Cross the Songhu battlefield and rise to become the most powerful warlord

792 Target: Battleship Musashi

"Commander, the Japanese fleet has too many ships.

Not only is there an aircraft carrier and battleship in front, but there are also six battleships in the back, as well as a large number of other small ships. "

An officer next to Sun Jiaming said.

The size of the Japanese fleet was even greater than they had expected.

The warships on the periphery of the Japanese fleet must be their naval vessels, and those small ships, if nothing unexpected happens, must be the Japanese troop transports.

The number is indeed greater than we expected.

With so many troop transport ships, the Japanese should at least send a reorganized division this time.

"Yes, Commander.

I thought so too.

But with all the torpedoes carried by our nine submarines, I'm afraid they won't be enough."

The officer continued.

This time, the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet, in addition to the flagship Soryu aircraft carrier, also includes a battleship Musashi.

In fact, the tonnage of the Soryu aircraft carrier is only about 10,000 tons.

But the tonnage of the Musashi battleship exceeded 50,000 tons.

Even at this moment, this battleship is considered a super battleship among all the Japanese naval warships.

In addition to these two aircraft carriers and battleships of over 10,000 tons, there are six other escort warships.

One heavy cruiser, three light cruisers, and two destroyers.

The configuration of this aircraft carrier fleet is definitely worthy of being a main force.

In addition to this escort aircraft carrier formation, the troop transport fleet responsible for transporting the Japanese 107th Division is also very large.

There are more than thirty ships of various sizes.

These thirty ships carried nearly thirty thousand men from the Japanese 107th Division.

Of course, if they just wanted to transport people, the Japanese would definitely not need so many transport ships.

Most of the tonnage on these transport ships was actually occupied by the heavy equipment carried by the Japanese 107th Division.

It not only includes artillery and tanks, but also a large amount of ammunition.

This time, the high-ranking officials of the Japanese headquarters also knew that once the 107th Division landed on the southern coast of Guangdong Province.

They will not be able to get supplies in a short period of time.

After all, the surrounding land has been occupied by Ye Qingshan's troops, and it is even more impossible to rely on Yangcheng.

The ammunition carried by the Japanese 107th Division must be enough for them to defeat the main forces of the two divisions of the 89th Army under Ye Qingshan in Yangcheng.

Completely join up with the Japanese 23rd Army trapped in Yangcheng.

By that time, the military factories and ammunition depots around Yangcheng that originally belonged to the Japanese 23rd Army were recaptured.

They can regain the ability to recover blood.

Because of this, the Japanese transport fleet this time was larger than the one Sun Jiaming and his team had rehearsed before the war.

There will be a lot more.

Sun Jiaming and his team only have nine ghost submarines.

Even on their ghost submarines, each can carry more than a dozen wire-guided torpedoes.

But it was not enough to be distributed among so many Japanese warships and transport ships.

After all, the Japanese had the 50,000-ton Musashi battleship and the 10,000-ton Soryu aircraft carrier.

I don't know how many torpedoes it will take to sink it.

Sun Jiaming was not panicked, and said in a deep voice: "Let's proceed according to the original plan.

The commander-in-chief's order to us is not only to destroy the Japanese naval fleet.

Especially the Japanese aircraft carrier and battleship, they must be sunk.

Most of the Japanese transport fleet must also be destroyed.

We must never allow the Japanese landing troops to land on the coast.

We have nine warships, five of which will destroy the Japanese naval fleet, focusing on their aircraft carrier and that battleship.

That thing is bigger than the Japanese aircraft carrier, most likely it is the Japanese battleship Musashi.

Damn it, if we sink the Japanese battleship Musashi, the Japanese will go crazy.

The Japanese navy only has a few large ships like this."

At this time, Sun Jiaming could no longer suppress his inner excitement.

Naturally, he knew something about the Japanese naval fleet, its aircraft carriers and battleships.

Underwater, he couldn't tell which aircraft carrier it was.

However, the Musashi's tonnage was too large and its characteristics were too obvious, making it easier to distinguish.

Sun Jiaming looked at his watch. It was almost time for the attack agreed upon with the other ghost submarines.

“Get ready to start.

Target, the Japanese battleship Musashi."

The U1 submarine commanded by Sun Jiaming quietly approached the largest figure on the water.

At the same time, the other ghost submarines also followed Sun Jiaming's arrangements before the war.

Each chooses his own target to attack.

Ghost submarines number one to five are responsible for destroying the Japanese naval fleet.

The focus was on attacking the Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu and battleship Musashi. Among the five ships, three were submarines, which were specifically responsible for attacking these two big guys.

The other two ghost submarines are responsible for restraining the enemy's other six warships.

The other four ghost submarines attacked the Japanese's huge transport fleet.

Time passed minute by minute, and it was half past ten in the morning.

The nine ghost submarines have quietly surrounded the Japanese's huge fleet and distributed around them.

At this moment, the Japanese fleet also began to slow down.

Prepare for logging in.

This is also the time when the Japanese are least vigilant.

"Commander, the time has come."

The adjutant next to Sun Jiaming immediately reminded when the time for attack had come.

