Chapter 444: The Battle Under the Sea
On the sea more than 50 kilometers north of the Penghu Islands in the Taiwan Strait, the joint expeditionary fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance Navy and the main fleet of the Northeast Navy are engaged in the largest naval battle in human history.
The joint expeditionary fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance Navy has 10 submarines, including 6 German submarines and 4 British submarines.
6 German submarines of the same type, with a displacement of 280 tons on the surface and 310 tons for submersible, had 2 450-mm torpedo tubes, were armed with 6 450-mm torpedoes, and had a speed of 10 knots on the surface and 6.5 knots under water.
And 4 British submarines were not as advanced as German submarines, with a displacement of 190 tons on the surface and 230 tons for submersible, 1 457-mm torpedo tube, armed with 3 457-mm torpedoes, with a speed of 8 knots on the surface and almost 5 knots underwater.
In order to catch up with the speed of the entire eight-nation alliance naval joint expeditionary fleet, these 10 submarines were each towed by a fast protection cruiser, until the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy were discovered, and the 10 submarines quickly dived under the surface of the sea and began to sneak in the direction of the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy, preparing to wait for an opportunity to approach the battle line formed by the 13 dreadnought battleships and launch a torpedo attack on them.
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The 14 submarines of the submarine force of the Northeast Navy have already dived to the bottom of the sea surface in this sea area, and after the 13 dreadnought battleships, seven provincial-level super dreadnought battleships began shelling the joint expeditionary fleet of the eight-nation alliance navy from 30,000 meters away, under the order of Zhang Bin, commander of the submarine force. The 14 submarines were divided into two teams, one on the left and one on the right, heading towards the Eight-Nation Alliance's Joint Expeditionary Fleet.
Inside the submarine Bayonet. The first mate hurriedly walked a few steps to the captain Zhang Bin, who was observing the sea situation with a periscope, and said, "Commander, it shows from the sonar." Under the sea surface 3 kilometers in front of us, 4 enemy submarines were spotted, approaching in our direction. β
Although Zhang Bin has been appointed by Lin Daxin as the commander of the entire submarine force of the Northeast Navy, Zhang Bin still holds the position of captain of the Bayonet submarine.
Zhang Bin let go of the handle of the periscope with both hands, turned his head and said: "It seems that these submarines of the Eight-Nation Alliance also want to sneak to our side and carry out torpedo attacks. β
The first mate nodded and said: "It seems that they are going for our 6 Dragon-class dreadnought battleships and 7 super dreadnought battleships, but most of our warships are equipped with sonar equipment, just these submarines of the Eight-Nation Alliance." The performance is far inferior to the submarines produced by our Huludao shipyard, and there are 6 Dragon-class dreadnought battleships and 7 super dreadnought battleships that are close to us at all. β
Zhang Bin showed a smile and said: "But since we have met, don't add to the main fleet's achievements, our submarine force has collected these achievements, and ordered to follow our Q1 to Q6 6 submarines, and our bayonet to meet these 4 submarines of the Eight-Nation Alliance, our Northeast Navy will not only dominate on the sea, but also our Northeast Navy will be the hegemon under the sea." β
The 12 submarines produced by the Huludao shipyard were designated as Q-class submarines, arranged according to the numbers. At present, there are still 12 Q-class submarines under construction at the Huludao Shipyard, and in less than two months, the submarine force of the Northeast Navy will add another 12 Q-class submarines, and Lin Daxin is very satisfied with this Q-class submarine. Q-class submarines will be the main force of the submarine force for a long time in the future, so Lin Daxin arranged for Huludao Shipyard to continue to build this Q-class submarine. The underwater wolf pack of the Northeast Navy will also grow larger.
The four submarines they discovered on the Bayonet were the four submarines of the British Navy, which originally belonged to the Far East Fleet of the British Navy in Singapore. This time, he was transferred to the Joint Expeditionary Fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance, namely the Trident, the Javelin, the Short Spear, and the Slingshot.
