Chapter 701: Finding the Target

The wolf pack tactics of the Chinese Imperial submarine force were put forward by Lin Daxin, and the submarines of the Chinese Empire were equipped with radar and sonar, because the signal of the radar in the water was very weak, so the submarine would sail on the sea surface, and search for targets that could be attacked through radar, once the submarine determined the target, it would enter the ambush position in advance according to the target's route, and wait for the target to enter the torpedo attack distance.

When the submarine is waiting for the target of the prey, it is under the potential sea surface, so that the radar of the enemy's hull cannot detect the existence of the submarine because the submarine is underwater, and the sonar system installed on the enemy's ship can only detect the submarine when the submarine is moving under the sea surface, and the submarine does not move under the sea surface, so that the sonar system of the enemy ship loses its effect.

The submarines of the Chinese Empire that adopt such an attack method will become the next ghostly assassin under the sea, making the enemy's ships, including warships, simply unguardable.

Of course, if a submarine of the Chinese Empire were to attack several enemy warships in this way, it would still be very dangerous, even if one enemy warship was sunk, the torpedo fired would basically expose the position of the submarine, and the remaining warships of the enemy could throw depth charges in a suspicious range.

If the submarine wants to sneak away, as long as it moves, the sonar system on the enemy's warship will capture the specific location of the submarine, so the submarine will not want to escape, so before the Chinese Imperial Submarine Force set off this time, it ordered all submarines to only attack the lone enemy warship, and if multiple enemy warships are found on the radar, they must go as far as possible.

Inside the bayonet submarine, Zhang Bin, the commander of the submarine force, said to the first mate of the bayonet: "The emperor told me. A real wolf pack tactic, preferably by concentrating the forces of several submarines. Attack a sea target and destroy large ships with the attack power of several submarines. It is even possible to carry out a layered torpedo attack on a number of enemy warships, but at present, our submarines have not undergone such training, and now they can only be counted as lone wolves, not a wolf pack, and when we are proficient in the use of this tactic, the submarine force of our Imperial Chinese Navy is still the killer of the sea that makes the whole world fearful. ”

The first mate of the Bayonet nodded solemnly and said, "Commander, rest assured, our submarine force will definitely become a wolf pack under the sea that all enemies fear." ”

In the last decisive naval battle between the Chinese Empire and the Allied and Allied Powers and the Allied Combined Expeditionary Fleet, the submarine forces of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire suffered very heavy losses. Dozens of submarines were sunk and thousands of submarine officers and men were killed, which was an unprecedented blow since the establishment of the submarine force, and it also proved that relying on the current submarine technology, submarines are no longer suitable for use in frontal naval battles, which made the officers and men of the entire submarine force hold back a burst of fire.

However, this time, the Ministry of Defense of the Chinese Empire only let the submarine force test the trick, after three days of submarine force activities in the Pacific Ocean. The Ministry of Defense sent a telegram to the submarine force, ordering all submarines to stop attacking enemy ships and retreat to the Royal Navy's naval bases, after all, the aircraft carrier battle group of the Royal Navy's Fourth Fleet was still waiting for the main force of the US Navy's Pacific Fleet to converge with the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet. Then it's good to stew them in a spoonful, and now the submarine forces are wantonly attacking the enemy's ships in the Pacific Ocean, leaving the main force of the Pacific Fleet of the US Navy. Most likely, he was afraid of being attacked by a submarine and did not dare to leave Pearl Harbor.

The Ministry of Defense of the Chinese Empire really thought too much. The main forces of the US Navy's Pacific Fleet did not leave Pearl Harbor because they were afraid of the submarines of the Imperial Chinese Navy. But they don't want to leave Pearl Harbor at all, they are waiting for the joint expeditionary fleet of the Entente, the Allies, and the United States to divide the victory and defeat with the main fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy!

On March 1, 1909, the three aircraft carrier battle groups of the First Fleet, the Second Fleet and the Third Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy had arrived in the Arabian Sea, and according to the order of the commander-in-chief Sun Xitao, 12 destroyers of the three fleets searched along the multiple routes of the second joint expeditionary fleet to the port of Mumbai, India, and strived to find the traces of the second joint expeditionary fleet as soon as possible, and then reported to the three aircraft carrier battle groups following behind. Allow the carrier-based aircraft of the aircraft carrier to launch air strikes against the second joint expeditionary fleet.

