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On the afternoon of the 15th, Zheng Daoyou sent a telegram that the recruitment of new schools and international students in China and the Qing Dynasty had ended; 300 military cadets, 200 army, 100 navy, and 300 international students from other majors were recruited from the Great Qing Dynasty, many of whom were restricted from studying in Japan and could not continue to complete their studies, so they came to study in our Lanfang Kingdom. Zhang Wei thought to himself, fortunately, because he set up a university and allowed them to study abroad, reducing the number of international students going to Japan, and reducing the number of pro-Japanese lackeys in the future.

On the 18th, Li Civilian telegraphed that a total of 643 Japanese suspected of espionage had been captured. Zhang Wei called back and continued to investigate, it is impossible for Japan to send such a few people to the Lanfang Kingdom, as a future competitor, it is impossible for the Japanese not to pay attention to it, and there must be a large number of spies who have not been found out.

On the 21st, a telegram was received from Li Yunhai that the German battleships, battlecruisers, and destroyers had been handed over, that they had already left, and that they would send someone to receive the second battleship by New Year's Day. Now the kingdom still has 4 battle cruisers, which is enough to protect the kingdom's sea borders.

Due to boredom, Zhang Weitian stayed with these staff officers and learned from them about tactics, troop allocation, ordnance knowledge, etc.; He also chatted with Li Zhaoshui about military uniforms, logos, military ranks, etc., and Zhang Weineng remembered the questions that needed to be consulted. Zhang Wei felt that he had learned a lot about military knowledge during this time.

In dealing with the Japanese, Li Zhaoshui's opinion was to use submarines to attack, whether it was a Japanese merchant ship or a warship, it should be sunk as much as possible, and when buying submarines this time, it would be best to add a few ocean-laying mine-laying submarines to each submarine squadron, blockade Japanese ports with mines, and ambush the rest of the submarines in the open sea.

Zhang Wei said: "I know the importance of submarines, and the use of submarines without exposing large warships is the most effective means of attack. ”

Li Zhaoshui said: "Your Majesty, I mean not only to use conventional submarines, but also to increase mine-laying submarines, not only to attack Lushun, but also to attack port cities along the coast of southwestern Japan. ”

Zhang Wei said: "Will this startle the grass and arouse the suspicion of the Japanese, first, it is easy to expose the submarine in advance, and second, if the Japanese troops in Taiwan and Korea strengthen their vigilance, it will be difficult to sneak attack." “

At this time, an army staff officer interjected: "Your Majesty, you can't use sneak attack tactics this time, the Japanese troops are too scattered, and even a sneak attack can only attack one army brigade, and the Japanese in other places will be vigilant, so you can't use sneak attack tactics." Taipei has the most garrisons, but we don't want to take Taipei down for the first time, and we still want him to be a bait. ”

Li Zhaoshui said: "Not only to deal with the arrogance of the Japanese, but more importantly, to hit the Japanese economy, and after this war, at least to bring Japan back to before the Meiji Restoration." It is necessary to fight his merchant ships, they are island countries, and without a ship is equivalent to having no legs, and without a leg, why don't we repair it? ”

The small staff officer said: "Your Majesty, this time we must break the myth of the invincibility of the Japanese army, now Japan is preaching, the first Japanese soldiers in the world, the first Japanese soldiers in Kyushu, this time we are in Taiwan, the Japanese 16th Division is completely annihilated, this division is from Kurume, and the Kumamoto Division is from Jiuzhou, and they will brag about the first Japanese soldiers in the world in the future." “

Li Zhaoshui said: "Yes, Your Majesty, we will repair Jiuzhou Island this time, and I still want to occupy Jiuzhou Island in the later stage of the war." “

Zhang Wei took their suggestion and said, "Okay, you guys quickly choose the submarine type and make a submarine attack plan." “

After discussing with the staff officers, Li Zhaoshui decided that each submarine squad would be equipped with two Xinhua-class 101 submarines, two Lanfang-class 101 submarines, and six ocean-going minelaying submarines.

