A freighter is heading in the southeast sea of the Shandong Peninsula, and the chimney of the freighter emits black smoke, and forms a long black dragon with the southeast wind. As the freighter sails from south to north, the white spray on the surface of the sea forms a long trail, attracting a large number of seabirds to follow and follow. Several passengers on board the freighter watched the scenery from the deck, and the blue sea was rippling with blue waves, which was pleasing to the eye

About 500 meters northeast of the freighter, a periscope quietly emerged from the sea. A coalition submarine has quietly appeared here. Since June, the coalition Pacific Fleet has been equipped with a new type of attack submarine produced by the United States, which is about the same size as the submarine secretly installed by the Chinese Empire, but the coalition submarine can only dive to a depth of 6 meters, sail underwater for 5 hours, and have a range of nearly 1,000 kilometers. American-made submarines were not equipped with sonar systems, and there was only one attack torpedo.

At this time, an American submarine officer, standing in front of the submersible to observe, reported data from time to time, and then gave the order to attack. Soon, a torpedo burst through the air, and when the torpedo jumped into the sea, a smile appeared on the face of the submarine commander. The torpedo grazed the surface of the sea and headed straight for the freighter, when the explosion and smoke rose. The captain shouted a hit, and then ordered the submarine to dive and evacuate. For two months, the coalition headquarters issued an order for 20 submarines to launch attacks off the coast of Chinese mainland. In the name of it, the shark strangulation operation.

A passenger on the cargo ship saw a torpedo rushing towards him, but the passenger thought it was a big fish and shouted, "Look at a big fish swimming over, this guy is fast enough." The captain heard a shout from the cockpit and watched carefully, "It's not a torpedo attack." The captain hurriedly operated the helmsman. But it was too late, and with a violent explosion, the stern of the cargo ship was shot. The hull of the ship was almost blown up.

Soon, several gunboats rushed to this area of water, looking for enemy submarines, rescuing crew and passengers who had fallen overboard, and were very busy. The freighter had already flipped and sunk, and despite being a wooden freighter, Zuihou sank to the bottom of the sea due to the heavy boilers and steam engines. The gunboats searched carefully. The enemy submarine had already fled, and there was no trace at all. Several gunboats had no choice but to carry the rescued personnel and left helplessly. Such a scenario. It happens almost every day.

At the headquarters in Beijing, Chief of Staff Pei Gejin hurriedly entered: "President, I just received news that a freighter was sunk in the southeast sea of the Shandong Peninsula. Casualties are still being counted. It is estimated that the enemy submarine is so-called again. Since June, a total of 62 ships have been sunk, and the coalition's coastal harassment operations are unabated, and it is time for us to fight back. Deng Zixuan said: "If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, so give them some sweetness." ”

At the beginning, Deng Zixuan was a little depressed when he heard that the coalition forces had installed submarines. It was later confirmed that almost all the targets attacked by the coalition forces were cargo ships, although four gunboats were sunk, but Deng Zixuan judged. The enemy's submarines do not have sonar systems. Moreover, the attack power and performance cannot pose a threat to large warships. There is a lot of comfort in my heart. At present, the advanced sonar system of the Imperial Navy is only equipped with submarines, and other warships have not had time to load sonar systems. The new submarine can be used as a reconnaissance ship to hunt coalition submarines, but Deng Zixuan doesn't want to expose sonar too early. He knew that the sonar of Western countries had been formed, but it was not loaded on warships, but used for coastal defense.

The main reason why Deng Zixuan endured the losses was the Philippine coalition Pacific Fleet, and he wanted to eat the Philippine Detachment by surprise, which was a last resort. If a submarine force is put into hunting down enemy submarines, it will inevitably arouse the vigilance of the coalition forces. If the countries of the West realize the importance of sonar, they will soon be installed on warships. Deng Zixuan must fight the time difference and strive to get the maximum result before the coalition forces wake up.

After two days of typhoons, Fan Tao, who arrived here from Taipei in a flagship in an office at the Kaohsiung Port Naval Base, was a little depressed. When he got up that morning, he found that the wind had stopped, and He Meng ordered that a telegram be sent immediately, so that the submarine force should immediately rush from Mawei Military Port to Kaohsiung Port and join the Pacific Fleet as soon as possible. In June, the submarine brigade was formed into an army, with a total of 12 submarines. They trained in Bohai Bay for more than 2 months, and then went to Kaohsiung Port to assemble and officially join the Pacific Fleet of the Chinese Empire.

An officer pushed the door in, "Report to the commander, report to the Mawei base, in the middle of last night, after the typhoon weakened, the commander of the submarine force, Yu Haitao, led 12 submarines to set off. "Nonsense, isn't this looking for death?" Since the submarine brigade is still under the jurisdiction of the headquarters and has not officially joined the Pacific Fleet, Fan Tao only complained. Fan Tao glanced at his pocket watch and immediately walked in the direction of the dock.

When everyone came to the pier, they looked at the mess, and the traces of the typhoon were clearly visible. The roof tiles of the houses on the pier were overturned, revealing the beams. Many bowl-thick trees have been uprooted, revealing whisker-like roots. There are a lot of debris floating on the sea, and many wooden boats, moaning without disease with their bare bellies. The huge Chinese warship is standing upright, and many sailors are changing various colorful flags torn by the typhoon, and some of the colorful flags have faded and look very ugly.