These 12 destroyers are all equipped with the latest radar produced by the Chinese Empire, and the detection distance can reach 150 kilometers, while the entire Entente and Central Powers, including the United States, can barely detect 100 kilometers of the most advanced radar at present.

In the following two days, the 12 destroyers did not find the target they were looking for, but Sun Xitao did not rush at all, and ordered the 12 destroyers to still search the possible channel of the second joint expeditionary fleet, and did not allow the 12 destroyers to leave the originally demarcated range.

On the morning of March 4, in the bridge of the provincial super dreadnought battleship Fengtian, the flagship of the First Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy, Yin Jian, the captain of the Fengtian, said to Sun Xitao worriedly: "Brother Sun, do you think that the second joint expeditionary fleet of the Entente, the Central Powers and the United States did not take these routes as we predicted? Perhaps they were afraid that our Imperial Chinese Navy would intercept them halfway, and instead of taking the normal route to the port of Mumbai in India, they chose to detour to the port of Mumbai. ”

Sun Xitao said with a smile: "The joint expeditionary fleet of the Entente, the Central Powers and the United States, since they dare to make another expedition to Asia from Europe, they have very strong confidence in the fleet they have formed, not to mention the commanders of the second joint expeditionary fleet, they don't know that the three main fleets of our Imperial Chinese Navy are waiting for their joint expeditionary fleet here, just know, the second joint expeditionary fleet will not dodge, and will definitely rush over and choose to fight a decisive battle with our three main fleets." ”

Yin Jian thought about it and said with a smile: "Brother Sun is right, the Entente and the Allied Powers, as well as the United States, which has just joined the war. They all installed new anti-aircraft weapons on their warships, and they thought that with these new anti-aircraft weapons, they would be able to block the bombing of our Imperial Chinese fighters. Otherwise, they would not have dared to form a second joint expeditionary fleet again, and now they would not be afraid of us. Maybe we are in a hurry to have a decisive battle with the main fleet of our Imperial Chinese Navy! ”

Sun Xitao continued: "Convey my orders to all the officers and men of the First, Second and Third Fleets, and tell the officers and men to pay attention to rest, the day of the decisive battle will not be too far away, maybe it will be soon!" ”

At this moment, in the vast Arabian Sea, hundreds of kilometers away from the three main fleets of the Imperial Chinese Navy, a fleet larger than the three main fleets of the Imperial Chinese Navy was sailing on the blue sea, and the direction in which this fleet sailed. It happened to be opposite the 3 main fleets of the Chinese Empire, and if there was no accident, the 2 huge fleets that were going in the opposite direction would meet in a few hours.

On the bridge of the Orion-class super-dreadnought battleship Orion, the flagship of the British Navy fleet, the captain of the Orion, Ray McCal, said to Bridget: "Commander, breakfast has been prepared, please go to the officers' dining room." ”

Bridget shook her head and said, "I don't have an appetite right now, I'll go to the restaurant when I'm hungry, Ray McCal." Go eat it yourself! ”

Bridget's face was not good, he had just recovered from a serious illness, and after more than ten days of long-distance bumps at sea, his physical condition did not get better. On top of that, Bridget is under a lot of pressure and has not had a good appetite in the last few days. Yesterday, I only ate two slices of bread and half an apple in one day, and my health was even worse.

Ray McCal looked at Bridget and hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Excellency, Commander." This time, the second joint expeditionary fleet reconstituted by our Entente and Allied powers and the United States is even larger than the last one. We also have 10 super dreadnought battleships with very strong combat effectiveness, and almost all of our warships have been replaced with new anti-aircraft weapons, this time we will be able to completely defeat the main fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy, seize the sea supremacy of the whole of Asia, and avenge the officers and men of the British Imperial Navy who died in the hands of the Chinese Imperial Navy before! ”

In fact, what Remecal means is that this time the Combined Expeditionary Fleet will definitely be able to wash away the shame of Bridget's previous defeat, Your Excellency Commander, you should put your heart in your stomach, eat when you should eat, sleep when you should sleep, and the entire Combined Expeditionary Fleet will depend on your command!

