Chapter 557: Wolf's Den (I)

The cold moon is forested, and the cold moonlight is projected on the sea. Cut into pieces by the undulating sea 'waves', there seems to be an indescribable weirdness on the surface of the sea, as if some kraken will burst out from under the sea at any time.

Indeed, it didn't take long for a black, slender object to suddenly appear on the eerie surface of the sea, moving upwards and moving northwestward, as if it were really a kraken with its tentacles.

In fact, this is not a kraken, this is just a submarine, but coincidentally, the name of this submarine is "Seawolf No. 1", of course, there can be no wolves in the sea, and the name itself is a bit demonic.

The "Seawolf No. 1" is a type of inshore mini-submarine with a surface displacement of 350 tons, and only has two torpedo "firing" tubes, and both of them are arranged in the bow. But now, indeed, it is the most advanced modern heavy weapon of the Chinese Navy.

The captain of the "Seawolf No. 1" is Major Zhang Guangyang, this person's experience in the navy can be called complicated, he was originally an ordinary mechanic in the steamship China Merchants Bureau, after the outbreak of "Wushen**", he joined the ** army, and was later sent to serve in the navy, first served in Huang Zhongying's second detachment of the navy, as an engineer, and soon after was transferred to the first detachment of the navy, as the adjutant of the fleet commander Cheng Biguang, he did not work for a long time in the position of adjutant, and the commander-in-chief was transferred to the cruiser Fei Hong", as the deputy captain, this promotion speed, can be said to be quite jealous, in the "Fei Hong" internship for almost half a year, during that time, Zhang Guangyang's main "essence" was used in learning German and German, after that, under the direct intervention of the commander's hall, Zhang Guangyang and a group of young officers with similar service experience with him were transferred to Hangzhou, and then, a small-scale submarine experimental unit was formed.

At the beginning, Zhang Guangyang and the Chinese captains were all serving as lieutenants to the German captains without exception, and the sailors on the submarine were also mixed between China and Germany. This hand-in-hand approach has enabled the Chinese Navy to have its first qualified submarine commanders in a very short period of time.

It was an unforgettable time, Zhang Guangyang and his comrades had to practice on a submarine while studying in a German training course, at the beginning, there were almost 200 naval officers in the internship, but by the end of the internship period, there were less than 50 people left, and the elimination rate was surprisingly high, but Zhang Guangyang finally gritted his teeth and persevered, because he firmly believed that for a weak naval country like China, if it wants to defend the maritime frontier of the motherland, it must be surprisingly successful, and the submarine seems to be a good choice, It is much stronger than being the captain of a cruiser, and if you talk about "being elusive", there is really no other weapon that can compare with a submarine at present, which is the main reason why Zhang Guangyang chose to be the commander of a submarine.

Of course, there is another secondary reason why Zhang Guangyang chose to be the commander of the submarine, that is, he likes to 'deal' with machines. The submarine has limited internal space, it can basically be regarded as a large diving machine, the captain of the submarine to put it bluntly, in fact, is a group of mechanics foreman, this job Zhang Guangyang appreciates very much, compared to the cruiser that often carries one or two hundred people, Zhang Guangyang prefers the submarine This kind of "small group", his "Sea Wolf No. 1" now has a total of twenty-nine crew members, this has to count those few trainee officers, commanding such a little people, it is not troublesome at all, no need Worry about this problem of uneven hearts, who is disobedient, go up and be obedient.

Now, Zhang Guangyang is standing in the command cabin of the "Seawolf No. 1", holding the periscope, directing the small submarine to float, the "Seawolf No. 1" is a little different from several other German-made submarines, this submarine was just received from the German shipyard half a year ago, from the blueprint stage of the initial construction, Chinese shipbuilding technicians have participated in it, eating and living in the German shipyard, and the submarine is basically manufactured in accordance with the requirements of the Chinese side, among the shipbuilders who weld this submarine, A fifth of them were senior mechanics sent by China, and it can be said that the submarine, half of whom was of Chinese origin, was able to command the submarine. Zhang Guangyang was very satisfied.

Now is the critical stage of the submarine floating, Zhang Guangyang does not dare to be careless, after all, it is floating at night, in case it collides with any surface ship in the process of floating, it will be a big disaster, China now has only a few submarines, the loss of one is a huge loss, even if it is lucky not to die, it will have to go to a military court.

The light in the submarine was dim, and it was illuminated by a few red 'colored' bulbs, Zhang Guangyang concentrated his 'spirit' in the eyepiece of the periscope to observe carefully, and quickly held the periscope in place for a 360-degree rotation, fortunately, there was some moonlight on the sea surface, and no suspicious surface objects were seen around, so Zhang Guangyang gave the final order for the floating stage.

"Tank No. 1 and No. 2 drain at full speed! Attention all the crew, the submarine is about to float! ”

As soon as Zhang Guangyang's voice fell, the submarine immediately became quieter, everyone listened attentively to any sound coming from the hard hull, and the commanders of each cabin also checked the situation of the watertight 'door' for the last time, and then everyone heard the "bang" sound from the hull, which was the sound of the sea 'waves' hitting the hull. This indicates that the submarine has surfaced.

