Chapter 2741 Balance 2
Chapter 2741 Balance 2
"The situation is not good. If we are a robber, then there will be a group of policemen next to the target we are planning to attack." Max muttered softly. Under any circumstances, submarines will not fight with regular destroyers. Destroyers are naturally capable of restraining submarines. They are faster, harder to capture, and are equipped with anti-submarine weapons from beginning to end. Maybe the success rate of destroyers sinking submarines is not high, but the probability of submarines sinking destroyers is even lower!
"Keep the current course and speed unchanged! Prepare the bow and stern torpedoes! Get ready for battle in 10 minutes!" After a brief thought, Captain Max issued the attack order. The Tuna moved forward slowly at a speed of 10 knots, and the route happened to be at The Japanese fleet sailing on the extended line! This will be a risky attack. The submarine's power reserve is not very large. After completing the attack, it can only choose to dive to avoid the attack. Therefore, the captain decided to use up the 4 torpedoes in the bow torpedo tube and the 2 in the stern in this attack. Send a torpedo! In the last period of time, the personnel inside the submarine made final preparations. Most of them were busy at their posts. The torpedo crew checked the status of the torpedo launch tube and the status of the high-pressure gas cylinder required for ejecting the torpedo, and completed the final inspection. After setting the depth of the torpedo, the chief engineer began to slowly increase the speed. At the last moment of the attack, the submarine's speed would increase to about 10 knots! The damage control team is already in place, and some idlers are also firmly fixing some items on the submarine to prevent them from falling due to vibration or other reasons and injuring personnel.
"Distance 800 meters! Torpedo depth setting completed!" As the fire control officer completed the final shooting calculation and input it into the torpedo aiming device, the attack entered a countdown! As the launch order was issued, the four torpedo launch tubes on the bow of the Tuna were opened in sequence, and the compressed air pushed each 533MM heavy-duty torpedo weighing more than 1.5 tons out of the launch tubes!
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 begins to drive the propeller to rotate at 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 designated level. At a depth of 5 meters, four torpedoes shot out in a fan shape and pounced on the supply ship in the distance without any awareness!
And this was not over yet. After completing the first round of attacks, the Tuna quickly turned and aimed its stern at the target again! Then there were 2 more torpedoes!
"Dive at full speed to a depth of 120 meters, prepare to evade!" There was no time to count the seconds or confirm the victory. The rudder of the Tuna was quickly adjusted, the bow of the ship was slightly lowered and it escaped into the deep sea.
Two minutes later, with a series of shocking explosions, the Japanese Navy lost its first warship in the Sulawesi Sea battle, the 15,000-ton fleet high-speed supply ship Flag Wind! Half an hour later, the U.S. Navy also lost its first submarine in this battle. The Tuna was attacked by more than 6 destroyers in turns. None of the 35 crew members on the ship survived!
However, the sinking of the Tuna was not without cost. Not to mention that he sank a Japanese Navy high-speed supply ship.
The Japanese fleet, which originally had insufficient supply capacity, needed to be more prudent. At the same time, it also caused the destroyer unit that was originally responsible for the flank security mission of the Japanese combined fleet to temporarily leave the position. All of this ultimately benefited the secretly infiltrated Sturgeon submarine on the surface. After more than 3 hours of sailing and underwater navigation, the submarine Sturgeon finally saw the battleship of the Japanese combined fleet in its periscope!
"It should have been dawn when we discovered the Japanese fleet. The sun had already risen from the sea level, and the golden morning glow filled the sea. A huge fleet was cruising on the sea, with some destroyers on the outermost side, and farther away Battleships, during the following tracking, we found at least 6 battleships, and there were more vague figures in the distance. Needless to say, what was in front of me was the entire Japanese combined fleet! They were 80 kilometers northeast of the Talao Islands Sailing in the sea on the left and right. Slowly sailing from north to south. At this moment, I felt that God was on our side. We found the position of the Japanese fleet and then grabbed the tail of victory!" The captain of the Sturgeon said in I recalled this after the war.
Of course, such tracking is destined to not last long. After all, it is already dawn. The submarine's cruising speed underwater is only about 3 to 5 knots, while the surface fleet's cruising speed is about 12 knots no matter how slow it is. In this case, It will be lost after 2 to 3 hours at most. At this time, you absolutely dare not follow them, because in addition to Japanese destroyers, there are also Japanese seaplanes in this sea area during the day! But today, perhaps because of something that happened, the seaplane became more unusual!
The tracking of the Sturgeon was just the beginning. As information about the Japanese fleet was continuously transmitted to the U.S. fleet, Sims and others also made adjustments to the deployment of submarine reconnaissance units. More and more submarines were deployed to Japan. The navy patrols the area and is high-level. Do not launch an attack easily. After all, for the US fleet, knowing the location of the Japanese fleet is of greater significance than severely damaging a Japanese battleship. With the increase in reconnaissance of submarines hidden deep in the water, the U.S. fleet gradually figured out the whereabouts of the Japanese fleet.
During this period, the Japanese Navy was also aware of the frequent actions of the U.S. Navy's submarine force. However, perhaps out of fear of the U.S. Navy's "aircraft carrier superiority," the Japanese still chose to cruise in the eastern part of the Talao Islands. In addition to increasing their anti-submarine capabilities, they also continued to Apart from changing course, there is no post leaving the area.
"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 Talao Islands and is constantly maneuvering in an area 200 kilometers long and about 40 kilometers wide. , Their specific route is not standardized, but the general direction can be determined, and the fleet size is similar to what we expected before. All the battleships should be here, including 2 dreadnoughts and 4 aircraft carriers. There are far fewer destroyers than we have and almost no cruisers.”
"The Japanese Navy has an established aviation force in the Talao Islands. It not only has seaplanes, but also has at least two squadrons of twin-engine bombers. Japan has transport ships transporting large amounts of supplies to the islands every day. The current supplies are definitely enough to support an army. According to our estimates, the attack power of the aviation force on Talao Island may be greater than that of an aircraft carrier," Logan said.
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