A bright moon sprinkled sparkling waves on the sea, it was already nine o'clock at night, and the Japanese troops on the Lushun pier were still busy. During the hottest months of the year, the Japanese army's baggage troops preferred to work all night at night rather than hold out for a minute under the scorching sun during the day.

"No Japanese ships found, let's float!" Wang Tong, who was shirtless, had red eyes, but his expression looked very excited. Sneaking underwater during the day and daring to emerge at night is really exciting for him. In the cabin of the dive-06, all kinds of strange smells were mixed, and the air was so turbid that people felt suffocated, which was nothing to Wang Tong.

There is a saying within the Navy that anyone who likes to do submarines and enjoys it is a madman. Wang Tong is not a madman, but has his own ambitions. Wang Tong, who had studied the navy in Japan, knew the strength of the Japanese navy. The development of the navy according to the traditional number of routes is very unlikely to catch up with the Japanese navy in the short term. China is a big country, and there are too many places on land to defend, and the investment in the navy will certainly not be too large. On the contrary, Japan has been powerful today after decades of accumulation from the defeat of the Beiyang Fleet by the state-run navy in the Meiji period to the defeat of the Russian fleet in the Battle of Tsushima. The Navy is not an army, soldiers wind up rifles, and they can go into battle after half a year of training. It will take 10 or 8 years for a navy to become a certain combat strength from its establishment, to say the least.

Wang Tong has the ambition to make a career, but unfortunately the current situation of the Chinese Navy is like that. There are many internal factions, and the twilight is gloomy, and the promotion has to be based on seniority. When he is promoted, it will be the year of the monkey. Besides, submarines are a new thing, and if we have to find a way to make a difference from the navy, the only ones that can play a role in the battlefield against Japan are submarines.

Make a contribution, right under the water! With such ambitions, Wang Tong set out with his latest submarine. The tactics formulated by Fang Dashuai for the submarine force are very simple, break the diplomatic relationship! Don't take risks lightly.

A black shadow quietly appeared on the calm sea outside Port Arthur, and the floating submarine opened the hatch, and Wang Tong was the first to get out, and instructed the first mate: "Let the brothers take turns to come out to breathe, and one round in half an hour." ”

Sitting on the deck and taking a sip of the flask, this is the habit of being brought out by the Germans. I took out a cigarette and lit it, and I felt a similar feeling of being slightly drunk after smoking for a long time. The sea breeze is really comfortable! Lying on the deck, looking at the bright moon in the sky, when Wang Tong was drowsy, the first mate Liu Ming stabbed him.

"Captain, there's a situation!" Well? Wang Tong sat up and followed Liu Ming's hand in the direction of Lushun, as if there was a light moving. "It looks like a freighter! The spicy one next door can't live in peace if you want to take a breath, so you have to force me to open it. Let's go, lean in and take a look. Wang Tong muttered, took out the wine jug and took another sip, turned around and returned to the boat.

Submarines are not moving fast on the surface of the sea, they are certainly faster than freighters. After an hour of sailing, the goal became clear, this fleet of three freighters. What makes people laugh and cry is that there seems to be only one destroyer escorting it.

"Oriental little nose is too crazy, isn't it? Radio ask if there are any of our submarines nearby. The king gave the order and began to call friends. A total of six submarines were dispatched this time, and after leaving the port of Qingdao, they dispersed their operations. If the submarine is discovered, it will basically be a dead end, so all the boats are like thieves, dodging and floating on the sea.

Radio contact was soon made with another submarine, the Dive-03, which was about five nautical miles away, and they had also spotted the convoy and was in the process of approaching it at a rapid pace. The captain of the Qian-03 was called Meng Zixiong, who was a chief engineer of the river fleet during the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

"Captain Meng called back and asked us how to fight?" The first mate came over to question, and Wang Tong said: "Sue him, we are in front of the convoy's channel, and we have beaten the Japanese destroyers, let them catch up and hit the freighters." ”

Soon the call back came, three words: "One qiē according to the old rules." "The so-called old rule is that whoever discovers the target first is the commander of the battle. At one time it was Wang Tong who first discovered and then contacted the accomplices.

"Call back, no problem. Get ready to dive! ”

One after the other, the two submarines spread their nets and waited, and the destroyer arrived in front, not fast, and the speed was about eight knots. I did tens of thousands of aiming movements, and this time my hands were a little shaky. It must be accurate, for the training of submarines, the marshal has torpedoes fired live ammunition every month, and this cost is not less.

Time seemed to freeze in the process of aiming, and Wang Tong finally locked on to the target, and let out a low shout: "No. 1 launch!" Launch 2! ”

"Launched!" In the periscope, the white waves of torpedoes are not very clear in the night, and can only be faintly seen. The two German-made torpedoes, like two big fish playing in the water on the surface of the sea in the dark, became faster and faster, and the Japanese escort destroyers were still unaware.

