The 48 submarines of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet were blocked by the submarine forces of the Chinese Empire, especially the two Bayonets and the Sharp Knife, which were equipped with sonar systems that surpassed the performance of this era, and could accurately locate the specific positions of the enemy's submarines in the sea, so that the 48 submarine units of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, composed of Britain, Germany, and France, suffered an unusually heavy blow.

The 16 British submarines and the 8 French submarines were all annihilated and sank to the pitch-black seabed on the way to the main fleet of the Chinese Empire, while 18 of the 24 German submarines were torpedoed and sunk in the process of fighting bayonets with the Chinese Imperial submarines, and only 6 German submarines broke through the blockade of the Chinese Imperial submarines and continued to rush in the direction of the main fleet of the Chinese Empire on the sea.

The 6 surviving submarines of the Germans are all the latest German models, and their performance is comparable to that of the Q-class submarines of the Imperial Chinese Navy, almost no eyebrows, and they are slightly weaker than the S-class submarines, otherwise they will not be able to fight out 12 submarines of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Imperial Navy in the close-range torpedo firing, of which there are 10 Q-class submarines, and the remaining 2 sunken are S-class submarines.

The six German submarines soon approached the battle line formed by the dreadnoughts on the surface of the Chinese Empire, less than 1,500 meters below the sea surface, but at this time they encountered a more dangerous attack, and they were simply unable to complete the task of torpedo attacks on the dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of the Chinese Imperial Navy.

Dozens of fast-protection cruisers and destroyers of the Imperial Chinese Navy, like sharks smelling blood, made use of sonar systems installed on warships. Towards the approximate location of the six German submarines that came over, they swarmed up. Depth charges began to be dropped into the seawater.

Although these fast protection cruisers and destroyers passed through the shipboard sonar system, only the approximate location of 6 German submarines was known. However, the number of these fast-protected cruisers and destroyers could not be stopped, and in the sea area where the six German submarines were located, dense depth charges fell into the sea like hail, making the muffled sound of explosions in the sea one after another.

In the midst of this repeated explosions, the six German submarines were not directly hit by the depth charges, and they could not be unscathed at all, as long as the depth charges exploded in the sea water near them, the instantaneous expansion of the water pressure could also tear the hull shell of the German submarine, allowing the turbulent sea water to pour into the interior of the submarine. Let the submarine sink to the bottom of the sea.

In a short time, the six German submarines disappeared on the sonar system display of the fast protection cruisers and destroyers of the Imperial Chinese Navy, which also means that the six German submarines that finally broke through the interception of the Chinese Imperial Submarines did not escape the attack of depth charges, and did not fire a torpedo at the dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

So far, none of the 48 submarines of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet have survived, and all of them have been wiped out on the cold and dark seabed.

The submarine force of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire in the confrontation of intercepting the submarines of the United Expeditionary Fleet, Britain, France and Germany. 13 submarines were also lost, of which 11 were Q-class, 2 were S-class, and the remaining 87 submarines. The Bayonet and the Sharp Knife continued to approach the direction of the main forces of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet on the sea.

These submarines of the Imperial Chinese Navy include the six submarines of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet. I didn't bother to pay attention to it, but continued to move forward. There are more important things waiting for them.

By the time the 87 submarines approached the battle line formed by the dreadnought battleships at the front of the joint expeditionary fleet less than 2,000 meters, the distance between the two fleets on the sea had been reduced to 8,000 meters. The dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of the two fleets carried out the bombardment even more violently, and violent explosions sounded from time to time, and in the midst of such violent explosions, the fate of the battleships that had been severely damaged was worrying, and basically some important parts, such as the power compartment and ammunition compartment, were martyred.

After these 87 submarines of the Imperial Chinese Navy approached the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, they prepared to launch torpedo attacks on the dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet to relieve the pressure on the main fleet.

