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    Chapter 304: A Sap (Part 2)

    That night, Lushun was full of singing and dancing, and the aroma of strong liquor was fragrant.  The singing girls who accompanied the army swayed their waists gracefully. Alcohol and the excitement of life and death about to go to the battlefield made the officers who usually looked majestic even more indulgent. They sang and clinked glasses with joy. In the end, even Masaki Temple couldn't hold it back and hugged him.  He went back to his room with a geisha to enjoy the wonderful night before the war.

    The soldiers soon felt something strange in the air. It was extremely quiet in the military camp. Many people took advantage of their last chance to write letters home. Of course, there were also fanatics sharpening their swords and guns. There were even queues to break into brothels or rape civilian girls.  , prepare to experience the restlessness of women before dying.  At this moment, two Black Spots quietly surfaced from outside Port Arthur.

    After the sealed hatch was opened, the foul smell in the submarine was immediately swept away by the sea breeze.  The feeling of having dozens of grown men crammed into a stuffy jar is really unpleasant. Especially in order to maintain physical strength, they must often eat those high-protein soy foods, which makes the submarine stink. If it weren't for the snorkel, this would be unbearable.  I still don¡¯t know what it will be like along the way.

    Even so, there was still a small accident. Because the submarine support ship was continuously tracked by Japanese warships, and the No. 02 boat lost contact due to a radio failure, it arrived two days later than expected.

    For the first time a submarine was put into actual combat, such mistakes and accidents are forgivable, and the journey has not been peaceful. Although the Japanese Navy did not go all out, it still encountered many Japanese ships after setting off from Shanghai. The snorkel rescued  Killed the submarine.  Since Japan had no experience in dealing with submarines, it deceived the Japanese naval lookouts several times by staying at the snorkel navigation depth.

    Anyway, we finally arrived.

    Chen Shaokuan raised his telescope. There was still about five kilometers away from Lushun. Two submarines were already in the middle of the main channel. There were scattered lights over the city in the distance. No movement was found on the most dangerous fort, and no ships appeared around.  Boat.

    "The dark moon kills people on a night, and the wind blows high and sets people on fire"

    Before the first mate, who had come out for air, had finished chanting, Chen Shaokuan smiled and slapped him: "I'll wait until I catch the fish and start working first." The first mate chuckled and immediately led the sailors who climbed up from other hatches.  He ran towards the stern of the boat, untied the mine on the slide rail and slowly lowered it.

    Laying mines is not done by just throwing it into the water as ordinary people imagine. From the fixed depth to the underwater array, it is very particular. For example, before setting off this time, Chen Shaokuan chose to give up dealing with several hundred tons of destroyers and chose to fix the depth to three meters. In this way,  Ships of about 2,000 tons will not be hit due to the draft depth, and this depth is not easy to be seen by the naked eye in the turbid water conditions at the junction of the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea.

    Since there are only 24 mines in the two boats, if the arrangement is not tight enough in a straight or multi-layer block pattern, there will be a large gap in the middle, so Chen Shaokuan chose the zigzag mine array.

    As the name suggests, 24 mines are deployed in several consecutive zigzag rows at intervals of 30 meters. Although the mines cannot be arranged in a few zigzags, this deployment method has advantages.  Because the fleets come and go one by one, usually about three hundred meters apart, as long as one of the ships hits a mine, the ships behind them will inevitably yaw left and right, so it is very likely that they will hit the "other" one after another.  "The mines deployed on the oblique angle of the word.

    Of course, this is just a theory. A continuous zigzag mine array requires at least 48 mines. To block the wider external main channel like Lushun, at least about 80 mines are needed. So everyone knows that this time it is a gamble.

    For fear of alarming the fort, both Chen Shaokuan, who was standing in the enclosure and commanding the slow maneuver of the submarine, and the first mate, who was leading the men to drop the mines, were cautious and did not dare to show off. When Sea Wolf No. 1 was deployed, he was the first to withdraw.  After passing by, No. 2 slowly approached to take over the task. When the two submarines passed by each other, the sailors above raised their hands to greet each other.

