On the blue sea, the flagship Long Yin is heading towards the Diaoyu Islands with the Dragon Xiao, four Tiger-class heavy cruisers, four light cruisers, and five destroyers. Wu Deren, who originally wanted to "see" how the six-hundred-ton boat mentioned by the emperor sank his battleship, also lost this interest. Britain, this-stirring stick has made a demon moth again.

On the bridge of the flagship Longyin, Cheng Cheng was climbing on the chart and constantly comparing drawings, and discussing the problem with Wu Deren and a group of staff officers in a whisper. When the news came from the British, they began to ponder how to deal with Japan's huge fleet of returnees. Everyone agreed that it was necessary for the Japanese fleet to weaken as much as possible on their way back to their homes. Because Japan, which lost Etajima, now has almost no qualified naval officers and sailors, it cannot give Japan the opportunity to train.

"Then take advantage of the exhaustion of the long journey back home of the Japanese fleet and set up an ambush for them halfway." Cheng Cheng pointed to the surroundings of Japan and said: "Returning from Britain to Japan, whether it is the eastern or central route, must pass through our control area, even if they sail through North America, we can also use Hawaii as a base to ambush the Japanese returning fleet." ”

"It can't be, Japan will definitely take that into account. If Britain really resells the warships ordered by our country to Japan, it will certainly ensure that the Japanese fleet can return to Japan at Japan's request. At this time, Wu Deren had long since lost his swaggering appearance in the past, and said with a shrewd naval commander: "The warships built by various countries have begun to be launched and outfitted, and they can be delivered at the beginning of next year." At most, the Japanese fleet will be able to return home by August next year. And the construction of our new warships cannot be completed in ten months, and I believe that the Japanese will not wait until our new warships are built before going to war with us. It was possible to fight Japan head-on only with the existing forces, and beyond that. We have no other way. ”

Wu Deren said that yes, the Japanese also know this problem, and they have collected seafarers all over the world and sent them to Britain for professional training. At this moment, the observation post reported that the destroyer on the left flank of the fleet's main formation, the Sensitive, reported that two freighters due east were approaching. Wu Deren said that he would not care if he knew. The two freighters didn't need his commander to come forward. But the subsequent report will be taken seriously, and the Sensitive will report three minutes later, whether it is radio, flag or light signal. None of them answered, still heading towards the fleet at a high speed of 12 knots. What's even more strange is that the other party's freighter is hanging the Qing Navy's dragon flag, and the Sensitive asks to come forward to intercept it.

If the warship is hoisted with a different flag, it will not be strange in the world's navies anyway. But you dare to hang the flag of a warship in front of the main owner even if you are a freighter, and you can't bear it. Wu Deren ordered the Astute, which was also cruising on the left flank, to step forward with the Agility. It doesn't matter who arrests the ship first. But there was resistance and sinking on the spot. The whole fleet didn't know that they had been targeted, and not far away there was a small pillar of ocean blue standing still under the waves, and it was still spinning.

"Start the electric motor, heading 270, speed five knots." A calm and calm voice came from the captain's mouth.

"Start the electric motor, heading 270, speed five knots." The first mate then conveyed the captain's order to the engine room, but he looked at the captain of Que's ass. Still showed a strange smile.

For this periscope, Xia Jianren, as the captain of the ship, complained very much. Just because this periscope can only be raised by 1.5 meters. This made Xia Jianren, who was 1.8 meters tall, only half-lying on his stomach, not to mention his backache, and he had to wear a fart suit, which made the crew laugh at him every time.

Although the first mate's laughter did not make a sound, Xia Jianren was too familiar with these people. He turned his head and glared angrily, and whispered with a very fierce look: "The enemy ship has a speed of 10 knots, keep a good course for Lao Tzu, and prepare for the attack of the torpedo compartment." ”

This captain turned out to be the captain of a fleet destroyer, and his theory of using the high speed of destroyers to quickly break through close range of battleships to carry out sneak attacks under the cover of night has been valued by the Admiralty. Originally, he wanted to promote him to the rank of captain of a light cruiser, but he was not willing to, according to his meaning, the two ships were facing each other, which was the kind of barbarian thing that the commander did, and he liked to shoot black guns. As a result, his words somehow reached Wu Deren's ears, and the result was that he was savagely dismissed from the Pacific Fleet, and was later transferred by the Admiralty to Guangxu Island to stand by. But he was not discouraged, because here he found the best ship for black guns, the submarine. Just like he can't win a few people in a fight, but no one dares to fight him, he likes to use black tricks too much. He discovered that there was no better weapon at sea than a submarine to fight a black gun.

