Off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the distance, you can see the smoke and gunfire over Cape Town.

The British outsized the enemy in Johannesburg, but as a result, they were attacked by the Boer army, resulting in a crushing defeat, and only a few thousand of the 50,000 troops finally fled back to Cape Town in disarray.

Today, Cape Town is surrounded by Boer troops, the dignity of the British Empire has been completely trampled on, and the British have lost face.

However, although the British army was defeated in Johannesburg, it was an invasion war, and now it is a defensive war when it is returned to Cape Town by the Boers. In both states, the latter was the old nest of the British army, and it fought extremely hard, so it became more and more courageous, blocking the onslaught of the Boer army again and again.

Since the Boers were passive from the beginning and adopted a defensive strategy, they suddenly switched to the offensive, and the Boer army did not adapt to it, resulting in repeated failures in the offensive.

On the sea, a destroyer of the Imperial Chinese Navy slowly passed by.

On the bridge, Captain Zhang Dade is looking at the port of Cape Town with a telescope.

At this time, the port of Cape Town was full of warships, and the British Empire urgently dispatched the Indian Ocean Fleet to transport a large number of marines and supplies to defend Cape Town.

"The British are now embarrassed to be beaten into such virtue by a small Boer state! It seems that the British Empire is really dying! ”

Hearing the captain's words, Liu Yun, the chief of staff next to him, said: "The British Empire is indeed declining, but it is by no means something that a small Boer country can contend with. This time, it was the British who were careless, but the Boers should not have attacked Cape Town, which would hasten the defeat of the Boers. ”

Zhang Dade put down the binoculars, turned his head to look at Liu Yun, and asked puzzledly: "Oh, why is this?" In my opinion, in a few days, it is estimated that the Boers will be able to take Cape Town! ”

Liu Yun shook his head and said, "Impossible!" The Boers' greatest advantage was not to attack fortifications, and they did not have enough heavy weapons to attack fortifications. Especially at the beginning, the Boers' strategy was to hold on to Johannesburg, and now although they won the Battle of Johannesburg, once they left Johannesburg, they were in a different position. The British army could not capture Johannesburg, but after the heavy defeat, they successfully led the main force of the Boer army to the city of Cape Town, where the terrain is close to the mountains and the sea, and the British army will soon send a large number of troops and supplies from the sea. ”

Zhang Dade suddenly realized and said with emotion: "Sure enough, he is a top student from Imperial University, and this insight is unique and incisive!" ”

"Win and win! Your old Zhang probably saw it a long time ago, but he deliberately didn't say it, you don't know it! Liu Yun suddenly smiled.

"Who made us too modest!" Zhang Dade suddenly laughed.

Liu Yun gave him a roll of his eyes and laughed along.

The two have been partners for more than five years, and they know each other very well.

At this moment, the communications staff officer suddenly reported.

"Report, four British battleships have been spotted in the southeast, one battlecruiser, one armored cruiser, and two frigates, which are heading in our direction."

Zhang Dade and Liu Yun glanced at each other and frowned.

"It's not good!" Zhang Dade sighed.

"Let's run to the door of someone's house, do you still expect people to treat you with a good face?" Liu Yun suddenly smiled angrily.

The two then returned to the control tower and took command.

Four British warships rushed straight at the murderous sky, as if they wanted to sink the Tiger Heron directly.

Zhang Dade and Liu Yun glanced at each other, and the other party clearly wanted to get off the horse.

"At a distance of 5,300 meters, the British ship is still accelerating!"

"The main gun is ready! Aim for each other! Listen to my orders and fire at any time! ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Dade is not frightened, this is not the first time that he has clashed with the British Navy.

If the British ship did not change course, Zhang Dade would really dare to give the order to open fire!

Although war has not broken out in recent years, the military confrontation between the two sides and the underwater secret war have not stopped for a day.

In the Pacific waters, the Imperial Chinese Navy has achieved absolute sea supremacy, and the British Imperial Navy will basically not easily enter the Pacific Ocean, but occasionally provoke the Imperial Chinese Navy to break into the Pacific Ocean, causing the Chinese and British navies to confront each other and provoke each other.

However, it was often the British Imperial Navy that retreated, after all, they did not dare to really open fire and provoke a major war between China and Britain.

On the other hand, the Chinese Imperial Navy was full of confidence, did not give the British army a good face, and every time it directly loaded the shells, aimed the muzzle at the chrysanthemum of the British Navy, and opened fire at any time, so frightened that the British Navy covered its ass and fled quickly.

