At about 10 o'clock in the evening of October 21, a crescent moon hung on it in the dark night sky, and a little starlight appeared in the Sea of Japan at this time, and there was a large fleet sailing westward by the lights of the ship, which was the same convoy escorted by the British Navy and the Japanese Navy from the Japanese mainland to the docks of the Wild Boar River in the Far Eastern Province.

In the bridge of the all-steel battleship Prince George, British Admiral Bridget stood in front of the observation window, holding a cup of coffee in his hand, and looking at the countless lights on the surrounding sea, you can see what a huge fleet it is.

The British Navy participated in this escort with 20 all-steel battleships, 16 large fast armored cruisers, 6 ironclad battleships, 20 new protective cruisers, 20 new destroyers and 50 torpedo boats, which included warships drawn from the Chinese Fleet in Hong Kong, the Far East Fleet in Singapore and the East India Fleet, as well as fleets drawn from the mainland and other colonies. Eight new British destroyers and 10 British torpedo boats were collectively known as the British Navy's Eastern Fleet, and the commander of the Eastern Fleet was Admiral Bridget, and the all-steel battleship Prince George became the flagship of the entire Eastern Fleet.

The entire Eastern Fleet had 20 powerful all-steel battleships, and there were 8 Sovereign-class all-steel battleships Sovereign, HMS Monarch, HMS Hood, HMS Ramii, HMS Counter-Attack, USS Determination, HMS Dreadnought, HMS Royal Oak.

6 Old Man Star All-Steel Battleships Old Man Star, Giant, Ocean, Glory, Revenge, England.

4 majestic all-steel battleships Hannibal, Mars, Caesar, and Vitality.

2 Pafleur-class all-steel battleships USS Pavrel and USS Centennial.

Bridget took a sip of coffee from the cup in his hand, when the captain of the Prince George, British Rear Admiral Gale, came to Bridgett's side and said, "Admiral, why haven't you rested?" ”

Bridget placed the coffee cup in her hand on the table next to her. Then he said: "Some can't sleep, tomorrow you will be able to reach the sea near the pier of the Wild Boar River in the Far Eastern Province." I have some hunch that this time I will escort a Japanese transport ship. It is very likely that he will meet the Northeast Navy under Lin Daxin, and a large-scale naval battle is likely to break out. ”

Gail looked surprised and said, "Can't! Admiral, our improvised Eastern Fleet has almost half the strength of our British Navy, plus the Japanese Navy, which is much stronger than the Northeast Navy, and if the Northeast Navy dares to launch an attack on our escort fleet, it will be self-defeating, and Lin Daxin really dares to challenge our British Empire? ”

Bridget shook her head and said, "There is no one that Lin Daxin wouldn't dare." Otherwise, he wouldn't have sent his troops to South Africa to help the Boers fight against our British Empire's army! The strength of the Northeast Navy is not weak, and the total displacement ranks second in the world, and if a naval war breaks out, the process will not be easy. ”

Bridget guessed correctly, Lin Daxin has indeed sent the main force of the Northeast Navy to approach the sea near the Wild Boar River Wharf, if there is no accident, the two huge fleets will meet tomorrow, and Bridget did not expect that. The attack of the Northeast Navy will be earlier than he expected.

At this time, the combined fleet of the British Navy and the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy escorted the Japanese convoy, and under the surface of the sea, there were two deep-sea hunters. Already aiming for their prey.

Inside the Bayonet submarine, Captain Zhang Bin was looking at the huge fleet in the distance with a periscope, and at the same time inside the Sharp Knife submarine. Captain Li Dong was also using a periscope to observe the enemy who was preparing to attack.

It turned out that Lin Daxin said that the real means of a killer feature have not yet been shown, that is, 2 submarines can attack at night. Both submarines are equipped with infrared periscopes that allow them to see targets in the dark. Carry out the attack.

Zhang Bin saw a huge warship appear in the periscope, and knew that it should be an all-steel battleship, and at this time, the bayonet and the all-steel battleship were about 1,500 meters away, so Zhang Bin ordered: "No. 1 and No. 2 torpedo tubes are 8 degrees to the left!" ”

The first mate of the Bayonet, who was standing beside Zhang Bin, reported shortly after: "Captain, the No. 1 and No. 2 torpedo tubes have been deflected 8 degrees to the left!" ”

Zhang Bin then ordered: "Fill the No. 1 and No. 2 torpedo tubes with water and prepare for launch!" ”

After a while, the first mate then reported: "Captain, the No. 1 and No. 2 torpedo tubes have been filled!" ”

Zhang Bin's eyes never left the periscope, and when he heard that the water was filled, he immediately said: "No. 1 and No. 2 torpedoes are launched!" We're going on a killing spree tonight. ”

"Tom, tom!" After the 2 533 mm steam gas torpedoes were sent out from the launch tube, they drilled into the sea and rushed towards the all-steel battleship at a high speed of 45 knots.

