At a distance of 1,000 meters, the Swordfish went up cautiously, and then three round torpedoes were pushed out of the launch tube under the action of compressed air, and the three white marks were like a life talisman, and two large water columns rose from the side of the Satsuma hull two minutes later. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Subsequently, the battleship quickly tilted, and in the process of tilting, the bow was flooded more, so the huge torsion broke directly from the place where the torpedo hit.

As if twisted into a twist by a pair of giant hands, in less than 3 minutes, the bow of this huge battleship had sunk to the bottom of the sea, and on the German auxiliary cruiser Swordfish, you could even see the situation at the break in the rear half of the hull, and the cabins spewing flames and smoke were like the entrance to hell, which made people feel frightened. Seven minutes later, the second half of the Satsuma also sank to the bottom of the sea, and the two German battleships used up 30% of their shells to solve the first fleet ...... sent by the Japanese Navy to Europe.

"How much ammunition is left?" Just as the German naval officers in the entire conning tower were cheering for their victory today. Raeder asked suddenly.

"More than half of it was knocked out." An officer replied.

"It's time to go. Let's deal with the Japanese convoy by the way, and we can fight as much as we can. If you don't leave, it's time for an accident. The British should have known by now that the Satsuma had been sending telegrams before the war. Raeder's words reminded Su Xiong, like a basin of cold water, instantly dousing his somewhat hot mind.

The British Mediterranean Fleet should be near the Aegean Sea now, and if their two divisions are terminated in the Red Sea, the British will probably go crazy, right? If the fleet is killed all the way from the Aegean Sea through the Suez Canal, it won't take long, 2 battle cruisers and 4 armored cruisers plus light cruisers to follow, this TM is all high-speed battleships.

If it was fair, Su Xiong would not be afraid of two Invincible-class battlecruisers at all, but if you add a vote of armored cruisers and light cruisers, it would be different, a bunch of cruisers would come up and shoot torpedoes indiscriminately! The torpedo is magical, and if you are not careful, it will turn decay into magic! And at this time, the two German battleships didn't even have enough shells for the main guns, and they were still!

Not only run, but also run quickly! His fleet has been sailing at sea for dozens of days, the boilers and pipes have to be cleaned, and the speed has dropped so much, it is true that it is faster than the battleships, but it cannot be compared with the pure-blooded battle cruisers and cruisers.

As for the auxiliary cruisers and escorted Australian and New Zealand transports, they have already begun to embark on the return journey. Dragged down by the transport ship, their speed was about 10 knots. No matter how fast it is, it can't be. And there is another very important reason why it is necessary to run in a hurry, the German fleet has only one place to go, and that is the Persian Gulf. It is easy for the British to guess the lair of the Germans, if it is blocked by the opponent and some mines are laid, what do you let Su Xiong do?

So, having dealt with the Japanese fleet, the two German fast battleships quickly ran away and headed in the direction of the Japanese convoy at a maximum speed of 24 knots. At this time, I didn't want to hit many Japanese transport ships, and in line with the idea of taking a handful and leaving, I didn't even care about the Japanese naval officers and soldiers who fell into the sea, which also allowed Kato Yuzaburo to escape, by the way, at this time, there was a cow man among the people holding the plank scoop in the sea, and this person's name was Yamamoto Fifty-six .......

The Japanese convoy that received Yuzaburo Kato's telegram naturally began to retreat quickly, but they still underestimated the speed of the German fleet's pursuit, and at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the German fleet, which was sailing at a rapid pace, finally included the retreating Japanese convoy in the range of attack.

Although the initial dispersal of the Japanese transport fleet had already taken place before this, this time, under the watchful eye of the German auxiliary cruisers and with the help of seaplanes, Su Xiong still caught the largest wave of the Japanese transport fleet! In addition to two light cruisers, there are 10 transports!

In addition to the two auxiliary cruisers escorting the ANZ transports, two fast battleships and three auxiliary cruisers attacked the entire fleet, and after Scharnhorst used 80 main gun shells and Gneisenau used 70 shells, the two Japanese cruisers were once again turned into brilliant fireworks at sea. Of the remaining 10 Japanese carriers, all but 3 ships with large tonnage and good speed suitable for conversion into assault ships were sunk.

Five of the transports were destroyed by ferocious shelling because the Japanese were stubborn, or they wanted to surrender and had time to give a signal. As for how many people hang in Japan? After the battle, Su Xiong described it like this, "I can't say how many people we lost at that time, the fight was a bit rushed, you know, at that time we didn't know when the British fleet would catch up, and it would take quite a while for us to reach the Persian Gulf." ”

At a banquet, when asked again, Su Xiong said: "There are still more than 5,000 casualties, and all we intercepted are big ships." The total number of captured three transport ships and the Japanese soldiers transferred to them was about 6,000. In short, these Japanese and Commonwealth members greatly solved the problem of manpower shortage in the port of Fao. ”

When the Suchon fleet arrived in the Persian Gulf two days later, two fast battleships, led by the Turkish Navy destroyer Nation Pillar, crossed the defensive minefield laid by the Turkish Navy at the exit of the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz is very narrow, only 56 kilometers at its narrowest point, and after two weeks of hard work by the Turkish Navy's minelayers, this defensive minefield has basically taken shape. In addition to the mines used in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the five auxiliary cruisers are also equipped with more than 800 mines of various kinds, and these mines are not going to be brought back, and the two auxiliary cruisers Sturgeon and Swordfish have deployed 800 mines in the Strait of Hormuz, making the defensive minefields of the entire strait thicker!

Just 8 hours after the German fleet finally arrived at the port of Fao, Sir Milne, the commander of the British Mediterranean Fleet, led a huge pursuit fleet of 2 battle cruisers and 4 armored cruisers, and 6 light cruisers loyally arrived in the Gulf of Oman. After all, the Strait of Hormuz is also more than 100 kilometers long. Who knows how many more minefields there will be behind this minefield?

"The German fleet has already reached the Persian Gulf, they have made good preparations, a large number of mines have been deployed in the Strait of Hormuz, the whole fleet is under good protection, we cannot break through." In a telegram from Sir to the Admiralty, he wrote:

"What a terrible start!" Sir Milne sighed as he looked at the vast expanse of the sea.

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