Chapter 349: The Fourth Wave

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"Impossible!"

Chen Shaoyi shook his head and said: "We have more than one reconnaissance ship, and we have long practiced being suddenly ambushed by the enemy fleet, in order to avoid this from happening, I secretly dispatched a submarine, and once there is a situation, I will warn in advance, I believe there will be no problem." ”

Chen Shaoyi has this self-confidence, the reconnaissance ship he sent has indeed not had an accident, and has been following behind the main fleet of the British Navy, and Vice Admiral Toms, the temporary commander of the British Navy, has long known that there is a reconnaissance ship following him, but they deliberately did not move to expel him, which can reassure Chen Shaoyi.

"We must have overlooked something, believe me, since Matt, the old bastard, has managed to trick us into bringing us into battle here, he must be planning something, eighty percent is going to destroy us. But if he wants to destroy us, he can only block us in this Blanche waterway. We don't have any proof, but if we just know what Matt's old fox's ultimate goal is, isn't it? ”

Chen Shaoyi suddenly realized that although he and Li Weijun were competitors, he could not deny that Li Weijun's last sentence was very reasonable, so he nodded and said: "You are right, no matter what Matt, this old bastard is doing, his ultimate goal is to destroy us, and only by blocking us in the Blanche waterway can he succeed." ”

Chen Shaoyi paused, and suddenly asked, "Is there any news from the Fourth Fleet?" ”

"Report, the Fourth Fleet has been off for more than an hour, and even if there is news coming back, it will take more than two hours to go back and forth!"

Do you have to wait at least two hours for the message to come back? If something unexpected happens during this period, doesn't that mean we don't know either?

Time difference! If Matt really wants to destroy us, then he must be playing the time difference tactic!

Although Chen Shaoyi thought of the time difference tactic, he couldn't figure out what went wrong, he looked at the chart. There is simply no possibility to find a time difference tactic that can be played.

If Chen Shaoyi knew that the Lenwa Island marked on the map in his hand was not a complete banana island, but composed of two islands with a secret waterway in between, then he would have been able to guess Matt's time difference tactics very clearly.

Even under the high-tech conditions of the 21st century, many places cannot be detected by satellites, otherwise there would not have been so many illegal surveying and mapping incidents by Japanese in China.

The importance of maps taught young Chen Shaoyi a lesson, and he still remembered it many years later. In the future, he was committed to conducting on-the-spot surveys and mapping of terrain all over the world, providing the most accurate maps for the Chinese Empire, and ensuring that the Chinese Empire would not be misjudged because of maps in all future military operations.

Of course, this is all an afterthought, Chen Shaoyi is still too young at the moment, the Chinese Empire lacks roots in a backward place like the Solomon Islands, even if Chen Shaoyi finds that there is a problem with the map, he has no problem.

"Speed up the attack, fight quickly!"

"Send someone to inform the Fourth Fleet. Ask them to be vigilant and check for all suspicious areas along the way, after all, what we know about the Blanche Waterways is only on the map, and the actual situation may vary. Let them keep an eye out! ”

The order ordered the Imperial Chinese Navy to accelerate its attack on the British fleet.

At this moment, there was a lack of the British fleet in which Matt was in charge, and the British troops on all ships were sealed off after learning that the back road was blocked. It's been a complete panic. Originally, it was in a weak position when it was against the Imperial Chinese Navy, but at this moment it was even more passive, and the ships were fiercely attacked one after another. The hull damage was huge, the casualties were heavy, and the situation was precarious.

At the same time, on the eastern side of the South Solomon Sea, the main fleet of the British Navy led by Thomas sailed quickly along the coast of Lenwa Island, and finally reached the waterway between Lunwa Island and Taipared Island, and was preparing to enter through the waterway.

"Your Excellency Acting Commander, we are about to enter the Blanche Waterway, do you want to deal with the flies that are trailing!"

The trailing flies refer to the Imperial Chinese reconnaissance ships that followed behind the main force of the British naval fleet.

Toms smiled slightly, he was very happy to arrive at the destination at the scheduled time, he now seemed to feel that the destruction of the Imperial Chinese Navy was already a sure thing, the only shortcoming was that he didn't know if Matt hung up, if he hung up, it would be perfect.