"Commander, the submarine forces are here!" One of his subordinates shouted in surprise. I saw the waves rolling on the sea in the distance, and in the white encirclement, a black monster emerged. 1st, 2nd, 3rd ??????。 The waves are boiling on the sea, and the crowd on the dock is boiling. 12 submarines docked one after another, forming a column. The sealed hatch of the command boat in front was wide open, the submarine personnel rushed out, 15 crew members lined up on the deck, and the captain of the submarine brigade Yu Haitao raised his hand and saluted: "Report to the commander, the captain of the submarine group, lead 12 submarines to arrive, please give instructions to the commander." ”

He Meng returned the military salute and walked onto the deck, held Yu Haitao's hand and said happily: "Day and night, I think you are finally here, and on behalf of the Pacific Fleet of the Chinese Empire, I officially accept you to join." Captain Yu, I want to know, although the typhoon weakened at midnight last night, it was still dangerous, and it was difficult for the headquarters to order you to sail when the waves were monstrous and the sea conditions were very dangerous? "Report to the commander, this is exactly the order of the headquarters. Sailing in the worst sea conditions is a subject for our Zuihou training, the purpose of which is to test whether the submarine can withstand the test in the state of a typhoon! Yu Haitao replied loudly.

"How's it going?" "Commander, it works very well, 5 meters of wind and waves on the sea, 15 depths under the water are calm. However, this is the effect of the weakening of the typhoon, and if it is a 10-meter wind wave, the current performance of the submarine cannot withstand it. "It's already very good, now that you've joined the Pacific Fleet, you have to work." "Commander, we can't bear it for a long time, what is the task?" "Reconnaissance mission, I need details of Manila Bay, Philippines, can I do it?"

Yu Haitao straightened up and said, "Please rest assured, commander, his subordinates will resolutely complete the reconnaissance mission." Some words belong to military secrets and cannot be said in front of everyone, He Mengyu, accompanied by Haitao, visited the facilities inside the submarine with great interest and carefully inspected the two torpedoes. After the inspection was completed, Yu Haitao accompanied He Meng ashore and went to the headquarters. In the headquarters, Yu Haitao was nervous. He Meng signaled Yu Haitao not to be restrained, and personally poured a cup of tea and said: "The headquarters sent a telegram, since the first submarine was launched last year, you have been involved in the acceptance. Tell us about the combat performance of the submarine, the more detailed the better. ”

Yu Haitao poured beans into a bamboo tube, and 1510 gave a detailed report on the situation of the submarine. "It's really good, I didn't expect the combat power of submarines to be so terrifying, two torpedoes hit the vital point, and a battleship of about 5,000 tons can be sunk, and it is impossible to prevent it. Recently, there have also been submarine wars in the coalition forces, you judge the difference between their submarines and our submarines, in the past two months, the coalition submarines have been attacking cargo ships, and 4 of them have also been sunk by submarines. At present, many warships are not equipped with sonar systems, so we are also unable to guard against attacks from submarines. ”

Yu Haitao said: "There are submarines related to the army, and the headquarters is already studying them, and the headquarters will issue the details." In the humble opinion of his subordinates, the submarines of the coalition forces are specially designed to attack cargo ships, and there are big problems in estimating the attack power and the duration of the submarines, and the submarine of the coalition forces is not far from the actual combat and the submarines we are equipped with. Judging by the sunken cargo ships, the coalition submarines could only carry one torpedo, and it was obvious that the attack power could hardly pose a threat to our large warships. ”

Yu Haitao continued: "Commander, I heard that some gunboats are being renovated in Shanghai Port, equipped with depth charges, specifically to deal with submarines!" "Yes, the call from headquarters did not elaborate, and I don't know what kind of bomb it was. As the saying goes: where there is a spear, there must be a shield. If submarines had no nemesis, the president would have built them massively long ago. "Commander, last year the president personally went to Huludao for the acceptance of the first submarine. I was personally summoned by the president, and according to the president, our submarine is still pediatric, that is, in its primary state. The president said that the submarine of the future can dive to a depth of 100 meters, sail underwater for dozens of days, and the tonnage will be several times or even dozens of times that of the current one. ”

He Meng said with a smile: "Since the president said so, there is no doubt that the future of submarines is promising." To get back to the point, I will give you a month to reconnoiter the situation in Manila, the Philippines, the headquarters has approved our operation, resolutely eat the Pacific Detachment of the Manila Bay coalition forces, and make the South China Sea our inland sea. You draw up the relevant reconnaissance operations and then report them to the command. "Yes! Subordinate Order. ”

After Yu Haitao left, Deputy Commander Liu Buzhan walked in and said: "Commander, the Operations Staff has drawn up a detailed operational jihua, you take a look at it first, if there is no problem to the headquarters for approval......" Fan Tao took over the operation and continued to concentrate on reading, half an hour, Fan Tao raised his head and said: "This time we are going to make a fuss about the submarine force and let the submarine play the maximum role." The combat Jihua is not detailed enough about submarines, and with reference to the submarine information provided by the headquarters, the General Staff is carefully revised. ”

Liu Buzhan took over the battle and turned around to leave, He Meng said: "I have met Ma Tai, I heard that he was very good when he was in the Beiyang Naval Division, and he can be considered as the captain of the battleship Shanghai." At a time when there is a scarcity of good naval officers, we have to select people in an eclectic manner. The excellent pipe belt of the former Beiyang Navy Division can be used to promote all of them. The future of naval warfare will not depend on youth and vigor, we must have experienced commanders in important positions, and you will personally supervise this matter. (To be continued......)

PS: If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan!