"Report to the commander, confirm that two enemy ships were sunk and four were damaged." A Chinese naval officer reported to Lan Jianshu, commander of the Chinese Navy's First Fleet, who was sitting at his desk at an underground command post, that "the enemy ships have now retreated to the open sea. ”

Lan Jianshu nodded, and at this time, the two staff officers were vigorously shaking the map on the table, shaking off the dust that had just fallen from his own artillery bombardment to the ground, making the map clear.

"Has the torpedo boat returned?" Lan Jianshu looked at the staff officer's movements, frowned, and asked.

"The Hupeng, the Huying, and the Hufalcon have all returned," the officer replied, "and there is no news yet from the Huhan." ”

"I guess it's too bad luck." Li He, commander of the Dagu Military Port, said with some sadness.

"What happened to those camouflaged minelayers?" Lan Jianshu then asked, "And those submarines, are they all right?" ”

"The enemy ships did not find anchorages for camouflaged minelayers." The officer replied, "At the beginning of the shelling of the enemy ships, the submarines all went underwater, and now they have surfaced, and they are all right." ”

"It's okay." Lan Jianshu nodded and sneered, "I have to count on them to avenge the brothers who died on the fort for a while." ”

"Yes! Now it's up to them. Listening to Lan Jianshu's words, Li He sighed and said.

Due to the huge disparity in strength between the Chinese Navy and the Yueben Navy, in order to prevent the few main warships of the Chinese Navy from suffering losses in vain, under the order of Li Dingxin, commander-in-chief of the First Fleet, the four main cruisers of the First Fleet, the "Haiqi," "Hairong," "Haichou," and "Haichen," the destroyers "Feiying," "Jiankang," "Yuzhang," and "Tongan," and the gunboats "Yongfeng," "Yongxiang," "Wufeng," and "Zhaohe," were all stationed in Shanghai to temporarily avoid the sharp edge of the ships. Those who stayed to participate in the defense and confrontation operations of Dagu were all torpedo boats and some auxiliary ships, and of course, there were also pocket submarines that had just joined the Chinese Navy's combat sequence.

For old navies like Lan Jianshu and Li He, who came from the Beiyang Navy era, there is nothing more humiliating than this.

The enemy ships drove to the door of their homes and ravaged their own land with artillery fire, but they, the navy soldiers who had the duty to protect their homes and defend the country, did not dare to go out to meet the battle, but could only hide to the side and watch!

What a sorrow and shame!

Lan Jianshu understood what Li He was thinking, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes in an instant.

"When the weather is a little better, let the reconnaissance plane set off immediately." Lan Jianshu said in a deep voice.

Li He nodded, got up and walked out of the underground headquarters, and came to the surface. He looked up at the large dark clouds rolling in the sky, and a hint of unspeakable hope flashed in his eyes.

At this time, on the bank of a river bend, several sailor-looking men and several people in naval uniforms were eating around a wooden table under an octagonal pavilion.

"The navy was taught by the British navy, and they also pursued the traditional theory of the British, that is, to go to the sea to fight for sea supremacy, and whoever can win the naval battle is a hero, and whoever obtains sea supremacy can be above other countries." A naval officer said, "Our Chinese Navy actually studied under the British Navy, and it can even be said that it started earlier than the original one, but now it has fallen to the point where it has not even had the strength to fight a war." ”

"Mr. Yang has talked to us more than once about the control of the sea, we have been in Jiangxi for many years before, and we have never seen the sea at all, so we don't understand his words very well," an elderly Jiangxi sailor nodded and said, with a sincere smile on his face, "But today, when I heard you say this, brother, we all understand." ”

"General Yang is a very knowledgeable and far-sighted man, and he was able to design such a good small submarine." Another naval officer said, "When he first sent you to bring this submarine here, we didn't think he was fooling around, and when we got on the submarine, we realized that this ship was simply too good and very good." ”

"General Yang said something to us, let's deal with you people from academic backgrounds." A young sailor from Jiangxi seemed to remember something and said with a smile.

"Oh? What is he talking about? Several officers had interested looks on their faces.

"He said that if there are people in the navy who look down on you and say that your submarines cannot seize sea supremacy, you will answer them like this," said the young sailor, "and the vast majority of the warships in the world are usually anchored in the harbors, and if there is a way to destroy them directly in the harbors, it will be tantamount to seizing the supremacy of the sea." ”

Listening to the sailor's words, the faces of several naval officers all showed a look of astonishment.

