While Li He and Sa Zhenbing were directing cruisers and destroyers to entangle with those Japanese battleships, Chief of Staff Chiu Bao-jen, who was the supreme commander of the Taiwan Navy, was rushing to the ranks of Japanese and American cruisers and destroyers with his troops. At this time, Vice Admiral Miller of the United States had already received an order from the commander of the fleet, Sukehiro Ito, ordering him to engage in a guerrilla fight with Taiwan's navy here, so that they would entangle Taiwan's navy and wait for those Japanese battleships to come over and encircle and suppress these Sovereign-class battleships in Taiwan.

This made Miller very tired, because he knew that if these destroyers and cruisers were engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the battleships of Taiwan, then their cruisers and destroyers would suffer very great losses. At that time, they were actually competing in this battle to see whose destroyers and cruisers could hold on longer, and better to support the opponent's cruisers and destroyers, so that they could effectively liberate the battleships and besiege the opponent's battleships. Miller was also forced to command a cruiser here.

"Give it to me, go pester these Chinese Navy battleships!" Miller ordered.

The Japanese and American destroyers and cruisers began to rush forward, and then they were obviously hoping to sink the Sovereign-class battleships in Taiwan with a small size. However, this happened to fall into the hands of Taiwan, because they also have their own ideas, that is, to destroy as many destroyers and cruisers as possible, so that the Japanese Navy can suffer huge enough losses, and this can effectively break the inheritance of the Japanese Navy. And in this operation, the protagonist is not necessarily Taiwan's battleship!

"Chief of Staff Qiu, the Japanese destroyers are rushing up, and they are going to launch torpedoes at us!" Said the observer in Taiwan.

Qiu Baoren also made the same choice as Ito Yuheng before, saying: "Move slowly, and then let the battleship walk in a 'Z' shape." Avoid being approached by enemy torpedoes. If their destroyers dare to approach us, then we will also fight hard to avoid being too fast and difficult to maneuver. ”

"Yes!"

However, another staff officer immediately asked: "Chief of staff, we don't really have much point in doing this!" We do this as a total time drain. If we continue to delay like this, our sailors will gradually decline in combat capability due to the passage of time, and this decline will be very unfavorable to us! ”

"It doesn't matter, this time to annihilate these destroyers and cruisers of Japan, our Sovereign-class battleships are not the main force, we just need to ensure that we don't have problems!" Qiu Baoren said.

"Our battleships are not the main force? So who is the main force? ”

Qiu Baoren smiled and said nothing, but thought in his heart: "This is our last hope, if you can play a role as soon as possible." Then we can all be much better! ”

Underwater, periscopes begin to stick out of the sea, and then look at the situation above the surface.

"Captain Hao, the Japanese and American cruisers have already attracted our battleships. Their speed has been greatly reduced, and our submarine detachment can find an opportunity to annihilate them. However, we are taking risks in doing this, and if we are not careful, we will all be killed, and we will not even be able to escape! Said a staff officer of the submarine detachment.

Captain Hao immediately said, "Since we are here. Then you have to be prepared to make sacrifices. If we are not prepared to make sacrifices, then what are we submariners! ”

Captain Hao held the sand table. Then start marking the situation on those seas. And the battleships of Taiwan on the sea were still firing their guns, and those cruisers dominated by Japan began to attack the battleships of Taiwan on the periphery. Sometimes they tried to fire some torpedoes and then attack the battleships. However, the hit rate of these torpedoes was very low, so they would definitely not be able to hit effectively, and they had never been able to hit the Taiwanese battleships. However, Taiwan's battleships were equipped with machine guns, which were specifically aimed at torpedoes.

It's different from Japan. The Taiwanese battleships were temporarily equipped with machine guns, which were also specially designed to strike those torpedoes. In this era, torpedoes were full of speed and easy to destroy, so Wang Guorui also had the battleship install some heavy machine guns on it, which could effectively prevent the enemy's torpedo attack. Once the torpedo was within range of the heavy machine gun. The heavy machine-gun bullets were fired as if they didn't cost money, preventing the enemy's torpedoes from hitting the battleship. This method is still relatively effective, after all, the torpedo is not fast, so it can be used. However, the Japanese were not prepared for this, and their cruisers and destroyers were not equipped with such a thing as heavy machine guns, and the so-called machine guns were not necessarily very fast.