"Ignore the flies, let them see us go in from here to destroy their main fleet, I guess they will be even more miserable then. However, I would be happier if you removed the predicate in front of the acting commander! ”

"Yes! Your Excellency, Commander! ”

Thomston laughed and waved his hand, and the main fleet of the British Navy quickly entered the secret waterways of Lunwa Island.

In the distance, on the Imperial Chinese Navy's reconnaissance destroyer Sea Eagle, which was closely monitoring the main force of the British fleet, Commander Dang Liang was also taken aback.

"This- how is this possible? How is it possible that there is still a waterway in the middle of Lenwa Island? ”

Dang Liang opened the chart, and there was clearly no such waterway on it.

"Damn it! The main fleet is in trouble! Quickly turn around and go back to inform! ”

"Captain, I'm afraid we're too late!" The first mate of the pipe wheel next to him pointed to the nautical chart and said: "Look at the location of this waterway, it is right in the middle of Lenwa Island, and the British fleet enters the Blanche waterway from here, several times faster than us!" ”

Dang Liang trembled all over, stood on the spot in a daze, hugged his head and cried: "My fault, it's all my fault, why didn't I discover this secret waterway in advance." If the main fleet has three longs and two shorts, then I am the eternal criminal of the empire. ”

Dang Liang thought of self-determination, but he was about to draw his knife when he was stopped by the adjutant.

"Captain, we might still have hope?"

"There's a fart hope!" Dang Liangmu shook his head, and then a spirit was excited, grabbed the adjutant's shoulder and asked, "You said there is hope, how do you say it?" ”

The adjutant was caught in pain, gritted his teeth and said: "We can open fire, with maximum firepower, this island is long and narrow, and the sound of artillery should be able to reach the Blanche waterway opposite." The main force of our fleet must have warships on alert after the break, maybe they will be able to hear our warning! ”

"Yes, yes, yes! Warning! Our people will be able to hear it! ”

"Fire! Fire! It's a pretty corpse! Shoot Lao Tzu! ”

Dang Liang suddenly became excited, all the officers and men of the ship knew that the consequences were serious, in order to warn the main fleet of the Imperial Navy, they were all out of the way at this moment, even if they didn't want their lives, they had to succeed.

"Prepare the main gun!"

"The shell is loaded! Please instruct! ”

"Combat speed!"

"Yes! Four cars into four! Full speed will be reached in thirty seconds! ”

Dang Liang glared angrily at the main force of the British fleet in front of him, eager to kill them all in one go. It's a pity that he has only one reconnaissance destroyer in his hands. In order to achieve the purpose of rapid reconnaissance, this destroyer has added a large number of boilers and four sets of state-of-the-art steam engine systems, four-shaft propulsion, and a peak speed of up to 26 knots, which is the fastest destroyer in the world.

However, to achieve a high speed of 26 knots, naturally, firepower and armor were sacrificed. In total, the Seahawk was armed with only one twin 203mm main gun in the bow, and eight 30mm rapid-fire guns. Symmetrically distributed on both sides, there is also a Fish Radium launcher, in the stern. The armor is only 50 mm and has a coverage rate of less than 50%, protecting only important parts.

Only two of these reconnaissance destroyers were built in the Chinese Empire, one was an experimental ship, which was constantly repaired and modified at the Jiangnan Shipyard. The other is the Sea Eagle in front of him, which has been sent by Chen Shaoyi to monitor the movements of the main force of the British fleet. Due to the speed of the Sea Hawk. So the British Navy can't do anything with the Sea Hawk.

But today, the Sea Eagle went berserk and took the initiative to launch an attack on the main fleet of the British Navy.

The British were also drunk and knew about the Chinese Imperial Navy Bull B. But he didn't expect that Niu B and a small thousand-ton destroyer would dare to attack hundreds of the main fleet of the British Imperial Navy.

Don't be so funny!

The four British cruisers and two frigates in charge of guarding the rear of the palace quickly intercepted them.

Boom!

