August 15th, Shanghai!
The Japanese reinforcements arrived at Shanghai Port at noon!
At noon that day, the Japanese made a request to the Chinese side. They wanted to hand over the Sunset that had sunk the Seventh Fleet and the First Fleet of the dispatched army. At the same time, they wanted to withdraw the security forces in Shanghai!
The result was self-evident!
The Battle of Magic City erupted again four days later than the original time and space!
In the Battle of Shanghai in this space-time, the Japanese had lost eight ships including the Cloud!
However, when the war broke out, they sent two more divisions to Shanghai, so when the war started, the Japanese had the upper hand!
However, due to the extra four days of time, it was better to concentrate the troops on the periphery of Shanghai!
The battle had just begun in the afternoon, and it was already unusually intense!
On the surface of the sea about 500 nautical miles away from Shanghai!
Yamamoto put down the binoculars in his hands and looked at the recon plane that had left. He looked at the adjutant beside him and said,""Inform the fleet to enter combat readiness. The enemy has discovered us!”
"Ha Yi!"
"Inform the submarine force to remain silent twenty nautical miles to our left. Without my orders, no action is allowed!”
"Ha Yi!"
Apart from the four battleships, Yamamoto Seven by Eight was accompanied by four submarines!
There were more than 170 Japanese submarines in active service, but they were all old goods from more than ten years ago. When they sailed underwater, the noise could be clearly detected from dozens of nautical miles away. In the end, Yamamoto Seven by Eight chose the Type B submarine that was just built last year, preparing to give Yu Zhiqian's fleet a surprise!
Yamamoto Shichisei Yachi had studied Yu Zhiqian's fleet. There were only battleships and cruisers, and no destroyer to deal with submarines!
If it was possible, Yamamoto 7 - 8 wanted to bring ten submarines over, but in the end, only four of them met his requirements!
"Sir Commander, the reconnaissance aircraft has reported that the enemy fleet has left Gu Bei City and is heading towards our ship!”
"Continue to monitor the movements of the enemy fleet!”
"Ha Yi!"
Yu Zhiqian had also discovered the Japanese reconnaissance aircraft in the sky, but he did not shoot it down!
Instead, he allowed them to detect the movements of his fleet!
However, about 20 miles behind Yu Zhiqian, four battleships were moving forward at a relative speed!
Yu Zhiqian did this because he did not want the Japanese fleet to discover the destroyer behind him!
The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer!
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the distance between the two sides was less than a hundred nautical miles!
This was already a dangerous distance for the warship!
However, neither side slowed down and continued to advance at full speed!
At 3:30 in the afternoon, the distance between the two sides was 50 nautical miles!
Yamamoto Shichixita opened his eyes abruptly.""Order the fleet to slow down. The submarine force will continue to advance and ambush near the enemy's route to find fighter planes!”
"Ha Yi!"
Soon, the submarine fleet that had been wandering under the water continued to move towards Yu Zhiqian's fleet at full speed, while the Japanese fleet slowly slowed down!
The fleet began to spread out in formation. The original snake formation began to slowly spread out. The battleships were at the back row, and the cruisers were at the front!
Especially the high-speed cruisers, all the torpedoes were activated!
The order they received was to charge at the enemy battleships as fast as possible and fire torpedoes!
On the other side!
Yu Zhiqian's warship began to slow down after entering the 50 nautical miles range!
The destroyer behind them also caught up!
"Commander, Expeditionary No. 1 reports that a suspicious sound source has been detected 20 nautical miles northwest. It is suspected to be an enemy submarine!”
Yu Zhiqian raised his head and said,""Submarine? As expected, the Japanese would not fight so openly! So you were waiting here!"
"I've been waiting for you to do this. Command, drive 1 and 2 to take out the submarine on the other side. Drive 3 and 4 to continue to guard the surroundings. The rest of the warships, maintain the established formation and prepare for battle!”
"Yes, sir!"
Soon, two Destroyers rushed out from the rear at full speed!
Drive 1 and Drive 2 could reach 42 knots at full speed!
After the two Destroyers left the fleet, they were immediately discovered by the Japanese fleet!
Yamamoto Seven by Eight was stunned when he heard that Yu Zhiqian was equipped with a destroyer!
"How is that possible? Where did he get a destroyer from?”
However, Yamamoto Seven by Eight didn't hesitate and immediately ordered the four submarines to move forward at full speed. They were going to disrupt Yu Zhiqian's fleet formation at all costs!
The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer!
Fifty nautical miles, forty nautical miles, thirty nautical miles!
At this moment, the visibility of the sea was good. Yu Zhiqian and Yamamoto Shichisei Yachi stood on the commander's tower of the ship and could clearly see the opposite warship!
At this moment, the Japanese cruiser made the first move!
The eight Japanese cruisers suddenly accelerated and charged towards Yu Zhiqian's Sunset!
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