Evening, East China Sea.

Thirty nautical miles southeast of Wusongkou.

The Japanese Oi light cruiser is cruising. Near it, there are three Japanese destroyers.

The setting sun stretched the shadow of the battleship very long. It was a bit weird.

"Sonar signal not found."

"Sonar signal not found."

The information kept coming. The Japanese formation commander Suga Hikojiro was a little anxious.

It is obvious that the intelligence of the Army Red Deer has been deciphered. Logically speaking, there should be no mistakes. There should be a German submarine.

Relevant information has also been reported to the Military Command. The Military Command ordered the formation to closely monitor it and be sure to intercept it.

The Army's Red Deer wants to secretly join forces with German submarines. This is a very dangerous signal for the Navy. Of course, the Navy cannot sit idly by and ignore it.

Stop the German submarine.

Force the other person to reveal information.

It was then reported to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which then lodged a protest with the Germans.

This is an instruction from Combined Fleet Command.

Suga Hikojiro faithfully carried out the orders of his superiors.

In fact, it is just one sentence: German submarines and Army Red Deer must not be allowed to merge.

I don’t know what the Army Red Deer and the German submarine are plotting. However, a basic principle is that whatever the Army Red Deer wants to do, the Navy must stop it.

The Army Red Deer must not be allowed to get what they want.

Therefore, Suga Hikojiro's mission is to stop the German submarine.

Time flows by minute by second.

"Report!"

"Sonar picked up submarine signal..."

"Attack!"

Finally, the sonar responded.

Suga Hikojiro gave the order decisively.

The three Japanese destroyers immediately accelerated and tried to surround the target.

They are destroyers, designed to deal with submarines. In front of destroyers, submarines have no way to hide.

Under normal circumstances, submarines are certainly no match for destroyers.

"Southeast. Target found."

"Southeast. Target found."

The lookout post on the top of the mast sends the signal.

Suga Hikojiro's heart finally gradually relaxed.

Caught.

never mind.

As long as the target is found, the target cannot escape.

With one light cruiser and three destroyers, he had an absolute advantage in terms of strength.

In fact, there is the Tama light cruiser and two other destroyers nearby. With so many surface ships, it is easy to deal with a submarine.

As his opponent, there was only one German submarine, and it came from a long distance.

From distant Germany to the coast of China, the journey is more than ten thousand miles? How can there be any fighting capacity in such a long journey?

You must know that the other party is just a submarine.

Within the Japanese navy, submarines were the ones that no one wanted to go to. They were also the ones that were most ignored.

There are no submarines in the combined fleet's composition.

"Prepare to attack!"

"Alert!"

"Order the other party to surface immediately!"

"Prepare artillery fire!"

"Torpedo preparation!"

"Depth charge preparation!"

Suga Hikojiro issued a series of orders.

His current military rank is still Colonel. He hopes to take this opportunity to be promoted to major general.

Going from colonel to major general is a very big hurdle.

Only a handful of lucky people can successfully cross over.

Most people end up here forever.

The atmosphere became tense.

The lookout post on the mast was very busy.

They were all outstanding figures in the Japanese Navy and had very good eyesight.

They can even spot distant targets at night.

Their food is also specially provided. Cod liver oil is a must.

"The target has been revealed."

"The target has been revealed."

The message came.

Suga Hikojiro was completely relieved.

As long as the submarine surfaces, it is equivalent to giving up resistance.

The submarine that surfaces can only be beaten. It has no combat effectiveness. It seems that the other party is quite cooperative.

However, more information soon came.

"Report!"

"The target sent a telegram. They said they were the U.S. Navy."

"Nani?"

Suga Hikojiro was stunned.

U.S. Navy?

Not Germany?

How can it be?

What they want to intercept is obviously a German submarine!

what happened?

"Strict investigation! Don't let them fool you!"

"Tie!"

The subordinate agreed and went.

Suga Hikojiro walked outside the bridge and raised his binoculars.

At this time, Shady hadn't completely taken over yet. The visibility on the sea was pretty good. He found the target easily.

It is indeed a submarine. It has surfaced.

I saw a few sailors putting up a flag. It was the American Stars and Stripes.

idiot!

Suga Hikojiro cursed secretly.

It seems that the interception was indeed wrong. By some mistake, the American submarine was intercepted.

The Stars and Stripes. It’s Citiland. Damn the Americans.

"Continue communication."

"Tie!"

Suga Hikojiro was unwilling to give in.
To be continued...