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Chapter 178 Hunting the Yamato (Third update, please subscribe)
  The sun rises slowly on the horizon, and the sea surface in the morning light is filled with a layer of sea fog. In the sea fog, a blue-gray submarine was sneaking in the fog like a whale.

Today is the third day of the "Shark" submarine sailing into the Yellow Sea to perform its mission. Three days ago, when the "Shark" sailed near the waters of Fujian, Zou Tongjie specially summoned all officers and soldiers to stand on the deck and salute the mountains and rivers of the motherland. ,
  Eight years!

As a native of Fujian, Zou Tongjie saw Fujian for the first time in eight years and was so close to his hometown for the first time. Eight years ago, the warship he served on was ordered to be scuttled. In the following seven years, he continued to perform minelaying missions with the troops. Until he was laid off and dismissed last year.

Just when Zou Tongjie thought he had no chance to set foot on a warship again, someone approached him, and then, like many of his colleagues, he became an employee of the Borneo Company. What next? They took a flight to India, and then took a flight from India to Italy. In the port of Taranto, he once again stepped onto a warship, or even a submarine!
  As the captain, Zou Tongjie and others learned to operate the submarine and how to conduct submarine operations under the guidance of Italian instructors. A month ago, they sailed out of the port of Tunisia, passed through the Suez Canal with three other submarines, entered the Indian Ocean, and then entered the Pacific to perform submarine operations with US submarines.

But for the inexperienced ones, combat was more like training. They were just learning how to conduct submarine operations and break up engagements under the guidance of Italian consultants who had participated in the Atlantic submarine war. Until a week ago, the "Sea Serpent" Obtained first blood - sinking a 2000-ton cargo ship in the waters of Tsushima.

After this news came, Zou Tongjie naturally also focused on the waters of Tsushima. Compared with the vast Pacific Ocean, there were more Japanese merchant ships and it was easier to achieve results.

However, he has not achieved any results until now. Although he has seen many boats, most of them are small fishing boats.

"Don't worry, Zou."

At this moment, Diccato's voice came from beside him. This former Italian naval officer once commanded this submarine to achieve a record of 7 sinkings in the Atlantic Ocean, with a sinking tonnage of more than 30000 tons. Now he and another Several Italian officers and sailors were employees of the company and served as instructors to assist Zou Tongjie in commanding the submarine.

"Patience is the most important thing when conducting submarine attacks. When we were in the Atlantic, we would sometimes wait for a week or even longer. As long as you are patient, prey will always come to your doorstep..."

Nodding slightly, Zou Tongjie said.

"Bungo Waterway."

"what?"

"Japanese merchant ships and warships will all pass by there. Three days ago, the US military began to attack Okinawa. The Japanese will definitely send reinforcements to Okinawa. They can only go there by boat. So, I think, when we get there, Maybe there’s a chance to achieve some results!”

It has to be said that Zou Tongjie's intuition is very keen, perhaps because in the past few years, he has been more like an army than a navy.

In the Army, it is normal to surround a point to provide reinforcements.

Now that the US military is attacking Okinawa, he can encircle points on the sea for reinforcements.

So the submarine "Shark" sailed towards the east again, sailing at full speed in the morning light and the diffuse sea fog.

At this time, what Zou Tongjie didn't know was what he would encounter there.

Sometimes, this is how things develop, and there are always many, many accidental factors that push some things to happen.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the fleet weighed anchor. At that time, the sun passed through the clouds and fog. The former colonel's cruiser "Yahiki" opened the way, followed by four destroyers, then the "Yamato", and four destroyers behind.

As the ten warships slowly sailed out of the Seto Inland Sea, the first of ten large-scale air attacks on the American ships gathered in the waters of Okinawa began. Three hundred and forty-one bombers carried out conventional bombing for nearly four hours, and [-] "Kamikaze" attack planes rammed the US ship. By dusk, three US destroyers, one landing craft and two ammunition carriers had been sunk, and ten other ships had been seriously damaged.

Vice Admiral Ito, who was on the "Yamato" ship, was very happy after hearing the news that he had witnessed thirty enemy ships sinking and twenty catching fire. In the sky, Kusaka followed the fleet in a seaplane and did not say goodbye until he had just enough fuel to return. He waved to the fleet and the small plane flew back.

