…… On the surface, a tropical storm that intensified into a typhoon ravaged the tiny ship

Seeing the anti-submarine patrol plane gradually moving away, Rear Admiral Jihei Mumu, commander of the Second Fleet, was anxious and kept asking the communications staff officer next to him whether he had received the latest order from the headquarters

Time is always so short when needed

Before the fleet departed, Kimakuri Jihei attended the combat meeting, and on the way back to the flagship from the headquarters, he met Rear Admiral Yu Hashimoto, who had been escorted back by the military police

Yu Hashimoto, who was born in the submarine force, and Jihei Komaku, who was born in the air force, once worked together in the Maritime Self-Defense Force Combat Command, and Jihei Kimake, who was one year earlier than Yu Hashimoto, was delegated to training, and the two started as grassroots officers in the Second Fleet and the Fourth Fleet, and successively took command posts. Just a few months later, Yu Hashimoto, known as the "rising star of the Great Japan Seas" by his former defense minister, not only fell from the height of the shrine, but also faced a court-martial, and even spent the rest of his life in prison

Will Yu Hashimoto escape?

Mumu Jihei never believes that Yu Hashimoto is a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and the soldiers of the submarine force are not greedy for life and afraid of death!

With one less competitor, Kimakei didn't feel easy

Yu Hashimoto is an expert and genius in submarine tactics and anti-submarine tactics among the four fleet commanders of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, but on the battlefield he did not encounter the turn of the Chinese submarine to be taken into battle by Jihei Mumu, who is proficient in aviation tactics and air defense tactics, but the Second Fleet may not encounter the Chinese air force

The reality is so unsatisfactory

When assigning combat missions, the Second Fleet drew the next lot: attack the East China Sea Fleet and seize sea supremacy

Mumu Jihei felt that it was very unfair, because the commander of the Third Fleet who was drawn to sign the sign was the son-in-law of the new Minister of Defense!

If you are not satisfied, you have to go up, this is the reality that Mumu Zhiping is facing

Thinking that the Chinese submarine had not "appeared" for a long time, Mu Muji had been anxious and uneasy, and the raging storm had aggravated his worries, because in bad weather, not only could the carrier-based helicopter not be able to take off and land, the destroyer's towed sonar could not work normally, and even the anti-submarine patrol plane had to return to the fleet, and the fleet's anti-submarine combat capability was greatly reduced

While it is difficult for fighter jets to attack warships in bad weather, the threat of submarines is really increasing

Half an hour ago, Kimakei sent a telegram to the headquarters, requesting that the battle plan be changed, the fleet's course adjusted, the strengthening tropical storm avoided, and the attack on the East China Sea Fleet could be postponed by 48 hours

As the minutes ticked by, the unresponsive command was slow to send a message

Seeing that the anti-submarine patrol planes that were responsible for the anti-submarine search mission on the periphery turned and left one after another, Mu Muji's patience was exhausted, and there was an abyss ahead of him, and he could no longer waste precious time

In 845, Jihei Komakura gave the order to turn south

The tropical storm is moving northwest and southeast, leaving the storm area in the shortest possible time and minimizing the impact of the storm on the fleet

The Second Fleet, led by the helicopter destroyer "Ise", left the original course

Mumu Jihei thought of the fate of Yu Hashimoto, he had no other choice, Japan is a country that does not pay attention to the process and only pays attention to the result, even if it violates the military order, as long as the goal is achieved, Jihei Komakura is the "new star of the great Japan Sea" If the goal is not achieved, even if the order is carried out word for word, his ending will not be much better than that of Yu Hashimoto

Like the famous naval commanders in Japanese history enshrined in the Yasukuni Shrine, Jihei Komakura became a "gambler"

He is betting not only on his own future, but also on the future of Japan

If the Second Fleet followed in the footsteps of the Fourth Fleet, even if it was not completely annihilated, Japan would lose the East China Sea War and embark on a completely different path of development

Thinking of the historical responsibility on his shoulders, Mu Mu Jihei had to sigh for the lack of troops

When Heihachiro Togo, who won the first major naval victory for Japan and opened the era of the Japanese Empire, went on the expedition, Isoroku Yamamoto, who had the most powerful fleet in Asia in his hand to push Japan to the peak of expansion and fired the first shot of the Pacific War, rushed to the battlefield and commanded the most powerful fleet in the world At this time, the Second Fleet commanded by Jihei Komakae had no aircraft carriers, no cruisers, only a pitiful nine destroyers!

Will history change at the hands of this rear admiral in his early 40s?

Mumu Jihei didn't know that history would change regardless of the outcome

It wasn't until the battle siren sounded that Jihei Komakura came back to his senses from his worries and longings

"Direction 345, underwater target, suspected submarine"

"Direction 325, underwater target, suspected submarine"

"Direction 315, underwater target, suspected submarine"

"300 directions, underwater targets, suspected submarines"

Hearing the reports coming one after another, Jihei Kimakuhi shook his spirits and looked at the captain of the "Ise".

