The panicked Japanese combined fleet, at this moment, did not have any organization, they divided into different directions, trying to escape from the range of the naval guns, but how could they run away so quickly, the maximum range of the 15-inch naval guns was too far.

The other person in the mountain house looked at the qiē in front of him dumbfounded, this is probably something he never thought about before he came, with the other party's fortress is so powerful, what is the caliber of those artillery fires, why he never knows these news. Yamaya others have more or less estimated that this is a large-caliber naval gun, Germany, Britain and the United States, as a small number of countries that can develop large-caliber naval guns, it is possible to arrange large-caliber naval guns here, this thing is not much in any army, no one will have the luxury of setting these brand-new, more than 15-inch large-caliber naval guns on the roadbed battery, is there someone leaking?

Yamaya quickly vetoed this idea, this time the attack, the headquarters only gave a general attack method, the landing route, not decided by the base camp, but after he came to Qingdao, according to the map, he chose it casually, it stands to reason that it should not be leaked, but on the contrary, it was leaked, and it was a blow to the combined fleet.

At this time, the other people of Yamaya no longer have the high-spirited mood when they first came, the combined fleet he carried was the essence of the Japanese Navy, 5 capital ships, many cruisers and some cutting-edge cruisers and destroyers, it took countless fortunes of the Navy to pile up, and each of them was precious, and if one was sunk, he could go to court-martial. If a few more ships are sunk, maybe he will have to cut his stomach. At this moment, the others in the mountain house have no other thoughts. Pull the fleet out, you can't be in this dangerous place anymore.

The tragic situation of Japan also surprised the British and French navies, they were already behind, of course, the fastest to retreat back, in fact, land-based batteries can attack them, they are also in the encirclement, according to the requirements of the northwest, for the time being, it is not suitable to move against Britain and France. Even if he was able to trap them completely, he didn't attack them, and watched them quit.

The British and French warships that left in a hurry would not know that they had picked up a life, and the closer they were, the Japanese warships that were closer to Qingdao, were unlucky, after several large warships were attacked. After losing speed and becoming a fish on the chopping board, the cannon fire began to continue to extend and fall on the other boats. A 15-inch naval gun, for a large warship, may not be able to destroy a battleship with one shot. But for the boat, it goes down. It's just that if it goes down, it's half or a heavy hit. Or byte sinking.

From the current position, it will take 25 kilometers to withdraw, and the Japanese battleships will also need more than an hour to advance at full speed, and the more they continue, the more casualties will increase, and as far as the current situation is concerned, in the hands of Britain and France, which do not take the initiative, this combined fleet is finished.

Underwater, 36 submarines, have been monitoring the progress of the war, whether it is the relay from Japan, or the encirclement according to the requirements of the command, they are all a little anxious, according to the requirements of the plan, they can not attack casually, unless the land-based batteries are out of reach, but watching the fat slip out of their mouths, this is what everyone does not want to see.

Radio waves shuttled within a radius of more than 10 nautical miles, and in the unique channels of the submarine force, they began to communicate with each other.

The commander of the submarine fleet is Fang Wenshan, who used to be the captain of a destroyer, and is one of the few young naval officers who have studied abroad and is the captain of the ship.

The submarine force, it can be said that China, the earliest formed navy, they have been trained for more than half a year, and they are well aware of the power of the submarines in their hands, if they do not obey orders, they have at least 10 chances to sink those capital ships, these are the results of the war, for the submarine that leads the attack, the tonnage of sinking is a hard indicator to evaluate the strength of the submarine.

However, the naval guns are still firing, according to his understanding of land-based naval guns, at least he can continue to look at about 40 kilometers, under the premise of marking the shooting of Zhu Yuan, this 15-inch gun, in the range of 40 kilometers, has absolute lethality.

"Boss, we can't wait any longer, otherwise, we will split up a part of the attack, how can we not do it in vain, we must always achieve some results!"

"No way!" Fang Wenshan categorically refused, discipline in the northwest is almost engraved into the bones, at this time rash attack, there may be danger, after all, at this time, the torpedo, to ensure the hit, must be in a relatively close position, the land-based batteries that keep firing are mainly range attacks, maybe there will be losses, in that case, the results of the battle are brilliant, and we must also bear this consequence.

"Boss, we don't attack these warships, we can attack others!"

"Something else?"

"Those troop carriers!"

"Yes, those troop carriers, all of which are Japanese soldiers, sank a ship, and the results achieved are greater than those of warships!"

