Super Invincible Battleship
Chapter 674

Chapter 674: Chapter 293: Surfacing Chapter 674: Chapter 293: Surfacing The Artificial Whale quietly entered the optimal attacking range and then launched shape-shifting Dolphin torpedoes. A single attack destroyed a Japanese Soryu-class Submarine, demonstrating formidable offensive power. However, the loud noise generated by the attack also spread in all directions through the sea water, alerting all nearby submarines to the explosion.

Other submarines were shocked upon hearing the sudden explosion, and from the direction of the blast, they knew it must have been a Soryu-class Submarine from Japan that exploded. But they had no idea what had happened or what had caused the Soryu-class to suddenly explode. Could the Soryu-class Submarine have self-destructed? But this possibility was extremely slim. Therefore, the most likely explanation was that the Soryu-class Submarine had been attacked. If that was the case, what kind of weapon had attacked the Soryu-class Submarine?

The design of the Dolphin torpedoes was ingeniously based on the shape of a dolphin, which enabled them to emit very little noise while swimming, making their whereabouts very difficult to detect. Usually, the enemy wouldn't realize their presence until they were hit. The sonar systems of these submarines had yet to detect the presence of the Dolphin torpedoes.

However, these submarine commanders were all professionally trained and had learned how to handle such situations. So even though they didn't know the cause of the explosion of the Japanese submarine, they quickly issued orders to reduce noise and dive quickly to leave the area immediately.

But the Artificial Whale had already entered the optimal range to launch the torpedo attack, seizing the initiative, and with the Dolphin torpedoes already launched, other submarines were too late to evade even if they realized something was amiss. The Soryu-class Submarine that was just destroyed was merely the one closest in proximity. After its destruction, other missiles, using their small sonar devices installed on their heads, were swiftly homing in on their targets.

Even though those submarines had already accelerated their escape, they were still a beat slower compared to the speed of the Dolphin torpedoes, which locked onto them with their sonar systems and caught up. Shortly thereafter, a second victim emerged: it was a Japanese Harushio-class conventional submarine. This conventional submarine was also hit by a Dolphin torpedo and suffered a catastrophic explosion. In the next minute, the Dolphin torpedoes swiftly swam through the seabed, eliminating the remaining six targeted submarines one by one.

During this process, not all Dolphin torpedo attacks were 100% successful; some torpedoes were luckily avoided by the submarines, while some lost their targets due to malfunctions. Nevertheless, whenever such a situation occurred, reserve Dolphin torpedoes immediately followed suit, continuing the attack on the target until all were eliminated.

After the destruction of all eight submarines in the area, there were still nine Dolphin torpedoes left unexploded. However, after realizing that all the targets had been eliminated, these torpedoes self-destructed and disappeared into the sea water. At this moment, the Dolphin torpedoes displayed a high level of intelligence. However, there were still some deficiencies in the intelligence of the Dolphin torpedoes, as they would occasionally make inexplicable errors, or else Yan Fei wouldn't have launched 30 torpedoes to attack a mere eight submarines.

Fortunately, the Artificial Whale was so large that its ammunition capacity was a terrifying 5000 tons. Each Dolphin torpedo weighed 2 tons, so launching 30 of them in one go amounted to only 60 tons, which accounted for a mere 1.2% of the Artificial Whale's total ammunition capacity. Yan Fei could afford to attack like this 80 more times without having to worry about waste. When he learned that the United Fleet was approaching Dream Island, Yan Fei loaded up the Artificial Whale with various types of weapons and ammunition, ensuring he could eliminate the whole United Fleet even with such wastefulness.

While the eight submarines were being destroyed, the Artificial Whale did not halt its advance but continued towards the next launch position under Yan Fei's control. However, sound traveled very quickly through the sea water, and before Yan Fei could reach the new launching position, those five submarines had discovered that their allies had suffered an underwater attack. Limited by technical capabilities, these five submarines simply couldn't detect where the attacks were coming from.

As the ally submarines exploded one after another and they could not locate the enemy's origin, fear of the unknown began to break the will of the remaining submarine commanders. This fear made them forget their combat mission and lose the courage to fight against unknown forces, leading to their collective decision to surface and escape.

As long as the submarines could surface, even if they were attacked, some of the crew might survive. If a submarine was destroyed in the deep sea and the hull was breached, then no one inside the submarine could escape. Rather than dying mysteriously in the deep sea, they chose to surface, where at least there was a glimmer of hope for survival. Moreover, once on the surface, they could contact the United Fleet and call for emergency support, possibly making it out unscathed.