"The distance is being confirmed...... "the captain is more nervous than anyone else," 2040

, outside the range of torpedoes"

"The air is normal, no suspicious targets were found"

"Search the surrounding airspace again," Kimakura Jihei's hand trembled slightly

At 2040 nautical miles, submarines cannot attack battleships with torpedoes, and they can also use anti-ship missiles Why didn't those four submarines attack?

"The search was completed again, and no suspicious targets were found"

Jihei Komakura took a long breath, could it be that the Shina submarine did not carry anti-ship missiles?

In any case, Komakuri will not believe that this possible anti-ship missile is one of the main weapons of the submarine, even if it means something, it should carry several of them

The other side did not use missiles and must have other intentions

"The goal is shifting and is accelerating...... With a speed of more than 20 knots, it is definitely an attack nuclear submarine "

Jihei Kimakura immediately looked at the screen displaying the weather information

The wind speed and wave height exceeded the maximum allowable helicopter take-off and landing, and the carrier-based helicopter could not be dispatched

"The anti-submarine patrol aircraft has received the message and is coming"

Jihei Komaku's brow jumped a few times, "Put the weather information on the home screen"

Seeing the storm clouds that appeared on the big screen, the last bit of hope for the peace of the wooden curtain was dashed

4 Submarines are all ambushed in stormy waters, and even if anti-submarine patrol planes rely on the tactical information provided by warships to rush to the sea area where the enemy submarine is located, it is difficult to accurately locate the submarine, let alone attack the enemy submarine

In addition to being pessimistic, Mu Mu Zhiping couldn't help but feel lucky

If the second fleet had not given the right and decisive order to turn around, the Second Fleet would have entered the ambush circle of the four attack nuclear submarines in a daze, even if one attack nuclear submarine could only attack two targets at the same time, and the first round of ambushes would be over, and the Second Fleet would have been wiped out

"Anti-submarine patrol aircraft arrived, failed to detect enemy submarines"

"General......

Mumu Jihei glanced at the captain and said: "The fleet is advancing at the fastest speed, leaving the storm area as soon as possible, and the carrier-based helicopters are ready to take off, and as soon as the weather conditions reach the conditions for take-off, they will immediately dispatch and contact anti-submarine patrol planes to conduct repeated searches 20 nautical miles northwest of the fleet."

"The fleet accelerates ......"

"The air anti-submarine squadron prepares for take-off ......"

"Anti-submarine patrol aircraft are approaching our ......"

When the staff officers were busy, Mumu Jihei regained his calm demeanor again, but his heart was not calm at all, can he get rid of the attacking nuclear submarine?

The maximum speed of the Second Fleet is only 30 knots, and the speed of the attack nuclear submarines in China will not be lower than 30 knots

If the other side finds that it cannot catch up with the Second Fleet, will it use anti-ship missiles?

The experience of "the fleet entering the state of air defense operations" told Komakura that the 4 attack nuclear submarines would never give up, and that "all the air defense radars were activated, and the air defense missiles were ready for launch"

"General, the helicopter is preparing for takeoff, and now ......"

"Execute the order!" Jihei Komakura didn't talk to the captain

"Prepare for air defense operations, air defense radars are activated, anti-aircraft missiles are ready for launch......"

The professional common sense of Jihei Mumu triumphed over rational analysis

Fleet air defense and fleet antisubmarine are two different combat statesAfter entering the air defense state, carrier-based aircraft should stop their activities as soon as possible so as not to be hit by their own air defense fire

Time was tight, and the wooden curtain could not fully consider various situations

In his opinion, it is even more important to deal with anti-ship missiles whose flight speed is 10 times the speed of torpedoes, and although the number of anti-ship missiles launched by four submarines at one time is far from reaching the number required for saturation attack, as long as one warship is hit by a missile, the Second Fleet will have to slow down its advance, and if it wants to retreat with its whole body, it must leave the storm area as soon as possible and let the anti-submarine helicopters take off

Kimake's tactical ideas were not wrong, but he was wrong to ignore the impact of the storm on the submarine

Although submarines sailing in the deep sea do not need to consider storms on the sea, they must consider the impact of storms when attacking surface warships, especially when using anti-ship missiles to attack surface warships

Taking sea-skimming anti-ship missiles as an example, when the wave height exceeds 5, the attack effectiveness will be greatly reduced

Except for the "Oscar" and other "perverted-class" cruise missile nuclear submarines built by the former Soviet Union, the vast majority of attack nuclear submarines in the world can only use subsonic anti-ship missiles that skim the sea to attack or enter the sea, and are not equipped with supersonic anti-ship missiles that are much larger in mass and volume

4. Attack nuclear submarines operate alone, without the assistance of aviation and surface warships, and the maximum attack range of anti-ship missiles will not exceed 40 kilometers due to the limitation of the range of detection equipment and guidance equipment

Just as the Second Fleet was fleeing southeast in a hurry like a fish that had slipped through the net and panicked like a bird with a bow, a heavyweight killer had already entered the attack position

Damn it*

The little devil is timid, and he destroys the enemy in one go, a monthly pass, a monthly pass

Flickering has nothing else to ask for, kill back to the third, and keep it until the end of the month, all thanks to the many brothers! (To be continued)