After getting the mention of his subordinates, Fang Wenshan remembered that he really missed something, followed the combined fleet, and arrived at the Japanese troop carrier in Qingdao, if it is said that the army is the weakest in where it is, when it is transported on the train, when it is transported on the ship, as long as the train and the ship are attacked, these army forces are dead, especially the latter, the sea is ruthless, the army has a few people who understand water, and in the vast sea, they sank the troop carrier, and the soldiers on the ship will go directly to the sea to feed Wang Ba. It stands to reason that the battle fleet and the troop carrier should be separated, and I don't know if Japan is too arrogant or too confident, but the troop carrier actually came with the battleship, that is, when it arrived off the coast of Qingdao, it was separated.

"This!" Fang Wenshan groaned for a while, the attack on the troop carrier is also one of the targets of the attack, and it is that the land-based artillery cannot strike, these combined fleets have fallen into artillery fire, and it seems that they can be killed without submarines, he decisively ordered, leaving half of the warships, continuing to surround them, ready to pick up cheap, and the other 18 submarines went to another side to attack the troop carriers.

The troop carriers that should have followed the pace of the battleships and rushed up to grab the beach and landed, but they were stunned to see the battleships caught in the artillery fire, fortunately, they were separated from the open sea, and the land-based artillery fire was temporarily out of reach, and it was safe for the time being, but what to do next, they encountered disagreements, and some of the army forces believed that the combined fleet had been hit by the batteries, and it was the time when they should have made a move, and their army had to land on the shore, and then outflank those batteries, as long as the batteries were taken, the whole Qingdao would be vulnerable.

Unlike the army's idea, the navy put forward a different view, the loss of the combined fleet is basically a foregone conclusion, several of the largest warships, it is impossible to escape, the Germans in Qingdao are too well prepared, this is a trap, can not fall into it again, must preserve strength.

The two sides argued endlessly, and in the end, the navy and the army persuaded that no matter what, first grab the beach and land, otherwise, the navy suffered a big loss, and the army took a day trip by boat in vain, which is not what they want to see, the current position, definitely not, choose another direction, go to the place where the ship's guns control zhì, that is completely looking for death, the battleship and the fortress confrontation, in the same caliber situation, it will always be the battleship to suffer, at this time, the army shock, it should be easy to take down. No one would dare to rush directly to the front of the battlefield where the fierce battle was, where was the place of death, so they began to look for a place to land on the periphery, from more than ten kilometers on the side.

In this way, as long as the land forces of these three divisions land and deploy, they can directly attack the battery, and from a distance, although they did not see clearly what was on those batteries, it seemed to be a dirt mountain, and even if the batteries were set up, they were set up temporarily, and it was estimated that they were only long-range naval guns, and the protection against the infiltration of the army should not be very strong.

Dozens of troop carriers, 8 warships escorted around them, just when they were looking for a landing location, they did not know that the Grim Reaper had already enveloped them, 18 advanced submarines, at a high speed of 14 knots, from the water to their flank, according to the trajectory, may be about 2 kilometers away from the coast, intercept them.

It took more than half an hour for 18 submarines to finally catch up with this batch of troop carriers, more than 50 warships of different sizes, filled with almost 80,000 soldiers, and an average of more than 1,000 people on each ship, almost crammed the ships to the brim, most of the warships were on the side of the combined fleet, and there were only 8 warships escorted by this side, these were the focus of their attacks, as long as they sank them, the rest of the troop carriers, their shouts were almost negligible.

8 of the 18 submarines, after a simple exchange, selected the target respectively, themselves, the anti-submarine of this era, are not the point, not to mention that the submarine in the northwest is stronger in combat effectiveness, the engine and sound absorption settings have been carried out to the extreme, it is easy to be covered by some noise underwater, in the roar of the combined fleet's departure, they have made a lot of attempts, and recently almost approached the combined fleet 700 meters.

Of course, it was at night, at this time there was no need to be so risky, just launch in a more certain position, and soon the submarines approached the range of about 1.5 kilometers of the battleship, and those battleships still did not find it, and the bold submarine continued to approach, and only then did it fire 6 torpedoes in a row at them at a place of about 1 kilometer.

8 ships, every three for a fan, two batches in a row, almost enveloped this area, after the launch, the fish quickly reached a speed of about 40 knots, rushed towards the warship, the snow-white wave traces, in the waves, not very obvious, but to get close, or was discovered by the Japanese battleships, the battleships responsible for the escort, immediately became a mess. (To be continued......)