"the air plug valve!"

"Steering Servo Engine!"

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Kazuki Takashima reminded himself while maneuvering the torpedo to dive slowly at a certain depth underwater. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

One of the reasons why he wanted to do this while saying this was because he had only been trained for a few months and was not yet fully familiar with the operation of the "Huitian torpedo...... A considerable number of people think that the "Huitian torpedo" is small in size, so they take it for granted that the operation of the "Huitian torpedo" is very simple, and only the angle of the torpedo needs to be slightly adjusted.

But this is not the case at all, the "Huitian Torpedo" is small but complete, it is almost equivalent to a small submarine...... You must know that a submarine can only be operated by dozens of people, but the "submarine" of the "Huitian Torpedo" has only one operator, and the water depth, direction, and time are all controlled by one person.

As I said before, weapons and equipment are often more advanced and easier to operate, and the "Huitian torpedo", which has just been invented, is all immature, plus Japan's industrial capacity itself is insufficient, so these things all need to be controlled by machinery and ability, such as pressure regulating joints or two wrench-like things that require the operator to quickly rotate to achieve the purpose of adjustment.

This is also the reason why the operators of the "Huitian torpedo" must recruit student soldiers with strong learning ability.

But in fact, Takashima Kazuki did this more mainly to suppress the fear in his heart...... You must know that he is sitting in a bomb, there is no one else around, and this bomb is moving towards the target at a speed of more than ten kilometers per hour, and you have to make sure that it hits the target successfully!

The hands of the timer pointed to five minutes, and when it was time to float as agreed with Eguchi Daisa, Kazuki Takashima slowly rotated the "pressure regulating knuckle" to make the torpedo rise, and while spinning, he paid attention to the pressure gauge, and when he reached a certain height, Takashima Kazuki carefully raised the periscope......

The sight seen in the periscope couldn't help but startle Kazuki Takashima, a destroyer was moving forward while firing guns in front, Kazuki Takashima instinctively thought that he had been discovered, and reflexively rotated the "pressure regulating joint" to dive.

But on second thought...... If the enemy had spotted themselves, they would have felt the shaking of the shells around them.

In the next second, Kazuki Takashima knew what was going on...... It must have been the "I-44" that deliberately exposed itself to attract the attention of the enemy in order to create an opportunity for the attack of the two "Huitian torpedoes".

Kazuki Takashima guessed correctly, and Osa Eguchi ordered the submarine to float and raise the periscope...... This maneuver was quickly detected by the Chinese Navy's destroyers, who immediately locked onto the target and fired shells and depth charges at the position.

As a result, the "I-44" did not have time to fire torpedoes as planned, and the entire submarine immediately shook as if it had been hit by an earthquake, and then the line was blown up, and the interior of the boat became pitch black, replaced by bursts of heart-pounding electric sparks.

In this case, let alone firing torpedoes, it is difficult to stand firm.

However, this was not the worst, and soon there was an even more violent shaking of the hull, and Eguchi could even feel the whole submarine sink because of the solid shell.

A large hole was torn open in the hull of the submarine, and then in a panicked scream, a large amount of seawater poured in......

Knowing that the final moment had come, Eguchi Daisa raised the pistol he had prepared and pointed it to his temple, and finally said, "Takashima-kun, Shirota-kun!" I hope you succeed, so we will die blindly! ”

Then there was a "bang", and Eguchi Osa pulled the trigger just as the sea rushed in front of him.

But Lieutenant Shirota had already failed almost by this time.

To be exact, it cannot be said that it was a failure, but that he encountered the same situation as Takashima when he ascended, that is, he saw the enemy destroyer advancing while firing guns.

It's just that Lieutenant Shirota's reaction is different from that of Kazuki Takashima.

Takashima chose to escape at the first time, and Kurota accelerated the speed of the torpedo and rushed towards the destroyer without thinking...... Anyway, it has already been discovered, and it is better to die with the enemy than to be sunk.

This is also the shortcoming of the student soldiers' manipulation of the "Huitian torpedo", they basically have no actual combat experience, and they often lose their breath when facing the real battlefield.

But then again, the "Huitian Torpedo" is a torpedo, and operating it to participate in a real combat is basically going to have no return, who can have actual combat experience!

Lieutenant Shirota may have reacted at the last moment, realizing that the enemy may not have found himself before, because in the periscope he clearly saw the destroyer of the Chinese busy turning...... That's when it really finds itself.

But now it was too late to regret it, and Shirota could only turn his heart on the side and continue to maneuver the torpedo towards the destroyer.

With a "boom", the torpedo slammed into the destroyer, and the huge explosive force almost overturned the entire destroyer, and the bow of the ship was blown open with a large hole, and a large amount of water immediately entered the ship...... You must know that the "Huitian torpedo" is loaded with three times the explosives of an ordinary torpedo, and one hit is equivalent to three hits on one part at the same time.

The Chinese destroyer "Desheng" was hit by the Japanese "Huitian torpedo," and this can be said to be the first time that the Chinese Navy has suffered heavy damage since the war.

The "Desheng" quickly sank to the bottom of the sea under the eyes of the Chinese Navy, fortunately, because there were not many shells on the "Desheng...... The shells were almost all used up in the previous support operations against the island and the operation against the enemy planes, and there was no time to replenish them, so the explosion did not cause a large-scale explosion, and the sailors of the "Desheng" only sacrificed more than 20 people, wounded more than 10 people, and the rest were all rescued.

Chen Youhong, the captain of the "Desheng", wrote in his post-war report: "When I found the giant torpedo, I immediately ordered to turn to dodge...... In my judgment, the 'Desheng' could have dodged the torpedo's attack, but then the unbelievable scene happened, and I found that the giant torpedo was also adjusting its trajectory......"

Chen Youhong even wondered if he was dazzled, or that the torpedo happened to deviate from the course and hit the "Desheng" because of the influence of the seawater, but he soon learned that this was not the case, but that there was a Japanese operating in the giant torpedo.

(To be continued.) )