"The target is 10 knots and 30 degrees to the right."

"Target calibration."

"The target is at a distance of 900 meters."

"The torpedo was adjusted to 45 nautical miles per hour, and torpedoes No. 1 to No. 2 were ready to be fired in a fan." Zhou Xiulong calculated the time for Gao Qianho to enter the attack position, and ordered the preparation of torpedoes.

"Torpedo No. 1 ready."

"Torpedo No. 2 is ready."

Zhou Xiulong looked at the Gao Qiansui who was slowly moving in the periscope and said, "It's coming." ”

Soon, the Takachiho sailed directly in front of the Grim Reaper and officially entered the attack position.

"Launch!" Zhou Xiulong ordered loudly.

"Launch!"

"Torpedo No. 1 launched."

"Torpedo No. 2 fired."

Two huge torpedoes were fired from the nose of the Reaper, twice as large as the torpedoes that sank Itsukushima and Hashidate.

When the Takachiho fled, the shore defense artillery had stopped shelling, and the sailors above were glad that they had escaped, when suddenly they heard only a ...... With two loud bangs, two mushroom clouds more than ten meters high rose from the waterline on the left side of the Takachiho.

Two 533mm caliber torpedoes accurately hit the Takachiho, and the shock wave generated by the explosion instantly killed many of the crew members of the Takachiho on the spot, and in the mushroom cloud, the Takachiho was blown up and disintegrated on the spot.

When the mushroom cloud disappeared, I saw that the hull of the Takachiho was blown into three pieces, and countless fragments were splashed around, and the main body of these three sections was sinking rapidly.

Zhou Xiulong was stunned by the huge power of this torpedo, and the first mate on one side asked, "Captain, how is it?" ”

"See for yourself!" Zhou Xiulong rubbed his eyes and let go of the periscope, and the adjutant hurriedly stepped up, and the adjutant was also stunned by the scene in front of him.

"Two torpedoes just blown up like this?"

"It's horrible."

"Dive down to 200 meters." At this time, Zhou Xiulong reacted and hurriedly let the submarine sink, saying that the fleet was four thousand meters away, although it was relatively far away, but the warship could still hit them.

However, because of the distance, the warship may not have seen the trajectory of the torpedo.

The Grim Reaper quickly dived under Zhou Xiulong's orders, while the warships of the Second Fleet in the distance only heard two loud noises, and when they looked back, the Takachiho had already disintegrated in the mushroom cloud.

After receiving the news, the commander of the Second Fleet felt as if he had been slapped in the face, and his heart was extremely aggrieved, and he immediately ordered the fleet to shoot blindly at the sunken sea area of Takachiho. If you are lucky, you can indeed damage or even sink the submarine that attacked the Takachiho.

The Reaper quickly dived two hundred meters below the surface and quickly exited the area.

Not long after the departure of the Second Fleet, the Izumo was too serious to catch fire and finally sank to the bottom of the sea.

In this defensive battle, a total of more than 18,000 warships were sunk, and Xia Jun gained 9 million points, which is equivalent to recovering the investment in coastal defense artillery.

However, the Navy has suffered a loss this time, and I am afraid that it will not be easy to kick the iron plate.

……

The Second Fleet's attack on Ningde Port was frustrated, and three battleships, Izumo, Naniwa, and Takachiho, were lost that day, and the losses were huge.

However, the real losses were the Izumo, Naniwa, Takachiho, and the four warships of the Third Fleet, Hashidate and Itsukushima, all of which were obsolete.

The Second Fleet, which failed to retaliate, immediately sailed into Luoyuan Bay in the south and launched a fierce retaliatory shelling of Luoyuan County, killing more than 2,000 people and wounding more than 3,000 people by the Second Fleet on the same day.

Xia Jun was very calm when he received the news, this was expected, Xia Jun called You Zhengbin in Jian'an, and asked him to register the casualties and property losses this time and store them in the archives, and wait for the future to calculate these blood debts with Xiao Yue one by one.

At the same time, Xia Jun sent people to Luoyuan County to take pictures and collect evidence.

Xia Jun then sent a telegram to the US Minister in Xiamen, Mo Doma, informing him of the cause and course of the conflict.

