"The devil has also done too many evils, and God can't see it." , Liu Wenhua, the captain of the Ninghai destroyer, couldn't help laughing, and then his face turned solemn, and he said in a deep voice, "Launch!" ”

Almost at the same time, the other six destroyers also fired the Type 93 Type 3 oxygen torpedo among the six torpedo tubes on the ship, but the old problem of this torpedo could not be avoided after all, almost seven or eight torpedoes suddenly exploded after firing a thousand meters, and the earth-shattering loud noise immediately alarmed the devils

After just a dozen seconds, the Japanese ships began to fire at the explosion one after another, and after finding that there was no effect, some people realized that there was a problem, and fired a number of flares towards the area, illuminating the nearby sea as if it were daylight, and the three destroyers that were moving a little slower were suddenly exposed

The shelling of the Japanese ships suddenly overwhelming, and the three destroyers desperately scattered to evade, but in the end they still sank and were injured, thanks to the cover of the night, after all, although the flares are easy to use, but it is not easy to let people see the exact location of the enemy ships at night from a distance of no less than ten kilometers

When the Japanese thought of the flares, they also realized that the explosion just now might have been caused by an oxygen torpedo, and they immediately became nervous, especially the three battleships immediately began to fire and prepare to evade, but at this time, the lightning protection net made the three captains entangled, if they did not withdraw, the warships would basically not be able to start, and if they were withdrawn, what if the speed was not completely up, there would be torpedo shots? The three captains of the Zuihou made different choices, and it was not too late for the captains of the two Nagato-class battleships to decide to wait until the boilers were completely heated before removing the mine nets. The Kirishima was dismantled while the fire was being raised. Even if it's as slow as a snail for the time being, it's better than staying where you are

Although the heavy oil boiler ignites much faster than the old coal-fired boiler, it also takes at least 15 minutes, and it only takes eight or nine kilometers (it takes a thousand meters to explode to attract the attention of the devil, and it also takes time for the devil to react. It takes only five or six minutes for an oxygen torpedo with a speed of 50 knots

The Japanese flagship, the Nagato, was hit by a full thirteen torpedoes at almost the same time, and the poor stability of the oxygen torpedoes became an advantage at this time, and 100 percent of the thirteen torpedoes exploded, and this huge ship, which was regarded as the symbol and spiritual pillar of the Japanese navy, was directly split into several sections and flew into the sky after an earth-shattering loud noise. However, it is no wonder that the charge of a Type 93 Type 3 oxygen torpedo is almost equivalent to that of four aviation torpedoes, and its power is even more than that. The Nagato ate hundreds of ordinary torpedoes in an instant, and it was unreasonable not to be blown up

The Nagato's sister ship, the Mutsu, was also hit by ten torpedoes just a few seconds later, and was also blown to death. The instant destruction of the two huge ships, which could be regarded as the spiritual pillars of many Japanese naval officers and men, dealt a devastating blow to the morale of the Japanese army, and the death of all the fleet commanders plunged most of the Japanese ships in the harbor into unprecedented chaos

In the midst of extreme panic. Those ships that do not have mine nets (about one-third of the total, are basically small and medium-sized ships. Hoping to get rid of the threat of torpedoes with high-speed maneuvering, but driving disorderly in the harbor, they were instead crowded into a ball. As for the warships that have laid down the anti-mine nets, there are also many captains who are either panicked or know that their ships are small and thin, and even if the Type 93 Type 3 torpedo explodes on the anti-mine net, they can blow up and sink their own ships, so they hurriedly remove the anti-mine nets to join this turbulence

Liu Wenhua, the captain of the Ninghai, couldn't help but smile when he saw the many targets piled up on the radar screen, and he didn't specifically look for targets, but directly fired the second batch of torpedoes that had just been loaded with haode in the direction of the most dense enemy ships, and whichever one hit was counted. The rest of the destroyers followed suit. More importantly, as several destroyers gradually moved away, it was difficult for the Japanese ships to hit the enemy ships even with the help of flares, not to mention that they did not have much reserves of flares

In just half an hour, these Chinese destroyers fired all the torpedoes and sank a total of 11 enemy ships, including 2 battleships, 1 heavy cruiser, 1 light cruiser, 4 destroyers and 3 minesweepers, and another 2 enemy ships collided due to darkness and panic, one sank and one was seriously damaged

But to the regret of the captains of the ships. The other Japanese battleship in the harbor, the "Kirishima", was not only the first to start, but its captain was thick-skinned and black-hearted, and actually let this thickly armored battleship hide behind a bunch of small and medium-sized warships with small tonnage and thin armor, and let them act as a shield, thus sparing the disaster. Not a single torpedo was eaten

What's even more bastard is that the captain of the ship, Masao Kanazawa, found that there was no one in the fleet who was higher in rank than himself. Immediately and unceremoniously took over the command of the fleet, and drove those light warships to fight back, and after they tried out that the enemy ship's torpedoes had been exhausted, the battleship Kirishima immediately "bravely" rushed to the front to pursue the enemy ship, although the lack of radar seriously affected its night combat ability, but the two destroyers that were injured and caught fire were still sunk by its fierce artillery fire, although the officers and men on the other four destroyers were full of righteous indignation, but the guns on the ship could not hurt a battleship at all, I had to take advantage of the night to hastily avoid, and the mission returned to Qingdao

In any case, the torpedo attack was indeed an unprecedented success, with the sinking of two of the most important Japanese ships and a large number of "incidental gifts", which not only basically lifted the direct threat of the Japanese Navy to Qingdao, but also for the Japanese people, who regarded the Navy's strong ships and sharp guns as their spiritual pillars, this fiasco almost completely shattered their confidence in the war of aggression against China. Not only did almost every high-ranking official receive death threats, but even a few guards who were negligent in their security work were assassinated by extremists, and a few vacant seats were unexpectedly vacated

Note 1: It cannot be said that this is necessarily wrong, after all, the mine protection net should not be too far away from the hull, and it is enough for the battleship to be thick-skinned, but those thin-skin warships, even including heavy cruisers, even if the torpedo is blocked by the mine protection net and explodes a few meters away from the warship, with the terrifying charge of the Type 93 Type 3 oxygen torpedo, it can still injure or even sink the warship......)

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