Chapter 482: Free Hunting

A black pipe sticking out of the sea. Ten kilometers to the south, the huge combined fleet of Britain, France and Russia was sailing north at a speed of 8 knots, with battleships and armored cruisers in the center, and light cruisers and destroyers on the perimeter.

Submarine No. 12, located at the southernmost point of the ambush circle of the submarine brigade of the Chinese Navy. In order to attack the battleships of the combined fleets of Britain, France and Russia, it was necessary to get into the ranks of the combined fleet. At the same time, in order not to startle the snakes, it is necessary to wait until the other submarines are also in the queue of the combined fleet.

"Put away the periscope, dive to 30 meters, turn left 15 degrees, and the speed is two knots!" The commander of submarine No. 12, Major Xie Hailong, gave the order.

The periscope slowly retracted, and the submarine also dived from 12 meters below the previous water, until it reached a position of 30 meters underwater, and then began to sail south, and the propeller behind the submarine rotated rapidly under the drive of the electric motor. The submarine is like a big fish underwater, slowly sailing into the dark sea. Although the noise is very loud, it is not noticeable from the sea. At the same time, during the high-speed navigation of the combined fleet, the noise generated is not small, and in this case, it is simply impossible for them to discover the Chinese submarine hidden under the water.

After discovering that the Combined Fleet had arrived, the submarines of the submarine group dived one after another, and slowly adjusted their positions, preparing to infiltrate the queue of the Combined Fleet. Each submarine carried only 6 torpedoes, although it was a 533 mm heavy torpedo, but it was subject to the influence of technology. The power of this heavy torpedo was not very great. It is only slightly more powerful than the 475 number medium torpedo that the Chinese Navy usually equips with. Moreover, the range is only 1,000 meters. If it is a destroyer or a light cruiser, the use of such torpedoes will not have much effect. If you want to rush to a distance of a thousand meters from the enemy ship and launch a torpedo, a destroyer or a light cruiser will also take a very big risk. However, submarines will not be in such danger. The attack of Chinese submarines was simply unexpected.

In the bridge of the battleship 'Majesty', the flagship of the Combined Fleet. Fleet Commander Algernon? McLennan? Sir Lyons, frowning, looked around vigilantly with his binoculars. It is about to arrive on the Chinese mainland, and the Chinese navy cannot remain silent any longer. He dared to assert that either today or tomorrow, the Chinese Navy would definitely fight a decisive battle with the combined fleets of Britain, France, and Russia. Algernon? McLennan? Sir Lyons participated in numerous naval battles throughout his life, although after entering the age of steam, the British Navy had basically never fought a war. But the admirals of the British Navy are undoubtedly very high. Algernon? McLennan? Sir Lyons. It seems that a crisis is coming.

"Order the ships, increase vigilance, destroyers and cruisers, expand the search area, I am sure that the Chinese Navy is right in front of us, they have definitely arrived and are waiting for us!" Combined Fleet Commander Algernon? McLennan? Sir Lyons ordered.

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander!" Fleet Chief of Staff Frederick? William? Sir Richards fully carried out his orders. The cruisers and destroyers on the periphery began to spread out in all directions, looking for traces of the Chinese Navy. At the same time, a reconnaissance fleet of several light cruisers, 20 kilometers away, accelerated to the north, striving to be able to discover the traces of the Chinese Navy.

The combined fleet of Britain, France and Russia was divided into five squadrons of battleships and two detachments of armored cruisers. With the 1st Battleship Detachment as the center, two kilometers apart, the 2nd Battleship Detachment to the Northwest and the 3rd Battleship Detachment to the Northeast. To the southwest was the 4th battleship detachment, and to the southeast was the 5th battleship detachment. Two detachments of armored cruisers, on either side of the battleship.

A huge fleet, stretching almost ten kilometers over the sea. The billowing smoke from the battleship obscured the sky and the sun. Such a spectacular sight is a great shock. It's just that this huge fleet has become the target of the Chinese Navy's submarine forces.

On the Russian Navy battleship Petropavlovsk, Aleksandrovich, deputy commander of the Combined Fleet, sulked. Because he refused to go to the battleship "Majesty" and insisted on staying on the "Petropavlovsk", therefore, for the command of the fleet, the commander of the fleet, Algernon? McLennan? Sir Lyons and the Chief of Staff of the Fleet, Frederick? William? Sir Richards simply ignored him, and directly gave orders to the entire fleet, and he had to obey them. This gave Grand Duke Alexandrovich the feeling of being ignored. As a marshal of the Russian Navy, he was never treated like this.