……

The United States was the first country to know about a maritime conflict between the Fujian Autonomous Axe, and after learning that the Navy had sunk five warships, the United States could not help but attach great importance to the Fujian Autonomous Axe.

According to Modoma's report, it is clear that the Fujian Autonomous Government has a maritime force, but it is not known what the exact force is.

Regardless of what kind of maritime power the Fujian Autonomous Axe controls, judging from the strength displayed by the Fujian Autonomous Axe, it is very likely that this force will replace the Manchu Axe in the future.

The United States and Britain and other countries obviously do not want to see a turbulent China, and the Qing Zheng Axe is obviously very obedient, and they do not want other forces to replace the Qing Zheng Axe.

However, the strength of the Fujian Autonomous Political Axe is relatively strong, and even if it is stopped, I don't know if it will be effective, and the Fujian Autonomous Political Axe is a pro-US force and has promised it favorable conditions in the market, and the American political axe was originally just waiting and watching, but this time it is different.

After Modoma's vigorous response, the US political axe changed its position.

On 6 July, the US political axe sent a note to the Fujian government, demanding that it stop harassing the coastal areas of Fujian and urging the government to end the dispute through negotiations.

On the one hand, the US political axe has shown friendly relations with the Fujian autonomous political axe and made a long-term investment for the fat that Xia Jun threw out, and on the other hand, Fujian, as the sphere of influence of the United States, once there is a war between the Fujian autonomous political axe, once Fujian is occupied by the political axe, it will not be a big loss.

Subsequently, the British political axe also learned of the conflict between China and Fujian, and also sent a note to the political axe, demanding that the political axe stop the attack in Fujian.

Although Britain is an ally of Britain, Britain has a greater vigilance against the country, and its ambitions are well known, they want to drive the forces of various countries out of Asia, Britain and the United States also believe that Fujian's autonomous political axe cannot resist the attack of the capital, once the Fujian launches an attack on Fujian, Fujian will be annexed, which is also what Britain does not want to see.

The note of the British political axe can be said to have made the political axe almost crazy, and the British have long played the role of drug trafficking in Britain, and this conflict happened precisely because of drugs, and the British suddenly sent a note.

Xia Jun roughly expected such a situation, but he did not rule out that the result of the Union sending the army to land in Fujian would occur.

At this time, the political axe has not yet achieved the status of a great power, and at the same time is not ready to invade Fujian, as the country that spies on Fujian the most, it is well aware that the Fujian autonomous political axe has a relatively correct army.

Under the coercion of the two countries, the government soon agreed to negotiate with the Fujian Autonomous Government, and Mo Doma acted as an intermediary in the negotiations, and on July 9, Mo Doma sent a telegram to Xia Jun asking him to send negotiators to negotiate with him.

Xia Jun had already returned to Jian'an at this time, and as soon as he returned to Jian'an, he immediately vigorously invested in the construction of artillery, and first of all, someone should be used as a shore defense artillery.

It was impossible for him to hire those mercenaries to defend the port every day, and the number of those mercenaries was only 500, which was not enough to defend the important ports of the entire Fujian.

Therefore, Xia Jun recruited 500 people and set up a coastal defense artillery battalion, which was to be transferred to two batteries in Ningde for training.

After receiving Modoma's telegram, Xia Jun found that he still had one less diplomat, but it was casual, anyway, this time he negotiated with Xiao Yuben, and it was just a matter of delaying time, and Xia Jun could not agree to any of Yuben's conditions. Xia Jun was mentally prepared to fight on land with Yue Ben, but he lacked artillery.

His artillery company has been expanded into an artillery battalion, and more than 600 artillery officers have been trained for nearly half a year, but there is still a shortage of artillery in place, but the artillery of this battalion is still insufficient.

Due to the lack of formal diplomats, Xia Jun directly called his brother-in-law Li Shengguo back, gave him some diplomatic knowledge, and explained the principles of this diplomacy, and then asked him to take two assistants to Xiamen to negotiate with Yue Ben.

"The main purpose is just one word - drag ~!" Xia Jun explained to Li Shengguo.

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The first update arrives, thanks to the wizard family for the tip, bow!

Ticket summoning ~~~~~~~!