The Republic of Heroes

I just feel sorry for Matsui Iwane, a lieutenant general in the army. He was seriously injured before he even saw the enemy, with multiple fractures all over his body. A big mouthful of blood, probably a broken rib pierced a lung.But the sailors all had their own positions, and no one cared about him. Originally, the battleship was not in a state of readiness during the night march, and it was suddenly attacked and was in a hurry, let alone a lieutenant general of the army.

Matsui Iwane struggled to roll to the side on the bumpy stairs and held onto the railing tightly, fearing that he would be thrown off again and fall to the deck.The sound of explosions one after another completely blinded him.How could it be possible for the Chinese to have a navy capable of attacking the Royal Navy?

In the distance, the flames were bursting into the sky. He didn't know that it was the last performance of the cruiser "Jago" in this world.The raging fire burned to the ammunition compartment, causing a horrible explosion. The entire hull was blown in half, thrown into the air and fell heavily.

The observation sailors on the bridge saw this scene that left them dumbfounded, and they didn't understand what happened in front of them.However, as the fleet commander, Admiral Kanji Kato understood that this was a Chinese submarine. The chiefs of the General Staff Headquarters were extremely contemptuous of such things as submarines, even though they suffered a big loss in front of them, they did not pay enough attention.Faced with this situation, he is scratching his head. There are only three destroyers in the fleet dedicated to anti-submarine warfare. The rest are mostly cruisers with heavy firepower and battleships with large guns. After all, this is a large fleet. An elephant is really helpless in front of a group of ants.

Captain Yamamoto 56 of the "Mutsu" has only officially heard about the submarine since the Songhu War. At first, he thought it was the defeater deliberately exaggerating his surprise attack capabilities in order to shirk responsibility. Now he is shocked by the horrible scene in front of him. shocked.In just a few minutes, a heavy cruiser easily exploded and disintegrated in front of him. This kind of combat power is simply terrifying, and what is even more frightening is that this weapon is hidden under the sea surface, and there is no way to detect it in advance. It is also difficult to track strikes and eliminate them without adequate equipment.

Under the cover of night, even the periscope they used to observe the target was difficult to find.After Yamamoto 56 heard about the defeat in the Songhu naval battle, he specially visited a submarine bought by Germany. The target must be continuously tracked and observed through the periscope, and then the target ship's course, as well as the angle and advance amount at which the torpedo should be launched by one's own side can be calculated through calculation. After many preparations, it is possible to hit the target.

During this period, as long as it is discovered, the vulnerable submarine will immediately become a target and become vulnerable. Therefore, Yamamoto 56 once concluded that this kind of underwater ship is only suitable for a one-time sneak attack, and it is impossible to hit the water surface of large ships.

But tonight's facts proved that his thinking was outrageously wrong. This fleet of more than a dozen 56-ton warships suffered fatal blows one after another, but the fleet was helpless.In fact, Suidong Navy's submarines are far ahead of Yamamoto [-]'s German-made submarines in terms of technological advancement, and through a complete set of complex mapping and calculations, they can attack surface ships with fixed routes without continuous observation.

The funds and technology of the Suidong Navy have always been supported by Wu Xiaoliang's ship company. It can be said that Wu Xiaoliang understood that due to the geographical sensitivity of Suidong, it is almost impossible to build large-scale surface warships, so he took a slanted sword and began to make large-scale warships ten years ago. Batches of research and development and manufacturing of submarines, and the establishment of a submarine officer school, this whole set of related construction has been fully improved and developed within ten years. It can be said that today's Suidong Navy has the largest and most elite submarine force in the world.

And what Wu Xiaoliang was waiting for was the moment when Japan increased its troops from the sea. He wanted to completely wipe out the increased troops at sea in order to deter the Japanese army.Of course, this is just the beginning of his plan.

Suidong Navy has hundreds of submarines and more than a dozen submarine brigades have been dispatched to the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea in the Sea of ​​Japan to attack all surface ships flying the Japanese flag indiscriminately.In other words, Wu Xiaoliang planned to use this pack of underwater wolves to completely cut off Japan's maritime supply line to mainland China. Even if it couldn't be completely cut off, it would suffer heavy losses, thereby restraining the military operations of its Japanese troops stationed in China.

This kind of plan also benefited from Wu Xiaoliang’s naval tactics against Nazi Germany in his previous life. This kind of wolf pack tactics once brought serious losses to the British and American allied maritime supply lines. The Chinese navy is not enough to compete with Japan, and the army is even more vulnerable. .Therefore, it is imperative to choose indiscriminate attack.

Indiscriminate attack means that not only combat ships, but also civilian ships will be sunk as long as they fly the Japanese flag.In this way, civilian casualties will be caused, but Wu Xiaoliang knows the Japanese nation too well. Rather than saying that Japan's aggression against China is the realization of the ambitions of Japanese militarism, it is better to say that Japanese soldiers led all Japanese people to carry out military, Economic and cultural aggression, every Japanese who came to China during the Japanese war of aggression against China directly and indirectly invaded this weak and ancient country.

Therefore, Wu Xiaoliang understands that sympathy for these people is cruelty to the suffering compatriots. As for the pressure of public opinion in the international community, it has always been a fart-like existence.Japan's previous invasions of China, the lessons given to Japan by world public opinion are only verbal, and only when the fist is hard enough and the knife is sharp enough is the last word.Therefore, he chose to ignore international public opinion.China and Japan will fight sooner or later. Instead of waiting for Japan to be ready before going to war, it is better to drag it into the quagmire of this war and drag it to death when it is not fully prepared.

The wolf pack tactics started with Admiral Kanji Kato's task force, and two more cruisers were severely damaged, and Yamamoto 56 screamed anxiously from the sidelines.Destroyers with anti-submarine equipment were sent to both sides of the fleet to search for submarines. However, due to the small number of destroyers on one side and the serious lack of anti-submarine training on the other, it is hard to say how much they can play in such an extreme environment.

Time passed by every minute and every second, warships were hit by torpedoes one after another, and explosions came and went one after another.Even the "Mutsu" was hit by two fish one after another again. The reason is that the tens of thousands of tons of large battleships have thick armor and many water-proof tanks.

But going on like this is definitely not a long-term solution. What should they do?