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    "Have you ever seen a coastline of more than ten kilometers long burning and exploding at the same time on a rainy night? Only a madman would be indifferent to this kind of picture. It just so happens that our captain is a bold madman.

    In Sea Wolf No. 05, Warrant Officer Tau Peter, a descendant of overseas Chinese from the United Kingdom, looked nervous.  Decades later, when he was writing his war memoirs, he thought for a long time and finally wrote this passage in his most impressive description of the first naval battle.  Although his words were strongly opposed by many old comrades-in-arms, because they all believed that Captain Bai Yutang was the best submarine expert in the world, in fact, in that era full of explosions, blood, passion, death, and the fierce collision of national destiny and faith, "  "The night of the explosion", Captain Bai Yutang was indeed very perverted, because he didn't even look at the scorching heat on the shore, and he didn't even move his eyebrows.

    27-year-old Bai Yutang is originally from Jiangxi. Like most soldiers in the submarine force, he is also a descendant of French overseas Chinese.  His life for the first 20 years was dull, until one day he saw a poster saying that the French Navy was recruiting sailors, so he went to the interview with the hope of giving it a try. Unexpectedly, he passed and received two years of naval training, and then went to the African coast.  An old gunboat guarded the colony for France for four years.  Until one day, the American Supreme Court suddenly came to him and told him that the country was recruiting sailors with sailing experience to join the submarine force.

    He thought about it for a long time that night. In fact, there was only one symbol left in his mind about the motherland, but in the end he agreed. In addition to the fact that his service period in the French Navy was about to end, he also had curiosity about submarines and yearning for the sea.  During his one year in Germany, he quickly became the second captain after Chen Shaokuan because of his experience in serving in the navy of a powerful country.

    Chen Shaokuan¡¯s wonderful ambush in Lushun made submarines famous all over the world. His German colleagues who were training together last year were even more crazy. The feat of a single boat sinking three British armored cruisers in one day made the British Empire afraid of submarines.  These wonderful battle examples made him unable to sit still, and immediately wrote a report and requested to set off. At this time, the Japanese army was about to land in Shandong, so he was ordered to lead the No. 03 and No. 06 boats to form the second submarine detachment.

    As for why Japanese spies saw two submarines in Sanduao, it was because one of them was just a full-size wooden imitation floating on the sea to confuse spies observing from a distance.  After joining the C6 boat in Zhoushan, the three Seawolves arrived in Qingdao with the cooperation of a support ship. At that time, the Japanese army had landed in Laoshan Bay. He just wanted to launch an attack but received strict orders to continue lurking.

    He was very puzzled and unhappy about this order. If it hadn't been for the fact that the order stated that it came from the commander-in-chief's immediate descendants, I'm afraid he would have played the little trick that would be ignored by foreign military orders.  No one would feel comfortable watching the Army Paoze and the Japanese army fighting for their lives, and watching the Japanese fleet roaming the sea. In order to stay out of sight and out of mind, they simply headed south to avoid the Langya Taiwan and Guzhenkou areas to wait for news.  Time is grinding, and waiting is even more difficult, especially in a completely closed world like a submarine. It is extremely painful. Just when everyone is losing patience little by little, the order finally comes.

    Cooperate with the army to counterattackFree hunting off the coast of Qingdao!

    When the blurry shadow of the Japanese Second Fleet appeared in the periscope, he finally understood why even the Commander-in-Chief had to issue an order to wait for the opportunity.

    During the day, almost all the destroyers and cruisers that were still protecting the outer perimeter like hounds went to the direction of Laoshan Bay. The Japanese Second Fleet set up a bombardment area outside Fushan Bay with only a few battleships and a small number of destroyers to protect it.  What makes everyone even more incredible is that the enemies who were always wary of the sea some time ago have all been attracted by the exploding Qingdao!  He had no way of knowing what crazy things the Army had done to attract all the attention of the Japanese Navy. He only knew that there was a huge and delicious cake in front of him.

    The navy has extremely strict doctrines and procedures for shore bombardment, especially when the enemy and we are entangled, it is a very rigorous job.  When sea conditions are low during the day, warships must maintain boiler pressure and be prepared for emergencies at any time. If they encounter high sea conditions, they need to lower the forward anchor to ensure the stability of the hull. Otherwise, violently swaying waves will consume precious heavy artillery shells.  If it is night and there is basically no threat from enemy shore guns, you can lower the bow and stern anchors at the same time depending on the situation to maintain maximum stability. In this case, relatively high accuracy can still be guaranteed even in strong winds and waves.

