Seeing that the brigade of Japanese troops had entered the minefield, the front line commander made up his mind—

After a command, the initiator pressed the firing handle without hesitation. "Rumbling", and a muffled explosion sound came from the direction of the beach. The explosives buried by the engineers on the beach, the mines mixed with a large number of anti-injured personnel began to splash, and the crowd that had just gathered together fell instantly. In early September, although the temperature had dropped slightly, most people were still wearing thin clothes. The single clothes and the thin fabric hat on the Japanese army were not the opponents of the steel balls. Many steel balls were first detonated and thrown into the air and then scattered in pieces. If you are lucky, you will have a few more blood holes on your body. If you are not lucky, you will be killed by the person hitting the vital part. Seeing him, Amaterasu, you will go.

Faced with such a tragic situation, Mishima, whose two fingers were cut off by the sudden shrapnel, did not care about his own tragic situation and repeatedly called on the troops to retreat. At this time, he remembered the "consolidation" warning of the Kanwei. Although he would never suffer a loss according to his temper, the large group of people now hurt the landmines, the hearts of people were already in chaos, and morale was greatly degraded, so he could not organize an effective attack. What's more, he was really unsure whether there was such a dense minefield ahead.

The wounded needed treatment and the troops needed to be organized. The Japanese army brigade retreated in shame with their tails, leaving only corpses and terrible broken limbs and broken arms in the minefield.

The Japanese army suffered a great loss on land and was not calm in the water.

After receiving a note from Japan about converting landings and attacking Jiaozhou Bay from the flank, the British retreated. On the grounds that the troops were insufficient and the fleet was not prepared enough, it made Kato and others unhappy. In fact, all this was just an excuse. The real reason was that the British had been warned by the National Defense Forces: if the remaining Chinese territory was used to carry out hostile operations, it would be considered as a violation of neutrality and would bear all adverse consequences. When the northern wing of the National Defense Forces had reached the Weihaiwei base, the British felt that provoking the Chinese was not wise. Moreover, in terms of the necessity of the action, there was no such thing as this - could the large group of troops land in Weihaiwei and then encircled Jiaozhou Bay?

In fact, this possibility is extremely favorable in the military, but politically rejected by the Anglos - does not mean that the Japanese have to extend their hands to the British Empire's sphere of influence? This is simply intolerable.

When Kato and Kamio thought of this, they would inevitably curse the cunning Britons, but this was already the case, and no matter how many complaints were, it would be useless. Let's follow the commands of the base camp.

It was originally based on the speed of the warship. It took not long to get from Jiaozhou Bay to the sea outside Longkou and could arrive before dark, but because there were still a large number of supply ships and transport ships in the fleet, it dragged down the entire advance speed. Therefore, it was necessary to reach the designated position in the middle of the night.

Kato was full of confidence in Japan's maritime strength - although the Chinese were dispatching so many warships to patrol at the beginning, they were doing sea and land exercises seriously. After the main force of the Japanese Navy set off, the Chinese fleet had already shrunk to several key defense ports, which made Kato, who was originally determined to take out a few Chinese warships, unable to catch the target. Because of this, the arrogant Kato did not send too much warning power for the fleet transfer - in his opinion, this was completely unnecessary. The entire East China Sea is the world of the Imperial Japanese Navy!

It was completely dark. The naval fleet drove to the waters outside Longkou in the form of three columns. The battleships were first, with supply ships and transport ships in the middle. The destroyers and light cruisers behind them. At 11 o'clock in the evening, sleepiness came. After yesterday's toss and fatigue, Kato and Kamio felt their eyelids fighting. After a few hurried explanations, they went back to the cabin to rest.

In the early morning, the huge Japanese fleet was approaching the landing site, and their good time was over.

"Captain, the Japanese are here..."

"Really, let's see." A blood-covered face came to the telescope. Sure enough, several ship shadows appeared in the distance, and then became clearer and clearer, as if they were following the brigade behind...

"It's finally here, he ***. If he doesn't come, I'm going crazy." The captain couldn't help but feel excited, and he yelled, "Click the alarm, dive, and prepare for the battle!"

