On the Furuyagu, all the Japanese sailors watched in shock as the Nagato disappeared into the sea.
Captain Nakajun felt shock, fear, pain, grief, and all sorts of emotions.
The Longgate was the pride of the entire Dongyang Navy, and even the entire Dongyang Kingdom.
It represented the entire Dongyang Kingdom.
They were also the only two battleships with golden chrysanthemums hanging at the bow, which represented the royal family.
However, it sank just like that. It sank on the torpedoes launched by an unknown submarine.
He took eight torpedoes.
"Yes, find these submarines. Contact Lushun immediately and ask them to send warships to reinforce us.
No matter what, you have to find the murderer.”
"Captain, do we need to inform the alliance fleet?”
Captain Zhong Jun said in a daze,""Report, of course we have to report.”
The Longgate had sunk. How could they not report such a big matter to the joint fleet command?
The first to receive the news was naturally the alliance fleet.
Zhang Xueming only received the news after Xu Hai ran to a safe zone.
At the command center of the Combined Fleet of the Dongyang Kingdom.
Lieutenant General Kobayashi Seizo, the commander of the joint fleet, was accompanying the chief of the navy's military command, King Yasuhiro Fushimi, to inspect the joint fleet's station in Okosuka.
The two of them were standing on the deck of the battleship Luao, looking down at the huge fleet that was resupplying at the port.
Prince Fushen stepped on the deck.
"The Longgate should be entering China's Bohai Sea by now, right?”
Lieutenant General Kobayashi said respectfully,""They contacted us two hours ago. We will be able to enter Bohai Sea in about half a day.”
"Very good. The army's herd of red deer started the war without permission. In fact, His Majesty is very unhappy."
However, the Kwantung Army has already taken Manchuria. There are abundant resources there, which is beneficial to us.
The reason why I asked you to send out the Longgate Battleship is to give the navy a bit more say in the distribution of resources.
So don't have any thoughts or complaints.”
" Don't worry, Your Highness." Kobayashi Seizo quickly shook his head and said," We won't have any complaints about the orders of the Military Command Department. We are all serving His Majesty the Emperor."”
At this moment, the joint fleet's communications officer, Colonel Kobayashi, rushed over with a telegram in his hand. His face was pale and his eyes were filled with panic.
When he saw the figure of Commander Kobayashi Seizo, he immediately shouted,""Commander, something bad has happened.”
Fu Jian frowned at this scene, and his expression darkened.
As an officer of the Imperial Navy, he should remain calm no matter what happened.
Such panic was against the etiquette of a naval officer.
Kobayashi Seizo looked at Staff Officer Kobayashi and scolded,""Look at your expression. What happened?”
However, the moment Staff Officer Kobayashi spoke, the two of them lost their cool.
"The Longgate sank…"
After hearing this news, the two of them were stunned. Kobayashi Seizo looked at him in disbelief and asked,"What did you say? Say it again?"
Staff Officer Kobayashi couldn't help but feel sorrowful. Tears fell from his eyes as he said with a trembling voice,""Long... The Nagato sank. Ten minutes ago, Furuyaka sent a telegram saying that the Nagato and Yubari had sunk.”
"How is this possible? The Longgate was the strongest battleship in the world. How did it sink?”
The admiral asked in shock, his eyes wide open.
At this moment, it was already difficult for him to maintain his calm.
Not to mention him, even the Emperor could not calm down when he heard this news.
"It's a submarine. I don't know what kind of submarine fired torpedoes, but the Longgate was hit by eight torpedoes. After the keels broke, it broke into two pieces and eventually sank.”
This news was too shocking for them.
After a long time, Kobayashi Jizao shouted,""What about the submarine? Which country's submarine was it? Tell me, which country is the submarine from? John Bull? Or a polar bear? They are declaring war on the Empire."
Advisor Kobayashi shook his head.
"The submarine is missing, and they are still searching.”
Hearing this, Prince Gongbo Gong staggered back two steps.
"I... I'll go back and meet His Majesty. Don't spread this matter.”
The news of the sinking of the Longgate was a huge blow to the morale of the people.
At this moment, Xu Hai had already fled to the safe waters with the Type 21 submarine.
The Type 21 submarine equipped with radar could easily avoid the search of Japanese warships.
This exciting news finally reached the Jinzhou border defense army headquarters.
"What is it? Xu Hai's submarine sank a Changmen class battleship?”
Even Zhang Xueming was dumbfounded when he heard the news. It was simply unbelievable.
A longgate-class battleship, a longgate-class battleship!
Even though he knew that the Type-21 submarine was very powerful, it was too sci-fi to sink a longgate-class battleship.
"It's absolutely true. This Changgate-class battleship sank on the route to Lushun.
I finally understood what the Japanese were waiting for. They were waiting for this battleship.
With it, the Guandong Army will have enough firepower to break through our Jinzhou defense line.”
Zhang Xueming paced back and forth in the office excitedly.
"Good, this is great news. This is great news that can boost the confidence of the people in the war of resistance.”
After standing still, he said to Jiang Fangzhen,"Immediately use the name of the Border Guard Command to issue a nationwide call to inform the whole country of this good news.
This way, he could also deal a blow to the morale of the Kwantung Army before the counterattack.
He told them that they no longer had anything to rely on.”
"Also, contact Xiao Ya and ask her to quickly publish this news so that the people can take a good look.”
"But wouldn't that expose the fact that we have advanced submarines?”
"It doesn't matter. The existence of submarines won't attract too much attention from the foreign powers." Zhang Xueming said indifferently.
When the Japanese realized what was going on, they would be on guard, so it didn't matter.”
Soon, a message from Jinzhou spread throughout the country.
"A Japanese Changmen class battleship was sunk by our border defense submarine force in the northern waters of the Yellow Sea. This battle is only the interest of the 1894 - 1895 naval battle.”
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