Zhang Guangyang put away the periscope handle, put on the navy soft hat on his head, and then gave the next order through the intercom in the boat.

"Attention all the crew, open the watertight 'door', pay attention to the situation of each cabin, and report at any time!"

A trainee officer was the first to climb the boarding ladder, opened the cabin 'door' on the conning tower, and pushed it upwards with force, lifting it aside, and a breath of fresh air immediately poured in. The foul air in the boat was diluted a little.

Zhang Guangyang climbed out of the submarine the second by the boarding ladder, stood on the top of the enclosure of the control tower, raised the binoculars handed over by the trainee officer, and looked out into the sea.

"Captain, over there." The trainee officer shouted beside Zhang Guangyang.

Zhang Guangyang looked northwest according to the instructions of the trainee officer, and saw a bright searchlight column sweeping around on the sea a few nautical miles away, and at this moment, a sailor had already boarded the enclosure of the control tower with a walkie-talkie and connected the intercom.

"I am the captain of the boat, and now I order, start the diesel engine, the speed is fifteen knots, and the course is ×××."

Under Zhang Guangyang's command, the "Seawolf No. 1" submarine gradually accelerated and sailed at high speed to the northwest; at the same time, Zhang Guangyang, with the assistance of a trainee officer, carefully studied the chart with the help of a small red 'colored' light bulb, while the sailor kept signaling in the northwest direction with the help of a signal lamp in his hand.

A few minutes later, the column of the searchlight a few nautical miles away moved southeast to the position of the Seawolf 1, and then the searchlight went out, but soon the sea suddenly became bright, and a huge warship showed its rough silhouette in the light of the mast light.

It was the German Navy battleship "Hesse", which was sailing at a low speed of five knots under the escort of several light warships, but after discovering the submarine, the "Hesse" further reduced its speed and lowered a "cross-ferry" boat, and when the "cross-ferry" ship started its engine on the sea surface and headed towards the submarine, the "Hesse" turned its bow and headed at high speed in the direction of Jiaozhou Bay in the south under the escort of these light warships.

A small searchlight was set up on the "cross-ferry" boat, which always shone on the "Seawolf-1," and the "Seawolf No. 1" had also set up a small searchlight on the enclosure of the control tower at this time, and it also shone towards the "cross-ferrous" boat. The light pillars of the two searchlights were 'intertwined' under the 'color' of this night, and this scene made Zhang Guangyang a little distracted, but he quickly regained his mind and concentrated on directing the submarine to continue sailing at high speed in the northwest direction.

The speed of the 'crossing' boat was very fast, and after more than ten minutes, it came close to the "Seawolf No. 1", and both ships turned off their engines and threw cables at each other, merging the two ships with completely different purposes.

Zhang Guangyang commanded the sailors to set up a gangplank, set it up on the 'inter-fero' boat, and stood on the side of the gangplank, looking at the 'inter-fero' boat.

Lu Ping, director of the Naval Department of the Joint Staff of the Army and Navy, and the people who followed him were also officers, only one of whom was a German naval officer, and the others were Chinese naval officers.

"Good work, Major."

Lu Ping got on the deck of the submarine and saluted Zhang Guangyang first, and Zhang Guangyang also hurriedly stood up and saluted.

"The sir, is gracious. ' Seawolf No. 1 has been ordered to rush to the predetermined sea area on time, please give the order of the commander, and allow the submarine to enter the cave! ”

"Agree to the request. Now, the submarine is temporarily commanded by this German major, and you are his deputy. ”

"Yes!"

The two of them didn't ramble and went straight to the point, and then, Zhang Guangyang reluctantly transferred the command of the submarine to the German Navy Lieutenant Rudolph.

"Hello Zhang, we met again, I didn't expect your military rank to be a major."

The German naval officer walked over and looked at Zhang Guangyang's rank, although his face was expressionless, but he could also understand the jealousy in his heart, after all, Zhang Guangyang was only in his twenties, and he was already a major.

"Hello, Mr. Major. Last time we said goodbye, we hadn't seen each other for almost a year, and I thought you would have returned to China a long time ago. ”

Zhang Guangyang was not restrained, although the other party used to be his instructor, but in his opinion, the command level of this German submarine commander was very ordinary, but in the end, it was a teacher and a student, and this salute was indispensable.

"China is a good place, you have a very discerning head of state, if it weren't for his emphasis on submarines, I would have returned to China a long time ago, and I have been in Qingdao for the past year, busy preparing a comfortable nest for your submarines. Zhang, your submarine is called a 'sea wolf', so you can think of that safe nest as a wolf's den, or a wolf's den. ”

The German nodded in satisfaction, then boarded the conning tower enclosure and took over the submarine.

Although Zhang Guangyang knew German, the sailors did not, so he had to stand by Major Rudolph and act as an interpreter, and the German translator brought by Lu Ping was left aside.

"Now, I order, untie the cable and get out of the 'crossover' boat! The submarine sailed at high speed, at a speed of fifteen knots, on a course of ×××, and at the unnamed bay. ”

Soon after the German officer's order, the submarine started its diesel engines and sailed northwest at high speed, heading to Nameless Bay.