Off the coast of Dalian, an L-shaped pipe slowly rose from the water, and then aimed at a warship that was leaving the port. Judging from the appearance, this warship should be the Garibaldi-class armored cruiser Weihai, and this warship lurked under the water.

The guy who got off is

I want to try this battleship! At 10 meters underwater, a dark-faced man was slowly turning the periscope, staring at the battleship that appeared in the field of vision, and thinking about how to find it on its course.

An ambush point.

This man can be considered an old man of the Beiyang Fleet. Cai Tingqian of the torpedo boat unit participated in the war as early as the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1891, and later also participated in the Sino-Russian War with the fleet. However, unlike his colleagues with outstanding achievements in cruisers and battleships,

Cai Tingqian's torpedo boat formation achieved very little results. Equipment

It is also very backward. Xu Jie has been busy building a decisive battle fleet since he took over the Beiyang Fleet, so he is not very concerned about the development of the torpedo boat force. After all, these things are too fragile and have poor ocean performance. So for a long time,

The Beiyang Navy's torpedo boat fleet developed very slowly.

However, with the establishment of the Chinese Republic, great changes have taken place in all aspects of the country, and the old men of Cai Tingqian's torpedo boat force also ushered in a new life. Some of them went directly to the new lightning strike fleet, while the other part entered

A force being formed. Xu Jie also summoned Cai Tingqian many times to jointly study the tactics and tactics of the new fleet. This force is the submarine formation of the Republic of China.

In fact, it makes sense for Xu Jie not to develop a torpedo boat formation. Before the invention of thermally powered torpedoes, compressed air torpedoes could be described as tragic in terms of performance and reliability. In terms of range, they were only 300 meters, and in terms of accuracy, when torpedoes could hit

You vomited after hitting the target

The foam at the mouth can fly to the opponent's warship. In terms of reliability, it is normal for this thing to not make any noise when hit. What future do you think something like this can have? So Xu Jie simply even fired the torpedoes on the cruiser.

After dismantling it, do you still want to buy a new torpedo boat?

But if you want to say that Xu Jie doesn’t care about the development of the Thunder Strike Force, you would be wronging Xu Jie. The fundamental reason for not buying a Thunder Strike Warship is that the torpedoes at that time were too poor. So if the torpedo problem can be solved, then not only the torpedo boats,

Even the technology tree of submarines, the big weapons in future wars, has been unlocked! So Xu Jie paid great attention to the development and commercialization of thermal torpedoes and gyroscopes, and these things eventually played an important role in the Spanish-American War.[

Later, with the advancement of diesel engines, generators and batteries, the emergence of submarines finally became possible. Therefore, Xu Jie specially selected a group of highly skilled people from the lightning strike force to form a submarine force, and Cai Tingqian happened to be the number one in China.

The submarine force now has eight submarines organized into two detachments.

The Sea Tiger-class submarine in Cai Tingqian's hands is a masterpiece of the Germania Shipyard in Germany, and the relevant design standards are based on the design and construction of German submarines on Xu Jie's plane. The ship is 57 meters long, 6 meters wide and 3 meters draft.

.A submarine with a surface displacement of 500 tons and an underwater displacement of 670 tons uses a double-shaft propeller. The power on the surface is

1000 horsepower, speed of 14 knots, and underwater horsepower of 800 horsepower. The speed is knots. The surface endurance is 14 knots and 2000 nautical miles, and the underwater endurance is 5 knots and 8 nautical miles. The fuel load is 60 tons. The weapons are 4 450mm torpedo tubes.

There are 3 in the front and 1 in the back. The number of torpedoes is 8, with a total crew of 32.

At the beginning, Cai Tingqian complained a lot after he took over the submarine. Not to mention anything else, the hellish living environment in the submarine made Cai Tingqian and his brothers miserable! It was very cold when underwater.

The cold ones are like the torpedo incident. The hot places are comparable to the Flame Mountain, such as the power room. Occasionally, various malfunctions occur.

For example, if the battery leaks, or if there is a problem with the drainage pump, for the former, Cai Tingqian needs to put on a gas mask and go to the battery room full of poisonous gas to repair it, while for the latter, it is emergency repair. If the emergency repair fails,

Just fire a special smoke torpedo from the torpedo tube, and then let the brothers on the salvage boat tow the submarine back!

"If it were wartime, there was an 80% chance that I would die in an accident." Cai Tingqian once said this after seeing Xu Jie. The following words made people's eyes drop to the floor! "If something happened to my buddy that day,

Don’t forget to count me as a war death, don’t count me as an accident or work-related injury. Pensions are not the issue, the key is that it would be too embarrassing if word spread!”

Fortunately, after two years of stumbling, Cai Tingqian's submarine formation finally adapted to the use and combat of new submarines after losing three comrades. In the days that followed, they continued to conduct tactical exercises and exercises. And today

.The end of Cai Tingqian

Then came an opportunity to verify the success of his training over the years. The Chinese Navy specially selected an armored cruiser to serve as a training partner, and Cai Tingqian's mission was to "destroy" this armored cruiser that came out for routine patrols every day within 5 days.

