.For surface warships, the threat of torpedoes far exceeds that of anti-ship missiles.

After the end of World War II, the United States used several captured Japanese warships to test, proving that even aviation torpedoes had the ability to damage the warships beyond the armor-piercing bombs fired by the main guns of the battleships, and the heavy torpedoes fired by submarines were the best weapon for anti-ships.

In the 1970s, when the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union was at its most intense, the US Navy also used retired warships to conduct more comprehensive and scientific tests on the torpedo damage effects, proving that controlled by magnetic induction near-fighting fuzes, the torpedo exploded under the keel of the warship is more powerful than the torpedo directly hitting the side of the warship. In one of the most famous experiments, the US military used a heavy torpedo to blow a scrapped destroyer into two pieces. According to the data obtained from these experiments, the US military first installed magnetic induction near-fighting fuzes for all torpedoes.

Of course, this is only for anti-ship operations.

When dealing with submarines, in addition to heavy anti-submarine torpedoes, light aviation torpedoes are still mainly bombarded.

The scientific data obtained by the US military in a nearly practical environment will naturally be recognized and accepted by other countries.

It can be said that almost all anti-ship heavy torpedoes are equipped with magnetic induction near-fighting fuzes, and some more advanced torpedoes can also choose the most ideal detonation point before detonation. For example, Russia's heavy torpedoes will first attack the warship's propulsion system, and will detonate under the keel when attacking a paralyzed warship. When attacking a warship, the US mk48mod7 torpedo will find the most vulnerable part of the bottom of the warship based on the reflection intensity of the sonar signal, and then detonate here to ensure that it will cause the most deadly blow to the warship.

The torpedo of the Chinese Navy is not the world's leading company, but at least it has the most basic functions.

According to the combat records of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force and the information provided by the surviving officers and soldiers, the first one to be attacked was the Hinata destroyer incorporated into the second guard group, and the torpedo that hit the Hinata came from the southwest, which is the location of the "Electric Ray".

To be sure, it is definitely two 650 mm heavy torpedoes.

First, Qu Shaofeng will definitely use the most powerful torpedo to deal with the largest warships. Secondly, among the first six torpedoes launched, two 650 mm torpedoes had the highest speed, and to the south of the Hinata were two air defense destroyers, and only 650 mm heavy torpedoes could hit the Hinata first.

But, this is not over yet.

About five minutes after being hit by two torpedoes, the Hinata was hit by two torpedoes, and the power released by four explosions was almost the same.

In other words, the Hinata was hit by four 650 mm heavy torpedoes.

Although the "Electric Ray" launched the second batch of torpedoes two minutes later, Qu Shaofeng had no reason to fire at a warship twice when he could only attack fifteen targets.

From this we can conclude that the two torpedoes that hit the Hinata for the second time came from a conventional submarine of Type 041.

In fact, this is completely redundant.

The two 650-mm torpedoes launched by the "Electric Ray" exploded the Hinata keel. However, the warship was huge enough, with a full load displacement of more than 20,000 tons, and it adopted a small sub-cabin structure similar to an aircraft carrier, so it was not immediately broken.

When the keel is broken, even if the Hinata has not sunk and is dragged back by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, it has no repair value. Because it is very difficult to tow the broken warship and the battlefield is full of dangers, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is likely to end the painful torture suffered by the Hinata by himself.

Of course, given the situation at that time, the "Hyuga" is likely to sink within a few hours after the attack.

Being hit by a torpedo again only accelerated the sinking speed of the Hinata.

At seven o'clock, the captain of the Hinata made efforts and issued an order to abandon the ship. Eleven minutes later, the Hinata sank into the sea during the explosion of the ammunition depot. It was not the torpedo that detonated the ammunition depot, but the fire that caused the torpedo explosion and then spread rapidly. According to the recollections of the surviving officers and soldiers of the Hinata, water could be poured into the ammunition depot at that time, but the hull was seriously infiltrated. If water was poured into the ammunition depot, it would only speed up the sinking speed of the warship and give the officers and soldiers no chance to escape, so the captain never ordered the ammunition depot to be flooded.

In the end, nearly 600 of the more than 800 officers and soldiers on the Hinata survived.

However, the Japanese authorities did not publish the list of all the victims, because there were at least one battalion of land Self-Defense Force officers and soldiers on the Hinata. According to the plan, they would board the Diaoyu Islands after the fleet seized the sea control power. Because at least two torpedo explosions exploded under the cabin of the landing troops, most of the more than 400 officers and soldiers died on the spot, and only a few escaped by chance.

After the Hinata was attacked, the second guard group's destroyer Kirishima and the Atogo destroyer were hit one after another.

Because the time when the two warships were hit by the thunder time was only less than two minutes later than the Hinaga, it can be confirmed that it was the result of the "Electric Ray".

This time, the Type 041 did not compete with the "Electric Ray".