    ¡°Obviously, there is no one in the world who is more obedient to regulations than Japan!  In order to ensure hit accuracy as much as possible instead of wasting the few heavy artillery shells, the Japanese Second Fleet led by Kato Kenyoshi simultaneously lowered the bow and stern irons when the enemy's shore artillery was unable to threaten its own visibility, and the sea conditions were bad and extremely chaotic.  anchor!  What does this mean?  People who don¡¯t understand the navy and have never been to sea may not understand, but Bai Yutang, who has served in the French navy and has been trained in the Eight Classics system, is about to burst out of his eyes!

    Is there smoke rising from the ancestral grave in my hometown in Jiangxi that has not been cleaned for decades?  No, as a devout Christian, God must be helping me.??

    The front and rear anchors were lowered at the same time, which meant that all the Japanese battleships that were shelling were unable to move!  Even if the boiler maintains pressure because of the need for power, it will take at least four to five minutes to retract the anchor chain as quickly as possible to maneuver under attack.  In other words, there is one in front of you, not a pile!  A super delicious cake that you can¡¯t move in four or five minutes!  Saint Mary, I love you to death.

    "You know, God said that if you want to make people die, you must first make them crazy." Bai Yutang held the armrest of the periscope tightly with both hands and slowly turned it to search for the first target.  The second officer behind him, who is also an American overseas Chinese, scratched his head: "Captain, what does this sentence have to do with God? Wasn't it said by an ancient Greek archaeologist?"

    Bai Yutang's eyes looking for the target suddenly disappeared: "Okay, it was Xicaud who said it, but what does it matter?" The mad captain curled his lips and refocused his eyes. It was already difficult to distinguish the target through the low periscope, let alone  In such bad weather with extremely poor visibility, even with muzzle flash guidance, no trace of the King Kong was found for a long time.  This is not his fault, because he did not know that the King Kong and the Kurama left at midnight yesterday to support North Korea and Port Arthur.

    Since submarines cannot communicate with each other, in order to avoid hitting the wrong target and wasting precious torpedoes, it was agreed before departure that if he encountered a fleet, he would be the first to attack and sort them by size. Therefore, by comparing the length of the reflections of the warships, he determined which ships were lined up and belonged to him.  Prey No. 1 and 4.

    The 137-meter-long armored cruiser Tsukuba and the second-class battleship Iwami.

    Sea Wolf slowly approached a warship that was firing fiercely. If Bai Yutang knew that the prey he designated as target No. 3 and belonged to boat No. 06 was actually the Tango, the flagship of the Second Fleet, he would definitely abandon the Iwami.  Unfortunately, the sea conditions were too bad to see the flagship logo on the deck, so the boat deflected several degrees.  Kato Kenkichi, who was directing the artillery battle, did not know that while heavy rain and wind and waves caused a tragedy, he had a chance to escape due to the same reason.

    The German 450mm blackhead torpedo has a range of meters, but in order to ensure the hit without being disturbed by the big waves, Bai Yutang actually took the No. 5 boat and sailed until it was 700 meters away from the target before stopping. Then he glanced at the target 300 meters away.  Tango decided to use two torpedoes at once: "Prepare torpedo No. 1 and No. 3, distance 770 yards, fixed depth 3 meters, azimuth angle 1nq." His voice was not loud, but at this moment the submarine stopped breathing.  The inside is extremely clear.  When the torpedo cabin shouted that preparations were complete, Bai Yutang suddenly shouted!

    "Launch!"

    "Launch."

    "Left rudder 3-1. Re-measure the bearing. Target No. 3 is 1 yard away, bearing 130, fixed depth is 3 meters. No. 2 and 4 are ready!"

    When the two torpedoes rushed out of the torpedo tube like arrows, preparations for the second wave of attack began. The two obvious white waves in the periscope did not attract the attention of the Japanese navy, because at this time all their attention was on the shore.  .

    "Hurry, hurry, hurry!" The sailors kept shouting in their hearts while they were busy.  A meter is just an instant for a 30-knot torpedo, but for the sailors who are piloting a submarine for the first time and have no periscope to see outside, it seems like decades have passed until the Tsukuba in the periscope.  A sailor on the deck jumped and waved, and the corners of Bai Yutang's mouth suddenly curved.

    "Boom! Boom!"

