Feeling humiliated, Saul met with Newcastle to discuss how to deal with it.

"The Chinese Empire's oceanographic survey ships must not be allowed to collect intelligence in the North Sea, otherwise the Chinese Imperial Navy's entry into the North Sea in the future will pose a huge security threat to the Empire."

Newcastle has made its stand solemn.

"Do you have any countermeasures? Except for the war, I will try my best to satisfy you with other conditions! ”

Saul asked rhetorically, he also knows the seriousness of the problem, but the bottom line is that there can be no war, at least the current war preparations of the British Empire are not enough, and the gap between the national strength and military of the Chinese Empire is very large, and there is no chance of winning the war, unless the United States, Japan, France, Russia and other countries are united, there may be hope of winning the war.

However, the United States was dragged into the quagmire by the Cuban War, and Grant has been very entangled recently, wanting to seize Cuba, but the cost of the war is too great, and the US military has invested more than 300,000 troops, except for the news that nearly 100,000 people have been killed, but it has not been able to capture Havana. And Grant also thought about withdrawing from the Cuban battlefield, but unfortunately Niu B blew out, and he rolled back to the United States in such a gloomy way, which would make the whole world laugh. At the same time, 100,000 U.S. troops have already been killed or wounded, and more than 100,000 tons of military supplies have been consumed, worth more than $200 million.

Japan recovered quickly, with the help of Britain and the United States, the yen gradually stabilized, the economy recovered, and Japan's military power has made great progress in the past seven years, especially maritime power. With the support of Britain and the United States, Japan also completed several all-steel battleships and built a large number of submarines. However, this strength still does not pose a major threat to the Chinese Empire, and it has to be hidden for a few years to obtain stronger military power.

France was still ambiguous, and its alliance with Britain was limited to Europe, and the French Emperor Napoleon made it clear that he would not join the Triple Alliance of the United States, Britain and Japan, but only unilaterally formed an alliance with Britain in Europe against the German Empire and Austria-Hungary. France was obviously afraid of the Chinese Empire and was unwilling to join the US-British-Japanese military alliance, fearing that the Chinese Empire would directly help the German Empire at that time. Therefore, China and France secretly had an agreement that France would not join the US-British-Japanese alliance against the Chinese Empire, and in return, the Chinese Empire chose neutrality in the outbreak of the conflict between Germany and France.

The relationship between the Tsarist Empire and the British Empire has been greatly eased, mainly because the British Empire has made concessions to Tsarist Russia on the issue of Aiukhan, Persia and other regions, in exchange for the Russian Empire's agreement to join the Triple Alliance of the United States, Britain and Japan.

However, the Tsarist Russian Empire was also very shrewd, and it was slow to express its stance on joining the US-British-Japanese alliance in order to secretly ask for some bargaining chips with the Chinese Empire. The Chinese Empire also did not want to see Tsarist Russia fall to the US-British-Japanese alliance, so regardless of whether Tsarist Russia was sincere in negotiating or not, it was better to give Tsarist Russia a little benefit and appease the Tsarist Empire.

For the Tsarist Empire, it was poor and backward, and the Chinese Empire, as a local tyrant, even if it was just a little oil and water falling out of the fingers to the Tsarist Empire, it was enough to make the Tsarist Empire ecstatic.

In the face of such a pit as the Tsarist Empire, the British Empire was also speechless, and I don't know if it can count on the Tsarist Russian Empire.

Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, Thor did not have the courage to go to war with the Chinese Empire again. At present, the Chinese Empire is still relatively peaceful, but it is only digesting the territory of the Pacific Ocean, a 7.7 million square kilometer Australian continent, and if it wants to completely digest the territory of the Chinese Empire, it will take at least twenty or thirty years, and it will take one or even two generations to achieve.

So at the moment, China and Britain are ostensively nervous, but as was the case in the decade before World War I, both sides are maintaining a delicate balance that will not be easily broken.

"My method is to dispatch submarines! It's time to test the submarines made by the British Empire, too! ”

Newcastle eventually proposed his solution, which was to use submarines to attack the Chinese Empire's oceanographic research vessels.

Thor thought for a moment and said, "I don't care what method you use, the premise is that the situation is controllable and can't detonate the war!" That's my bottom line! ”

"I'll see what happens!"

Newcastle received Saul's tacit approval, so they immediately convened a naval conference and dispatched the British Empire's submarine force to the North Sea to harass the Chinese Empire's oceanographic survey ships and naval fleet.

They don't dare to do it on the water, but they are much more hidden when they do it underwater. Taking advantage of the concealment of submarines, they secretly tailed the oceanographic research ships of the Chinese Empire. When the survey vessel came to a halt and released sounding tools around it, the British submarine sneaked under the water to wreak havoc and interfere with the accuracy of the survey data.

In the face of the shameless methods of the British, Chen Shaoyi also rolled his eyes.

If it was on the water, Chen Shaoyi still had a way, but when he switched to underwater, he was helpless.

