"Baga! What the hell is going on? What are those idiots in the navy doing?" Island Nation's Army 28th Army Commander Lieutenant General Sakurai Shōzō yelled on a transport ship.
Those transport ships and merchant ships were constantly being sunk, and all they lost were their soldiers! Although they had known about this operation for a long time, they would definitely suffer heavy losses. But the losses they expected were after they landed on East Borneo, not now! Before reaching its destination, it was attacked fiercely by the enemy and suffered heavy losses. If this continues, how can we fight this battle?
"Sakurai, it seems that we were attacked by German submarines. With so many transport ships and merchant ships this time, we have undoubtedly become the target of the Germany people." Island Nation's Army 33rd Army Commander Lieutenant General Honda Masanori said with a bitter smile.
"Those guys in the navy, why can't they stop the Germany people?" Lieutenant General Sakurai Shōzō gritted his teeth.
Lieutenant General Honda Masanori remained silent. He knew that with the power of the navy, even if he wanted to stop the Germany people, he would probably be powerless. What they can do now is probably pray that their losses can be smaller.
"Well done! We sank at least four transport ships or merchant ships belonging to the Island Nation people. It would be great if all the Island Nation people who fell into the water were drowned." Major Hansen said with a smile on his face.
Of course he knew that this was almost impossible. After their attack is over, the surviving Island Nation transport ships and merchant ships, as well as those warships, will launch rescue operations. But what is certain is that the casualties of Island Nation people will not be too small.
"Sir, a Island Nation warship is approaching us!" the Sonar soldier suddenly reported.
Benson Major's expression suddenly changed. "Emergency dive!"
Although the submarine's attack power is very powerful, it is also very fragile. Once hit by a surface warship, death is almost certain. At that time, the submarine will become an iron coffin to bury everyone.
The biggest threat to submarines is their concealment. Once the advantage of concealment is gone, submarines will become vulnerable.
Submarine U-441 began an emergency dive and soon dived to a depth of fifty meters.
Island Nation Navy's destroyer 'Takanami' came to this sea area. However, after they circled the sea a few times, they found that they had no target.
"Have you found anything?" Captain Lieutenant Commander Ono Shiro of the destroyer 'Takanami' asked with a dark face.
"Sir, nothing was found. They seem to have escaped." Sonar soldier reported.
"How is it possible to escape so quickly? Launch depth charges and blow up German submarines!" Lieutenant Commander Ono Shiro ordered.
"Hi, sir."
Depth charges were thrown into the sea one after another, and soon there was a dull explosion.
Although it was not directly hit by depth bombs, the impact of the explosion of those bombs caused the U-441 submarine to continuously shake in the sea. The submariners in the submarine all turned pale. They all knew that if the submarine was hit, they would be dead.
"Continue to dive!" Major Benson ordered.
Their submarines can dive to a maximum depth of one hundred meters. If you continue to dive, the strong water pressure may crush the submarine's shell. I'm afraid they will all sink into the sea by then.
Submarine U-441 began to continue diving. After diving to a hundred meters underwater, the impact force was much smaller. The submarine soldiers, including Major Benson, breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, the sea was already in chaos. A large number of Island Nation transport ships and merchant ships were hit by Torpedo. Some transport ships and merchant ships have sunk, and some are sinking. The sea is full of the Island Nation's Army soldiers who fell into the water.
Under the crazy encirclement and suppression by the destroyers of Island Nation Navy, German submarines had to retreat. Fortunately, although it was not able to cause greater casualties to the Island Nation fleet. However, all 10 submarines involved in the attack retreated safely.
When there were no more explosions, Rear Admiral Ryūzaki Ryūkichi and Colonel Ōnishi Shinzō finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"General, German submarines should have retreated!" a staff officer reported.
"Then how many German submarines did we sink?" Rear Admiral Ryūzaki Ryūkichi asked.
This made the officer immediately speechless.
Rear Admiral Ryūzaki Ryūkichi's face suddenly turned as dark as the bottom of a pot. He knew that they might not be able to sink even a Germany submarine this time. German submarine force, causing them great casualties. But they could only watch the Germany submarine retreat safely. This was undoubtedly a slap in the face!
"General, Lieutenant General Sakurai and Lieutenant General Honda are here." An officer reported.
Rear Admiral Ryūzaki Ryūkichi nodded and went out with Colonel Ōnishi Shinzō. He knew that these two army lieutenants were obviously here to ask questions. But he had no choice, even though the two sides did not belong to each other. But who made such a big mistake in their escort, causing heavy losses to the army?
Lieutenant General Sakurai Shōzō and Lieutenant General Honda Masanori climbed onto the heavy cruiser 'Tone' with dark faces.
"Ryuuzaki-kun, what on earth did you do? Should you give us an explanation?" Lieutenant General Sakurai Shōzō asked with a dark face.
"Your Excellency Lieutenant General, I'm very sorry for this. We were ambushed by the German submarines troops. Although we tried our best to drive them away, we still caused a lot of casualties. Our strength was too weak, and there were too many transport ships and merchant ships that needed to be protected. That's why this situation was caused." Rear Admiral Ryūzaki Ryūkichi explained.
Lieutenant General Sakurai Shōzō wanted to rebuke a few more words, but was dissuaded by Lieutenant General Honda Masanori.
In the subsequent landing operations, they had to rely on the fleet to provide them with fire support. If Rear Admiral Ryūzaki Ryūkichi is offended. Once the other party fails to cooperate, Island Nation's Army may have to pay greater casualties when landing. Such consequences will undoubtedly be even more unbearable.
Lieutenant General Sakurai Shōzō undoubtedly wanted to understand this, so he swallowed the words that came to his lips.
"Ryuuzaki-kun, this action is related to the fate of the Empire. Therefore, we hope to get the full cooperation and assistance of the navy. If we fail, it will be a heavy blow to the entire Empire." Lieutenant General Honda Masanori said.
Rear Admiral Ryūzaki Ryūkichi nodded. "Your Excellency Lieutenant General, I understand this very well. The fleet will fully support the army's landing in the next operation. However, our strength is too weak. Even if we try our best, it may be difficult to complete!"