"That's a good point," an older naval officer nodded, looking at the six pocket submarines moored in the bay, "and we already have that way now." ”

Several other officers followed his gaze to the moored submarine, and their eyes showed excitement.

This kind of pocket submarine, nicknamed "nuclear boat" by the officers and men of the Chinese Navy, actually looks more like an olive with two pointed ends. It looks so small, exquisite, novel and cute, comparable to the nuclear carving boat of "Su Dongpo Chibi Nostalgia" in the Forbidden City. And once inside it, one will find that, like the nuclear eagle boat, most of the structures and equipment that the current submarine should have. The small submarine has a double-layered pressure-resistant hull and is equipped with a diesel engine for surface navigation and an electric motor for underwater submarine. The batteries are placed in two groups side by side on both sides of the hull. This small submarine also has a reduced bridge, and in front of the bridge, erected is a tall periscope, which was specially bought from the United States. This pocket submarine has a displacement of only 25 tons and a crew of only four people. Unlike ordinary submarines, its weapons are not torpedoes, but two powerful time bombs.

Liu Guanxiong, Li Dingxin, Lan Jianshu, and others realized that this was a rare weapon to resist the enemy, and attached great importance to it, and immediately set about setting up the first submarine unit of the Chinese Navy, and selected capable officers and men to go on board and work with the personnel from Jiangxi to learn specific methods of operation and to conduct tactical drills and explorations. At present, the submarine officers and men of the Chinese Navy are already able to master this epoch-making new weapon.

From the day the submarine force was formed, they were told that these submarines would be used against the most powerful warships of the Navy. Although the internal equipment of this small submarine is rudimentary, there are hardly any living facilities, the cabins are amazingly narrow, people stay in it like a living coffin, and they need to be towed by a mother ship, which is quite dangerous, but the thought of being able to personally drive this kind of submarine to sink the most powerful battleship in the city, replace the entire Chinese navy with a few people and a few small boats, fight against the powerful navy, and establish unprecedented meritorious achievements, as soon as the shame and humiliation of China's defeat at the hands of the First Sino-Japanese War were washed away, the officers and men of the submarine force were enthusiastic. Excited.

At this time, the sky gradually cleared up and cleared little by little, and the sun's rays shone on the submarines in mooring, gilding these pocket submarines with a layer of gold, making them look more small and cute in the sun.

"The Japanese have destroyed our fort, this time, we must fight back!" An officer's gaze turned to a place in the distance where black smoke was still emitting, clenched his fists, and said through gritted teeth.

There was a sudden roar in the sky, and the people on the ground walked out of the pavilion and looked into the sky, and soon, the figure of a biplane appeared, and in the sunlight, the dragon head depicted in the nose seemed to have a hint of a smile.

"It's amazing that you Jiangxi can build such a good plane." An officer said to the sailors.

"The reconnaissance plane is back, probably to find a temporary anchorage for the enemy ship." As if sensing something, one of the officers turned to the other comrades.

"Let's get ready! I guess the order will be there in a while! The older officer said in a deep voice.

Hearing his words, the people got up one after another and ran towards their submarines.

Just as the older officer said, after a while, Lan Jianshu in the command post received the information brought back by the reconnaissance plane.

Lan Jianshu flipped through the thick ocean current drawings and found one from it, carefully comparing it with the chart on the table.

"How? Attack with a submarine or release a drifting mine with a camouflaged minelayer? Li Dingxin looked at Lan Jianshu and asked.

"Both." Lan Jianshu's eyes were firmly fixed on the chart on the table, and he said in a deep voice.

"Both? How do you use it all? Li Dingxin and Tang Qianming glanced at each other and asked.

"With the underwater attack of pocket submarines, minelaying boats were dispatched to arrange the drifting mines on the waterway that the ships must pass to return home." Lan Jianshu replied succinctly, "They have a lot of big ships this time, and the opportunity is rare, so they can fight one more." ”

"Yes." Tang Qianming smiled bitterly and said, "If you don't beat him hard this time, I'm afraid I won't have a chance next time." ”

"As long as I can successfully find my temporary anchorage, I will have a grip and sink all my battleships." Li He said, "Those mines and time bombs are extremely powerful, and as long as my battleship hits it, it will definitely be finished." ”

"Even if you can't blow up and sink the ship, if the injured ship wants to fight again, it will have to be repaired for more than half a year." Li Dingxin said, "The effect is actually the same as that of being blown up and sunk." ”

"Immediately let the tugboat take the submarine out of the anchorage and prepare for the attack." Lan Jianshu turned his head and ordered an officer.

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