In order to teach the British a lesson, the Chinese Imperial submarine Blackhead Shark went into action. It lurked in the shadows until it spotted the British submarine floating for air and immediately launched a surprise attack.

Tong!

A 533-millimeter Fish Radium was launched, targeting a British submarine eight hundred meters away. The British submarine had just sabotaged the Chinese Empire's ocean-exploration tools, and was floating to recharge its batteries, only to be taken as prey by the blackhead shark lurking in the shadows.

With a loud bang, the British Navy submarine exploded with radium, and a fiery red mushroom cloud rose into the sky, which could be seen clearly from hundreds of kilometers away.

The British were immediately shocked, and soon several British warships cruising nearby rushed over, and by salvaging the body, it was discovered that it was a submarine of the British Navy.

When the news reached London's Downing Street, Salton was furious and ordered an investigation.

Although Saul understands that these eight achievements were done by the Chinese Empire, it is a pity that there is no evidence!

At the time of the incident, the warships of the Imperial Chinese Navy had no military operations, but only escorted the No. 981 oceanographic survey ship, which had been closely monitored by the British warships.

So, why did the British submarine explode and sink?

Obviously, this British submarine was previously used to carry out the sabotage of the survey tools dropped on the seabed by the Chinese Imperial Oceanographic Survey Ship, and once something happened, it was clearly the Chinese Empire that did it.

However, Thor can't say it, he has done something wrong, how can he be embarrassed to say it.

But you can't take revenge without taking revenge!

So, Saul discussed it with Newcastle again, and decided that it must be the submarine of the Chinese Empire.

Next, against the Imperial Chinese submarine Blackhead Shark, the British Navy went into action.

Obviously, hunting the Blackhead Shark, the British Navy can't make a big show, it can fight a secret war with the Chinese Empire, but it can't tear its face, everyone knows it.

Under the dim sea, it has become a battlefield for both sides to hunt each other.

However, in the era when there was no sonar detection system, submarines navigating underwater were almost a blind walk, and they could not see each other at all, let alone attack each other underwater.

The only way is to fight for the diving time, whoever runs out of oxygen first and can't hold the air and floats to the surface of the sea is the prey to be hunted.

In this regard, it is obvious that the submarines of the Chinese Empire have more advantages, the Great White Shark-class submarine has a diving time of 12 hours at a speed of 6 knots, while the most advanced submarine of the British Navy is the E9 submarine, with a displacement of 667 tons, using 2 of the most advanced Vickers diesel engines in the United Kingdom, twin-shaft propulsion, 840 horsepower, speed 12kn, endurance of 3000nmile, armament of 2 450mm bow torpedo tubes, 2 side torpedo tubes, 1 stern torpedo tube, 10 loading torpedoes, 1 76mm naval gun.

As for the diving time of the British E9 submarine, the diving time is only a pitiful 2 hours at the same speed of 6 knots.

In this way, with just one diving time, the British submarine was weakly exploded, and it was not at all an opponent of the Great White Shark-class submarines of the Chinese Empire.

As a result, all the British submarines that secretly prepared to hunt the Blackhead Shark could not hold their breath in the end, and soon surfaced from the sea to the surface for ventilation.

At this time, the submarine Blackhead Shark quietly stretched out its periscope in the distance and secretly launched Fish Radium at the British submarine.

With a bang, the British Navy lost another E9 submarine.

In just one week of underwater warfare, the British Navy lost eight of the most advanced E9 submarines. And the Chinese Empire's Blackhead Shark submarine was intact and honestly surfaced on the eighth day.

When the British Navy saw the Blackhead Shark through the binoculars, they rushed over and sank it with one shot. It's a pity that the Tiger Shark stopped next to the four cruisers of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and displayed the dragon flag of the Chinese Empire in a high-profile manner. If the British dared to rush over and open fire, then it would not be a dark war, but a war.

As for why the Blackhead Shark floated, it was very simple, because the fish and radium were all gone, and of course they had to be rereplenished.

The British could only stare at the balls and silently wait for the Blackhead Shark to be rereplenished.

However, the British Navy lost eight submarines in a week and killed more than 300 people.

What can Newcastle say? He didn't dare to say that he was fighting a secret battle with the Chinese Empire's submarines under the sea, and as a result, dozens of British submarines couldn't defeat a single submarine of the Chinese Empire, which was too embarrassing. Therefore, he can only say that it was caused by the submarine accident and that the quality of the E9 submarine was not up to par.

The bitter fruit can only be swallowed by the British Imperial Navy itself!

Over the next month, the British Navy's submarine forces became extra cautious, and they gradually figured out the actual combat performance of the Blackhead Shark submarine through actual combat battles with the Blackhead Shark.

Knowing that the Blackhead Shark can dive for more than 12 hours, the British submarine does not dare to be so careless, they adopt a rotation guard system, when a submarine dives, there must be a submarine around to sail on the surface of the sea to recharge, and then replace each other, mutual vigilance, to prevent the Blackhead Shark from sneak attack.