However, after leaving the Pacific Ocean, the Chinese Imperial Navy did not have absolute control over other sea areas, and there were Chinese and British fleets at the same time, as well as fleets of other countries, and friction intensified, but it was often just to scare the other side, and did not dare to really open fire.

Nowadays in the waters of South Africa, this is the traditional control area of the British Navy, the Imperial Chinese Navy has no naval base here, and its strength is weak, but the Imperial Chinese Navy is developing towards a global navy, and it is indispensable to come to the waters of South Africa to cruise, indicating the existence of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

With the recent outbreak of the Boer War, the Chinese Imperial Navy increased its penetration into the region, and more warships escorted merchant ships to South Africa, providing all kinds of supplies to the Boers under the banner of international humanitarianism to fight against the British Empire.

This made the British Empire very annoyed, so the British Imperial Navy intensified its patrols in the waters of South Africa, and when it saw the warships of the Chinese Imperial Navy, it would be angry.

At this time, four British warships were on a routine cruise, and suddenly spotted the Tiger Heron anti-submarine destroyer of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

Smith, commander of the British cruising detachment, immediately ordered the fleet to rush over, and the powerful British Navy battlecruiser Lion planned to use his huge body of up to 40,000 tons to bully the Tiger Heron anti-submarine destroyer, which was only 1,400 tons.

However, the officers and men of the Imperial Chinese Navy have the arrogance deep in their blood, even in the face of such a behemoth as the Lion, the officers and men are still not afraid, but are gearing up to sink this big guy.

The Tiger Heron's four 128 mm 50 times diameter single-mount rapid-fire guns were raised one after another, and the muzzles were aimed at the Lion.

The two sides are getting closer and closer, and the huge hull of the Lion is full of great pressure, but the Tiger Heron does not flinch, but is eager to try and want to fight.

The atmosphere instantly became tense!

"General, turn quickly, if you don't turn again, you'll be bumped into! The Imperial Chinese Navy will not back down, you didn't see that their naval guns were already aimed at us! ”

A bridge staff officer reminded Smith that the other British officers were nervous as well.

In their opinion, it is better not to provoke the Chinese Imperial Navy, because they have already been branded with the shadow of fear of the Chinese Imperial Navy.

"Bastard! I have eyes, I'm not blind! ”

Smith glared at the officers, and said angrily.

"I don't believe it, a small ship of more than 1,000 tons dares to block a giant ship of more than 40,000 tons!"

"Don't turn without my orders!"

Smith ordered loudly, he wanted to see who was tougher.

"2500 meters!"

Zhang Dade had a calm face, and immediately ordered: "Shoot warning!" ”

"Yes! Shooting Warning! ”

"Warning shot!"

"Ready!"

"Fire!"

There was a cannon bang, and the Tiger Heron No. 1 main gun fired.

The shell instantly landed on the sea less than 500 meters away from the British ship Lion and exploded, causing a splash of water seven or eight meters high.

This cannon immediately frightened the British officers and soldiers who were less than the lions.

"Enemy attack!"

"Turn the rudder!"

……

The British were in a state of confusion, and the helmsman made an emergency left turn without even receiving an order from the commander.

The Lion made an emergency turn, and many British soldiers who were about to watch the excitement were instantly shaken to the ground.

Smith was no exception, hitting a four-legged one.

"Bastard! Who gave you permission to turn? ”

"That's just a warning shot from the other side! A bunch of rubbish! ”

"Fack!"

Smith was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, and although he was hard, his men didn't have that hardness.

Several Sino-British wars, especially the Battle of the Solomon Islands, broke the backbone of the Royal Navy of the British Empire at once, and from then on, the British Imperial Navy would change color when it heard the Imperial Chinese Navy, and when it saw the warships of the Imperial Chinese Navy, it couldn't help but want to run.

However, the British Empire later implemented a policy of non-resistance, which made the Royal Navy of the British Empire lose its last pride.

At this moment, the panic of the British officers and soldiers is the most direct proof.

In the past, when the British Empire was strong, this would never have happened.

Smith was sad in his heart, he wanted to revive the majesty of the Royal Navy of the British Empire, but the fire did not burn when he first took office, and people were extinguished.

The Lion has turned a corner, and plans to demonstrate to the Imperial Chinese Navy have gone bankrupt.

"Order, the main guns of all levels are aimed at the battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and the shells are loaded!"

When Smith gave the order, the other officers were immediately shocked and hurriedly dissuaded.

"Your Excellency General, do you know the consequences of firing at the warships of the Imperial Chinese Navy?"

"Yes! If you fire, it will inevitably lead to a big war, general, can you take responsibility? ”

"General, please calm down!"

