Lin Daxin looked at dozens of admirals frowning and fell into deep thought, all worried about the fact that after the battle with the Italian fleet, they would not be able to benefit from the Japanese combined fleet! He asked Zhang Bin, the captain of the submarine Bayonet, and Li Dong, the captain of the submarine Sharp Knife, who were close to the door of the conference room: "Zhang Bin and Li Dong, how is the training of the two submarines now?" ”

When Zhang Bin and Li Dong heard Lin Daxin shouting their names, they immediately stood up, and Zhang Bin replied: "Principal, our two submarines have gone to sea for training at sea four times, and have conducted live-fire drills with old-fashioned torpedoes!" Hit the target ship at close range! ”

Lin Daxin nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "How can you say that the two submarines already have the ability to fight!" This time, the Italian fleet will depend on you 2 submarines! With you, I don't care what the Italian fleet is! ”

Li Dong said loudly: "Don't worry, principal! Although the training time of our two submarines is short, relying on the excellent performance of the two submarines, we are confident that we will complete the task! ”

Zhang Bin also said: "Don't worry, principal! We must not disgrace the principal! ”

Dozens of admirals sitting here looked at Zhang Bin and Li Dong in surprise, the submarine as Lin Daxin's secret weapon, is not too public, many admirals know for the first time that their navy has a kind of warship called submarine, but what is this submarine, many of you have only heard of it, and have never even seen it.

Now Lin Daxin said that this time the Italian fleet relies on 2 submarines, so that the admirals are interested in submarines, why is such a powerful Italian fleet, relying only on 2 submarines, the principal is full of confidence, and he feels that he is safe against the Italian fleet!

Chen Ming, the captain of the Xinghai, the flagship of the Second Fleet, voiced their questions for many admirals: "Principal! How do submarines fight, is it diving into the sea? ”

Lin Daxin nodded and said: "The submarine did dive into the sea, and then unknowingly approached the enemy ship and launched a torpedo to attack the enemy!" And our 2 submarines are the most advanced today! The water displacement is 3174 tons, the submersible displacement is 4173 tons, the diving depth is 235 meters, the water speed is 16.8 knots, the underwater speed is 19 knots, and the 9 knots underwater can be submerged for 800 hours, the bow is equipped with 6 533 mm torpedo tubes, 18 bombs, and the stern is equipped with 4 400 mm torpedo tubes and 4 bombs! ”

Looking at the surprised look of the admirals when they heard the number of submarines, Lin Daxin proudly continued: "Although foreigners also have submarines, their most advanced submarines only have a displacement of one or two hundred tons, a depth of several tens of meters, and a speed like a snail!" And we also have a batch of very advanced torpedoes! It is simply impossible for the Italian fleet to defend against our 2 such advanced submarines! It's a pity that there are too few such advanced torpedoes! ”

After hearing what Lin Daxin said, the admirals suddenly became excited, we have such a powerful killer feature, what are we worried about the Italian fleet! The admirals all stood up and shouted, "The headmaster is wise! ”

Lin Daxin himself is also very happy, thanks to the fact that in order to deal with the powerful Japanese Combined Fleet, he spent a lot of money from modern time and space to buy these 2 Soviet J-class conventionally powered submarines mothballed by the Ukrainian Navy. Otherwise, now that the Italian fleet is killed, it is quite difficult to deal with it by relying only on the fleet of the Naval Academy and the Beiyang Naval Division, even if it defeats the Italian fleet, the entire Beiyang Naval Division will also suffer a lot of losses, and it is likely to be robbed by the Japanese Combined Fleet!

Lin Daxin stood up and ordered loudly: "Order all the main forces of the First Fleet and the Second Fleet, plus 2 submarines, and early tomorrow morning, the whole army will attack to meet the Italian fleet!" ”

The admirals shouted in unison: "Yes! Headmaster! ”

Then Lin Daxin reported to Ding Ruchang, the commander of the Beiyang Naval Division, that he would take the main warships of the two fleets of the Naval Academy tomorrow to meet the rampant Italian fleet.

Ding Ruchang, who was full of sadness, said to Lin Daxin: "Daxin! Why don't you transfer Lushun's fleet back, plus the old man's Beiyang Naval Division's own team, let's fight together! The chances of winning are even greater! ”

But what Ding Ruchang was worried about was that if after a bitter battle with the Italians, no matter what the victory or defeat, the Japanese Combined Fleet attacked at this time, would the Beiyang Naval Division still be able to withstand it?

