(81) Underwater critique operations

At this time, this large Japanese warship was quietly moored on the sea, like a sleeping man-eating beast.

Zhang Qifan stared closely at the Japanese warship in front of him, and his hands holding the periscope crossbar turned white from exertion.

Zhang Qifan, who knew nothing about the navy, was the first time that he had carefully looked at the Japanese-built battleship at such a close distance.

This is a huge warship built by the Japanese Empire with all its might, with a huge mast, a huge body like a mountain, and a huge rotating turret, which makes this steel monster extremely terrifying, and deeply shocks Zhang Qifan's heart.

This is the most terrible killing machine that a deformed industrial country can create, and its design and construction cost incalculable labor, time and money, and the Japanese built such a monster with only one purpose, which is to conquer and kill.

For a Chinese teenager who is only thirteen years old, there is nothing more terrifying. Although he was now underwater, through the periscope, Zhang Qifan could still feel the cold killing intent emanating from his body.

Although he felt an unprecedented shock, Zhang Qifan at this time did not mean to be afraid at all, but ignited an extremely high fighting spirit.

As soon as he thought that he would destroy it with his own hands, Zhang Qifan had a feeling of blood boiling.

"How does it feel? Brat? You've never seen a ship this big, have you? ”

Zhang Qifan returned the periscope to the captain Wei Lunze, who noticed the strangeness of Zhang Qifan's expression and said with a smile.

"I haven't seen it." Zhang Qifan nodded and said, "However, it will soon be destroyed in our hands." ”

Little by little, the "Weaver Girl Shuttle 5" approached the Japanese battleship. "Weaver Shuttle 5" sailed at periscope depth, and on the calm sea, it left a not obvious tail of the waves. The Japanese patrol boats and lookout posts may have noticed this wake, but not enough attention was paid to it. Due to their long-standing contempt for the Chinese, the careless Japanese at this time completely underestimated the imagination and adventurous spirit of the Chinese nation.

The submarine "Weaver Shuttle 5" approached about 400 yards from the Japanese battleship and encountered an anti-torpedo net. The net is dragged all the way to the bottom of the sea, where it can be drilled seamlessly. Chen Fu immediately put on a diving suit and dived into the water, and soon used a special net cutter to cut the anti-torpedo net, opening a way for the submarine.

After Chen Fu returned to the submarine, Lin Moqian drove the submarine through the gap quickly, and now, there is no obstacle between the "Weaver Girl Shuttle" and the Japanese battleship.

According to the usual tactical exercises, the "Weaver Girl Shuttle" had to place two huge time bombs on the bottom of the ship under the main turret of the Japanese battleship, which was the ammunition depot of the Japanese battleship. As soon as the ammunition depot is detonated, this unstoppable monster will die.

The "Weaver Shuttle 5" quietly approached the Japanese battleship, through the porthole, Zhang Qifan clearly saw its rough bottom, which was overgrown with seaweed and barnacles, and the "Weaver Shuttle 5" was close to the bottom of the Japanese battleship, and Wei Lunze quickly maneuvered the submarine to unload the giant bomb on the port side, and at the same time turned on the countdown timer of the fuse. Slow and gentle, he glued the time bomb to the bottom of the Japanese battleship without colliding with the Japanese. This can be said to be a miracle, and the reason why such a perfect situation has occurred is that on the one hand, the Chinese submarine officers and men have worked hard to drill on weekdays, and on the other hand, it has benefited from the good performance of this pocket submarine.

Wei Lunze manipulated the "Weaver Girl Shuttle 5" to turn around and activated the timing device of another giant bomb. Once again, he sucked the bomb firmly at the bottom of the Japanese battleship.

Zhang Qifan watched all this intently, he almost couldn't believe that the task could be completed so easily.

Everything has been done. The explosion of two bombs would have killed the 10,000-ton Japanese battleship.

Zhang Qifan knew that he and his comrades-in-arms had completed the most difficult task in the history of modern Chinese naval warfare to date.

When this difficult task is completed, it seems so simple.

At this time, Wei Lunze ordered the other three crew members to join him, regardless of the sweltering heat in the boat, to put on the uniform of the Chinese Navy, the reason why he asked to do this was because he was afraid that if they were captured by the Japanese, according to the Geneva Conventions, the Japanese would treat them as regular soldiers and ensure their minimum safety of life.

This was actually an order of Li Dingxin, commander-in-chief of the Chinese Navy, to be prepared for emergencies, but in fact, neither Wei Lunze nor Li Dingxin could be sure that the Japanese would treat them like this. ,

After completing this preparatory work, Wei Lunze manipulated the "Weaver Girl Shuttle 5", which had unloaded its burden, and began to retreat quickly, preparing to evacuate safely.

