Chapter 744
The Japanese gunboat San has been active in the Bohai Strait in the past few months. In addition to monitoring foreign merchant ships, especially European and American merchant ships, its main task is to harass the normal production activities of fishermen in coastal areas.
One-third of the Shandong fishermen who disappeared before were captured by the Sang gunboat.
After entering November, the gunboat "Sang" no longer dared to approach Tianjin. It had a small displacement, insufficient speed, and no armor protection. It had little chance of winning against Chinese cruisers or escorts.
Yantai, Penglai, and Weihaiwei are places where it does not dare to harass and approach. Chinese planes will always be circling offshore. Once discovered, if you run slower, you will be attacked by more than a dozen planes.
After careful consideration, the gunboat Sang decided to bypass China's most heavily defended areas and go to Laizhou Bay and other places to catch fishermen and create panic among the Chinese.
Perhaps because the weather was too cold, the gunboat Sang wandered around Laizhou Bay for more than two hours without finding any trace of a fishing boat.
With the intention of not making mistakes, the commander of the gunboat Sang unknowingly drove the gunboat into the core waters of Laizhou Bay.
Soldiers were responsible for the observation and search work. The Japanese captain was sitting leisurely on the bridge, with a cup of hot tea in his hand emitting light white smoke.
"Alas, the Bohai Sea will not be peaceful in the future. The Chinese are really capable of making troubles." He said something that sounded like a sigh or a complaint.
I am used to living a leisurely life, and I have long lost my fighting spirit.
An officer next to him answered:
"I wonder when His Majesty the Emperor will give the order to open fire on Britain and the United States. I feel very aggrieved every day when I see their merchant ships swaggering past in front of me!
The merchant ships are full of supplies and foreign women with fair skin. If you can have a taste of it, hehe..."
The Japanese captain suddenly felt that the tea in his hand was no longer fragrant. He swallowed and looked a little yearning.
She has experienced the skills of Belarusian women, and those European and American women with blond hair and blue eyes should be good at it.
All the Japanese on the bridge began to have their own thoughts, and the cold sea breeze could not dissipate the heat in their hearts.
Sudden!
"A torpedo was found on the port side, less than... less than 600 meters away!"
The sudden exclamation startled everyone.
The teacup fell from my hand and shattered into pieces.
The Japanese captain stared blankly at the fragments of the tea cup on the ground, not returning to the future for a moment.
"Your Majesty, Major, a torpedo was found on the port side, 500 meters away!"
The captain suddenly stood up from his seat and looked at the sea with his binoculars. Two torpedoes were happily approaching the gunboat. Everyone's hair stood on end.
"Full right rudder, quick, quick, quick..."
The captain felt cold and stiff all over.
It was the first time since the gunboat Sang was launched that it felt dangerous at such a close range. All the Japanese on board were alarmed. They looked at the two torpedoes approaching at high speed in horror.
The battleship turned right at full speed to evade!
"Your Excellency Major, there are two torpedoes behind, 500 meters away!"
The Japanese captain wanted to curse at his mother at this moment. He had no time to think about where the torpedo came from and just ordered to speed up over and over again.
"Whoosh..."
Witnessed by hundreds of Japanese soldiers, the first torpedo rushed past the No. 3 gunboat, leaving a long waterline in the sea.
Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, the second torpedo came over again.
Regardless of whether they have received professional naval training or not, all the Japanese who saw the second torpedo had only one feeling in their hearts:
"There's no way to hide from it!"
The torpedoes came too fast, leaving limited time for the warships to evade.
The Japanese Army Major felt sad, but he still said:
"Prepare for impact!"
His words were spread to every corner of the battleship, and all the Japanese soldiers were anxiously waiting for that moment to arrive.
"boom!"
The stern of the ship was hit by a torpedo, and the strong shock almost made the Major unsteady.
Water columns rose into the sky, and people seemed to be screaming in the raging waves.
The hull of the battleship under their feet suddenly paused, and then all the Japanese soldiers felt that the speed of the battleship was rapidly decreasing, and it seemed that it would stop completely before long.
The last two torpedoes were approaching straight away, and the captain had no time to ask about the damage, so he gave orders to speed up and turn the rudder over and over again.
"Your Majesty, Major, you can't hide... you can't hide..."
Some people were completely confused and screaming.
The major raised his telescope and looked behind the torpedo. A black submarine was breaking through the waves.
The assassin hidden in the deep sea finally showed his body, not to attack, but to watch the target be destroyed with his own eyes.
"Ahh..."
The first torpedo blew a big hole in the stern of the gunboat San, and the warship began to feel like it was capsized. Almost all power was lost, and the warship was at a standstill. Watching death approaching it inch by inch, the Japanese on the warship
The soldiers screamed in despair.
The third and fourth torpedoes accurately hit the target, and the keel of the gunboat San was blown into two pieces.
Flames and thick smoke soon enveloped the shattered battleship.
The Dongyangguan surfaced, and Major Miller, Zou Qiuyuan and others came to the deck. They were either shocked or smiling as they watched the Sang battleship burst into flames and slowly sink into the sea. The Japanese soldiers on the battleship plunged into the sea desperately.
Jump.
Win!
Only four torpedoes were used before and after, and the opponent failed to make any counterattack.
For the first time, the young officers of the Bohai Fleet felt the crispness of submarine combat, and the excitement and pleasure of being a deep-sea assassin!
Hit by three torpedoes, the gunboat San had no chance of rescue and sank completely after 5 minutes.
There were some wreckage and struggling Japanese soldiers floating on the sea.
They looked at the slowly approaching Dongyangguan with fear. They were unable to fight back and had nowhere to escape in the vast sea.
"Boom boom boom..."
"Da da da..."
Under Zou Qiuyuan's order, deck guns and heavy machine guns poured out firepower near the sunken ship.
Chapter completed!