Bridget sighed and said: "According to the size and strength of our joint expeditionary fleet, if nothing else, we should be able to defeat the main fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy, but I am afraid that there will be an accident, I have led 2 unusually large fleets to fight against the Chinese Imperial Navy, every time before the war, I have the confidence of victory, and the result is that there are accidents, what submarines, dreadnought battleships, bombers, the means of the Chinese Imperial Navy are endless, and the fleet I led has suffered a crushing defeat twice, So this time I had a lot of uneasiness in my heart. ”

Remaikar said: "Your Excellency, this expedition is very short from the last expedition, I believe that the navy of the Chinese Empire will have nothing else except for the one or two hundred bombers used in the last naval battle, and our new joint expeditionary fleet should not encounter other accidents, this time we will definitely be able to defeat the navy of the Chinese Empire in a head-to-head battle!" ”

Bridget said with a smile on his somewhat pale face: "I hope I'm thinking too much, this time I am the commander of the British fleet, and even let me be the commander of the entire Combined Expeditionary Fleet, is my only chance to wash away the shame from the Chinese Imperial Navy, and I don't want any more accidents, with the 10 super dreadnought battleships, 58 dreadnought battleships, 76 all-steel battleships, 20 ironclad battleships, With 76 large fast armored cruisers, 182 fast protection cruisers, 253 destroyers, 334 torpedo boats and 82 submarines, our combined expeditionary fleet was fully capable of defeating the main forces of the Imperial Chinese Navy in a frontal naval battle. ”

Remekar nodded and said, "Commander, we will definitely win, I am extremely convinced of that. ”

Bridget then asked, "It's March 4th, right?" ”

Remaikel replied, "Yes, Your Excellency, in about three or four days, our combined expeditionary fleet will be able to reach the Indian port of Bombay. ”

"After our last replenishment at the port of Mumbai, we are not far from the day of a decisive battle with the Imperial Chinese Navy," Bridget said. ”

Bridget didn't know that their new joint expeditionary fleet should not be able to complete the last replenishment in the port of Mumbai, the three aircraft carrier battle groups of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire have already killed them violently, unless their god can manifest, otherwise they will not be able to avoid the three aircraft carrier battle groups, in all the shipping lanes that can lead to the port of Mumbai, India, there are destroyers of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire responsible for searching.

Of course, if the new Joint Expeditionary Fleet can defeat the three aircraft carrier battle groups of the Imperial Chinese Navy, they can still go to the Indian port of Mumbai for replenishment.

At about 9 a.m. on March 4, a destroyer of the Second Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy was sailing northwest at a cruising speed of 12 knots on calm seas, and this destroyer was one of the 12 destroyers searching for the second joint expeditionary fleet.

Suddenly, the destroyer accelerated forward for some time, and then quickly turned its bow, maintained a speed of about 14 knots, and retreated in a southeasterly direction.

In the bridge of the Imperial Chinese Navy's super dreadnought battleship Fengtian, the captain Yin Jian held a telegram in his hand, hurriedly ran to Sun Xitao's side, and shouted with a happy face: "Brother Sun, there is news, the new joint expeditionary fleet has appeared!" The destroyer No. 136 of our Second Fleet has discovered the traces of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, which is now only about 300 kilometers away from our three aircraft carrier battle groups! ”

Sun Xitao immediately took the telegram in Yin Jian's hand, quickly skimmed through it, and then raised his head and said with a smile: "It's finally here!" They are still coming directly at us, but the distance is a little far away, so they ordered all the warships of the three fleets to enter the first level of combat readiness, and according to the current direction, they should deviate by 5 degrees to the northwest and accelerate their advance, and in addition, they sent a telegram to the commanders of several aircraft carrier formations, ordering the carrier-based aircraft of each aircraft carrier to prepare for the launch of the air battle, and when we and the new joint expeditionary fleet are pulled to 200 kilometers, the carrier-based aircraft will immediately take off and launch an air attack. (To be continued.) )

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