Chapter 432 The Royal Navy passes the battlefield. Where is the Royal Navy going?

"How many ships have gone out?"

Amid the gently undulating waves of Colombo Port, a shirtless, muscular man was staring from the water through a specially constructed telescope called a periscope at the British warships leaving the port one after another in the darkness.

Wiping the sweat that was pouring out of his forehead with a towel.

The job of hiding in a submarine to monitor enemy ports, especially those in the tropics, is really not done by humans. It is stuffy and hot inside the submarine, and there are several people stuffed in the stuffy canned submarine.

Ten rough guys, over time, the cabin of the boat was filled with the smell of engine oil, diesel and sweat. And recently, the British also knew that the Ming Navy had ships that could sneak underwater! So they also thought about some anti-submarine warfare

There are two methods, including "watching" and "exploding".

The so-called "seeing" is to let the lookout soldiers look underwater or on the surface from the lookout post of the ship or the airship flying at low altitude. Submarines in this era cannot submerge for a long time because they cannot use diesel engines when submersing.

The battery drives the propeller. Not only is the speed slow, but the power in the battery is limited, so the time it can support the submarine's submersion is also very short. Under normal circumstances, the submarine only dives for a while when it is close to an enemy ship or an enemy port.

Most of the time, especially when you are on the road, you will usually float. When you are floating, it is easy to be discovered by the airship! Even if the submarine is submerged, as long as it is not late at night, the lookout soldiers can still pass through the periscope and snorkel.

and the tracks left by the fired steam gas torpedoes on the sea surface, which can roughly determine the location of the submarine. Sometimes, if the water is particularly clear and the submarine does not dive deep enough, the lookout soldiers can even see the submarine in the water through the returning water.

After seeing the submarine, of course he threw bombs into the water! The reason why bombs explode underwater and break through the shell of the submarine can be quickly thought of by the British IQ. After all, this principle is the same as that of torpedoes that break through the thick shell of a battleship.

it's the same.

So the British quickly figured out how to drop bombs into the sea, and they also equipped the bombs with a hydraulic fuse and a trigger fuse, which could explode when a certain water pressure was reached or when it hit the hull of the front boat.

In recent months, many submarines have reported being attacked by bombs, and five submarines have disappeared. Therefore, the Submarine Command of the Ming Navy issued an order not long ago requiring all submarines not to approach enemy ships during the day.

All active attacks can only be launched at night! At the same time, submarines must be particularly careful when performing reconnaissance and mine-laying missions and must not approach the enemy's heavily guarded ports during the day.

However, the Western Fleet of the Ming Navy did not relax its surveillance of the Port of Colombo because of this - the location of this port is too important. It is the last supply base before the British Royal Navy's Indian Fleet goes deep into the Indian Ocean to carry out combat missions. The Port of Colombo is far away

Mumbai is about 1,000 nautical miles, which means that the Colombo base can give the Indian Grand Fleet an additional 1,000 nautical miles.

Moreover, because the British have been operating in Colombo for many years, the port facilities here are good, and there are also docks that can repair and maintain large ships. The Hindustan Shipyard has also opened a branch factory in Colombo, which can overhaul any class of British warships in Colombo.

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Therefore, the Indian Grand Fleet can not only carry out final supplies before going to war in Colombo, but can even conduct final overhaul here. Engineers and workers from the Hindustan Shipyard will ensure that all ships are in the best condition.

Because this port is so important, the Western Fleet of the Ming Navy dispatched submarines, airships, camouflaged reconnaissance ships, and electronic signal monitoring ships to monitor the port 24 hours a day.

During the day, airships and reconnaissance ships disguised as large fishing boats will be active in the sky or sea near Colombo. At night, submarines assigned to the Western Fleet will approach quietly, use periscopes to conduct reconnaissance, and then release ten or eight

mines.

"Thirty-three ships have already left, and there are still a steady stream of them behind!" Major Luo Gangyou, the captain of the large ocean-going submarine B-33, who was observing with a periscope himself, blinked and whispered, "Ignore your mother.

, Tonight is the day when the British fleet will leave port. It’s a pity that all our torpedoes have been fired, otherwise we would have made a great contribution tonight!”

"It's not that simple," Lieutenant Luo Zenan, the first mate of the submarine, who has the same surname as Luo Gangtang but a different ancestry, touched his mustache and said in Hunan Mandarin, "The area around Colombo Port is full of mines laid by the British army. There are no precise

Who dares to rush into the channel map? And their minelayers will adjust it every few days. Last month, one of our camouflaged reconnaissance ships hit a mine while approaching for reconnaissance at night. I heard that the thirty

All of them are aghast!"

"Luoshan (Luo Zenan's account number), don't sigh. It's a war. No one will die!" Luo Gangyou comforted his old buddy, and then ordered loudly, "Radio station, contact the command department. Tell them

Report that the British Ghost Fleet is leaving Colombo Port!"

"Yes, sir!"

Following a series of radio waves sent out by the B-33, the Admiral of the Western Fleet in the Temasek Fortress soon learned that the British Grand Fleet had finally completed its rest and supplies, and began to launch a large-scale attack.

It was still midnight when the news came. Fleet Chief of Staff Rear Admiral Luo Bingzhang, who was staying at the Admiralty Department of the Western Fleet on the night shift, did not dare to neglect and quickly hung up the phone to Admiral Li Chenghui who was sleeping with Xin Na's Japanese concubine in his arms.

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Half an hour later, the Admiral of the Western Fleet in Temasek Fortress became lively. Admiral Li, who hurried over, shouted loudly as soon as he entered the combat command center: "Ru Zhai (Luo Bingzhang), where is our aircraft carrier?"

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"The First Air War is still searching for the British aircraft carrier group that left Colombo 10 days ago near the Great Strait."

Chief of Staff Luo Da was talking about the first aviation group of the Western Fleet - the Western Fleet also has one Shuzhongwang class, one Guangdong class, and two Liaodong class. He learned that an aircraft carrier formation of the British Navy left Colombo 10 days ago.

After that, they were immediately dispatched to set up ambushes near the Andaman Sea and the Great Strait - Li Chenghui and Luo Bingzhang's idea was quite novel, they wanted to fight a decisive battle between aircraft carriers.

Unfortunately, although they had a good idea, the first flight they sent out went around in circles for ten days and found nothing.

The British Royal Navy's aircraft carrier formation that penetrated deep into the Indian Ocean seemed to have disappeared into the sea, completely losing its trace!

Now the main force of the British Royal Navy's Indian Fleet is dispatched again, but don't lose sight of it again. If you do that, the people of the Western Fleet will be lost!

The Indian Ocean Fleet of the British Royal Navy is the opponent of the Western Fleet. Whether it can defeat it is another matter. What if they disappear under the nose?

"Let Yihang go out to the vicinity of Ceylon Island to search carefully before the war!" Li Chenghui thought for a while and then said, "Send the order. Everyone is dispatched!"

"Junmen, are you dispatching now?"

"Yes!" Li Chenghui nodded, "They will definitely keep an eye on us. Let's move out in large numbers and enter the Andaman Sea, pretending to attack India. Maybe we can lure them over for a decisive battle!"
Chapter completed!