The ocean-laying minelaying submarine was selected as the German-made UEII model, production year: 1918; Displacement (surface/underwater): 1164/1572;Speed (surface/underwater): 14.7/7 knots; Endurance (surface, underwater): 13,900 nm/8 knots, 35 nm/4.5 knots; Powerplant: 2 MAN diesel engines (2400 hp), 2 SSW electric motors (1200 hp); Maximum diving depth: 75 meters; Armament: torpedo tubes 4 * 500, 14 torpedoes, 1 * 88 rapid-fire guns, 42 mines; Number of officers and soldiers: 4 officers, 36 soldiers.

This kind of submarine can not only fight naval battles, but also lay mines, and can also use rapid-fire guns to hit enemy merchant ships and people who have fallen into the water, and carry more torpedoes. Zhang Wei liked this kind of multi-purpose submarine very much, and after discussing with Li Zhaoshui, he decided to allocate four ocean-going minelaying submarines to each submarine team, which would greatly enhance the attack capability of the entire submarine team.

On the evening of the 24th, when the cargo ship arrived in the waters east of Shanghai, Li Zhaoshui said: "Your Majesty, you can release four squads of submarines here and let them attack Japanese ports and Japanese merchant ships." You don't have to go too far, just blockade the Sasebo naval base, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Kitakyushu, and the Kanmon Strait and the Osumi Strait, which can cause great harm to Japan. ”

From the current position to the attack area, about 250 nautical miles, this distance is convenient for the actions of the submarine.

Zhang Wei released the submarine officers and men of the four submarines into the system, namely the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th submarine squadrons, and asked them to carry out their tasks, and agreed to meet up with the island of Yonaguni in the Yaeyama Islands within 15 days, and then Zhang Wei would send soldiers to occupy the Yaeyama Islands, and asked them to pay attention to their safety and not to reveal their whereabouts, so that it would be bad for the enemy to know that the submarines had done it.

Of these 4 submarine squadrons, the 6th squadron went to Kitakyushu and the Kanmon Strait to lay mines; Squad 7 went to blockade Fukuoka and lay mines; Squad 8 went to Sasebo and Nagasaki Bray; The 9th squad went to Kagoshima and the Osumi Strait to lay mines.

On the evening of the 27th, the cargo ship arrived in the waters 80 kilometers north of Weihai, and Li Zhaoshui suggested that a submarine team be placed in this place and let them go to Lushun to lay mines to prevent the Japanese warships from leaving the port.

In order to improve the intensity of the submarine's strike and the probability of being discovered, Zhang Wei drew lessons from the naval battle with the British in the Indian Ocean, and this time specially equipped the submarine with a new type of torpedo -- the T5 trackless electric self-homing torpedo, which overcame the shortcomings of the thermal torpedo that it was easy to be discovered because of the exhaust of gas to form a track during navigation.

Model: G7s

Diameter: 53.3cm

Warhead weight: 274kg

Propulsion mode: lead-acid battery electric propulsion

Range/speed: 5700m/24kts

General introduction: It is characterized by fast and effective attack with a long distance, and can be detonated by magnetic or triggered; In addition, it works by locking the loudest vessel 400 meters after launch.

For mines, TMB-type mines were chosen.

This is a mine designed specifically for submarines. This type of mine is a non-bottoming type and uses a magnetic fuse. The TMB mine had a 7.5-foot-long mine body and a warhead charge of 1276 pounds (567 kg), twice as long as a torpedo of the time. This torpedo is designed to be laid on the seabed of narrow sea lanes and can be detonated when large ships pass over the water. Very few ships have survived such a powerful explosion under their keel. A depth of 25 meters underwater works best.

After arranging the submarines, Li Zhaoshui was the happiest person to be, and he told the staff officers: "Dispatching so many submarines at one time and using such advanced torpedoes and mines will definitely cause the Japanese to bleed, and what makes the Japanese depressed is that they still can't find the problem." Think about it again, see if there are any other good ways to use submarines, this time you must depress the Japanese to death, if anyone can come up with an effective way, raise him to the rank of first class. “

Zhang Wei regretted that he did not replace the torpedoes with the domestic submarines, and if there were such electric torpedoes, the effect of defending the sea frontier would definitely be better.

In order to save time, the cargo ship did not continue to rush to Dagukou, but immediately returned to the island of Taiwan after putting down the submarine, preparing to go to the island of Taiwan, and as soon as it received funds from the United States and Britain to purchase warships, it would start to launch an attack on Japan.