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796 Destroyed most of the transport fleet

The Japanese battleship Musashi could no longer escape the fate of being sunk.

After two of the other Japanese escort warships were damaged, they also realized it.

The underwater submarine we encountered this time was very difficult.

This time, the Japanese cruisers and destroyers no longer dared to be careless.

Although, it was still slowly heading towards the Soryu aircraft carrier, dropping depth charges into the water as it sailed.

However, because the specific location of the underwater ghost submarine could not be locked, the effectiveness of the depth charges dropped was greatly reduced.

The Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu lost the protection of its escort ships.

The Soryu aircraft carrier itself does not have anti-submarine capabilities.

He is not even as good as the battleship Musashi.

Therefore, the Soryu aircraft carrier has been hit by seven or eight torpedoes since it was attacked.

Explosions continued to sound from the Soryu aircraft carrier.

This 10,000-ton aircraft carrier began to sink and was getting closer and closer.

Although the time from the ghost submarine formation starting the attack to now seems very short, in fact more than an hour has passed.

But after only an hour of fighting, the Japanese lost a super battleship and a main aircraft carrier.

Such a loss was still unacceptable to all the Japanese generals.

Even if they encountered the Americans' main aircraft carrier fleet in the Western Pacific, the two sides would have a decisive battle.

It would take less than half a day to destroy their main aircraft carrier and a super battleship.

It would be impossible for the Americans to build their aircraft carrier fleet without paying a certain price.

However, now we only have about an hour to deal with these sneak attacks from underwater submarines.

They achieved a result that even the American Pacific Fleet could not achieve.

No wonder, at this time, the Japanese naval generals on the Soryu aircraft carrier were filled with fear.

This is the horror of underwater assassins.

They couldn't believe that the Americans had these elusive submarines and torpedoes that could turn in the water.

The scale has grown.

Then in the future, their Imperial Navy Fleet will still have a foothold on the sea!

"Captain, it's no use.

The water in the cabin cannot be stopped."

A Japanese officer rushed over and reported to Uesaka Kanae.

At this time, the Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu was severely tilted due to severe water intrusion into the cabin.

All the carrier-based aircraft on the deck of their aircraft carrier slid into the sea.

The Japanese soldiers were too lazy to rescue them.

In this battle, the ones who were even more frustrated than the Japanese naval soldiers were actually the Japanese carrier-based aircraft pilots.

These originally arrogant Japanese pilots didn't even have the chance to take off and fight this time.

Even if their carrier-based aircraft took off, they could not hit the enemy submarines underwater.

This feeling of powerlessness made the Japanese carrier-based aircraft pilots even more desperate.

"Ah, abandon ship."

Kanae Uesaka sighed and said.

"Colonel, are you giving up just like that?"

The other Japanese officers nearby were still unwilling to give in.

They were unwilling to give up their main aircraft carrier.

Kanae Uesaka shouted angrily: "Baka, are you all blind?

Without seeing the situation in front of them, the Canglong could no longer be saved.

Do you want all the imperial soldiers to be buried with you?

Abandon ship immediately and try to escape to our escort warships."

"Hi!"

The other Japanese officers also responded immediately.

Kanae Uesaka's idea was very simple, they were destined to lose this battle.

And at the moment, it seems to be a confusing and miserable defeat.

They didn't even know when the enemy's submarines approached their fleet.

But the defeat was not unfair.

At least, in this battle, they could not detect the enemy's submarines through their sonar.

And then there are the torpedoes that appear later, which can turn in the water.

These two points are enough to prove that the submarine that attacked this time was most likely a new type of submarine and torpedo developed by the Americans.

Before abandoning ship and escaping, Kanae Uesaka transmitted all the information back to their base in the country via radio.

What they didn't know was that they learned the news that the Soryu aircraft carrier fleet had been attacked at sea by what was suspected to be a new American submarine.

At this time, it was like a thunderclap to the top brass at the Japanese headquarters in China.

The old Japanese soldiers were dizzy from the explosion and didn't know what to do.

Those old devils in the base camp didn't even dare to report this news to their emperor.

In fact, if the Soryu aircraft carrier fleet was destroyed this time, it would be a huge blow to their naval fleet.

Originally, as the Americans rebuilt their Pacific Fleet.

We can now compete with the Japanese naval fleet in the Western Pacific again.

If they lost another main aircraft carrier fleet at this moment.

The naval fleet commanded by Isoroku Yamamoto may not be a match for the new Pacific Fleet of the Americans.

By twelve o'clock in the morning, more than half of the Japanese battleship Musashi had sunk.

The sinking speed slowed down.

The Japanese ship Canglong also tilted and took on serious water, and also began to sink.

But it will still take some time for it to completely sink to the bottom of the sea.