    Time passed by, and when the last mine was dropped, Chen Shaokuan realized that he had broken out in a hot sweat. He breathed a sigh of relief and immediately took the two submarines to the distant sea to recharge the supply troops. He did not want to come back tomorrow morning to "pick up the leaks" because of  Running out of power results in the loss of the most important underwater diving capability.

    After the two submarines merged with the support ship ten nautical miles away, two thick leather tubes immediately poured precious diesel into the submarine's fuel tank, which was almost at the bottom. Since diesel could not be produced domestically, it had to be purchased at a high price, so if this attack could not kill  One ship is definitely a loss-making business.

    It took three hours to replenish fuel and charge. After the batteries were fully charged, the two Seawolves were back to full strength. Since they were already in a war zone and could encounter enemies at any time, the sailors who had endured for so long were gradually getting excited.  stand up.  Probably God paid off. Just when Chen Shaokuan got rid of the cable and turned back at the depth of the snorkel, a formation composed of five large transport ships and three destroyers also slowly headed towards Lushun in the morning light.

    The number of Tsukumaru is Hachiman.The registered merchant ship of Japan Railway has a displacement of 7,600 tons and is the largest bulk cargo ship in Japan (Japan did not have 10,000-ton ships at the time. The first ship, the Heian Maru, which dates back 20 years, is only smaller than the first self-built 10,000-ton ship in China.  (three months earlier), it was mainly used for ore transportation in Hanyeping. After the loss of Hanyeping, it was once used on Nanyang and Japan routes. It was not until the Baofen mining volume increased that it returned to Lushun and Yokohama routes.

    On the deck, soldiers from Hiroshima, the fifth division known as the most elite of the Japanese army, stood leaning on the railing. Groups of herons sometimes circled in the morning light, sometimes swooping to chase small fish lifted up by the oars.

    What a harmonious picture!  These soldiers, who are about to set foot on the mainland and face the baptism of bullets again, can't help but sing songs from their hometown.  Lieutenant General Kikuzo Otani stood in the middle of the soldiers, looking at these young but not nervous faces with great pride. This is a heroic and glorious division.  The first battle of Sino-Japanese War was fought by this division, and it was even recorded in the history of the Japanese Army. During the Japanese War, this division was also at the forefront.  The cost was more than 50%. From Liaoyang to Shahe to the final battle of Fengtian, there were mountains of corpses and seas of blood along the way!

    In view of the prestigious reputation of this division, the emperor authorized the preservation of all establishments after the war, and it was permanently stationed in North Korea to deter Russia. It was not until 1911 that it was withdrawn to Hiroshima and handed over the task of guarding the mainland outpost to the 16th Division.

    But no one expected that the Revolution of 1911 would break out in China a few months after the withdrawal, and that China would challenge Japan three years later. As for the 16th Division that replaced him, it was even more humiliating, and was actually defeated by the Chinese Army.  They were trampled underfoot and beaten until they lost their armor and nearly half of their troops. They even lost the united battle flag awarded by the Emperor!

    The ruling and opposition parties are shocked, and the people are shocked!  When South Manchuria was in danger, the first unit that Japan thought of that could protect South Manchuria's lifeline was the Fifth Division.

    After three years, the Fifth Division finally returned.

    After three days of rest, we took advantage of the all-out attack in Guandong Prefecture to hold back the enemy's main force and attack Jinzhou directly What a wonderful encirclement tactic this was.  The prestige of the Fifth Division will be further enhanced in his own hands.  Most definitely!  Otani Kikuzo was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't even notice that two small dots undulating in the waves a few kilometers away were slowly approaching.

    The blue and white striped painting proposed by Yang Qiu made the periscope much less likely to be discovered. Behind the lens, Chen Shaokuan could no longer contain his excitement. Two Japanese merchant ships, three leased foreign cargo ships, and Japanese soldiers were everywhere on the deck.  If there weren't three Japanese destroyers nearby, he would have loved to pounce on them and hit them hard with torpedoes!

