"Quick, let's throw grenades!" A cook on the American destroyer shouted, and several soldiers followed by grabbing a pile of oval-shaped items on the deck and throwing them at a submarine that surfaced. The Japanese soldiers on the submarine were frightened and hurried back into the cabin, operating the submarine to dive and escape. But can it escape?
It was a naval battle that took place during World War II. One day in April 1934, an American destroyer was on a daily patrol near the Solomon Islands. No one knew that just below the seabed not far from the destroyer, a Japanese submarine was rising and surfacing.
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Neither the destroyer on the surface nor the submarine on the seabed was aware of the presence of the other. In fact, if the destroyer had sailed faster or slower, or if the submarine had continued to sneak and did not surface, perhaps there would have been no battle.
The U.S. destroyer, named the Obonnon, patrolled the Solomon Sea far from the main battlefield in the Pacific, and nothing happened in normal times. The weather was nice, the wind and waves were calm, the patrols had not encountered anything special for several days, and the soldiers had already slackened off a little, chatting on the deck in groups of three or five to watch the scenery.
The busiest person is the cook, who is busy moving potatoes on the deck and preparing to make potato salad.
Suddenly a soldier on the destroyer shouted, "Look! There were submarines, which were Japanese submarines. ”
The soldiers on the destroyer jumped up at once, looking in the direction the soldier was pointing, and sure enough, a submarine was rising to the surface, and the sun flag painted on the ship showed that it was a Japanese submarine.
The submarine rose to the surface, and several Japanese troops were opening the hatches to come out to breathe. Apparently, this Japanese submarine did not know that the American destroyer was on it, otherwise he would never have risen to the surface.
The unexpected encounter between the destroyer and the submarine made both sides a little stunned. The soldiers on the US destroyer reacted first, and fired a cannon in a hurry, but they did not aim in the rush, and the shell was deflected, causing a huge wave in the distance of the submarine.
The Japanese submarines had surfaced, and some of the soldiers had opened the hatches to breathe on the hull. So they were completely unprepared for battle, and there was no way to fire torpedoes against destroyers.
Luckily dodging a shot, the submarine hurried closer to the destroyer and sailed to a dead end where the destroyer could not attack. Meanwhile, the soldiers on the submarine were ready to operate a boat's cannon to attack the destroyer. The caliber of this cannon reached 76.5 mm, and once it attacked at close range, the destroyer would probably be difficult to resist.
The soldiers on the US destroyer saw that the submarine had sailed into the dead corner of their own attack, and they couldn't help but panic, and some people shouted to find small arms to resist, but they were basking in the sun, where did they suddenly get light weapons?
Just when the American soldiers on the destroyer felt desperate, the busiest cook was in a hurry, picked up the potato and threw it at the submarine, shouting as he threw it: "Let's hurry up with the grenade!" ”
A few clever American soldiers immediately understood and picked up potatoes and threw them on the submarine together.
Grenade? The Japanese troops on the submarine saw the oval-shaped object flying over and couldn't help but be frightened. Because the submarine's shell cannot accommodate half damage. A well-preserved submarine can dive to an or two hundred meters underwater, but if the shell is damaged, even if the damage is not large, it can bring disaster.
In a panic, the submarine's soldiers did not see clearly that it was potatoes that had been thrown over, thinking that it was really a grenade. They were too late to shoot, and they quickly climbed back to the submarine and rushed to dive.
At this time, tragedy occurred, the submarine, because of the panic, suddenly crashed into the reef during the dive, lost its power, and became a lamb waiting to be killed.
By this time, the U.S. troops on the destroyer had come back to their senses and dropped more than a dozen depth charges on the submarine. It wasn't long before a large pool of oil and japanese wreckage surfaced—the submarine had been blown up by the destroyer's depth charge.
The destroyer's soldiers all shouted up and walked out of the shadow of death. I feel lucky. Together, they threw the cook into the air, caught it and ran up. This is because they are grateful to the cook, if the cooker had not been in a hurry to use the potato as a grenade, he would not have scared away the submarine, let alone hit the reef.
I have to say that the luck of this Japanese submarine is also too back. Treating potatoes as grenades to scare oneself out of your guts, running away and hitting the reef, is really self-destructive.
Speaking of which, why did the Japanese submarines float? This is mainly because the technology during World War II was still relatively backward, relying on diesel engines as a power source.
However, the diesel engine must inhale a large amount of fresh air when working, but there is no air source under the water, so when the submarine is sailing underwater, it can only use the battery power as the driving energy, so the submarine will float on the surface after a period of time and use the diesel engine to charge the battery.
For this reason, the Japanese submarine had to rise to the surface, but it did not expect to meet the DESTROYer of the US Army. Of course, in the rush of battle, the submarine once had the upper hand, but he did not seize the opportunity, only to blame himself.
It can also be seen from this incident that the situation on the battlefield is changing, and there are accidents at any time, and there is no room for paralysis. Only by always being vigilant and ready for battle, when encountering accidents, will we not be in a hurry and entrust our lives to luck.
