amaotonovel Chapter 451 An unexpected surprise
Chapter 451 An unexpected surprise
On this day, as the Eastern Fleet was about to arrive at New Guinea Island, Long Fei and Xie Qiang began to split up their forces as planned.
Because Xie Qiang had traveled a long distance, Long Fei ordered him to slow down his speed.
However, when Long Fei's group entered the Arafura Sea, the escorting destroyer discovered a submarine of unknown nationality dozens of nautical miles away.
After receiving the report, Long Fei thought that it would take two more days for Xie Qiang to arrive at the designated location, giving him time to investigate the submarine's situation.
If the submarine belongs to Japan or Australia, even if it poses no threat to the fleet, countermeasures must still be taken.
For the sake of convenience and speed, Long Fei ordered the deployment of three reconnaissance and strike drones to investigate the situation.
At a speed of 150-180 kilometers per hour, the KVD002 reconnaissance and strike UAV can cover tens of nautical miles in less than an hour.
So soon, Long Fei saw the live feed transmitted back on the screen of the controller held by one of the operators.
On a clear blue ocean, a submarine was slowly sailing forward on the surface of the sea. The operator quickly zoomed in with the camera.
Now the upper part of the submarine is fully visible. There is a cannon at the front and back of the bridge, and a heavy machine gun on the forward deck. The most interesting thing is that there is an airplane parked on the submarine deck.
When the operator focused the camera on the bow of the submarine, it was clear that the submarine's hull number was I-6.
"Commander Long, it's a Japanese submarine."
While thinking, Long Fei replied, "I saw it. The Japanese have even sent submarines here. It looks like they'll be taking action against New Guinea soon."
"Commander Long, shall we fight or not?"
Long Fei thought for a moment: "Of course we have to attack the Japanese submarines, but don't rush. Let the other two drones scout out the surrounding area first."
Half an hour later, after reconnaissance, the two drones found no other ships in the vicinity.
At this moment, Long Fei had already asked Xiao Bai Bai about the situation.
Long Fei couldn't remember all the information about the Japanese ships during that period, so he had to ask Xiao Bai Bai for help.
Xiao Baibai told Long Fei that this was a Type 2 submarine built by Japan, and that only this one, the I-6, was built in this class.
The I-6 submarine was completed on May 15, 1935, and later disappeared during a mission, which the Japanese military presumed to be a sinking.
伊6长92宽9米高5.31米，排水量水面为1900吨，水下为3061吨。
Powered by the Kanbon-type Type 1 Type 8 diesel engine, 2600 horsepower, with a surface speed of 21 knots and an underwater speed of 7.5 knots.
It has a total of six 533mm torpedo tubes, four at the bow and two at the stern.
In addition, the submarine deck is equipped with two Type 89 127mm cannons, one Type 1 12.7mm machine gun, and a seaplane.
Based on the reconnaissance results from the drone, Long Fei determined that this was a submarine sent by the Japanese for reconnaissance activities.
Moreover, according to Xiaobaibai's account, the I-6 mysteriously disappeared during the mission, so Longfei decided without hesitation to sink the I-6.
Long Fei put his hand on the shoulder of one of the operators and gave the order decisively.
"Let the drone launch only two air-to-ground missiles, one aimed at the submarine's bridge and the other at its bow. I'm going to give these Japanese devils a sea burial today."
The operators had been waiting for Long Fei's order, and now that Long Fei had given the order to sink, one of the operators shouted excitedly.
"Yes, Commander Long, give the Japanese a sea burial."
After the operator aimed the drone at the I-6 submarine, he pressed the launch button.
After receiving the launch signal, the drone launched two air-to-ground missiles mounted under its left and right wings almost simultaneously.
The missile fell from a height of several thousand meters, aimed at the I-6 submarine.
In just a few seconds, the Japanese observers on the deck of the I-6 submarine had just heard the "whoosh" sound from high above and had just looked up when the missile struck the submarine's bridge and bow.
With two loud "booms," two large holes were blasted into the bridge and bow of the I-6 submarine.
A large amount of seawater immediately poured into the submarine from the two large holes.
The two air-to-ground missiles not only blasted several Japanese soldiers on the deck to pieces, but also killed several more Japanese soldiers inside the submarine near the bow.
The captain of the I-6 submarine was named Tatsunosuke Ariizumi. He was an extremely ruthless man who not only commanded the submarine to sink several American transport ships.
This guy also ordered his men to use the guns on the submarine deck to kill any survivors who had fallen into the water from American ships.
He even ordered his men to pull all the people who had fallen into the water out of the water, then tie them to the submarine deck and stab them to death one by one with bayonets.
However, Izumi Tatsushisuke never expected that he would be discovered by Ryubi's fleet today and suffer a devastating attack from drone missiles.
Although Izumi Tatsunosuke reacted quickly and ordered his subordinates to carry out a self-rescue operation, unfortunately, the two large holes could not be plugged at all.
Moreover, after the bridge was attacked, the hijack was severely deformed, making it impossible for the Japanese soldiers inside the submarine to escape.
Soon, due to massive flooding, the I-6 began to sink rapidly.
Although the waters of the Arafura Sea are relatively shallow, the location of I6 is still close to two hundred meters deep.
During this period, the safe diving depth of Japanese submarines was about 100 meters.
Therefore, even an intact I-6 could not withstand the enormous water pressure at a depth of 200 meters, let alone now that it is severely damaged.
So, a few minutes later, all the Japanese soldiers inside the submarine were drowned. As it continued to sink, the submarine began to deform and make a loud noise due to the enormous pressure of the seawater.
The Japanese submarine I-6 was attacked and sank to the bottom of the sea in just half an hour.
After the drone in the air launched the missile, the operator immediately lowered the altitude to observe it closely.
Long Fei sat in a chair, smoking and drinking coffee, watching the entire process of burying the Japanese soldier at sea with great satisfaction.
"Well done, all three of you will receive a third-class merit award."
"Thank you, Commander Long. Actually, whether we are remembered for our merits or not is not important. What is important is whether you can reward each of us with a pack of cigarettes."
Long Fei had just taken a sip of coffee when he was immediately choked by this bizarre request.
"Cough cough cough, you're all just like me, complete chain smokers. Can't you guys have some ambition? One pack of Huazi cigarettes is enough. I'll reward you with two packs each, plus a bottle of Moutai for each of you."
"Okay, thank you, Commander Long."
Clearly, Long Fei felt that sinking a Japanese submarine was a rather ordinary achievement, but it was still a pleasant surprise, so he agreed to the operator's request.
Long Fei turned his head and ordered, "Order the fleet to reduce the speed by another two knots."