On the afternoon of March 24, the main force of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet had arrived in the waters outside the port of Gaowo Island.

In a conference room of the Ruixue all-main gun battleship, the flagship of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, Song Limin, the commander-in-chief of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, said in a deep voice to the eight formation commanders and dozens of battle team commanders: "Everyone, the intelligence department has just received news.

The Golden Lion Empire's expeditionary fleet grew in size when it left the Double-Headed Eagle Island Naval Base.

The Fourth Fleet and the Eighth Fleet of the Golden Lion Empire's Navy stationed in the port of Double-headed Eagle Island, together with more than a hundred warships, were also incorporated into the Golden Lion Empire's expeditionary fleet.

The enemy we have to face is even stronger! ”

This time, in order to deal with the expeditionary fleet of the Golden Lion Empire, the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet gathered all 9 main formations, of which the commander of the first formation was concurrently Song Limin.

At this time, the islands and many coastal cities belonging to the Three Towns Jiedu Province were left to watch over the homeland.

Wang Xuewen, the commander of the second formation, immediately frowned and asked, "Old Song, does the intelligence department have any specific data?" ”

"More than 100 battleships included 17 battleships with full main guns, 5 battlecruisers, 16 all-steel battleships, as well as 20 large armored cruisers, more than 50 light cruisers and more than 50 destroyers.

If you count these more than 100 warships, in terms of the total number of warships, the Golden Lion Empire Expeditionary Fleet is much more than the nine major formations of our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet combined. ”

Cai Ming'an, commander of the third formation, continued: "In this way, the expeditionary fleet of the Golden Lion Empire has 99 all-main gun battleships, 5 battlecruisers and 82 all-steel battleships only as the capital ships.

The capital ships of our nine formations, in addition to the battleships that are still being repaired in the dockyard, have gathered a total of 92 battleships with full main guns, 37 battlecruisers, and 14 all-steel battleships.

The number of large armored cruisers, light cruisers and destroyers is even more incomparable to that of the other side, this battle is not easy to fight! ”

At present, among the main ships of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, there are 7 battleships with full main guns, 3 battlecruisers, and 4 all-steel battleships, which are still undergoing overhaul in the dockyard because they were seriously injured in the Battle of Gaowo Island.

It is no longer possible to participate in this decisive battle at sea with the expeditionary fleet of the Golden Lion Empire.

Song Limin then said: "The next battle is definitely difficult to fight.

However, since the number of all-steel battleships in the expeditionary fleet of the Golden Lion Empire has reached 82, if only the number of large-caliber main guns of the capital ships is counted, in fact, our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet does not suffer.

In addition, this time against the expeditionary fleet of the Golden Lion Empire, our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet has one more secret weapon.

I feel that this secret weapon may bring a lot of surprises to our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet. ”

Cai Ming'an, the commander of the third formation, asked with some confusion: "Secret weapon?" What secret weapon? ”

Song Limin pointed to a thin young man with glasses among the dozens of team commanders and introduced to everyone: "He is Zhang Donghua, the team commander of the newly established 58th team of our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

Next, Zhang Donghua will introduce to you the secret weapon of our southwest coastal defense fleet. ”

Zhang Donghua stood up a little nervously, "The secret weapon that Song Zhi said is the four 'ghost' class submarines designed and produced by our Ganyang Shipyard.

Designed by my father, this Phantom-class submarine has a full load displacement of 450 tons on the water and 600 tons underwater, is equipped with 4 diesel engines, has a maximum speed of 13 knots on the water, a maximum speed of 7 knots underwater, and a maximum depth of 40 meters.

It is equipped with four 450 mm torpedo tubes, two in the bow and two in the stern, which can carry a total of 8 torpedoes and a crew of 24 people.

I myself was involved in the production and trial of the Phantom-class submarines, so I temporarily served as the team commander of the 58th Sentai Team, which has four Phantom-class submarines under its jurisdiction. ”

After listening to Zhang Donghua's introduction to the "Ghost" class submarine, Wang Hongchun, commander of the fourth formation, asked Song Limin with some incomprehension: "Old Song, with just four little guys of several hundred tons, what kind of secret weapon can be used?" ”

Song Limin said with a smile: "The biggest advantage of this 'Phantom' class submarine is that it can carry out torpedo attacks under the surface.

The reason why it was named the Ghost class is that this submarine can carry out underwater attacks on enemy warships like a ghost. ”

When Wang Hongchun heard this, he couldn't help but nod slightly, "If the 'Ghost' class submarine can attack underwater, it is indeed a bit of a trick.

It's a pity that there are only 4 'Phantom' class submarines, which is a little less numerous. ”

Song Limin said: "The four 'ghost' class submarines can only be used as a secret weapon, and if you want to defeat the expeditionary fleet of the Golden Lion Empire, you have to rely on a hard-fought duel between battleships. ”

After a pause, Song Limin continued: "Everyone, how important the next sea battle with the Golden Lion Empire's expeditionary fleet is, I don't need to say more here, I think everyone knows it very well in their hearts."