    But even the three destroyers prevented him from getting too close. A submarine is not a heavily armored battleship. In fact, its protection level is not even comparable to that of a destroyer of several hundred tons. A 76mm cannon shell may kill it.  Dozens of lives.

    The air was already scorched, and every sailor clenched his fists. The three loading and firing hands in the torpedo cabin looked at the pressure gauge for a while, and then looked at the vent valve. Finally, they simply picked up a rag and wiped the torpedo tube up and down until it was clear.

    Pressure, this is pressure!  Soldiers who experience war for the first time are all nervous. How to deal with it is the key.  Fortunately, Germany is very experienced in this regard. The sailors who have trained with the German army for nearly a year have also learned to use busyness and work to relieve tense nerves.  Under the pressure and expectation, Chen Shaokuan's eyes slowly lit up. Through the bulging veins on the back of his hands, the sailors gathered around him seemed to see the enemy on the water slowly entering the mine array.

    The sailors guessed well. The first Japanese destroyer had already sailed into the mine array. With a draft of less than two meters, it was impossible for it to touch the torpedo, but the waves caused by the propeller could roll out a one-ton anchor mine several times.  meters, and the fleet behind was extremely rigid, moving in a straight line along the channel opened by the destroyer.

    The Japanese Navy is indeed rigorous in training, and it still maintains a serious work style even when the enemy is not threatening.  Seeing that the destroyer had sailed out of the mine array, Chen Shaokuan was a little disappointed. Are the Japanese really so lucky?  Will the water waves caused by the destroyer's propeller roll away all the mines on the waterway?

    The Jinkyu Maru entered the minefield shortly after. At a speed of only eight knots, it slowly sailed towards Port Arthur like a steel hill. The expected explosion in the middle of the journey still did not appear.  It seems that luck is not on his side today Chen Shaokuan shook his head bitterly. It would be very dangerous to launch an attack without chaos, but he had no choice but to order: "Speed ??6 knots, course 11 o'clock, torpedo cabin accurate.  "

    At this moment, when the word "bei" is still echoing in the throat!  There was a sudden violent explosion, like a thunder that made all the soldiers in the submarine stand up and rush to the periscope crazily.

    Even though he had been expecting this explosion for a long time, Chen Shaokuan was still stunned when he heard it. His eyes quickly attached to the observation mirror, and the sound in the distance wasThe picture immediately pierced the eyeballs!  I only saw that the bow of the troop transport ship carrying 537 Japanese soldiers behind the Jinkumaru was lifted out of the water by the water column, and then it was smashed down and submerged under the sea. Many sailors on the deck who were caught off guard were hit by this  The violent bumps were thrown directly into the sea, and thick smoke and vortices quickly formed around the troop transport.

    A one-ton mine can hold 450 kilograms of yellow gunpowder!  Even a thick-skinned battleship would be killed or injured if it encountered it, let alone a troop transport merchant ship with a displacement of less than 10,000 tons and a completely civilian structure!  Beep beep the rapid whistle sounded across the sea in an instant. Standing on the Tsukuro Maru, Otani Kikuzo's jaw almost dropped. He grabbed the captain who rushed out and roared: "This is  What¡¯s going on! What¡¯s going on?¡±

    "Mine, there must be a mine here!" The captain was a veteran of the Navy who had participated in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894. He immediately realized that he had hit a mine, and only mines could cause such great damage.

    The sudden appearance of mines on the main channel caused the transport fleet to become turbulent, especially the three hired British and Dutch merchant ships at the back. Although the Japanese government would compensate according to the price of the loss according to the lease contract, in the eyes of the British and Dutch sailors  Life is priceless!  Going straight into a mined waterway for a little money is not asking for death.