"Humph! If it weren't for the fact that everyone was trying to defeat the Chinese, I wouldn't have listened to the orders of these British. If you defeat the Chinese Navy, that's fine, if you fail, you're in good hands! Grand Duke Alexandrovich said secretly in his heart. Of course, this is just angry talk, and if the combined fleet fails, it will be completely no good for Russia, and even Grand Duke Alexandrovich himself is in danger of his life!

"Rise to periscope height, raise the periscope, fill the launch tube with water, prepare for battle!" Inside the No. 12 submarine, the captain, Major Xie Hailong, waited patiently for an hour before giving a new order. For them, this hour is completely like a year! According to the calculation of time, at this moment the 12th boat should be located in the rear of the combined British, French-Russian fleet. If there was no business trip, they were just in the middle of the battleships in the rear of the combined fleet.

As the sea water was squeezed out, the submarine began to slowly rise. The periscope went deep into the sea, and suddenly, a huge guy appeared in front of their eyes. The place where submarine No. 12 appeared was exactly to the right side of the 4th battleship detachment, less than eight hundred meters.

"Good chance, Russian battleship 'Alexander II', torpedo fire, take out this big guy!" The commander of submarine No. 12, Major Xie Hailong, gave the order to launch the torpedo. The first shot of the Chinese Navy and the British, French and Russian navies was fired by the submarine No. 12!

"Bang! Boom! "Two crisp sounds, two heavy torpedoes, at a speed of 20 knots, quickly rushed towards the battleship 'Alexander II'. At a distance of 800 meters, it takes only 80 seconds for a high-speed torpedo. The two torpedoes were aimed at the battleship "Alexander II" two hundred meters in front. For the battleship "Alexander II", which sailed at a speed of 8 knots, two heavy cruisers were able to hit the middle of the battleship after a distance of 800 meters.

"What's that? How can a pipe come out of the sea? "On the starboard side of the battleship 'Alexander II', a Russian naval corporal asked, pointing to the sea in confusion.

Several Russian naval soldiers also looked in the direction pointed by the corporal. However, the sharp-eyed men noticed two water marks on the surface of the water, and they were sailing towards their battleship.

"Torpedo! My God! It's actually a torpedo! The Russian soldier suddenly shouted.

In less than twenty seconds, a battle alarm sounded on the battleship 'Alexander II'. The sudden sound of the battle alarm made the entire combined Anglo-French-Russian fleet panic, because so far they had not found any trace of the Chinese Navy at all. The battleship 'Alexander II', which began an emergency evasion of torpedoes. However, the distance was too close, and by the time the torpedo was discovered, it was less than two hundred meters away from the battleship "Alexander II".

"What's going on? What are those Russians doing? Why is the combat alert sounded? "On the battleship 'Majesty', the commander of the fleet, Algernon? McLennan? Sir Lyons asked, surprised. He rushed to the window of the bridge and looked at the battleship Alexander II with a telescope.

At the same time, on the battleship 'Petropavlovsk', the deputy commander of the fleet, Grand Duke Aleksandrovich, Marshal of the Russian Navy, was also asking what was really going on.

Two heavy torpedoes rushed towards the battleship 'Alexander II' at high speed. The battleship had already begun to turn sharply, but the huge hull made it not as agile as the destroyer, and it would take at least a minute or more to complete the turn.

"Boom! Rumble! Two loud bangs rang out in quick succession. Two torpedoes, one after the other hit the battleship 'Alexander II'. One hit the middle of the battleship 'Alexander II', and one hit the tail. The warheads of two heavy torpedoes, weighing up to 90 kg, contained dozens of kilograms of Spirit**. When the torpedo hit the battleship "Alexander II", an explosion immediately occurred.

The violent explosion caused the battleship, which weighed more than 12,000 tons, to be lifted out of the water by more than two meters. Then, with a heavy slam on the water, the entire battleship broke into three pieces. After that, the battleship sank into the sea in less than twenty seconds, and hundreds of people on the battleship did not survive.

"Well done, aim for the next target, ready to launch!" On the No. 12 submarine, Major Wu Hailong shouted excitedly. A battleship of tens of thousands of tons, light yƬ, was sent into the sea by their submarine of more than 200 tons.

At the same time, the other 11 submarines have also risen to the periscope level and began to attack.

"Oh God! What the hell is going on? "Algernon, commander of the Combined Fleet? McLennan? Sir Lyons, looking at the slowly sinking battleship 'Alexander II', was dumbfounded!

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