The SS172 boat commanded by Joseph Callahan is still dangling off the coast of Kaohsiung, and this 2,000-ton submarine is the best ocean-going submarine in the United States at present, and can operate as far as the Japanese archipelago, and of course few people go there for safaris. At present, the farthest is near the Bass Strait, ambushing Japanese cargo ships from the Taiwan Strait to the Philippines or Papua New Guinea, and the results are relatively high.

The captain stood behind a 7.62mm machine gun on the enclosure and looked into the distance with a telescope. He prayed in the morning that there would be a harvest, but in the morning he did not have a good chance, and at noon he saw that the faint smoke was moving very quickly, and it seemed that it was a large enemy warship, and he could not catch up, and he did not dare to provoke. He'd been wandering around here for a few days, and he'd been getting a little impatient. There are not a few cargo ships in Kaohsiung Port, and there is no intention of leaving the port. He even planned to float up, sink a few fishing boats with deck guns, and go back to the business, but finally gave up.

The deputy captain suggested that he might as well go north along the strait to try his luck, although it exceeded the original mission limit, but he and the others were also a little unwilling to go back like this.

The 419 maintains mast depth and moves forward with a drone remote control cargo ship. It is certainly not the best strategy to hit the salvage ship directly with this ship, because the enemy will definitely be suspicious, so the best thing is to lure the Americans over and let them do it. But how easy is that? 419 accurately grasped the position of the American submarines, and it could be seen that they were somewhat speculative, and did not stop directly in the harbor, but wandered about halfway between the main channel and the harbor, indicating that the captain was still very aggressive.

A Japanese destroyer flotilla south to support Papua New Guinea was escorting 10 transport ships through the same route, and the commissar was worried that the enemy would find something unusual about the ship he controlled. Cheng Dayang felt that people were worried, and the Japanese were not immortals, so they knew a fart. Sure enough, the enemy fleet sent a signal from a nautical mile away, wishing it a smooth return voyage. The cargo ship also sent a signal wishing a good ride.

The two sides staggered by, and no boat approached to inspect it. But the bow sonar found that the American submarine did not come, and although it was separated from the curvature of the earth, at least the smoke should have been seen. Maybe it was too late to find the opportunity to take the lead, so I simply gave up? After all, submarines are very slow.

Since it didn't come out, Lin Xiuxuan decided to go around and lure it over. With a top speed of 19 knots, the Porpoise could easily catch up with 13-knots merchant ships, but they did not dare to sail long on the surface during the day, which of course increased the difficulty of luring, and they had to be close enough to leave them with great illusions.

The Keikawa Maru waited for the Japanese fleet to disappear, then turned around and headed for the port of Kaohsiung. Unable to slow down, it streaked across a huge circle on the surface of the sea.

The American captain had been following the smoke of the enemy ship and noticed that one of the ships seemed to be turning around towards him, and he continued to stop at the surface of the sea to recharge his batteries while observing the target. He couldn't believe that there was such a captain, did he originally go back to Kaohsiung and found that he missed it? If the Japanese were all bear-like, how did they invade most of Asia?

Seeing that the black smoke was indeed approaching, almost coming straight to him, he ordered an urgent dive. Then carry out the launch* preparation. * After loading, the co-captain had roughly identified the target through the periscope, a French requisitioned ship, and it sounded like the main engine was running at full speed. The submarine began to turn, it sailed slowly, taking up a favorable position. The rest is just waiting.

Callahan's actions were real as Cheng Dayang showed on the electronic charts, and the captain was not sophisticated, but he was very courageous. I don't know if I'll take the bait. The latest information he got came from the drone, and the enemy had collected the periscope, apparently entering the final stage of ambush.

As Cheng Dayang guessed, SS172 was mobilized, waiting for the enemy to enter the trap step by step. The captain calculated the enemy's route, and hid 1.5 nautical miles on the side of the route, too close to stick out the periscope, and it was easy for the enemy to find out. It was too far away, the density of fire was not enough, he needed to quickly release 4 rounds* from the bow, and then surface to observe the results of the battle, and if he needed to make up for it, he would use the 76mm guns on the foredeck.

The listening room listened to the sound of enemy propellers approaching, and it was strange that they approached the port without slowing down. It looks like the captain of the ship is really an amateur. The calculation time was almost up, and the captain decided to stick out the periscope, he quickly turned 90 degrees, and was surprised to find that the ship was actually turning away from his ambush circle.

He suspected that he was exposed, but it was impossible, this turning action obviously started before the periscope was extended, and this was not a normative action to circumvent *, it was more like a full rudder turn after a drunkard discovered a navigation error. And just like that, watching the enemy ship, he turned around and went back.

The captain of the "XXXX" cursed a swear word, his fist slammed on the periscope, he was enraged by the enemy, the enemy ship turned around inexplicably, making him think that pie had arrived in the sky, and then he tried his best to seize a favorable position, but suddenly turned around on the edge of the range. The whole world is at war, and only this captain is making a joke. He made an inexplicable figure-eight turn on the sea.

