When the two sides entered 5000 meters, Italy's 6 ironclad battleships had already seized the T-word, and the fleet commander on the Reberto Robert said contemptuously to his subordinates in the bridge: "These backward Qing Dynasty people, although they also have 6 ironclad battleships, but their tactics are still stuck in the linear tactics of ironclad ships, this time let's teach the Qing Dynasty how to use ironclad battleships!" ”

Then Roberte shook his head with some pity: "But the 4 ironclad battleships that we were robbed by the Beiyang Naval Division can only withstand our Italian Navy's own shells!" I hope that the people of the Qing Dynasty can recognize the shape and surrender early, maybe they can keep a few ironclad battleships! ”

When the two fleets entered 4,000 meters, the Italian commander Roberte first ordered: "For Italy!" Shoot at the Qing Dynasty's Beiyang Naval Fleet! ”

The 24 main guns on the 6 ironclad battleships of the Italian Expeditionary Fleet fired the first salvo at the main fleet of the Navy at the Naval Academy!

"Boom-boom-boom-" Twenty-four shells landed on the sea 200 meters away around the three ironclad battleships at the front of the fleet of the Naval Academy, the Flying Tiger, the Flying Eagle, and the Flying Wolf.

Immediately, the other warships of the Italian fleet also began the first round of shelling against the warships of the Naval Academy!

Less than 1,000 meters from the flanks of the Italian fleet, 30 meters below the surface of the sea, two submarines were pointing their bows in the direction of the Italian fleet.

Inside the bayonet submarine, Captain Zhang Bin observed the warships of the Italian expeditionary fleet with a periscope, and while watching, he gave an order: "No. 1 and No. 2 torpedo tubes are loaded with water!" Ready to launch! ”

After a while, there was a message from the torpedo compartment in the bow of the submarine that the torpedo was ready.

Zhang Bin ordered a little nervously: "The target is ahead!" The distance is 913 meters! Torpedoes No. 1 and No. 2 are launched! ”

"Knock-knock-" Two battery-powered torpedoes purchased by Lin Daxin from modern time and space were launched from the bayonet submarine, and almost at the same time, the Sharp Knife also fired two torpedoes! The speed of this torpedo reached 50 knots, and in the blink of an eye, 2 torpedoes fired by the Bayonet hit the armor of the underwater part of the Italian ironclad battleship Francisco. The Italian ironclad battleship Mariapia was also hit by 2 torpedoes of the Sharp Knife at the same time!

The huge explosion sounded almost at the same time, fortunately, the torpedo that Lin Daxin bought was sealed in modern time and space, and it was only loaded with TNT explosives, which was weaker than the advanced ** in modern time and space, and a total of 4 holes of about two or three meters appeared under the water surface of Francisco and Mariapia, and they did not sink directly, and the turbulent sea water instantly poured into the 2 ironclad battleships! The 2 ironclad battleships began to tilt in a few moments!

The officers and men of the entire Italian expeditionary fleet were stunned as the 2 powerful ironclad battleships suffered heavy losses just after the main guns were fired one round! What's going on? The fleet of the Qing Dynasty has not yet fired!

The commander of the fleet, Roberte, immediately reacted and exclaimed loudly: "Submarine! The Qing Dynasty people had submarines! Order so the small-caliber rapid-fire guns of the warship to shoot at the sea surface from 100 meters to 300 meters around! Let the sailors go on deck to observe the surrounding sea and find out the Qing Dynasty submarines! ”

Although Robert guessed that it was a submarine attack, he ordered small-caliber rapid-fire guns to fire at a sea surface of 100 to 300 meters based on the submarines in the navies of European countries, and the maximum attack distance was about 300 meters.

Moreover, although the current submarine can dive into the sea at a depth of more than ten meters, the submarine must rise to a depth of several meters from the sea surface before launching a torpedo, so that on the sea surface, it is easy to find out the location of the submarine!

The small-caliber rapid-fire guns on the Italian warships began to fire around, and the sailors of the Italian Navy also went to the decks of the warships and began to try to find the location of the Qing Dynasty submarines.

Lin Daxintong saw that the 2 Italian ironclad battleships were hit, put down the telescope with a smile, and ordered the naval officers and soldiers in the bridge: "The submarine has begun to attack!" Order the ships to fire at the Italian fleet! Entangle the Italians! ”

The 14 warships of the entire main force of the Navy began to fire at the Italian fleet, especially the 2 injured Italian ironclad battleships, because of a large amount of water, although the 2 ironclad battleships closed the cabin through guò, so that the 2 ironclad battleships did not sink, but they were all tilted and strict, in order to maintain the balance of the hull, they had to inject seawater into the other side, so that the speed of the 2 warships became less than 8 knots! Let them be taken care of by the main warships of the Sailor Academy!

