The Hammerhead submarine finally arrived at the harbor dock. When the officers on the submarine walked down the gangway, the naval officer who greeted them hurriedly stepped forward to ask about the situation of the combined fleet.
There are so many things they need to confirm, so they cannot let go of any detail: "We have received the messages you sent, but intermittently. What happened to the United Fleet?"
After hearing the other party's inquiry, the captain of the Hammerhead submarine was obviously stunned for a moment. He had already sent the message back. Wasn't the content of the message not detailed enough?
He waved to the crew members who were on duty on the enclosure at the time, and then explained to his superiors: "We saw a battleship of the United Fleet being hit and bursting into flames."
"Our battleship Mighty is injured, we can see it very clearly. In addition, we also saw several sunken battleships." The captain of the submarine Hammerhead replied truthfully.
He recalled what he saw. Frankly speaking, it was a complete disaster! The entire fleet seemed to be fleeing for their lives. Their routes were different. Except for the battleship that was hit and caught fire, the other ships quickly disappeared from the sight of the Hammerhead.
It was only then that the captain of the Hammerhead realized that the atmosphere at the dock was a little different from usual.
In the bunker made of sandbags, the soldiers inspected their weapons as if facing a powerful enemy. The machine guns had already been hung with ammunition belts, and the anti-aircraft guns added after the war started were pointed at the sky.
In the open space not far away, the garrison troops were forming their teams. There were about one battalion of soldiers arranged in a square formation, listening to their commander's instructions.
There are still P36 fighter jets flying in the sky from time to time. Although these old-fashioned aircraft are no longer the main force, they still play a role in the Qin Air Force.
The Qin Air Force has many types of fighter jets and is very complex. They have P-36 fighter jets purchased from Tang State, P-36 produced by themselves, and P-40 fighter jets purchased from Tang State, and they can also produce the same type of aircraft themselves.
Of course, in addition to the P-40 fighter, Qin also has the advanced jet fighter TA-183. This jet is the real main force of the Qin army.
Most of the better-performing Type 40 fighter jets and Type 183 fighter jets are fighting against the Tang Air Force on the front line. Therefore, along the coast of Shu, the Qin Air Force mostly uses the backward Type 36 fighter jets.
These aircraft made up for the shortfall in the number of 183 fighter jets, but they did have little combat effectiveness.
"Sir! What happened here?" the captain of the Hammerhead asked curiously.
"The Tang Army attacked the port headquarters. Now General Sun Guang is injured and the communication equipment is destroyed. There is news that the Tang Army has landed on the beach in the west." The officer who came to greet him said worriedly to his men.
"Tang Jun? Landed in the west?" The captain of the Hammerhead submarine repeated in disbelief after hearing the news.
He didn't know the size of the Tang Army's fleet, but he really didn't believe that the Tang Army would assemble a large landing fleet behind the main fleet...
"We still don't know what happened... what is the situation of the combined fleet." The general of the Qin Army sighed.
They have not really discovered the main fleet of the Tang Army until now, and the information about jet carrier-based aircraft is only rumors and has not been confirmed.
The enemy's fleet was like a ghost, as if the fog of war hung over the Qin army, making the other party completely unaware of what was happening.
But this kind of crushing news blocking also helped Qin Jun overcome part of his fear. They don't know what they have lost, nor do they know that they have lost the most critical battle.
Ignorance leads to fearlessness. These Qin generals still don't know that the combined fleet has been completely wiped out, so they still have illusions about victory.
"With all due respect, sir... I am afraid that the combined fleet is already in dire straits." The captain of the Hammerhead expressed his view very pessimistically: "I have said before that submarines are the key to victory. Count on those warships. It won’t work.”
He is not far-sighted, he simply exaggerates the role of his submarine force. In fact, he did not know that the submarine force had also suffered heavy losses.
Along the way, the Tang Army's fleet discovered many Qin Army submarines that were on missions or on guard duty. In order to ensure the safety of the fleet, Bernard ordered the sinking of all enemy submarines discovered.
Five Qin Army submarines were sunk by the advanced Tang Army destroyers. After all, the backward World War II-level submarines had no ability to escape in the face of anti-submarine helicopters and sophisticated sonar equipment.
In fact, the Qin army deployed a submarine warning circle outside the combined fleet anchorage. Unfortunately, this warning circle did not play any role at all and was broken through by the Tang army.
Electromagnetic interference cut off communication, and no one received the warning message sent by the submarine force at the risk of death. On the contrary, the submarines whose positions were exposed were all sunk by Tang Army destroyers.
The Tang Army's new destroyers are equipped with advanced wire-guided torpedoes, which can easily hit the slow-moving Qin Army submarines.
"Let's go! Go to the hospital first..." The leading general walked towards the car parked at the end of the pier.
Following him, the captain of the Hammerhead submarine was a little confused: "Why are you going to the hospital?"
"Go and report the latest situation to General Sun Guang. I don't know if he's awake yet, but we must tell him what happened as soon as possible... and let him make an idea." The general said as he got into the car.
On the other side, on the beach, the Qin sailors who came ashore had already made the basic situation clear: the combined fleet was finished, almost all the warships had been sunk, and the rest were only small boats.
For example, the lucky Courage survived unscathed and has been rescuing those who fell into the water. And those large battleships were sunk almost without exception.
All 10 aircraft carriers were sunk; 10 battleships were also sunk. The Tang army's fleet was unscathed and created a horrific history.
They almost annihilated the naval fleets of two countries at almost zero cost! This brilliant record is estimated to be surpassed by no one except the Tang Navy itself.
"You said all our aircraft carriers were sunk?" an arriving army officer asked in disbelief.
"Not just ours, Dorne's aircraft carrier... was also sunk." The drowned rat replied tiredly: "And all the battleships... and... In short, our fleet is finished."
