15 November, Colon Islands. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

The port of Black Bakrizo, located at the southern tip of the island of San Cristobal in the Colón archipelago, is the largest seaport in the archipelago.

It is said that it is a harbor, in fact, it used to be a small bay, due to the lack of water depth, it was impossible to dock large warships here, until Hua leased it in the name of scientific research, and spent a huge amount of money to build a wharf that extends to the sea here, and the long wharf is like a sharp sword from the center of the harbor into the sea.

Today, both sides of the dock were crowded with several warships, except for 3 Defense-class destroyers and 2 Tiger Shark submarines, the huge body of the Anhai occupied all the remaining space.

As the first generation of multipurpose light cruisers in the world, the Jinghai class ushered in the era of cruisers, but after nearly two decades of service, it was also destined to grow old, and even after a mid-term upgrade, it gradually took a back seat in the Imperial Royal Navy, and is now mainly used for daily patrols and waterway protection.

But it is undeniable that the contribution of the Jinghai class to China is incomparable to anything, and even now, many of the booming industrial projects in China have also originated from the original Jinghai plan, and many design concepts in the Jinghai class, such as triple naval guns, such as high speed, large endurance, etc., have become naval design standards.

In the previous counterattack war, the Dinghai was sunk, and although the Sihai escaped death after being seriously injured, it was finally abandoned by the navy after returning to China, becoming the epitome of Lao Jinghai's life.

Although the three Defender-class destroyers were in service much later, they were also slow in front of the Ruiweiqing-class, and only two Tiger Shark-class submarines that had just completed their refitting and came here to refuel belonged to the year of the fight.

Two huge tortoises crawled slowly along the harbor, which was captured by the soldiers of the 3rd Regiment and 1st Battalion of the 4th Marine Division stationed here from Isabela Island.

"What? Heading out again? ”

Lin Pengxing patted Dai Jintang and Sima Lin on the shoulders from behind, and after startling the two submarine captains, he also laughed.

He is the pistachio among the captains of the cruisers in the Navy, he is hearty, and he has stepped from the chief engineer of the Dingyuan to the position of the captain of the cruiser, which can be said to be a typical old Beiyang civilian officer.

"Yes, I just received news from S21, and there are more than thirty American cargo ships." Dai Jintang nodded, dripping saliva and said, "Damn, this time we filled up the gas and just used the torpedo they experimented with." ”

"Torpedo?"

Lin Pengxing only knew about the large-scale shrinkage and refitting of the submarine force before, but he didn't know that it was a torpedo, so he couldn't help but be curious: "What torpedo?" Is it worth pulling you all back with great fanfare? ”

"Huh. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Dai Jintang smiled, didn't say much, and pretended to be mysterious: "I'll know when you go back to Honolulu, I heard that the command has decided that some light cruisers and destroyers will also be replaced with this kind of torpedo." ”

"Partially?"

Lin Pengxing wondered, if there is a torpedo, it stands to reason that it will be replaced, how can it be partial?

S25 captain Sima Lin shook his finger and explained: "This kind of torpedo is very unstable and dangerous, and in order to test and explore how to use it, we have lost a submarine and a destroyer, so we went back to reequip and carried out special concentrated mine training, otherwise it would take so long." ”

Neither of them said it explicitly, and Lin Pengxing also knew that they had rules, so he didn't continue to ask, and said with a smile: "Then I wish you good luck and get a battleship to open meat." ”

"Hehe, that's, it's definitely going to be opened." Smiling, Dai Jintang and Sima Lin quickly boarded the submarine, and as the sailors took place one after another, the cables were quickly thrown off, and the two tiger sharks gradually disappeared into the open sea.

After sending off his partner, Lin Pengxing went to check the situation on the ship again, and as soon as he walked down the gangway, the sound of running made him quickly turn his head, but after seeing the outfit of the comer, he couldn't help but be stunned.

The strange thing is that he is actually dressed in military uniform, you must know that the marine battalion stationed in Cologne is stationed in the name of the scientific expedition team, so he usually wears regular clothes, but at this moment he is wearing the blue and white combat uniform of the Marine Corps, which suddenly made him feel a little wrong, and hurriedly asked: "Battalion Commander He, what is so urgent?" ”

"Captain Lin, this is an urgent telegram I just received."

Lin Pengxing took the telegram, and after looking at it, his face suddenly changed.

Three Maine-class battleships, two old Pennsylvania-class armored cruisers, and an unknown number of destroyers and other warships! Good guys, the United States is clearly going to swallow the Coron Islands in one gulp.

Lin Pengxing is not worried about the 13th fleet, although the Anhai and the three Defense-class destroyers are old, but if he wants to run, he can't stop the US ** ship by doubling it, what he is worried about is these Marine Battalion soldiers in front of him, not to mention that the American fleet has been coming out of Panama Bay for a day and a night, that is to say, it should have arrived nearby, and these Marine soldiers could not evacuate immediately, so they hurriedly looked at He Wen'an.