"Woo!" The low alarm sound echoed, and the entire submarine was startled.

The rest crew members all got up and took their place...

According to the command of Navy Commander Sa Zhenbing, the Imperial Navy Submarine Detachment arrived at the designated sea area three days ago. The four U-3s imported from Germany lined up a cordon in the waters near Longkou at a distance of ten chains, quietly waiting for the Japanese to come to the door. For the sake of concealment, the submarine stayed quietly underwater during the day, leaving only the periscope exposed to observe. Only at night, when it was confirmed that there was nothing unusual on the sea surface, the submarine floated up to get some breath and charged the battery.

Although Sa Zhenbing was skeptical of the emperor's determination and confidence to judge that the Japanese army would land on a large scale near Longkou, the emperor's usual prophetic ability should not be underestimated. Therefore, after withdrawing the main force of the surface ship back to the military port, he arranged to take the submarine's killer move. The young submarine detachment had not been seen for three consecutive days. Now that there was movement, it was more effective than any mobilization, and everyone's fatigue was wiped out.

Wow...

The sea water was taken into the submarine's bin, and the hull hit the waves. It disappeared under the water in a short while, and only a periscope was exposed for observation. The sky was full of stars and the moon was vague. It was a good weather for ambush.

On the dark sea, under the seemingly calm water surface, there is actually murderous intent.

Soon, the other three boats also observed the large-scale approaching of the Japanese fleet. Although they could not communicate with each other, according to the tactics agreed in advance, the four boats changed from the original line to the arc.

The prey is getting closer and closer, and what's even more amazing is that the Japanese army is swaggering forward, without considering the hidden dangers of combat. The Japanese, come on, let you suffer a little.

In addition to submarines, the National Defense Forces also laid mines of different sizes in the waters outside Longkou, forming a large minefield - the submarine commanders knew this well, but for the Japanese army, they were particularly blind.

"Drive in and keep watching." The submarine is not fast underwater, and is even worse than the speed of a transport ship. Therefore, seizing a favorable position has become a key link in the battle. Otherwise, once the prey is forced to run wildly, the submarine will not be able to catch up. If it surfaces rashly, it is very likely to face the greeting of the enemy's naval guns. Even a mere mid-caliber shell is enough to be fatal, which is also very thrilling.

The battleship's leading guided ship swung into the minefield, which was about miles away from the land shore. According to the combat plan, the battleship would anchor 3 miles from the coast to cover the transport ship to land. At night, the Japanese army was not concerned at all and still advanced towards death, and even the most ordinary defense system and formation were not listed.

go ahead!

The battleship drove straight to the shore without noticeing the faint black spots on the sea about 2,000 offshore. Watching the Japanese warships pass by one by one, the captain swallowed his saliva - good guy, how good it would be to sink this turtle son! Unfortunately, it was not possible. Sa Zhenbing gave a death order. The primary goal of submarine combat is the transport ship, followed by the warship.

"Fighting first requires saving yourself. I can tolerate you having no results in battle, but I don't allow you to act recklessly." The words were still in my ears, and all submarines dared not act rashly. During their study in Germany, in addition to the technology of driving submarines, the rigor and obedience of the Germans were deeply embedded in the bones of this young force.

"Bang!"

The Zhou Fang, who was driving in, suddenly bumped into something, and then a "boom" sound. Kato, who was sleeping well, was suddenly shaken by a few times, and a lot of debris hit him.

"What's going on?" Kato was almost crazy.

"Report to the chief, it seems...it seems to have hit a thunder..." The staff officer rushed over.

"Baga? Find out quickly." This time, Kato's sleepy bug was driven away.

Sure enough, it was a thunder. The hull of Zhou Fang was torn apart, and the sea water poured in. Although the sailors rushed to damage the pipe, the gap was too big and the sea water was too much, which was ineffective. In less than three minutes, Zhou Fang had swallowed 2,000 tons.=.=

The nightmare was still coming. While the Zhou Fang touched the mines, several Japanese ships also called on the mines. The worst was a supply ship full of supplies. After a rumbling sound, the water column soared into the sky. In less than a minute, the entire warship disappeared.
Chapter completed!