Xia Jianren's face was particularly hideous under the red light in the bridge. The first mate hurriedly stopped laughing and passed on the order. For submarines, red basically means war, and the entire submarine is not allowed to make unnecessary sounds. No, the biggest advantage of a submarine is that it lurks under the invisible sea, and when you talk in a submarine, the hollow sea water will amplify this sound, so it is very important to protect the quiet. Although very few people know about submarines now, the regulations need to be worked out in advance so that they can be practiced.

Xia Jianren's Mackerel submarine slowly moved towards the Pacific Fleet, and not far from him, another submarine of the same class, the Yellow Croaker, was also heading towards the Pacific Fleet. Powered by batteries, the submarine maintained the maximum depth of the periscope was almost silent, and even the sound of the waves brought by the slow rotation of the propeller was drowned out by the sound of the waves around it. They had to prove themselves more valuable than battleships in these seas.

"At a distance of 3000 meters, the torpedo compartment is ready for an attack." The order came from the bridge and reached the torpedo compartment by phone, and the torpedo chief quickly pulled off the safety bolt at the tail of the last torpedo, closed the launch tube, twisted the valve and locked it, and then nodded at his partner.

The torpedo man opened the compressed air valve, the slightest sound of inflation sounded in the pipe, the torpedo chief nervously looked at the pressure gauge on the side of the two torpedo tubes, when the pointers on the dial reached the yellow warning line, everyone closed the valve, grabbed the telephone, and reported in a suppressed excited voice: "The torpedo compartment is ready." ”

The Sharp Arrow 1 torpedo is an improvement over the 433 mm old torpedo. The length has been increased a bit after the improvement. But the performance is much more powerful than the old torpedo. The first is the concept of the combustion chamber, which learns from the way the internal combustion engine mixes fuel and air and sprays it into the combustion chamber to ignite. Changing the original method of relying on gas propulsion, the rapidly expanding gas is used to drive the torsion bar, and then drive the propeller to propulsion. So far, Diesel has been pulled into the design of the combustion chamber, which has delayed his work on the internal combustion engine, which is one of the main reasons why the Tianjin First Automobile Factory, which imported the automobile industry from the United States, has not been able to produce a single car for more than a year.

And that's not all. Because the improved torpedo increased its weight and made the speed less than 30 knots, the annoyed Guangxu went back and flipped through his notebook and proposed a new concept: 10,000 tons of warships can be driven by steam, why can't steam be added to a small torpedo. In my opinion, it is possible to spray water mist into the combustion chamber while the fuel is burning to form steam. Originally, fresh water was stored in the design of the thunderbolt to circulate around the combustion chamber walls to cool the combustion chamber, but now only a portion of it needs to be used to spray water mist to produce steam, which is not difficult. In the end, Guangxu shamelessly put on a hat for the torpedo. A small sharp cap allows the torpedo to create an air hole in its head to greatly reduce drag in the water as it moves underwater at high speeds. Originally, Guangxu still wanted to get on the oxygen torpedo. Because oxygen can be dissolved in water, there is no track to be seen. Make submarine attacks more stealthy, but think about it. Oxygen is too dangerous, so let's wait until the industrial base is stronger. Let the foreign devils who have adapted to ordinary torpedoes in the future be shocked.

Just like the concept of triple naval gun delay, the torpedo designers in confusion were instantly inspired, and the Sharp Arrow 1 torpedo quickly came out. However, the first-generation combustion chamber had other problems, such as too little power, which made it possible to reach a speed of only 38 knots and a range of only 1,500 meters.