"George, how fast is this ship?" The captain asked.

"The identification manual says that the full speed is 14 knots, but considering the loss of the machine, it is estimated to be about 13 knots. You don't want to surface in pursuit, do you? It's too dangerous, the Japanese naval planes in Tainan are coming to us at any time. ”

"So, why are you asking about its speed?"

"There are still four hours to go, and it's going to be dark. I intend to keep up and surface at night so that we can master the speed advantage of 6 knots per hour, and by tomorrow morning we will leave the strait and overtake it, and then ambush it where it is not easily accessible by their roadbed anti-submarine forces. "It sounds like a lot of work, but at least it's a real prey, and there's no need to wait.

The officers in dirty clothes next to them were hesitating, and everyone was silent for a long time, thinking about the captain's plan. Although there seems to be an element of private hatred, it is obviously feasible and more reasonable than waiting aimlessly here.

"I think it's feasible," said the deputy captain, "to-morrow morning we can intercept it southwest of the Ryukyus, which is not a key area of the enemy's defenses, and if * fails, we can even take it out with deck guns." ”

"That's it, turn around and catch up."

The submarine has a range of 12,000 kilometers, but the underwater endurance using batteries is only a few tens of nautical miles, and it will obviously be thrown off by the other side, but once it is night, it can surface in a grand manner and chase some distance with a diesel engine, which is the core of the whole plan, and of course the battle must be fought during the day.

Cheng Dayang detected that the opponent's speed increased from 0 to 4 knots, and began to follow his cargo ship slowly, obviously Lin Xiuxuan's plan angered the other party, I don't know why Lin Xiuxuan's cheap moves are always easy to annoy the opponent, this seems to be his specialty.

On the sea, the Kyokawa Maru drove at a consistent speed, quickly pulling the sneaking porpoise under the sea surface down a distance, 4 hours, there were already 40 nautical miles between the two sides, but when night fell, as Lin Xiuxuan expected, the angry US submarine surfaced and began to move at full speed. Before dawn, the two sides sailed out of the strait, and the American submarine finally overtook the front. Now the American captain probably thought he was sure he could sink the target.

Everything went as planned, the ambush zone of the Americans, already very close to the salvage site of the Japanese, could detect that one destroyer was cruising nearby, and several others had not yet arrived. What is needed now is to put on a good show at the beginning and pull the hatred value to the top.

The cargo ship continued to sail towards the preset position of SCP-172, pretending to be unaware.

Captain Callaghan decided to step back a little further to avoid his opponent detecting the periscope, and he had to make sure that nothing went wrong. Seeing the target from afar and moving forward stupidly, the captain was ecstatic in his heart, and the navy inevitably had some little superstitions, he believed that good luck would not always befall fools, and this time it was his turn to be lucky.

He calculated the angle of advance of the shot, held his breath and waited for the target to pass through the periscope. It seems that the target is obedient and continues to move in a straight line. He began to fall dozens of times, and when he lost to 5, the ship began to turn again, and soon left the stern to him. The captain hammered the periscope again. It's not that the stern of the boat can't shoot, it's that the enemy's sharp turn zeroes out the advance of all the chances of moving at a constant pace.

The Japanese captain who operated that ship was either a psychotic or a god. The last time it slipped away 5 minutes earlier, this time it was even more powerful, about 20 seconds earlier.

He ordered the submarine to float and catch up with the enemy with naval guns. Today, he still doesn't believe in evil, he has to fight to the death, not only him, but all the crew also think so, this breath is really unbearable.

The submarine jerked out of the water, and the surface team quickly rushed to the post, predicting that it would take between 50 and 100 shells to sink such an unarmored enemy ship. Of course, you have to grab to the side, and the attack time is expected to be 30 minutes to 1 hour. The captain of the ship had no fear, he knew that this place was far away from Taiwan, and even if a report was sent and the enemy's air force took off, it would be difficult to find himself in the vast sea, and if he ran into an enemy warship, he would be considered unlucky.

The drone began to send a distress signal to the salvage fleet ahead, and from the sonar monitoring, it was seen that the Agano had just lowered two groups of divers through the winch, and it could not go at this time. As for the only frigate, it was handed over to this cargo ship to solve.

When the SS172 floated, it had already been thrown out of 7 nautical miles, and its foredeck 76mm guns were somewhat weak and could not reach the target for the time being. The captain stood on the hull, looked ahead with a telescope, and found that the fleeing enemy ships were still sending signals to him, and he silently said: "You can't catch up with me"

Daring to provoke, the captain decided to accept the challenge. He ordered the two chariots to catch up at full speed, and since yesterday he had carefully observed the enemy ships from various ambush positions, and no one was armed except for a machine gun on the top, and he was determined to give the ship a little color, and if anyone jumped down when the ship sank, he was determined to live a few and humiliate them.