Chapter 939 The Fuso sank and was forced into the Red Sea
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The Fuso was hit by three torpedoes, and it was useless to even balance the water, it only tilted six degrees, and the speed decreased. This shows the solidity of the battleship. Although this is an old battleship, after a few modifications, it can be considered a good big guy.
"Search for the location of the submarine and sink him!"
Depth charges from several destroyers have been set up, waiting to be announced for the location of the submarines so that they can carry out the deep-water blasting.
Although the sonar is not enough to accurately locate the immobile submarine, the submarine can be heard by the sonar crew as long as it has a little experience, and at that time, the dense depth charges will fall, and it will be difficult to escape.
But how could they have the opportunity to search for the location of the submarine? Although the submarine was underwater at a distance of fifty meters and did not show its surface, it would not allow danger to land on the submarine.
"Shoot in a hurry for five minutes and sink these four battleships! Site 1 continues to attack the port side of the Fuso, be sure to sink it!! Site 2 is in place, carry out a new wave of interceptions! ”
With his order, the guns of the battleship group were turned around, and in less than a minute, the shells were replaced, and all the armor-piercing shells flew towards the four destroyers that had rushed forward with a whistling sound.
At the same time, the submarine in the water also received an order, the torpedo tanks were ready, and just waiting for the shells to explode, the attack was carried out.
At this time, the Fuso had changed from a forward to a middle one, and it was slowly about to be thrown down by the brigade, unaware that death was coming.
The search destroyers were very careful, after all, it was easy for the opponent's artillery to sink them. But they had to find the submarine as soon as possible, otherwise it would be too dangerous.
Just as they were searching, there was a sudden seeping roar in the sky, followed by a column of fire around the battleship.
"Not good! Their goal is us!! ”
The four destroyers were attacked indiscriminately, and one by one they were shocked. They knew how the Ruyue was sunk, that is, it was sunk by the opponent's artillery so quickly that they were bombed without even having the least chance to escape or fight back.
"Left rudder five, evade!!"
One by one, the captains shouted orders without hesitation, they were no better than battleships. A few shots are like tickling. That's fatal.
Sure enough, they did the right thing, the shells that flickered on the battleship, but could not cause damage to the battleship. It was different if it landed on their ship.
Evasion. There was a loud bang. One destroyer hit six shells, two hit the engine room, and two hit the main turret. One hit the bow of the ship, the other hit the ammunition compartment, and before the fire could spread, with a bang, the waist snapped, and at the same time as the fire rose, the ship plunged into the sea first.
The flames lit up the sea, causing the other three destroyers to be frightened, increase their horsepower to evade, and try to escape. I didn't even bother to search for submarines.
But they have already been stabbed, how can they be allowed to escape?
Pieces of shells fell, one after another hit the evasive battleship, the explosion of the roar, the three destroyers continued to rise, obviously, has been covered by shells.
Two minutes later, a loud bang sounded again, and one of the destroyers, which already had four or five fire clusters, burst into flames, and the flames spread rapidly, and the management team even had a chance to put out the fire, and the entire destroyer was wrapped in flames, and slowly slowed down, and the teary eyes let out a hula chirp, and barbecued the whole ship.
The two destroyers were relatively lucky, and in the evasion of the left and right, they rushed towards the battleship with their horsepower, and were expected to escape while being hit by a few bullets and igniting a few fires.
But at this moment, in the middle and rear parts of the battleship fleet, the Fuso, which had slowed down to 18 knots, suddenly exploded violently again, and four torpedoes hit the middle of the Fuso's side one after another, causing the already injured Fuso to be injured and swaying violently in the huge waves.
"Not good!!"
Yoshida Yongguang was shocked, held the corner of the table and hissed and ordered: "Left full rudder!" The right balance chamber is filled with water!! ”
But before his words fell, there were four loud bangs again, and the left side of the Fuso was attacked by four torpedoes again, and the violent explosion caused the battleship, which was still swinging just now, to tilt violently to the right again, flying away all the personnel on the deck, and flying the debris on it first.