The 4 British submarines were not equipped with sonar equipment. They don't know that under the surface, they have been targeted by a group of vicious wolves, and they are still approaching the direction of the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy at a speed of less than 5 knots under water, although the torpedoes they are equipped with are also steam gas torpedoes with a relatively long range, but if they want to launch a torpedo attack, they must be at least close to the 13 dreadnought battleships within a distance of 1000 meters, and the certainty of hitting is greater.
Soon the Bayonet submarine and the 6 Q-class submarines were less than 1,000 meters away from the 4 submarines of the British Navy, and the 4 submarines of the British Navy were unaware of it and were still sneaking with their heads down!
Inside the bayonet submarine, the first mate said to Zhang Bin: "Commander, we are already less than 1,000 meters away from the four submarines of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and we can launch a torpedo attack and sink them!" β
Zhang Bin said lightly: "Then Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4 are close to the four submarines of the Eight-Nation Alliance to launch torpedoes within 500 meters, and strive to use one torpedo to get one submarine, our torpedoes are not cheap, don't waste them on these backward little things." β
In the British Navy Trident submarine, British Navy Major Craggs was shirtless, still sweating profusely, and said to the first mate, Captain James Rebeer: "It's too hot, staying in this submarine is like an oven, I heard that a newly developed submarine in China has a cooling device, I really hope we can quickly replace it with a new submarine." β
James Liber, the first officer, who was also sweating profusely, wiped the sweat on his head with a towel, and then said: "If we can sink one dreadnought battleship of the Northeast Navy, China will definitely pay more attention to submarines, and we will be able to replace them with new submarines sooner." β
Craggs nodded and said: "This is very possible, but I really didn't expect that the Northeast Navy would come up with 13 dreadnoughts at once, it seems that they had already started building these 13 dreadnoughts before the construction of our British dreadnought battleships, otherwise they would not have appeared here." β
James Liber also lamented: "It is indeed hard to believe that the Qing Dynasty could build such a dreadnought battleship with full heavy artillery before our British, but if our submarine can sink even one such battleship." We're all going to be heroes for all of Britain! β
Craggs wiped the sweat from his face with his hand and said, "Mr. Captain, don't worry! We will definitely be heroes of the country. β
At this moment, there was a "knock-" sound. The Trident submarine was then blown to pieces by a 533-mm torpedo, where two British naval officers who aspired to be heroes of the whole of Britain stood. It was exactly where the torpedo hit, and they didn't react, they were swallowed up by the power of the explosion, but there was less pain, and then the wreckage of the Trident submarine slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.
At the same time, three other submarines of the British Navy, the Javelin, the Short Spear, and the Slingshot, were all hit by a 533-mm torpedo, and the Trident submarine sank to the bottom of the sea with one fate. There were only some buoyant debris and debris of the four submarines, because the four submarines had not dived deep and quickly surfaced, but the two sides were fighting fiercely on the sea, and no one paid attention to the floating objects that suddenly appeared.
After easily eliminating the 4 submarines of the British Navy, the Bayonet and the other 6 Q-class submarines continued to sneak in the direction of the joint expeditionary fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and at this time, the Russian naval detachment and the naval detachment of Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Japan had already left the naval fleets of Britain, France, and Germany to carry out the task of outflanking.
And on the other side of the battlefield of naval warfare. Six Q-class submarines led by the Sharp Knife, Q7 to Q12, also used sonar to discover three German submarines under the seabed, but they were limited by the sonar distance. No other 3 German submarines were found, the German Navy divided the 6 submarines into 2 teams, and the Sharp Knife they only found 1 of them.
The German submarines, although much more advanced than the British. But again, sonar was not installed, and 3 German submarines were brought within 500 meters by 3 Q-class submarines. Each fired 1 533-mm torpedo at the target, and the fate of 3 German submarines can be imagined.
After that, the 14 submarines of the Northeast Navy approached in the direction of the battleships of the British, French and German navies, one left and one right. However, what the officers and men of the submarine force did not expect was that some of the British Navy's fast-protection cruisers around the battleships of the British, French, and German navies were also equipped with sonar equipment, and as soon as the submarines of the Northeast Navy approached, the British Navy's fast-protection cruisers equipped with sonar equipment commanded some destroyers that also carried depth charges to drive directly toward the area where the submarines were located, and they constantly threw the depth charges on the warships into the sea.
