"Hell, I missed the shot!"

In one of the submarines in the water, when he saw that the torpedo shot by his boat was actually deflected, the captain smashed the periscope with his hand. It doesn't matter if it's just missed, but among the six submarines here, he missed it.

Of course, considering that this is the first live-fire test, even if the shot misses is not a big deal, after all, you can't ask someone to hit the target in the first live-fire test.

The problem is that he was the only one in the six ships this time, which made him a little uncomfortable.

But no one cared about this at this time, because the people on the deck were already shocked by the sight in front of them.

“……… I didn't expect this thing to be quite powerful..."

After a moment of silence, the captain pretended to speak calmly as if to hide the shock in his heart.

Although he has seen a lot of storms on weekdays, he is only a civilian after all, and the Harbour Administration Bureau has been depressed for a long time, so he doesn't have the spare money to do live-fire tests at all, in fact, even the ship has not been built for a long time, and what can he use to test it, so he was immediately startled when he saw this scene...

"Yes..."Seeing the freighter that had turned into a torch on the sea in the distance and was gradually sinking, Wei Han's heart also felt a little shocked.

Like many people in the Harbour Bureau, he is actually a big ship gunner, —————— it is not surprising, after all, he is a figure of the old era, not to mention that he was still at the peak of the Beiyang Navy at that time, and it is normal to have this mentality.

Although he wouldn't be as dismissive of the submarine as the rest of the people in the Harbour Master's Bureau, he obviously didn't expect it to be so powerful.

Yan Shao forced the Harbour Master Bureau to allocate some resources to build this thing. Wei Han was actually a little dissatisfied in his heart. If he only built a few ships, he would have no opinion, but after all, the navy has just embarked on the road of revival —————— it has built so many ships. It is the time when there is an urgent shortage of surface ships, although the cost of these submarines is not as high as that of surface ships, but the cost is by no means small, but the number of orders given by Yan Shao is extremely large, if this part of the force can be diverted to surface ships, I dare not say anything else, a destroyer fleet is no problem...

It's just that there is a strict mandatory order in it. Although Wei Han's qualifications are high, he does not dare to refuse.

In the end, I could only comfort myself with the words, "No matter what, it can be regarded as a strengthening of the navy."

Who would have thought...

"It's really so powerful..."

See this scene. Wei Han also somewhat understood the role of these submarines.

These weapons are not used to fight people head-on at all, but lurk at the bottom of the sea, waiting for an opportunity to move, and there is no sonar or anything at this time. It is very difficult to find the trail of a submarine. And as long as one negligence, one or two torpedoes are hit, even if they are not sent to the bottom of the sea, I am afraid that they will be severely damaged, and it will take several months to repair.

"However, the cost and construction period of this thing are very short, and a large number of them can be built in a very short time, and of course, the shortcomings of this thing seem to be obvious. First of all, it is inconvenient to maneuver, and it is simply not comparable to surface ships. Although the surface speed has reached 15.4 knots, the underwater speed is only 9.5 knots, not to mention that this speed is not comparable with cruisers and destroyers with a speed of more than 30 knots, even with battleships, and even ordinary freighters. ”

(During World War I, the 10,000-ton ship built by China for the United States had a speed of 12.09 knots, and as early as the summer of 1918, China's shipyards accepted orders from Europe and the United States for a total of 25 ships, and the contract signed by the Jiangnan Shipyard and the U.S. government for four fully covered deck steam freighters was the largest, stipulating that each transport ship had a displacement of 14,750 tons, and was driven by a three-cylinder steam engine manufactured by Jiangnan, with an indicated power of 3,670 horsepower, and the first ship was required to be completed within six months.) However, when the war first began, it was over, so it was suspended. In 1920, the U.S. government demanded that the contract be continued, and the first 10,000-ton transport ship "Guanfu" was launched on June 3 of that year; The second "Celestial Empire" was launched on August 3; The third Vostok, was launched on February 23 of the following year; The fourth Aurora was launched on May 26. The four 10,000-ton ships were delivered to the United States, the speed of the trial voyage exceeded the requirements of the American order, the hull was strong and applicable, and the US Navy was still used on the US-Europe route until World War II. ）

"The second is the problem of the hit rate, at the moment the submarine is using a direct torpedo, the hit rate is very problematic, the freighter just now is only stationary, there is actually a miss, if it is replaced by a moving target, it is difficult to say how many can hit the most after the last."

This is true, as it has been proven that the best way to prevent torpedoes in the early stages is to have a higher speed.

The last point, and at the same time the most troublesome point, is that the submarine submarine has a very short diving time at this time, not as long as in later generations. So it's usually the case that you dive into the water after you find the target, rather than diving into the water to find the target, and there's a big difference between the two...