As soon as the cannon rang out, the British ship took the lead in firing its guns, and a shell fell on the sea several hundred meters away from the Sea Hawk, stirring up a column of water.

This is deterrence. Also a warning!

But the Sea Eagle did not stop, and continued to move at high speed, the bow splitting the waves several meters high. Go straight ahead, don't dodge much.

In fact, the faster the battleship, the less likely it is to be hit by enemy shells, which is why the navies of various countries have made great efforts to increase the speed of their warships.

The Sea Eagle was brave and fearless, and when it entered the range of the main gun, Dang Liang immediately gave the order.

"Fire!"

Boom! Boom!

The only twin 203-mm guns in the bow opened fire, and shells whistled out, striking two columns of water tens of meters high around the enemy ship.

The sound of the cannon caught the attention of Toms, who came to the rear bridge, looked through the binoculars, and quickly found the Seahawk.

"It's ......"

The other party's behavior was somewhat unusual, and Toms had to guess the other party's intentions.

Thinking about it, what can a small destroyer do, it is obviously impossible to prevent the powerful main fleet group of the British Empire from entering the Blanche waterway, then only the last possibility remains.

Warning!

"Fack! She's warning you! Stop her! ”

Thomas judged the Seahawk's intentions, and immediately became nervous, if the Chinese Imperial Navy on the other side of the island heard the cannon sound and raised their vigilance, and even fled in advance, then this decoy battle to encircle and annihilate the enemy would have failed.

However, to Tom's anger, four British cruisers and two frigates could not stop a destroyer of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

"A bunch of rubbish! Let the 17th Squadron go over and intercept it, and you can't let her get any closer! ”

Soon, seven cruisers and eight frigates of the 17th Detachment of the British Navy, which were on escort alert, quickly turned around and headed towards the Sea Eagle in a murderous manner.

Although the Sea Eagle was a crispy shell that would take a heavy hit from a single large-caliber shell, she was so fast that the British Navy's shells kept missing.

More than 20 British ships could not help a destroyer of the Chinese Empire for a while, which was too embarrassing for the Royal Navy of the British Empire.

At the same time, on the other side of Lunwa Island, in Lunwa Bay, the Fourth Detachment of the Imperial Chinese Navy had just passed slowly through the Blanche Waterway.

On the bridge of the flagship Dingyuan ironclad ship, Vice Admiral Yang De complained while blowing the wind and basking in the sun.

"Damn Chen Shaoyi, he himself changed to the most advanced Xiongfeng-class battleship, but let Lao Tzu command the tattered ironclad ship of the Dingyuan-class. But this kid was afraid that Lao Tzu would make a great contribution and snatch his position as the commander of the fleet, so he actually pulled Lao Tzu off the front line and asked Lao Tzu to come over to reconnoiter the enemy. uncle, the British devil here? I think he is a personal vendetta. I can't see that others are better than him! ”

Listening to Lieutenant General Yang De scolding the street and complaining, the officers around him hid far away, for fear of harming the pond fish, and it was not good to lie down if there was nothing to do.

"Little Dengzi, what are you doing so far? Come and play a game of chess with Lao Tzu! ”

Little Dengzi? The head of the palace?

Deng Shichang rolled his eyelids and said with a wry smile: "General, I look at a lot of coconut trees nearby, why don't I go and get you a few to quench your thirst?" ”

Yang De looked at the sun in the sky, the Central Pacific Ocean was in the tropics, which made Yang De, a northerner, feel uncomfortable. So he nodded and said, "Okay, go, go and come back quickly!" ”

"Yes! Checkmate! ”

"Also, don't call General Lao Tzu!"

"What's that calling you?"

"Have you ever seen a general who doesn't fight? If you don't fight, it's called a civil official! ”

"Yes! My lord! ”

"You really call me an adult? Why do you have a tendon in your brain! ”

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Xiao Dengzi innocently lay down the gun, and was repaired by Yang De as a punching bag, and then left to get coconuts for Yang De.

The Fourth Fleet is principled and will not stop and wait for Deng Shichang to come back from making coconuts, and the ships will continue to move forward. Deng Shichang took a speedboat to the shore.