The 14 submarines of the Northeast Navy are equipped with radars for sea surface search, and when the British fast protection cruisers and destroyers rush to their submarines, the 14 submarines all know that they are not good, and they immediately retreat sharply, but the Bayonet and the Sharp Knife are better, their underwater speed can reach a maximum of 19 knots, and they quickly get out of the monitoring distance of the sonar on the British fast protection cruisers.
The Q-class submarine had an underwater speed of only 12 knots, and the Q-class submarines, which were far away from the battleships of the British, French, and German navies, also withdrew back in time, while the two Q-class submarines that rushed too far forward were very unfortunate to be hit by the British's depth charges and sank to the bottom of the sea.
Inside the bayonet submarine, the first mate said to Zhang Bin with a gloomy expression: "Commander, Q4 has lost contact and should have been sunk by depth charges." β
Zhang Bin gritted his teeth and asked, "What's the situation on the other side?" β
The first mate replied: "The Q11 on the other side has also lost contact, and it is also unlucky, and it is likely that it was also sunk by depth charges." β
Zhang Bin said with a bad face: "If there is no accident, those warships of the Eight-Nation Alliance must also have sonar equipment on them, otherwise it is impossible to find the location of our submarine so accurately." β
The first mate nodded and asked, "Commander, what should we do next?" β
Zhang Bin said: "Since the enemy already has sonar equipment, it is impossible for our submarines to sneak attack underwater, send a report to the remaining submarines, we temporarily retreat from the battlefield, anyway, without the icing on the cake of our submarines, the winner of this naval battle will still be our Northeast Navy." β
Zhang Bin didn't know that this kind of sonar equipment of the British was much worse than the sonar of the Northeast Navy, and it could only be regarded as a primary product, and if these submarines of the Northeast Navy dived to the bottom of the sea below 80 meters, these sonars of the British would become ornaments.
The 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy are bombarding the all-steel battleships of the British, French and German navies, and they are bombarding them unscrupulously, and there is no need to worry about the other side being able to counterattack, and now the distance between the two sides has been maintained at about 20,000 meters, and it has not reached the effective range of the all-steel battleships of the British, French and German navies at all.
Around the battle line consisting of 13 dreadnought battleships, there were 6 anti-aircraft fast protection cruisers and 4 destroyers of the second fleet.
In the bridge of the anti-28th fast protection cruiser, captain Liu Zhidong was holding a telescope to admire the tragic situation of the all-steel battleships of the British, French and German navies 20,000 meters away, when the first mate in the bridge suddenly shouted: "The captain has a situation, and the sonar shows that under the sea surface in our southwest direction, a submarine has been found approaching, and it has been confirmed that it is not our own submarine of the Northeast Navy." β
Liu Zhidong immediately threw the telescope aside, now is not the time to watch the excitement, and immediately ordered: "Hurry!" Contact several other warships and get the sailors to immediately prepare to drop depth charges, and we immediately move towards the sea where the submarine appears. β
Subsequently, two anti-aircraft fast-protection cruisers and two destroyers of the several destroyers hurriedly came to the sea area where the submarine was discovered, and dropped depth charges into the sea, and all three submarines of the German Navy were finally sunk by depth charges under the detection of sonar, so that all 10 submarines of the joint expeditionary fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance Navy were wiped out.
2 anti-aircraft fast protection cruisers and 2 destroyers threw depth charges into the sea, and soon some wreckage surfaced, and the 3 submarines on the sonar also disappeared without a trace, and 2 anti-aircraft fast protection cruisers and 2 destroyers returned to the battle line composed of 13 dreadnought battleships.
Liu Zhidong, the captain of the anti-28 fast-protection cruiser, also picked up the binoculars again and continued to watch his excitement, and the three submarines that the Germans had managed to sneak over did not cause a single wave, and remained at the bottom of the sea forever. (To be continued......)
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