"With our battleships as the midpoint, Japanese and American battleships have already surrounded our battleships and are massing our battleships. They kept firing shells and torpedoes, but to no avail. And we are next on the periphery, and our submarines are on the periphery of these cruisers and destroyers, and we can attack them from the periphery. This time we are actually a center flower, let the battleships go to the middle to attract firepower, and then we, the submarines, are the real main attackers, using torpedoes to attack. This time, though, we're going to take the plunge. We have to attack within a hundred meters of the enemy we are close to, so we are very risky. Captain Hao said.

"Immediately ordered, all submarines gradually advanced, and then looked for opportunities to attack on their own. We mainly focus on attacking the enemy's cruisers, as long as all the enemy's cruisers are destroyed, then Japan will lose most of the mid-level naval talent, then we can be regarded as defeating their heritage. At that time, once Japan does not have the talent to command the cruiser, it will naturally not be able to have the talent to command the battleship, and at that time their talent has been broken by us, and then we can effectively contain the development of the Japanese Navy. Now that their cruisers have come to a relative halt, we must strike them as quickly as possible. ”

One of the staff officers inside the submarine said: "Detachment leader, we don't have many torpedoes!" We have less than fourteen torpedoes per submarine. ”

"Then we'll bayonet the submarine and get close to it!" Captain Hao said.

The submarines began to swim gradually, and the Japanese and American navies, led by Vice Admiral Miller, performed the same tactics as those in Taiwan. Use the cruiser to attract the firepower of the Taiwanese battleships on the periphery, and then use the destroyer to look for opportunities in the inner perimeter, hoping to make a big deal with the small. However, he did not notice that Taiwan is not only a surface ship force, but also submarines. However, by this time, they had seriously neglected the submarine force. After the first sneak attack just now, this unit also began to gradually fall silent, and did not continue to show its head. Now, it is time for them to go out again, and they will strike hard at the Japanese cruisers on the periphery.

"The Japanese and Americans have a total of eighteen cruisers, and we have a total of twelve submarines, each submarine has about fourteen torpedoes, and if you want to destroy these Japanese cruisers, you must achieve a hit rate of 10 percent, which is a bit difficult! Now it seems that it is only possible to put a bayonet on the submarine and get close to them to fight. If we don't get close to them, we won't be able to maintain such a high hit rate! Captain Hao said with a headache.

Japanese warships, under the command of Vice Admiral Miller of the U.S. Navy, began to besiege Taiwan's battleship forces, and Taiwan's battleships did not hesitate to serve as targets to attract their firepower. Miller and the others fired at the battleship, but with a small cannon like a cruiser, it was simply not possible to effectively threaten Taiwan's Sovereign-class battleships. Both sides are also stalling for time, but if time drags on, it will definitely be unfavorable to Taiwan.

"Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"

Shells from various warships whizzed over the sea, and this loud sound had already drowned out the noise of the submarine's engines. Taiwan's submarine detachments also approached the Japanese cruisers at the risk of being hit by shells, and submarines began to be less than a hundred meters away from the Japanese cruisers. At this distance, it feels like you can reach out and touch the enemy's cruiser.

The submariners under the water felt as if they were right next to a shell, and from time to time there would be the sound of a shell exploding, and even the sea could not isolate this loud sound. However, at this time, the submariners were also preoccupied with aiming at the enemy cruisers. Those cruisers are now much slower, so they are completely creating an opportunity for these submarines to strike them.

"Have you chosen your target? Priority is given to hitting the Japanese, and the Americans' can be released first! Captain Hao asked through the communication channel.

"We've chosen, this time we're going to try to knock out most of these Japanese cruisers in one go. The Japanese only had twelve cruisers, and if we were careful, we could have managed to hit five or six or more in the first round. ”

"The torpedo chamber is filled with water!"

"Calibrate the target, prepare, launch!"

Soon, a huge wave again broke off on the sea, and more than two dozen torpedoes rushed towards the Japanese cruiser. However, the Japanese cruiser soldiers were facing the Taiwanese battleships, and they did not notice that there were people ambushing them even a hundred meters away. Those who have the courage to lie in ambush less than a hundred meters away are definitely warriors! Completely risking his own life, this is simply fighting bayonets at sea. (To be continued.) )