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Just as the Japanese submarine was shaking from the rocket depth charges and the hull was damaged and taking in water, the 107 destroyer had already sailed over their heads.

"Drop depth charges!"

At the captain's order, four BMB-4 depth charge launchers were activated, and eight depth charges fell into the water in succession.

Ten seconds later, an explosion was heard, and several waves several stories high were raised on the water surface.

"Amazing! This power is incredible!"

"That's right. We used to shoot at fixed targets, which was boring! Now it's good. We encountered a Japanese submarine. It's fun!"

"Alas, what a pity. One submarine is not enough."

.....

On board Ship 107, the officers and soldiers looked at the water, some with joy, some with regret.

"Get your guns ready. If the Japanese submarine doesn't sink into the sea, it will definitely float to the surface. If it dares to show its head, hit it hard!"

Neither depth charges nor anti-submarine rockets can necessarily completely sink a submarine.

As expected, in less than a minute, the I-53 submarine surfaced a few hundred meters away from the 107 ship.

However, before the Japanese had time to use the cannons on the deck, the fully automatic 107mm naval gun with a fire control system of Ship 130 locked onto them.

Within 30 seconds, the two naval guns fired more than 20 shells with a hit rate of %.

Just like that, the 100-meter-long, 2000-ton I-53 submarine inexplicably sank to the bottom of the sea in less than two minutes of panic, and no one survived!

Unlike the Kongo, the captain of the I-53 submarine saw the appearance of the 051 destroyer at the last moment of his life.

But it was just a glance!

Scenes like this were happening throughout the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. The Japanese ships suffered the same fate. Almost all of them sank to the bottom of the sea with their ships and crews unnoticed before they even saw the Xu family's warships.

When the commander of the Japanese First Fleet stationed in Ceylon, Shiro Takasu, learned the news, more than 10 warships and submarines had lost contact.

Fortunately, the battleship Haruna was at Chedoba Island, and the aircraft carriers Ryujo and Taiyo did not enter the waters of the Bay of Bengal.

"Damn it, the enemy is so cunning. Are they the heavenly soldiers and generals in the Tang Dynasty mythology? How could they appear in various places in the Bay of Bengal without anyone noticing?"

The commander of the Second Fleet, Nobutake Kondo, happened to be inspecting the fleet here. It was he who led the fleet to defeat the American fleet at Midway Island.

He frowned and said, "It has already happened. What we should think about is how to save the situation! The Bay of Bengal must not fall into the hands of Xu's army. The commander of the Southern Expeditionary Fleet in Singapore, Jisaburo Ozawa, also sent a telegram saying that three transport ships heading to us were sunk and a cruiser was severely damaged!"

Takasu Shiro hesitated for a few seconds and said, "Immediately inform General Yamamoto to dispatch all the warships here. We must destroy Xu's army in the Bay of Bengal!"

The Japanese had been in a state of defending against Xu's army. Even the aircraft carrier did not turn off the engine and was still sailing in the deep sea.

Half a day later, the Ryujo and Taiyo near Ceylon Island formed a double aircraft carrier formation, led by Kondo Shintake, and sailed towards the Bay of Bengal.

Shiro Takasu led the 2nd and 4th destroyer squadrons into the Bay of Mengkala. His mission was to destroy Xu's army's submarines.

In Singapore, Jisaburo Ozawa personally led two seaplane carriers, two cruisers and several submarines of the Southern Dispatch Fleet to attack the Andaman Sea, intending to break through the blockade of Xu's army and reopen the route.

This also includes two Tone-class heavy cruisers of the 8th Squadron!

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By the afternoon of March 3, Xu's navy had controlled two-thirds of the waters in the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. The fleet did not continue to move forward, but waited for the arrival of the Japanese fleet.

The main reason is that the Bay of Bengal is too small, and the combat radius of the Japanese Zero carrier-based fighter exceeds 1000 kilometers.

So in addition to the fighter jets on the Japanese aircraft carriers, the Japanese Air Force in Ceylon and northeastern India can also support the Bay of Bengal. By then, the Japanese fighter jets can cover most of the airspace in the Bay of Bengal.

Xu Le had thought of this long ago and kept a distance of 500 kilometers from Ceylon Island. At this location, it was 1200 kilometers away from Yangon.

Although the main fighter of the Navy's shore-based aviation force is also the J-7, its combat radius is only 600 kilometers.

However, because there is only one aircraft carrier, the excess J-15s of the carrier-based aviation force are also parked in Yangon. In addition to the 16 on aircraft carrier No. 30, there are 20 on standby, and the pilots are ready!

In the early morning of March 3, the No. 3 aircraft carrier, under the slow navigation of Zheng Shaokuan, arrived at the southwestern waters of the Bay of Bengal, and the formation completely divided the Bay of Bengal into two parts, north and south.

The 3rd Destroyer Squadron led by Xu Le headed north to cooperate with the 4th Destroyer Squadron and the st Submarine Squadron to blockade the waters of Chedoba Island.

At this point, the 2000-kilometer-long waters from the Indian Peninsula in the west to the Andaman Islands in the middle and the Malay Peninsula in the east were all locked by the radars of ships and Z-18Y helicopters.

boom.....

With an explosion, a Japanese reconnaissance plane caught fire in the air and then quickly fell into the water.

The Japanese fleet either used telescopes on their ships to observe visually or sent out reconnaissance planes, also using visual observation, but they were unable to detect Xu's aircraft carrier formation in time.

The situation was different for Xu's army. The Japanese reconnaissance plane was discovered by the aircraft carrier's 400A phased array radar when it was 346 kilometers away. The J-15 was able to intercept it quickly, and a PL-8 missile left it with nowhere to escape.

The J-15 at a distance of 15 kilometers is only as big as a needle tip in the eyes of the Japanese. It would be strange if they could see it!

"Report to the commander, the reconnaissance helicopter reported that the enemy aircraft carrier formation was found 330 kilometers southwest."

Zheng Shaokuan glanced at Bai Shiyi, then smiled and said, "Damn it, how can you fight a war like this? What's the difference between this and being a rogue?"

Bai Shiyi laughed: "Look at you, you look so naive. Calm down. You have only been here for more than a month. There will be many things that will surprise you in the future. You have to get used to it!"

It is easy to comfort others, but Bai Shiyi is also extremely excited in his heart. Training is one thing, and seeing the results in the first actual combat is another.

Is there any piece of Xu's army's equipment that does not break the cognition of contemporary people?

No matter how knowledgeable you are, when you come to Xu's army, you are just a "frog in the well" who has never seen the world.

Zheng Shaokuan spread his hands and said, "If our navy had these ships when the Japanese invaded the Tang Dynasty, we wouldn't have ended up like this. Oh, Commander Bai, please give us the combat order!"

Bai Shiyi raised his hand and shook his head: "Don't call me that. Although the aircraft carrier formation is under my jurisdiction, its superior commander is you. If I issue an order, wouldn't it be overstepping my authority? Please come in person!"

The two old foxes pushed and shirked each other for a while, but in the end, Zheng Shaokuan waved his hand and said, "Notify Linghu Chong, rotate the carrier-based aircraft and have the 101st Submarine Brigade cooperate to attack the Japanese aircraft carrier. The rest of the ships will stay on standby!"