Chapter 2656 Murder in the Dark Night 3

If airplanes are the grandfather of submarines, then destroyers are the fathers of submarines. Although there are many cases in history of submarines overshadowing destroyers or counter-killing destroyers in anti-submarine warfare, more often than not, they are still chased by destroyers, let alone Now is the time when the submarine is on the surface and hunting its prey.

Because there was no warning, and because the American destroyers came so fast, when the Japanese submarine force was still indulging in killing, the American flat-bed destroyers rushed in front of them like galloping cavalry, and then used intensive artillery fire. Push these assassins who are still floating on the water to death one by one!

The injured submarine No. 21 became the first battleship lost by the Japanese Navy tonight. The two destroyers DD135 and 147 of the US Navy focused on this guy. More than 8 artillery pieces of various calibers were completely destroyed within 5 minutes. Got this submarine.

Although Submarine No. 19 was the first to prepare to dive, it was a pity that it was targeted by the underwater audio device of the destroyer No. DD135 before it could enter enough depth. The Japanese were eager to get rid of their opponents and turned the engine to the maximum. The noise was so loud it was like beating gongs and drums on a quiet night! So it was no surprise that the destroyer No. DD135 threw dozens of depth bombs along the guide rails and mine throwers into the sea water, and cruised through the nearby waters over and over again like a plow. The entire sea surface was fried like boiling water!

At this time, in addition to the five destroyers that rushed to the battlefield, there were also a certain number of torpedo boats. These things really exceeded the expectations of the Japanese. They did not expect that any patrolling American destroyer squadron would have them here. Such a large scale, but if the Japanese knew that the Americans, who only participated in World War I in 1917, could produce more than 300 destroyers of various types before the end of the war, they might be able to understand the Americans' powerful industry and What a lavish use!

Faced with the impact of these fearless maritime light cavalry, it was somewhat difficult for the two Japanese pre-dreadnought battleships to deal with it. So much so that Lieutenant General Sturdy felt that the current war situation was a bit useless.

"Send a telegram to the Yamagiri and ask it to work with us to cover the evacuation of the submarine force. This battle is over now, and it makes little sense to continue." Lieutenant General Sturdy finally decided to evacuate.

"Why? These destroyers are just a trouble for us. As long as we don't cause trouble ourselves, solving them is not a big problem." Yamamoto said with some dissatisfaction as he looked at the escaping American transport ship in the distance.

"First of all, the prey has dispersed. At this time, chasing the prey under the threat of American destroyers is actually an inefficient and dangerous move. Secondly, our ammunition is very limited. These ammunition are reserved for those transport ships and when necessary. It is used against American pre-dreadnoughts or armored cruisers during combat. It is very uneconomical to waste it on destroyers at this time. Don’t forget the experience of the Germans. When fighting an opponent that is comparable to you, you must ensure your ammunition. We have half a base of ammunition in our warehouse. Our guerrilla war has just begun, unless you want to go back in a month," Lieutenant General Sturdy said.

At the insistence of Lieutenant General Sturdy, the Japanese fleet began to gather. The Yamagiri returned and together with the Asagiri drove away the American destroyers surrounding the submarine. Finally, after losing another submarine, the American destroyers gave up. Attack, began to evacuate, and the Japanese fleet, which had sunk 10 transport ships and at least 4 destroyers and torpedo boats, also began to evacuate. How to put it, if you look purely at the results, the Japanese killed at least 60,000 tons of American transport ships at the cost of three submarines. As well as a large amount of supplies, the results are very good. But the lieutenant general was not very satisfied with this. The submarine losses could have been less.

"The American industry is still strong. They can produce destroyers as easily as we can produce sausages. Maybe only Germany in the future can compete with the Americans in terms of industrial scale?" Lieutenant General Sturdy sighed.

After the end of this attack, which was later known as the Panama Massacre, the Yamamoto fleet's journey had just begun, or in other words, the Japanese navy's war to break diplomatic ties had just begun, when the Yamamoto fleet went on a killing spree in the Panama Canal area. , another breakup fleet composed of two armored cruisers also penetrated into the Eastern Pacific region. At this time, in the entire Eastern Pacific, the U.S. Navy did not have suitable warships to deal with this kind of breakup operation. Thus, a half-year-long battle to break and counter-break diplomatic ties began. And the US Navy's offensive has been delayed again and again because of this!

"Where should we go next?" Yamamoto asked.

"We continue south to the coast of Chile. Chile's copper mines are very important to the United States, which is at war. At the same time, we must also block trade between other countries and Americans. Of course, if we can attract some American warships to South America would be even better,” Sturdy said.

"So how to solve our supply problem?" Yamamoto asked.

"Quite simply, supply ships from New Zealand will solve all problems," Sturdy said. Then, under the cover of darkness, the Japanese fleet began to move south. When daytime came, U.S. naval officials stationed in Panama were also writing reports, and because the area near Panama did not have enough power to match the two Japanese warships, the Americans interrupted maritime transportation in the Panama area. It was not until the fleet headed by two dreadnoughts arrived that transportation in the Panama Canal was resumed!

What Yamamoto didn't expect was that the transport ship he sank was only about 60,000 tons, but the delay in material transportation caused by it was as high as millions of tons. The tonnage of the merchant ship sunk in the sea-breaking operation is certainly a very important factor. indicator, but sometimes, the resulting panic and additional impact will be better than direct sinking!

And just in the afternoon of the third day, when Roosevelt had just finished his lunch break and was about to continue working, Roosevelt Jr., who was the Undersecretary of the Navy, came to the President's Office and handed over a document.

"Your Excellency, there is very bad news. The Germans' expectations have become a reality. The Japanese used their second-line fast warships to launch a war-breaking operation. They ambushed our fleet outside the Panama Canal, and the losses were very heavy." Roosevelt said with some frustration.

"Damn it!" Roosevelt felt dizzy when he heard about the Panama Canal. He cursed angrily. He didn't know whether he was cursing the Japanese or other people.

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