Chapter 299 Pay attention underwater! (Please subscribe, please vote)

"Report, distance is 6000 meters!"

"5500 meters!"

"5000 meters!"

"4500 meters."

On the Zhao Zilong, the captain's range reports one after another made the atmosphere in the bridge become increasingly tense. After all, there were 15 beggar battleships four or five kilometers away that were firing like crazy with their 12-inch guns.

!That is a 12-inch gun, and even one shot from the Haohan-class armored cruiser may be severely damaged. That is to say, the Ming Dynasty has the world's largest industrial strength, and a "mass-produced ship" like the Haohan-class operates in three shifts, starting from laying the first gun.

It only takes 10-12 months until the keels are outfitted. And many ships can be built at the same time! Otherwise, no one would be willing to spend money like this and use armored cruisers to cover the charge of torpedo boats!

At a distance of less than 4,500 meters, everyone was still a little panicked, and their eyes turned to Chen Huacheng, who did not go to the thickly armored command tower, but took the adventure with everyone in the bridge.

With the help of the light from the falling flares, what everyone saw was a face full of "sorrow, anger" and hatred. Does Mr. Chen have such a deep hatred for the British?

Just when the officers below felt strange, Chen Huacheng finally gave the order: "Okay, slow down to 15 knots. Full left rudder!"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hands to grab the railing beside him. The huge inertia generated by the rapid turning of the Haohan-class armored cruiser with a standard displacement of more than 10,000 tons was not easy to bear. If you don't hold on tightly, it will fall.

"Yes! Headquarters!"

The captain who was personally steering the Zhao Zilong responded and turned the steering wheel to the end. The Zhao Zilong suddenly made a large traverse on the sea, facing the enemy from the bow, and suddenly turned to face the enemy from the broadside. Because of the steering

It was too fast, and the hull of the ship was shaking, and it was drifting on the sea surface for more than ten meters. Those who were not prepared would have no way to stabilize themselves on the ship.

Almost at the same moment, all the armored cruisers, cruisers, and destroyers of the Ming Navy on the sea made a large deceleration turn. Although they slowed down before the turn, these warships that suddenly "drifted" on the sea still lost some distance.

It was shaking so hard that some of them looked like they were about to capsize.

Under such circumstances, these ships were naturally unable to fire, and they all became easy targets for their opponents. The people on the British and Indian warships opposite looked dumbfounded - they thought they were going to collide just now, but now what?

Turned a corner? Are you scared to death?

"Speed ​​10 knots, move forward! Send an order to all ships. Move forward, open fire, and hit hard!"

The bridge of the British-Indian Malacca Strait Fleet flagship HMS Indian Warrior was filled with the extremely excited shouts of Rear Admiral Rodney.

In his opinion, victory was probably in sight! The Ming warships swaying sideways on the sea more than 4,000 yards away were already his prey. In order to sink more targets, he simply ordered the fleet to advance while firing!

But he didn't notice that while those eye-catching armored cruisers, cruisers, and destroyers were turning around, there were also some inconspicuous boats rushing towards him at extremely fast speeds.

"boom!"

Suddenly, a ball of fire suddenly rose from the hull of a 10,000-ton Haohan-class armored cruiser ahead!

"Hit!"

"well played"

There were cheers on the bridge of the Indian Warrior.

Suddenly someone shouted: "Torpedo boats! There are torpedo boats on the sea."

Torpedo boat?

Before Major General Rodney could react, the floor under his feet suddenly "jumped" and then fell heavily. He fell to the ground before he could stand firmly. Before he could recover, something came to his ears.

There was roar after roar.

"Boom, boom, boom."

This was not the sound of a cannon firing, but the loud noise of something exploding underwater!

This is a torpedo exploding!

In the hazy night, a black shadow slid across the sea surface against the warm water, with a burst of white waves rising from its tail. Under the cover of darkness, this black shadow and the waves were almost invisible to the naked eye.

But if someone can really see through the darkness, they will find that what is gliding on the sea surface is a ship that looks a bit like a stick, with a column protruding from the middle, and two "bamboo poles" on the column.

Yes, this is a submarine!

It’s a Ming Navy submarine!

In the combat sequence of the Ming Dynasty Navy, there is probably no more mysterious existence than submarines. Because of King Zhuge Wuzhong's "Zhuge Suicide Note", the descendants of the Zhuge family pay special attention to it.

Long before the invention of the internal combustion engine, Jiangnan Heavy Industries, controlled by the Zhuge family, was trial-producing submarines at its Lushun factory.

The submarine project has always been the top secret of the Ming Navy. Its level of confidentiality far exceeds that of aircraft carriers and aircraft. Before Zhuge Weidao took the position of military advisor, he did not know that the Ming Navy also had a submarine admiral's office.

Even after he became a military advisor, he had never met Lieutenant General Zhuge Youmo, the submarine admiral.

This talented man from the Zhuge family, who is the same generation as Zhuge Youde but is only 38 years old this year, is now standing on the bridge of the No. 002 submarine located at the western intersection of the Malacca Strait. He is looking at thousands of people with his telescope.

Meters away, large surface ships passed one after another!

"Uncle, there are at least 20 large ships worth tens of thousands of dollars..."

The person who spoke was a naval captain who was also a child of the Zhuge family, but his seniority was lower than Zhuge Weidao's and he was also younger, only twenty-four or five years old.

"Yan Ke, don't call me uncle in the army!" Zhuge Youmo put down his telescope and said thoughtfully, "Are those battleships? So many battleships suddenly appeared in the Strait of Malacca... How did they get there?"

"Uncle... Junmen, do you still need to ask? Those ships must be from England. They are clearly here to deal with our Nanyang Fleet! Fortunately, Uncle Fifty-one is wise and allowed us to ambush here. Otherwise,

Guan Tianpei is going to trick them!"

The captain named Zhuge Yangke seemed to be a good calculator, and he immediately figured out that these battleships belonged to the British.

"Junmen," Zhuge Yangke asked, "We have steam gas torpedoes on board... Do you think we are going to attack?"

"I don't want to attack, let them pass." Zhuge Youmo shook his head repeatedly, "Now is not the time to expose the submarine... So our mission is only to conduct reconnaissance and report to the superiors. Those steam gas torpedoes are for our self-defense.

of."

In fact, these submarines owned by the Submarine Command are the Ming Empire's biggest and strongest trump card at sea!

Because of the Zhuge family's secrecy for so many years, ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty now have no idea about the existence of such advanced submarines. No one in Europe knows either... so the existence of submarines cannot be easily exposed.

Zhuge Youmo said to Zhuge Yangke: "Yangke, go and raise the telegraph antenna... When those British warships are far away, we will send electricity to the headquarters. The headquarters will naturally tell Guan Tianpei the news, and he will be fine.

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"Yes, sir."

After receiving the order, Zhuge Yangke issued a close order. Only Zhuge Youmo was left, looking at the main force of the British and Indian fleet passing by the sea from a distance, and murmured in his mouth: "There are really a lot of them! They shouldn't all be there."

If they are all polished, there are always a few that can be picked up by our submariners!"
Chapter completed!