Although the Kirishima and Atago are also large warships, with the latter's full load displacement exceeding 10,000 tons, the 533mm heavy torpedo is not small, and the two are enough to sink a large warship of 10,000 tons, not to mention a warship that has lost its power.

However, neither of these two warships sank immediately.

The Kirishima continued until around 3 a.m. on June 3rd. The captain ordered the ship to abandon the ship until the hull was too severe and could not discharge the sea water. In the end, 232 of the 300 officers and soldiers on the warship survived, and thirteen others disappeared.

The Atago persisted for a longer time, and the captain did not give up his efforts until 6:30 am on the third day.

However, the "Atgo" sank even more suddenly. Less than five minutes after the captain issued the abandonment order, the warship suddenly overturned, resulting in the death of more than 300 officers and soldiers, including the captain, and less than ten were rescued. Later, the wreckage sunk over more than a thousand meters of seabed was investigated and found that after the captain issued the abandonment order, the officer responsible for opening the sea valve took action in advance, resulting in severe water inlet on the left side of the warship.

It must be admitted that the Japanese officers and soldiers made great efforts to save these two warships.

At that time, the power system on the warship was completely paralyzed, and in order to extract the sea water that poured into the hull, Japanese officers and soldiers used all means, such as using manpower to raise the sea water.

Unfortunately, these efforts are meaningless.

Relying on the power of a few hundred people alone, the warships will definitely not be able to float on the sea, and at most it will only delay the sinking time.

Of course, at least the officers and soldiers on the Kirishima were very lucky.

In the second guard group, the four "Haobo" and four "Mengyu" classes did not persist for so long after being attacked.

At least three "Cunyu" and one "Hao Wave" were torpedoed in two and sank within ten minutes.

According to the war report released by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, less than one hundred officers and soldiers on these four destroyers survived.

The other four destroyers also sank before dark, and the death rate of officers and soldiers exceeded half. Most of the fallen soldiers followed the warships to the bottom of the sea because they did not escape in time.

Because the Fourth Guard Group was in the north, the blow was relatively lighter.

In the fourth guard group, the core warship is the sister ship of the Hinata "Ise". This warship was the first to be attacked.

However, the first to attack the Ise was the Type 041 conventional submarine located in the northeast of the Joint Fleet.

In order to gain results, the "Electric Ray" and another Type 041 submarine fired two 650 mm heavy torpedoes to the "Ise" during the subsequent attack.

Hitted by six torpedoes, the ending of the Ise is even more tragic than that of the Hinata.

Although the "Ise" did not overturn until 10:30 pm, before that, six torpedoes killed at least 300 Japanese officers and soldiers, and almost the same number of Japanese officers and soldiers failed to leave the cabin engulfed by the sea in time. In the end, only more than 200 officers and soldiers were rescued.

At that time, the "Ise" was not carrying the officers and soldiers of the Ground Self-Defense Force, but supplies used to support ground combat.

If the "Ise" also carries ground troops, the casualties will be even more severe.

The "Ise" persisted for a longer time. In addition to the torpedo not hitting the key points, it was also related to the captain's correct handling. For example, after being hit by the first two torpedoes, the captain ordered the injected seawater into the ammunition depot to avoid the detonation of ammunition. Then a torpedo exploded below the ammunition depot. If seawater was not injected into the ammunition depot, the "Ise" was likely to be blown to pieces by hundreds of tons of ammunition.

Relatively speaking, the "Ise" is the luckyest warship in the fourth guard group.

Because the "Electric Ray" and a Type 041 concentrated on dealing with the second guard group in the first two rounds of attacks, in the following battle, all the torpedoes were fired at the battleships in the fourth guard group. In addition, the Type 041 in the northeastern direction shot all the torpedoes at the fourth guard group.

This means that the three submarines used a total of forty-two heavy torpedoes.

Eliminated the "Ise" that had been hit by six torpedoes, the other ten warships were divided into four torpedoes evenly.

For a destroyer that cannot withstand two torpedoes, being hit by four torpedoes will not only die, but also die very quickly.

In the fourth guard group, the "Ise" was the last sunk warship.

Before ten o'clock, all ten destroyers of the fourth guard group sank. Even the destroyer "Bird Sea" that had only been hit by three torpedoes only persisted until 9:57.

In other words, by 6:30 am on June 3, the Joint Fleet became history.

The Chinese Ministry of Defense did not speak loudly. From the release of the news to the submarine's sneak attack, the combined fleet was sent to the road of no return in less than ten hours.

When the joint fleet was attacked, Taichiro Kida was still on his way to the United States.

After receiving the news, he drove away his entourage and stayed alone for several hours. Although he was not a soldier, but a civilian official, he knew that Japan had lost and lost very thoroughly. Even if he could obtain American aid, it would be difficult for Japan to turn the situation around.

The one who was hit hardest was not Kida Taichiro, but Kobayashi Koichi.

At that time, Kobayashi Kwangichi was stunned, and the first thing he thought of was to end the war through the resignation of the cabinet, rather than continuing to fight for the non-existent hope.
Chapter completed!