Almost at the same moment, the bow of the advancing battleship Yamashiro suddenly burst into a column of water that was clearly torpedoed. Immediately after that, the second and third ships burst into flames, and all three battleships were torpedoed at the same time.
"Not good!! We were ambushed!! ”
The successive explosions alerted all the battleships, and they were ambushed by submarines, which the enemy drew them out of the ranks and then carried out an ambush.
Sure enough, as the Fuso swayed back to the left and slowly poured down to slow down, the cannonballs suddenly rained down on the fleet and flew towards the panicked group of battleships.
The loud roar continued, and the fast warships that followed were not spared, they were more than a kilometer away, and they were still covered by shells, which showed that the number of the opponent's guns had greatly exceeded the range of fifteen ships, and I am afraid that there would be more than twenty ships.
Shells fell one by one, occasionally exploding on battleships. This time the battleship was no longer so resistant to beating, and when the shells fell, Bibao would blow up a big hole, although it could not penetrate the thick dome armor, but how could the damaged steel plate block the penetration of the second one? In the long run, the battleship will inevitably be hit by armor-piercing shells and eventually sink.
"Left full rudder, let's get out of here!!"
Kakuji Tsunoda, who was on the mountain title, shouted loudly. He knew that if they left as soon as possible, the shells would not sink them, but the torpedoes would.
All the battleships gave up the idea of chasing the enemy, and they all maintained their formation, sending power to Yamamoto Isoroku while avoiding the left rudder, and wanted to leave the ambush area.
Just as they avoided the steering, the Fuso had tilted more than twenty degrees, and the water could not be righted.
Yoshida Yongmitsu is still insisting that he can't give up the Fuso, and he can't give up even the slightest hope.
But his ideas are good, but his persistence is in the wrong place. It's already time to sink him. How could he be given the opportunity to float on the sea and sail slowly waiting for rescue?
The latent Seawolf VI reloaded four more torpedoes, and twice in succession, fired a third wave of torpedoes at the Fuso.
Twenty seconds later, four oxygen torpedoes hit the wounded at a speed of fifty knots, still on the left side of the ship.
There were two loud bangs, and two successive rounds of torpedoes hit accurately.
Except for one hit in the first wave, eleven of the twelve torpedoes hit.
With a loud bang, the Fuso could no longer stabilize its body, and after shaking back, the deck tilted. The hull has already exceeded the inclination of thirty-five degrees. There is no longer any power to straighten it up.
Yoshida Yongguang did not wipe his cheeks that were bleeding for a long time because of the bump, and the general's demeanor still remained calm and ordered: "I am Yoshida Yongguang, I order to open the deep-sea valve and abandon the ship with all the staff!" ”
With his command. Standing pole loves you to jump around when you stand upright. The crew ran one after another. Quickly put down the lifeboat and began to abandon the ship and flee for his life.
Ono Masamitsu went up to the control tower three minutes later and reported in grief. The deep-sea valve opens, and the captain is asked to leave the ship.
"Nope. I'm going to stand at the back of the shift. ”
Yoshida Yongguang looked at everything familiar in the command tower in a daze, and said in a flat tone: "Ono-kun, Tomoo order, abandon the ship." ”
"Hayi!"
Ono Masamitsu stood upright, his eyes were full of admiration, and he turned away, and then joined the ranks of the abandoned ship.
"Ascend to periscope depth!"
The Seawolf VI did not continue to attack, they only had four torpedoes, and they had to be left for contingency so that they could rush to the supply ship to replenish the torpedoes. They can get out of the fight. Before leaving, it was only necessary to make sure that the battleship with eleven torpedoes in its body could still float, and if it was not sinking, it would be replenished with two more torpedoes and sink it completely.
