latelenovela Chapter 724: Death
Chapter 724: Death
Jiro Higashimura is the commander of this operation. It took him eleven years to grow from a submarine soldier to the current colonel. You have to know that eleven years ago, Japan's submarines were still in the conceptual development stage.
Compared with the current senior officers of the Japanese submarine force, this guy does not have a good family background. He grew up from an ordinary soldier and is now almost at the top. Most of the senior officers of the Japanese submarine force now come from those relatively famous families and have returned from studying abroad. On the contrary, a hard-working old ox like him can never get ahead.
Now that there was such a suicidal mission, the higher-ups immediately thought of him. The Japanese Navy had studied the strength of Li Shaoyi's fleet several times. Even without reading the reports nearby, they knew the strength of Li Shaoyi's fleet with their eyes closed.
In this case, only six submarines were deployed, and the attack was carried out in an ambush manner. Either a good result could be achieved, but there was only one chance to attack, or if there was a slight mistake, there would not even be a chance to attack.
Colonel Higashimura took a deep breath. The extremely polluted air in the submarine made this guy's mind unclear. He had been lurking here for a long time. He wanted to go up for a breath of air, but he was afraid of being discovered by the surrounding ships, so he could only lurk according to the maximum diving time. Little did he know that the smell in the submarine was so fragrant that it made him feel that the toilets on land were all fragrant.
"Prepare for battle according to the established plan."
Colonel Higashimura gave the order, and the other three submarines immediately prepared to retreat after receiving the order, because Li Shaoyi's fleet did not go to their side. The speed of submarines underwater was very slow, and there was no point in running over.
Of course, don't think about taking advantage of the chaos during the war. Li Shaoyi's fleet's anti-submarine capability is still very strong. They did not send warships to the island city during this period, but submarines still went there for two weeks, and they were the two most elite submarines in the Japanese army.
Needless to say, the final result was that the two submarines never returned, and not even a single message was sent back, leaving no way for those who came later to provide any experience or lessons.
After the Japanese officers and soldiers of the other three submarines received the news, although they shouted that it was a pity and really wanted to avenge the former naval officers and soldiers, they were secretly a little happy in their hearts. Finally, they didn't have to lose their lives. Even those who wanted to die heroically, deep down in their hearts, still wanted to survive. They all understood one thing: it is better to live a miserable life than to die.
The people under Colonel Higashimura are different. They are really disheartened at this moment. No one will die for you. It's like drawing lots, and you drew black.
"I come."
Colonel Higashimura pushed the submarine's commander away and stood at the periscope.
Some vague outlines had already appeared on the sea surface in the distance. Li Shaoyi's fleet had finally arrived. They didn't need to move at all from their current position. They could just wait for Li Shaoyi's fleet to move forward a little bit so that they could launch torpedoes.
According to the suggestions of some of his subordinates, they could launch torpedoes at the farthest distance, so that they would have a chance to escape, but Colonel Higashimura immediately rejected this suggestion.
We came here with the determination to die, with sinking the warships of Li Shaoyi's fleet as our important combat goal.
Instead of thinking about the chance to escape, if we were thinking about escaping, why did we come here to fight? Find a place far away to launch a few torpedoes, don't worry about the results, and return to report.
"Colonel, their destroyers are patrolling too far out in the outer perimeter. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to hit their cruisers in the core area."
When the commander was watching just now, he had already simulated a fleet deployment map in his mind. It seems that the Longguo warships are also very cautious when heading south, and the destroyers on the periphery are guarding against their submarines.
"In short, we must launch the torpedoes as quickly as possible. As for the lives of our men, disregard them completely. The first wave of attacks should be aimed at their cruisers, and the second wave should be aimed at the nearest destroyers. We must repay His Majesty the Emperor's kindness with our lives."
After hearing what Colonel Higashimura said, everyone present understood what was going on. We had no plan to escape at all. When the enemy cruiser came into range, we fired all four torpedoes in the first round.
After the launch, we don't care about it anymore. Whether we can hit the target depends on God. The second round of torpedoes will look for the surrounding destroyers, preferably those that are close to us, so that the torpedoes will spend less time sailing in the sea and the chance of hitting the target will be higher.
As for our submarine, after launching all the torpedoes, it will increase its speed and escape in any direction around it. However, according to Colonel Higashimura's experience, unless we can hit the nearby destroyers, we will have no chance of escape.
Just as Colonel Higashimura was speaking, he suddenly became nervous, because according to his judgment, a destroyer in the northeast was making a large-scale detour. If we stayed where we were, we would most likely be discovered by the other side.
There are also many observers on both wings of the destroyer. They all have high-powered telescopes to observe every move on the water. Things like periscopes, although the same color as the sea water, have a high chance of being discovered.
"Put away the periscope."
Colonel Higashimura said loudly, and the Japanese on the entire submarine also started to work. Talking about this thing means that they have become blind, and everything depends on Colonel Higashimura's psychological calculations.
If the calculation is accurate and the enemy follows your drill, then we will still be in the best attack position when we raise our periscope next time. But if by chance the enemy's warship is nearby and our periscope is raised again, then we will have fallen into their trap.
This is how naval warfare works. Even if the submarine is ambushed in advance, it cannot avoid various accidents.
This moment should be considered a surprise. No one expected the enemy destroyers to patrol such a large area. According to the original battle plan, the patrol area of Li Shaoyi's fleet's destroyers was at most half of the current patrol area. Colonel Higashimura finally understood who had sunk their aircraft carrier...