In the northwest of the South China Sea, more than 180 nautical miles southeast of Hainan Island, near the Xisha Islands, a small black dot suddenly appeared in the waves that rose and fell, turning back and forth, left and right. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Due south, a French protective cruiser, at a distance of 2,000 meters, at a speed of 14 knots, and two degrees to the west of due north!"

In the submarine No. 618 on the underboard side of the sea, the first mate, Captain Peng Jiming, twisted the brim of the general's hat to the side, and lay next to the periscope while watching and reporting.

When the captain heard this, Major Zu Haitao pulled away the first mate, leaned in and looked at it himself, and said: "The left engine is half speed, the right engine is reversing, and the right rudder is 3." Torpedoes No. 1, 3 and 5 in the bow, pressurized ready! ”

The torpedo officer and the mechanical and electrical chief were both technical officers with the rank of lieutenant, and after hearing the captain's order, they were already very familiar with the business, and immediately carried it out by passing the order or operating the machine. The officers and men of the active Project 618 submarine soon stared at the French warship rampaging in Chinese waters at a depth of 7 meters, and just waited for the captain's order, and three 406mm gas torpedoes would tear apart the French battleship at a speed of 42 knots. Peng Jiming, the first mate who was robbed, could only stand there helplessly at this time and look at the busy officers and soldiers in the boat.

"The Frenchman who lost his mother, why didn't I bring a torpedo today?" After a little silence, the officers and men did not wait for the captain's order to attack, but listened to him complain: "Hey! We're just going to have to live like this now. Today is his French life. Motor, full speed ahead, when the rags above have passed, let's also go up to breathe. ”

Seeing this situation, the first mate Peng Jiming could only reoccupy the periscope and command this group of sailors who seemed to be a little discouraged.

Samoto Jun smiled knowingly, in the two months he had served as a midshipman on the 618 submarine, he didn't know how many times he had seen such a scene. Compared with the officers and men serving on surface ships, the life of submarine officers and men who sail under the dark sea water all the year round is obviously much more boring, and simulating tracking or attacking ships on the surface during the cruise is often one of the various ways they use to pass the time.

Since choosing a school at the Yantai Naval Academy, Sa Benjun followed his classmates and division commander to the south and came to study at the People's Army Naval Ship Academy. Different from the choice of most of his classmates, after seeing the characteristics of submarines with strong concealment and being able to dive underwater for a long time, Sabon Jun, who believed in "taking them by surprise and attacking them unprepared", chose the major of submarine command, which was still relatively unknown at that time, with a small number of classmates. After a year and a half of hard study, two months ago, he finally had the qualification to go on the boat for apprenticeship.

In the KPA Navy, the general surface combat ships have a three-digit board number. Among them, the first digit is "1" for battleships, "2" for battlecruisers, "3" for cruisers, "5" for destroyers, "6" for submarines, and "7" and "8" for support warships such as torpedo boats and supply ships. And now the submarine that Samoto Jun has been able to train, its port number is 618.

"Sa Ben Jun, I heard that you are from a naval family?" Feeling that the atmosphere in the boat was a little dull for a while, the captain Zu Haitao, who was smiling all over his face, began to joke about Saben Jundao.

Sa Benjun naturally knew what kind of virtue this top boss had, so he didn't care: "It's not that exaggerated, it's just that my uncle has been in the navy for decades." ”

"Then why did you choose our submarine when you were studying in the Ship Academy? Look at the 'Dingyuan' and 'Zhenyuan' of our navy now, how majestic they are on the big ships! ”

"Captain, don't you know that there is a saying in the art of war that 'surprise and attack unprepared'? I think in the Navy, this phrase refers to our submarine forces. In the face of Zu Haitao's ridicule, Sa Benjun's answer was very serious.

"Hey, that's really a reason!" Zu Haitao nodded, and then said loudly: "Brothers, have you heard it?" Don't look at those rabbit cubs on the big ship, they are usually very nervous, but we have to deal with him, that is, in minutes, three heavy torpedoes are enough. ”

Not to mention, Zu Haitao's words sound really uplifting, for the officers and soldiers on the current 618 boat, at least for now.

Although his captain has some treasures, he really doesn't have to say anything about his command quality and ability to lead troops. Sa Benjun shook his head and smiled, but in an instant, when he thought of the Chinese Navy, which is now struggling to rise, and his uncle Sa Zhenbing, who still lives in Shanghai but has never given up his dream of navy, he can't help but sigh in his heart. However, at this time, Sa Benjun naturally did not know that the uncle he sighed about and had not contacted for several months had already taken a boat south a few days ago, and was standing in front of the gate of the People's Army Naval Ship Academy in Fangcheng at this time.

Guangxi, Fangcheng.

In front of the gate of the Naval Ship Academy, Sa Zhenbing was wearing cloth shoes, cloth socks, and a tweed robe and horse coat, and looked at everything in front of him with some curiosity.