The officers and men of the Bayonet and the Sharp Knife cheered when they learned through the periscope of Captain Guò that they had hit two Italian ironclad battleships. Inside the bayonet, Zhang Bin, who was full of smiles, said: "Brothers, keep up the good work!" Fight to keep all the Italian warships! Order the No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6 torpedo tubes to be loaded with water! ”

By the time the fleets of both sides reached 2,500 meters, both submarines had fired 12 torpedoes! These 24 torpedoes were fired and almost devastating to the Italian expeditionary fleet!

The Italian ironclad battleship Rechnerd was hit underwater by a torpedo, which was close to an ammunition bay, which not only blew the Rechner out of a large hole, but also detonated hundreds of 432-mm shells in the ammunition bay. The power of hundreds of 432-mm shells made the Rechner be blown into two in an instant in an earth-shattering explosion, sinking the 12,120-ton ironclad battleship into the sea, and none of the more than 600 Italian naval officers and sailors on the Rechner survived, and all sank into the sea with the warship.

The flagship Rebel ironclad battleship was hit by 2 torpedoes, although it did not sink, but 2 holes that were blown out poured into a large amount of seawater, and Robert immediately ordered to close the cabin that had entered the water, at this time the hull had been tilted 10 degrees, and Robert had to order to inject seawater into the other side of the warship to keep the hull balanced, so that the speed of the Rebelto dropped to 9 knots.

The ironclad battleship Prince Carignano, also hit by 2 torpedoes, dropped its speed to 10 knots after the hull tilted to the other side and filled with water.

The ironclad battleship Redlia was also hit by a torpedo, and its speed dropped to 13 knots after the hull tilted to the other side and filled with water. And another torpedo attacking the Redria, grazing past it, hit an Italian protective cruiser. The fast-protection cruiser with a displacement of 2,800 tons was blown in two almost instantaneously and sank into the sea.

Four large Italian armored cruisers, of the same model as the Admiral of the Naval Academy, were each hit by a torpedo, and their speed dropped to less than 10 knots.

Two more 2,800-ton fast-protection cruisers were hit by a torpedo each, and they did not hold out long before sinking into the sea.

The warships of the Italian fleet were all focused on finding submarines and dodging torpedoes, and there was no accurate shelling of the main warships of the Naval Academy!

And the 14 warships of the First Fleet and the Second Fleet of the Naval Academy are not welcome, and it is a fierce artillery bombardment against the Italian warships! And a great result was achieved, 2 large armored cruisers that were not hit by torpedoes were each hit by multiple shells, and the injuries were not light. 5 ironclad battleships and 2 armored cruisers that were torpedoed were even more smoky!

1 Italian fast-defended cruiser was hit by a 432-mm main gun shell of the Flying Tiger, which detonated the boiler in the power compartment and also sank into the sea in a series of explosions.

In a short time, only 2 fast protection cruisers of the 16 warships of the Italian expeditionary fleet remained intact at the rear of the formation. Less than half an hour has passed since the first shot was fired by the Italian fleet, and under the blow of the main fleet and 2 submarines of the Naval Academy, the damage was heavy!

And the warships of the Naval Academy attracted most of the experience of the Italian fleet because of 2 submarines, and there were almost no losses in the half-hour battle!

On the bridge of the Reberto, the flagship of the Italian expeditionary fleet, the commander of the fleet, Roberte, had turned pale and lost the arrogance of the beginning of the war, and the first mate on the ship said to him in a low voice: "Your Excellency, Commander! Our Reberto has dropped again! It's less than 8 knots now! 1 343-mm main gun and 2 152-mm secondary guns were also destroyed! If we continue like this, we will not be able to escape the result of sinking! In addition, the Francisco and Mariapia sent a flag saying that they had lost their combat effectiveness! Ask the commander to allow them...... Raise the white flag! ”

"Nope! I will never allow my subordinates to surrender to the backward and ignorant Qing Dynasty! Roberte shouted hoarsely.

At this time, the second mate on the ship said enviously: "Commander, the Francisco has raised the white flag!" ”

Robert looked out of the window of the bridge and found that the white flag had indeed been raised in several places with thick smoke, so the naval guns were also raised to the highest angle, indicating that they would not fire at the Beiyang Naval Division again!