There was a rumbling sound in the distance, and Deng Shichang, who was picking coconuts, quickly stopped.

"What is that sound?"

"I can't hear it clearly, it's thunder!" A sailor replied casually.

"It's like the sound of cannons!" Deng Shichang looked up at the sky, the blue sky was cloudless. It couldn't have been thunder, on closer inspection, it seemed to be the sound of cannons.

"Isn't our main fleet at war with the British Navy over there? It's not uncommon for the sound of cannons to come over! Another sailor explained.

Deng Shichang was born with a good ear and very strong analytical ability. He joined the Imperial Chinese Navy at a young age, and although he is now only a guard by General Kant's side, he has also participated in many naval battles with General Kant. The experience is very broad.

"The battle position of our fleet is far from here, this is an island environment, and the sound of artillery is blocked by mountains and forests, so it can't be heard so far. And the sound of the cannon was very close to here, as if it was coming from across the mountain. ”

"Okay, hurry up and send it back to the general, or I'll be scolded again in a while!" Several sailors returned in a hurry and pulled Deng Shichang to the shore.

At this time, the sound of the cannon became clearer and clearer, and Deng Shichang suddenly stopped.

"This voice is the 8-inch guns of the British ships, and the 6-inch guns, a lot, it is estimated that there are at least a dozen British ships! Wait, and the sound of our 203 naval guns, it feels like there's only one ship! ”

"Oh no, it's our reconnaissance ship that has been surrounded by enemy ships!"

Deng Shichang's keen hearing and judgment made him quickly understand that on the other side of the island, an imperial Chinese reconnaissance ship was surrounded by a large number of British warships.

"Then we don't leave quickly, and staying here won't help!" Some sailors got nervous and hurriedly got into the speedboat.

Unexpectedly, Deng Shichang changed his mind, because he suddenly found that there seemed to be a waterway between the islands diagonally opposite, and curiosity made him change course. Because he was a commander, it was useless for the other sailors to persuade him, so he could only sacrifice his life to accompany the gentleman.

As the speedboat continued to move along the sea around the island, Deng Shichang became more and more frightened, he was at the side of General Kant, and he was proficient in nautical charts, and he remembered that there were no such long waterways on the map of the vicinity.

"Is this waterway ......?"

Ten minutes later, suddenly, the speedboat turned a corner, and the scene ahead suddenly opened up.

Blue sky, endless horizon.

"How is that possible? It's connected to the Blanche Waterway! ”

Deng Shichang discovered the problem, but before he had time to think about it, he was attracted by the rumbling cannon.

Without the barrier of the mountain, the sound of artillery is very clear.

Deng Shichang took out the binoculars, and he was suddenly startled when he saw it.

I saw a forest of warships in the distance, and a large area of dense was heading towards this side, and countless black pillars of smoke turned into a dark cloud, and the rice flag was clearly seen below.

"It's British!"

"That's right, it's the British Navy, and it's the main fleet!"

Even the stupid sailors understood that the main fleet of the British Navy suddenly appeared here, a secret waterway that did not exist on the map, leading directly to the Blanche Waterway, just behind the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

"Look, there's an Imperial warship, it looks like the Flying Eagle!"

"Oh my God, the Flying Eagle is fighting dozens of British warships alone!"

"It's unbelievable that it blinded me!"

"Yes, the Flying Eagle has been tracking the main force of the British Navy fleet, but he has no chance or time to come back to report, so he is using this way of fighting and using the sound of cannons to warn us!"

Deng Shichang understood, but unfortunately he was not able to save the Flying Eagle, seeing that the Flying Eagle continued to be shot and caught fire, but he was still fighting tenaciously, sounding a terrible battle siren, he was warning his naval comrades with his last breath, even if he knew that the probability was very low, but he was also fighting for the last glimmer of hope with his own life.

Deng Shichang's eyes moistened, and his steel teeth were crushed, but they became stronger.

"Let's go back and report!"

"Quick!"

At the urging of Deng Shichang, the speedboat urgently returned to ship and delivered the information to Admiral Yang Deshi of the Fourth Fleet in time.

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