At this moment, their U1 submarine had moved to a distance of about one kilometer from the Japanese battleship Musashi.

Originally, they could have been closer.

But Sun Jiaming did not let his submarine do so.

Although their submarines have very strong silent performance, Sun Jiaming cannot take risks in such a crucial battle.

A distance of one kilometer is enough.

As for why the distance is one kilometer, it is simply because the wire-guided torpedoes carried on their submarines have the best strike range.

Just one kilometer.

Within this attack range, the wire-guided torpedoes they are equipped with have the highest hit rate.

Once out of this range, the hit rate will become lower and lower as the distance increases.

"emission!"

As Sun Jiaming gave the order.

The six torpedo tubes on their submarine fired all six torpedoes one by one at the Japanese battleship Musashi in front of them.

Boom boom boom!

As the first torpedo was launched into the water from the torpedo tube on the submarine, it headed straight for the Japanese battleship Musashi.

Soon, the second torpedo was launched.

And the moment the torpedo enters the water, the stealth of Sun Jiaming's U1 ghost submarine will be destroyed.

In other words, at this moment the Japanese sonar operator could not detect them.

You'll find them in an instant.

This is a situation that no submarine can avoid.

At this time, the sonar operators on the Japanese fleet were in this situation.

"Baga, what's going on?

Where did this unidentified submarine come from?"

Almost instantly, the sonar operators on several Japanese warships discovered it at the same time.

In an instant, a number of unidentified submarines appeared around their fleet.

This made the Japanese sonar operators collectively confused.

Some Japanese sonar operators even suspected that there was something wrong with their ears and that they had heard it wrong.

After all, before this, they had not found any traces of unidentified submarines around their fleet.

As a result, it happened in just a moment.

Suddenly, there were so many unidentified submarines around their fleet.

Moreover, these unidentified submarines seemed to be firing torpedoes at their fleet.

This is simply impossible to happen.

Because it was too unbelievable, the Japanese sonar operators were all stunned.

But when they listened carefully, they were 100% sure that they had not heard it wrong.

After all, they had been familiar with such obvious submarine sound waves countless times before.

It's absolutely impossible to go wrong.

Ring ring ring!

Soon, emergency anti-submarine alarms sounded on all the Japanese warships.

"what happened?"

On the Japanese ship Musashi, Captain Tamura Chiyong suddenly heard the anti-submarine alarm and was also confused.

Boom!

As a result, before he could receive detailed reports from his officers.

A violent explosion occurred on the left side of the ship in front of their battleship, causing their 50,000-ton giant ship to shake.

One can imagine how powerful the explosion near the front side of the ship was.

"Baga, enemy submarine attack.

Prepare for anti-submarine operations."

At this time, the captain of the Musashi, Chiyong Tamura, did not even receive any reports from his subordinates.

He also knew what was happening.

Although he couldn't figure out why the enemy submarines were able to get around their fleet.

But their sonar detected nothing.

But now is not the time to think about these things.

He had to command his warships and immediately engage in anti-submarine operations to protect his own battleships first.

Let’s drive these unidentified submarines away first.

As for finding the problem, that would be something they would consider after they survived the war.

Moreover, anti-submarine has always been the weak point of the Japanese navy.

It was only in these few days that the Japanese stole a lot of advanced technology from the West, which enabled them to advance in technologies such as radar and sonar.

A lot of progress has been made.

It also enhanced their anti-submarine capabilities.

But at this time, the most commonly used anti-submarine method of the Japanese naval fleet was to drop depth charges underwater.

"Turn, drop depth charges,"

Tian Cun Chiyong shouted loudly and gave orders.

Let their huge battleship turn.

But unfortunately, battleships of their tonnage have a slow turning speed.

If you try again at this time, there will be no chance at all.

Moreover, they had already started preparing for the landing.

The Musashi's cruising speed was reduced by half.

So, at this moment, in the eyes of the ghost submarine commanded by Sun Jiaming, there is the Japanese battleship Musashi and the Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu.

They are all like sitting ducks, no different from living targets.

Boom!

It was only less than half a minute apart.

The Japanese battleship Musashi was hit by a torpedo again in the middle of its hull, and this time the hull of the Musashi shook even more violently.

Even the Japanese captain Tamura Chiyong and the Japanese division commander Wencun Kaito next to him were shaking and almost fell down.

And, because of this torpedo, this time it hit the center of their hull.

It’s not far from the command room of their battleship.

The debris from the explosion pierced the glass of the command room and killed several Japanese officers.

If the two Japanese devils, Tian Cun Chi Yong and Wen Cun Hai Ren, had not been protected in time by the Japanese officer next to them

He might have been killed on the spot.

Boom boom boom!

Wait until Tiancun Chiyong got up and looked outside.

Only at this time did he realize that it was not only their Musashi battleship that was hit by the torpedo.

At the same time, there was the Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu in front and the Japanese transport fleet on the side and rear.

There were constant explosions, and they were all hit by torpedoes.

"Baga, what the hell is going on?"

At this moment, Tiancun Chiyong was angry and confused, and a deep sense of fear came over him.