That's all right. After the inspiration, many new methods were proposed again, and some people mentioned that the gyroscope can be installed on the torpedo servo to solve the problem of hitting accuracy and maintaining the fixed depth, which is very practical. But because of the time. The re-improvement of the old torpedo of 433 mm has not been able to keep up with the progress of the construction of submarines. Therefore, the design department decided to apply all these new concepts to the subsequent new 550-mm torpedoes.

The alert destroyer in front of the Pacific Ocean sailed past in front of the periscope, and Xia Jianren, who broke through the warning line of the Pacific Fleet, stared at the Longyin from the periscope. The speed and distance of both sides were carefully calculated. Until the distance went into the range of the torpedo. Xia Jianren decisively ordered: "The No. 1 torpedo tube is launched." ”

"Torpedo tube No. 1 launches." With the sound of the torpedo chief, the torpedo man excitedly pressed the firing wrench, and the torpedo flew towards the dragon like an arrow from the string.

The Pacific Fleet was unaware that two torpedoes were speeding towards them, and they were wondering if there was no news coming back from the second ship of the Agile and Agile Second Ship. It wasn't until the freighter entered the Longyin's field of vision that Wu Deren was surprised to find that his two destroyers were actually accompanying the freighter to the left and right like escorts. This phenomenon is very abnormal, so all the officers and soldiers who are not on duty on the Dragon Yin are concentrated on the port side to look curiously. Wu Deren angrily reprimanded the telegraph operator to immediately send a telegram to the agile and agile second ship to ask the reason, and at the same time ordered the ship to enter combat readiness, and the fleet began to speed up.

But before the order could be passed on, a sailor on the deck pointed to the two white tracks in front of him in horror and shouted: "Torpedo, torpedo......"

In order to maintain the combat effectiveness of the Pacific Fleet, and also to avoid bad habits in the North Ocean from being brought into the Pacific Fleet. Therefore, only a very small number of elite officers and soldiers of the former Beiyang Naval Division remained. Coupled with Wu Deren's strict and harsh training, coupled with the fact that he had to carry out combat readiness orders during the cruise, even in such an unexpected situation, the entire fleet still reacted quite quickly.

However, it was too late to make a discovery, and just as the 20-mm rapid-fire cannon of the Longyin was ready, two torpedoes crossed the range of the cannon at a high speed of 38 knots.

"Be prepared for shock." All the crew members clung to the fixations around them as they screamed. Wait for those two loud bangs.

"When" and "When" came the sound of two steel strikes. The crew breathed a sigh of relief, glad that the torpedo did not explode. The daring sailor poked his head out of the side of the ship to look at the torpedo impact, only to see two huge balls of red liquid emerge.

Everyone in the entire bridge looked at each other, and no one knew what was going on. At this time, a telegram was received: the exercise was judged that the flagship of the Pacific Fleet, the Longyin, was sunk by a pack of wolves, and the exercise continued.

"Drills?" Wu Deren jumped like thunder: "There is not a single enemy ship around this n, where are the wolves." It's a. ”

There are no enemy ships. But there were torpedoes. Could it be that enemy ships are invisible? The entire Pacific Fleet began to look for invisible enemy ships on the sea. Under the surface of the sea, the two submarines that had fired the torpedoes began to dive according to the procedure. They knew that the torpedo would not explode, but it must be a drill. The necessary explosion protection against shock wave procedures still have to be done. By the time they had completed this action and floated to periscope depth again, the Dragon Yin had already sailed out of the range of the submarine, but the other battleship, the Dragon Howling, had just entered range.

Xia Jianren began to adjust the voyage, and when the submarine was once again aimed at the 1,500-meter position, he gave the order to launch a second torpedo. Not far away, the Yellow Croaker did the same, and two white tracks reappeared on the water.

"Woo-" The whistle on the Long Xiao sounded. The report of the reappearance of the torpedo made the captain Li Liang order the ship to turn sharply to avoid it. At the same time, the machine guns that were ready to fire at the two tracks, but the two torpedoes magically passed through the dense artillery and crashed into the port side of the Longxiao again, "dangdang" after two sounds. Two bright red watermarks rose to the left of the Dragonroar.