"But if you already know the location of the target of the Dao in advance, and ambush the target in advance...", taking a small sip of tea, Wei Han said in his heart. It can play a great role, and this weapon has a low cost and is convenient for large-scale production, if it can produce dozens of them at once, I'm afraid even a battleship won't be pleased..."

Just as Wei Han was pondering in his heart, under the surface, the submarines did not float up, but after recalibration, several torpedoes were fired again.

Perhaps it was because of the experience of the last time, and the difficulty was very low, so almost all of the torpedoes hit this time, and with a burst of fire and loud noise, the speed of the freighter's sinking seemed to have accelerated a lot, and it had already sunk half of it in a short time.

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Although it was only a live-fire test, the submarine's excellent performance still gave Wei Han and others a surprise, and even those who didn't care much about the submarine began to look at these weapons that they didn't look down on.

After that, the submarines did not continue to attack the freighter, but gradually floated up from the water—————— the freighter was only a freighter after all. Only civilian standards are used, and after all, they cannot be compared with military ships in terms of protection, not to mention that no one has taken first aid measures on it. Almost ten torpedoes went up, even a battleship couldn't bear it, not to mention just an ordinary freighter, and by the time those submarines floated up from the bottom of the sea, the freighter had actually sunk almost, and such a target naturally had no value to hit, and torpedoes were very expensive...

And now the other weapons are also counted. But the production capacity of torpedoes is still relatively low.

At this time, although the part related to the armament industry in the 'Seventh Five-Year Plan' had not yet been completed, the Anqing Arsenal, the Sichuan Arsenal, the Guangdong Arsenal, the Hanyang Arsenal and the Shandong Dexian Arsenal, which was originally subordinate to Beiyang, regardless of the scale. It can be regarded as having a relatively comprehensive arms industry.

But the torpedo thing, although it can't be said to be a new thing, but the practicability of the torpedo was not very strong in the first afternoon. And when the practical value of torpedoes has increased somewhat, the navy has almost no strength to speak of. Although some torpedo boats were in service. But leaving aside the performance factor for the time being, the problem of quantity alone makes the reserve of torpedoes small.

In addition, the U-boats manufactured by the Harbour Administration Bureau and the Wuhu Shipyard did not match the torpedo boats originally in service, and they could not be used by each other at all, so the Navy could only start from scratch to reserve.

Fortunately, when the construction of the ten 'Shanfeng'-class destroyers began, the Navy once introduced a torpedo production line, but is this number...

At the moment, there are only a few hundred torpedoes in the entire navy, although new ones are being built. But the production capacity is worried...

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After the submarines surfaced, many submarine officers and men came out of them. They were also a little surprised to look at the almost sunken freighter in the distance, obviously they didn't expect the weapon in their hands to be so powerful.

Ahem, what should I say, man, he always has the heart of a 'big ship and a big cannon'. Just like decades later, during the Korean War, although the battleship was no longer the hegemon at sea, there were still many American Navy officers and sailors who volunteered to serve on the battleship, for what? Isn't it just the dream of a 'big ship and a big gun'...

It is precisely because of this that these naval officers and men who originally thought that they would be assigned to the surface fleet must have been a little reluctant when they learned that they were going to drive some kind of 'submarine', but the military orders were like a mountain, and they could only obey the orders when there was no way, but in their hearts they were very dissatisfied with the weapon they were driving, after all, this kind of weapon could not see any characteristics except for dying.

But now...

"My good man..." climbed out of the submarine, and one of the submariners looked into the distance with some amazement.

When he first started in the submarine, he only knew that the torpedo hit the road, but he didn't know what the situation was, after all, there was only one periscope in the submarine. Seeing that his subordinates wanted to know the situation of the road, the captain had no choice but to order his subordinates to come out and take a look—————— in fact, he also wanted to take this opportunity to boost his morale.

Not everyone in the navy is prejudiced against submarines, at least not these people who serve as captains, after all, it is impossible for no one to see the role of submarines in a huge navy, and these people who serve as captains are carefully selected by Yan Shao with the help of the Special Affairs Bureau.

Although not every one of these people is shrewd and capable, Yan Shao has no better choice at the moment.

Fortunately, these officers are above the standard, and they will not disappoint Yan Shao.

It's just that even if the captain is optimistic, it is impossible if his subordinates do not cooperate, which is probably the helplessness of these captains. After all, it is not like the future generations, and everyone in the future generations will know the power of submarines, especially those nuclear-powered, whether it is an attack submarine or a strategic submarine.

The former can be submerged almost indefinitely, and sail at no worse speed than ordinary surface ships. The latter has the power to destroy a country with one ship, coupled with the excellent records in World War I and World War II, even the small people of Shengdou will not underestimate submarines.

But this year ......... Not to mention World War I, not even World War II happened...

The environment is not cooperative, and the captains can only develop the 'submarine religion' believers on their own, but they have achieved little results for such a long time.