    Two blackhead torpedoes hit the starboard side of the Tsukuba almost at the same time. The torpedoes from the World War I era were relatively small and not very fast, and the power of their charges could not be compared with the large torpedoes from World War II. However, the armored cruisers from the World War I era were so powerful.  Can the ship withstand two consecutive torpedoes?  The sudden violent explosion shook the hull of the Tsukuba with a standard displacement of 1,350 tons. The sailors who were busy on the deck were caught off guard and fell to their heads with bloodshed. Before they could realize what happened, the deck collapsed.  Already leaning rapidly to the left.

    "Hit! Hit! Haha." In the narrow and crowded submarine, the sailors hugged each other and high-fived each other.

    Kato Kenkichi, who commanded and supported the 18th Division, was also stunned by the sudden explosion. His first thought was that the unstable Shimase gunpowder was in trouble, but when he saw the explosion site, a cold air suddenly came from the soles of his feet!  But before the call could be made, two huge water columns of tens of meters rose up from the port side of the second-class battleship Iwami next to it.  The torpedo tore open two large holes with a diameter of two meters. After a huge amount of seawater suddenly poured in, the hull began to tilt at a speed visible to the naked eye.  The Iwami turned out to be the Russian Navy battleship Eagle. It was seriously damaged during the Russo-Japanese War, so its navigation performance has been poor after repairs. After encountering such a violent explosion again, it tilted faster than the Tsukuba. After a while, the displacement of the ship  1 ton, the battleship with obvious French top-heavy origins suddenly made a creaking sound. The deck quickly became perpendicular to the water surface, not only throwing hundreds of unprepared Japanese sailors directly into the sea, but also quickly began to sink."It's a submarine. Turn on all searchlights and search the sea."

    Kato Kenkichi¡¯s face suddenly changed and he started shouting like crazy!  He never expected that his two battleships would be attacked under his nose at the most critical moment!  The Japanese sailors on the deck, who are said to have received the most rigorous training in the world, were also in chaos. One or two of them were as confused as headless flies.  While the heavy and obstructive anchor was quickly raised, another alarming explosion occurred on the sea surface.

    "General, it's Zhou Fanghe. Ichiyakumo!"

    Amaterasu!

    how so!

    A group of naval officers who were frantically shelling and trying to save the army never expected that just when they were doing their best, they were attacked from underwater!  Torpedoes are not cannonballs. They are designed to hit weak points underwater. As long as they tear a small gap, seawater will rush into the ship. Hundreds of tons of seawater will cause the warship to tilt and sink little by little.

    The destroyer that had not been attacked reacted immediately, and its searchlight began to scan the sea surface repeatedly. At this time, boats No. 3 and No. 6 also quickly completed the second round of firing. Two torpedoes from Sea Wolf No. 3 hit the armored cruiser Iwate.  On the other hand, the No. 6 boat aiming at the Tango was discovered by the destroyer and caused the torpedo to deflect. Only one of the torpedoes hit the rising anchor of the Tango and exploded. In the end, only the bow of the Tango was lightly damaged.  hurt.

    But even so, the violent explosion still made Kato Kenyoshi unsteady and fell. By the time he got up, the remaining warships had already begun to avoid the distant sea. One of the destroyers locked the position of the No. 6 submarine's submarine mirror and fired a series of shells.

    "Dive! Dive quickly!"

    Bai Yutang in Boat No. 5 did not care whether Boat No. 6 was still safe, and quickly retracted the periscope and ordered it to sink rapidly.  Compressed air and seawater hissed along the pipes, and the numbers on the depth dial increased little by little. Although the explosions above our heads gradually became muddier, those shells still made everyone very scared. Although it was very difficult for the shells to hit the underwater submarine,  , but it can cause tension and stress.  The explosions became denser and denser, and every heart in the submarine was in its throat. The excitement and thrill of hitting the enemy were temporarily forgotten.

    They couldn¡¯t see the sea, but they could imagine the chaos there.  Flames, explosions, sirens and lifeboats scrambling to be lowered - the entire Fushan Bay is exploding and burning!  The most terrifying scene finally appeared. The severely damaged Iwami's hull tilted too fast, causing the shells in the ammunition compartment to collide with each other. The extremely sensitive Se gunpowder could not withstand this series of collisions, and finally a big explosion occurred!  ¡ã

    Boom, boom. A series of explosions that were louder than just above Qingdao spread from the sea to all directions. In the flames, the 300-ton twin-mounted 5mm naval gun on the bow of the battleship and the turret were lifted up to a height of more than ten meters. Flames and debris  Soaring out of the bottom ammunition compartment into the sky was as terrifying as a volcano erupting.  How could the Iwami, which had been seriously injured and had huge flaws in its design, withstand such damage? The unbalanced stern of the ship suddenly sank, and the entire battleship stood up like a sharp sword thrust into the sea, carrying a number of Japanese naval officers and soldiers.  Quickly disappeared into the water 80 meters deep.