"Boom!" There was a loud bang, and the sea shook until then, and a torpedo hit the destroyer in the center of the hull.

"Hahaha! Hit! Floating! Wang Tong laughed proudly and put away the periscope. The submarine had just surfaced, and there was a muffled sound in the rear of the flotilla, and the submarines shook for a while. Boat 03 hit a freighter.

The destroyer, which had been torpedoed, broke in two and sank rapidly, and soon the Japanese soldiers and crew were struggling on the surface. The other two freighters desperately accelerated to escape, but in the end they could not escape the submarine's torpedo attack, and were hit one after another within half an hour.

"Captain Meng called and asked, how to deal with these people?" The first mate came to inquire, Wang Tong looked at the raging fire burning on the sea, and the survivors of one or two hundred struggles on the sea, and couldn't help but sneer: "In the first year, how did the Japanese army treat the Gaosheng?" Now it's just a matter of going back. Leave them alone, let them fend for themselves at sea. Inform Meng Zixiong that we will withdraw. ”

The most worrying thing for the Japanese on the sea was not whether they could be saved, but whether the submarine would kill people. Fortunately, the submarine drove away and did not put out machine guns and 75 guns. The submarine gradually moved away, and the Japanese on the sea could only rely on God.

Three freighters laden with munitions and ammunition, a destroyer, disappeared in the Yellow Sea. For the Japanese Navy, this news is an inextricable shame. Before the destroyer sank, it sent out an emergency telegram, a total of four words: submarine, torpedo. The Japanese navy in Lushun and Qingdao urgently sent warships to search for it after learning of this, and it was not until dawn that they found a small boat with more than a dozen Japanese sailors lying on its side. Less than thirty Japanese sailors and crew members were rescued.

The fangs of the Chinese submarine were given to the Japanese Navy for the first time.

After leaving this sea, Wang Tong was not satisfied with sinking a destroyer, and was bent on making a big deal. Therefore, Wang Tong's No. 06 boat did not go far, but returned to the place where the fleet was found, aiming at Port Arthur from afar.

Getting off the train, Chen Fu was in high spirits, and the overnight train did not make him feel too tired, but trembled slightly with excitement. The submarine won the first battle, and Chen Fu decided to congratulate the commander in person. The investment of the submarine force is large and the remuneration is high, which is said in the navy. It can be said that the submarine force is holding its breath from top to bottom, and wants to add luster to Fu Shuai's face. Let those guys who underestimate the submarine force see that Fu Shuai's decision is correct.

The Weifang railway station is busy, the passenger train has been suspended, and the entire railway is running with military trains. Chen Fu was lucky, a train to Jimo to pick up the wounded and send them to the rear hospital in Jinan, and then stop to add water to Weifang.

One glance at the train that was starting was full of artillery, and it seemed to be all big guys, at least 150 calibers. The army can also use big guys, and Chen Fu is a little envious. For a long time, the army was equipped with very few large-caliber artillery, and this was related to roads and silver. When the Qing government held a meeting of the New Army, there was only one 150 heavy artillery regiment. Fushuai is really generous, this train, at least a regiment.

Fang Jianxiong didn't sleep well all night, and after Shenwei Mitsuchen entered the encirclement, how to close the encirclement as quickly as possible was what Fang Jianxiong was most worried about. After all, the Japanese army has more than 40,000 people and is equipped with more than 100 heavy artillery, which is not a small force. Fang Jianxiong used five times the strength of the army to surround these Japanese troops, which was not a big problem locally, but there were many variables in the overall situation.

The first is the next reaction of the Japanese government, which is very important. Japan is a very special country, and its citizens are both inferior and arrogant. Since the Meiji Restoration, I have not lost a fight, and my arrogance has swelled to a point. What if the Japanese government wants to fight an all-out war regardless of it? Despite his preparations, Fang Jianxiong didn't want such a thing to happen. At present, Europe is fighting fiercely, and it is king to seize the time to develop. It is best for the Japanese government to propose peace talks, and Marshal Fang can take this opportunity to bargain with the surrounded Japanese army. If the Japanese army does not dare to attack in the direction of Laiyang, discard a heavy equipment, and break through with the momentum of breaking through the cauldron and sinking the boat, there is no way to stop this powerful Japanese army. Once the Japanese army entered the Jiaodong Mountains and broke through to the coastline with light equipment, there was nothing they could do. The naval guns of the Japanese Navy, the threat is too great. What Fang Jianxiong hopes most is that Kamio Mitsuchen will continue to maintain an arrogant mentality, and sticking to the backup is the most perfect result.

In fact, Kamio Mitsutomi didn't think about sticking to it and waiting for help, the problem was that the supplies of the Japanese army couldn't keep up, the bullets were okay, the shells were a little nervous, and the rations were only for a week. It's okay to be trapped for a short time, and if you don't have to fight for a long time, you can starve the Japanese army to death.