Then the "Yi-19" drew a large circle on the outboard side of the starboard side of the aircraft carrier, like a mouse walking in front of a cat's nose.

"Torpedo ready!" When the submarine was still turning around, Komatsu Yaji gave the order again, knowing that there might be very little time left for the "I-19," or maybe it had already been missed, maybe it would be launched as soon as it appeared, or maybe it would be discovered by the US destroyers and destroyed as soon as it appeared.

But no matter what, Komatsu knew that there was no choice now, so he stepped down on the periscope lift version and raised the periscope again.

At this time, the "Yi 19" had already opened a distance of 900 meters from the target, and it appeared horizontally in the sight of the periscope, a great opportunity, Komatsu Yaji didn't think much about it, and immediately ordered: "Launch!" ”

Four torpedoes were launched into the water in two batches, and the torpedoes cut through the water and headed straight for the Wasp.

The distance of 900 meters is only a matter of more than a minute for a Type 95 torpedo with a speed of 83 kilometers per hour...... The reason why it took more than a minute was that the torpedo was still in the acceleration phase when it was first launched, and it was not very fast, and it would only take half a minute to advance at its maximum speed of 94 kilometers per hour.

There happened to be sailors standing on the starboard side of the "Wasp", and when he saw a few marks in the water, he couldn't help but hurriedly raise the alarm: "Torpedo!" Four torpedoes came at high speed ......"

The "Wasp" immediately accelerated its evasion.

But it was already too late, and with a few "booms", three of the four torpedoes hit the "Wasp", one of which hit the oil depot on the ship, and suddenly the "Wasp" sounded a louder explosion, and the fuel that was on fire splashed everywhere quickly ignited the fighters on standby on the deck, and then caused explosions one after another.

As a result, the US troops on the "Wasp" were in a mess, screaming, fighting fires, and pushing the burning fighter plane into the sea...... It is clear that they want to be able to save the Wasp.

What is somewhat strange is that due to the dense formation of US warships, a torpedo that was originally aimed at the "Wasp" continued to move forward without hitting the target. As a result, it hit the destroyer USS Obayne, which was on the left side of the "Wasp", which again caused a riot of American warships.

While the "Wasp" and the destroyers were fighting the fire in a mess, the "I-19" urgently dived and quietly withdrew from the battlefield to the cheers of Japanese sailors.

In the end, the "Wasp" could not be saved, because the explosion at the oil depot was uncontrollable, and then there were four more explosions, so the American military decided to abandon the ship.

In order not to capture the "Wasp", Gormley ordered the "Wasp" to be sunk, but ironically, due to the performance defects of the American torpedoes, the first two torpedoes hit one after the other but did not explode. As a result, the U.S. torpedo crews had to change the fuse to a trigger fuse before sinking it with three torpedoes.

In this battle, a total of 193 American soldiers were killed and 367 were wounded.

And this was just the beginning, because the "Yi 19" had already started the battle, so the Japanese submarines distributed in other locations also actively dispatched to capture their targets, so the Japanese submarines almost laid a "torpedo net" in the waters south of Kuah Island, which gave the US military a headache.

"Go ******!" When Clifton heard that the aircraft carrier "Wasp" had been sunk, he couldn't help but curse.

But Chi Chi only smiled lightly when he heard the news.

Zhang Chi's appearance made Clifton feel a little puzzled, you must know that it is an aircraft carrier, and there are planes on the aircraft carrier...... Those were all important equipment for Kuah Island to compete with the Japanese army, so he couldn't imagine why Zhang Chi could be so indifferent when he heard the news.

What Clifton didn't know was. Zhang Chi knew one thing when he heard the news: The Japanese army used the submarine in the wrong direction, and instead of using the submarine to block the supply line of Kuah Island, they directly used it to attack the US warships and aircraft carriers.

In particular, it was the first battle of Japanese submarines that achieved brilliant results...... A submarine fired four torpedoes to sink an aircraft carrier and damage a destroyer, a feat that would almost go down in history. As a result, other submarines of the Japanese army will soon be inspired by this victory, and they will learn from the "I-19" one after another and actively carry out operations against the US warships.

Although this will cause considerable losses to the US Navy, the losses of the Japanese submarines are only likely to be even greater, and its impact on the Battle of Kuah Island is very limited.

Looking at Clifton's expression, Zhang Chi said, "Colonel." That's a matter for the Navy. I'm sure they can handle it, and we can't help it, can we? ”

"Okay!" Clifton nodded and replied, "If we can ignore this, then I don't think we can stand idly by!" ”

As he spoke, Clifton handed a telegram to Zhang Chi. He said: "From the news sent from our submarine, the Japanese have come up with a new way to transport them, they put the supplies in oil drums, transport them to the vicinity of Kuah Island, throw them into the sea and let them drift to the shore, and then the Japanese are waiting on the shore to receive these supplies!" ”

"Well, that's a good idea!" Zhang Chi couldn't help but nodded.

Since the Sino-American coalition forces only occupied a small corner of Kuah Island, namely Cape Lunga, most of the coastline was controlled by the Japanese army.

Therefore, if the Japanese Navy had communicated with the Japanese troops on the island in advance, then most of the barrels of materials that had drifted over would have fallen into the hands of the Japanese army as the Japanese army wished.

"Just last night, they put down a thousand of these iron buckets!" "That's not good news for us! And due to the fact that the Japanese infested submarines too often, the US Navy had to reduce our supplies! Go on like this...... Time is not on our side. ”

"No, time is on our side!" Zhang Chi replied.

"What?" Clifton said he didn't understand.

"I wonder what kind of iron buckets the Japanese use?" Zhang Chi asked rhetorically without answering.

"What does this have to do with what kind of iron buckets the Japanese use?"

"Of course it does!"

"Okay!" Clifton replied helplessly, "Although they didn't say it, I want to ...... There were all kinds of iron barrels, because Rabaul was originally British, and they left a lot of fuel for the Japanese when they withdrew! ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Chi nodded.

This is what the British often do, and Zhang Chi at this time is not surprised at all.

"I think we have a lot of these buckets too!" Zhang Chi asked.

"Of course!" Clifton nodded, "A large part of our supplies come from Odalia, but this ......"

At this time, Clifton suddenly understood what Zhang Chi was going to do, so he stopped the following words and looked at Zhang Chi in a daze, and nodded for a long time before he said, "Good idea!" ”

(To be continued.) )