"It's too late for my big group to leave now." He Wenan shook his head with a smile, as if he didn't take the rushing American fleet to heart, and laughed loudly: "Besides, the Marine Corps has not yet abandoned the island without fighting!" ”

"The Marines haven't had an island that they will give up without fighting!"

In just one sentence, Lin Pengxing was impressed by the Marine Corps Major who had been with him for a few days, you must know that because of the lack of fresh water, the Colon Islands could not be stationed with many troops, and the Ecuadorian government was worried and obstructed, so it was only a lightly armed battalion stationed here, and it also needed to be covered by scientific research.

Let more than 1,000 soldiers with only mortars and machine guns need to face five warships of tens of thousands of tons, and there must be a large number of US Army soldiers, you can imagine what the result will be! Thinking of this, he immediately saluted solemnly: "Don't worry, with us, the Yankees don't have the energy to concentrate all their firepower!" ”

"Thank you." After He Wen'an saluted back, he didn't care about the nonsense, he needed to immediately arrange for the troops to retreat in depth, and build a defensive line that was enough to hold out until the support troops arrived.

When the sirens sounded from all over the Black Buckriso Harbor, the four warships of the 13th Fleet had quickly untied their cables, standing in the bridge, looking at the slanting sun gradually moving west, Lin Pengxing took a deep breath and sat down in front of the chart.

With 7 large islands, 23 small islands and more than 50 reef formations, the Coron archipelago has plenty of room for manoeuvre from an environmental point of view, and now the big question is whether you will be able to hold out until reinforcements arrive!

Since the warning was sent, then the fleet must have set off, but it is 3,700 nautical miles from Honolulu to this place, and even if it is a Defender-class destroyer, it will take almost 7 days to get here, can it be delayed for 7 days?

The answer doesn't even need to be thought, not to mention that you are still a few old warships, so what should you do?

The bow of the ship began to deviate from the dock little by little, and when Lin Pengxing's eyes swept to the big turtle that was slowly crawling in the distance, his eyes suddenly lit up, how could he forget them?

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"U-turn!"

Dai Jintang squeezed his fist hard, he didn't expect to leave the Colon Islands for two hours, it can be regarded as just leaving on the front foot, and the Yankees on the back foot killed the Colon Islands, thinking that the 13th fleet only has four old warships, and there are only more than 1,000 light infantry on the island, if he loses such a key strategic area because he goes back late, I am afraid that he will blame himself in his life.

"How's Boat 25?"

"The report, which is turning the rudder behind us, should have received the news as well."

"This little one, keep up." Hearing that Situ Lin also followed, Dai Jintang breathed a sigh of relief, judging from so many years of exploration, the combat efficiency of a single submarine is far inferior to that of multiple submarines, not to mention that the scale of the US fleet is still so large, and he is really not sure by himself.

"Raise the snorkel and fill the No. 1 and No. 2 tanks with water to maintain the depth." After Dai Jintang gave the order, the sound of whirring water immediately sounded in the pipes inside the boat, and after a while, the world in the periscope gradually decreased, until only a shallow horizon remained.

Looking at my watch, it's 5 p.m. and it will take two hours to get back to the port of Black Baqueriso, which means it will be a night battle that submarines love!

Thinking of this, he immediately handed over the periscope to the first mate, and ordered the release of the radio buoy, contacted the surroundings to see if there were other submarines nearby, and then walked to the torpedo compartment in front, because the torpedo is the life of the submarine.

In the torpedo compartment, the sailors were beginning to carefully twist the special cover on the torpedo, and when the cover was opened, a pressure gauge and a counter were revealed.

As the valve opened, several of the miners were alert, not because they were afraid of damaging the torpedo, but because what was now being filled with the torpedo was too dangerous.

Pure oxygen!

This thing, a hundred times more dangerous than gasoline, during the pre-installation test, the S39 that had just been launched was pulled to charge the strong man, but he did not expect to close the valve in time after oxygenation, resulting in leakage into the torpedo compartment, and just accidentally a screwdriver fell to the steel plate and brought up the sparks, as a result, the entire boat was blown up, and dozens of submariners sank at a depth of more than 300 meters without even shouting.

Therefore, in addition to installing oxygen cylinders, most of the time is spent training the use methods and precautions, and each thunderer needs to rehearse several times, and then can re-board the boat after passing the assessment.

Seeing that it began to be oxygenated, Dai Jintang also became nervous, walked to the side of the thunderer who was staring intently at the pressure gauge to help, and saw the pointer on the dial move little by little, and when he slowly crossed the white zone and arrived at the red zone, he quickly closed the valve, and then carefully pulled out the tube, until the screws on the cover plate were screwed and the torpedo was pushed into the No. 1 launch tube, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

But immediately after the second torpedo began to be oxygenated, beads of sweat dripped down again.

Although the time for oxygenation is very large, due to the complexity of the front and rear processes, it takes 3 hours to fill all 18 torpedoes, so this time will be difficult for everyone, and when the 13th torpedo has just finished filling with oxygen, shouts have already sounded outside the hatch.

"Captain, there's shelling!"