"Boom-boom-" In the silence of the night, there were suddenly two violent explosions, and two steam gas torpedoes hit the target in the blink of an eye, and this all-steel battleship was the British Navy's Sovereign-class all-steel battleship Royal Oak.

In less than 1 minute, 2 more violent explosions were heard, and 2 533-mm steam gas torpedoes fired by the Sharp Knife submarine also hit 1 all-steel battleship, but this all-steel battleship was Japanese, and the Furutaka was an all-steel battleship.

"Oh my God! What's going on? Where did the attack come from? Gale, the captain of the Prince George, shouted in panic as he looked at the Royal Oak, which was suddenly attacked.

Bridget, the commander of the Eastern Fleet, flashed a trace of panic on his face, and then regained his composure and shouted loudly: "It should be submarines, order all ships to control the lights, and let the fast protection cruisers and destroyers of each formation release depth charges around the fleet!" ”

The commander of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, Togo Heihachiro, had fallen asleep in the rest cabin of the flagship Fuji all-steel battleship, and was also awakened by the huge explosion, and immediately hurriedly put clothes on his body, at this time there was a sharp knock on the door outside the rest cabin, Togo Heihachiro hurriedly took two steps to open the hatch, and 1 Nakasa said to Togo Heihachiro urgently: "Commander, we are under attack!" ”

As soon as Heihachiro Togo heard that he didn't talk nonsense with this Nakasata at all, and the buttons of his shirt were not buttoned, he hurriedly ran to the bridge.

Ran to the bridge and saw that the captain of the Fuji, Jiro Takahashi, had just arrived at the bridge in disheveled clothes, and Jiro Takahashi saw Heihachiro Togo and shouted in panic: "Commander, we have been attacked, it should be a submarine of the Northeast Navy, and the location should be that the Furutaka was hit by a torpedo!" The British also had 1 all-steel battleship there that was torpedoed! ”

Before Heihachiro Togo could speak in a hurry, two more violent explosions were heard outside, and Heihachiro Togo saw that another British warship was attacked, "Quick!" Order the ships to control the lights and let our 6 fast protection cruisers release depth charges around the main warship! ”

Although the British Navy's Eastern Fleet and the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet both guessed that the submarines of the Tohoku Navy had launched torpedo attacks on them, and took measures to drop depth charges and control the lights on the warships, the two submarines with infrared periscopes and the protective cruisers that were evading the depth charges were still firing torpedoes around this huge fleet from time to time.

In the dark sea, there was no trace of torpedoes, and the general location of the submarine could not be found, so the protective cruiser could only blindly drop depth charges around the fleet, hoping to blow up the submarine in the sea.

Explosions were heard from time to time on the sea, and one after another 2** ships were torpedoed, and later the commander of the Eastern Fleet, Bridget, and the commander of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, Togo Heihachiro, found that it was an all-steel battleship that extinguished all the lights on the warship, and it would still be attacked by submarine torpedoes, which made the two naval bosses very puzzled and couldn't figure out why.

I had to turn on the lights on all the warships, especially the searchlights on the warships, to search for torpedoes scurrying on the sea.

The attacks of the two submarines, the Bayonet and the Sharp Knife, were not limited to the attack on warships, and they were not stingy with those transport ships loaded with Japanese personnel and supplies, and sometimes a single torpedo could sink a transport ship with a displacement of 2 or 3,000 tons.

The attack continued until almost 1 o'clock in the morning, when the two submarines, the Bayonet and the Sharp Knife, had run out of torpedoes, left the lively sea and returned in the direction of the port of Vladivostok, leaving behind the devastated combined fleets of the British Navy's Eastern Fleet and the Japanese Navy, and the convoys they escorted.

The two submarines, the Bayonet and the Sharp Knife, finished the torpedoes and left in style, but the British and Japanese did not know, and they carefully guarded for one hour before they were sure that the submarine of the Northeast Navy was gone.

The British and Japanese were then busy until dawn the next day, when they were able to complete the rescue of the sunken warship and the people who had fallen overboard, and the fleet, though still large, had many fewer warships and transports than it had been yesterday.

The commander of the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy, Heihachiro Togo, came to the bridge of the all-steel battleship Prince George, the flagship of the Eastern Fleet, at the invitation of Bridget, the commander of the Eastern Fleet's Eastern Fleet. (To be continued......)