That night, a thousand sailors from "Yagi" gathered on the deck and listened to the former colonel read out the last telegram from Admiral Toyoda that inspired them to fight to the death - the fate of the empire "fights here."

After bursts of shouts of "Japanese Empire squad!", the former colonel gave his own instructions, which made most of the crew members feel indignant. He said:

"Our mission seems like suicide, and it is. However, I want to emphasize that suicide is not our goal. The goal is victory. You are not a herd driven to the altar... Once this ship is seriously damaged Or be sunk, you must escape without hesitation so that you can fight again in the future. There is still a battle to be fought. You must not commit suicide, you must defeat the enemy!"

This time, there was no "Long Live" sound on the ship. Everyone knew that even if they could escape, it would be difficult to survive.

At about eight o'clock in the evening, the Second Fleet carefully sailed through the minefield of Bungo Channel and entered the Pacific Ocean. Ito ordered the fleet to sail down the coast of Kyushu at a speed of twenty knots per hour.

At this time, Iten did not know that his fleet had been discovered by two US submarines, and the US submarines immediately sent out a secret message.

At this time, the "Shark" sailing along the coast of Kyushu also received the telegram.

"It must be a big fish!"

Zou Tongjie said with some excitement. Although he didn't understand which warship the enemy ship code sent by the American submarine referred to, he was immersed in excitement.

After drawing the route intersection chart on the chart, Zou Tongjie looked up at Dicocato and said.

"How about it, let's do it!"

Seeing Zou Tongjie's fanatical eyes, Dicocato's eyes were like those of a lion seeing its prey, he patted the chart hard and said.

"Do it!"

So the Shark submarine immediately sailed towards the converging waters at full speed. All night long the Shark sailed at full speed, and did not dive to the bottom until dawn. At the same time, the listener heard the high-speed rotation of the warship's propeller.

"Discovered many warships!"

what?
  Multiple ships!

The listener's report made Zou Tongjie's fanatical gaze change immediately. He suddenly realized that he had rushed into there - into a fleet.

Not a good thing for a submarine!
  The roles of hunter and prey sometimes change very quickly, so fast that people cannot adapt to this role change.

For the "Shark" at this time, after multiple warships broke into his ambush circle, the "Shark" not only did not necessarily have the opportunity to carry out an attack, but might even fall into the opponent's prey.

Now we are really in a dilemma.

Listening to the sharp sound of high-speed propellers coming from the speakers, Zou Tongjie frowned. Suddenly, as if he had made some decision,
  "Slow down, reduce the speed to three knots..."

When Zou Tongjie gave the order, Dicocato nodded with satisfaction. In this case, silent submarine is the best choice. If you can't escape, another option is to dive into the deep sea, or even You can sit and sink to the bottom of the sea, but of course you have to control the depth.

Just then the sonar soldier reported.

"There is a sound of rain! It should be raining on the sea, and it is very loud! The sound of water is very complicated!"

"God bless. He is ours!"

It doesn’t matter what kind of warship it is or not, I’m sure to take advantage of this big fish now!
  Zou Tongjie seemed a little excited.

At this time, ten warships had entered the high seas south of Kyushu. They adjusted the formation into a ring, with "Yamato" in the center, and took a zigzag route south to Okinawa at a speed of twenty-four knots. At the same time, the last batch of escort aircraft also returned.

After the Kyushu coast disappeared, this fleet was the only one left on the sea.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the sky was filled with dark clouds, heavy rain hit the ship, and the wind and waves were so strong that all the escort ship's audio receivers heard was noise. They did not even notice that there was a submarine below the sea surface.

"Rise to thirty meters!"

"Thirty meters. Yes, captain." The horizontal helmsmen turned the wheel. The index on the depth chart keeps rising. There was a louder noise outside: the ping-ping of sonar. The clatter of the propeller. It was obvious now that the sound was coming from the front.

"Thirty meters, Captain."

"Good. Now, listen carefully. I'm going to raise the periscope."