"General, don't open fire! We still have a family, waiting for the salary to go back to dinner! ”

……

Hearing the persuasion of his men, Smith was eager to pull out his gun and destroy them all.

He just wanted to save face, turn the main gun, and scare the Imperial Chinese Navy. As a result, these officers prevented him from stepping down in person.

"You spineless things, the face of the Royal Navy of the British Empire has made you lose everything!"

"Pass My Commands......"

Woohoo!

Before Smith could finish his sentence, he suddenly fainted and fell to the ground.

That's right, it's pretending, otherwise he really doesn't know how to get out of power.

The officers hurriedly carried him away, then waved the flag to inform the Imperial Chinese Navy that it was a misunderstanding, and then informed the other three British ships that they had gone away in disgrace.

On the Tiger Heron, when they saw the British Navy fleeing in soft uniforms and in gray, the officers and men of the whole ship immediately cheered.

", a bunch of eggless things!"

Zhang Dade scolded with a smile, although he expected this result, he was still very nervous when he gave the order to fire the cannon just now. After all, the Tiger Heron is only a destroyer, and it can't do anything like a 40,000-ton battlecruiser, and the other side has three battleships to escort it.

"The British are really boring, if you want to fight, you can fight, it's boring to be like this every time!" Liu Yun couldn't help but say with contempt.

The British fleet drifted away and soon disappeared into the sea.

Just as the officers and men of the Tiger Heron were about to continue cruising near the Cape of Good Hope, showing off their strength and making their presence felt, a unique series of underwater acoustic signals came.

"Sonar report, unidentified underwater acoustic signal found!"

Well?

Zhang Dade suddenly frowned and said, "Position!" ”

"070-30-35, 2300 meters!"

"110-45-35, 2400 meters away!"

"240-25-32, 2100 meters away!"

……

"What? How close to us? More than one? ”

Zhang Dade's expression suddenly became solemn, and he hurriedly ordered: "Identify your identity immediately!" ”

"Yes! Radio inquiry! ”

"Report! No response to radio inquiries! ”

Liu Yun suddenly shouted: "If the radio does not respond, it is not our submarine." They attack in a triangular direction and surround us, probably enemy submarines, trying to sneak attack us! We need to be ready! ”

Zhang Dade nodded, and immediately shouted: "Prepare for battle!" ”

"Yes! Ready for battle! ”

Zheng! Zheng! Zheng!

The alarm sounded, and the command bridge, various combat compartments, corridors, and corridors suddenly turned dark red, and red warning lights flashed.

"Attention all personnel!"

"The ship is in combat readiness! All personnel immediately went to combat duty! ”

"Repeat, the ship is in a state of combat readiness! All personnel immediately went to combat duty! ”

……

Hearing the announcement, all the crew members of the Tiger Heron immediately became alert and quickly ran to their combat posts.

In less than two minutes, all 211 officers and men on the ship were in position and entered a state of combat readiness.

The main guns are raised, the shells are loaded, and the gunners carefully search the sea surface in the sector defense zone for which they are responsible, looking for suspicious targets.

In the sonar room, ten sonar officers turned up the power of the sonar system to the maximum and searched for the movements of unknown submarines under the surface.

In the engine room, the first mate of the pipe wheel was connected to the telephone and received an authorized order.

"Maximum power!"

"Four cars into four!"

"Maximum speed!"

"It's the maximum speed!"

On the bridge, Zhang Dade listened to the reports of various departments.

"Left full rudder, full speed!"

"Full rudder left, full speed!"

"Sonar room report!"

"The target location is changing!"

"The target is re-targeting our ship!"

Zhang Dade suddenly snorted coldly, and sure enough, he was coming for the Tiger Heron.

"Discover a new target!"

"Tons of new targets to discover!"

The sonar room reported that more unidentified submarines had appeared, and the Tiger Heron had been surrounded.

"This is the rhythm of group fighting! Who gave them such guts! Liu Yun suddenly smiled bitterly.

"It depends on whether they have a good pair of teeth!" Zhang Dade snorted coldly, his eyes cold.

"Which country's submarine is it? Can you evade our sonar detection and sneak right under our noses? ”

"The noise of the target submarine is no longer recorded, it should be a new submarine of a certain country!"

"Just now the British fleet was speeding past, and the noise of the oars drowned out the noise of the submarines, so our sonar crews did not find it!"

"Made, are the British preparing to attack us with submarines? That's too bold, isn't it? ”

"It doesn't matter which country's submarine he is, as long as it's not our submarine, sink them!"

Zhang Dade and Liu Yun glanced at each other and made a decisive decision.

"Prepare for anti-submarine!"

"Yes! Anti-submarine warfare preparation! (To be continued.) )