But now...

"Although it is not a real battle, there is this scene in front of me. It should give them some confidence in the submarine..."The last one climbed out of it and patted the military uniform that was not dirty, Gu Shun thought with some helplessness and some relief.

In today's navy. These submarine officers belong to the absolute minority.

It's not just that there is prejudice in the navy, but even the subordinates can't understand it, which is really a helpless thing...

However, in addition to some prejudices, in fact, most of the officers and soldiers still like to be submariners, and there is only one reason, because the food of submariners is the best in the navy...

This is extremely important in an era where people live on food.

There are many people who have opinions about this. But after at least one submarine, their opinion almost disappeared. After all, among all the branches of the armed forces in active service, the environment of submariners is probably the worst. If you don't usually eat more good food, it is too much to say.

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After about two or three minutes, the submarine had completely sunk.

After all, it's just a small boat of a few hundred tons, and it won't sink if it hits almost ten torpedoes. Then the quality of this torpedo is too questionable.

"Wei Lao. Now that the tests are done, are we? Although it was still early, the captain still looked at Wei Han.

"That's right—" Wei Han nodded his head. Now that the test has been completed, there is no need to stay here any longer..."After speaking, Wei Han looked at the captain. "Send a signal to the ships and tell them we should go back..."

"Hmm..."The captain turned his head and quickly followed Wei Han's instructions.

A little more than a minute later, several submarines that were anchored in the sea received a telegram from the passenger ship.

"Captain..."Crawled out of the submarine, and the communications soldier came to Gu Shun's side. Wei Lao sent a message from there. Say the test is over, let's go back..."

"Hmm...", exhaled. Gu Shun looked at the passenger ship that Wei Han was on. "Now that it's over, let's go back......... I believe that this performance should also improve the evaluation of us..."

At this time, several other submarines also got the signal, and most of the officers and men on the boat returned to the boat, and then I saw several submarines and Wei Han's passenger ship turn their bows together and return in the direction they came...

About a few hours later, the six submarines returned to the dock of the Harbour Master Bureau along with the passenger ship that Wei Han was on. After the passenger ship and the submarine docked on the pier in turn, Wei Han first stepped down from the passenger ship.

As soon as he came down, many people from the Harbour Administration surrounded him, their faces full of worry.

After all, before leaving, Wei Han's body was not very good, although it was summer now, but the sea was not as good as the land, who knew if Wei Han's body would...

It's just that they just surrounded it, and those people actually found that Wei Han's face was much stronger than before, which suddenly made everyone wonder.

However, Wei Hanzhi didn't say anything to them, just took off his coat, and then walked in the direction of the office building.

"Lao Liu? Why did Wei Lao's face improve so much after he came back? ”

Seeing that Wei Han seemed to be much more energetic than before he set off, one of them entangled the captain with some puzzlement.

"How do I know about Lu Dao..."It's been a few hours, and the captain has almost recovered from the initial shock, but he is actually not very clear about Wei Han's situation—————— so that he can't say that it's really not clear at all, more or less, he can still guess some reasons.

It's just that after seeing the power of submarines, Wei Han has become a lot more energetic? Even if he says this kind of thing, I'm afraid no one will believe it, so it's better to hide it in my heart.

Seeing that Captain Liu didn't know, the man shook his head, and then asked about another matter.

"Speaking of which, how was your test this time? Is it still going well? ”

This person's words seemed to evoke a lot of memories of the captain, remembering the scene of the freighter turning into a torch and sinking into the sea, Captain Liu's face changed slightly, and he spoke after half a ring. "Smooth, very smooth..."

"Oh?" Hearing Captain Liu say this, the man asked with some curiosity.

However, this time Captain Liu did not answer, but fell into deep thought.

On the other side, Wei Han has also returned to the office building and began to prepare a report on this time—————— since the test has ended, Wei Han naturally wants to prepare a report to the navy to explain the process of this test...

Perhaps because of the unexpected power of the submarine, Wei Han invested considerable enthusiasm in it, but after a while, the report was almost ready.

"It's a pity that the speed of these submarines is too low, otherwise, if one hundred and eighty ships are built, I'm afraid that no one will dare to invade my country's maritime frontier..."

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That is, when Wei Han and the others had just finished their work, they saw the layout of the banquet hall, and Yan Shao and Elano also returned to the manor by car.

At this time, there were quite a few maids in the manor who were busy there, and when they saw Yan Shao and them coming back, they bowed down and signaled. After coming back, Yan Shao did not go back to the room directly to rest, but after hesitating for a while, he walked in the direction of the guest room where Kaoru Otsuki and Fumiko lived.

Behind him, the expressions of Elino and Caterina and others were a little ......... Complex...

At least on their faces, there is absolutely no word 'happy'... (To be continued......)