At a distance of 1,000 meters, the Swordfish carefully went up, and then three round torpedoes were pushed out of the launch tube under the action of compressed air. The three white marks were like death talismans. Two minutes later, two large water columns soared into the sky from the side of the Satsuma hull. Then, the warship tilted rapidly. During the tilt, the bow of the ship was inflowed more water, so the huge torque directly broke from the place where the torpedo hit.

It was as if twisted by a pair of giant hands. In less than 3 minutes, the bow of this huge warship had already sunk to the bottom of the sea. On the German Swordfish auxiliary cruiser, you can even see the situation at the fracture of the hull in the back half of the hull. The cabins sprayed with flames and smoke were like the entrance of hell, which made people feel frightened. Seven minutes later, the rear half of the Satsuma also sank to the bottom of the sea. So far, the two German battleships used 30% of the shells to deal with the first fleet sent by the Japanese Navy to Europe...

"How much ammunition is left?" Raidel suddenly asked, just as the German naval officers in the entire command tower cheered for their victory today.

"More than half of it has been knocked out," an officer replied.

"It's time to leave. Let's take the initiative to deal with the Japanese transport fleet, and calculate as much as you can. If you don't leave, something will happen. The British should have known the news now. The Satsuma kept sending telegrams before the war started." Redel's words reminded Su Xiong, and instantly extinguished his somewhat hot mind like a basin of cold water.

The British Mediterranean Fleet should be near the Aegean Sea now. Two of its divisions were taken by others in the Red Sea. The British probably would go crazy? If the fleet came from the Aegean Sea through the Suez Canal, it would not take long. Two battlecruisers and four armored cruisers, plus light cruisers, these TMs are all high-speed battleships.

If it is fair, Su Xiong is not afraid of the two Invincible Class Battlecruisers at all, but if one armored cruiser is added and the light cruiser is different, it is very difficult to shoot torpedoes on a bunch of cruisers! Torpedoes are magical, and they will turn into magical if you accidentally turn them into magic! At this time, the two German battleships are not even enough main gun shells, and they are even farts!

Not only do you have to run, but you have to run quickly! Your fleet has been sailing at sea for dozens of days, and the boilers and pipelines have to be cleaned. The speed has dropped significantly. It is true that it is faster than the battleship, but it is incomparable to pure blood battle patrols and cruisers.

As for auxiliary cruisers and escort Australian and New Zealand transport ships, they have already begun to return. Being dragged by the transport ships, their speed is only about 10 knots. No matter how fast they are, there is another very important reason to run quickly. The German fleet has only one place to go, that is, the Persian Gulf. The British can easily guess the Germans' nest. If they are blocked by their opponents and have some mines placed, what will you do if Su Xiong does?

Therefore, after solving the Japanese fleet, the two German rapid battleships ran away quickly and headed towards the Japanese transport fleet at a speed of 24 knots. At this time, they didn't want to fight many Japanese transport ships. In the idea of ​​catching a handful and leaving, they didn't even care about the Japanese naval officers and soldiers who fell into the sea, which also allowed Tomosaburo Kato to escape. By the way, there was also a great man among the people holding the wooden scoop in the sea. The man's name was Yamamoto Iroku......

The Japanese transport fleet, which received the telegram from Tosaburo Kato, naturally began to retreat quickly, but they still underestimated the pursuit speed of the German fleet. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the German fleet, which was sailing rapidly, finally included the retreating Japanese transport fleet within the range of attack.

Although the Japanese transport fleet had initially dispersed before this, this time, under the scrutiny of German auxiliary cruisers and the help of seaplanes, Su Xiong still caught the largest wave of the Japanese transport fleet! In addition to the two light cruisers, there are 10 transport ships!

In addition to the two auxiliary cruisers escorting Australian and New Zealand transport ships, two fast battleships and three auxiliary cruisers launched an attack on the entire fleet. After Sharnhorst used 80 main artillery shells and Gneisenau used 70 shells, the two Japanese cruisers once again turned into brilliant fireworks at sea. The remaining 10 Japanese transport stations, except for the three ships with large tonnage and good speeds, were suitable for changing to attack ships, all the remaining seven were sunk.

Five of the transport ships were destroyed by fierce shelling because the Japanese were stubborn, or wanted to surrender and wanted to buy them and had time to send a signal. As for how many people were hung in Japan? After the battle, Su Xiong described it like this, "I can't tell how many people were lost at that time. The battle was a bit urgent. You know, we didn't know when the British fleet would catch up, and it would take quite some time for us to arrive in the Persian Gulf."

At a banquet, when asked again, Su Xiong said: "There are still more than 5,000 casualties. We intercepted all large ships. The three transport ships captured and the total number of Japanese soldiers transferred to these ships was about 6,000. In short, these Japanese and Commonwealth members greatly solved the problem of insufficient manpower in Fau Port."

When the Suxiong fleet arrived in the Persian Gulf two days later, two rapid battleships crossed the defensive minefields set up by the Turkish Navy at the Persian Gulf exit under the leadership of the Turkish Navy's National Pillar. The Strait of Hormuz was very narrow, with the narrowest point being only 56 kilometers. After two weeks of hard work of the Turkish Navy minecraft ships, this defensive minefield has basically taken shape. In addition to the mines used in the Mande Strait, the five auxiliary cruisers also have more than 800 various mines, and these mines are not planned to be brought back. After the two auxiliary cruisers, Sturgeon and Swordfish, broke down, 800 mines were deployed in the Strait of Hormuz oil, making the defensive minefields of the entire strait thicker!

Just eight hours after the German fleet finally arrived at the Port of Faa, led by Sir Milne, the commander of the British Mediterranean Fleet, two battlecruisers, four armored cruisers, and six light cruisers, arrived loyally in the Gulf of Oman. After sending out two destroyers and a minesweeper, Sir Milne had to choose to retreat. There was no way. The minefield opposite was too thick, and without sufficient preparation, it would be difficult to sweep a passage. After all, the Strait of Hormuz is also more than 100 kilometers long. Who knows how many minefields there are behind this minefield?

"The German fleet has arrived in the Persian Gulf, and they have made good preparations, deployed a large number of mines in the Strait of Hormuz, and the entire fleet is under good protection and we cannot break through." He wrote in a telegram to the Admiralty.

"This is a bad start!" Sir Milne sighed at the vast sea.
Chapter completed!