    "Go to the bow of the ship! Everyone gets on the deck and observes the water I want the accurate channel! Damn it! These yellow-skinned monkeys lied, there are mines here! We have to get out of this damn place!"  Smoking a pipe, the Dutch captain in silk pajamas rushed into the bridge of the ship and cursed regardless of his appearance. While instructing the sailors to observe the sea, he grabbed the rudder and operated it carefully. This cargo ship cost him half his life's savings, and he didn't want to lose it in vain.  I don¡¯t even want to be buried in this sea that does not belong to Europe.

    The two cargo ships behind also moved quickly. These old sea wolves who have been traversing the sea all year round are indeed rich in experience. They quickly stabilized the situation and the bow of the ship began to yaw a little. At this moment, the British 10,000-ton ship in fourth place  However, two white high-speed wakes suddenly appeared on the left side.

    "God! It's a torpedo! The torpedothe left rudder is full! There is a submarine here! Damn it, these damn yellow-skinned monkeys, they lied to us!" The experienced British captain never expected that in his  Two torpedoes unexpectedly appeared next to me. In addition to immediately realizing that there was a submarine capable of underwater activities nearby, cold sweat ran down my back.

    If he could go back and do it all over again, he would definitely shoot the Japanese monkey in the head who came to rent the ship!  Because that idiot didn't even say there were mines here, let alone submarine activities!

    At this moment, the deck of the first Japanese troop transport ship that struck a mine was tilted ninety degrees. Hundreds of helpless Japanese soldiers clung to everything that could be fixed. However, this was still in vain, although some people persisted.  Finally, as the heart-wrenching sound of "squeak" sounded, the troop transport suddenly turned over, revealing the cyan bottom covered with parasitic carapace.

    The huge gravity at the moment the ship capsized stirred up waves that were two meters high, sucking in all the drowned soldiers who were still struggling desperately!  This scene further stimulated the three cargo ships behind to accelerate away. Before the British captain solved the problem of being locked by torpedoes, two wakes appeared on the left side of the last Dutch cargo ship.

    crazy!

    There are at least 2 submarines here!

    Two torpedoes were fired at the slow-moving cargo ship at a speed of 30 knots like arrows. Although the British captain barely avoided the first one, the second one still hit the stern of the ship.  In the roaring explosion, the several-meter-high white water column swept all the sailors and Japanese soldiers there. The explosion also caused the hull of the ship to be severely whipped by a whip. The bow of the ship suddenly deflected more than ten degrees to the left and hit the ship.  An undiscovered mine was discovered.

    The third explosion sounded!  The Tsukumaru and Otani Kikuzo, who were the first to escape danger, already had cold hands and feet!  A few hundred soldiers is still a small matter. Not only did the American ship have more than 400 soldiers, but it also brought a total of sixty cannons!

    "Get out of here, get out! These damn yellow-skinned monkeys! God, what have I done!" the British captain shouted while leading his men to rush to the lifeboat. In order to fight for the chance of escape, the British sailors also clashed with the Japanese soldiers. When a  After the British sailor with a fiery personality took out his revolver and killed two Japanese soldiers who were trying to rescue the lifeboat without saying a word, a fire broke out!  Although they were quickly stopped by officers and captains, five British sailors and seven Japanese soldiers died. This also led to the British captain later accusing the Chinese submarine of attacking merchant ships, but also bringing Japan in and accusing them.  They lied and in the chaos slaughtered British sailors in a desperate attempt to escape, disregarding international conventions.

    No merchant ship can deal with a mine loaded with 450 kilograms of powerful TNT. When the captain was on the lifeboat and commanded the sailors to row hard to the shore, the mast of this 8,770-ton merchant ship was still exposed on the sea.

    Although thisEverything seemed long, but in fact the whole process of the three explosions took less than five minutes. When the last Dutch freighter was also hit by a torpedo amidships below the waterline, three Japanese destroyers had already torpedoed the submarine.  There was fierce bombardment from the direction where it appeared, and the last Dutch merchant ship was not free from bad luck. Hundreds of tons of seawater poured into the hull at high speed, causing the deck to overturn and sink in an instant.

