Chapter 2741： Scale II

Chapter 2741

"The situation is not so good. If we are a robber, then there is a group of police next to the target we are about to attack." Max whispered. In any case, submarines will not be deadlocked with regular destroyers. Destroyers naturally restrain submarines. They are faster and more difficult to capture, and they are full of anti-submarine weapons from beginning to end. Perhaps the success rate of the destroyer sinking the submarine is not high, but the probability of the submarine sinking the destroyer is even lower!

"Keep the current course and speed the same! The bow and stern torpedoes are ready! 10 minutes later, the battle is ready!" After a brief period of thought, Captain Max issued an attack order, and the tuna moved slowly at a speed of 10 knots, and the course was just in time. The sailing Japanese fleet is extended! This will be an adventurous attack. The power reserve of the submarine is not that much. After the attack is completed, he can only choose to dive to avoid the attack. Therefore, the captain decided to wipe out the 4 torpedoes of the bow torpedo tube and 2 of the stern in this attack. Send a torpedo! In the last period of time, the personnel inside the submarine made the final preparations. Most of the people were busy at their posts. The torpedo pilots checked the state of the torpedo launch tube and the state of the high-pressure gas cylinder needed to eject the torpedo, and completed the final inspection. After setting the depth with the torpedo, the chief engineer began to slowly increase the speed. At the last moment of the attack, the speed of the submarine must be increased to about 10 knots! Damage control team members are already in place, and some miscellaneous people have also fixed some items firmly on the submarine to prevent them from falling due to vibration or other reasons.

"The distance is 800 meters! The torpedo set depth is completed!" After the fire controller's attack completes the final shooting solution and inputs it into the torpedo sighting device, the attack enters the countdown! Along with the launch order, the four torpedo tubes at the bow of the Tuna were opened in turn, and the compressed air launched a 533MM heavy torpedo weighing more than 1.5 tons from the tube!

The compressed air and fuel in the torpedo are injected into the combustion chamber through the air pump. The energy generated in the combustion chamber starts to drive the propeller to rotate at a high speed. A large amount of exhaust gas is discharged from the tail of the torpedo. The torpedo is launched from a depth of 15 meters underwater, and then gradually rises to the specified level. At a depth of 5 meters, 4 torpedoes fired out in a fan shape, and the supply ship in the distance rushed forward without consciously!

And this is not over yet. After completing the first round of attacks, the Tuna quickly turned and aimed at the target again with the stern! Then there are 2 torpedoes!

"Dive down to a depth of 120 meters at full speed, ready to evade!" Too late to count, nor to confirm the result of the battle, the tuna's rudder quickly adjusted, and the bow pressed down slightly to escape into the deep sea.

Two minutes later, with a series of shocking explosions, the Japanese Navy lost the first warship in the Sulawesi Sea battle, the fleet of 15,000 tons of high-speed supply Qifeng! And half an hour later, the U.S. Navy also lost its first submarine in this battle, and the Tuna was swarming the ocean under the siege of more than 6 destroyers. The 35 crew members of the ship have no survivors!

However, the sinking of the Tuna was not without cost. Let’s not say that after he sank a Japanese naval high-speed supply ship, the Japanese fleet, which had some insufficient supply capabilities, needed to be more careful. The destroyer force of the fleet flanking mission temporarily left the position, and all this finally made it cheaper for the secretly infiltrated Sturgeon submarine. After more than 3 hours of surface and underwater navigation, the Sturgeon submarine was finally in the periscope. Saw the battleship of the Japanese combined fleet!

"It should be dawn when we found the Japanese fleet. The sun has risen above the sea level, and the sea is covered with golden sunrise. A huge fleet is patrolling the sea. The outermost is some destroyers, and the farther place is Battleship, in the following follow-up, we found at least 6 battleships, there are more vague figures in the distance, needless to say, in front of my eyes is the entire Japanese fleet! They are 80 kilometers northeast of the Talau Islands Cruising in the left and right seas. Slowly sailing from north to south. At this moment, I feel that God is on our side. We have found the position of the Japanese fleet, and then grabbed the tail of victory!" The captain of the Sturgeon I once recalled this after the war.

Of course, such tracking is destined not to last long. After all, it’s already dawn. The submarine's underwater cruising speed is only about 3 to 5 knots, and the surface fleet has a cruising speed of up to 12 knots, no matter how slow. In this case, It will be lost after 2 to 3 hours at most. And at this time, you definitely don't dare to float and track, because in this sea area, besides the Japanese destroyer, there are also Japanese seaplanes during the day! Today, maybe because of what happened, the seaplane has become much more unusual!

The tracking of the Sturgeon was just the beginning. As information about the Japanese fleet was continuously transmitted to the US fleet, Sims and others also adjusted the mobilization of the submarine reconnaissance unit, and more and more submarines were deployed to Japan. The navy patrols the area and is high-ranked, so it is easy not to launch an attack. After all, for the US fleet, knowing the position of the Japanese fleet is more meaningful than damaging a Japanese battleship. With the increase in submarine reconnaissance deep underwater, the US fleet gradually figured out the whereabouts of the Japanese fleet.

During this period the Japanese Navy also noticed the frequent actions of the U.S. Navy's submarine force, but perhaps out of fear of the U.S. Navy’s "aircraft carrier superiority", the Japanese still chose to cruise in the eastern region of the Talau Islands, except Increase the amount of anti-potential, and constantly change the route outside, and do not leave this area afterwards.

"According to intelligence, we can find that the Japanese fleet is actually on the defensive. Their tactics are very conservative. The fleet is hidden in the eastern waters of the Talau Islands and is constantly maneuvering in an area of ​​200 kilometers long and 40 kilometers wide. , Their specific routes are not standardized, but the general position can be determined, and the fleet size is similar to what we previously expected. The battleships should be all coming, including 2 dreadnoughts and 4 aircraft carriers. There are far fewer destroyers than us, and there are almost no cruisers."

"The Japanese navy has an established aviation force in the Talau Islands. It not only has seaplanes, but also has at least two squadrons of twin-engine bombers. Japan has transport ships to transport large amounts of materials to the island every day. The current materials are definitely enough to support one. The battle is over. According to our estimation, the attack power of the aviation force on Talau Island may be more than that of an aircraft carrier." Logan said.

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