Zou Tongjie's voice sounded firm.

"Then I want you to rise exactly one meter, level for a while, then raise another meter, and level again. You have to do it steadily, do you understand?"

"Yes. Captain."

The thin barrel of the attack periscope rose quietly and finally stopped.

"It's up to twenty meters. Captain!"

"very good!"

Everything is perfect!
  In the eyes of DiCocatto and several other Italian instructors, both the orders given by Captain Zou and the process by which the sailors executed them were flawless.

Under the operation of this group of excellent sailors, the submarine maintained a smooth and level navigation, and then paused again.

"It's up to [-] meters, Captain."

The two helmsmen were almost the best sailors on the submarine, and they carefully maintained their stealth.

"Okay! Keep this height! That's it!"

Zou Tongjie raised his voice, with a certain kind of fanaticism in his voice. This kind of fanaticism was the desire born eight years ago. When he watched the warship sink into the Yangtze River, he was eager for all this to come.

Now, he finally has a chance to take revenge!
  At this time, Zou Tongjie could only feel his blood boiling.

At this time, there was silence in the boat, and an unusual "crackling" sound came from the loudspeaker.

The echo rangefinder chirped louder and shriller, and the propeller noise grew louder. The torpedo data computer is performing calculations.

There was silence in the command tower. There was silence on the entire submarine. All the sounds now came from outside the boat, the noise of machinery, and the sound of the sonar of the Japanese fleet escort ships while exploring.

"Raise the periscope. Record! Distance is one thousand five hundred meters. Record! Bearing three three five. Record, leading edge entry angle starboard 30 degrees!"

I see!
  The moment the periscope was raised, Zou Tongjie raised the periscope, put his eyes on the eyepiece, and the target appeared in his sight.

A huge ship like a mountain came into his eyes. At this moment, he recognized this battleship, the battleship that they had feared and longed for.

Now it's in the periscope's crosshairs!

"Oh my god, yes, it's Yamato!"

Zou Tongjie looked at the target in the mirror in astonishment. The huge hull of the "Yamato" just broke into his sight, and sweat flowed from his forehead.

My heart beat faster and my throat became more astringent.

Well, no need to hesitate, this is it!

This is the big fish!
  If it succeeds, it will be worth it even if the whole village eats it!
  Sometimes, people always need a little bit of adventurous spirit, and for the navy, the adventurous spirit is even more indispensable. In essence, a qualified naval soldier is first and foremost a gambler, because they often want to Lenha.

Winner takes all.

If you lose, you get nothing!
  "Torpedo ready!"

When he left the eyepiece, Zou Tongjie spoke Mandarin with a Fujian accent. His somewhat hoarse voice was elongated, but unlike in the past, his voice seemed a little tight today.

You only have one chance to win? Or lose?

Mazu bless you!

"Torpedo ready!"

"emission!"

The order spurted out from Zou Tongjie's throat. When the firm and decisive order was issued, he felt sweat on his palms.

"emission!"

"emission!"

The same two words in the mouth of the torpedo commander were repeated twice, and each time it was the same as before, a firm and decisive order. With the order, the torpedo man pressed the firing button.

As always, there was a bump and a sound of water waves first, then two German-made electric torpedoes were launched from the submarine. The black and gray torpedoes rushed straight into the sea and rushed towards the target.

At this time, the sea was very windy and violent, and the rain was heavy. The sound of waves and raindrops hitting the sea water made the hydrological sound extremely noisy.

Even so, Zou Tongjie frowned slightly when he felt the tremor of the submarine after it was launched.

There is no room to look back. Once discovered, death is likely to await them!

The voice paused.

"Raise the periscope!"

From the periscope, he felt that he could even clearly see the two wakes! The torpedo was heading straight for its target. Now nothing can stop the torpedo from hitting the target, not even God!

"Lower the periscope!"

When he issued this order, he felt dizzy. It was because of excitement!
  Eight years of longing for it day and night finally became a reality today!
  Zou Tongjie turned his attention to the stopwatch in his hand and started timing. Like everyone else, he was waiting for the sound from the listener.

Will it hit?

If it really hits, even if it means death - I will be willing to do so!
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