As a result, it is not so easy for the Blackhead Shark to sneak attack, and attacking one of the British submarines will inevitably be discovered and attacked by another covert British submarine.

However, this was the time to really test the skill, and the Blackhead Shark still pulled out its teeth and killed three British submarines in a month.

Now the British were completely stunned, it turned out that the submarines of the Chinese Empire were so powerful!

Just when the British lost only their underwear and were about to give up hunting the Blackhead Shark, an accident happened.

A British E2 submarine accidentally collided with the Blackhead Shark submarine while diving.

The E2 submarine, which is only more than 300 tons, obviously cannot hit the Blackhead Shark, which is more than 1,000 tons. The E2 submarine sank on the spot, and the Blackhead Shark submarine was also heavily damaged, although it did not sink immediately, but the bow of the submarine was damaged, serious water leakage, and the random discharge system also failed, although it urgently surfaced to the surface, but the submarine sank is irretrievable. The captain hurriedly ordered the destruction of classified documents, planted bombs inside the submarine, and then sent a distress signal to prepare for evacuation.

Due to the unplanned collision and the absence of a radio communication system, other British submarines in the nearby waters were not informed. This allowed the Blackhead Shark submarine to send out a distress signal smoothly.

However, when the three red, yellow and blue signal flares were launched, they still attracted the surrounding British ships.

Soon, the British ships spotted the sinking Blackhead Shark, they immediately cheered and celebrated, and some even suggested capturing the Chinese Imperial sailors on the Blackhead Shark, but before they could do anything, the Chinese Imperial battleship Xiyue arrived, which made the British immediately disappointed.

Thor was overjoyed to learn that the Chinese Empire's submarine Blackhead Shark had been sunk. Unbeknownst to him, the British Navy concealed the truth of the accident and deliberately reported the sinking of the Blackhead Shark in order to claim credit.

Soon, the Chinese Empire held a press conference and released the investigation report on the sinking of the Blackhead Shark in front of journalists from all over the world.

"The sinking of the Chinese Imperial submarine Blackhead Shark was because the Blackhead Shark submarine was on a mission at that time, and a British Navy E2 submarine Cuttlefish rammed the Blackhead Shark for no reason, causing the Blackhead Shark to be seriously damaged and sank, and the murderer Cuttlefish also sank in the accident. But the soldiers of the Chinese Empire were full of enthusiasm and decided to rescue humanitarianly, so they rescued the three crew members of the submarine Cuttlefish. ”

The report included the crew members of the British Navy cuttlefish, as well as their ranks, names and positions, and it is clear that the Imperial Chinese military had secretly interrogated the three British sailors.

Public opinion in the whole world was in an uproar, condemning the British submarine Cuttlefish for taking the initiative to ram the Chinese Imperial submarine Blackhead Shark, and highly appreciating and praising the fact that the Chinese Imperial War Sailors took the initiative to rescue the British sailors on the three Cuttlefish, regardless of their previous suspicions.

The Chinese Empire then sent a note to the British, demanding that the British government apologize and compensate for the sinking of the Blackhead Shark by the cuttlefish.

When Saul learned of the facts, he immediately sprayed Newcastle's scolding blood, and Newcastle had to immediately re-investigate, only to find out that the submarine Cuttlefish and the Blackhead Shark accidentally collided. At that time, four people escaped from the submarine on the cuttlefish, three of whom were captured by the Chinese Imperial sailors, and the other fainted in the sea and was rescued by later British sailors, who lied about sinking the Blackhead Shark in order to receive credit.

Now even if the British know the truth, there is no way to change it, knowing that the Chinese Empire deliberately slandered people, they have to compensate, after all, there are still three sailors on the cuttlefish in the hands of the Chinese Empire. The powerful force of public opinion had to make Saul choose to bow his head and suffer a dumb loss at this moment.

Subsequently, the British Empire had no choice but to publicly apologize to the Chinese Imperial Navy, and then compensated the Chinese Empire with another million pounds, roughly equivalent to 200,000 yuan, which ransomed the three prisoners and quelled the turmoil.

However, the reporters of the London Evening News discovered the mystery and published the speculation in the Evening News.

"What has happened in the North Sea in the last two months has been so strange. More than a dozen submarines of the British Navy sank in accidents one after another, and the surviving British sailors were also silent. With the exposure of the sinking of the Chinese Empire's Blackhead Shark and the cuttlefish, it is reminiscent of the Blackhead Shark has been active in the North Sea for the past two months. Suddenly, some newspapers began to speculate whether the Chinese and British navies were secretly fighting under the North Sea. If this is the case, then the submarines of the British Empire are simply too weak, the battle losses are more than thirteen to one, and in the end they have to compensate for the losses of the Chinese Empire, which is really a miserable loss! ”

This incident immediately aroused the interest of the British and the great powers of Europe and the United States, but the saddest thing was the British military, which immediately closed down the newspaper, which confirmed this speculation.

For a while, the whole world was in an uproar again!

It turns out that the submarines of the Chinese Empire are so powerful! (To be continued.) )