraced, and they knew this very well.  If the Chinese follow the Germans in doing this, the Japanese Navy will be too passive.

    ?Some people may say, isn¡¯t the Japanese Navy known as the third largest navy in the world? It can definitely dispatch a large number of destroyers and aircraft carriers for escort.  But please don¡¯t forget that Japan is not the British Empire that claims to never fall. Their huge fleet was squeezed out by all the citizens through their teeth. They do not have Britain¡¯s colonies all over the world to support their huge fleet.  Expenditure, if all transport ships and cargo ships are really escorted, I am afraid that the Japanese government will go bankrupt in less than half a year.

    After this attack, the frowning Endo Kiichi commanded the fleet to move forward.He began to be cautious when he arrived, and he ordered the destroyers to set up an anti-submarine formation and move forward carefully. Although the speed was much slower, at least safety was guaranteed. Is it really safe just to do this?  (To be continued.)
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