In the bridge of the British Navy's Giant dreadnought battleship of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, the captain of the Giant, Ryan Mead, walked quickly to Bridget, the commander-in-chief of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, and said urgently: "Commander, the sonar systems of various warships show that dozens of submarines of the Chinese Empire are approaching our 3rd Route Fleet, but there is no news from the submarines of our 3 countries of Britain, France and Germany now. ”

Bridget looked at the sinking British Navy's Majestic-class all-steel battleship in the distance, gritted his teeth and said: "Order the fast protection cruisers and destroyers of various countries to immediately drop depth charges on the sea area where the Chinese Imperial submarines were found, and now the battleships of our joint expeditionary fleet have no advantage in the bombardment, and we must not let those submarines of the Chinese Empire come to disturb the situation again, otherwise this naval battle will be lost." ”

The distance between the two fleets was reduced from 10,000 meters to 8,000 meters, and many more battleships of the joint expeditionary fleet were sunk in the confrontation, including 2 dreadnought battleships, and more all-steel battleships were sunk, reaching 5, and 1 dreadnought battleship and 2 all-steel battleships were seriously injured and had to withdraw from the battle line and retreat to the rear of the fleet.

However, the navy of the Chinese Empire only sank 2 all-steel battleships in the bombardment during this time, 1 dreadnought battleship and 1 all-steel battleship were seriously injured and evacuated from the front battle line, which made Bridget feel very unhappy, at this time there was no bomber of the Chinese Empire to disrupt the situation, but in this kind of battleship bombardment of fighting strength, the main fleet of the Chinese Empire Navy had an advantage, and the sunken battleships were many fewer than the battleships sunk by the Joint Expeditionary Fleet.

Is there any mistake, it is clear that the strength of the battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet is still higher than that of the battleships of the Chinese Empire, how can it be that the battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet are in the midst of the bombardment and suffer greater losses, which makes Bridget feel very aggrieved.

At this time, if the submarines of the Chinese Empire are allowed to inflict any losses on the dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, then this naval battle should be fought or not. It's really debatable.

The captain of the Giant, Ryan Meade, nodded to Bridget and said, "Commander, rest assured, now we are on the warships of the British Navy, the French Navy, and the German Navy. Most of them installed sonar systems that would not allow the submarines of the Chinese Empire. Easily approach our battleship. ”

When the dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet were bombarding the battleships of the Chinese Empire, in order to prevent the bombing of the Imperial Chinese bombers again, the large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, and destroyers of the United Expeditionary Fleet had already braved the danger of being hit by the main guns of the battleships of the Chinese Empire, and came to the vicinity of their dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships to provide anti-aircraft fire for their own battleships.

Receiving the order of the commander-in-chief, Bridget, hundreds of fast-protection cruisers and destroyers of the United Expeditionary Fleet of various countries hurriedly rushed in the direction in which the submarine of the Chinese Empire appeared, and then according to the approximate position provided by the sonar system on the warship. Depth charges are dropped into the sea, causing countless explosions to sound in the water.

The officers and men of the navies of various countries on these fast-protection cruisers and destroyers knew very well that if the submarines of the Imperial Chinese Navy were allowed to launch torpedo attacks on their own battleships and lose some of their own battleships, there would really be no need to fight this naval battle.

"Knock-knock-knock-" Depth charges continued to explode in the sea, and the area where these depth charges fell into the sea was exactly the location of the submarines of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and from time to time the Q-class submarines and S-class submarines of the Imperial Chinese Empire were sunk by depth charges. Zhang Bin, the commander of the submarine force, had an extremely ugly face, and he immediately ordered the submarines to immediately sink into the deeper sea water through the radio station on the submarine to avoid the attack of depth charges.