    The shells exploded violently above the submarine. After firing the torpedoes, the two Seawolves actually dived underwater. The louder explosions made the sailors stamp their feet and shout excitedly, and the dense shells began to fall.

    The violent explosion made the two Seawolves seem to be in a violent storm, and their excitement suddenly fell to the bottom. Everyone was extremely nervous.

    "Left full ruddercontinue to dive." Although Chen Shaokuan urgently ordered to evade, he was shocked by so many shells exploding above his head. All the sailors gave up their concentration, and many even took out their  The Jade Buddha and Peace Talisman that I prayed for before departure were tightly held in my hands, praying that the big guys under my feet could get out of the danger zone quickly.

    The muddy yellow water made it more difficult for the destroyers to search, but the gunners on the three destroyers, who were deeply stimulated, kept turning on all the guns to sweep around, from 76mm to 47mm Hotchkiss machine guns, and even the Mark  Qin machine guns all joined in.  Just as they were retaliating crazily and vowing to sink these sneak attackers, the Lushun Fortress in the distance was also in chaos.

    The violent explosion alarmed Masaki Terauchi, who was still naked and entangled in sex. He quickly left the young and charming woman who asked him to find him last night and rushed out of the room.

    "what happened?"

    "Report to your Excellency, General! The transport fleet of the Fifth Division was attacked on the sea, and two ships have sunk!"

    "Wait" Probably because he had exhausted too much energy last night, Masaki Terauchi, who was already in his sixties and hurriedly ran out of the room, only felt that his feet were weak, and then he was dizzy, thinking that he had appeared.  After noticing hallucinations and tinnitus, he paused before continuing to ask: "What did you just say?"

    This major obviously didn¡¯t know how ¡°hardworking¡± the General was last night, and shouted: ¡°Your Excellency, the transport fleet of the Fifth Division was attacked on the waterway, and two ships have sunk.¡±

    "What!"

    After finally hearing the bad news clearly, Masaki Terauchi felt as if someone had hit him hard on the head with a stick, and his eyes were filled with darkness.  Last night, he was still talking about launching a full-scale offensive to completely capture Manchuria and Mongolia. This morning, the Fifth Division suffered a sneak attack off the coast of Lushun and lost two transport ships!  This is simply a naked humiliation of myself!

    Boom boom Several more explosions were heard on the sea in the distance, followed by a burst of dense shelling. This made Masaki Terauchi even more confused. Could it be that the Chinese fleet, which is even weaker than the singer, is coming?  Already?

    ps: A little history (the number of words does not count)

    Shanghai Jiangnan Shipyard accepted orders from the United States from 1918 to 1919 and manufactured four 10,000-ton ships of the same type. They were all fully-shielded deck bulk steam engine cargo ships. They were powered by a vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine designed by Qiuxin Shipyard (  Although this kind of steam engine is not as powerful as advanced steam turbines, it can save 30% of coal combustion and was a common power choice for cargo ships that did not require high speed at that time) and Jiangnan's self-produced small water tube boiler.  They were named "mandarin", "celestial", "oriental" and "cathey" respectively.

    The ship is 135 meters long, 16.7 meters wide, 11.6 meters deep, has a speed of 11 knots and a displacement of 14,750 tons.  Among them, the first "Guanfu" was launched on June 3, 1920 (three months later than Japan's first Heian Maru). All four ships were delivered after strict acceptance by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

    Compared with the first ship "Yuejin" that ran aground on its maiden voyage, three of these four ships were put into the rough Atlantic route and were used until the eve of World War II.  No matter how you say it, history is history. After the Westernization Movement from the late Qing Dynasty to the first decade of the Republic of China, China's industrial level and technology could barely keep up with the world. However, due to domestic unrest and lack of any demand, the manufacturing industry slowed down.  It slowly shrank until it was completely destitute in 1949.

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