In another hour, the Japanese battleship would have been blown to pieces.

The "Weaver Shuttle 5" once again floated to the periscope depth and quickly returned the same way, but when the submarine approached the gap in the anti-torpedo net, a searchlight suddenly shone on.

Seeing the Japanese patrol boats gathered there, Wei Lunze's heart couldn't help but sink.

"We were discovered by the enemy," Chen Fu said with some annoyance.

"Regardless of how it rushes over," Wei Lunze said loudly, tilting his heart.

Wei Renze maneuvered the submarine and rushed straight towards the gap in the anti-torpedo net, the Japanese obviously did not expect the Chinese to do this, in order to avoid collision, the two patrol boats quickly retreated in unison and gave way. Welenze maneuvered the submarine to quickly pass through the gap in the anti-torpedo net, and then began to dive.

There was a sound of shells exploding on the sea, and Wei Renze knew that the other party might be firing at him, but he didn't think much about it, but manipulated the submarine to move forward at the fastest speed.

"Report to the commander that the submarine of the China Navy was discovered"

At this time, Yuzaburo Kato, who had just been awakened by the sound of the alarm, was still in a state of not being very clear, so that when his subordinates reported to him, he did not hear his subordinates clearly at all.

"What did you say?" Yuzaburo Kato shook his head, trying to sober himself up.

"The submarine of the Commander's Chi is coming," said the officer who came to report with some panic.

"Nonsense, where did the people come from?" Yuzaburo Kato glared at his subordinates in annoyance and asked loudly, "Which hΓΊn egg did this say?" ”

"The patrol boat reported that the Chinese submarine had broken our mine protection nets and had just escaped." The officer replied. "I was just as incredulous as you were at the time, and I repeatedly asked them if they were wrong, and they said it was true, absolutely true."

"How could the people of China have submarines? Their submarine designers haven't been born yet," Yuzaburo Kato still wouldn't believe, "Let's check again, did they think the seals were submarines?" ”

And just as Yuzaburo Kato's words fell, there were suddenly bursts of shelling outside.

"What's going on?" Yuzaburo Kato didn't bother to get dressed, so he rushed out of his cabin and came to the deck, where he saw the 150-mm secondary gun and 12-pounder rapid-fire gun of the "Setzu" firing continuously, firing continuously at the sea.

"Look there, sir," the officer who came to report pointed in the direction of the shelling, "did you see that?" Great, we hit them."

Yuzaburo Kato saw an object like a whale tumbling on the boiling sea, and several shells from the 12-pounder cannon hit it, and the explosion made Yuzaburo Kato confirm that the report of his subordinates was true.

"See the torpedo track?" Yuzaburo Kato broke out in a cold sweat for a while, and asked in a hoarse voice.

"No torpedo tracks found, sir" the subordinate understood what Yuzaburo Kato was worried about, and immediately shook his head and replied.

Yuzaburo Kato stared at the sea, and a few more shells hit the object, which shook for a moment, and then quickly sank, and a huge wave appeared, and soon, in the middle of the wave, four swimming figures appeared.

When the Japanese sailors spotted them, they immediately howled and picked up their rifles and fired fiercely into the water, and some of the officers also ran to the side of the boat, pulled out their pistols and shot at the figures in the water.

"You idiots, stop me," Yuzaburo Kato yelled as he jumped to his feet.

Hearing the commander's shouting, the Japanese sailors stopped shooting, the officers also lowered their pistols, and Yuzaburo Kato looked at the bloody sea and found that two people had disappeared into the sea.

The other two were struggling to swim forward, but they also appeared to be injured, their movements becoming slower and slower, and the water around them began to turn red.

"Catch them alive," an officer commanded in a loud voice, as if he understood the commander's intentions.

A patrol boat sailed over, scooped up the two men who had been wounded in the sea, and sent them to the deck of the "Settsu", both of whom were shot, and when they lay down on the deck, the sea water and blood flowed down with the water, staining the deck red.

Both men, dressed in neat Chinese naval uniforms, and one of them had a medal on his body, both of them were badly wounded and lying there looking very weak, and several Japanese sailors brought ropes and tried to tie them up, but were stopped by Yuzaburo Kato.

Seeing the unyielding gaze in the eyes of the two Chinese naval soldiers, Yuzaburo Kato's heart couldn't help but rise with a trace of admiration.

"You're here by submarine?" Yuzaburo Kato asked.

The two Chinese ** people shook their heads in unison, as if to indicate that they did not understand Japanese, and as if they gave a negative answer.

Kato Yuzaburo called an officer who knew Chinese with some annoyance, and the officer repeated Kato Yuzaburo's question in broken Chinese, and the two ** people nodded, and a trace of pride flashed in their eyes.