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Attacking a warship is not as simple as attacking a merchant ship. To attack a merchant ship, just use the 105mm rapid-fire cannon on the ship. But to attack a warship, you must submerge and then use torpedoes. However, the average underwater speed of a submarine is only 5 knots. If you want to attack a submarine at an average speed

It is too difficult to attack an armored cruiser above 15 knots, so there are only two ways to attack a battleship. One way is to set up an ambush in advance, and the other way is to set up an ambush in advance.

One way is to sneak into the port secretly. Of course, if you want to try your luck, then that's fine. Don't even think about attacking the port. There are various anti-submarine nets and mine protection nets inside, just like a maze. Once you enter, you will exit.

If you don't come, setting up an ambush is not that simple. Cai Tingqian stayed at sea for three days before he figured out the approximate cruise route. Today is the time for Cai Tingqian to reap the harvest, at least that's what he thought!

Now, the Weihai is sailing slowly along the established route. Because it has just left the port, the speed has not increased, so launching torpedoes from the side at this time is the best way. "It would be even better if it could fire a fan-shaped lightning strike like a lightning strike ship."

Okay." Looking at the periscope,

Cai Tingqian said with some regret that a submarine that fires up to three torpedoes at a time can hardly create a curtain effect similar to that of a surface torpedo attack ship. Therefore, in order to ensure a hit, Cai Tingqian must get as close as possible. If possible, he wants to reach a lightning strike distance

Set at around 700 meters!

It has to be said that hunting at this time is a great test of the submarine commander's personal qualities. There are not many instruments to assist. The captain must estimate the opponent's speed and heading by himself, accelerate to occupy the position at the right place, and then launch the torpedo! Relatively speaking

For armored cruisers using triple-expansion steam engines, it is more convenient to accelerate the submarine's electric drive. Cai Tingqian decided to launch the attack from the northwest of the target ship. This can not only ensure that the opponent's side area is large enough, but also ensure that the torpedo hits the enemy as early as possible.

ship.

At the same time, on the Weihai, Sa Zhenbing was looking at the sea with a telescope. At this time, not only Sa Zhenbing was alone, but almost everyone on the Weihai who was not on duty was staring at the sea, because the sailors who sailed a few days ago were staring at the sea.

At that time, Sa Zhenbing had already discovered that there was a sneaky person

Evil things follow him, he also knows things like submarines, and he also knows the advantages and disadvantages of both sides. Now that his warship has just left the port, it is most vulnerable to attack. Once it reaches the open sea, he decided to take a zigzag evasive route, and now

He must pay attention to every move on the sea!

"Captain, the brothers of the destroyer squadron are already here, behind us. As long as we can indicate the target, we will definitely teach that boy Cai Tingqian a lesson!" The first mate next to him said with a sly smile. "But.

It seems that the exercise plan didn’t mention the participation of a destroyer formation, right?”

"The planned mission this time revolves around the Weihai. The mission of Cai Tingqian's submarine force is to sink the Weihai. Our mission is to ensure the safety of the Weihai. Both sides can take what they think without interfering with the daily training of the fleet.

The correct solution does not say that we cannot seek help from friendly forces. Is Cai Ting only allowed to plot against us and not allow us to engage in submarine warfare? What is the reason for this?" Sa Zhenbing said with a smile.

"Captain, there seems to be something going on over there." At this time, a staff officer pointed to a thing that was out of the water about 2,000 meters away and said. "Our guests are coming, everyone, get ready!" Sa Zhenbing immediately ordered. This thing is not needed.

You know it's a submarine, and any sudden thing on the sea can be easily spotted by the other party, especially when the submarine's periscope is raised a little too high!

"Report to the captain, the Weihai is suddenly heading towards the Haihu 2, and the distance between us is getting wider and wider." A crew member said loudly. "Has the Haihu 2 been discovered? Liu Bin, this guy

I just can't keep my temper." Cai Tingqian said with some frustration as he looked at the Weihai ship getting further and further away from him. Cai Tingqian was not an honest person either. He thought the same as Sa Zhenbing, since there were not many rules for this exercise.

That means there are too many loopholes to drill through.

The simplest point is that no one said how many submarines they could dispatch to participate in this exercise. Therefore, except for one submarine that was undergoing maintenance at the dock, Cai Tingqian dispatched all three submarines from the first submarine detachment, two of which

One submarine is lying in ambush on the established route, while the other one is waiting at the entrance of Dalian Bay. Once its action fails, a submarine is left waiting to make amends!

"Captain, something is wrong. The script doesn't say that the Weihai can carry an anti-submarine ship, right?" At this moment, the crew member said with a trembling voice. "Anti-submarine ship? What's going on?" Cai Ting ran a few steps.

Go to the periscope and carefully observe the sea surface. After the Weihai turns around,

, four 800-ton destroyers were finally revealed. It turned out that due to the obstruction and sight problems of the Weihai, the Haihu 1 had not discovered the destroyer formation behind it, and when the Weihai turned, Cai Tingqian discovered Sazhen.

A hidden arrow in Bing's hand!

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