The second lieutenant on duty at the gate post also looked at the oncoming old man with some curiosity, he felt that the old man looked at him very strangely, as if with an inexplicable affection.

"Hello, old sir." The second lieutenant stood up and saluted Sa Zhenbing, "I don't know, you? ”

Sa Zhenbing smiled, he felt so kind to the young naval officer in front of him: "I want to go in and have a look." ”

"I'm sorry old man, this is the Naval Ship Academy, which is a military restricted area, and idlers are forbidden to enter."

"Oh, then I'll find someone."

"Looking for someone? Are you here to visit your family? "The second lieutenant somewhat understood.

"Visiting family? That's right. Sa Zhenbing's heart was not here, he looked at the troops coming and going in the depths of the gate, and his eyes lit up.

The second lieutenant then asked, "Pick up." Who do you say, I will call you. ”

"Cadet 1st Brigade, Sa Ben Jun!" Sa Zhenbing did not hesitate, this name had been in his heart for many days.

"He's not in the academy now," the second lieutenant was more crisp than him. At present, there are two cadet brigades in the academy, the cadets of the same grade are organized into the same cadet brigade, and the same major is organized into the same cadet brigade, and two months ago, the cadets of the first brigade had already gone to the ship for training.

"How so?" Sa Zhenbing was obviously a little surprised.

"Their current batch of trainees has completed all their studies and gone to the ship for internship, if you want to find him, you can only go to the fleet in the military port." The second lieutenant patiently explained: "Old man, I'm really sorry, I can't let you in without a pick-up." ”

Sa Zhenbing suddenly became a little depressed, and he didn't know what to do when he stood by the door. He expected an acquaintance, a familiar face, to lead him into this strange and familiar place in front of him, but all the young and unfamiliar faces in new military uniforms came in and out. Looking through the door, Sa Zhenbing seemed to feel that they were lining up in the depths of the campus, exercising, training, with the sound of passwords and laughter.

Sentinel: "Please stand outside the cordon!" ”

Looking down at a thick yellow line under his feet, Sa Zhenbing could only walk away. It's already twilight, and for an army, this is the time to relax, there is more laughter than just now, the trumpet of dinner is blowing, and the sound of forming singing is overshadowed for a while. Sa Zhenbing faced the gate, looking at the twilight behind the door, listening to all the sounds coming from behind the door, and couldn't help but lose his mind.

Sa Zhenbing sighed, ready to turn around and leave here. At this moment, a person suddenly walked from behind, slapped him, and asked in an uncertain tone, "Sa Zhenbing?" ”

When Sa Zhenbing turned his head, the person who confirmed his identity pulled him and said in surprise: "Okay! Sure enough, it's you, old boy. I just slapped you once or twice to be polite, who told you that this guy has been living in Shanghai for a year without any news? You are an old navy, and now is the time for the Chinese Navy to employ personnel, you don't know about this, right? Willing or not, there must always be a message for good or bad, don't you say? ”

Sa Zhenbing took a closer look, and only then did he confirm the identity of this person. Lin Yingqi is not only his old brother when he was in the Beiyang Fleet, but also his hometown in Fujian. Lin Yingqi got off a car that stopped for a short time not far behind Sa Zhenbing, at this time he was wearing a set of KPA rear admiral regular clothes, he was in good spirits, and his mood was extremely happy, although he was over sixty years old, he didn't look like an old man in a sixtieth year.

Lin Yingqi was obviously still excited, he looked at Sa Zhenbing's outfit and asked, "What?" Got time to run here today? ”

"I want to see someone." Sa Zhenbing smiled, he was also excited to meet an old friend here.

"Who is it up to? I'll call you. ”

Sa Zhenbing snorted for a long time and said, "I want to see inside." ”

"Look inside?? You squeak early, I'll take you. It's not the same as the previous schools, and you really don't recognize it without you. Lin Yingqi pulled Sa Zhenbing and walked to the car that was waiting for him by the gate: "I saw someone poking here for a long time, and when I got closer, I waited for the car to stop and take a look, it was you who dared to love." ”

Seeing the two oncoming people, Adjutant Lin Yingqi, who had already opened the car door and waited, was full of doubts, he really didn't expect that the old man who had been standing in front of the gate for a long time would actually be the old man of the dean. When the two approached, he asked Lin Yingqi for instructions: "Dean, we? ”

"This is the veteran of our Chinese Navy and my old friend, Mr. Sa Zhenbing."

Hearing this, the adjutant turned to Sa Zhenbing and saluted: "Welcome seniors, I hope you can see that the Ship Academy is not quite the same as before!" ”

Dean? Sa Zhenbing was a little stunned, he looked back, just in time to meet Lin Yingqi's somewhat playful and slightly smug eyes.