The Fuso was doomed to sink, and those battleships that avoided leaving did not dare to stay, and drew arcs one after another, leaving at high speed, and quickly fled towards the aircraft carrier formation in the pursuit of artillery shells.
Yamamoto Fifty-six had already received the report, and he was shocked to order the fast battleships that had been dispatched to return, and he did not know the number of enemy warships in the road, nor the number of submarines in the road. Judging by the description of the attack, it is unknown whether there were five submarines in the vicinity, or even more. That's a killer of aircraft carriers and battleships, and if he doesn't leave, his Yamato won't be able to withstand torpedo attacks.
As for anti-submarine, the accuracy of the enemy's long-range artillery gave him a big headache. Those thin-skinned fast battleships simply can't carry it, and they may sink with a few hits.
"Give up Mukara's offshore plan, and the fleet is moving closer to the Red Sea!"
He quickly gave the order and prepared to evacuate the place. He knew that it was unrealistic for the army to withdraw from here. There is still hope for the battleship group to leave, and it is not a problem to break through. The plan that has been prepared for a long time, those landing ships and troop carriers, not thirty or twenty, that number is nearly half of the empire's transportation capacity, and it cannot be lost.
Yamamoto 56's combined fleet began to leave, Takeko did not continue the pursuit, he took the battleship to the vicinity of the destroyer that was still burning fiercely, looked at the Fuso that was about to capsize in the distance, and ordered: "Shell that battleship, kill all the Japanese troops who fell into the water, we don't take prisoners!" ”
"Yes!!"
All the captains shouted and commanded, except for the necessary six battleships to wander around to protect themselves from the Japanese submarines and prevent the enemy from sneaking attack, all the battleships began to search around, and at the same time, the main guns were loaded with armor-piercing shells, and the direct shelling of the Fuso, which had tilted and was about to sink, and the destroyers that were still on fire but did not sink, were directly shelled at close range.
Loud bangs came and went, and one shell after another hit the two battleships accurately. If a sniper shot of less than a kilometer could not be hit, then their training of more than a year of hard training and countless shells would be in vain.
The Fuso, which was about to capsize, had already opened the deep-sea valve, and it was only a matter of hours before it sank. Under heavy shelling, dozens of shells hit him in just a minute or two, and the shells hit, causing the flat damaged armor to no longer stop the armor-piercing shells, and then a cloud of flames rose on the battleship.
Yoshida Yoshimitsu did not leave the conning tower, and during the shelling, he looked at the fire in the darkness in the distance, and habitually raised the binoculars.
"Ahh The people of China!! ”
When he saw those yellow-skinned faces that looked no different from theirs, he suddenly woke up, where is this British army, this is the battleship of the advance army!
Unfortunately, he didn't have a chance to pass on the news, and in the explosion, the fire in the cabin detonated the ammunition compartment, and then there was a loud bang, and Yoshida Yongmitsu flew into the sky along with the command tower. And the Fuso also accelerated the speed of sinking, and in just a few minutes, at the moment when the fire had not disappeared, it disappeared into the sea.
Subsequently, another destroyer that was in flames was also hit with holes, although it did not explode, but the speed of the water inlet caused the battleship that did not explode to sink into the waves in an instant, leaving only the oil stains that were still burning on the sea, illuminating the surrounding corpses and debris floating on the sea surface in the darkness.
After the sinking of the two ships, the searchlights on all the battleships were bright, and one by one they poked out semi-automatically, searching for targets in the pillars of light, and the sound of crackling gunfire rang out intensively, killing those Japanese soldiers who were still alive. Especially on the sea around the Fuso, heavy machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns were all on the battlefield, smashing those lifeboats and tearing up the Japanese soldiers who called for help.
Let's change my breed in the next life!
Mengzi looked at the figure struggling in the waves, and muttered silently in his heart. No prisoners were left, only the Japanese were targeted, this was the captain's order, and he was to carry it out. (To be continued......)