Chapter 144: Sinking a Patrol Ship

"Oh well! However, the guards must be strengthened so as not to divulge the secrets of the submarine. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info "Sun Hao attaches great importance to the issue of submarine secrecy, and the leakage is leaked one day later, which will bring great benefits to Huaxia.

"Commander-in-chief, it is recommended to use submarines to quietly kill all the patrol ships, which will be more conducive to our surprise attack." Shen Jun stroked his goatee and suggested.

"Let's talk about it!" Sun Hao didn't want to interfere with Wang Hongliang's command, and only by delegating power to do it could they do better.

Then, Wang Hongliang came to the command room, and one order after another was conveyed, and soon, the huge fleet was divided into three squadrons, but the squadron dealing with the Great White Fleet had two more battleships and two battle cruisers and four cruisers.

After receiving the order, the submarines lurking on the bottom of the sea began to track the cruisers on the periphery of the fleet, and according to Wang Hongliang's instructions, they must kill all the more than 10 cruisers responsible for patrolling on the periphery.

After receiving the order, Zhong Yanping, the captain of the ghost submarine formation, immediately conveyed the order excitedly, and since the last time she killed the British Indian Ocean Fleet and the Far East Fleet, Zhong Yanping's submarine combat technology has become more and more mature, and her confidence has also increased a lot.

Zhong Yanping originally thought that this time she came to make soy sauce at all, just to assist the First Fleet to prevent those escaped warships, but she didn't expect that before the big war began, she received a patrol ship that sank the escort fleet of the United States. Although it was not a real battle, this order still made Zhong Yanping happy.

The 20 submarines lurking at the bottom of the sea, after receiving orders, all began to rise to the surface and began to track the enemy ships on the surface.

The speed of the Mi fleet is not fast, it is all moving at a speed of more than 10 knots, and at the speed of the ghost submarine formation, it can be tracked on the bottom of the sea. In addition, the enemy ships do not have sonar detection systems at all, so every submarine is bold to swim on the bottom of the sea. As long as it does not surface, enemy ships will not be able to detect submarines at all.

This time, the order was not to fight separately, but to wait for all the submarines to follow their targets, and then launch the torpedoes in a unified manner, so as not to leak the submarines prematurely.

After receiving the order, Wang Ya, the submarine ship No. 026, was very excited, since the last sneak attack on the Far East Fleet in Britain and Singapore, sinking one battleship and two cruisers, such a record did not make Wang Ya proud. Wang Ya knew that she still had a long way to go, and she was not proud of sinking the British battleship under a sneak attack.

Wang Ya's luck was good, and it didn't take long to track down a patrolling enemy ship.

"Report to the captain of the ship, the enemy ship has been found, about six nautical miles away." The first mate walked over and saluted.

"Very good, quietly follow, just bite the enemy ship after a kilometer away, and wait for the captain's attack order."

"Yes!"

When the No. 26 submarine followed the enemy ship, Wang Ya ordered the submarine to float and raise the periscope.

The sea was not calm, and when the submarine floated, although it did not float to the surface, Wang Ya had already felt the waves on the sea, and the huge submarine was shaking underwater.

The misty drizzle drifted around with the sea breeze, although it affected the periscope somewhat, but the impact was not great, the key is that the rough sea water was sometimes high and sometimes low, which affected the observation of the periscope.

It took a lot of effort for Wang Ya to observe the enemy ship and found that this cruiser flying the flag of the United States belonged to the second class cruiser, with a displacement of about 3,000 tons. Such a battleship can be done with only two torpedoes, and Wang Ya is not worried about anything. After seeing the enemy ship clearly, Wang Ya once again ordered to dive and put away the periscope.

The wait was long and the most boring, and seeing a piece of fat on the side of her mouth but not being able to eat it immediately, Wang Ya felt a little anxious.

10 minutes passed....... 20 minutes passed, Wang Ya looked at her watch, anxiously waiting for the captain's attack order.

Although the submarine was equipped with air conditioning, a trace of sweat appeared on Wang Ya's forehead. When the first mate saw it, he quickly took out a handkerchief and handed it to her.

At 9:04 a.m. on July 3, 1909, the dark clouds in the sky slowly dispersed, and the misty drizzle gradually disappeared with the sea breeze, and the sun slowly appeared.

Soon, thousands of golden rays shone on the surface of the sea, and waves of golden light flashed from the sea.

At 9:19, the captain of the 26th submarine finally waited for the order to attack.

When she received the order to attack, Wang Ya had a smile on her face.

"Float! Raise the periscope .......! ”

"The enemy ship is moving at a speed of 12 knots per hour, in a direction of 10 degrees, at a distance of about 1,200 meters." The first mate watched in the periscope and said to the captain beside him.

"Turn right 11, herald, attack now!" , Wang Ya ordered with some excitement.

After the order to attack was given, various orders continued to come from the submarines.

"Aim for it."

"Depth alignment."

"Aim for it."

"Depth alignment."

"1200 meters away."

"The depth of the torpedo is 4 meters."

"The torpedo is up to 45 miles per hour."

"The torpedo is adjusted to 45 miles per hour......"

"No. 1 to No. 2 torodoes are ready for fan-fire."

"No. 1 to No. 2 torpedoes are ready to be fired in a fan..."

"Number 1 is ready."

"No. 2 ready ......"

After the order to attack was given, the sailors in the submarines began to get busy. I saw that they skillfully operated the submarine, and soon completed the captain's order.

"Ready...... Launch! Wang Ya gave the order to attack, and then with a smile on her face, she showed her white teeth.

"Torpedo No. 1 launched!"

"Torpedo No. 2 .....!"

After hearing the order, the sailor operating the torpedo fired resolutely pressed the launch button.

"Whew........"

The torpedo flew out, bringing up a small sound of water, and shot towards the traveling American cruiser.

At the same time, another 19 submarines also fired torpedoes one after another, and the 19 submarines had a clear division of labor, each attacking its own target.

A series of torpedoes with a slight splash trajectory under the sea surface, after these oxygen magnetic torpedoes are launched, not only the traces are very small, but also the speed is very fast, with the snail speed of the warship of this era, a distance of more than a thousand meters, it is difficult to dodge at all. Coupled with the faint fog on the surface of the sea, it was difficult to spot them.

Under the calm seawater, dozens of white water bands suddenly sprang out, and they rushed towards the patrol ships of the United States fleet.

More than a minute later, violent explosions continued to be heard on the sea, and the patrol ships of the United States were basically completely blown up by torpedoes, and some lucky patrol warships were not hit by the vital points, and the submarine that was ambushed at the bottom of the sea issued another torpedo.

These patrolling cruisers in the United States did not think that there would be deadly submarines under the surface of the sea, and when some of the officers and soldiers of the United States were soaked in the sea, they thought that they might have been attacked by submarines, but it was too late at this time.