In this battle, all the officers and men of our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet must have the determination to fight to the last moment.

One thing must be made clear: Anyone who retreats without receiving an order to retreat during the battle, regardless of his official position, will be subject to military law! ”

Just when Song Limin held a pre-war mobilization meeting for the formation commanders and team commanders of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, Zhou Rui was inspecting the Ganyang Shipyard.

"Dashuai, this is Zhang Tiefeng, the chief designer of the 'Ghost' class submarine." Kang Huai, the person in charge of Ganyang New Industrial Zone, introduced to Zhou Rui.

Zhou Rui smiled and said to Zhang Tiefeng: "Zhang Gong, I heard that you recommended your son to serve as the commander of 4 'ghost' class submarines. ”

Zhang Tiefeng hurriedly said: "Dashuai, that kid from my family has participated in the production and trial trials of the 'Ghost'-class submarine, as well as all aspects of testing, and is very familiar with the operation of the 'Ghost'-class submarine.

That's why I suggested that my kid should command 4 'Ghost' class submarines to participate in this battle with the Golden Lion Empire's expeditionary fleet. ”

"Zhang Gong, you should know how powerful the Golden Lion Empire Expeditionary Fleet is facing this time by the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, you don't worry about your son...... Did you miss anything? ”

"Dashuai, my son and I escaped from the Silver Wolf Empire.

You don't know how sad our human life is in the Silver Wolf Empire, when my kid was 5 years old, my wife was just killed by the wolf woman's husband on the street because she accidentally hit a wolf woman.

Now the Golden Lion Empire, the Red Tiger Empire, and the Silver Wolf Empire are coming to invade our Fengwu Town, Zhenwei Town, and Jinnan Town, and we can only risk our lives to fight these beast countries in order to prevent those tragedies from recurring in our Fengwu Town, Zhenwei Town, and Jinnan Town.

What if that kid in my house ...... If you really want to die in battle, you will die well! ”

Zhou Rui sighed, "Zhang Gong, how old is your son this year?" Married? ”

"My kid is 22 years old and not married."

Zhou Rui stretched out his hand and patted Zhang Tiefeng's shoulder, "Zhang Gong, I am very confident in the 'ghost' class submarine you designed, and I believe that your son will definitely come back safely." ”

At this time, Kang Huai interjected: "Dashuai, Zhang Gong has designed a new submarine, and the Ganyang Shipyard is ready to start building this new submarine." ”

Zhang Tiefeng then explained to Zhou Rui: "Shuai, the 'Ghost' class submarine still has shortcomings in some aspects, such as speed, diving depth, and the number of torpedoes carried.

So I designed a new submarine based on the 'Phantom' class submarine.

The specific design parameters are 650 tons of water full load displacement, 830 tons of underwater full load displacement, 6 diesel engines are installed, the maximum speed on the water is 16 knots, the maximum underwater speed is 9 knots, and the maximum diving depth is 60 meters.

Equipped with 4 450 mm torpedo tubes, it can carry a total of 12 torpedoes, and the crew is 28 people. ”

Zhou Rui asked: "Can this new submarine be mass-produced?" ”

Zhang Tiefeng hesitated for a moment and said: "Although I think this new submarine should be no problem in all aspects, after all, it is the first time it has been built, so it is best to build one or two first."

If you are sure that there is no problem, you can start mass production. ”

Zhou Rui immediately turned his head to Kang Huai and asked, "Brother Huai, how many docks are there in Ganyang Shipyard now that can build submarines?" ”

"At present, Ganyang Shipyard has eight small docks of 1,000 tons, which can be used to build submarines."

Zhou Rui pondered for a while and said: "First take out 2 small docks to make new submarines, and the other 6 small docks will produce 6 'ghost' class submarines."

In addition, the Ganyang Shipyard will try to build as many small docks as possible for the production of submarines.

I am still very optimistic about this kind of warship that can sail underwater and carry out torpedo attacks. ”

Kang Huai nodded, "Yes, handsome." ”

Zhou Rui then said to Zhang Tiefeng: "Zhang Gong, I hope you can continue to design better submarines, and I will let Ganyang Shipyard fully support you in all aspects." ”

Zhang Tiefeng said with some excitement: "Don't worry, Dashuai, I will do my best to design a more powerful submarine for our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, and I will prepare the next submarine, with a full load displacement of more than 1,000 tons underwater and on the water." ”

When Zhou Rui heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said to Kang Huai: "Brother Huai, it seems that the plan of Ganyang Shipyard to build a small dock has to be studied with Zhang Gong.

Don't let the submarine designed by Zhang Gong be so big that the small dock built by Ganyang Shipyard cannot be produced. ”