    Followed closely was the Tsukuba, the first armored cruiser built in the country, which was hailed as the pride of Japan. The 1,350-ton ship followed the British large watertight cabin design. Too much seawater was poured into the body of the ship. Although efforts were made to save it, it ended up with it.  The captain, who was unwilling to leave until his death, and more than 400 officers and soldiers who had no time to escape sank.

    Kato Kenkichi only felt that his heart was cut out by something, and the Iwami exploded!  Tsukuba sinks!  Shufang, Yakumo, and Iwate. In just a few minutes, the Empire's Second Fleet suffered a terrible assassination, and the sailors were completely stunned.  When the Beiyang Navy fell and the Russian Navy was completely wiped out, the whole of Japan believed that the Imperial Navy was the most powerful in the world.  But tonight, in Fushan Bay, Qingdao, with a water depth of 80 meters, their confidence, pride and honor were all destroyed in just ten minutes!  !

    "leave.

    leave here!  ¡§Continue to search after the destroyer covers the evacuation. Be sure to catch them.  "Looking at the 18th Division suffering under artillery fire in the distance, Kato Kenkichi shook his body twice after shouting and then sat down slumped: "Send a telegram to Tokyo: We lost Qingdao.  "

    The scene of the big explosion of the Ishimi made the Qingdao Fortress cheer, especially the naval shore gunners who jumped up excitedly.

    "Let's go! It's our turn, come on!"

    "Charge! 1. Tick, tick, tick."

    "The National Defense Forcesattack!"

    In an instant, the sound of charge resounded throughout Qingdao, and tens of thousands of soldiers rushed out of their bunkers and rushed towards their targets.  Dense bullets replaced the explosions and intertwined into a network of fire that shuttled back and forth. The Japanese army, who had finally survived the shells, also realized that there was no way out and began to fire wildly in an attempt to block the attack.  But they are veryIt was soon discovered that the Chinese team, which had always been thought to be hiding in the fortress, suddenly seemed to have changed into a new army, attacking like a terrifying tide.

    "Machine gun, Japanese machine gun!"

    "I come."

    As soon as the Japanese machine gun bunker appeared in front, two soldiers carrying cluster grenades rushed forward with red eyes.  After the bullet penetrated their bodies, it still detonated the grenade with inertia.  While the explosion tore apart the body and the machine gun position, the comrades behind him were already in tears and thrust their bayonets into the chests of the remaining Japanese soldiers.  The blood energy completely burst out!  Every soldier tensed his muscles, and the killing cry squeezed out of his chest never stopped. Only when streams of blood emerged from the enemy's body could they vent the humiliation and bad breath they had held back for centuries!

    A Japanese second lieutenant whose face was covered with blood saw that his trench was being flooded by more and more soldiers of the National Defense Force, and he stabbed his blood-stained saber on the ground: "Gentlemen! Kudanzaka Danyi" and then  He pulled out the grenade and rushed towards the densest defense force. He was hit by several bullets when he was still a few steps away. The grenade exploded in the palm of his hand and completely tore his body apart.  Fang Yuqiu laughed loudly when he saw it and continued to rush forward, but was quickly hit by a Japanese 75mm artillery shell. He was thrown high and then hit by rocks.

    Crazy, completely crazy!

    There are traces of shell explosions everywhere.  There were corpses, broken limbs, rags, and various damaged weapons all over the ground.  The crater was filled with blood, and even heavy rain couldn't wash it away.  There were strangulations everywhere in the camp, and even the dead could not be distinguished from the living, only killing!  kill!  Kill kill kill!  !

    What kind of war is this!  Jiang Baili, who was watching this scene on Shuangfeng Mountain, was breathing heavily. He turned his head to look at Cai E, who had a calm face, and then looked at Yang Qiu, who was equally cold. He moved his mouth but never said anything.  "Brother Baili, I know what you want to say, but I just want to say one thing. If you want to awaken the last dream of a great nation hidden in the hearts of those people who have been enslaved for hundreds of years, you can't do it with your mouth! Only blood and hatred can be done  And victory!¡±

    "Continue to attack, one regiment will be killed and then another will be added! Throw away all the casualty figures for me, and drown the 18th Division of Yan Yi. too!" Yang Qiu raised his head and walked slowly towards Qingdao, trampling on the corpses and blood.

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