After that, Zhang Bin hesitated for a moment. He said to the first mate beside him: "It seems that many of the warships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet are equipped with sonar systems, although their sonar systems cannot accurately find the specific location of our submarines. But it was possible to detect the approximate area where our submarines were located, and then drop a large number of depth charges on this area. As a result, the losses of our submarine forces were too great, and it was not possible to rise to the height of the attack. Torpedo attacks could not be carried out on battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet. ”

The first mate of the Bayonet nodded and said: "It is true that the losses are quite large, there have been many Q-class submarines and S-class submarines, which have been sunk by depth charges, and it seems that now we want to use submarine torpedoes to attack the dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, and it has indeed become very difficult." ”

Zhang Bin gritted his teeth and said: "Send a report to the commander-in-chief, General Sun Xitao, at present, the submarine force can no longer complete the joint expeditionary fleet's dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships, and the opposing warships use the sonar system to locate and drop a large number of depth charges, so that our submarine forces have suffered extremely serious losses and cannot get close to the opposing battleships to carry out torpedo attacks, and request immediate retreat." ”

Sun Xitao received Zhang Bin's telegram, and without any hesitation, he ordered the submarine force to retreat to the rear, and then Sun Xitao sighed and said to Yin Jian, the captain of the Fengtian: "The warships of Britain, France and Germany among the Entente and the Central Powers already have sonar systems, and the submarines of our Imperial Chinese Navy are no longer able to give them a serious blow as they did many years ago, and it seems that it is impossible for submarines to be useful in such a decisive battle at sea in the future." ”

In fact, before the start of the war, Sun Xitao hesitated and asked not to allow the submarine force to launch a torpedo attack on the battleships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, after all, most of the warships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, Britain, France, and Germany, are equipped with sonar systems, which is equivalent to having means to restrain submarines.

However, considering the excellent performance of submarines in many previous wars, Sun Xitao still approved the order for the submarine force to attack.

Yin Jian said: "After this naval battle, it can be seen that the aircraft carrier of our Imperial Chinese Navy is our biggest killer weapon, and our Imperial Chinese Navy needs to vigorously develop aircraft carriers in the future." ”

Sun Xitao nodded and said: "The concept and development of the entire aircraft carrier is completely undertaken by the emperor, or the emperor sees it far, knowing that the future naval battle will be the world of aircraft, and can think of this kind of aircraft carrier that can make planes take off on the sea." At the moment the shipyards of our Chinese Empire have already begun the production of the next batch of aircraft carriers, and in the near future our Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire will have more aircraft carriers. ”

After a pause, Sun Xitao continued: "As the distance between the two fleets gets closer and closer, the confrontation between the battleships will become more and more tragic, and I hope that the Sea Hawk bomber group of the four mythical aircraft carriers can fly over the head of the joint expeditionary fleet again as soon as possible." ”

After getting Sun Xitao's consent, Zhang Bin immediately ordered 4 submarines of the Chinese Empire to immediately retreat to the rear, at this time 87 submarines have been hit by the depth charges dropped by the rapid protection cruisers and destroyers of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, 31 have been lost, fortunately, the most advanced bayonet and sharp knife of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire have not been damaged, otherwise Lin Daxin, the emperor of the Chinese Empire, will be distressed.

The loss of 31 submarines at once, plus the 13 submarines lost in the previous blocking battle, is equivalent to 44 submarines, and it sank to the bottom of the sea without causing any damage to the dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, which is a rare major loss for the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire.

On the bridge of the British Navy's dreadnought battleship of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, Bridget, the commander-in-chief, received the news that many of the Imperial Chinese Navy's submarines had been sunk by depth charges and that the remaining Imperial Chinese Navy submarines had fled in confusion, and he smiled for the first time today, which can be said to be the first good news the Joint Expeditionary Fleet heard today.

Bridget said to Ryan Mead, the captain of the Giant, with some excitement beside him: "Look, the navy of the Chinese Empire is not invincible, and the submarines of the Chinese Empire, which once made us all over Europe, have also been sunk by us, and the remaining submarines can only flee in embarrassment." ”

Ryan Mead also said with a smile: "Hearing the news of the approach of the Chinese Imperial submarine, I was still a little frightened, I didn't expect that it would be so easy to repel the submarine force of the Chinese Empire, and sink so many ships, but unfortunately the submarines of our three countries, Britain, France and Germany, do not seem to have achieved any results, and they have all lost their news." (To be continued.) )