On the sea in the distance, the periscope of the U1 submarine commanded by Sun Jiaming slowly emerged from underwater.

Soon, they saw this scene.

"Haha, the Japanese battleship Musashi and the aircraft carrier are starting to sink.

We killed them.”

Sun Jiaming shouted happily after seeing the sinking Soryu aircraft carrier and Musashi battleship through the periscope.

"Ow!"

The other crew members in the submarine also cheered after hearing Sun Jiaming's words.

Then, Sun Jiaming turned the periscope's view and looked in other directions.

Several Japanese warships were discovered in the distance, some of which were still circling on the sea, while others were rushing towards the Soryu aircraft carrier.

Trying to rescue the Japanese who jumped into the sea to escape.

The periscope continued to rotate, and Sun Jiaming looked towards the north.

It can be seen that at this time, a large number of the Japanese transport ships in the fleet had not been sunk.

They accelerated their sailing northward and were now approaching the northern coast.

Unfortunately, Sun Jiaming and his men can no longer catch up with the Japanese transport fleet.

“Well, we can only rely on the performance of U6.

I hope they can destroy more Japanese transport ships at sea.

In this way, even if a small number of Japanese soldiers finally landed successfully.

It is not enough to pose a major threat to our land forces."

“Besides, the commander must have taken precautions on land.

The Japs' landing operation is doomed to fail."

Then, Sun Jiaming looked at the last few Japanese escort warships through the periscope and grinned grimly.

He shouted to the other crew members, "Go, we have only a few torpedoes left.

Let's see if we can sink another Japanese warship."

The Japanese Soryu aircraft carrier fleet, along with the Soryu aircraft carrier and the Musashi battleship, was destined to sink.

In this battle, the two most important targets have been sunk.

So far, none of Sun Jiaming's submarines have been in trouble, which is a brilliant achievement.

Similarly, Sun Jiaming and his team also fired most of the torpedoes carried by the six submarines.

As for what’s left, whether or not we can sink one or two of the Japanese escort warships is actually not important.

On the contrary, it is more important to chase the more than 107 transport ships carrying the Japanese th Division.

These more than 20 transport ships also carried nearly 20,000 Japanese soldiers, as well as a large number of army tanks, artillery and other equipment.

If they are allowed to land successfully, it will pose a huge threat to Ye Qingshan's New Second Division and New Third Division left in Yangcheng.

Because of this, four ghost submarines, led by U6, more than half an hour ago.

While chasing the Japanese transport ships fleeing northward, they also launched a wave of torpedo attacks.

But unfortunately, the Japanese transport ships were all sailing in different directions.

The effect of this wave of torpedo attacks is far less effective than the first wave of sneak attacks.

Only six Japanese transport ships were sunk.

Fortunately, the six Japanese transport ships that were sunk were all relatively large transport ships.

After all, the larger the transport ship, the more obvious the target will be on the sea, and the easier it will be to hit with a torpedo.

The remaining dozen or so small and medium-sized transport ships continued to rush towards the northern coast at high speed.

At this moment, you can see many Japanese soldiers struggling on the water on this sea.

But unfortunately, no one could come to rescue them at this time.

On a Japanese cruiser, the commander of the Japanese 107th Division, Fumura Kaito, saw this scene.

It was also bloodshot.

So many of their soldiers drowned at sea before they could even land.

It is too frustrated.

"Baga, the brave warriors of our division.

They should have died on the charge.

Damn Yankees, I'm going to kill you all."

Wencun Hairen shouted excitedly, he hated the Americans so much.

As time passed, around 12:30 in the morning, the Japanese transport ships charged northward.

In the end, nine ships successfully arrived at the northern coast.

The rest were all sunk by wire-guided torpedoes from the four ghost submarines that were following them.

By this time, the four ghost submarines following behind had also used up all the wire-guided torpedoes they carried.

The U6 submarine surfaced on the sea in the distance.

Looking at the nine Japanese transport ships that fled to the coast, there was nothing they could do.

"Pity."

The U6 captain sighed.

For their four ghost submarines, this is already their limit.

However, when they looked at the sea around them, they saw a large number of Japanese soldiers struggling.

But soon, they were drowned in the sea, and they could completely accept this outcome.

But there are still many Japanese devils swimming towards the shore near the coast.

"We can't let these Japanese soldiers get ashore alive."

There was a fierce look in the eyes of the U6 captain.

He did not allow the Japanese soldiers who fell into the water near the coast to escape to the shore alive.

“Everyone draw your weapons.

Our submarines should not dive, but rush forward.

Everyone opened fire at the Japs on the sea and killed them all.

We will never allow these devil soldiers to swim to the shore alive."

The captain of U6 is also a ruthless man. He actually issued such a crazy order at this moment.