The Dragon Roar benefited from the fact that he was not the flagship, and even in the Tsushima Strait bombardment with Russia, the Russian fleet gave most of the shells to the flagship Dragon Yin. It can be said that the Dragon Howl has not suffered a major blow since its construction. But today, if these two torpedoes had exploded, the Long Xiao would have basically sunk. The angry Li Liang rushed to the deck and yelled at the sea: "Bastard." Come out to Lao Tzu. ”

Li Liang's cry Xia Jianren couldn't be heard. They dived again. Four red watermarks clearly entered Li Zhenhua's eyes, and Li Zhenhua, who put down the telescope, happily asked the telegraph room to send a report: The Longxiao was determined to be sunk, and the exercise was over.

When Wu Deren learned that Li Zhenhua was on the two cargo ships, Wu Deren and a group of officers went over in a speedboat. Wu Deren, who saw that Li Zhenhua was still laughing, was about to fight, but was stopped by Cheng Cheng. But Cheng Cheng grabbed one but didn't hold the second, and then Li Liang's fist hit Li Zhenhua in the face, knocking him to the ground. It can't be helped, these captains are all angry.

"Two generals. Your warships have been sunk and you have such a big temper. Pay attention to qualities. Li Zhenhua got up from the ground and said dissatisfied.

"Young T Niang bother with Lao Tzu. Also exercises. Tell me what the hell is going on, believe it or not, Lao Tzu will beat you. Wu Deren clenched his fists again, he was not afraid of planting his head, although he had not planted it either. But this time, it was planted without knowing it. Cheng Cheng hurriedly stepped forward to stop the irascible Wu Deren.

"Before you set sail, did the emperor tell you? Will the newly built ship ward ambush you on the road? What is this not a drill? Li Zhenhua was not happy, he had never been beaten since he came out of Hawaii, and this time he was also annoyed: "Inform the wolves to return, let's go back." ”

Wu Deren was anxious when he heard this, since Lao Tzu was a dignified naval commander who didn't even know that there was an extra fleet under his command, how could this work. However, Li Zhenhua is directly subordinate to the General Staff Headquarters, so he can be ignored completely. Therefore, Wu Deren rubbed his hands on his face, and the angry expression on his face instantly became a happy smile: "Colonel Li, there is something to discuss." Why don't I punch you out? ”

As a result, Li Zhenhua didn't appreciate it, and snorted and ignored him. Wu Deren was really unhappy: "Lieutenant General Lao Tzu apologized to you in front of so many brothers, which already gives you face." If you don't give my brother face, Lao Tzu will really ask his brothers to come up, and then you will bear the consequences. Think it through. ”

I'm used to it, I've been used to it for a long time. Cheng Cheng has long been immune to the playful captain. Although Li Zhenhua is also from Hawaii, he must not belong to the same genus now, so he hurriedly explained a few words to Li Zhenhua: "Don't pay attention to them, it's not that you don't know their temper." These people look at warships more than their own lives. As a result, the warship was sunk without knowing it, how can this be swallowed. I said earlier that I heard that the United States had come up with a submarine, but today I don't see warships but torpedoes, isn't it this kind of submarine? ”

Li Zhenhua gave Cheng Cheng a thumbs up and said something smart. Then he glared at Wu and Li and pointed outward, "I'll see for myself in a while." ”

After a while, the sea began to roll. In the midst of the tumbling blisters, two oval cylinders rose first, and then two strange ships surfaced. Subsequently, the stern of the two freighters began to sink with water, and the aft doors opened. Two submarines entered the cargo ship at low speed.

Wu Deren grabbed a sailor and ordered him to take him to the cabin immediately. In the cabin, Wu Deren climbed into the submarine to visit. When he learned about the performance parameters of the submarine from the mouth of the submarine officers. The first thing he said when he climbed out of the submarine was: "Immediately build 100 ships for Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu will hit England." Behind him, Li Liang and others were also eager to try.

"Get out of the way." Cheng Cheng was still very prestigious in the fleet, and after the reprimand, he asked Li Zhenhua: "Tell me more about it." ”

"They are like wolves lurking in the dark, waiting for the moment the enemy relaxes before rushing forward to deliver the most fatal blow to the enemy. They are wolves in the sea, so their name is the sea wolf. (To be continued......) u