Lin Daxin waved his hand and said easily: "Uncle Ding, don't worry! I've got a killer shot ready for the Italians! Hehe, I'm thinking now that if the Italian fleet were wiped out in our country this time, there would be no decent active warships on its own soil! Shouldn't we, the Beiyang Naval Division, also send an expeditionary fleet to Italy! ”

Ding Ruchang heard that Lin Daxin had a killer feature, and immediately asked in surprise: "Daxin!" Do you still have a killer feature? What is it? Where's where you bought a warship? ”

Lin Daxin said: "I would like to buy a warship, but no country will sell it to me!" My killer feature this time is 2 submarines! ”

Ding Ruchang knows about submarines, a new warship, but when did the Sailor Academy have submarines?

However, since Lin Daxin confidently said to Ding Ruchang that he would definitely teach the Italians a hard lesson, Ding Ruchang nervously agreed that only the main naval fleet of the Sailor Academy would fight!

Early the next morning, in Weihaiwei Port, a total of 16 warships from the First Fleet of the Navy of the Naval Academy of Naval Masters, six ironclad battleships, five large fast armored cruisers of the Second Fleet, one medium fast armored cruiser, two fast protection cruisers, and two submarines took anchor and left Weihaiwei Port to meet the Italian fleet coming from the south.

Lin Daxin also boarded the Flying Bear, the flagship of the Second Fleet, and personally commanded this great battle with the Italian fleet.

On February 25, in Haizhou Bay, Jiangsu, in the waters near Danianshan Island and Pingshan Island, the main force of the naval fleet of the Naval Academy met with the Italian expeditionary fleet.

Admiral Roberte, the fleet commander on the flagship of the Italian Expeditionary Fleet, Reberto, learned from the soldiers on the watchtower that a fleet had been found in the distance, and Admiral Robert was shocked, and he had a hunch that this fleet was the main force of the Beiyang Naval Division, and it was also the target of their Italian Expeditionary Fleet!

Roberte immediately ordered: "Sound the battle alarm!" Order 6 ironclad battleships to seize the T-prefix! 4 armored cruisers and 6 protective cruisers, closely followed by battleship formations! ”

The main guns of the 6 Italian ironclad battleships could all be fired at the side of the ship, and the side salvo was the best choice for an ironclad battleship to use its strongest firepower. By seizing the T-prefix, you can give full play to the powerful broadside firepower of 6 Italian ironclad battleships.

In the bridge of the Flying Bear, the flagship of the First Fleet, Lin Daxin also knew from the soldiers at the lookout that the fleet in front of him was the target of his expedition this time-the Italian expeditionary fleet.

In the bridge of the Flying Bear, Jiang Chentong, the captain of the Flying Bear, saw through the high-powered telescope that the Italian fleet, which was still more than 15,000 meters away at this time, had begun to change its formation and seize the position of the T-shape, so Jiang Chen said to Lin Daxin: "Principal! The Italian fleet has already begun to seize the T-head, are we also starting to grab the T-head? ”

Of the 6 ironclad battleships of the First Fleet, 4 were original Italian warships, and 2 were warships sold by Britain to Japan, the main guns of these 6 warships could also fire at the side of the gun, and after seizing the T-shape, they could give full play to the powerful side firepower of the 6 ironclad battleships of the First Fleet.

However, Lin Daxin did not let the 6 ironclad battleships of the First Fleet seize the T-shaped, this time the protagonists on his side were 2 submarines, so Lin Daxin ordered: "Order 2 submarines to move closer to the Italian fleet, and the rest of the warships will slow down, keep the speed at 8 knots, wait for the submarines to approach the Italian fleet, and then we will rush over!" ”

With Lin Daxin's order, the Bayonet and Sharp Knife submarines, which had been sneaking under the main sea surface of the Naval Academy fleet, sneaked towards the Italian fleet.

Soon after, the two submarines sent a report to Lin Daxin that they had entered within 1,500 meters of the Italian fleet, and Lin Daxin immediately ordered: "Line up in battle formation and rush towards the Italian fleet!" ”

The First Fleet's six ironclad battleships were in front, and the Second Fleet's eight warships were behind, rushing towards the Italian fleet, which was already less than 10,000 meters away.